1971 International Cross Country Championships

International athletics championship event

1971 International Cross Country Championships

Organisers| ICCU
Edition| 58th
Date| 20 March
Host city| San Sebastián, Euskadi, Spain
Venue| Lasarte Hippodrome
Events| 3
Distances| 7.5 mi (12.1 km) men
4.35 mi (7.0 km) junior men
2.17 mi (3.5 km) women[1]
Participation| 228 athletes from
18 nations

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The 1971 International Cross Country Championships was held in San Sebastián, Spain, at the Lasarte Hippodrome on 20 March 1971. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.[2]

Complete results for men,[3] junior men,[4] women,[5] medallists, [6] and the results of British athletes[7] were published.

## Medallists[edit]

Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Individual
Men
7.5 mi (12.1 km)  | Dave Bedford
England | 38:42.8  | Trevor Wright
England | 39:05.2  | Eddie Gray
New Zealand | 39:11.6
Junior Men
4.35 mi (7.0 km)  | Nick Rose
England | 23:12.4  | Ray Smedley
England | 23:17.4  | Jim Brown
Scotland | 24:02
Women
2.17 mi (3.5 km)  | Doris Brown
United States | 11:08.4  | Berny Lenferink
Netherlands | 11:21.2  | Joyce Smith
England | 11:23.2
Team
Men  |  England | 56  |  Belgium | 176  |  France | 186
Junior Men  |  England | 7  |  Scotland | 30  |  Italy | 39
Women  |  England | 29  |  New Zealand | 42  |  United States | 51

