1970 International Cross Country Championships
Individual Race Results -- Men 's ( 7.5 mi / 12.1 km )
Table:
Rank
Athlete
Nationality
Time

Mike Tagg
England
36:39.8

Gaston Roelants
Belgium
36:41.8

Trevor Wright
England
36:44.6

4
Dick Taylor
England
36:50.8

5
Noel Tijou
France
37:03.2

6
Ricky Wilde
England
37:07

7
Mike Turner
England
37:09.8

8
Abdelkader Zaddem
Tunisia
37:11

9
Javier Álvarez
Spain
37:14

10
René Jourdan
France
37:15

11
Lucien Rault
France
37:19

12
Lachie Stewart
Scotland
37:28

13
Emiel Puttemans
Belgium
37:29

14
Mike Baxter
England
37:30

15
Michel Bernard
France
37:36

16
Mhedheb Hannachi
Tunisia
37:37

17
Adelaziz Bouguerra
Tunisia
37:38

18
Bernie Plain
Wales
37:40

19
Joseph Prinsen
Belgium
37:44

20
Antoine Borowski
France
37:50

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Michael John Mike Tagg ( born 13 November 1946 , East Runton ) is a British former long-distance runner . He placed second in the 10,000 metres at the 1969 European Championships . Tagg competed in the 10,000 metres at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City , placing 13th . At the 1969 European Championships in Athens he won silver in the same event in 28:43.2 , losing only to East Germany 's Jürgen Haase ; Track & Field News ranked him fourth in the world in his event that year . Two years later in Helsinki Tagg placed seventh , setting his eventual personal best of 28:14.65 ; he also set his personal bests for two miles ( 8:28.2 ) and 5000 metres ( 13:41.4 ) that year .
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom . It shares land borders with Wales to the west and Scotland to the north . The Irish Sea lies west of England and the Celtic Sea to the southwest . England is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south . The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain , which lies in the North Atlantic , and includes over 100 smaller islands , such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight . It is the largest country of British Isles . The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Palaeolithic period , but takes its name from the Angles , a Germanic tribe deriving its name from the Anglia peninsula , who settled during the 5th and 6th centuries . England became a unified state in the 10th century , and since the Age of Discovery , which began during the 15th century , has had a significant cultural and legal impact on the wider world . The English language , the Anglican Church , and English law - the basis for the common law legal systems of many other countries around the world - developed in England , and the country 's parliamentary system of government has been widely adopted by other nations . The Industrial Revolution began in 18th-century England , transforming its society into the world 's first industrialised nation . England 's terrain is chiefly low hills and plains , especially in central and southern England . However , there is upland and mountainous terrain in the north ( for example , the Lake District and Pennines ) and in the west ( for example , Dartmoor and the Shropshire Hills ) .
Gaston , Baron Roelants ( born 5 February 1937 ) , a Belgian former elite steeplechaser and cross country runner . He won the 1962 European and 1964 Olympic titles in the 3000 m steeplechase and twice broke the world record .
Belgium , [ A ] officially the Kingdom of Belgium , is a country in Western Europe . It is bordered by the Netherlands to the north , Germany to the east , Luxembourg to the southeast , France to the southwest , and the North Sea to the northwest . It covers an area of 30,689 km2 ( 11,849 sq mi ) and has a population of more than 11.5 million , making it the 22nd most densely populated country in the world and the 6th most densely populated country in Europe , with a density of 376 per square kilometre ( 970/sq mi ) . The capital and largest city is Brussels ; other major cities are Antwerp , Ghent , Charleroi and Liège . The sovereign state is a federal constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system . Its institutional organization is complex and is structured on both regional and linguistic grounds . It is divided into three highly autonomous regions : the Flemish Region in the north , Wallonia in the south , and the Brussels-Capital Region . Brussels is the smallest and most densely populated region , as well as the richest region in terms of GDP per capita . Belgium is home to two main linguistic groups or communities : the Dutch-speaking Flemish Community , which constitutes about 60 percent of the population , and the French-speaking Community , which comprises about 40 percent of all Belgians . A small German-speaking Community , numbering around one percent , exists in the East Cantons . The Brussels-Capital Region is officially bilingual ( French and Dutch ) , although French is the dominant language . Belgium 's linguistic diversity and related political conflicts are reflected in its political history and complex system of governance , made up of six different governments .
