1970 International Cross Country Championships
The 1970 International Cross Country Championships was held in Vichy, France, on March 22, 1970. An alternate women's championship was held one day earlier in Frederick, Maryland, United States at the VFW Country Club, on March 21, 1970. A report on the Vichy event[1] as well as on the Frederick event[2] was given in the Glasgow Herald.
1970 International Cross Country Championships | |
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Organisers | ICCU |
Edition | 57th |
Date | March 22 |
Host city | Vichy, Auvergne, France Frederick, Maryland, United States (alternate women's event) |
Venue | VFW Country Club (women, Frederick) |
Events | 3 / 1 |
Distances | 7.5 mi / 12.1 km (men) 4.35 mi / 7.0 km (junior men) 1.9 mi / 3.0 km (women, Vichy) 2.5 mi / 4.0 km (women, Frederick) |
Participation | 211 athletes from 17 nations |
Complete results for men,[3] junior men,[4] women (Vichy),[5] women (Frederick),[6] medallists, [7] and the results of British athletes[8] were published.
Medallists
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Individual | ||||||
Men 7.5 mi (12.1 km) |
Mike Tagg England | 36:39.8 | Gaston Roelants Belgium | 36:41.8 | Trevor Wright England | 36:44.6 |
Junior Men 4.35 mi (7.0 km) |
John Hartnett Ireland | 21:57.2 | Jack Lane England | 22:05.2 | Eric de Beck Belgium | 22:09.2 |
Women (Vichy) 1.9 mi (3.0 km) |
Paola Pigni Italy | 10:38.4 | Zofia Kołakowska Poland | 10:39.2 | Ilja Keizer Netherlands | 10:43.8 |
Women (Frederick) 2.5 mi (4.0 km) |
Doris Brown United States | 15:04 | Rita Lincoln England | 15:11 | Thelma Fynn Canada | 15:14 |
Team | ||||||
Men | England | 35 | France | 85 | Belgium | 136 |
Junior Men | England | 15 | Belgium | 15 | Italy | 34 |
Women (Vichy) | Netherlands | 19 | France | 39 | Italy | 45 |
Women (Frederick) | England | 18 | United States | 46 | Ireland | 48 |
Individual Race Results
Men's (7.5 mi / 12.1 km)
Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
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Mike Tagg | England | 36:39.8 | |
Gaston Roelants | Belgium | 36:41.8 | |
Trevor Wright | England | 36:44.6 | |
4 | Dick Taylor | England | 36:50.8 |
5 | Noel Tijou | France | 37:03.2 |
6 | Ricky Wilde | England | 37:07 |
7 | Mike Turner | England | 37:09.8 |
8 | Abdelkader Zaddem | Tunisia | 37:11 |
9 | Javier Álvarez | Spain | 37:14 |
10 | René Jourdan | France | 37:15 |
11 | Lucien Rault | France | 37:19 |
12 | Lachie Stewart | Scotland | 37:28 |
13 | Emiel Puttemans | Belgium | 37:29 |
14 | Mike Baxter | England | 37:30 |
15 | Michel Bernard | France | 37:36 |
16 | Mhedheb Hannachi | Tunisia | 37:37 |
17 | Adelaziz Bouguerra | Tunisia | 37:38 |
18 | Bernie Plain | Wales | 37:40 |
19 | Joseph Prinsen | Belgium | 37:44 |
20 | Antoine Borowski | France | 37:50 |
21 | Derek Graham | Northern Ireland | 37:53 |
22 | John Caine | England | 37:55 |
23 | Grant McLaren | Canada | 37:57 |
24 | Jean-Pierre Ouine | France | 37:58 |
25 | Bill Mullett | Scotland | 37:59 |
26 | Giovanni Pizzi | Italy | 38:01 |
27 | Werner Dössegger | Switzerland | 38:05 |
28 | Juan Hidalgo | Spain | 38:06 |
29 | Achille Vaes | Belgium | 38:07 |
30 | Paul Thijs | Belgium | 38:08 |
31 | Jim Alder | Scotland | 38:11 |
32 | Ron Grove | England | 38:12 |
33 | Dave Ellis | Canada | 38:13 |
34 | Hamdouni Sghaier | Tunisia | 38:16 |
35 | Sean O'Sullivan | Ireland | 38:18 |
36 | Pat Gilseman | Ireland | 38:19 |
37 | Hamoud Ameur | France | 38:20 |
38 | Mohamed Kheddar | France | 38:22 |
39 | Renato Martini | Italy | 38:23 |