## Individual Race Results[edit]

### Men's (7.5 mi / 12.1 km)[edit]

Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time

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| Dave Bedford |  England | 38:42.8
| Trevor Wright |  England | 39:05.2
| Eddie Gray |  New Zealand | 39:11.6
4 | Javier Álvarez |  Spain | 39:15.3
5 | Peter Standing |  England | 39:19.4
6 | Malcolm Thomas |  Wales | 39:22.8
7 | Noel Tijou |  France | 39:29.3
8 | Mariano Haro |  Spain | 39:38.5
9 | Ian Stewart |  Scotland | 39:41.2
10 | Rod Dixon |  New Zealand | 39:43.5
11 | Pekka Päivärinta |  Finland | 39:44.7
12 | Gaston Roelants |  Belgium | 39:45.3
13 | Lucien Rault |  France | 39:50.2
14 | René Goris |  Belgium | 39:54.1
15 | Tony Simmons |  England | 39:55.2
16 | Frank Briscoe |  England | 39:56.3
17 | Andy Holden |  England | 39:57.2
18 | Mike Beevor |  England | 39:58.3
19 | Jan Wawrzuta |  Poland | 40:01.5
20 | Tony Ashton |  Wales | 40:02.3
21 | Lahcen El Hachmi |  Morocco | 40:04.3
22 | Willy Polleunis |  Belgium | 40:05.2
23 | Karel Lismont |  Belgium | 40:07.1
24 | Dick Wedlock |  Scotland | 40:08.9
25 | Norman Morrison |  Scotland | 40:09.2
26 | Bryan Rose |  New Zealand | 40:11.3
27 | Moha Aït Bassou |  Morocco | 40:14.7
28 | John Caine |  England | 40:17.1
29 | Alan Blinston |  England | 40:18.6
30 | Reino Ahvenainen |  Finland | 40:21.5
31 | Juan Hidalgo |  Spain | 40:23.1
32 | Miloud Chenna |  Morocco | 40:25.3
33 | Antoine Borowski |  France | 40:29.7
34 | Michel Bernard |  France | 40:32.3
35 | Jean-Yves Le Flohic |  France | 40:37.9
36 | Haddou Jaddour |  Morocco | 40:40.2
37 | Rex Maddaford |  New Zealand | 40:41.3
38 | Jim Alder |  Scotland | 40:49.7
39 | Seppo Nikkari |  Finland | 40:50.1
40 | Paddy Coyle |  Ireland | 40:51.5
41 | Rauno Mattila |  Finland | 40:52
42 | Bernie Hayward |  Wales | 40:53
43 | Seppo Tuominen |  Finland | 40:55
44 | Julio Gude |  Spain | 40:59
45 | Józef Rębacz |  Poland | 40:59
46 | Edward Stawiarz |  Poland | 40:59
47 | Brunello Bertolin |  Italy | 40:59
48 | Hans Menet |  Switzerland | 40:59
49 | Ben Assou El Ghazi |  Morocco | 40:59
50 | Moumoh Haddou |  Morocco | 40:59
51 | Eddy van Butsele |  Belgium | 40:59
52 | Sean O'Sullivan |  Ireland | 41:01
53 | Pat Gilseman |  Ireland | 41:02
54 | Paul Thijs |  Belgium | 41:03
55 | Ramon Tasende |  Spain | 41:04
56 | Fernando Aguilar |  Spain | 41:05
57 | Mohamed Ben Abdelsalem |  Morocco | 41:10
58 | John Sheddan |  New Zealand | 41:14
59 | Alistair Blamire |  Scotland | 41:15
60 | Martin Simmons |  New Zealand | 41:17
61 | Lachie Stewart |  Scotland | 41:24
62 | Gaston Heleven |  Belgium | 41:26
63 | Mohamed Belhoucine |  Morocco | 41:27
64 | Jean-Pierre Dufresne |  France | 41:28
65 | Esko Lipsonen |  Finland | 41:29
66 | Achille Vaes |  Belgium | 41:30
67 | Stanisław Podzoba |  Poland | 41:31
68 | Dick Crowley |  Ireland | 41:35
69 | Carlos Pérez |  Spain | 41:35
70 | Andrew McKean |  Scotland | 41:38
71 | Bernie Plain |  Wales | 41:39
72 | Geoffrey Pyne |  New Zealand | 41:40
73 | Mario Binato |  Italy | 41:41
74 | Steve Gibbons |  Wales | 41:42
75 | Olavi Suomalainen |  Finland | 41:45
76 | Albrecht Moser |  Switzerland | 41:46
77 | Mohamed Kacemi |  Algeria | 41:49
78 | Gérard Vervoort |  France | 41:52
79 | Alfons Sidler |  Switzerland | 41:54
80 | Nigel Evans |  Wales | 41:56
81 | Hidih Bidrou |  Morocco | 42:03
82 | Cherif Ben Ali |  Algeria | 42:04
83 | Tony Brien |  Ireland | 42:05
84 | Guy Texereau |  France | 42:06
85 | Josef Wirth |  Switzerland | 42:07
86 | Josef Fähndrich |  Switzerland | 42:08
87 | Mohamed Gouasmi |  Algeria | 42:13
88 | Raymond Corbaz |  Switzerland | 42:15
89 | Tahar Bounab |  Algeria | 42:18
90 | Irineo de Lucas |  Spain | 42:19
91 | Karl Mangold |  Switzerland | 42:22
92 | Edward Mleczko |  Poland | 42:23
93 | Bolesław Walkowiak |  Poland | 42:24
94 | Kazimierz Podolak |  Poland | 42:25
95 | Renato Martini |  Italy | 42:32
96 | Jim McNamara |  Ireland | 42:40
97 | Mike Teer |  Northern Ireland | 42:43
98 | Gaetano Pusterla |  Italy | 42:45
99 | Ron McAndrew |  Wales | 42:47
100 | Jean Levaillant |  France | 42:48
101 | Roy Kernoghan |  Northern Ireland | 42:58
102 | Desmond McGann |  Ireland | 43:09
103 | Giuseppe Cindolo |  Italy | 43:10
104 | Ian Morrison |  Northern Ireland | 43:11
105 | Massimo Begnis |  Italy | 43:15
106 | Jim Hayes |  Northern Ireland | 43:22
107 | Roberto Gervasini |  Italy | 43:27
108 | Eddie Spillane |  Ireland | 43:29
109 | Guenaoui Behloul |  Algeria | 43:30
110 | Antonio Frechilla |  Spain | 43:31
111 | Cyril Pennington |  Northern Ireland | 43:45
112 | Franco Ambrosioni |  Italy | 43:52
113 | Yahia Megdout |  Algeria | 43:54
114 | Abdelkader Beneyttou |  Algeria | 43:55
115 | Bill Mullett |  Scotland | 44:19
116 | Fergus Murray |  Scotland | 44:29
117 | Les Jones |  Northern Ireland | 45:06
118 | Derradji Abdelatif |  Algeria | 45:25
119 | John Nodwell |  Northern Ireland | 45:35
— | Mikko Ala-Leppilamppi |  Finland | DNF
— | Emiel Puttemans |  Belgium | DNF
— | Gavin Thorley |  New Zealand | DNF

