1972 International Cross Country Championships

November 2019 1972 International Cross Country Championships ICCU 59th 18 March Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England England Coldhams Common 15 200 3 7.5 mi (12.1 km) men 4.35 mi (7.0 km) junior men 2.8 mi (4.5 km) women 1971 San Sebastián 1973 Waregem The 1972 International Cross Country Championships was held in Cambridge, England, at the Coldhams Common on 18 March 1972. A report on the men's event was given in the Glasgow Herald. Marshall Ron March 20, 1972 'Major rethink' after Scots' failure - Scotland's leading cross-country officials propose to have what one of them called a "major rethink" on the senior men's team who performed so abominably in Saturday's International championships at Cambridge... https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SuU9AAAAIBAJ&sjid=d0gMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4907%2C3728733 Glasgow Herald 4 October 4, 2013 This was the last competition organized by the International Cross Country Union (ICCU). The organization of the event was transferred to the IAAF as recommended as a result of the meeting of the IAAF cross-country committee that year in London. It was continued as IAAF World Cross Country Championships. March 20, 1972 IAAF to Control Cross-country - International cross-country is all set to come under the exclusive direction of the International Amateur Athletic Federation, who governs world track and field athletics... https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SuU9AAAAIBAJ&sjid=d0gMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4934%2C3731769 Glasgow Herald 4 October 5, 2013 From then on, the event was open for all IAAF members whereas before, non-ICCU members were only allowed to compete after special invitation. Complete results for men,Magnusson Tomas March 24, 2007 International Cross Country Championships - 12.1km CC Men - Cambridge Coldhams Common Date: Saturday, March 18, 1972 http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_SM1972S.html Athchamps (archived) October 4, 2013 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20070806000729/http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_SM1972S.html August 6, 2007 junior men,Magnusson Tomas January 20, 2006 International Cross Country Championships - 7.0km CC Men - Cambridge Coldhams Common Date: Saturday, March 18, 1972 http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_JM1972S.html Athchamps (archived) October 4, 2013 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20060517180401/http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_JM1972S.html May 17, 2006 women,Magnusson Tomas July 10, 2006 International Cross Country Championships - 4.5km CC Women - Cambridge Coldhams Common Date: Saturday, March 18, 1972 http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_SW1972S.html Athchamps (archived) October 4, 2013 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20071016102302/http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_SW1972S.