# 1976 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

The Senior men's race at the 1976 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Chepstow, Wales, at the Chepstow Racecourse on 28 February 1976. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.
Complete results, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.

## Race results
### Senior men's race (12 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Carlos Lopes | Portugal | 34:47.8 |
| | Tony Simmons | England | 35:04 |
| | Bernie Ford | England | 35:07 |
| 4 | Karel Lismont | Belgium | 35:08 |
| 5 | Detlef Uhlemann | West Germany | 35:09 |
| 6 | Enn Sellik | Soviet Union | 35:17 |
| 7 | Gary Tuttle | United States | 35:19 |
| 8 | Franco Fava | Italy | 35:21 |
| 9 | Jacques Boxberger | France | 35:24 |
| 10 | Tapio Kantanen | Finland | 35:28 |
| 11 | Mariano Haro | Spain | 35:28 |
| 12 | Vladimir Merkushin | Soviet Union | 35:30 |
| 13 | Gaston Roelants | Belgium | 35:30 |
| 14 | Venanzio Ortis | Italy | 35:36 |
| 15 | David Slater | England | 35:40 |
| 16 | Grenville Tuck | England | 35:40 |
| 17 | Hendrik Schoofs | Belgium | 35:41 |
| 18 | Lucien Rault | France | 35:42 |
| 19 | Eddy Rombaux | Belgium | 35:43 |
| 20 | Tony Sandoval | United States | 35:44 |
| 21 | Larbi M'Hidra | Morocco | 35:46 |
| 22 | Hans-Jürgen Orthmann | West Germany | 35:52 |
| 23 | Ivan Parluy | Soviet Union | 35:53 |
| 24 | Jim Brown | Scotland | 35:54 |
| 25 | Jean-Paul Gomez | France | 35:55 |
| 26 | David Black | England | 35:56 |
| 27 | Willy Polleunis | Belgium | 35:57 |
| 28 | Mike Tagg | England | 35:59 |
| 29 | Michael Karst | West Germany | 36:00 |
| 30 | Neil Cusack | Ireland | 36:00 |
| 31 | Glen Grant | Wales | 36:03 |
| 32 | Jean-Luc Paugam | France | 36:04 |
| 33 | Giuseppe Cindolo | Italy | 36:04 |
| 34 | Allister Hutton | Scotland | 36:04 |
| 35 | Steve Gibbons | Wales | 36:04 |
| 36 | Abdelkader Zaddem | Tunisia | 36:07 |
| 37 | Don Kardong | United States | 36:07 |
| 38 | Robert Lismont | Belgium | 36:07 |
| 39 | Dave Babiracki | United States | 36:08 |
| 40 | Luigi Zarcone | Italy | 36:08 |
| 41 | Andrew McKean | Scotland | 36:08 |
| 42 | Nikolay Puklakov | Soviet Union | 36:09 |
| 43 | David Hopkins | Wales | 36:11 |
| 44 | Anacleto Pinto | Portugal | 36:13 |
| 45 | Mikhail Ulymov | Soviet Union | 36:16 |
| 46 | Dominique Coux | France | 36:17 |
| 47 | Steve Kenyon | England | 36:17 |
| 48 | Peter Weigt | West Germany | 36:18 |
| 49 | Eric De Beck | Belgium | 36:19 |
| 50 | Adelaziz Bouguerra | Tunisia | 36:21 |
| 51 | José Luis Ruiz | Spain | 36:25 |
| 52 | Anders Gärderud | Sweden | 36:26 |
| 53 | Danny McDaid | Ireland | 36:27 |
