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

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

Senior women's race at the 1976 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition4th
DateFebruary 28
Host cityChepstow, Wales Wales
VenueChepstow Racecourse
Events1
Distances4.8 km – Senior women
Participation69 athletes from
12 nations

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

Race results

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Senior women's race (4.8 km)

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Individual

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Rank Athlete Country Time
  Carmen Valero   Spain 16:19.4
  Tatyana Kazankina   Soviet Union 16:39
  Gabriella Dorio   Italy 16:56
4 Ann Yeoman   England 16:57
5 Renata Pentlinowska   Poland 17:00
6 Joëlle De Brouwer   France 17:01
7 Lynn Bjorklund   United States 17:02
8 Giana Romanova   Soviet Union 17:03
9 Mary Stewart   Scotland 17:04
10 Margherita Gargano   Italy 17:05
11 Tatyana Galstyan   Soviet Union 17:06
12 Raisa Katyukova   Soviet Union 17:07
13 Viviane van Emelen   Belgium 17:09
14 Deirdre Foreman   Ireland 17:10
15 Silvana Cruciata   Italy 17:11
16 Glynis Penny   England 17:18
17 Doris Heritage   United States 17:19
18 Nadine Claes   Belgium 17:20
19 Debbie Quatier   United States 17:21
20 Celina Magala   Poland 17:23
21 Judy Graham   United States 17:24
22 Mary Purcell   Ireland 17:25
23 Christine Haskett   Scotland 17:27
24 Paula Neppel   United States 17:27
25 Monika Gaisjier   Poland 17:28
26 Carol Gould   England 17:29
27 Aila Virkberg   Finland 17:30
28 Christine Iceaga   France 17:30
29 Olga Dvirna   Soviet Union 17:31
30 Chantal Navarro   France 17:32
31 Cristina Tomasini   Italy 17:32
32 Thelwyn Bateman   England 17:36
33 Sinikka Tyynelä   Finland 17:39
34 Alison Blake   England 17:39
35 Marjukka Ahtiainen   Finland 17:40
36 Encarnación Escudero   Spain 17:40
37 Zofia Kolakowska   Poland 17:41
38 Cheryl Bridges   United States 17:42
39 Marleen Mols   Belgium 17:47
40 Sheelagh Morrissey   Ireland 17:51
41 Moire O'Boyle   Scotland 17:54
42 Taina Syrjälä   Finland 17:58
43 Joëlle Audibert   France 18:00
44 Montserrat Abello   Spain 18:00
45 Valerie Rowe   England 18:05
46 Veronica Duffy   Ireland 18:10
47 Françoise Nicolas   France 18:11
48 Belen Azpeitia   Spain 18:14
49 Helena Pietilä   Finland 18:14
50 Magda Ilands   Belgium 18:15
51 Urszula Prasek   Poland 18:18
52 Jean Lochhead   Wales 18:29
53 Agnesista Duplica   Poland 18:30
54 Margaret Coomber   Scotland 18:30
55 Iciar Martinez   Spain 18:31
56 Marian Stanton   Ireland 18:31
57 Sonia Basso   Italy 18:32
58 Christine Malone   Ireland 18:38
59 Marcelina Hernaiz   Spain 18:58
60 Ann Parker   Scotland 19:02
61 Mary Chambers   Scotland 19:09
62 Anne Morris   Wales 19:11
63 Bernadette van Roy   Belgium 19:12
64 Maria Steels   Belgium 19:12
65 Viviane Croisé   France 19:13
66 Bronwen Smith   Wales 19:39
67 Anna James   Wales 19:42
68 Margaret Morgan   Wales 20:09
69 Ann Roblin   Wales 20:21

Teams

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Rank Team Points
    Soviet Union
Tatyana Kazankina 2
Giana Romanova 8
Tatyana Galstyan 11
Raisa Katyukova 12
(Olga Dvirna) (29)
33
    Italy
Gabriella Dorio 3
Margherita Gargano 10
Silvana Cruciata 15
Cristina Tomasini 31
(Sonia Basso) (57)
59
    United States
Lynn Bjorklund 7
Doris Heritage 17
Debbie Quatier 19
Judy Graham 21
(Paula Neppel) (24)
(Cheryl Bridges) (38)
64
4   England
Ann Yeoman 4
Glynis Penny 16
Carol Gould 26
Thelwyn Bateman 32
(Alison Blake) (34)
(Valerie Rowe) (45)
78
5   Poland
Renata Pentlinowska 5
Celina Magala 20
Monika Gaisjier 25
Zofia Kolakowska 37
(Urszula Prasek) (51)
(Agnesista Duplica) (53)
87
6   France
Joëlle De Brouwer 6
Christine Iceaga 28
Chantal Navarro 30
Joëlle Audibert 43
(Françoise Nicolas) (47)
(Viviane Croisé) (65)
107
7   Belgium
Viviane van Emelen 13
Nadine Claes 18
Marleen Mols 39
Magda Ilands 50
(Bernadette van Roy) (63)
(Maria Steels) (64)
120
8   Ireland
Deirdre Foreman 14
Mary Purcell 22
Sheelagh Morrissey 40
Veronica Duffy 46
(Marian Stanton) (56)
(Christine Malone) (58)
122
9   Scotland
Mary Stewart 9
Christine Haskett 23
Moire O'Boyle 41
Margaret Coomber 54
(Ann Parker) (60)
(Mary Chambers) (61)
127
10   Spain
Carmen Valero 1
Encarnación Escudero 36
Montserrat Abello 44
Belen Azpeitia 48
(Iciar Martinez) (55)
(Marcelina Hernaiz) (59)
129
11   Finland
Aila Virkberg 27
Sinikka Tyynelä 33
Marjukka Ahtiainen 35
Taina Syrjälä 42
(Helena Pietilä) (49)
137
12   Wales
Jean Lochhead 52
Anne Morris 62
Bronwen Smith 66
Anna James 67
(Margaret Morgan) (68)
(Ann Roblin) (69)
247
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation

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An unofficial count yields the participation of 69 athletes from 12 countries in the Senior women'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 February 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 4.8km CC Women - 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