The 1970 International Cross Country Championships was held in Vichy, France, on March 22, 1970. An alternate women's championship was held one day earlier in Frederick, Maryland, United States at the VFW Country Club, on March 21, 1970. A report on the Vichy event as well as on the Frederick event was given in the Glasgow Herald.
Complete results for men, junior men, women (Vichy), women (Frederick), medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.
Medallists IndividualMen7.5 mi (12.1 km)Mike Tagg 36:39.8Gaston Roelants 36:41.8Trevor Wright 36:44.6Junior Men4.35 mi (7.0 km)John Hartnett 21:57.2Jack Lane 22:05.2Eric de Beck 22:09.2Women (Vichy)1.9 mi (3.0 km)Paola Pigni 10:38.4Zofia Kołakowska 10:39.2Ilja Keizer 10:43.8Women (Frederick)2.5 mi (4.0 km)Doris Brown 15:04Rita Lincoln 15:11Thelma Fynn 15:14 TeamMen 35 85 136Junior Men 15 15 34Women (Vichy) 19 39 45Women (Frederick) 18 46 48
Individual Race Results
Men's (7.5 mi / 12.1 km) Rank Athlete Nationality Time Mike Tagg 36:39.8 Gaston Roelants 36:41.8 Trevor Wright 36:44.6 4 Dick Taylor 36:50.8 5 Noel Tijou 37:03.2 6 Ricky Wilde 37:07 7 Mike Turner 37:09.8 8 Abdelkader Zaddem 37:11 9 Javier Álvarez 37:14 10 René Jourdan 37:15 11 Lucien Rault 37:19 12 Lachie Stewart 37:28 13 Emiel Puttemans 37:29 14 Mike Baxter 37:30 15 Michel Bernard 37:36 16 Mhedheb Hannachi 37:37 17 Adelaziz Bouguerra 37:38 18 Bernie Plain 37:40 19 Joseph Prinsen 37:44 20 Antoine Borowski 37:50 21 Derek Graham 37:53 22 John Caine 37:55 23 Grant McLaren 37:57 24 Jean-Pierre Ouine 37:58 25 Bill Mullett 37:59 26 Giovanni Pizzi 38:01 27 Werner Dössegger 38:05 28 Juan Hidalgo 38:06 29 Achille Vaes 38:07 30 Paul Thijs 38:08 31 Jim Alder 38:11 32 Ron Grove 38:12 33 Dave Ellis 38:13 34 Hamdouni Sghaier 38:16 35 Sean O'Sullivan 38:18 36 Pat Gilseman 38:19 37 Hamoud Ameur 38:20 38 Mohamed Kheddar 38:22 39 Renato Martini 38:23 40 Giuseppe Ardizzone 38:24 41 Bob Moore 38:25 42 Adrian Weatherhead 38:27 43 André de Hertoghe 38:29 44 Ali Khamassi 38:37 45 Dick Wedlock 38:38 46 Norman Morrison 38:39 47 André Ornelis 38:44 48 Kenny Moore 38:45 49 Johnny Dumon 38:46 50 Brunello Bertolin 38:48 51 Tom Heinonen 38:49 52 Tom O'Riordan 38:51 53 Fernando Fernandez 38:53 54 Paddy Coyle 38:54 55 Georg Kaiser 38:54 56 Giacomo Marietta 38:57 57 Gareth Bryan-Jones 38:58 58 Jan Briers 38:58 59 Mike Teer 38:59 60 Nigel Evans 39:02 61 Malcolm Thomas 39:02 62 Giuseppe Cindolo 39:07 63 Matt Murphy 39:08 64 John Loeschhorn 39:09 65 José Maiz 39:10 66 David Logue 39:14 67 Alan Joslyn 39:16 68 Labidi Ayachi 39:20 69 Carlos Pérez 70 Ray Haswell 71 Tony Simmons 72 Josef Wirth 39:22 73 Amor Lassoued 74 Osvaldo Segrada 75 Eddie Spillane 76 Cliff Clark 77 Albrecht Moser 39:34 78 Fernando Aguilar 79 Josef Fähndrich 39:36 80 Cyril Pennington 81 Primo Gretter 82 Pedro Sacristán 83 Fritz Schneider 39:46 84 Guy Texereau 85 Bill Stoddart 86 Malcolm Edger 87 John Sheridan 88 Hans Lang 40:03 89 Antonio Frechilla 90 John Mooney 91 Paul Darney 92 Charles Messenger 93 Bill Norris 94 Jorge Gonzalez 95 Dave Bedford 96 Michel Jossen 40:27 97 Dave Surman 98 Alfred Chivers 99 David Walker 100 Jerry Tighe 101 Mick Goerke 102 Tom Price 103 Max Walti 41:49 — Ian McCafferty DNF — Umberto Risi DNF — Joe Scanlon DNF — Timothy Hendricks DNF