| 54 | John Davies | Wales | 36:29 |
| 55 | Thomas Brennan | Ireland | 36:29 |
| 56 | Donal Walsh | Ireland | 36:30 |
| 57 | Alex Gonzalez | France | 36:30 |
| 58 | Glenn Herold | United States | 36:31 |
| 59 | Seppo Nikkari | Finland | 36:31 |
| 60 | Torgny Björkqvist | Sweden | 36:32 |
| 61 | Esko Lipsonen | Finland | 36:32 |
| 62 | Luigi Lauro | Italy | 36:35 |
| 63 | Radhouane Bouster | France | 36:42 |
| 64 | Boualem Rahoui | Algeria | 36:43 |
| 65 | Gilbert Maesschalk | Belgium | 36:45 |
| 66 | Malcolm Thomas | Wales | 36:47 |
| 67 | Claudio Solone | Italy | 36:49 |
| 68 | Haddou Jaddour | Morocco | 36:49 |
| 69 | Jouko Santanen | Finland | 36:49 |
| 70 | Juan Hidalgo | Spain | 36:50 |
| 71 | Patrick Martin | France | 36:50 |
| 72 | Joseph Patton | Scotland | 36:51 |
| 73 | Jukka Toivola | Finland | 36:51 |
| 74 | Ricardo Ortega | Spain | 36:53 |
| 75 | Mick Morris | Wales | 36:53 |
| 76 | Seppo Tuominen | Finland | 36:54 |
| 77 | Mohamed Kacemi | Algeria | 36:55 |
| 78 | Khaled Aït Idir | Algeria | 36:56 |
| 79 | Helder de Jesús | Portugal | 36:56 |
| 80 | Fernando Mamede | Portugal | 36:58 |
| 81 | Laurence Reilly | Scotland | 36:59 |
| 82 | Henry Perez | United States | 37:00 |
| 83 | Reinhard Leibold | West Germany | 37:00 |
| 84 | Smain Yahiaoui | Algeria | 37:01 |
| 85 | Fernando Fernandez | Spain | 37:02 |
| 86 | Dahou Belghazi | Morocco | 37:03 |
| 87 | Mustapha Oulghazi | Morocco | 37:03 |
| 88 | José Sena | Portugal | 37:03 |
| 89 | Rachid Habchaoui | Algeria | 37:03 |
| 90 | Pierre Levisse | France | 37:03 |
| 91 | Vadim Mokalov | Soviet Union | 37:07 |
| 92 | Steve Flanagan | United States | 37:08 |
| 93 | David Logue | Northern Ireland | 37:10 |
| 94 | Martti Kiilholma | Finland | 37:11 |
| 95 | Paddy Coyle | Ireland | 37:12 |
| 96 | Jim Alder | Scotland | 37:12 |
| 97 | Eddy Van Mullem | Belgium | 37:12 |
| 98 | Paul Kenney | Scotland | 37:12 |
| 99 | Santiago de la Parte | Spain | 37:14 |
| 100 | Mateo Gómez | Spain | 37:16 |
| 101 | Mike Teer | Northern Ireland | 37:17 |
| 102 | Aniceto Simoes | Portugal | 37:22 |
| 103 | Vasco Pereira | Portugal | 37:22 |
| 104 | Pär Wallin | Sweden | 37:24 |
| 105 | Robert Manz | West Germany | 37:25 |
| 106 | Abdelmadjid Mada | Algeria | 37:25 |
| 107 | Moumoh Haddou | Morocco | 37:27 |
| 108 | John Hartnett | Ireland | 37:28 |
| 109 | Dic Evans | Wales | 37:29 |
| 110 | Sergio Muscardin | Italy | 37:32 |
| 111 | Hussein Soltani | Tunisia | 37:34 |
| 112 | Andy Holden | England | 37:35 |
| 113 | Lahcen El Hachmi | Morocco | 37:39 |
| 114 | Mansour Guettaya | Tunisia | 37:42 |
| 115 | Omar Anassi | Morocco | 37:44 |
| 116 | Tahar Bounab | Algeria | 37:45 |
| 117 | Eloi Schleder | Brazil | 37:48 |
