1968 International Cross Country Championships | |
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Organisers | ICCU |
Edition | 55th |
Date | March 17 (men) / March 23 (women) |
Host city |
Tunis,
Tunisia
(men) Blackburn, Lancashire, England (women) |
Venue |
Hippodrome de Kassar-Said (men) Witton Park (women) |
Events | 2 / 1 |
Distances | 7.5 mi (12.1 km) men 4.35 mi (7.0 km) junior men 2.8 mi (4.5 km) women |
Participation | 177 athletes from 14 nations |
The 1968 International Cross Country Championships was held in Tunis, Tunisia, at the Hippodrome de Kassar-Said on March 17, 1968. The women's championship was held one week later in Blackburn, England at the Witton Country Park on March 23, 1968. A report on the men's event [1] as well as on the women's event [2] was given in the Glasgow Herald.
Complete results for men, [3] junior men, [4] women, [5] medallists, [6] and the results of British athletes [7] were published.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Individual | ||||||
Men 7.5 mi (12.1 km) |
Mohamed Gammoudi Tunisia |
35:25.4 |
Ron Hill England |
35:26.8 |
Roy Fowler England |
35:31.8 |
Junior Men 4.35 mi (7.0 km) |
John Bednarski England |
20:59 |
Pierre de Freyn Belgium |
21:00 |
Mohamed Omar Morocco |
21:02 |
Women 2.8 mi (4.5 km) |
Doris Brown United States |
15:00 |
Vicki Foltz United States |
15:12 |
Pamela Davies England |
15:21 |
Team | ||||||
Men | England | 58 | France | 101 | Spain | 129 |
Junior Men | England | 10 | Tunisia | 27 | Morocco | 29 |
Women | United States | 19 | England | 20 | Scotland | 55 |
Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
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Mohamed Gammoudi | Tunisia | 35:25.4 | |
Ron Hill | England | 35:26.8 | |
Roy Fowler | England | 35:31.8 | |
4 | Guy Texereau | France | 35:34.6 |
5 | Mike Freary | England | 35:40 |
6 | Mariano Haro | Spain | 35:40 |
7 | Alan Rushmer | England | 35:42.6 |
8 | Ahmed Zammel | Tunisia | 35:47 |
9 | Noel Tijou | France | 35:48 |
10 | Ian McCafferty | Scotland | 36:08 |
11 | Derek Graham | Northern Ireland | 36:13 |
12 | José Maiz | Spain | 36:14 |
13 | Javier Álvarez | Spain | 36:15 |
14 | René Jourdan | France | 36:18 |
15 | Lucien Rault | France | 36:19.4 |
16 | Jim Hogan | England | 36:22 |
17 | Mohamed Said | Morocco | 36:24.8 |
18 | Lachie Stewart | Scotland | 36:26 |
19 | Andy Brown | Scotland | 36:27 |
20 | Jim Wright | Scotland | 36:28.4 |
21 | Iluminado Corcuera | Spain | 36:29 |
22 | Larbi Oukada | Morocco | 36:29.6 |
23 | Jim Alder | Scotland | 36:32 |
24 | Ben Assou El Ghazi | Morocco | 36:33 |
25 | Bill Adcocks | England | 36:38 |
26 | Carlos Pérez | Spain | 36:43 |
27 | Bill Clark | United States | 36:45 |
28 | Walter Huss | Switzerland | 36:45.2 |
29 | Bernard Maroquin | France | 36:52.4 |
30 | Michel Bernard | France | 36:55.8 |
31 | Gaston Roelants | Belgium | 36:58 |
32 | Mhedheb Hannachi | Tunisia | 36:59.2 |
