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

Senior men's race at the 1976 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	4th
Date	28 February
Host city	Chepstow, Wales, UK
Venue	Chepstow Racecourse
Events	1
Distances	12 km – Senior men
Participation	156 athletes from 19 nations
← 1975 Rabat 1977 Düsseldorf →

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

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

Race results

Senior men's race (12 km)

Individual

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Carlos Lopes	Portugal	34:47.8
	Tony Simmons	England	35:04
	Bernie Ford	England	35:07
4	Karel Lismont	Belgium	35:08
5	Detlef Uhlemann	West Germany	35:09
6	Enn Sellik	Soviet Union	35:17
7	Gary Tuttle	United States	35:19
8	Franco Fava	Italy	35:21
9	Jacques Boxberger	France	35:24
10	Tapio Kantanen	Finland	35:28
11	Mariano Haro	Spain	35:28
12	Vladimir Merkushin	Soviet Union	35:30
13	Gaston Roelants	Belgium	35:30
14	Venanzio Ortis	Italy	35:36
15	David Slater	England	35:40
16	Grenville Tuck	England	35:40
17	Hendrik Schoofs	Belgium	35:41
18	Lucien Rault	France	35:42
19	Eddy Rombaux	Belgium	35:43
20	Tony Sandoval	United States	35:44
21	Larbi M'Hidra	Morocco	35:46
22	Hans-Jürgen Orthmann	West Germany	35:52
23	Ivan Parluy	Soviet Union	35:53
24	Jim Brown	Scotland	35:54
25	Jean-Paul Gomez	France	35:55
26	David Black	England	35:56
27	Willy Polleunis	Belgium	35:57
28	Mike Tagg	England	35:59
29	Michael Karst	West Germany	36:00
30	Neil Cusack	Ireland	36:00
31	Glen Grant	Wales	36:03
32	Jean-Luc Paugam	France	36:04
33	Giuseppe Cindolo	Italy	36:04
34	Allister Hutton	Scotland	36:04
35	Steve Gibbons	Wales	36:04
36	Abdelkader Zaddem	Tunisia	36:07
37	Don Kardong	United States	36:07
38	Robert Lismont	Belgium	36:07
39	Dave Babiracki	United States	36:08
40	Luigi Zarcone	Italy	36:08
41	Andrew McKean	Scotland	36:08
42	Nikolay Puklakov	Soviet Union	36:09
43	David Hopkins	Wales	36:11
44	Anacleto Pinto	Portugal	36:13
45	Mikhail Ulymov	Soviet Union	36:16
46	Dominique Coux	France	36:17
47	Steve Kenyon	England	36:17
48	Peter Weigt	West Germany	36:18
49	Eric De Beck	Belgium	36:19
50	Adelaziz Bouguerra	Tunisia	36:21
51	José Luis Ruiz	Spain	36:25
52	Anders Gärderud	Sweden	36:26
53	Danny McDaid	Ireland	36:27
54	John Davies	Wales	36:29
55	Thomas Brennan	Ireland	36:29
56	Donal Walsh	Ireland	36:30
57	Alex Gonzalez	France	36:30
58	Glenn Herold	United States	36:31
59	Seppo Nikkari	Finland	36:31
60	Torgny Björkqvist	Sweden	36:32
61	Esko Lipsonen	Finland	36:32
62	Luigi Lauro	Italy	36:35
63	Radhouane Bouster	France	36:42
64	Boualem Rahoui	Algeria	36:43
65	Gilbert Maesschalk	Belgium	36:45
66	Malcolm Thomas	Wales	36:47
67	Claudio Solone	Italy	36:49
68	Haddou Jaddour	Morocco	36:49
69	Jouko Santanen	Finland	36:49
70	Juan Hidalgo	Spain	36:50
71	Patrick Martin	France	36:50