| 118 | Mohamed Ghannouchi | Morocco | 37:50 |
| 119 | Tom Annett | Northern Ireland | 37:52 |
| 120 | Ismo Toukonen | Finland | 37:52 |
| 121 | Mohamed Salem | Algeria | 37:53 |
| 122 | Jan Hagelbrand | Sweden | 37:55 |
| 123 | Gerry Deegan | Ireland | 37:56 |
| 124 | Giuseppe Gerbi | Italy | 38:02 |
| 125 | Dick Crowley | Ireland | 38:05 |
| 126 | Philip Dolan | Scotland | 38:05 |
| 127 | Mohamed Benbaraka | Morocco | 38:06 |
| 128 | Ali Gammoudi | Tunisia | 38:08 |
| 129 | Dennis Coates | England | 38:08 |
| 130 | Lars Enqvist | Sweden | 38:15 |
| 131 | Peter Ratcliffe | Wales | 38:19 |
| 132 | Gunnar Holm | Sweden | 38:19 |
| 133 | Greg Hannon | Northern Ireland | 38:22 |
| 134 | Lawrie Spence | Scotland | 38:25 |
| 135 | Mohamed Zaidi | Tunisia | 38:26 |
| 136 | Wilhelm Jungbluth | West Germany | 38:28 |
| 137 | Mike Critchley | Wales | 38:29 |
| 138 | Carlos Alves | Brazil | 38:35 |
| 139 | Roy Kissin | United States | 38:36 |
| 140 | Carlos Cabral | Portugal | 38:39 |
| 141 | Italo Tentorini | Italy | 38:47 |
| 142 | Hamida Gamoudi | Tunisia | 38:52 |
| 143 | Günther Zahn | West Germany | 39:03 |
| 144 | Gerry Finnegan | Ireland | 39:10 |
| 145 | Labidi Ayachi | Tunisia | 39:25 |
| 146 | Ian Morrison | Northern Ireland | 39:27 |
| 147 | Mahmoud Hazzazi | Algeria | 39:44 |
| 148 | Cherif Hannchi | Tunisia | 39:59 |
| 149 | Aloisio de Araújo | Brazil | 40:13 |
| 150 | John Allen | Northern Ireland | 40:20 |
| 151 | Tom Falkinger | Sweden | 41:00 |
| 152 | Leonardo de Oliveira | Brazil | 41:36 |
| 153 | Paulo Ferrugen | Brazil | 41:42 |
| — | Antonio Campos | Spain | DNF |
| — | Fernando Cerrada | Spain | DNF |
| — | Rich Kimball | United States | DNF |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | England Tony Simmons2 Bernie Ford3 David Slater15 Grenville Tuck16 David Black26 Mike Tagg28 (Steve Kenyon)(47) (Andy Holden)(112) (Dennis Coates)(129) | 90 |
| | Belgium Karel Lismont4 Gaston Roelants13 Hendrik Schoofs17 Eddy Rombaux19 Willy Polleunis27 Robert Lismont38 (Eric De Beck)(49) (Gilbert Maesschalk)(65) (Eddy Van Mullem)(97) | 118 |
| | France Jacques Boxberger9 Lucien Rault18 Jean-Paul Gomez25 Jean-Luc Paugam32 Dominique Coux46 Alex Gonzalez57 (Radhouane Bouster)(63) (Patrick Martin)(71) (Pierre Levisse)(90) | 187 |
| 4 | Soviet Union Enn Sellik6 Vladimir Merkushin12 Ivan Parluy23 Nikolay Puklakov42 Mikhail Ulymov45 Vadim Mokalov91 | 219 |
| 5 | Italy Franco Fava8 Venanzio Ortis14 Giuseppe Cindolo33 Luigi Zarcone40 Luigi Lauro62 Claudio Solone67 (Sergio Muscardin)(110) (Giuseppe Gerbi)(124) (Italo Tentorini)(141) | 224 |