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)Gaston RoelantsBEL 37:43Mariano HaroESP 1945 38:01Ian StewartSCO 38:20Junior Men4.35 mi (7.0 km)Aldo TomasiniITA 23:20Jim BrownSCO 23:35Franco FavaITA 23:45Women2.8 mi (4.5 km)Joyce SmithENG 16:11Eileen ClaugusUSA 16:13Rita RidleyENG 16:19 TeamMenEngland 84Morocco 94Belgium 140Junior MenItaly 19England 22Morocco 26WomenEngland 22United States 40Scotland 64 Individual Race Results Men's (7.5 mi / 12.1 km) Rank Athlete Nationality Time Gaston Roelants BEL 37:43 Mariano Haro ESP 1945 38:01 Ian Stewart SCO 38:20 4 Tapio Kantanen FIN 38:25 5 Trevor Wright (athlete) Trevor Wright pl Trevor Wright (lekkoatleta) ENG 38:26 6 Pekka Päivärinta FIN 38:28 7 Eric de Beck BEL 38:31 8 Tony Simmons ENG 38:36 9 Haddou Jaddour MAR 38:43 10 Lucien Rault FRA 38:47 11 Mohamed Ben Abdelsalem MAR 38:50 12 Mejjati Lahcen MAR 38:52 13 Moumoh Haddou MAR 38:56 14 Juan Hidalgo ESP 1945 39:04 15 Allan Rushmer ENG 39:16 16 Colin Robinson ENG 39:16 17 Karel Lismont BEL 39:21 18 Grenville Tuck ENG 39:28 19 Malcolm Thomas WAL 39:33 20 Jim Alder SCO 39:35 21 Tony Ashton WAL 39:37 22 Keith Angus ENG 39:38 23 José Maiz ESP 1945 39:39 24 Amakdouf Layachi MAR 39:40 25 Ghazi Ben Lahcen MAR 39:40 26 Gabriele Barbaro ITA 39:42 27 Lachie Stewart SCO 39:43 28 Neil Cusack IRL 39:45 29 Fritz Rüegsegger SUI 39:47 30 Gerry Stevens ENG 39:48 31 Christian Dudouet FRA 39:49 32 Pat Gilseman IRL 39:52 33 Mohamed Sghir MAR 39:54 34 René Goris BEL 39:58 35 Jean-Yves Le Flohic FRA 40:01 36 Alistair Blamire SCO 40:02 37 Ben Abdel Kader MAR 40:03 38 Francois Blommaerts BEL 40:04 39 Rauno Mattila FIN 40:06 40 Tom O'Riordan IRL 40:07 41 Renato Martini ITA 40:10 42 Santiago de la Parte ESP 1945 40:13 43 Gilbert Hanssens BEL 40:15 44 Andrew McKean SCO 40:16 45 Raimo Karsikas FIN 40:17 46 Noel Tijou FRA 40:18 47 René Jourdan FRA 40:18 48 Hans Lang SUI 40:22 49 Carlos Pérez ESP 1945 40:23 50 Eddy Rombaux BEL 40:29 51 Marcel Lechevallier FRA 40:32 52 Paddy Coyle IRL 40:35 53 Bill Robinson ENG 40:36 54 Mikko Ala-Leppilamppi FIN 40:37 55 Albrecht Moser SUI 40:40 56 Toni Zimmermann SUI 40:41 57 Frank Grillaert BEL 40:47 58 Steve Kenyon ENG 40:49 59 Sean O'Sullivan IRL 40:51 60 Bernie Plain WAL 40:52 61 Franco Veronese ITA 40:53 62 John Buckley IRL 40:59 63 Dennis Fowles WAL 41:01 64 Franco Ambrosioni ITA 41:01 65 Alfons Sidler SUI 41:02 66 Giovanni Pizzi ITA 41:09 67 Jörg Weber SUI 41:10 68 Alan Cass WAL 41:12 69 Jean-Pierre Ouine FRA 41:13 70 Antoine Borowski FRA 41:21 71 Francesco De Menego ITA 41:27 72 Walter Fähndrich SUI 41:27 73 Dick Wedlock SCO 41:28 74 Luigi Conti ITA 41:29 75 John Phelan IRL 41:30 76 John Myatt SCO 41:34 77 Rafael García ESP 1945 41:36 78 Jean-Paul Le Gall FRA 41:37 79 Frank Greally IRL 41:38 80 Mario Binato ITA 41:52 81 Ian McCafferty SCO 41:54 82 John Jones WAL 41:54 83 Javier Álvarez ESP 1945 41:56 84 Johan Janssens BEL 41:57 85 Veijo Sallinen FIN 42:09 86 Ramon Tasende ESP 1945 42:19 87 Padraig Keane IRL 42:26 88 Gerry