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

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

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]

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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Eric Hulst  United States 23:53.8
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Thom Hunt  United States 24:06.8
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States
Eric Hulst 1
Thom Hunt 2
Alberto Salazar 5
Don Moses 8
(Marty Froelick) (11)
(Ralph Serna) (19)
16
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Spain
Santiago Llorente 9
José Luis González 12
Rafael Nunez 15
Antonio Prieto 24
(José Calderón) (40)
60
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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