1969 International Cross Country Championships
# 1969 International Cross Country Championships

The 1969 International Cross Country Championships was held in Clydebank, Scotland, at the Dalmuir Park on 22 March 1969. A report on the men's 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 (12.0 km) | Gaston Roelants Belgium | 36:25 | Dick Taylor England | 36:44 | Ian McCafferty Scotland | 36:57 |
| Junior Men 4.35 mi (7.0 km) | Dave Bedford England | 19:38 | John Bednarski England | 19:59 | John Harrison England | 20:13 |
| Women 2.5 mi (4.0 km) | Doris Brown United States | 14:46 | Maureen Dickson United States | 14:51 | Valerie Robinson New Zealand | 14:58 |
| Team |||||||
| Men | England | 57 | France | 121 | Belgium | 125 |
| Junior Men | England | 6 | Ireland | 21 | Spain | 27 |
| Women | United States | 23 | New Zealand | 35 | England | 37 |

## Individual Race Results

### Men's (7.5 mi / 12.0 km)

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Gaston Roelants | Belgium | 36:25 |
| | Dick Taylor | England | 36:44 |
| | Ian McCafferty | Scotland | 36:57 |
| 4 | Mike Tagg | England | 36:59 |
| 5 | Noel Tijou | France | 37:14 |
| 6 | René Jourdan | France | 37:24 |
| 7 | Rex Maddaford | New Zealand | 37:28 |
| 8 | Tim Johnston | England | 37:33 |
| 9 | Jean Wadoux | France | 37:37 |
| 10 | Mariano Haro | Spain | 37:39 |
| 11 | Bill Clark | United States | 37:41 |
| 12 | Mike Turner | England | 37:44 |
| 13 | Euan Robertson | New Zealand | 37:50 |
| 14 | Trevor Wright | England | 37:53 |
| 15 | Willy Polleunis | Belgium | 37:56 |
| 16 | Lucien Rault | France | 37:57 |
| 17 | Bob Richardson | England | 38:01 |
| 18 | Moha Aït Bassou | Morocco | 38:04 |
| 19 | Gaston Heleven | Belgium | 38:05 |
| 20 | Lachie Stewart | Scotland | 38:06 |
| 21 | Eugène Allonsius | Belgium | 38:09 |
| 22 | Gavin Thorley | New Zealand | 38:10 |
| 23 | Fergus Murray | Scotland | 38:11 |
| 24 | Andy Holden | England | 38:12 |
| 25 | Derek Graham | Northern Ireland | 38:14 |
| 26 | Gerry Stevens | England | 38:15 |
| 27 | Javier Álvarez | Spain | 38:16 |
| 28 | Ben Assou El Ghazi | Morocco | 38:17 |
| 29 | Carlos Pérez | Spain | 38:18 |
| 30 | Moumoh Haddou | Morocco | 38:18 |
| 31 | Tracy Smith | United States | 38:19 |
| 32 | Mike Baxter | England | 38:20 |
| 33 | Malcolm Thomas | Wales | 38:20 |
| 34 | Albien van Holsbeek | Belgium | 38:22 |
| 35 | Paul Thijs | Belgium | 38:23 |
| 36 | Dick Wedlock | Scotland | 38:25 |
| 37 | Barry Everitt | New Zealand | 38:26 |
| 38 | Gilbert Gauthier | France | 38:27 |
| 39 | Bryan Rose | New Zealand | 38:29 |
| 40 | José Maiz | Spain | 38:35 |
| 41 | Leon Moreels | Belgium | 38:37 |
| 42 | John Robinson | New Zealand | 38:38 |
| 43 | Gareth Bryan-Jones | Scotland | 38:41 |
| 44 | Mohamed Ben Abdelsalem | Morocco | 38:46 |
| 45 | Fernando Aguilar | Spain | 38:47 |