### Junior Men's (4.35 mi / 7.0 km)[edit]

Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time

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|
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| Nick Rose |  England | 23:12.4
| Ray Smedley |  England | 23:17.4
| Jim Brown |  Scotland | 24:02
4 | Steve Kenyon |  England | 24:16.2
5 | Kamel Guemar |  Algeria | 24:30.4
6 | Franco Fava |  Italy | 24:33.6
7 | Ramon Sanchez |  Spain | 24:35.5
8 | Aldo Tomasini |  Italy | 24:40
9 | Peter Adams |  England | 24:42
10 | Eddy Van Mullem |  Belgium | 24:44.4
11 | Eric De Beck |  Belgium | 24:45.8
12 | Ricardo Ortega |  Spain | 24:46.6
13 | Ian Gilmour |  Scotland | 24:49
14 | Ron MacDonald |  Scotland | 24:51.2
15 | Alain Grandfils |  France | 24:52.2
16 | Greg Hannon |  Northern Ireland | 24:53.4
17 | Eddie Leddy |  Ireland | 24:55.6
18 | Eamonn Coghlan |  Ireland | 24:58
19 | Gerry Hannon |  Northern Ireland | 25:01
20 | William Burns |  Scotland | 25:02.4
21 | Herman Mignon |  Belgium | 25:06.8
22 | Gérard Thomazo |  France | 25:08.6
23 | Fernando Mamede |  Portugal | 25:14.4
24 | Neil Cusack |  Ireland | 25:16.1
25 | Vincenzo Lavini |  Italy | 25:17.4
26 | John Baillie |  Northern Ireland | 25:18
27 | William Curtin |  Ireland | 25:20.3
28 | Attallah Djelloul |  Algeria | 25:22.8
29 | Vasco Pereira |  Portugal | 25:23.5
30 | Robert Harrison |  England | 25:24.6
31 | Claude Biteau |  France | 25:25.2
32 | Léon Schots |  Belgium | 25:27.3
33 | Enrique Chaves |  Spain | 25:28.1
34 | Frank Clement |  Scotland | 25:34.8
35 | Paolo Picca |  Italy | 25:35
36 | Carlos Cabral |  Portugal | 25:38.3
37 | Mario Gilardi |  Italy | 25:48.2
38 | Jean-Luc Simonin |  France | 25:57.4
39 | Mohamed Salem |  Algeria | 26:04.1
40 | Padraig Keane |  Ireland | 26:08.5
41 | Pierre Chupin |  France | 26:13
42 | Maurits Beutels |  Belgium | 26:16
43 | Francisco Muñoz |  Spain | 26:29
44 | Francisco Morera |  Spain | 26:40
45 | Carlos Tavares |  Portugal | 26:48
46 | John McLaughlin |  Northern Ireland | 26:53