33 | Haddou Jaddour | Morocco | 37:04.4 |
34 | Herb Lorenz | United States | 37:06 |
35 | Tony Cox | England | 37:07 |
36 | Don Lakin | United States | 37:08.2 |
37 | Moha Aït Bassou | Morocco | 37:09 |
38 | Alan Joslyn | Wales | 37:10.4 |
39 | Tom Heinonen | United States | 37:11 |
40 | Roger Clark | England | 37:14 |
41 | Doug Wiebe | United States | 37:16.4 |
42 | Ammar Khemiri | Tunisia | 37:24.8 |
43 | Gérard Vervoort | France | 37:25 |
44 | Dennis Quinlan | Ireland | 37:26 |
45 | Hammadi Ben Mohamed | Morocco | 37:27.4 |
46 | Matt Murphy | Ireland | 37:29 |
47 | Gareth Bryan-Jones | Scotland | 37:31 |
48 | Tom O'Riordan | Ireland | 37:31.6 |
49 | Robert Folie | Belgium | 37:32 |
50 | Pierre de Pauw | Belgium | 37:35.2 |
51 | Ramon Tasende | Spain | 37:36 |
52 | Francisco Aritmendi | Spain | 37:38.4 |
53 | Mohamed Ben Abdelsalem | Morocco | 37:43.4 |
54 | Jean-Pierre Delloye | Belgium | 37:48.2 |
55 | Werner Dössegger | Switzerland | 37:50 |
56 | Fernando Aguilar | Spain | 37:51 |
57 | John Linaker | Scotland | 37:52.6 |
58 | Leon Moreels | Belgium | 37:54.2 |
59 | Alan Jones | Wales | 37:56.6 |
60 | Hedydd Davies | Wales | 38:02.4 |
61 | Yves Martinage | France | 38:03 |
62 | Johan Janssens | Belgium | 38:04.2 |
63 | Alfons Sidler | Switzerland | 38:07.6 |
64 | Albien van Holsbeek | Belgium | 38:09.2 |
65 | Werner Wildschek | Switzerland | 38:13.4 |
66 | Donal Walsh | Ireland | 38:15.6 |
67 | Alec Brown | Scotland | 38:16 |
68 | Roy Kernoghan | Northern Ireland | 38:17.4 |
69 | Bill Reilly | United States | 38:22.6 |
70 | Walter Dietiker | Switzerland | 38:23 |
71 | Abdelkader Zaddem | Tunisia | 38:26 |
72 | Joe O'Keefe | Ireland | 38:28.2 |
73 | Hamdouni Sghaier | Tunisia | 38:44.6 |
74 | Hansruedi Knill | Switzerland | 38:46 |
75 | Abdallah Ben Ammar | Tunisia | 38:47.6 |
76 | Lorenzo Gutierrez | Spain | 38:50.4 |
77 | Matt Wilson | Northern Ireland | 38:54 |
78 | Mike Teer | Northern Ireland | 38:55.6 |
79 | Hans Rüdisühli | Switzerland | 39:10 |
80 | Abderrahmane Delhoum | Algeria | 39:11.2 |
81 | Frank Briscoe | England | 39:27 |
82 | Moses Mayfield | United States | 39:30.2 |
83 | Malcolm Edger | Northern Ireland | 39:43 |
84 | John Buckley | Ireland | 39:47 |
85 | Guenaoui Behloul | Algeria | 39:50 |
86 | Patrick Leddy | Ireland | 39:54 |
87 | Cyril Leigh | Wales | 40:08 |
88 | Kamali Benmissi | Algeria | 40:10 |
89 | Mohamed Gouasmi | Algeria | 40:10.6 |
90 | David Logue | Northern Ireland | 40:13 |
91 | Mel Evans | Wales | 40:27 |
92 | Alistair Blamire | Scotland | 40:29 |
93 | Jeff Kirby | Wales | 41:02 |
94 | Gérard Goutailler | France | 41:35 |
95 | Mustapha Lerari | Algeria | 41:36 |
96 | Aissa Benfarès | Algeria | 41:37 |
97 | Chris Loosley | Wales | 41:48 |
98 | Bali | Algeria | 41:48 |
99 | Ian Morrison | Northern Ireland | 41:52 |
100 | Belgacem Harrathi | Tunisia | 42:07 |
— | Eugène Allonsius | Belgium | DNF |