72	Joseph Patton	Scotland	36:51
73	Jukka Toivola	Finland	36:51
74	Ricardo Ortega	Spain	36:53
75	Mick Morris	Wales	36:53
76	Seppo Tuominen	Finland	36:54
77	Mohamed Kacemi	Algeria	36:55
78	Khaled Aït Idir	Algeria	36:56
79	Helder de Jesús	Portugal	36:56
80	Fernando Mamede	Portugal	36:58
81	Laurence Reilly	Scotland	36:59
82	Henry Perez	United States	37:00
83	Reinhard Leibold	West Germany	37:00
84	Smain Yahiaoui	Algeria	37:01
85	Fernando Fernandez	Spain	37:02
86	Dahou Belghazi	Morocco	37:03
87	Mustapha Oulghazi	Morocco	37:03
88	José Sena	Portugal	37:03
89	Rachid Habchaoui	Algeria	37:03
90	Pierre Levisse	France	37:03
91	Vadim Mokalov	Soviet Union	37:07
92	Steve Flanagan	United States	37:08
93	David Logue	Northern Ireland	37:10
94	Martti Kiilholma	Finland	37:11
95	Paddy Coyle	Ireland	37:12
96	Jim Alder	Scotland	37:12
97	Eddy Van Mullem	Belgium	37:12
98	Paul Kenney	Scotland	37:12
99	Santiago de la Parte	Spain	37:14
100	Mateo Gómez	Spain	37:16
101	Mike Teer	Northern Ireland	37:17
102	Aniceto Simoes	Portugal	37:22
103	Vasco Pereira	Portugal	37:22
104	Pär Wallin	Sweden	37:24
105	Robert Manz	West Germany	37:25
106	Abdelmadjid Mada	Algeria	37:25
107	Moumoh Haddou	Morocco	37:27
108	John Hartnett	Ireland	37:28
109	Dic Evans	Wales	37:29
110	Sergio Muscardin	Italy	37:32
111	Hussein Soltani	Tunisia	37:34
112	Andy Holden	England	37:35
113	Lahcen El Hachmi	Morocco	37:39
114	Mansour Guettaya	Tunisia	37:42
115	Omar Anassi	Morocco	37:44
116	Tahar Bounab	Algeria	37:45
117	Eloi Schleder	Brazil	37:48
118	Mohamed Ghannouchi	Morocco	37:50
119	Tom Annett	Northern Ireland	37:52
120	Ismo Toukonen	Finland	37:52
121	Mohamed Salem	Algeria	37:53
122	Jan Hagelbrand	Sweden	37:55
123	Gerry Deegan	Ireland	37:56
124	Giuseppe Gerbi	Italy	38:02
125	Dick Crowley	Ireland	38:05
126	Philip Dolan	Scotland	38:05
127	Mohamed Benbaraka	Morocco	38:06
128	Ali Gammoudi	Tunisia	38:08
129	Dennis Coates	England	38:08
130	Lars Enqvist	Sweden	38:15
131	Peter Ratcliffe	Wales	38:19
132	Gunnar Holm	Sweden	38:19
133	Greg Hannon	Northern Ireland	38:22
134	Lawrie Spence	Scotland	38:25
135	Mohamed Zaidi	Tunisia	38:26
136	Wilhelm Jungbluth	West Germany	38:28
137	Mike Critchley	Wales	38:29
138	Carlos Alves	Brazil	38:35
139	Roy Kissin	United States	38:36
140	Carlos Cabral	Portugal	38:39
141	Italo Tentorini	Italy	38:47
142	Hamida Gamoudi	Tunisia	38:52
143	Günther Zahn	West Germany	39:03
144	Gerry Finnegan	Ireland	39:10
145	Labidi Ayachi	Tunisia	39:25
146	Ian Morrison	Northern Ireland	39:27
147	Mahmoud Hazzazi	Algeria	39:44
148	Cherif Hannchi	Tunisia	39:59
149	Aloisio de Araújo	Brazil	40:13
150	John Allen	Northern Ireland	40:20
151	Tom Falkinger	Sweden	41:00
152	Leonardo de Oliveira	Brazil	41:36
153	Paulo Ferrugen	Brazil	41:42
—	Antonio Campos	Spain	DNF
—	Fernando Cerrada	Spain	DNF
—	Rich Kimball	United States	DNF

