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1970 International Cross Country Championships

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1970 International Cross Country Championships
OrganisersICCU
Edition57th
DateMarch 22
Host cityVichy, Auvergne, France France
Frederick, Maryland, United States United States (alternate women's event)
VenueVFW Country Club (women, Frederick)
Events3 / 1
Distances7.5 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)
Participation211 athletes from
17 nations

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.

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

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
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

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Men's (7.5 mi / 12.1 km)

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Rank Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mike Tagg  England 36:39.8
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gaston Roelants  Belgium 36:41.8
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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)

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Rank Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) John Hartnett  Ireland 21:57.2
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jack Lane  England 22:05.2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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 Vanlaer  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)

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Rank Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Paola Pigni  Italy 10:38.4
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Zofia Kołakowska  Poland 10:39.2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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)

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Rank Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Doris Brown  United States 15:04,4
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Rita Lincoln  England 15:11
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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Men's

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Rank Country Team Points
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

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Rank Country Team Points
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)

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Rank Country Team Points
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)

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Rank Country Team Points
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

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An unofficial count yields the participation of 211 athletes from 17 countries.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Tagg Leads English to Victory - Mike Tagg won the International Cross-Country Championship today, leading England to that first double of individual and team titles since 1963..., Glasgow Herald, March 23, 1970, p. 4, retrieved October 4, 2013
  2. ^ Miss MacSherry sixth in America - Margaret MacSherry, the 19-year-old Scottish Internationalist, who runs for Cambridge Harriers, gave one of the most impressive performances ever by a Scottish runner at the women's International Cross-Country Championship on Saturday at Frederick, Maryland..., Glasgow Herald, March 23, 1970, p. 4, retrieved October 4, 2013
  3. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), International Cross Country Championships - 12.1km CC Men - Vichy Date: Sunday, March 22, 1970, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on August 6, 2007, retrieved October 4, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (January 20, 2006), International Cross Country Championships - 7.0km CC Men - Vichy Date: Sunday, March 22, 1970, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on May 17, 2006, retrieved October 4, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (January 20, 2006), International Cross Country Championships - 3.0km CC Women - Vichy Date: Sunday, March 22, 1970, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 4, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (March 22, 2005), INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 4.0km CC Women - Senior - Frederick VFW Country Club Saturday March 21, 1970, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on April 4, 2005, retrieved October 4, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. ^ INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved September 24, 2013
  8. ^ 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