### Women's (2.8 mi / 4.5 km)[edit]

Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time

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|
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| Doris Brown |  United States | 11:08.4
| Berny Lenferink |  Netherlands | 11:21.2
| Joyce Smith |  England | 11:23.2
4 | Angela Lovell |  England | 11:24.4
5 | Janet Bristol |  United States | 11:25.2
6 | Christine Haskett |  Scotland | 11:26.6
7 | Valerie Robinson |  New Zealand | 11:27.4
8 | Bev Shingles |  New Zealand | 11:28.2
9 | Irene Miller |  New Zealand | 11:30
10 | Rita Ridley |  England | 11:34.2
11 | Beth Bonner |  United States | 11:35.4
12 | Sheila Carey |  England | 11:36.6
13 | Zina Boniolo |  Italy | 11:37.8
14 | Thelwyn Bateman |  Wales | 11:43.8
15 | Belen Azpeitia |  Spain | 11:47.6
16 | Jean Lochhead |  Wales | 11:48.4
17 | Annie van den Kerkhof |  Netherlands | 11:50
18 | Heather Thomson |  New Zealand | 11:52.2
19 | Ann O'Brien |  Ireland | 11:53.2
20 | Bronwen Cardy |  Wales | 11:55.5
21 | Waltraud Egger |  Italy | 11:56.6
22 | Anneke Stalman |  Netherlands | 11:59
23 | Margherita Gargano |  Italy | 12:00
24 | Carol Gould |  England | 12:01.2
25 | Deirdre Foreman |  Ireland | 12:02.2
26 | Christina van Loock |  Belgium | 12:04.4
27 | Gillian Tivey |  England | 12:05.6
28 | Margaret MacSherry |  Scotland | 12:06.4
29 | Millie Sampson |  New Zealand | 12:07.6
30 | Joke van de Stelt |  Netherlands | 12:08.3
31 | Hadhoum Kadiri |  Morocco | 12:09.1
32 | Mary Lynch |  Ireland | 12:09.8
33 | Els Gommers |  Netherlands | 12:10.3
34 | Trina Hosmer |  United States | 12:11.5
35 | Kate Moroney |  Ireland | 12:12.3
36 | Eileen Cornish |  United States | 12:15.3
37 | Beatrice Lambert |  Ireland | 12:17.4
38 | Khaddouj Hanine |  Morocco | 12:18.5
39 | Veronica Sherry |  Ireland | 12:20.2
40 | Gloria Dourass |  Wales | 12:21.8
41 | Giuseppina Torello |  Italy | 12:25.8
42 | Pilar San Martin |  Spain | 12:26
43 | Sandra Sutherland |  Scotland | 12:27
44 | Pamela Bagian |  United States | 12:28
45 | Begona Zuñiga |  Spain | 12:32
46 | Anne Smith |  New Zealand | 12:33
47 | Ann Barrass |  Scotland | 12:38
48 | Brenda Grinney |  Scotland | 12:39
49 | Liève van den Broeck |  Belgium | 12:42
50 | Donata Govoni |  Italy | 12:43
51 | Delyth Davies |  Wales | 12:43
52 | Rose Murphy |  Scotland | 12:44
53 | Luisa Marci |  Italy | 12:46
54 | Maria Fuentes |  Spain | 12:47
55 | Josee van Santberghe |  Belgium | 12:49
56 | María Martínez |  Spain | 12:52
57 | Consuelo Alonso |  Spain | 12:55
58 | Rita Brownlie |  Wales | 13:05
59 | Rabea Rodchi |  Morocco | 13:08
60 | Monique Dockx |  Belgium | 13:10

## Team Results[edit]

### Men's[edit]

Rank | Country | Team | Points

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|
|

1 |  England | Dave Bedford
Trevor Wright
Peter Standing
Tony Simmons
Frank Briscoe
Andy Holden | 56
2 |  Belgium | Gaston Roelants
René Goris
Willy Polleunis
Karel Lismont
Eddy van Butsele
Paul Thijs | 176
3 |  France | Noel Tijou
Lucien Rault
Antoine Borowski
Michel Bernard
Jean-Yves Le Flohic
Jean-Pierre Dufresne | 186
4 |  New Zealand | Eddie Gray
Rod Dixon
Bryan Rose
Rex Maddaford
John Sheddan
Martin Simmons | 194
5 |  Spain | Javier Álvarez
Mariano Haro
Juan Hidalgo
Julio Gude
Ramon Tasende
Fernando Aguilar | 198
6 |  Morocco | Lahcen El Hachmi
Moha Aït Bassou
Miloud Chenna
Haddou Jaddour
Ben Assou El Ghazi
Moumoh Haddou | 215
7 |  Scotland | Ian Stewart
Dick Wedlock
Norman Morrison
Jim Alder
Alistair Blamire
Lachie Stewart | 216
8 |  Finland | Pekka Päivärinta
Reino Ahvenainen
Seppo Nikkari
Rauno Mattila
Seppo Tuominen
Esko Lipsonen | 229
9 |  Wales | Malcolm Thomas
Tony Ashton
Bernie Hayward
Bernie Plain
Steve Gibbons
Nigel Evans | 293
10 |  Poland | Jan Wawrzuta
Józef Rębacz
Edward Stawiarz
Stanisław Podzoba
Edward Mleczko
Bolesław Walkowiak | 362
11 |  Ireland | Paddy Coyle
Sean O'Sullivan
Pat Gilseman
Dick Crowley
Tony Brien
Jim McNamara | 392
12 |  Switzerland | Hans Menet
Albrecht Moser
Alfons Sidler
Josef Wirth
Josef Fähndrich
Raymond Corbaz | 462
13 |  Italy | Brunello Bertolin
Mario Binato
Renato Martini
Gaetano Pusterla
Giuseppe Cindolo
Massimo Begnis | 521
14 |  Algeria | Mohamed Kacemi
Cherif Ben Ali
Mohamed Gouasmi
Tahar Bounab
Guenaoui Behloul
Yahia Megdout | 557
15 |  Northern Ireland | Mike Teer
Roy Kernoghan
Ian Morrison
Jim Hayes
Cyril Pennington
Les Jones | 636

