1968 International Cross Country Championships

1968 International Cross Country Championships ICCU 55th March 17 (men) / March 23 (women) Tunis, Tunisia Tunisia (men)Blackburn, Lancashire, England England (women) Hippodrome de Kassar-Said (men)Witton Park (women) 14 177 2 / 1 7.5 mi (12.1 km) men 4.35 mi (7.0 km) junior men 2.8 mi (4.5 km) women 1967 Barry 1969 Clydebank 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 March 18, 1968 Athletics - Scotland Fourth in International Cross-country - Tunis, Sunday - Inspired by ageless Andrew Brown, Scotland's senior team in the International Cross-country championship here yesterday produced probably their best result for 32 years when they finished fourth behind England, France, and Spain in that order... https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tn5AAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uKMMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5389%2C2962199 Glasgow Herald 5 October 4, 2013 as well as on the women's event Marshall Ron March 25, 1968 Athletics - Mrs Brown an easy winner - Mrs D. Brown (U.S.A.), one of the best milers in the world, retained the women's International cross-country title on Saturday at Blackburn... https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vH5AAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uKMMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5725%2C4291995 Glasgow Herald 11 October 4, 2013 was given in the Glasgow Herald. Complete results for men,Magnusson Tomas March 24, 2007 INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 12.1km CC Men - Tunis (Men) / Blackburn (Women) Hippodrome de Kassar-Said (M) / Witton Park (W) Date: Sunday, March 17, 1968 http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_SM1968S.html Athchamps (archived) October 4, 2013 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20070807053743/http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_SM1968S.html August 7, 2007 junior men,Magnusson Tomas March 22, 2005 INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 7.0km CC Men - Tunis (Men) / Blackpool (Women) Hippodrome de Kass Saturday March 16, 1968 http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_JM1968S.html Athchamps (archived) October 4, 2013 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20050402205149/http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_JM1968S.html April 2, 2005 women,Magnusson Tomas February 15, 2007 INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 4.5km CC Women - Tunis (Men) / Blackburn (Women) Hippodrome de Kassar-Said (M) / Witton Park (W) Date: Saturday, March 23, 1968 http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_SW1968S.html Athchamps (archived) October 4, 2013 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20071016102240/http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_SW1968S.html October 16, 2007 medallists, INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/ixc.htm Athletics Weekly September 24, 2013 and the results of British athletes 36th IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - EDINBURGH 2008 - FACTS & FIGURES - GREAT BRITAIN & NORTHERN IRELAND AT THE INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY & WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS http://www.iaaf.net/mm/Document/Competitions/Competition/2008WXC_Facts_Figures_1816.pdf IAAF 13ff September 24, 2013 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20130927091955/http://www.iaaf.net/mm/Document/Competitions/Competition/2008WXC_Facts_Figures_1816.pdf September 27, 2013 were published. Medallists IndividualMen7.5 mi (12.1 km)Mohamed GammoudiTUN 35:25.4Ron HillENG 35:26.8Roy FowlerENG 35:31.8Junior Men4.35 mi (7.0 km)John BednarskiENG 20:59Pierre de FreynBEL 21:00Mohamed OmarMAR 21:02Women2.8 mi (4.5 km)Doris BrownUSA 15:00Vicki FoltzUSA 