The 1971 International Cross Country Championships was held in San Sebastián, Spain, at the Lasarte Hippodrome on 20 March 1971. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.
Complete results for men, junior men, women, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.
Medallists IndividualMen7.5 mi (12.1 km)Dave Bedford 38:42.8Trevor Wright 39:05.2Eddie Gray 39:11.6Junior Men4.35 mi (7.0 km)Nick Rose 23:12.4Ray Smedley 23:17.4Jim Brown 24:02Women2.17 mi (3.5 km)Doris Brown 11:08.4Berny Lenferink 11:21.2Joyce Smith 11:23.2 TeamMen 56 176 186Junior Men 7 30 39Women 29 42 51
Individual Race Results
Men's (7.5 mi / 12.1 km) Rank Athlete Nationality Time Dave Bedford 38:42.8 Trevor Wright 39:05.2 Eddie Gray 39:11.6 4 Javier Álvarez 39:15.3 5 Peter Standing 39:19.4 6 Malcolm Thomas 39:22.8 7 Noel Tijou 39:29.3 8 Mariano Haro 39:38.5 9 Ian Stewart 39:41.2 10 Rod Dixon 39:43.5 11 Pekka Päivärinta 39:44.7 12 Gaston Roelants 39:45.3 13 Lucien Rault 39:50.2 14 René Goris 39:54.1 15 Tony Simmons 39:55.2 16 Frank Briscoe 39:56.3 17 Andy Holden 39:57.2 18 Mike Beevor 39:58.3 19 Jan Wawrzuta 40:01.5 20 Tony Ashton 40:02.3 21 Lahcen El Hachmi 40:04.3 22 Willy Polleunis 40:05.2 23 Karel Lismont 40:07.1 24 Dick Wedlock 40:08.9 25 Norman Morrison 40:09.2 26 Bryan Rose 40:11.3 27 Moha Aït Bassou 40:14.7 28 John Caine 40:17.1 29 Alan Blinston 40:18.6 30 Reino Ahvenainen 40:21.5 31 Juan Hidalgo 40:23.1 32 Miloud Chenna 40:25.3 33 Antoine Borowski 40:29.7 34 Michel Bernard 40:32.3 35 Jean-Yves Le Flohic 40:37.9 36 Haddou Jaddour 40:40.2 37 Rex Maddaford 40:41.3 38 Jim Alder 40:49.7 39 Seppo Nikkari 40:50.1 40 Paddy Coyle 40:51.5 41 Rauno Mattila 40:52 42 Bernie Hayward 40:53 43 Seppo Tuominen 40:55 44 Julio Gude 40:59 45 Józef Rębacz 40:59 46 Edward Stawiarz 40:59 47 Brunello Bertolin 40:59 48 Hans Menet 40:59 49 Ben Assou El Ghazi 40:59 50 Moumoh Haddou 40:59 51 Eddy van Butsele 40:59 52 Sean O'Sullivan 41:01 53 Pat Gilseman 41:02 54 Paul Thijs 41:03 55 Ramon Tasende 41:04 56 Fernando Aguilar 41:05 57 Mohamed Ben Abdelsalem 41:10 58 John Sheddan 41:14 59 Alistair Blamire 41:15 60 Martin Simmons 41:17 61 Lachie Stewart 41:24 62 Gaston Heleven 41:26 63 Mohamed Belhoucine 41:27 64 Jean-Pierre Dufresne 41:28 65 Esko Lipsonen 41:29 66 Achille Vaes 41:30 67 Stanisław Podzoba 41:31 68 Dick Crowley 41:35 69 Carlos Pérez 41:35 70 Andrew McKean 41:38 71 Bernie Plain 41:39 72 Geoffrey Pyne 41:40 73 Mario Binato 41:41 74 Steve Gibbons 41:42 75 Olavi Suomalainen 41:45 76 Albrecht Moser 41:46 77 Mohamed Kacemi 41:49 78 Gérard Vervoort 41:52 79 Alfons Sidler 41:54 80 Nigel Evans 41:56 81 Hidih Bidrou 42:03 82 Cherif Ben Ali 42:04 83 Tony Brien 42:05 84 Guy Texereau 42:06 85 Josef Wirth 42:07 86 Josef Fähndrich 42:08 87 Mohamed Gouasmi 42:13 88 Raymond Corbaz 42:15 89 Tahar Bounab 42:18 90 Irineo de Lucas 42:19 91 Karl Mangold 42:22 92 Edward Mleczko 42:23 93 Bolesław Walkowiak 42:24 94 Kazimierz Podolak 42:25 95 Renato Martini 42:32 96 Jim McNamara 42:40 97 Mike Teer 42:43 98 Gaetano Pusterla 42:45 