### Junior Men's[edit]

Rank | Country | Team | Points

|
|
|

1 |  England | Nick Rose
Ray Smedley
Steve Kenyon | 7
2 |  Scotland | Jim Brown
Ian Gilmour
Ron MacDonald | 30
3 |  Italy | Franco Fava
Aldo Tomasini
Vincenzo Lavini | 39
4 |  Belgium | Eddy Van Mullem
Eric De Beck
Herman Mignon | 42
5 |  Spain | Ramon Sanchez
Ricardo Ortega
Enrique Chaves | 52
6 |  Ireland | Eddie Leddy
Eamonn Coghlan
Neil Cusack | 59
7 |  Northern Ireland | Greg Hannon
Gerry Hannon
John Baillie | 61
8 |  France | Alain Grandfils
Gérard Thomazo
Claude Biteau | 68
9 |  Algeria | Kamel Guemar
Attallah Djelloul
Mohamed Salem | 72
10 |  Portugal | Fernando Mamede
Vasco Pereira
Carlos Cabral | 88

### Women's[edit]

Rank | Country | Team | Points

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|
|

1 |  England | Joyce Smith
Angela Lovell
Rita Ridley
Sheila Carey | 29
2 |  New Zealand | Valerie Robinson
Bev Shingles
Irene Miller
Heather Thomson | 42
3 |  United States | Doris Brown
Janet Bristol
Beth Bonner
Trina Hosmer | 51
4 |  Netherlands | Berny Lenferink
Annie van den Kerkhof
Anneke Stalman
Joke van de Stelt | 71
5 |  Wales | Thelwyn Bateman
Jean Lochhead
Bronwen Cardy
Gloria Dourass | 90
6 |  Italy | Zina Boniolo
Waltraud Egger
Margherita Gargano
Giuseppina Torello | 98
7 |  Ireland | Ann O'Brien
Deirdre Foreman
Mary Lynch
Kate Moroney | 111
8 |  Scotland | Christine Haskett
Margaret MacSherry
Sandra Sutherland
Ann Barrass | 124
9 |  Spain | Belen Azpeitia
Pilar San Martin
Begona Zuñiga
Maria Fuentes | 156
10 |  Belgium | Christina van Loock
Liève van den Broeck
Josee van Santberghe
Monique Dockx | 190

## Participation[edit]

An unofficial count yields the participation of 228 athletes from 18 countries.

* Algeria (11)
* Belgium (18)
* England (20)
* Finland (8)
* France (14)
* Ireland (19)
* Italy (19)
* Morocco (12)
* Netherlands (5)
* New Zealand (14)
* Northern Ireland (11)
* Poland (7)
* Portugal (4)
* Scotland (20)
* Spain (20)
* Switzerland (7)
* United States (6)
* Wales (13)

## See also[edit]

* 1971 in athletics (track and field)

## References[edit]

1. ^ "World Cross Country Championbships". ARRS. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
2. ^ Athletics - Scots' Seniors are Bogged Down - The Scottish senior cross-country team became bogged down in the mud during the first mile of the International championship at San Sebastian on Saturday, and ultimately finished seventh, a position that belied their ability, especially on a day when nature seemed to be their ally..., Glasgow Herald, March 22, 1971, p. 4, retrieved October 4, 2013
3. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), International Cross Country Championships - 12.1km CC Men - San Sebastian Lasarte Hippodrome Date: Saturday, March 20, 1971, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on August 28, 2007, retrieved October 4, 2013`{{citation}}`: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
4. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (April 14, 2007), International Cross Country Championships - 7.0km CC Men - San Sebastian Lasarte Hippodrome Date: Saturday, March 20, 1971, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on August 6, 2007, retrieved October 4, 2013`{{citation}}`: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
5. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (January 20, 2006), International Cross Country Championships - 3.5km CC Women - San Sebastian Lasarte Hippodrome Date: Saturday, March 20, 1971, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 4, 2013`{{citation}}`: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
6. ^ INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved September 24, 2013
7. ^ 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. 13ff, archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2013, retrieved September 24, 2013

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