15:12Pamela DaviesENG 15:21 TeamMenEngland 58France 101Spain 129Junior MenEngland 10Tunisia 27Morocco 29WomenUnited States 19England 20Scotland 55 Individual Race Results Men's (7.5 mi / 12.1 km) Rank Athlete Nationality Time Mohamed Gammoudi TUN 35:25.4 Ron Hill ENG 35:26.8 Roy Fowler ENG 35:31.8 4 Guy Texereau FRA 35:34.6 5 Mike Freary ENG 35:40 6 Mariano Haro ESP 1945 35:40 7 Alan Rushmer ENG 35:42.6 8 Ahmed Zammel TUN 35:47 9 Noel Tijou FRA 35:48 10 Ian McCafferty SCO 36:08 11 Derek Graham NIR 36:13 12 José Maiz ESP 1945 36:14 13 Javier Álvarez ESP 1945 36:15 14 René Jourdan FRA 36:18 15 Lucien Rault FRA 36:19.4 16 Jim Hogan ENG 36:22 17 Mohamed Said MAR 36:24.8 18 Lachie Stewart SCO 36:26 19 Andy Brown SCO 36:27 20 Jim Wright SCO 36:28.4 21 Iluminado Corcuera ESP 1945 36:29 22 Larbi Oukada MAR 36:29.6 23 Jim Alder SCO 36:32 24 Ben Assou El Ghazi MAR 36:33 25 Bill Adcocks ENG 36:38 26 Carlos Pérez ESP 1945 36:43 27 Bill Clark USA 36:45 28 Walter Huss SUI 36:45.2 29 Bernard Maroquin FRA 36:52.4 30 Michel Bernard FRA 36:55.8 31 Gaston Roelants BEL 36:58 32 Mhedheb Hannachi TUN 36:59.2 33 Haddou Jaddour MAR 37:04.4 34 Herb Lorenz USA 37:06 35 Tony Cox ENG 37:07 36 Don Lakin USA 37:08.2 37 Moha Aït Bassou MAR 37:09 38 Alan Joslyn WAL 37:10.4 39 Tom Heinonen USA 37:11 40 Roger Clark ENG 37:14 41 Doug Wiebe USA 37:16.4 42 Ammar Khemiri TUN 37:24.8 43 Gérard Vervoort FRA 37:25 44 Dennis Quinlan IRL 37:26 45 Hammadi Ben Mohamed MAR 37:27.4 46 Matt Murphy IRL 37:29 47 Gareth Bryan-Jones SCO 37:31 48 Tom O'Riordan IRL 37:31.6 49 Robert Folie BEL 37:32 50 Pierre de Pauw BEL 37:35.2 51 Ramon Tasende ESP 1945 37:36 52 Francisco Aritmendi ESP 1945 37:38.4 53 Mohamed Ben Abdelsalem MAR 37:43.4 54 Jean-Pierre Delloye BEL 37:48.2 55 Werner Dössegger SUI 37:50 56 Fernando Aguilar ESP 1945 37:51 57 John Linaker SCO 37:52.6 58 Leon Moreels BEL 37:54.2 59 Alan Jones WAL 37:56.6 60 Hedydd Davies WAL 38:02.4 61 Yves Martinage FRA 38:03 62 Johan Janssens BEL 38:04.2 63 Alfons Sidler SUI 38:07.6 64 Albien van Holsbeek BEL 38:09.2 65 Werner Wildschek SUI 38:13.4 66 Donal Walsh IRL 38:15.6 67 Alec Brown SCO 38:16 68 Roy Kernoghan NIR 38:17.4 69 Bill Reilly USA 38:22.6 70 Walter Dietiker SUI 38:23 71 Abdelkader Zaddem TUN 38:26 72 Joe O'Keefe IRL 38:28.2 73 Hamdouni Sghaier TUN 38:44.6 74 Hansruedi Knill SUI 38:46 75 Abdallah Ben Ammar TUN 38:47.6 76 Lorenzo Gutierrez ESP 1945 38:50.4 77 Matt Wilson NIR 38:54 78 Mike Teer NIR 38:55.6 79 Hans Rüdisühli SUI 39:10 80 Abderrahmane Delhoum ALG 39:11.2 81 Frank Briscoe ENG 39:27 82 Moses Mayfield USA 39:30.2 83 Malcolm Edger NIR 39:43 84 John Buckley IRL 39:47 85 Guenaoui Behloul ALG 39:50 86 Patrick Leddy IRL 39:54 87 Cyril Leigh WAL 40:08 88 Kamali Benmissi ALG 40:10 89 Mohamed Gouasmi ALG 40:10.6 90 David Logue NIR 40:13 91 Mel Evans WAL 40:27 92 Alistair Blamire SCO 40:29 93 Jeff Kirby WAL 41:02 94 Gérard Goutailler FRA 41:35 95 Mustapha Lerari ALG 41:36 96 Aissa Benfarès ALG 41:37 97 Chris Loosley WAL 41:48 98 Bali ALG 41:48 99 Ian Morrison NIR 41:52 100 Belgacem Harrathi TUN 42:07 — Eugène Allonsius BEL DNF — Labidi Ayachi TUN DNF — Mick Molloy IRL DNF — Willy Polleunis BEL DNF — Ron McAndrew WAL DNF — Alfred Chivers NIR DNF — Seboui ALG DNF Junior Men's (4.35 mi / 7.0 km) Rank Athlete Nationality Time John Bednarski ENG 20:59,6 Pierre de Freyn BEL 21:00,6 Mohamed Omar MAR 21:02,6 4 Don Faircloth ENG 21:07,2 5 Andy Holden ENG 21:07,2 6 Ian Stewart ENG 21:13,8 7 Tony Simmons WAL 21:26,6 8 Hamida Gamoudi TUN 21:32 9 Amor Lassoued TUN 21:34 10 Mansour Guettaya TUN 21:39 11 Oujid Abdellah MAR 21:54 12 Pierre van Heddegem BEL 21:57 13 Norman Morrison SCO 21:59 14 Angel Cob ESP 1945 22:02,6 15 Mohamed Benachir MAR 22:08 16 Mohamed El Ayachi MAR 22:09,6 17 Martin McMahon SCO 22:12,6 18 James Cook SCO 22:19,4 19 Ali Dali LBA 1951 22:28,8 20 Julio Gude ESP 1945 22:34 21 Tahar Bounab ALG 22:35 