| 46 | Paddy Coyle | Ireland | 38:48 |
| 47 | Jean-Pierre Ouine | France | 38:48 |
| 48 | Charles Messenger | United States | 38:49 |
| 49 | Henri Lepape | France | 38:50 |
| 50 | Mhedheb Hannachi | Tunisia | 38:52 |
| 51 | Eddy van Butsele | Belgium | 38:56 |
| 52 | Ramon Tasende | Spain | 38:57 |
| 53 | M'Barek Ahdib | Morocco | 38:57 |
| 54 | Bill Mullett | Scotland | 38:58 |
| 55 | Haddou Jaddour | Morocco | 39:00 |
| 56 | Enrique Graña Pérez | Spain | 39:00 |
| 57 | Eddie Gray | New Zealand | 39:03 |
| 58 | Danny McDaid | Ireland | 39:06 |
| 59 | Bouabib Chaoui | Morocco | 39:06 |
| 60 | Tom O'Riordan | Ireland | 39:07 |
| 61 | Tony Simmons | Wales | 39:08 |
| 62 | Labidi Ayachi | Tunisia | 39:09 |
| 63 | Robert Finlay | Canada | 39:10 |
| 64 | Hamida Addéche | France | 39:12 |
| 65 | Cyril Leigh | Wales | 39:14 |
| 66 | Grant McLaren | Canada | 39:22 |
| 67 | David Sirl | New Zealand | 39:23 |
| 68 | Bernie Plain | Wales | 39:24 |
| 69 | John Campbell | New Zealand | 39:31 |
| 70 | Paul Darney | Wales | 39:33 |
| 71 | Sean O'Sullivan | Ireland | 39:35 |
| 72 | Josef Wirth | Switzerland | 39:39 |
| 73 | Mohamed Belhoucine | Morocco | 39:44 |
| 74 | Don Macgregor | Scotland | 39:45 |
| 75 | Alan Jones | Wales | 39:47 |
| 76 | Dennis Quinlan | Ireland | 39:48 |
| 77 | Abdelkader Zaddem | Tunisia | 39:50 |
| 78 | Jim Timoney | Ireland | 39:54 |
| 79 | S. Abbi | Morocco | 39:56 |
| 80 | Mick Hickey | Ireland | 39:57 |
| 81 | Dave Atkinson | Canada | 39:59 |
| 82 | Jim Murphy | United States | 40:07 |
| 83 | David Logue | Northern Ireland | 40:11 |
| 84 | Brian Bisson | Canada | 40:11 |
| 85 | Cyril Pennington | Northern Ireland | 40:13 |
| 86 | Patrick Leddy | Ireland | 40:18 |
| 87 | Ammar Khemiri | Tunisia | 40:25 |
| 88 | Malcolm Edger | Northern Ireland | 40:25 |
| 89 | John Jones | Wales | 40:31 |
| 90 | John Kelly | Ireland | 40:36 |
| 91 | Nick Barton | Wales | 40:41 |
| 92 | Adelaziz Bouguerra | Tunisia | 40:44 |
| 93 | Hamdouni Sghaier | Tunisia | 40:45 |
| 94 | Brian Armstrong | Canada | 40:45 |
| 95 | Bill Norris | United States | 40:48 |
| 96 | Iluminado Corcuera | Spain | 40:54 |
| 97 | Jeff Kirby | Wales | 41:01 |
| 98 | Jim Wright | Scotland | 41:21 |
| 99 | Mike Teer | Northern Ireland | 41:36 |
| 100 | Roy Kernoghan | Northern Ireland | 41:38 |
| 101 | David Wighton | Canada | 41:52 |
| 102 | Tom Heinonen | United States | 42:03 |
| 103 | John Ecclestone | Canada | 42:15 |
| 104 | Ian Morrison | Northern Ireland | 42:18 |
| 105 | Chris McCubbins | United States | 42:31 |
| 106 | Stan Vennard | Northern Ireland | |
| 107 | Kevin McCormick | Northern Ireland | |
| — | Jim Alder | Scotland | DNF |
| — | Mohamed Gammoudi | Tunisia | DNF |
| — | Juan Hidalgo | Spain | DNF |
| — | Jean-Jacques Prianon | France | DNF |
| — | Yvo van Nuffelen | Belgium | DNF |

