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

The Junior men's race at the 1976 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Chepstow, Wales, at the Chepstow Racecourse on February 28, 1996. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.
Complete results, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.

## Race results
### Junior men's race (7.8 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Eric Hulst | United States | 23:53.8 |
| | Thom Hunt | United States | 24:06.8 |
| | Nat Muir | Scotland | 24:17 |
| 4 | Thierry Watrice | France | 24:23 |
| 5 | Alberto Salazar | United States | 24:36 |
| 6 | Yahia Hadka | Morocco | 24:38 |
| 7 | Nick Lees | England | 24:42 |
| 8 | Don Moses | United States | 24:43 |
| 9 | Santiago Llorente | Spain | 24:45 |
| 10 | Harry Servranckx | Belgium | 24:46 |
| 11 | Marty Froelick | United States | 24:47 |
| 12 | José Luis González | Spain | 24:49 |
| 13 | Volkmar Betz | West Germany | 24:50 |
| 14 | Vesa Laukkanen | Finland | 24:51 |
| 15 | Rafael Nunez | Spain | 24:56 |
| 16 | Enrico Bosca | Italy | 24:58 |
| 17 | Abderrahmane Morceli | Algeria | 25:00 |
| 18 | Abdeslem Jaddor | Morocco | 25:01 |
| 19 | Ralph Serna | United States | 25:02 |
| 20 | Adrian Leek | Wales | 25:03 |
| 21 | Luca Consigli | Italy | 25:03 |
| 22 | Mike Dixon | Canada | 25:03 |
| 23 | Paul Roberts | Canada | 25:03 |
| 24 | Antonio Prieto | Spain | 25:03 |
| 25 | Mathias Plank | West Germany | 25:07 |
| 26 | Jeremy Lothian | England | 25:08 |
| 27 | Nigel Field | England | 25:09 |
| 28 | Mauro Pappacena | Italy | 25:11 |
| 29 | Dirk Vanderherten | Belgium | 25:12 |
| 30 | Harald Hudak | West Germany | 25:13 |
| 31 | Nick Brawn | England | 25:17 |
| 32 | Arturo Iacona | Italy | 25:27 |
| 33 | Mohamed Rajmi | Morocco | 25:27 |
| 34 | Markku Kantola | Finland | 25:27 |
| 35 | Andrew Smith | Scotland | 25:29 |
| 36 | Lyle Kuchmack | Canada | 25:31 |
| 37 | Lasse Mikkelsson | Finland | 25:32 |
| 38 | Francois Willems | Belgium | 25:33 |
| 39 | Terry Goodenough | Canada | 25:34 |
| 40 | José Calderón | Spain | 25:35 |
| 41 | Remigio della Monta | Italy | 25:36 |
| 42 | Kenneth McCartney | Scotland | 25:37 |
| 43 | Abdelrazzak Bounour | Algeria | 25:38 |
| 44 | Anthony Conroy | Ireland | 25:39 |
| 45 | Cyril Donnellan | Ireland | 25:40 |
| 46 | Paul Bettridge | England | 25:40 |
| 47 | Konrad Dobler | West Germany | 25:49 |
| 48 | Alan de Boeck | Belgium | 25:56 |
| 49 | Olivier Arnoux | France | 25:58 |
| 50 | Omar Arab | Morocco | 26:02 |
| 51 | David Carr | Wales | |
| 52 | Salim Atache | Algeria | |
| 53 | Gilles Garcia | France | |
| 54 | Serge Libessart | France | |
| 55 | David James | Wales | |
| 56 | Lahcene Babaci | Algeria | |
| 57 | David Murphy | England | |
| 58 | Gerhard Krippner | West Germany | |
| 59 | Arto Virtanen | Finland | |
| 60 | Francois Santmann | France | |
| 61 | Howard Norman | Wales | |
| 62 | Tom Lobsinger | Canada | |
