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

The Senior women's race at the 1976 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Chepstow, Wales, at the Chepstow Racecourse on February 28, 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 women's race (4.8 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Carmen Valero | Spain | 16:19.4 |
| | Tatyana Kazankina | Soviet Union | 16:39 |
| | Gabriella Dorio | Italy | 16:56 |
| 4 | Ann Yeoman | England | 16:57 |
| 5 | Renata Pentlinowska | Poland | 17:00 |
| 6 | Joëlle De Brouwer | France | 17:01 |
| 7 | Lynn Bjorklund | United States | 17:02 |
| 8 | Giana Romanova | Soviet Union | 17:03 |
| 9 | Mary Stewart | Scotland | 17:04 |
| 10 | Margherita Gargano | Italy | 17:05 |
| 11 | Tatyana Galstyan | Soviet Union | 17:06 |
| 12 | Raisa Katyukova | Soviet Union | 17:07 |
| 13 | Viviane van Emelen | Belgium | 17:09 |
| 14 | Deirdre Foreman | Ireland | 17:10 |
| 15 | Silvana Cruciata | Italy | 17:11 |
| 16 | Glynis Penny | England | 17:18 |
| 17 | Doris Heritage | United States | 17:19 |
| 18 | Nadine Claes | Belgium | 17:20 |
| 19 | Debbie Quatier | United States | 17:21 |
| 20 | Celina Magala | Poland | 17:23 |
| 21 | Judy Graham | United States | 17:24 |
| 22 | Mary Purcell | Ireland | 17:25 |
| 23 | Christine Haskett | Scotland | 17:27 |
| 24 | Paula Neppel | United States | 17:27 |
| 25 | Monika Gaisjier | Poland | 17:28 |
| 26 | Carol Gould | England | 17:29 |
| 27 | Aila Virkberg | Finland | 17:30 |
| 28 | Christine Iceaga | France | 17:30 |
| 29 | Olga Dvirna | Soviet Union | 17:31 |
| 30 | Chantal Navarro | France | 17:32 |
| 31 | Cristina Tomasini | Italy | 17:32 |
| 32 | Thelwyn Bateman | England | 17:36 |
| 33 | Sinikka Tyynelä | Finland | 17:39 |
| 34 | Alison Blake | England | 17:39 |
| 35 | Marjukka Ahtiainen | Finland | 17:40 |
| 36 | Encarnación Escudero | Spain | 17:40 |
| 37 | Zofia Kolakowska | Poland | 17:41 |
| 38 | Cheryl Bridges | United States | 17:42 |
| 39 | Marleen Mols | Belgium | 17:47 |
| 40 | Sheelagh Morrissey | Ireland | 17:51 |
| 41 | Moire O'Boyle | Scotland | 17:54 |
| 42 | Taina Syrjälä | Finland | 17:58 |
| 43 | Joëlle Audibert | France | 18:00 |
| 44 | Montserrat Abello | Spain | 18:00 |
| 45 | Valerie Rowe | England | 18:05 |
| 46 | Veronica Duffy | Ireland | 18:10 |
| 47 | Françoise Nicolas | France | 18:11 |
| 48 | Belen Azpeitia | Spain | 18:14 |
| 49 | Helena Pietilä | Finland | 18:14 |
| 50 | Magda Ilands | Belgium | 18:15 |
| 51 | Urszula Prasek | Poland | 18:18 |
| 52 | Jean Lochhead | Wales | 18:29 |
| 53 | Agnesista Duplica | Poland | 18:30 |
| 54 | Margaret Coomber | Scotland | 18:30 |
| 55 | Iciar Martinez | Spain | 18:31 |
| 56 | Marian Stanton | Ireland | 18:31 |
| 57 | Sonia Basso | Italy | 18:32 |
| 58 | Christine Malone | Ireland | 18:38 |
| 59 | Marcelina Hernaiz | Spain | 18:58 |
| 60 | Ann Parker | Scotland | 19:02 |
| 61 | Mary Chambers | Scotland | 19:09 |
| 62 | Anne Morris | Wales | 19:11 |
| 63 | Bernadette van Roy | Belgium | 19:12 |
| 64 | Maria Steels | Belgium | 19:12 |
| 65 | Viviane Croisé | France | 19:13 |
| 66 | Bronwen Smith | Wales | 19:39 |
| 67 | Anna James | Wales | 19:42 |
| 68 | Margaret Morgan | Wales | 20:09 |
| 69 | Ann Roblin | Wales | 20:21 |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Soviet Union Tatyana Kazankina2 Giana Romanova8 Tatyana Galstyan11 Raisa Katyukova12 (Olga Dvirna)(29) | 33 |
| | Italy Gabriella Dorio3 Margherita Gargano10 Silvana Cruciata15 Cristina Tomasini31 (Sonia Basso)(57) | 59 |
| | United States Lynn Bjorklund7 Doris Heritage17 Debbie Quatier19 Judy Graham21 (Paula Neppel)(24) (Cheryl Bridges)(38) | 64 |
| 4 | England Ann Yeoman4 Glynis Penny16 Carol Gould26 Thelwyn Bateman32 (Alison Blake)(34) (Valerie Rowe)(45) | 78 |
| 5 | Poland Renata Pentlinowska5 Celina Magala20 Monika Gaisjier25 Zofia Kolakowska37 (Urszula Prasek)(51) (Agnesista Duplica)(53) | 87 |
| 6 | France Joëlle De Brouwer6 Christine Iceaga28 Chantal Navarro30 Joëlle Audibert43 (Françoise Nicolas)(47) (Viviane Croisé)(65) | 107 |
| 7 | Belgium Viviane van Emelen13 Nadine Claes18 Marleen Mols39 Magda Ilands50 (Bernadette van Roy)(63) (Maria Steels)(64) | 120 |
| 8 | Ireland Deirdre Foreman14 Mary Purcell22 Sheelagh Morrissey40 Veronica Duffy46 (Marian Stanton)(56) (Christine Malone)(58) | 122 |
| 9 | Scotland Mary Stewart9 Christine Haskett23 Moire O'Boyle41 Margaret Coomber54 (Ann Parker)(60) (Mary Chambers)(61) | 127 |
| 10 | Spain Carmen Valero1 Encarnación Escudero36 Montserrat Abello44 Belen Azpeitia48 (Iciar Martinez)(55) (Marcelina Hernaiz)(59) | 129 |
| 11 | Finland Aila Virkberg27 Sinikka Tyynelä33 Marjukka Ahtiainen35 Taina Syrjälä42 (Helena Pietilä)(49) | 137 |
| 12 | Wales Jean Lochhead52 Anne Morris62 Bronwen Smith66 Anna James67 (Margaret Morgan)(68) (Ann Roblin)(69) | 247 |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

## Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 69 athletes from 12 countries in the Senior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.
* Belgium (6)
* England (6)
* Finland (5)
* France (6)
* Ireland (6)
* Italy (5)
* Poland (6)
* Scotland (6)
* Soviet Union (5)
* Spain (6)
* United States (6)
* Wales (6)