40 | Giuseppe Ardizzone | Italy | 38:24 |
41 | Bob Moore | Canada | 38:25 |
42 | Adrian Weatherhead | Scotland | 38:27 |
43 | André de Hertoghe | Belgium | 38:29 |
44 | Ali Khamassi | Tunisia | 38:37 |
45 | Dick Wedlock | Scotland | 38:38 |
46 | Norman Morrison | Scotland | 38:39 |
47 | André Ornelis | Belgium | 38:44 |
48 | Kenny Moore | United States | 38:45 |
49 | Johnny Dumon | Belgium | 38:46 |
50 | Brunello Bertolin | Italy | 38:48 |
51 | Tom Heinonen | United States | 38:49 |
52 | Tom O'Riordan | Ireland | 38:51 |
53 | Fernando Fernandez | Spain | 38:53 |
54 | Paddy Coyle | Ireland | 38:54 |
55 | Georg Kaiser | Switzerland | 38:54 |
56 | Giacomo Marietta | Italy | 38:57 |
57 | Gareth Bryan-Jones | Scotland | 38:58 |
58 | Jan Briers | Belgium | 38:58 |
59 | Mike Teer | Northern Ireland | 38:59 |
60 | Nigel Evans | Wales | 39:02 |
61 | Malcolm Thomas | Wales | 39:02 |
62 | Giuseppe Cindolo | Italy | 39:07 |
63 | Matt Murphy | Ireland | 39:08 |
64 | John Loeschhorn | United States | 39:09 |
65 | José Maiz | Spain | 39:10 |
66 | David Logue | Northern Ireland | 39:14 |
67 | Alan Joslyn | Wales | 39:16 |
68 | Labidi Ayachi | Tunisia | 39:20 |
69 | Carlos Pérez | Spain | |
70 | Ray Haswell | Canada | |
71 | Tony Simmons | Wales | |
72 | Josef Wirth | Switzerland | 39:22 |
73 | Amor Lassoued | Tunisia | |
74 | Osvaldo Segrada | Italy | |
75 | Eddie Spillane | Ireland | |
76 | Cliff Clark | United States | |
77 | Albrecht Moser | Switzerland | 39:34 |
78 | Fernando Aguilar | Spain | |
79 | Josef Fähndrich | Switzerland | 39:36 |
80 | Cyril Pennington | Northern Ireland | |
81 | Primo Gretter | Italy | |
82 | Pedro Sacristán | Spain | |
83 | Fritz Schneider | Switzerland | 39:46 |
84 | Guy Texereau | France | |
85 | Bill Stoddart | Scotland | |
86 | Malcolm Edger | Northern Ireland | |
87 | John Sheridan | Ireland | |
88 | Hans Lang | Switzerland | 40:03 |
89 | Antonio Frechilla | Spain | |
90 | John Mooney | Ireland | |
91 | Paul Darney | Wales | |
92 | Charles Messenger | United States | |
93 | Bill Norris | United States | |
94 | Jorge Gonzalez | Spain | |
95 | Dave Bedford | England | |
96 | Michel Jossen | Switzerland | 40:27 |
97 | Dave Surman | Canada | |
98 | Alfred Chivers | Northern Ireland | |
99 | David Walker | Wales | |
100 | Jerry Tighe | Canada | |
101 | Mick Goerke | Canada | |
102 | Tom Price | Northern Ireland | |
103 | Max Walti | Switzerland | 41:49 |
— | Ian McCafferty | Scotland | DNF |
— | Umberto Risi | Italy | DNF |
— | Joe Scanlon | Ireland | DNF |
— | Timothy Hendricks | United States | DNF |
Junior Men's (4.35 mi / 7.0 km)
Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
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John Hartnett | Ireland | 21:57.2 | |
Jack Lane | England | 22:05.2 | |
Eric De Beck | Belgium | 22:09.2 | |
4 | Eddy Van Mullem | Belgium | 22:17.4 |
5 | Colin Falconer | Scotland | 22:25.4 |
6 | Jim Milton | England | 22:32.4 |
7 | Graham Tuck | England | 22:36.8 |
8 | Willy van Laer | Belgium | 22:39.8 |
9 | Aldo Tomasini | Italy | 22:41.8 |
10 | Franco Fava | Italy | 22:41.8 |
11 | Francesco Silvestre | Spain | 22:42 |
12 | Grenville Tuck | England | 22:49 |
13 | Ronald MacDonald | Scotland | 23:00 |
14 | Kamel Guemar | Algeria | 23:06 |
15 | Franco Veronese | Italy | 23:07 |
16 | René Portier | France | 23:08 |
17 | Julien Devos | Belgium | 23:09 |
18 | Pol Quemener | France | 23:09 |
19 | William Burns | Scotland | 23:10 |
20 | Daniel Murphy | Ireland | 23:11 |
21 | Mario Gilardi | Italy | 23:11 |
22 | Marc Masselot | France | 23:12 |