Hannon NIR 42:31 89 Ian Morrison NIR 42:36 90 Julio Gude ESP 1945 42:45 91 Jim Wight SCO 42:47 92 Dic Evans WAL 42:56 93 Primo Gretter ITA 42:56 94 Jim McGuinness NIR 43:19 95 Nigel Evans WAL 43:31 96 Brian Brookes WAL 43:43 97 Roy Kernoghan NIR 43:46 98 John McLaughlin NIR 44:24 99 Ian Cotton NIR 44:35 100 Kevin Morgan NIR 45:29 101 Ernie Cunningham NIR 45:59 102 Tom Quinn NIR 46:16 Junior Men's (4.35 mi / 7.0 km) Rank Athlete Nationality Time Aldo Tomasini ITA 23:20 Jim Brown SCO 23:35 Franco Fava ITA 23:45 4 David Black ENG 23:48 5 Larbi M'Hidra MAR 23:58 6 Barry Smith ENG 24:04 7 Ahmed Roubial MAR 24:07 8 Ricardo Ortega ESP 1945 24:09 9 Fernando Cerrada ESP 1945 24:18 10 José Haro ESP 1945 24:21 11 Kamel Guemar ALG 24:21 12 Dennis Coates ENG 24:31 13 Paul Bannon SCO 24:33 14 Mohamed Chahin MAR 24:43 15 Luca Bigatello ITA 24:46 16 Léon Schots BEL 24:53 17 Peter Ratcliffe WAL 24:55 18 Mark Broeckx BEL 24:57 19 Robin Walker IRL 24:59 20 Laurence Reilly SCO 25:01 21 Abdelkrim Djelassi TUN 25:03 22 Ben Aissa Ben Jelloun MAR 25:06 23 Ronald MacDonald SCO 25:13 24 Franz Bühler SUI 25:14 25 Hanspeter Stauffacher SUI 25:17 26 Eamonn Coghlan IRL 25:18 27 Taieb Merdassi TUN 25:19 28 Brian Donovan WAL 25:20 29 Robert Lismont BEL 25:21 30 Francisco Morera ESP 1945 25:23 31 Tony Staynings ENG 25:28 32 Desmond O'Connor IRL 25:32 33 John Davies WAL 25:37 34 Franky Calus BEL 25:41 35 Julian Goater ENG 25:42 36 Lakhdar Boulkhoukh ALG 25:50 37 Steve Slocombe WAL 25:51 38 Hugo Wey SUI 25:53 39 Abdelmadjid Mada ALG 26:03 40 Richard Samuels WAL 26:05 41 Mohamed Moussa TUN 26:16 42 Mohamed Ben Tayeb ALG 26:23 43 Paul Moeyaert BEL 26:24 44 Mohamed Ouertani TUN 26:26 45 Tom Hesketh NIR 26:34 46 Michael Treacy IRL 26:40 47 Phil English IRL 26:57 48 Roberto Volpi ITA 26:58 49 Dessi Martin NIR 27:00 50 Lawrie Spence SCO 27:04 51 Paul Younger NIR 27:25 52 Martin Donaldson NIR 28:19 — José Luis Ruiz ESP 1945 DNF — Mario Brembilla ITA DNF Women's (2.8 mi / 4.5 km) Rank Athlete Nationality Time Joyce Smith ENG 16:11 Eileen Claugus USA 16:13 Rita Ridley ENG 16:19 4 Josee van Santberghe BEL 16:20 5 Margaret Coomber SCO 16:31 6 Paola Pigni ITA 16:34 7 Sheila Carey ENG 16:42 8 Jean Lochhead WAL 16:43 9 Caroline Walker USA 16:45 10 Giuseppina Torello ITA 16:47 11 Ann Yeoman ENG 16:49 12 Joan Allison ENG 16:52 13 Mary Lynch IRL 16:55 14 Beth Bonner USA 16:57 15 Deborah Roth USA 17:03 16 Tena Anex USA 17:03 17 Mary Stewart SCO 17:05 18 Angela Lovell ENG 17:09 19 Christine Haskett SCO 17:10 20 Deirdre Foreman IRL 17:11 21 Bronwen Cardy WAL 17:19 22 Ann Cumming IRL 17:19 23 Ann Barrass SCO 17:21 24 Margherita Gargano ITA 17:26 25 Jane Hill USA 17:30 26 Bernadette van Roy BEL 17:31 27 Rosemary Stirling SCO 17:33 28 Waltraud Egger ITA 17:35 29 Mary Speedman SCO 17:36 30 Susan Barnes WAL 17:37 31 Carmen Valero ESP 1945 17:51 32 Liève van den Broeck BEL 17:54 33 Mary Kelly IRL 17:57 34 Thelwyn Bateman WAL 18:13 35 Beatrice Lambert IRL 18:18 36 Marion Hepworth WAL 18:29 37 Lesley John WAL 18:32 38 Magda Versluys