1976 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Introduction 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.Complete results for men, junior men,  women, medallists,  and the results of British athletes were published.
Medallists  '''Individual'''Senior men(12 km)Carlos Lopes  34:47.8Tony Simmons  35:04Bernie Ford  35:07Junior men(7.8 km)Eric Hulst  23:53.8Thom Hunt  24:06.8Nat Muir  24:17Senior women(4.8 km)Carmen Valero  16:19.4Tatyana Kazankina  16:39Gabriella Dorio  16:56 '''Team'''Senior men  90  118  187Junior men  16  60  91Senior women  33  59  64
Race results ===Senior men's race (12 km)===+Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time    Carlos Lopes    34:47.8   Tony Simmons    35:04   Bernie Ford    35:07   4  Karel Lismont    35:08   5  Detlef Uhlemann    35:09   6  Enn Sellik    35:17   7  Gary Tuttle    35:19   8  Franco Fava    35:21   9  Jacques Boxberger    35:24  10  Tapio Kantanen    35:28  11  Mariano Haro    35:28  12  Vladimir Merkushin    35:30 Full results+TeamsRank Team Points      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      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      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    219  5    224  6    243  7    292  8    304 Full results*Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result===Junior men's race (7.8 km)===+Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time    Eric Hulst    23:53.8   Thom Hunt    24:06.8   Nat Muir    24:17   4  Thierry Watrice    24:23   5  Alberto Salazar    24:36   6  Yahia Hadka    24:38   7  Nick Lees    24:42   8  Don Moses    24:43   9  Santiago Llorente    24:45  10  Harry Servranckx    24:46  11  Marty Froelick    24:47  12  José Luis González    24:49 Full results+TeamsRank Team Points      Eric Hulst  1 Thom Hunt  2 Alberto Salazar  5 Don Moses  8 (Marty Froelick)  (11) (Ralph Serna)  (19) 16      Santiago Llorente  9 José Luis González  12 Rafael Nunez  15 Antonio Prieto  24 (José Calderón)  (40) 60      Nick Lees  7 Jeremy Lothian  26 Nigel Field  27 Nick Brawn  31 (Paul Bettridge)  (46) (David Murphy)  (57) 91  4    97  5    107  6    115  7    120  8    125 Full results*Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result===Senior women's race (4.8 km)===+Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time    Carmen Valero    16:19.4   Tatyana Kazankina    16:39   Gabriella Dorio    16:56   4  Ann Yeoman    16:57   5  Renata Pentlinowska    17:00   6  Joëlle Debrouwer    17:01   7  Lynn Bjorklund    17:02   8  Giana Romanova    17:03   9  Mary Stewart    17:04  10  Margherita Gargano    17:05  11  Tatyana Galstyan    17:06  12  Raisa Katyukova    17:07 Full results+TeamsRank Team Points      Tatyana Kazankina  2 Giana Romanova  8 Tatyana Galstyan  11 Raisa Katyukova  12 (Olga Dvirna)  (29) 33      Gabriella Dorio  3 Margherita Gargano  10 Silvana Cruciata  15 Cristina Tomasini  31 (Sonia Basso)  (57) 59      Lynn Bjorklund  7 Doris Heritage  17 Debbie Quatier  19 Judy Graham  21 (Paula Neppel)  (24) (Cheryl Bridges)  (38) 64  4    78  5    87  6    107  7    120  8    122 Full results*Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Medal table (unofficial) *Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal.
Participation An unofficial count yields the participation of 306 athletes from 21 countries. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. * (14)* (21)* (5)* (6)* (21)* (18)* (21)* (19)* (19)* (15)* (10)* (6)* (8)* (20)* (11)* (20)* (7)* (9)* (21)* (21)* (14)
See also * 1976 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race* 1976 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race* 1976 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race* 1976 in athletics (track and field)
References
External links * GBRathletics