99 Ron McAndrew 42:47 100 Jean Levaillant 42:48 101 Roy Kernoghan 42:58 102 Desmond McGann 43:09 103 Giuseppe Cindolo 43:10 104 Ian Morrison 43:11 105 Massimo Begnis 43:15 106 Jim Hayes 43:22 107 Roberto Gervasini 43:27 108 Eddie Spillane 43:29 109 Guenaoui Behloul 43:30 110 Antonio Frechilla 43:31 111 Cyril Pennington 43:45 112 Franco Ambrosioni 43:52 113 Yahia Megdout 43:54 114 Abdelkader Beneyttou 43:55 115 Bill Mullett 44:19 116 Fergus Murray 44:29 117 Les Jones 45:06 118 Derradji Abdelatif 45:25 119 John Nodwell 45:35 — Mikko Ala-Leppilamppi DNF — Emiel Puttemans DNF — Gavin Thorley DNF
Junior Men's (4.35 mi / 7.0 km) Rank Athlete Nationality Time Nick Rose 23:12.4 Ray Smedley 23:17.4 Jim Brown 24:02 4 Steve Kenyon 24:16.2 5 Kamel Guemar 24:30.4 6 Franco Fava 24:33.6 7 Ramon Sanchez 24:35.5 8 Aldo Tomasini 24:40 9 Peter Adams 24:42 10 Eddy Van Mullem 24:44.4 11 Eric De Beck 24:45.8 12 Ricardo Ortega 24:46.6 13 Ian Gilmour 24:49 14 Ron MacDonald 24:51.2 15 Alain Grandfils 24:52.2 16 Greg Hannon 24:53.4 17 Eddie Leddy 24:55.6 18 Eamonn Coghlan 24:58 19 Gerry Hannon 25:01 20 William Burns 25:02.4 21 Herman Mignon 25:06.8 22 Gérard Thomazo 25:08.6 23 Fernando Mamede 25:14.4 24 Neil Cusack 25:16.1 25 Vincenzo Lavini 25:17.4 26 John Baillie 25:18 27 William Curtin 25:20.3 28 Attallah Djelloul 25:22.8 29 Vasco Pereira 25:23.5 30 Robert Harrison 25:24.6 31 Claude Biteau 25:25.2 32 Léon Schots 25:27.3 33 Enrique Chaves 25:28.1 34 Frank Clement 25:34.8 35 Paolo Picca 25:35 36 Carlos Cabral 25:38.3 37 Mario Gilardi 25:48.2 38 Jean-Luc Simonin 25:57.4 39 Mohamed Salem 26:04.1 40 Padraig Keane 26:08.5 41 Pierre Chupin 26:13 42 Maurits Beutels 26:16 43 Francisco Muñoz 26:29 44 Francisco Morera 26:40 45 Carlos Tavares 26:48 46 John McLaughlin 26:53
Women's (2.8 mi / 4.5 km) Rank Athlete Nationality Time Doris Brown 11:08.4 Berny Lenferink 11:21.2 Joyce Smith 11:23.2 4 Angela Lovell 11:24.4 5 Janet Bristol 11:25.2 6 Christine Haskett 11:26.6 7 Valerie Robinson 11:27.4 8 Bev Shingles 11:28.2 9 Irene Miller 11:30 10 Rita Ridley 11:34.2 11 Beth Bonner 11:35.4 12 Sheila Carey 11:36.6 13 Zina Boniolo 11:37.8 14 Thelwyn Bateman 11:43.8 15 Belen Azpeitia 11:47.6 16 Jean Lochhead 11:48.4 17 Annie van den Kerkhof 11:50 18 Heather Thomson 11:52.2 19 Ann O'Brien 11:53.2 20 Bronwen Cardy 11:55.5 21 Waltraud Egger 11:56.6 22 Anneke Stalman 11:59 23 Margherita Gargano 12:00 24 Carol Gould 12:01.2 25 Deirdre Foreman 12:02.2 26 Christina van Loock 12:04.4 27 Gillian Tivey 12:05.6 28 Margaret MacSherry 12:06.4 29 Millie Sampson 12:07.6 30 Joke van de Stelt 12:08.3 31 Hadhoum Kadiri 12:09.1 32 Mary Lynch 12:09.8 33 Els Gommers 12:10.3 34 Trina Hosmer 12:11.5 35 Kate Moroney 12:12.3 36 Eileen Cornish 12:15.3 37 Beatrice Lambert 12:17.4 38 Khaddouj Hanine 12:18.5 39 Veronica Sherry 12:20.2 40 Gloria Dourass 12:21.8 41 Giuseppina Torello 12:25.8 42 Pilar San Martin 12:26 43 Sandra Sutherland 12:27 44 Pamela Bagian 12:28 45 Begona Zuñiga 12:32 46 Anne Smith 12:33 47 Ann Barrass 12:38 48 Brenda Grinney 12:39 49 Liève van den Broeck 12:42 50 Donata Govoni 12:43 51 Delyth Davies 12:43 52 Rose Murphy 12:44 53 Luisa Marci 12:46 54 Maria Fuentes 12:47 55 Josee van Santberghe 12:49 56 María Martínez 12:52 57 Consuelo Alonso 12:55 58 Rita Brownlie 13:05 59 Rabea Rodchi 13:08 60 Monique Dockx 13:10
