1971 International Cross Country Championships
# 1971 International Cross Country Championships

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.

Complete results for men, junior men, women, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.

## Medallists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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

### Men's (7.5 mi / 12.1 km)

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | 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)

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | 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)

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | 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

### Men's

| Rank | Country | Team | Points |
| - | - | - | - |
| 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

| 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

| Rank | Country | Team | Points |
| - | - | - | - |
| 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

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)