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	England Tony Simmons 2 Bernie Ford 3 David Slater 15 Grenville Tuck 16 David Black 26 Mike Tagg 28 (Steve Kenyon) (47) (Andy Holden) (112) (Dennis Coates) (129)	90
	Belgium Karel Lismont 4 Gaston Roelants 13 Hendrik Schoofs 17 Eddy Rombaux 19 Willy Polleunis 27 Robert Lismont 38 (Eric De Beck) (49) (Gilbert Maesschalk) (65) (Eddy Van Mullem) (97)	118
	France Jacques Boxberger 9 Lucien Rault 18 Jean-Paul Gomez 25 Jean-Luc Paugam 32 Dominique Coux 46 Alex Gonzalez 57 (Radhouane Bouster) (63) (Patrick Martin) (71) (Pierre Levisse) (90)	187
4	Soviet Union Enn Sellik 6 Vladimir Merkushin 12 Ivan Parluy 23 Nikolay Puklakov 42 Mikhail Ulymov 45 Vadim Mokalov 91	219
5	Italy Franco Fava 8 Venanzio Ortis 14 Giuseppe Cindolo 33 Luigi Zarcone 40 Luigi Lauro 62 Claudio Solone 67 (Sergio Muscardin) (110) (Giuseppe Gerbi) (124) (Italo Tentorini) (141)	224
6	United States Gary Tuttle 7 Tony Sandoval 20 Don Kardong 37 Dave Babiracki 39 Glenn Herold 58 Henry Perez 82 (Steve Flanagan) (92) (Roy Kissin) (139) (Rich Kimball) (DNF)	243
7	West Germany Detlef Uhlemann 5 Hans-Jürgen Orthmann 22 Michael Karst 29 Peter Weigt 48 Reinhard Leibold 83 Robert Manz 105 (Wilhelm Jungbluth) (136) (Günther Zahn) (143)	292
8	Wales Glen Grant 31 Steve Gibbons 35 David Hopkins 43 John Davies 54 Malcolm Thomas 66 Mick Morris 75 (Dic Evans) (109) (Peter Ratcliffe) (131) (Mike Critchley) (137)	304
9	Finland Tapio Kantanen 10 Seppo Nikkari 59 Esko Lipsonen 61 Jouko Santanen 69 Jukka Toivola 73 Seppo Tuominen 76 (Martti Kiilholma) (94) (Ismo Toukonen) (120)	348
10	Scotland Jim Brown 24 Allister Hutton 34 Andrew McKean 41 Joseph Patton 72 Laurence Reilly 81 Jim Alder 96 (Paul Kenney) (98) (Philip Dolan) (126) (Lawrie Spence) (134)	348
11	Spain Mariano Haro 11 José Luis Ruiz 51 Juan Hidalgo 70 Ricardo Ortega 74 Fernando Fernandez 85 Santiago de la Parte 99 (Mateo Gómez) (100) (Antonio Campos) (DNF) (Fernando Cerrada) (DNF)	390
12	Portugal Carlos Lopes 1 Anacleto Pinto 44 Helder de Jesús 79 Fernando Mamede 80 José Sena 88 Aniceto Simoes 102 (Vasco Pereira) (103) (Carlos Cabral) (140)	394
13	Ireland Neil Cusack 30 Danny McDaid 53 Thomas Brennan 55 Donal Walsh 56 Paddy Coyle 95 John Hartnett 108 (Gerry Deegan) (123) (Dick Crowley) (125) (Gerry Finnegan) (144)	397
14	Morocco Larbi M'Hidra 21 Haddou Jaddour 68 Dahou Belghazi 86 Mustapha Oulghazi 87 Moumoh Haddou 107 Lahcen El Hachmi 113 (Omar Anassi) (115) (Mohamed Ghannouchi) (118) (Mohamed Benbaraka) (127)	482
15	Algeria Boualem Rahoui 64 Mohamed Kacemi 77 Khaled Aït Idir 78 Smain Yahiaoui 84 Rachid Habchaoui 89 Abdelmadjid Mada 106 (Tahar Bounab) (116) (Mohamed Salem) (121) (Mahmoud Hazzazi) (147)	498
16	Tunisia Abdelkader Zaddem 36 Adelaziz Bouguerra 50 Hussein Soltani 111 Mansour Guettaya 114 Ali Gammoudi 128 Mohamed Zaidi 135 (Hamida Gamoudi) (142) (Labidi Ayachi) (145) (Cherif Hannchi) (148)	574
17	Sweden Anders Gärderud 52 Torgny Björkqvist 60 Pär Wallin 104 Jan Hagelbrand 122 Lars Enqvist 130 Gunnar Holm 132 (Tom Falkinger) (151)	600
18	Northern Ireland David Logue 93 Mike Teer 101 Tom Annett 119 Greg Hannon 133 Ian Morrison 146 John Allen 150	742

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 156 athletes from 19 countries in the Senior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. ^[4]

•   Algeria (9)
•   Belgium (9)
•   Brazil (5)
•   England (9)
•   Finland (8)
•   France (9)
•   Ireland (9)
•   Italy (9)
•   Morocco (9)
•   Northern Ireland (6)
•   Portugal (8)
•   Scotland (9)
•   Soviet Union (6)
•   Spain (9)
•   Sweden (7)
•   Tunisia (9)
•   United States (9)
•   Wales (9)
•   West Germany (8)

See also

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

References

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 (24 March 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 12.0km CC Men - Chepstow Date: Saturday, February 28, 1976, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on 16 October 2007, retrieved 17 October 2013
3. IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved 9 October 2013
4. 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 on 27 September 2013, retrieved 9 October 2013