23 | Eddie Leddy | Ireland | 23:12 |
24 | Ramon Sanchez | Spain | 23:13 |
25 | Douglas Gunstone | Scotland | 23:14 |
26 | Gérard Thomazo | France | 23:18 |
27 | Andres Jimeno | Spain | 23:23 |
28 | Chris Garforth | England | 23:31 |
29 | Attallah Djelloul | Algeria | 23:38 |
30 | Zygmunt Lyznicki | Poland | 23:44 |
31 | Leslie Irvine | Scotland | 23:45 |
32 | Blaise Schull | Switzerland | 23:46 |
33 | Philip Brennan | Ireland | 23:48 |
34 | Francisco Santamaria | Spain | 23:51 |
35 | Richard Umberg | Switzerland | 23:55 |
36 | Abdelhaziz Belhocine | Algeria | 23:57 |
37 | Etienne Sinic | France | 23:58 |
38 | Eduardo Perez | Spain | 24:06 |
39 | Howard Wallace | Ireland | 24:08 |
40 | Fritz Rüegsegger | Switzerland | 24:24 |
41 | Roland Gehrig | Switzerland | 24:30 |
42 | Bruno Ehrler | Switzerland | 24:48 |
43 | Ryszard Ciucias | Poland | |
44 | Mohamed Salem | Algeria | |
— | Sid-Ali Djouadi | Algeria | DNF |
— | Paul Coulon | Belgium | DNF |
— | Armando Scozzari | Italy | DNF |
Women's (Vichy, 1.9 mi / 3.0 km)
Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
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Paola Pigni | Italy | 10:38.4 | |
Zofia Kołakowska | Poland | 10:39.2 | |
Ilja Keizer | Netherlands | 10:43.8 | |
4 | Anneloes Bosman | Netherlands | 10:54.4 |
5 | Berny Lenferink | Netherlands | 11:02 |
6 | Nicole Chassagneux | France | 11:03.6 |
7 | Anneke de Lange | Netherlands | 11:06.4 |
8 | Teresa Testerini | Italy | 11:15 |
9 | Carla Joosten | Netherlands | 11:15 |
10 | Claudette Brouard | France | 11:15 |
11 | Joëlle Audibert | France | 11:20 |
12 | Eliane Rieuf | France | 11:22 |
13 | Krystyna Sladek | Poland | 11:24 |
14 | Josee van Santberghe | Belgium | 11:26 |
15 | Liève van den Broeck | Belgium | 11:27 |
16 | Zina Boniolo | Italy | 11:32 |
17 | Jadwiga Kalinowska | Poland | 11:32 |
18 | Françoise Valentini | France | 12:14 |
19 | Francine Peyskens | Belgium | 12:19 |
20 | Margherita Gargano | Italy | 12:21 |
21 | Marie-Claire Decroix | Belgium | 12:24 |
22 | Catherine Michaud | France | 12:28 |
23 | Barbara Rubaszewska | Poland | 13:46 |
Women's (Frederick, 2.5 mi / 4.0 km)
Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
---|---|---|---|
Doris Brown | United States | 15:04,4 | |
Rita Lincoln | England | 15:11 | |
Thelma Fynn | Canada | 15:14 | |
4 | Barbara Banks | England | 15:21 |
5 | Joan Page | England | 15:25 |
6 | Margaret MacSherry | Scotland | 15:27 |
7 | Gillian Tivey | England | 15:30 |
8 | Christine Haskett | Scotland | 15:31 |
9 | Ann O'Brien | Ireland | 15:33 |
10 | Peggy Mullins | Ireland | 15:34 |
11 | Jean Lochhead | Wales | 15:35 |
12 | Deirdre Foreman | Ireland | 15:37 |
13 | Francie Larrieu | United States | 15:42 |
14 | Pamela Bagian | United States | 15:45 |
15 | Sandra Harper | Canada | 15:46 |
16 | Joyce Smith | England | 15:47 |
17 | Jane McNicholl | Ireland | 15:51 |
18 | Cheryl Bridges | United States | 16:02 |
19 | Hope Bishop | Canada | 16:06 |
20 | Pat Lowe | England | 16:08 |
21 | Nancy Main | Canada | 16:11 |
22 | Bronwen Cardy | Wales | 16:23 |
23 | Gloria Dourass | Wales | 16:24 |
24 | Doreen Martins | Canada | 16:28 |
25 | Paula Molesky | Canada | 16:33 |
26 | Sheena Fitzmaurice | Scotland | 16:56 |
27 | Raie Thompson | Australia | 16:47 |
28 | Sandra Kirk | Scotland | 16:56 |
29 | Nuala Bowe | Ireland | 17:06 |
30 | Patricia Cole | United States | 17:09 |
31 | Delyth Davies | Wales | 17:17 |
32 | Shirley Springer | United States | 17:18 |
33 | Pamela John | Wales | 17:29 |
34 | Adrienne Beames | Australia | 17:44 |
Team Results