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

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Dave Bedford | England | 19:38 |
| | John Bednarski | England | 19:59 |
| | John Harrison | England | 20:13 |
| 4 | John Hartnett | Ireland | 20:28 |
| 5 | Julio Gude | Spain | 20:42 |
| 6 | Eddie Leddy | Ireland | 20:45 |
| 7 | Peter Standing | England | 20:51 |
| 8 | Felipe de los Bueis | Spain | 20:55 |
| 9 | David Gillanders | Scotland | 20:59 |
| 10 | Moha Ouali | Morocco | 21:00 |
| 11 | Pat Gilseman | Ireland | 21:01 |
| 12 | Mohamed Omar | Morocco | 21:02 |
| 13 | Amakdouf Layachi | Morocco | 21:03 |
| 14 | José Vázquez | Spain | 21:04 |
| 15 | Anthony Moore | England | 21:10 |
| 16 | Denis Price | Northern Ireland | 21:10 |
| 17 | M. Belakri | Morocco | 21:11 |
| 18 | Daniel Murphy | Ireland | 21:12 |
| 19 | Julien Devos | Belgium | 21:13 |
| 20 | Luc Lievens | Belgium | 21:14 |
| 21 | Hubert Valkeneers | Belgium | 21:20 |
| 22 | Tom Price | Northern Ireland | 21:25 |
| 23 | Frank Thomas | Wales | 21:28 |
| 24 | Brian Morrison | Scotland | 21:29 |
| 25 | Rafael García | Spain | 21:34 |
| 26 | John Allen | Northern Ireland | 21:36 |
| 27 | Dennis Fowles | Wales | 21:37 |
| 28 | John Shine | Ireland | 21:37 |
| 29 | Frank Sanders | Belgium | 21:56 |
| 30 | Albert Atkinson | Northern Ireland | 22:02 |
| 31 | Willem Meyers | Belgium | 22:03 |
| 32 | George Jarvie | Scotland | 22:04 |
| 33 | A. Boumezguid | Morocco | 22:08 |
| 34 | John Robinson | Northern Ireland | 22:09 |
| 35 | Bob Sercombe | Wales | 22:20 |
| 36 | Bonifacio Maestro | Spain | 22:27 |
| 37 | Tony Pretty | Wales | 22:35 |
| 38 | Alan Beaney | Scotland | 22:42 |
| 39 | John Mescall | Wales | 23:40 |
| 40 | Ian Picken | Scotland | 23:48 |

### Women's (2.5 mi / 4.0 km)

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Doris Brown | United States | 14:46 |
| | Maureen Dickson | United States | 14:51 |
| | Valerie Robinson | New Zealand | 14:58 |
| 4 | Cheryl Bridges | United States | 15:00 |
| 5 | Ann O'Brien | Ireland | 15:03 |
| 6 | Phyllis Lowis | England | 15:15 |
| 7 | Millie Sampson | New Zealand | 15:17 |
| 8 | Margaret Beacham | England | 15:23 |
| 9 | Pamela Davies | England | 15:24 |
| 10 | Peggy Mullins | Ireland | 15:27 |
| 11 | Thelwyn Bateman | Wales | 15:28 |
| 12 | Carol Russell | New Zealand | 15:29 |
| 13 | Kathy McHugh | New Zealand | 15:30 |
| 14 | Joyce Smith | England | 15:31 |
| 15 | Madeline Ibbotson | England | 15:33 |
| 16 | Vicki Foltz | United States | 15:34 |
| 17 | Judy Oliver | United States | 15:38 |
| 18 | Margaret MacSherry | Scotland | 15:40 |
| 19 | Mary Stearns | United States | 15:45 |
| 20 | Ursula Kennedy | Ireland | 15:54 |
| 21 | Abby Hoffman | Canada | 16:00 |
| 22 | Susan Foster | Scotland | 16:00 |
| 23 | Jean Lochhead | Wales | 16:07 |
| 24 | Sylvia Arnold | England | 16:10 |
| 25 | Sandra Kirk | Scotland | 16:14 |
| 26 | Nuala Bowe | Ireland | 16:15 |
| 27 | Deirdre Foreman | Ireland | 16:15 |
| 28 | Thelma Fynn | Canada | 16:15 |
| 29 | Sheena Fitzmaurice | Scotland | 16:20 |
| 30 | Linda James | Canada | 16:24 |
| 31 | Maureen Wilton | Canada | 16:27 |
| 32 | Georgena Craig | Scotland | 16:38 |
| 33 | Jennifer Horton | New Zealand | 16:43 |
| 34 | Leslie Watson | Scotland | 16:54 |
| 35 | Rita Gorton | Wales | 17:04 |
| 36 | Bronwen Smith | Wales | 17:05 |
| 37 | Emily Hopkins | Ireland | 17:11 |
| 38 | Diane Dixey | New Zealand | 17:15 |
| 39 | Delyth Davies | Wales | 17:45 |
| 40 | Janet Eynon | Wales | 17:40 |
| — | Doreen Martens | Canada | DNF |