| 63 | Brian McSloy | Scotland | |
| 64 | Ahmed Boutemdjet | Algeria | |
| 65 | Abdelaziz Khamel | Morocco | |
| 66 | Elie Aubertin | Belgium | |
| 67 | Alan Cummings | Wales | |
| 68 | Brendan Hillard | Ireland | |
| 69 | Charles Haskett | Scotland | |
| 70 | Byron Davies | Wales | |
| 71 | Peter Butler | Canada | |
| 72 | Raine Lehto | Finland | |
| 73 | Abdellah Ghabbi | Morocco | |
| 74 | Didier Combes | France | |
| 75 | Michael Lawther | Northern Ireland | |
| 76 | Axel Dietrich | West Germany | |
| 77 | Willy Max | Belgium | |
| 78 | John Maher | Ireland | |
| 79 | James Ross | Northern Ireland | |
| 80 | Ray Butler | Northern Ireland | |
| 81 | Eddie Patterson | Northern Ireland | |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | United States Eric Hulst1 Thom Hunt2 Alberto Salazar5 Don Moses8 (Marty Froelick)(11) (Ralph Serna)(19) | 16 |
| | Spain Santiago Llorente9 José Luis González12 Rafael Nunez15 Antonio Prieto24 (José Calderón)(40) | 60 |
| | England Nick Lees7 Jeremy Lothian26 Nigel Field27 Nick Brawn31 (Paul Bettridge)(46) (David Murphy)(57) | 91 |
| 4 | Italy Enrico Bosca16 Luca Consigli21 Mauro Pappacena28 Arturo Iacona32 (Remigio della Monta)(41) | 97 |
| 5 | Morocco Yahia Hadka6 Abdeslem Jaddor18 Mohamed Rajmi33 Omar Arab50 (Abdelaziz Khamel)(65) (Abdellah Ghabbi)(73) | 107 |
| 6 | West Germany Volkmar Betz13 Mathias Plank25 Harald Hudak30 Konrad Dobler47 (Gerhard Krippner)(58) (Axel Dietrich)(76) | 115 |
| 7 | Canada Mike Dixon22 Paul Roberts23 Lyle Kuchmack36 Terry Goodenough39 (Tom Lobsinger)(62) (Peter Butler)(71) | 120 |
| 8 | Belgium Harry Servranckx10 Dirk Vanderherten29 Francois Willems38 Alan de Boeck48 (Elie Aubertin)(66) (Willy Max)(77) | 125 |
| 9 | Scotland Nat Muir3 Andrew Smith35 Kenneth McCartney42 Brian McSloy63 (Charles Haskett)(69) | 143 |
| 10 | Finland Vesa Laukkanen14 Markku Kantola34 Lasse Mikkelsson37 Arto Virtanen59 (Raine Lehto)(72) | 144 |
| 11 | France Thierry Watrice4 Olivier Arnoux49 Gilles Garcia53 Serge Libessart54 (Francois Santmann)(60) (Didier Combes)(74) | 160 |
| 12 | Algeria Abderrahmane Morceli17 Abdelrazzak Bounour43 Salim Atache52 Lahcene Babaci56 (Ahmed Boutemdjet)(64) | 168 |
| 13 | Wales Adrian Leek20 David Carr51 David James55 Howard Norman61 (Alan Cummings)(67) (Byron Davies)(70) | 187 |
| 14 | Ireland Anthony Conroy44 Cyril Donnellan45 Brendan Hillard68 John Maher78 | 235 |
| 15 | Northern Ireland Michael Lawther75 James Ross79 Ray Butler80 Eddie Patterson81 | 315 |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

## Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 81 athletes from 15 countries in the Junior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.
* Algeria (5)
* Belgium (6)
* Canada (6)
* England (6)
* Finland (5)
* France (6)
* Ireland (4)
* Italy (5)
* Morocco (6)
* Northern Ireland (4)
* Scotland (5)
* Spain (5)
* United States (6)
* Wales (6)
* West Germany (6)