1976 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race

The Junior men's race at the 1976 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Chepstow, Wales, at the Chepstow Racecourse on February 28, 1996. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.[1]

Junior men's race at the 1976 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition4th
DateFebruary 28
Host cityChepstow, Wales, UK United Kingdom
VenueChepstow Racecourse
Events1
Distances7.8 km – Junior men
Participation81 athletes from
15 nations

Complete results,[2] medallists, [3] and the results of British athletes[4] were published.

Race results

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Junior men's race (7.8 km)

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Individual

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Rank Athlete Country Time
  Eric Hulst   United States 23:53.8
  Thom Hunt   United States 24:06.8
  Nat Muir   Scotland 24:17
4 Thierry Watrice   France 24:23
5 Alberto Salazar   United States 24:36
6 Yahia Hadka   Morocco 24:38
7 Nick Lees   England 24:42
8 Don Moses   United States 24:43
9 Santiago Llorente   Spain 24:45
10 Harry Servranckx   Belgium 24:46
11 Marty Froelick   United States 24:47
12 José Luis González   Spain 24:49
13 Volkmar Betz   West Germany 24:50
14 Vesa Laukkanen   Finland 24:51
15 Rafael Nunez   Spain 24:56
16 Enrico Bosca   Italy 24:58
17 Abderrahmane Morceli   Algeria 25:00
18 Abdeslem Jaddor   Morocco 25:01
19 Ralph Serna   United States 25:02
20 Adrian Leek   Wales 25:03
21 Luca Consigli   Italy 25:03
22 Mike Dixon   Canada 25:03
23 Paul Roberts   Canada 25:03
24 Antonio Prieto   Spain 25:03
25 Mathias Plank   West Germany 25:07
26 Jeremy Lothian   England 25:08
27 Nigel Field   England 25:09
28 Mauro Pappacena   Italy 25:11
29 Dirk Vanderherten   Belgium 25:12
30 Harald Hudak   West Germany 25:13
31 Nick Brawn   England 25:17
32 Arturo Iacona   Italy 25:27
33 Mohamed Rajmi   Morocco 25:27
34 Markku Kantola   Finland 25:27
35 Andrew Smith   Scotland 25:29
36 Lyle Kuchmack   Canada 25:31
37 Lasse Mikkelsson   Finland 25:32
38 Francois Willems   Belgium 25:33
39 Terry Goodenough   Canada 25:34
40 José Calderón   Spain 25:35
41 Remigio della Monta   Italy 25:36
42 Kenneth McCartney   Scotland 25:37
43 Abdelrazzak Bounour   Algeria 25:38
44 Anthony Conroy   Ireland 25:39
45 Cyril Donnellan   Ireland 25:40
46 Paul Bettridge   England 25:40
47 Konrad Dobler   West Germany 25:49
48 Alan de Boeck   Belgium 25:56
49 Olivier Arnoux   France 25:58
50 Omar Arab   Morocco 26:02
51 David Carr   Wales
52 Salim Atache   Algeria
53 Gilles Garcia   France
54 Serge Libessart   France
55 David James   Wales
56 Lahcene Babaci   Algeria
57 David Murphy   England
58 Gerhard Krippner   West Germany
59 Arto Virtanen   Finland
60 Francois Santmann   France
61 Howard Norman   Wales
62 Tom Lobsinger   Canada
63 Brian McSloy   Scotland
64 Ahmed Boutemdjet   Algeria
65 Abdelaziz Khamel   Morocco
66 Elie Aubertin   Belgium
67 Alan Cummings   Wales
68 Brendan Hillard   Ireland
69 Charles Haskett   Scotland
70 Byron Davies   Wales
71 Peter Butler   Canada
72 Raine Lehto   Finland
73 Abdellah Ghabbi   Morocco
74 Didier Combes   France
75 Michael Lawther   Northern Ireland
76 Axel Dietrich   West Germany
77 Willy Max   Belgium
78 John Maher   Ireland
79 James Ross   Northern Ireland
80 Ray Butler   Northern Ireland
81 Eddie Patterson   Northern Ireland

Teams

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Rank Team Points
    United States
Eric Hulst 1
Thom Hunt 2
Alberto Salazar 5
Don Moses 8
(Marty Froelick) (11)
(Ralph Serna) (19)
16
    Spain
Santiago Llorente 9
José Luis González 12
Rafael Nunez 15
Antonio Prieto 24
(José Calderón) (40)
60
    England
Nick Lees 7
Jeremy Lothian 26
Nigel Field 27
Nick Brawn 31
(Paul Bettridge) (46)
(David Murphy) (57)
91
4   Italy
Enrico Bosca 16
Luca Consigli 21
Mauro Pappacena 28
Arturo Iacona 32
(Remigio della Monta) (41)
97
5   Morocco
Yahia Hadka 6
Abdeslem Jaddor 18
Mohamed Rajmi 33
Omar Arab 50
(Abdelaziz Khamel) (65)
(Abdellah Ghabbi) (73)
107
6   West Germany
Volkmar Betz 13
Mathias Plank 25
Harald Hudak 30
Konrad Dobler 47
(Gerhard Krippner) (58)
(Axel Dietrich) (76)
115
7   Canada
Mike Dixon 22
Paul Roberts 23
Lyle Kuchmack 36
Terry Goodenough 39
(Tom Lobsinger) (62)
(Peter Butler) (71)
120
8   Belgium
Harry Servranckx 10
Dirk Vanderherten 29
Francois Willems 38
Alan de Boeck 48
(Elie Aubertin) (66)
(Willy Max) (77)
125
9   Scotland
Nat Muir 3
Andrew Smith 35
Kenneth McCartney 42
Brian McSloy 63
(Charles Haskett) (69)
143
10   Finland
Vesa Laukkanen 14
Markku Kantola 34
Lasse Mikkelsson 37
Arto Virtanen 59
(Raine Lehto) (72)
144
11   France
Thierry Watrice 4
Olivier Arnoux 49
Gilles Garcia 53
Serge Libessart 54
(Francois Santmann) (60)
(Didier Combes) (74)
160
12   Algeria
Abderrahmane Morceli 17
Abdelrazzak Bounour 43
Salim Atache 52
Lahcene Babaci 56
(Ahmed Boutemdjet) (64)
168
13   Wales
Adrian Leek 20
David Carr 51
David James 55
Howard Norman 61
(Alan Cummings) (67)
(Byron Davies) (70)
187
14   Ireland
Anthony Conroy 44
Cyril Donnellan 45
Brendan Hillard 68
John Maher 78
235
15   Northern Ireland
Michael Lawther 75
James Ross 79
Ray Butler 80
Eddie Patterson 81
315
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation

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An unofficial count yields the participation of 81 athletes from 15 countries in the Junior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Marshall, Ron (1 March 1976), Scots are left behind in big race - When England walked off with the team awards at the first International Cross-Country Championship, in 1903 at Hamilton, a Scottish official, in writing of the trophy up for annual competition, said: "It is very handsome and I am only sorry that so far as Scotland is concerned we have probably seen the last of it for a number of years"..., Glasgow Herald, p. 17, retrieved 17 October 2013
  2. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (8 September 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 7.8km CC Men - Chepstow Date: Saturday, February 28, 1976, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on 16 October 2007, retrieved 17 October 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved 9 October 2013
  4. ^ a b 36th IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - EDINBURGH 2008 - FACTS & FIGURES - GREAT BRITAIN & NORTHERN IRELAND AT THE INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY & WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS (PDF), IAAF, p. 2ff, archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2013, retrieved 9 October 2013