— | Labidi Ayachi | Tunisia | DNF |
— | Mick Molloy | Ireland | DNF |
— | Willy Polleunis | Belgium | DNF |
— | Ron McAndrew | Wales | DNF |
— | Alfred Chivers | Northern Ireland | DNF |
— | Seboui | Algeria | DNF |
Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
---|---|---|---|
John Bednarski | England | 20:59,6 | |
Pierre de Freyn | Belgium | 21:00,6 | |
Mohamed Omar | Morocco | 21:02,6 | |
4 | Don Faircloth | England | 21:07,2 |
5 | Andy Holden | England | 21:07,2 |
6 | Ian Stewart | England | 21:13,8 |
7 | Tony Simmons | Wales | 21:26,6 |
8 | Hamida Gamoudi | Tunisia | 21:32 |
9 | Amor Lassoued | Tunisia | 21:34 |
10 | Mansour Guettaya | Tunisia | 21:39 |
11 | Oujid Abdellah | Morocco | 21:54 |
12 | Pierre van Heddegem | Belgium | 21:57 |
13 | Norman Morrison | Scotland | 21:59 |
14 | Angel Cob | Spain | 22:02,6 |
15 | Mohamed Benachir | Morocco | 22:08 |
16 | Mohamed El Ayachi | Morocco | 22:09,6 |
17 | Martin McMahon | Scotland | 22:12,6 |
18 | James Cook | Scotland | 22:19,4 |
19 | Ali Dali | Libya | 22:28,8 |
20 | Julio Gude | Spain | 22:34 |
21 | Tahar Bounab | Algeria | 22:35 |
22 | Bernie Hayward | Wales | 22:36,6 |
23 | Manuel Alcudia | Spain | 22:41 |
24 | Karel Lismont | Belgium | 22:44,2 |
25 | Juan José Sordo | Spain | 22:46,6 |
26 | Boualem Rahoui | Algeria | 22:52,8 |
27 | Mohamed Benslimane | Algeria | 22:53 |
28 | John Calvert | England | 22:56 |
29 | Noureddine Hamouda | Tunisia | 22:58 |
30 | Andres Jimeno | Spain | 23:08 |
31 | Alan Beaney | Scotland | 23:13,2 |
32 | Gwynn Davis | Wales | 23:19,8 |
33 | Roland Verstraeten | Belgium | 23:31,2 |
34 | John Powell | Wales | 23:38 |
35 | Tom Paterson | Scotland | 23:42,6 |
36 | Ali Ahmed Baccouch | Libya | 23:47 |
37 | Mohamed Kacemi | Algeria | 24:00,2 |
38 | Mehdi Ali | Libya | 24:01 |
39 | Hassen Kachroudi | Tunisia | 24:43,6 |
40 | Ahmed Zbaidi | Morocco | 24:54,4 |
Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
---|---|---|---|
Doris Brown | United States | 15:00 | |
Vicki Foltz | United States | 15:12 | |
Pamela Davies | England | 15:21 | |
4 | Anne Smith | England | 15:24 |
5 | Linda Mayfield | United States | 15:43 |
6 | Patricia Brown | England | 15:47 |
7 | Phyllis Perkins | England | 15:53 |
8 | Ann O'Brien | Ireland | 15:56 |
9 | Sheila Taylor | England | 16:05 |
10 | Ursula Kennedy | Ireland | 16:10 |
11 | Cheryl Bridges | United States | 16:11 |
12 | Doreen King | Scotland | 16:14 |
13 | Margaret MacSherry | Scotland | 16:18 |
14 | Dale Greig | Scotland | 16:18 |
15 | Thelwyn Bateman | Wales | 16:23 |
16 | Leslie Watson | Scotland | 16:27 |
17 | Rosemary Stirling | Scotland | 16:39 |
18 | Natalie Roche | United States | 16:50 |
19 | Sheena Fitzmaurice | Scotland | 16:52 |
20 | June Hale | England | 17:12 |
21 | Ann Keating | Ireland | 17:15 |
22 | Gloria Dourass | Wales | 17:21 |
23 | Margaret Doody | Ireland | 17:25 |
24 | Siobhan Lynch | Ireland | 17:29 |