Richard George 'Dick ' Taylor ( born 3 January 1945 in Coventry ) is a British former long-distance runner .
Noël Tijou ( born 12 December 1941 ) is a French long-distance runner . He competed in the men 's 10,000 metres at the 1972 Summer Olympics .
France ( French : [ fʁɑ̃s ] ( listen ) ) , officially the French Republic ( French : République française , pronounced [ ʁepyblik fʁɑ̃sɛːz ] ( listen ) ) , is a country whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe and several overseas regions and territories . [ XIII ] The metropolitan area of France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea , and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean . It is bordered by Belgium , Luxembourg and Germany to the northeast , Switzerland and Italy to the east , and Andorra and Spain to the south . The overseas territories include French Guiana in South America and several islands in the Atlantic , Pacific and Indian oceans . The country 's 18 integral regions ( five of which are situated overseas ) span a combined area of 643,801 square kilometres ( 248,573 sq mi ) and a total population of 67.02 million ( as of July 2019 [ update ] ) . France is a unitary semi-presidential republic with its capital in Paris , the country 's largest city and main cultural and commercial centre . Other major urban areas include Lyon , Marseille , Toulouse , Bordeaux , Lille and Nice . France , including its overseas territories , has the most number of time zones of any country , with a total of 12 . During the Iron Age , what is now metropolitan France was inhabited by the Gauls , a Celtic people . Rome annexed the area in 51 BC , holding it until the arrival of Germanic Franks in 476 , who formed the Kingdom of Francia . The Treaty of Verdun of 843 partitioned Francia into East Francia , Middle Francia and West Francia . West Francia , which became the Kingdom of France in 987 , emerged as a major European power in the Late Middle Ages , following its victory in the Hundred Years ' War ( 1337-1453 ) .
Richard Spencer Wilde ( 13 October 1945 - 24 September 2019 ) was a British male long-distance runner . He was a world indoor record holder and a gold medallist at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in 1970 . He won the 4-mile Nos Galan in 1967 , was the North of England champion over 3 miles in 1968 , then became British Universities champion in the 5000 metres in 1969 . He began to establish himself nationally shortly after . He was runner-up to Ian McCafferty over 3000 metres at the AAA Indoor Championships in 1968 and 1969 before finally succeeding his rival in 1970 . He also took third in the 5000 m behind Ian Stewart and Alan Blinston at the 1969 AAA Championships . Wilde 's greatest achievement was a world indoor best of 7:46.85 to win the 3000m gold medal at the 1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships . This stood as the championship record until 1973 , when it was bettered by Emiel Puttemans of Belgium . That same year he placed sixth at the 1970 International Cross Country Championships and shared in the team title alongside individual medallists Mike Tagg and Trevor Wright . He made one more major international appearance , coming 61st at the 1973 IAAF World Cross Country Championships . He entered the 1972 Maxol Marathon in Manchester but his finish in 2:23:04 hours was only worth 36th place . He had better long-distance performances in his later career , taking the 10-mile Snowdon Race in 1977 and 1978 before being beaten into second place by Jeff Norman in 1979 .
Abdelkader Zaddem ( born 29 June 1944 ) is a retired Tunisian long-distance runner who specialized in the 10,000 metres . He finished eighth at the 1972 Olympic Games . When he won the gold medal at the 1975 Mediterranean Games , he also set a championship record of 28:27.0 minutes which stood until 1991 . He also won two gold medals at the 1973 Maghreb Championships and one at the 1975 Maghreb Championships . He competed many times at the World Cross Country Championships , with a nineteenth place from 1974 and a twelfth place from 1975 as his best results . His personal best 10,000 metres time was 28.14.8 minutes , achieved at the 1972 Olympics . He also had 13.31.2 minutes in the 5000 metres , achieved in June 1976 in Saint-Maur .