22 Bernie Hayward WAL 22:36,6 23 Manuel Alcudia ESP 1945 22:41 24 Karel Lismont BEL 22:44,2 25 Juan José Sordo ESP 1945 22:46,6 26 Boualem Rahoui ALG 22:52,8 27 Mohamed Benslimane ALG 22:53 28 John Calvert ENG 22:56 29 Noureddine Hamouda TUN 22:58 30 Andres Jimeno ESP 1945 23:08 31 Alan Beaney SCO 23:13,2 32 Gwynn Davis WAL 23:19,8 33 Roland Verstraeten BEL 23:31,2 34 John Powell WAL 23:38 35 Tom Paterson SCO 23:42,6 36 Ali Ahmed Baccouch LBA 1951 23:47 37 Mohamed Kacemi ALG 24:00,2 38 Mehdi Ali LBA 1951 24:01 39 Hassen Kachroudi TUN 24:43,6 40 Ahmed Zbaidi MAR 24:54,4 Women's (2.8 mi / 4.5 km) Rank Athlete Nationality Time Doris Brown USA 15:00 Vicki Foltz USA 15:12 Pamela Davies ENG 15:21 4 Anne Smith ENG 15:24 5 Linda Mayfield USA 15:43 6 Patricia Brown ENG 15:47 7 Phyllis Perkins ENG 15:53 8 Ann O'Brien IRL 15:56 9 Sheila Taylor ENG 16:05 10 Ursula Kennedy IRL 16:10 11 Cheryl Bridges USA 16:11 12 Doreen King SCO 16:14 13 Margaret MacSherry SCO 16:18 14 Dale Greig SCO 16:18 15 Thelwyn Bateman WAL 16:23 16 Leslie Watson SCO 16:27 17 Rosemary Stirling SCO 16:39 18 Natalie Roche USA 16:50 19 Sheena Fitzmaurice SCO 16:52 20 June Hale ENG 17:12 21 Ann Keating IRL 17:15 22 Gloria Dourass WAL 17:21 23 Margaret Doody IRL 17:25 24 Siobhan Lynch IRL 17:29 25 Jean Lochhead WAL 17:33 26 Lori Schutt USA 17:38 27 Delyth Davies WAL 17:41 28 Janet Eynon WAL 18:33 29 Eileen Kelly IRL 18:47 30 Meryl Priestley WAL 18:59 Team Results Men's Rank Country Team Points 1 England Ron HillRoy FowlerMike FrearyAlan RushmerJim HoganBill Adcocks 58 2 France Guy TexereauNoel TijouRené JourdanLucien RaultBernard MaroquinMichel Bernard 101 3 Spain 1945 Mariano HaroJosé MaizJavier ÁlvarezIluminado CorcueraCarlos PérezRamon Tasende 129 4 Scotland Ian McCaffertyLachie StewartAndy BrownJim WrightJim AlderGareth Bryan-Jones 137 5 Morocco Mohamed SaidLarbi OukadaBen Assou El GhaziHaddou JaddourMoha Aït BassouHammadi Ben Mohamed 178 6 Tunisia Mohamed GammoudiAhmed ZammelMhedheb HannachiAmmar KhemiriAbdelkader ZaddemHamdouni Sghaier 227 7 United States Bill ClarkHerb LorenzDon LakinTom HeinonenDoug WiebeBill Reilly 246 8 Belgium Gaston RoelantsRobert FoliePierre de PauwJean-Pierre DelloyeLeon MoreelsJohan Janssens 304 9 Switzerland Walter HussWerner DösseggerAlfons SidlerWerner WildschekWalter DietikerHansruedi Knill 355 10 Ireland Dennis QuinlanMatt MurphyTom O'RiordanDonal WalshJoe O'KeefeJohn Buckley 360 11 Northern Ireland Derek GrahamRoy KernoghanMatt WilsonMike TeerMalcolm EdgerDavid Logue 407 12 Wales Alan JoslynAlan JonesHedydd DaviesCyril LeighMel EvansJeff Kirby 428 13 Algeria Abderrahmane DelhoumGuenaoui BehloulKamali BenmissiMohamed GouasmiMustapha LerariAissa Benfarès 533 Junior Men's Rank Country Team Points 1 England John BednarskiDon FairclothAndy Holden 10 2 Tunisia Hamida GamoudiAmor LassouedMansour Guettaya 27 3 Morocco Mohamed OmarOujid AbdellahMohamed Benachir 29 4 Belgium Pierre de FreynPierre van HeddegemKarel Lismont 38 5 Scotland Norman MorrisonMartin McMahonJames Cook 48 6 Spain 1945 Angel CobJulio GudeManuel Alcudia 57 7 Wales Tony SimmonsBernie HaywardGwynn Davis 61 8 Algeria Tahar BounabBoualem RahouiMohamed Benslimane 74 9 Libya 1951 Ali DaliAli Ahmed BaccouchMehdi Ali 93 Women's Rank Country Team Points 1 United States Doris BrownVicki FoltzLinda MayfieldCheryl Bridges 19 2 England Pamela DaviesAnne SmithPatricia BrownPhyllis Perkins 20 3 Scotland Doreen KingMargaret MacSherryDale GreigLeslie Watson 55 4 Ireland Ann O'BrienUrsula KennedyAnn KeatingMargaret Doody 62 5 Wales Thelwyn BatemanGloria DourassJean LochheadDelyth Davies 89 Participation An unofficial count yields the participation of 177 athletes from 14 countries. 22em (12) (13) (20) (9) (14) LBA 1951 (3) (12) (8) (20) ESP 1945 (14) (7) (14) (13) (18) See also 1968 in athletics (track and field) References 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