Junior Men's (4.35 mi / 7.0 km) Rank Athlete Nationality Time John Hartnett 21:57.2 Jack Lane 22:05.2 Eric De Beck 22:09.2 4 Eddy Van Mullem 22:17.4 5 Colin Falconer 22:25.4 6 Jim Milton 22:32.4 7 Graham Tuck 22:36.8 8 Willy Vanlaer 22:39.8 9 Aldo Tomasini 22:41.8 10 Franco Fava 22:41.8 11 Francesco Silvestre 22:42 12 Grenville Tuck 22:49 13 Ronald MacDonald 23:00 14 Kamel Guemar 23:06 15 Franco Veronese 23:07 16 René Portier 23:08 17 Julien Devos 23:09 18 Pol Quemener 23:09 19 William Burns 23:10 20 Daniel Murphy 23:11 21 Mario Gilardi 23:11 22 Marc Masselot 23:12 23 Eddie Leddy 23:12 24 Ramon Sanchez 23:13 25 Douglas Gunstone 23:14 26 Gérard Thomazo 23:18 27 Andres Jimeno 23:23 28 Chris Garforth 23:31 29 Attallah Djelloul 23:38 30 Zygmunt Lyznicki 23:44 31 Leslie Irvine 23:45 32 Blaise Schull 23:46 33 Philip Brennan 23:48 34 Francisco Santamaria 23:51 35 Richard Umberg 23:55 36 Abdelhaziz Belhocine 23:57 37 Etienne Sinic 23:58 38 Eduardo Perez 24:06 39 Howard Wallace 24:08 40 Fritz Rüegsegger 24:24 41 Roland Gehrig 24:30 42 Bruno Ehrler 24:48 43 Ryszard Ciucias 44 Mohamed Salem — Sid-Ali Djouadi DNF — Paul Coulon DNF — Armando Scozzari DNF
Women's (Vichy, 1.9 mi / 3.0 km) Rank Athlete Nationality Time Paola Pigni 10:38.4 Zofia Kołakowska 10:39.2 Ilja Keizer 10:43.8 4 Anneloes Bosman 10:54.4 5 Berny Lenferink 11:02 6 Nicole Chassagneux 11:03.6 7 Anneke de Lange 11:06.4 8 Teresa Testerini 11:15 9 Carla Joosten 11:15 10 Claudette Brouard 11:15 11 Joëlle Audibert 11:20 12 Eliane Rieuf 11:22 13 Krystyna Sladek 11:24 14 Josee van Santberghe 11:26 15 Liève van den Broeck 11:27 16 Zina Boniolo 11:32 17 Jadwiga Kalinowska 11:32 18 Françoise Valentini 12:14 19 Francine Peyskens 12:19 20 Margherita Gargano 12:21 21 Marie-Claire Decroix 12:24 22 Catherine Michaud 12:28 23 Barbara Rubaszewska 13:46
Women's (Frederick, 2.5 mi / 4.0 km) Rank Athlete Nationality Time Doris Brown 15:04,4 Rita Lincoln 15:11 Thelma Fynn 15:14 4 Barbara Banks 15:21 5 Joan Page 15:25 6 Margaret MacSherry 15:27 7 Gillian Tivey 15:30 8 Christine Haskett 15:31 9 Ann O'Brien 15:33 10 Peggy Mullins 15:34 11 Jean Lochhead 15:35 12 Deirdre Foreman 15:37 13 Francie Larrieu 15:42 14 Pamela Bagian 15:45 15 Sandra Harper 15:46 16 Joyce Smith 15:47 17 Jane McNicholl 15:51 18 Cheryl Bridges 16:02 19 Hope Bishop 16:06 20 Pat Lowe 16:08 21 Nancy Main 16:11 22 Bronwen Cardy 16:23 23 Gloria Dourass 16:24 24 Doreen Martins 16:28 25 Paula Molesky 16:33 26 Sheena Fitzmaurice 16:56 27 Raie Thompson 16:47 28 Sandra Kirk 16:56 29 Nuala Bowe 17:06 30 Patricia Cole 17:09 31 Delyth Davies 17:17 32 Shirley Springer 17:18 33 Pamela John 17:29 34 Adrienne Beames 17:44