Team Results
Men's Rank Country Team Points 1 Dave BedfordTrevor WrightPeter StandingTony SimmonsFrank BriscoeAndy Holden 56 2 Gaston RoelantsRené GorisWilly PolleunisKarel LismontEddy van ButselePaul Thijs 176 3 Noel TijouLucien RaultAntoine BorowskiMichel BernardJean-Yves Le FlohicJean-Pierre Dufresne 186 4 Eddie GrayRod DixonBryan RoseRex MaddafordJohn SheddanMartin Simmons 194 5 Javier ÁlvarezMariano HaroJuan HidalgoJulio GudeRamon TasendeFernando Aguilar 198 6 Lahcen El HachmiMoha Aït BassouMiloud ChennaHaddou JaddourBen Assou El GhaziMoumoh Haddou 215 7 Ian StewartDick WedlockNorman MorrisonJim AlderAlistair BlamireLachie Stewart 216 8 Pekka PäivärintaReino AhvenainenSeppo NikkariRauno MattilaSeppo TuominenEsko Lipsonen 229 9 Malcolm ThomasTony AshtonBernie HaywardBernie PlainSteve GibbonsNigel Evans 293 10 Jan WawrzutaJózef RębaczEdward StawiarzStanisław PodzobaEdward MleczkoBolesław Walkowiak 362 11 Paddy CoyleSean O'SullivanPat GilsemanDick CrowleyTony BrienJim McNamara 392 12 Hans MenetAlbrecht MoserAlfons SidlerJosef WirthJosef FähndrichRaymond Corbaz 462 13 Brunello BertolinMario BinatoRenato MartiniGaetano PusterlaGiuseppe CindoloMassimo Begnis 521 14 Mohamed KacemiCherif Ben AliMohamed GouasmiTahar BounabGuenaoui BehloulYahia Megdout 557 15 Mike TeerRoy KernoghanIan MorrisonJim HayesCyril PenningtonLes Jones 636
Junior Men's Rank Country Team Points 1 Nick RoseRay SmedleySteve Kenyon 7 2 Jim BrownIan GilmourRon MacDonald 30 3 Franco FavaAldo TomasiniVincenzo Lavini 39 4 Eddy Van MullemEric De BeckHerman Mignon 42 5 Ramon SanchezRicardo OrtegaEnrique Chaves 52 6 Eddie LeddyEamonn CoghlanNeil Cusack 59 7 Greg HannonGerry HannonJohn Baillie 61 8 Alain GrandfilsGérard ThomazoClaude Biteau 68 9 Kamel GuemarAttallah DjelloulMohamed Salem 72 10 Fernando MamedeVasco PereiraCarlos Cabral 88
Women's Rank Country Team Points 1 Joyce SmithAngela LovellRita RidleySheila Carey 29 2 Valerie RobinsonBev ShinglesIrene MillerHeather Thomson 42 3 Doris BrownJanet BristolBeth BonnerTrina Hosmer 51 4 Berny LenferinkAnnie van den KerkhofAnneke StalmanJoke van de Stelt 71 5 Thelwyn BatemanJean LochheadBronwen CardyGloria Dourass 90 6 Zina BonioloWaltraud EggerMargherita GarganoGiuseppina Torello 98 7 Ann O'BrienDeirdre ForemanMary LynchKate Moroney 111 8 Christine HaskettMargaret MacSherrySandra SutherlandAnn Barrass 124 9 Belen AzpeitiaPilar San MartinBegona ZuñigaMaria Fuentes 156 10 Christina van LoockLiève van den BroeckJosee van SantbergheMonique Dockx 190
Participation An unofficial count yields the participation of 228 athletes from 18 countries.
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See also 1971 in athletics (track and field)
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