25 | Jean Lochhead | Wales | 17:33 |
26 | Lori Schutt | United States | 17:38 |
27 | Delyth Davies | Wales | 17:41 |
28 | Janet Eynon | Wales | 18:33 |
29 | Eileen Kelly | Ireland | 18:47 |
30 | Meryl Priestley | Wales | 18:59 |
Rank | Country | Team | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | England |
Ron Hill Roy Fowler Mike Freary Alan Rushmer Jim Hogan Bill Adcocks |
58 |
2 | France |
Guy Texereau Noel Tijou René Jourdan Lucien Rault Bernard Maroquin Michel Bernard |
101 |
3 | Spain |
Mariano Haro José Maiz Javier Álvarez Iluminado Corcuera Carlos Pérez Ramon Tasende |
129 |
4 | Scotland |
Ian McCafferty Lachie Stewart Andy Brown Jim Wright Jim Alder Gareth Bryan-Jones |
137 |
5 | Morocco | Mohamed Said Larbi Oukada Ben Assou El Ghazi Haddou Jaddour Moha Aït Bassou Hammadi Ben Mohamed |
178 |
6 | Tunisia |
Mohamed Gammoudi Ahmed Zammel Mhedheb Hannachi Ammar Khemiri Abdelkader Zaddem Hamdouni Sghaier |
227 |
7 | United States | Bill Clark Herb Lorenz Don Lakin Tom Heinonen Doug Wiebe Bill Reilly |
246 |
8 | Belgium |
Gaston Roelants Robert Folie Pierre de Pauw Jean-Pierre Delloye Leon Moreels Johan Janssens |
304 |
9 | Switzerland | Walter Huss Werner Dössegger Alfons Sidler Werner Wildschek Walter Dietiker Hansruedi Knill |
355 |
10 | Ireland | Dennis Quinlan Matt Murphy Tom O'Riordan Donal Walsh Joe O'Keefe John Buckley |
360 |
11 | Northern Ireland |
Derek Graham Roy Kernoghan Matt Wilson Mike Teer Malcolm Edger David Logue |
407 |
12 | Wales | Alan Joslyn Alan Jones Hedydd Davies Cyril Leigh Mel Evans Jeff Kirby |
428 |
13 | Algeria | Abderrahmane Delhoum Guenaoui Behloul Kamali Benmissi Mohamed Gouasmi Mustapha Lerari Aissa Benfarès |
533 |
Rank | Country | Team | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | England |
John Bednarski Don Faircloth Andy Holden |
10 |
2 | Tunisia |
Hamida Gamoudi Amor Lassoued Mansour Guettaya |
27 |
3 | Morocco |
Mohamed Omar Oujid Abdellah Mohamed Benachir |
29 |
4 | Belgium |
Pierre de Freyn Pierre van Heddegem Karel Lismont |
38 |
5 | Scotland |
Norman Morrison Martin McMahon James Cook |
48 |
6 | Spain | Angel Cob Julio Gude Manuel Alcudia |
57 |
7 | Wales |
Tony Simmons Bernie Hayward Gwynn Davis |
61 |
8 | Algeria |
Tahar Bounab Boualem Rahoui Mohamed Benslimane |
74 |
9 | Libya | Ali Dali Ali Ahmed Baccouch Mehdi Ali |
93 |
Rank | Country | Team | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | United States |
Doris Brown Vicki Foltz Linda Mayfield Cheryl Bridges |
19 |
2 | England |
Pamela Davies Anne Smith Patricia Brown Phyllis Perkins |
20 |
3 | Scotland | Doreen King Margaret MacSherry Dale Greig Leslie Watson |
55 |
4 | Ireland | Ann O'Brien Ursula Kennedy Ann Keating Margaret Doody |
62 |
5 | Wales |
Thelwyn Bateman Gloria Dourass Jean Lochhead Delyth Davies |
89 |
An unofficial count yields the participation of 177 athletes from 14 countries.
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