Team Results
Men's Rank Country Team Points 1 Mike TaggTrevor WrightDick TaylorRicky WildeMike TurnerMike Baxter 35 2 Noel TijouRené JourdanLucien RaultMichel BernardAntoine BorowskiJean-Pierre Ouine 85 3 Gaston RoelantsEmiel PuttemansJoseph PrinsenAchille VaesPaul ThijsAndré de Hertoghe 136 4 Abdelkader ZaddemMhedheb HannachiAdelaziz BouguerraHamdouni SghaierAli KhamassiLabidi Ayachi 187 5 Lachie StewartBill MullettJim AlderAdrian WeatherheadDick WedlockNorman Morrison 201 6 Giovanni PizziRenato MartiniGiuseppe ArdizzoneBrunello BertolinGiacomo MariettaGiuseppe Cindolo 273 7 Javier ÁlvarezJuan HidalgoFernando FernandezJosé MaizCarlos PérezFernando Aguilar 302 8 Sean O'SullivanPat GilsemanTom O'RiordanPaddy CoyleMatt MurphyEddie Spillane 315 9 Grant McLarenDave EllisBob MooreRay HaswellDave SurmanJerry Tighe 364 10 Bernie PlainNigel EvansMalcolm ThomasAlan JoslynTony SimmonsPaul Darney 368 11 Werner DösseggerGeorg KaiserJosef WirthAlbrecht MoserJosef FähndrichFritz Schneider 393 12 Derek GrahamMike TeerDavid LogueCyril PenningtonMalcolm EdgerAlfred Chivers 410 13 Kenny MooreTom HeinonenJohn LoeschhornCliff ClarkCharles MessengerBill Norris 424
Junior Men's Rank Country Team Points 1 Jack LaneJim MiltonGraham Tuck 15 2 Eric De BeckEddy Van MullemWilly van Laer 15 3 Aldo TomasiniFranco FavaFranco Veronese 34 4 Colin FalconerRonald MacDonaldWilliam Burns 37 5 John HartnettDaniel MurphyEddie Leddy 44 6 René PortierPol QuemenerMarc Masselot 56 7 Francesco SilvestreRamon SanchezAndres Jimeno 62 8 Kamel GuemarAttallah DjelloulAbdelhaziz Belhocine 79 9 Blaise SchullRichard UmbergFritz Rüegsegger 107
Women's (Vichy) Rank Country Team Points 1 Ilja KeizerAnneloes BosmanBerny LenferinkAnneke de Lange 19 2 Nicole ChassagneuxClaudette BrouardJoëlle AudibertEliane Rieuf 39 3 Paola PigniTeresa TesteriniZina BonioloMargherita Gargano 45 4 Zofia KołakowskaKrystyna SladekJadwiga KalinowskaBarbara Rubaszewska 55 5 Josee van SantbergheLiève van den BroeckFrancine PeyskensMarie-Claire Decroix 69
Women's (Frederick) Rank Country Team Points 1 Rita LincolnBarbara BanksJoan PageGillian Tivey 18 2 Doris BrownFrancie LarrieuPamela BagianCheryl Bridges 46 3 Ann O'BrienPeggy MullinsDeirdre ForemanJane McNicholl 48 4 Thelma FynnSandra HarperHope BishopNancy Main 58 5 Margaret MacSherryChristine HaskettSheena FitzmauriceSandra Kirk 68 6 Jean LochheadBronwen CardyGloria DourassDelyth Davies 87
Participation An unofficial count yields the participation of 211 athletes from 17 countries.
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See also 1970 in athletics (track and field)
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