1969 International Cross Country Championships

1969 International Cross Country Championships
Organisers ICCU
Edition 56th
Date March 22
Host city Clydebank, Dunbartonshire, Scotland Scotland
Location Dalmuir Park
Nations participating 14
Athletes participating 193
Races 3
Distances 7.5 mi (12.0 km) men
4.35 mi (7.0 km) junior men
2.5 mi (4.0 km) women

The 1969 International Cross Country Championships was held in Clydebank, Scotland, at the Dalmuir Park on March 22, 1969. A report on the men's event was given in the Glasgow Herald.[1]

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
1st Gaston Roelants  Belgium 36:25
2nd Dick Taylor  England 36:44
3rd 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
1st Dave Bedford  England 19:38
2nd John Bednarski  England 19:59
3rd 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
1st Doris Brown  United States 14:46
2nd Maureen Dickson  United States 14:51
3rd 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.

See also

References