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

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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

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]

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

Race results[edit]

Senior women's race (4.8 km)[edit]

Individual[edit]

Rank Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Carmen Valero  Spain 16:19.4
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tatyana Kazankina  Soviet Union 16:39
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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[edit]

Rank Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Soviet Union
Tatyana Kazankina 2
Giana Romanova 8
Tatyana Galstyan 11
Raisa Katyukova 12
(Olga Dvirna) (29)
33
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Italy
Gabriella Dorio 3
Margherita Gargano 10
Silvana Cruciata 15
Cristina Tomasini 31
(Sonia Basso) (57)
59
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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[edit]

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[edit]

References[edit]

  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
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