1968 International Cross Country Championships

1968 International Cross Country Championships
Organisers ICCU
Edition 55th
Date March 17 (men) / March 23 (women)
Host city Tunis, Tunisia Tunisia (men)
Blackburn, Lancashire, England England (women)
Location Hippodrome de Kassar-Said (men)
Witton Park (women)
Nations participating 14
Athletes participating 177
Races 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

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.

Medallists

Event Gold Silver 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
1st, gold medalist(s) Mohamed Gammoudi  Tunisia 35:25.4
2nd, silver medalist(s) Ron Hill  England 35:26.8
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 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
1st, gold medalist(s) John Bednarski  England 20:59,6
2nd, silver medalist(s) Pierre de Freyn  Belgium 21:00,6
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 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
1st, gold medalist(s) Doris Brown  United States 15:00
2nd, silver medalist(s) Vicki Foltz  United States 15:12
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 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.

See also

References

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