BEL 18:43 39 Lutgard van Brempt BEL 18:48 40 Grazia Bertoldo Retter ITA 18:56 41 Pamela Reece NIR 19:09 42 Christine Gleeson IRL 19:25 43 Angela Kirkpatrick NIR 21:13 — Zina Boniolo ITA DNF Team Results Men's Rank Country Team Points 1 England Trevor Wright (athlete) Trevor Wright pl Trevor Wright (lekkoatleta)Tony SimmonsAllan RushmerColin RobinsonGrenville TuckKeith Angus 84 2 Morocco Haddou JaddourMohamed Ben AbdelsalemMejjati LahcenMoumoh HaddouAmakdouf LayachiGhazi Ben Lahcen 94 3 Belgium Gaston RoelantsEric de BeckKarel LismontRené GorisFrancois BlommaertsGilbert Hanssens 140 4 Scotland Ian StewartJim AlderLachie StewartAlistair BlamireAndrew McKeanDick Wedlock 203 5 Spain 1945 Mariano HaroJuan HidalgoJosé MaizSantiago de la ParteCarlos PérezRafael García 207 6 France Lucien RaultChristian DudouetJean-Yves Le FlohicNoel TijouRené JourdanMarcel Lechevallier 220 7 Finland Tapio KantanenPekka PäivärintaRauno MattilaRaimo KarsikasMikko Ala-LeppilamppiVeijo Sallinen 233 8 Ireland Neil CusackPat GilsemanTom O'RiordanPaddy CoyleSean O'SullivanJohn Buckley 273 9 Wales Malcolm ThomasTony AshtonBernie PlainDennis FowlesAlan CassJohn Jones 313 10 Switzerland Fritz RüegseggerHans LangAlbrecht MoserToni ZimmermannAlfons SidlerJörg Weber 320 11 Italy Gabriele BarbaroRenato MartiniFranco VeroneseFranco AmbrosioniGiovanni PizziFrancesco De Menego 329 12 Northern Ireland Gerry HannonIan MorrisonJim McGuinnessRoy KernoghanJohn McLaughlinIan Cotton 565 Junior Men's Rank Country Team Points 1 Italy Aldo TomasiniFranco FavaLuca Bigatello 19 2 England David BlackBarry SmithDennis Coates 22 3 Morocco Larbi M'HidraAhmed RoubialMohamed Chahin 26 4 Spain 1945 Ricardo OrtegaFernando CerradaJosé Haro 27 5 Scotland Jim BrownPaul BannonLaurence Reilly 35 6 Belgium Léon SchotsMark BroeckxRobert Lismont 63 7 Ireland Robin WalkerEamonn CoghlanDesmond O'Connor 77 8 Wales Peter RatcliffeBrian DonovanJohn Davies 78 9 Algeria Kamel GuemarLakhdar BoulkhoukhAbdelmadjid Mada 86 10 Switzerland Franz BühlerHanspeter StauffacherHugo Wey 87 11 Tunisia Abdelkrim DjelassiTaieb MerdassiMohamed Moussa 89 12 Northern Ireland Tom HeskethDessi MartinPaul Younger 145 Women's Rank Country Team Points 1 England Joyce SmithRita RidleySheila CareyAnn Yeoman 22 2 United States Eileen ClaugusCaroline WalkerBeth BonnerDeborah Roth 40 3 Scotland Margaret CoomberMary StewartChristine HaskettAnn Barrass 64 4 Italy Paola PigniGiuseppina TorelloMargherita GarganoWaltraud Egger 68 5 Ireland Mary LynchDeirdre ForemanAnn CummingMary Kelly 88 6 Wales Jean LochheadBronwen CardySusan BarnesThelwyn Bateman 93 7 Belgium Josee van SantbergheBernadette van RoyLiève van den BroeckMagda Versluys 100 Participation An unofficial count yields the participation of 200 athletes from 15 countries. 22em (4) (19) (20) (6) (9) (20) (20) (12) (15) (20) ESP 1945 (15) (10) (4) (6) (20) See also 1972 in athletics (track and field) References Category:International Cross Country Championships International 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