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.^[1]

1969 International Cross Country Championships
Organisers	ICCU
Edition	56th
Date	22 March
Host city	Clydebank, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Venue	Dalmuir Park
Events	3
Distances	7.5 mi (12.0 km) men 4.35 mi (7.0 km) junior men 2.5 mi (4.0 km) women
Participation	193 athletes from 14 nations
← 1968 Tunis 1970 Vichy →

Complete results for men,^[2] junior men,^[3] women,^[4] medallists, ^[5] and the results of British athletes^[6] were published.

Medallists

Event	Gold		Silver		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)

See also

• 1969 in athletics (track and field)

References

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