## Team Results

### Men's

| Rank | Country | Team | Points |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | England | Dick Taylor Mike Tagg Tim Johnston Mike Turner Trevor Wright Bob Richardson | 57 |
| 2 | France | Noel Tijou René Jourdan Jean Wadoux Lucien Rault Gilbert Gauthier Jean-Pierre Ouine | 121 |
| 3 | Belgium | Gaston Roelants Willy Polleunis Gaston Heleven Eugène Allonsius Albien van Holsbeek Paul Thijs | 125 |
| 4 | New Zealand | Rex Maddaford Euan Robertson Gavin Thorley Barry Everitt Bryan Rose John Robinson | 160 |
| 5 | Scotland | Ian McCafferty Lachie Stewart Fergus Murray Dick Wedlock Gareth Bryan-Jones Bill Mullett | 179 |
| 6 | Spain | Mariano Haro Javier Alvarez Carlos Pérez José Maiz Fernando Aguilar Ramon Tasende | 203 |
| 7 | Morocco | Moha Aït Bassou Ben Assou El Ghazi Moumoh Haddou Mohamed Ben Abdelsalem M'Barek Ahdib Haddou Jaddour | 228 |
| 8 | United States | Bill Clark Tracy Smith Charles Messenger Jim Murphy Bill Norris Tom Heinonen | 369 |
| 9 | Wales | Malcolm Thomas Tony Simmons Cyril Leigh Bernie Plain Paul Darney Alan Jones | 372 |
| 10 | Ireland | Paddy Coyle Danny McDaid Tom O'Riordan Sean O'Sullivan Dennis Quinlan Jim Timoney | 389 |
| 11 | Tunisia | Mhedheb Hannachi Labidi Ayachi Abdelkader Zaddem Ammar Khemiri Adelaziz Bouguerra Hamdouni Sghaier | 461 |
| 12 | Northern Ireland | Derek Graham David Logue Cyril Pennington Malcolm Edger Mike Teer Roy Kernoghan | 480 |
| 13 | Canada | Robert Finlay Grant McLaren Dave Atkinson Brian Bisson Brian Armstrong David Wighton | 489 |

### Junior Men's

| Rank | Country | Team | Points |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | England | Dave Bedford John Bednarski John Harrison | 6 |
| 2 | Ireland | John Hartnett Eddie Leddy Pat Gilseman | 21 |
| 3 | Spain | Julio Gude Felipe de los Bueis José Vázquez | 27 |
| 4 | Morocco | Moha Ouali Mohamed Omar Amakdouf Layachi | 35 |
| 5 | Belgium | Julien Devos Luc Lievens Hubert Valkeneers | 60 |
| 6 | Northern Ireland | Denis Price Tom Price John Allen | 64 |
| 7 | Scotland | David Gillanders Brian Morrison George Jarvie | 65 |
| 8 | Wales | Frank Thomas Dennis Fowles Bob Sercombe | 85 |

### Women's

| Rank | Country | Team | Points |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | United States | Doris Brown Maureen Dickson Cheryl Bridges Vicki Foltz | 23 |
| 2 | New Zealand | Valerie Robinson Millie Sampson Carol Russell Kathy McHugh | 35 |
| 3 | England | Phyllis Lowis Margaret Beacham Pamela Davies Joyce Smith | 37 |
| 4 | Ireland | Ann O'Brien Peggy Mullins Ursula Kennedy Nuala Bowe | 61 |
| 5 | Scotland | Margaret MacSherry Susan Foster Sandra Kirk Sheena Fitzmaurice | 94 |
| 6 | Wales | Thelwyn Bateman Jean Lochhead Rita Gorton Bronwen Smith | 105 |
| 7 | Canada | Abby Hoffman Thelma Fynn Linda James Maureen Wilton | 110 |

## Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 193 athletes from 14 countries.

* Belgium (14)
* Canada (12)
* England (20)
* France (9)
* Ireland (20)
* Morocco (14)
* New Zealand (15)
* Northern Ireland (14)
* Scotland (20)
* Spain (14)
* Switzerland (1)
* Tunisia (7)
* United States (13)
* Wales (20)