| 6 | United States Gary Tuttle7 Tony Sandoval20 Don Kardong37 Dave Babiracki39 Glenn Herold58 Henry Perez82 (Steve Flanagan)(92) (Roy Kissin)(139) (Rich Kimball)(DNF) | 243 |
| 7 | West Germany Detlef Uhlemann5 Hans-Jürgen Orthmann22 Michael Karst29 Peter Weigt48 Reinhard Leibold83 Robert Manz105 (Wilhelm Jungbluth)(136) (Günther Zahn)(143) | 292 |
| 8 | Wales Glen Grant31 Steve Gibbons35 David Hopkins43 John Davies54 Malcolm Thomas66 Mick Morris75 (Dic Evans)(109) (Peter Ratcliffe)(131) (Mike Critchley)(137) | 304 |
| 9 | Finland Tapio Kantanen10 Seppo Nikkari59 Esko Lipsonen61 Jouko Santanen69 Jukka Toivola73 Seppo Tuominen76 (Martti Kiilholma)(94) (Ismo Toukonen)(120) | 348 |
| 10 | Scotland Jim Brown24 Allister Hutton34 Andrew McKean41 Joseph Patton72 Laurence Reilly81 Jim Alder96 (Paul Kenney)(98) (Philip Dolan)(126) (Lawrie Spence)(134) | 348 |
| 11 | Spain Mariano Haro11 José Luis Ruiz51 Juan Hidalgo70 Ricardo Ortega74 Fernando Fernandez85 Santiago de la Parte99 (Mateo Gómez)(100) (Antonio Campos)(DNF) (Fernando Cerrada)(DNF) | 390 |
| 12 | Portugal Carlos Lopes1 Anacleto Pinto44 Helder de Jesús79 Fernando Mamede80 José Sena88 Aniceto Simoes102 (Vasco Pereira)(103) (Carlos Cabral)(140) | 394 |
| 13 | Ireland Neil Cusack30 Danny McDaid53 Thomas Brennan55 Donal Walsh56 Paddy Coyle95 John Hartnett108 (Gerry Deegan)(123) (Dick Crowley)(125) (Gerry Finnegan)(144) | 397 |
| 14 | Morocco Larbi M'Hidra21 Haddou Jaddour68 Dahou Belghazi86 Mustapha Oulghazi87 Moumoh Haddou107 Lahcen El Hachmi113 (Omar Anassi)(115) (Mohamed Ghannouchi)(118) (Mohamed Benbaraka)(127) | 482 |
| 15 | Algeria Boualem Rahoui64 Mohamed Kacemi77 Khaled Aït Idir78 Smain Yahiaoui84 Rachid Habchaoui89 Abdelmadjid Mada106 (Tahar Bounab)(116) (Mohamed Salem)(121) (Mahmoud Hazzazi)(147) | 498 |
| 16 | Tunisia Abdelkader Zaddem36 Adelaziz Bouguerra50 Hussein Soltani111 Mansour Guettaya114 Ali Gammoudi128 Mohamed Zaidi135 (Hamida Gamoudi)(142) (Labidi Ayachi)(145) (Cherif Hannchi)(148) | 574 |
| 17 | Sweden Anders Gärderud52 Torgny Björkqvist60 Pär Wallin104 Jan Hagelbrand122 Lars Enqvist130 Gunnar Holm132 (Tom Falkinger)(151) | 600 |
| 18 | Northern Ireland David Logue93 Mike Teer101 Tom Annett119 Greg Hannon133 Ian Morrison146 John Allen150 | 742 |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

## Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 156 athletes from 19 countries in the Senior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.
* Algeria (9)
* Belgium (9)
* Brazil (5)
* England (9)
* Finland (8)
* France (9)
* Ireland (9)
* Italy (9)
* Morocco (9)
* Northern Ireland (6)
* Portugal (8)
* Scotland (9)
* Soviet Union (6)
* Spain (9)
* Sweden (7)
* Tunisia (9)
* United States (9)
* Wales (9)
* West Germany (8)