Men's
Rank | Country | Team | Points |
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1 | England | Mike Tagg Trevor Wright Dick Taylor Ricky Wilde Mike Turner Mike Baxter | 35 |
2 | France | Noel Tijou René Jourdan Lucien Rault Michel Bernard Antoine Borowski Jean-Pierre Ouine | 85 |
3 | Belgium | Gaston Roelants Emiel Puttemans Joseph Prinsen Achille Vaes Paul Thijs André de Hertoghe | 136 |
4 | Tunisia | Abdelkader Zaddem Mhedheb Hannachi Adelaziz Bouguerra Hamdouni Sghaier Ali Khamassi Labidi Ayachi | 187 |
5 | Scotland | Lachie Stewart Bill Mullett Jim Alder Adrian Weatherhead Dick Wedlock Norman Morrison | 201 |
6 | Italy | Giovanni Pizzi Renato Martini Giuseppe Ardizzone Brunello Bertolin Giacomo Marietta Giuseppe Cindolo | 273 |
7 | Spain | Javier Álvarez Juan Hidalgo Fernando Fernandez José Maiz Carlos Pérez Fernando Aguilar | 302 |
8 | Ireland | Sean O'Sullivan Pat Gilseman Tom O'Riordan Paddy Coyle Matt Murphy Eddie Spillane | 315 |
9 | Canada | Grant McLaren Dave Ellis Bob Moore Ray Haswell Dave Surman Jerry Tighe | 364 |
10 | Wales | Bernie Plain Nigel Evans Malcolm Thomas Alan Joslyn Tony Simmons Paul Darney | 368 |
11 | Switzerland | Werner Dössegger Georg Kaiser Josef Wirth Albrecht Moser Josef Fähndrich Fritz Schneider | 393 |
12 | Northern Ireland | Derek Graham Mike Teer David Logue Cyril Pennington Malcolm Edger Alfred Chivers | 410 |
13 | United States | Kenny Moore Tom Heinonen John Loeschhorn Cliff Clark Charles Messenger Bill Norris | 424 |
Junior Men's
Rank | Country | Team | Points |
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1 | England | Jack Lane Jim Milton Graham Tuck | 15 |
2 | Belgium | Eric De Beck Eddy Van Mullem Willy van Laer | 15 |
3 | Italy | Aldo Tomasini Franco Fava Franco Veronese | 34 |
4 | Scotland | Colin Falconer Ronald MacDonald William Burns | 37 |
5 | Ireland | John Hartnett Daniel Murphy Eddie Leddy | 44 |
6 | France | René Portier Pol Quemener Marc Masselot | 56 |
7 | Spain | Francesco Silvestre Ramon Sanchez Andres Jimeno | 62 |
8 | Algeria | Kamel Guemar Attallah Djelloul Abdelhaziz Belhocine | 79 |
9 | Switzerland | Blaise Schull Richard Umberg Fritz Rüegsegger | 107 |
Women's (Vichy)
Rank | Country | Team | Points |
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1 | Netherlands | Ilja Keizer Anneloes Bosman Berny Lenferink Anneke de Lange | 19 |
2 | France | Nicole Chassagneux Claudette Brouard Joëlle Audibert Eliane Rieuf | 39 |
3 | Italy | Paola Pigni Teresa Testerini Zina Boniolo Margherita Gargano | 45 |
4 | Poland | Zofia Kołakowska Krystyna Sladek Jadwiga Kalinowska Barbara Rubaszewska | 55 |
5 | Belgium | Josee van Santberghe Liève van den Broeck Francine Peyskens Marie-Claire Decroix | 69 |
Women's (Frederick)
Rank | Country | Team | Points |
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1 | England | Rita Lincoln Barbara Banks Joan Page Gillian Tivey | 18 |
2 | United States | Doris Brown Francie Larrieu Pamela Bagian Cheryl Bridges | 46 |
3 | Ireland | Ann O'Brien Peggy Mullins Deirdre Foreman Jane McNicholl | 48 |
4 | Canada | Thelma Fynn Sandra Harper Hope Bishop Nancy Main | 58 |
5 | Scotland | Margaret MacSherry Christine Haskett Sheena Fitzmaurice Sandra Kirk | 68 |
6 | Wales | Jean Lochhead Bronwen Cardy Gloria Dourass Delyth Davies | 87 |
Participation
An unofficial count yields the participation of 211 athletes from 17 countries.
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See also
- 1970 in athletics (track and field)
References
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