1968 International Cross Country Championships
# 1968 International Cross Country Championships

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 as well as on the women'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 (12.1 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 |

## Individual Race Results

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

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

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

| 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 |

### Women's (2.8 mi / 4.5 km)

| 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 |

## Team Results

### Men's

| 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 |

### Junior Men's

| 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 |

### Women's

| 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 |

## Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 177 athletes from 14 countries.

* Algeria (12)
* Belgium (13)
* England (20)
* France (9)
* Ireland (14)
* Libya (3)
* Morocco (12)
* Northern Ireland (8)
* Scotland (20)
* Spain (14)
* Switzerland (7)
* Tunisia (14)
* United States (13)
* Wales (18)
