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
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

Individual
RankAthleteCountryTime
Carmen Valero Spain16:19.4
Tatyana Kazankina Soviet Union16:39
Gabriella Dorio Italy16:56
4Ann Yeoman England16:57
5Renata Pentlinowska Poland17:00
6Joëlle De Brouwer France17:01
7Lynn Bjorklund United States17:02
8Giana Romanova Soviet Union17:03
9Mary Stewart Scotland17:04
10Margherita Gargano Italy17:05
11Tatyana Galstyan Soviet Union17:06
12Raisa Katyukova Soviet Union17:07
13Viviane van Emelen Belgium17:09
14Deirdre Foreman Ireland17:10
15Silvana Cruciata Italy17:11
16Glynis Penny England17:18
17Doris Heritage United States17:19
18Nadine Claes Belgium17:20
19Debbie Quatier United States17:21
20Celina Magala Poland17:23
21Judy Graham United States17:24
22Mary Purcell Ireland17:25
23Christine Haskett Scotland17:27
24Paula Neppel United States17:27
25Monika Gaisjier Poland17:28
26Carol Gould England17:29
27Aila Virkberg Finland17:30
28Christine Iceaga France17:30
29Olga Dvirna Soviet Union17:31
30Chantal Navarro France17:32
31Cristina Tomasini Italy17:32
32Thelwyn Bateman England17:36
33Sinikka Tyynelä Finland17:39
34Alison Blake England17:39
35Marjukka Ahtiainen Finland17:40
36Encarnación Escudero Spain17:40
37Zofia Kolakowska Poland17:41
38Cheryl Bridges United States17:42
39Marleen Mols Belgium17:47
40Sheelagh Morrissey Ireland17:51
41Moire O'Boyle Scotland17:54
42Taina Syrjälä Finland17:58
43Joëlle Audibert France18:00
44Montserrat Abello Spain18:00
45Valerie Rowe England18:05
46Veronica Duffy Ireland18:10
47Françoise Nicolas France18:11
48Belen Azpeitia Spain18:14
49Helena Pietilä Finland18:14
50Magda Ilands Belgium18:15
51Urszula Prasek Poland18:18
52Jean Lochhead Wales18:29
53Agnesista Duplica Poland18:30
54Margaret Coomber Scotland18:30
55Iciar Martinez Spain18:31
56Marian Stanton Ireland18:31
57Sonia Basso Italy18:32
58Christine Malone Ireland18:38
59Marcelina Hernaiz Spain18:58
60Ann Parker Scotland19:02
61Mary Chambers Scotland19:09
62Anne Morris Wales19:11
63Bernadette van Roy Belgium19:12
64Maria Steels Belgium19:12
65Viviane Croisé France19:13
66Bronwen Smith Wales19:39
67Anna James Wales19:42
68Margaret Morgan Wales20:09
69Ann Roblin Wales20:21

Teams
RankTeamPoints
 Soviet Union
Tatyana Kazankina2
Giana Romanova8
Tatyana Galstyan11
Raisa Katyukova12
(Olga Dvirna)(29)
 33
 Italy
Gabriella Dorio3
Margherita Gargano10
Silvana Cruciata15
Cristina Tomasini31
(Sonia Basso)(57)
 59
 United States
Lynn Bjorklund7
Doris Heritage17
Debbie Quatier19
Judy Graham21
(Paula Neppel)(24)
(Cheryl Bridges)(38)
 64
4 England
Ann Yeoman4
Glynis Penny16
Carol Gould26
Thelwyn Bateman32
(Alison Blake)(34)
(Valerie Rowe)(45)
 78
5 Poland
Renata Pentlinowska5
Celina Magala20
Monika Gaisjier25
Zofia Kolakowska37
(Urszula Prasek)(51)
(Agnesista Duplica)(53)
 87
6 France
Joëlle De Brouwer6
Christine Iceaga28
Chantal Navarro30
Joëlle Audibert43
(Françoise Nicolas)(47)
(Viviane Croisé)(65)
 107
7 Belgium
Viviane van Emelen13
Nadine Claes18
Marleen Mols39
Magda Ilands50
(Bernadette van Roy)(63)
(Maria Steels)(64)
 120
8 Ireland
Deirdre Foreman14
Mary Purcell22
Sheelagh Morrissey40
Veronica Duffy46
(Marian Stanton)(56)
(Christine Malone)(58)
 122
9 Scotland
Mary Stewart9
Christine Haskett23
Moire O'Boyle41
Margaret Coomber54
(Ann Parker)(60)
(Mary Chambers)(61)
 127
10 Spain
Carmen Valero1
Encarnación Escudero36
Montserrat Abello44
Belen Azpeitia48
(Iciar Martinez)(55)
(Marcelina Hernaiz)(59)
 129
11 Finland
Aila Virkberg27
Sinikka Tyynelä33
Marjukka Ahtiainen35
Taina Syrjälä42
(Helena Pietilä)(49)
 137
12 Wales
Jean Lochhead52
Anne Morris62
Bronwen Smith66
Anna James67
(Margaret Morgan)(68)
(Ann Roblin)(69)
 247
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation

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

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 (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 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  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 (PDF) on 27 September 2013, retrieved 9 October 2013
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