Tunisia [ a ] , officially the Republic of Tunisia [ b ] , is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa , covering 163,610 square kilometres ( 63,170 square miles ) . Its northernmost point , Cape Angela , is also the northernmost point on the African continent . Tunisia is bordered by Algeria to the west and southwest , Libya to the southeast , and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east . Tunisia 's population was 11.5 million in 2017 . Tunisia 's name is derived from its capital city , Tunis ( Berber native name : Tunest ) , which is located on its northeast coast . Geographically , Tunisia contains the eastern end of the Atlas Mountains , and the northern reaches of the Sahara desert . Much of the rest of the country 's land is fertile soil . Its 1,300 kilometres ( 810 miles ) of coastline include the African conjunction of the western and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Basin and , by means of the Sicilian Strait and Sardinian Channel , feature the African mainland 's second and third nearest points to Europe after Gibraltar . Tunisia is a unitary semi-presidential representative democratic republic . It is considered to be the only fully democratic sovereign state in the Arab world . It has a high human development index . It has an association agreement with the European Union ; is a member of La Francophonie , the Union for the Mediterranean , the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa , the Arab Maghreb Union , the Arab League , the OIC , the Greater Arab Free Trade Area , the Community of Sahel-Saharan States , the African Union , the Non-Aligned Movement , the Group of 77 ; and has obtained the status of major non-NATO ally of the United States .
Javier Alvarez ( born 18 December 1943 ) is a Spanish former long-distance runner , born in Vigo , who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics .
Spain ( Spanish : España [ esˈpaɲa ] ( listen ) ) , officially the Kingdom of Spain ( Spanish : Reino de España ) , [ a ] [ b ] is a country in Southwestern Europe with some pockets of Spanish territory across the Strait of Gibraltar and the Atlantic Ocean . Its continental European territory is situated on the Iberian Peninsula . Its territory also includes two archipelagoes : the Canary Islands off the coast of Africa , and the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea . The African enclaves of Ceuta , Melilla , and Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera make Spain the only European country to have a physical border with an African country ( Morocco ) . [ h ] Several small islands in the Alboran Sea are also part of Spanish territory . The country 's mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea except for a small land boundary with Gibraltar ; to the north and northeast by France , Andorra , and the Bay of Biscay ; and to the west and northwest by Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean . With an area of 505,990 km2 ( 195,360 sq mi ) , Spain is the largest country in Southern Europe , the second largest country in Western Europe and the European Union , and the fourth largest country in the European continent . By population ( about 47 million ) , Spain is the sixth largest in Europe and the fifth in the European Union . Spain 's capital and largest city is Madrid ; other major urban areas include Barcelona , Valencia , Seville , Zaragoza , Málaga and Bilbao . Modern humans first arrived in the Iberian Peninsula around 35,000 years ago . Iberian cultures along with ancient Phoenician , Greek , Celtic and Carthaginian settlements developed on the peninsula until it came under Roman rule around 200 BCE , after which the region was named Hispania , based on the earlier Phoenician name Sp ( a ) n or Spania . At the end of the Western Roman Empire the Germanic tribal confederations migrated from Central Europe , invaded the Iberian peninsula and established relatively independent realms in its western provinces , including the Suebi , Alans and Vandals .
Lucien Rault ( borm March 30 , 1936 in Plouguenast ) is a French long-distance runner . He represented France in the 1976 Olympics at the age of 40 . He had an extensive career in cross country running with his national squad at the International Cross Country Championships and then the IAAF World Cross Country Championships . Five days before his 42nd birthday , he was the # 2 runner on the French World Championship team at the 1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships , his first world championship . He is the current ratified world record holder in the masters M45 5000 metres . He has also held the M35 and M40 records and the M35 and M40 records at 10000 metres . He began running at age 15 . He ran in the 1964 , 1968 , 1969 , 1970 , 1971 , and 1972 International Cross Country Championships , then the 1974 , 1975 , 1976 and 1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships , culminating with the championship . He also won the 1973 Corrida de Houilles . He had an example of longevity from his teammate on the early cross country teams as Olympic gold medalist Alain Mimoun was setting records into his 50s . Rault later surpassed some of Mimoun 's records . He won his first French national Championship at 10000 metres in 1973 , at the age of 37 .
Joseph Laughlin ( Lachie ) Stewart ( born 22 June 1943 in Vale of Leven , West Dunbartonshire ) is a Scottish former distance runner , and an inductee in the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame . Stewart 's athletic career saw him compete at the 1970 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh , where he won Gold in the 10,000 meters over Ron Clarke of Australia , and the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich
Scotland ( Scots : Scotland , Scottish Gaelic : Alba [ ˈal̪ˠapə ] ( listen ) ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom . It covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain , with a border with England to the southeast , and is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west , the North Sea to the northeast , the Irish Sea to the south , and more than 790 islands , including the Northern Isles and the Hebrides . The Kingdom of Scotland emerged as an independent sovereign state in the European Early Middle Ages and continued to exist until 1707 . By inheritance in 1603 , James VI , King of Scots , became king of England and Ireland , thus forming a personal union of the three kingdoms . Scotland subsequently entered into a political union with England on 1 May 1707 to create the new Kingdom of Great Britain . The union also created a new Parliament of Great Britain , which succeeded both the Parliament of Scotland and the Parliament of England . In 1801 , Great Britain entered into a political union with Ireland to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ( in 1922 , the Irish Free State seceded from the United Kingdom , leading to the latter being renamed the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 1927 ) . Within Scotland , the monarchy of the United Kingdom has continued to use a variety of styles , titles and other royal symbols of statehood specific to the pre-union Kingdom of Scotland . The legal system within Scotland has also remained separate from those of England and Wales and Northern Ireland ; Scotland constitutes a distinct jurisdiction in both public and private law . The continued existence of legal , educational , religious and other institutions distinct from those in the remainder of the UK have all contributed to the continuation of Scottish culture and national identity since the 1707 union with England . In 1997 , a Scottish Parliament was re-established , in the form of a devolved unicameral legislature comprising 129 members , having authority over many areas of domestic policy . The head of the Scottish Government is the first minister of Scotland , who is supported by the deputy first minister of Scotland .
Emiel Adrien Miel Puttemans ( born 8 October 1947 ) is a retired middle- and long-distance runner , who set world records for 3000 metres ( 7 minutes 37.6 seconds ) in 1972 , for 2 miles ( 8 minutes 17.8 seconds ) in 1971 , and for 5000 metres ( 13 minutes 13 seconds ) in 1972 . He won two European Indoor Championships titles in the 3000 m , in 1973 and 1974 , and finished second in 1978 . At the 1972 Summer Olympics , Puttemans won a silver medal in the 10,000 metres and finished in fifth place in the 5000 metres . He then set a world record in the 5000 metres six days after the 1972 games . He also competed in these events at the 1968 , 1976 and 1980 Games , but with less success . In 1982 , he won the first edition of the Rome Marathon .
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Michel Bernard ( 31 December 1931 - 14 February 2019 ) was a French middle- and long-distance runner . He competed at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics in the 1500 m and 5000 m and finished in seventh place in all events . During his career he won nine national titles , in the 1500 m ( 1955 and 1959 ) , 5000 m ( 1958-1960 and 1962 ) and 10000 m ( 1961 , 1964 and 1965 ) . Between 1985 and 1987 he was president of the Fédération française d'athlétisme .
Wales ( Welsh : Cymru [ ˈkəmri ] ( listen ) ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom . It is bordered by England to the east , the Irish Sea to the north and west , and the Bristol Channel to the south . It had a population in 2011 of 3,063,456 and has a total area of 20,779 km2 ( 8,023 sq mi ) . Wales has over 1,680 miles ( 2,700 km ) of coastline and is largely mountainous with its higher peaks in the north and central areas , including Snowdon ( Yr Wyddfa ) , its highest summit . The country lies within the north temperate zone and has a changeable , maritime climate . Welsh national identity emerged among the Britons after the Roman withdrawal from Britain in the 5th century , and Wales is regarded as one of the modern Celtic nations . Llywelyn ap Gruffudd 's death in 1282 marked the completion of Edward I of England 's conquest of Wales , though Owain Glyndŵr briefly restored independence to Wales in the early 15th century . The whole of Wales was annexed by England and incorporated within the English legal system under the Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542 . Distinctive Welsh politics developed in the 19th century . Welsh Liberalism , exemplified in the early 20th century by Lloyd George , was displaced by the growth of socialism and the Labour Party . Welsh national feeling grew over the century ; Plaid Cymru was formed in 1925 and the Welsh Language Society in 1962 . Established under the Government of Wales Act 1998 , the National Assembly for Wales holds responsibility for a range of devolved policy matters .