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

Teams Rank Team Points Tony Simmons 2 Bernie Ford 3 David Slater 15 Grenville Tuck 16 David Black 26 Mike Tagg 28 (Steve Kenyon) (47) (Andy Holden) (112) (Dennis Coates) (129) 90 Karel Lismont 4 Gaston Roelants 13 Hendrik Schoofs 17 Eddy Rombaux 19 Willy Polleunis 27 Robert Lismont 38 (Eric De Beck) (49) (Gilbert Maesschalk) (65) (Eddy Van Mullem) (97) 118 Jacques Boxberger 9 Lucien Rault 18 Jean-Paul Gomez 25 Jean-Luc Paugam 32 Dominique Coux 46 Alex Gonzalez 57 (Radhouane Bouster) (63) (Patrick Martin) (71) (Pierre Levisse) (90) 187 4 Enn Sellik 6 Vladimir Merkushin 12 Ivan Parluy 23 Nikolay Puklakov 42 Mikhail Ulymov 45 Vadim Mokalov 91 219 5 Franco Fava 8 Venanzio Ortis 14 Giuseppe Cindolo 33 Luigi Zarcone 40 Luigi Lauro 62 Claudio Solone 67 (Sergio Muscardin) (110) (Giuseppe Gerbi) (124) (Italo Tentorini) (141) 224 6 Gary Tuttle 7 Tony Sandoval 20 Don Kardong 37 Dave Babiracki 39 Glenn Herold 58 Henry Perez 82 (Steve Flanagan) (92) (Roy Kissin) (139) (Rich Kimball) (DNF) 243 7 Detlef Uhlemann 5 Hans-Jürgen Orthmann 22 Michael Karst 29 Peter Weigt 48 Reinhard Leibold 83 Robert Manz 105 (Wilhelm Jungbluth) (136) (Günther Zahn) (143) 292 8 Glen Grant 31 Steve Gibbons 35 David Hopkins 43 John Davies 54 Malcolm Thomas 66 Mick Morris 75 (Dic Evans) (109) (Peter Ratcliffe) (131) (Mike Critchley) (137) 304 9 Tapio Kantanen 10 Seppo Nikkari 59 Esko Lipsonen 61 Jouko Santanen 69 Jukka Toivola 73 Seppo Tuominen 76 (Martti Kiilholma) (94) (Ismo Toukonen) (120) 348 10 Jim Brown 24 Allister Hutton 34 Andrew McKean 41 Joseph Patton 72 Laurence Reilly 81 Jim Alder 96 (Paul Kenney) (98) (Philip Dolan) (126) (Lawrie Spence) (134) 348 11 Mariano Haro 11 José Luis Ruiz 51 Juan Hidalgo 70 Ricardo Ortega 74 Fernando Fernandez 85 Santiago de la Parte 99 (Mateo Gómez) (100) (Antonio Campos) (DNF) (Fernando Cerrada) (DNF) 390 12 Carlos Lopes 1 Anacleto Pinto 44 Helder de Jesús 79 Fernando Mamede 80 José Sena 88 Aniceto Simoes 102 (Vasco Pereira) (103) (Carlos Cabral) (140) 394 13 Neil Cusack 30 Danny McDaid 53 Thomas Brennan 55 Donal Walsh 56 Paddy Coyle 95 John Hartnett 108 (Gerry Deegan) (123) (Dick Crowley) (125) (Gerry Finnegan) (144) 397 14 Larbi M'Hidra 21 Haddou Jaddour 68 Dahou Belghazi 86 Mustapha Oulghazi 87 Moumoh Haddou 107 Lahcen El Hachmi 113 (Omar Anassi) (115) (Mohamed Ghannouchi) (118) (Mohamed Benbaraka) (127) 482 15 Boualem Rahoui 64 Mohamed Kacemi 77 Khaled Aït Idir 78 Smain Yahiaoui 84 Rachid Habchaoui 89 Abdelmadjid Mada 106 (Tahar Bounab) (116) (Mohamed Salem) (121) (Mahmoud Hazzazi) (147) 498 16 Abdelkader Zaddem 36 Adelaziz Bouguerra 50 Hussein Soltani 111 Mansour Guettaya 114 Ali Gammoudi 128 Mohamed Zaidi 135 (Hamida Gamoudi) (142) (Labidi Ayachi) (145) (Cherif Hannchi) (148) 574 17 Anders Gärderud 52 Torgny Björkqvist 60 Pär Wallin 104 Jan Hagelbrand 122 Lars Enqvist 130 Gunnar Holm 132 (Tom Falkinger) (151) 600 18 David Logue 93 Mike Teer 101 Tom Annett 119 Greg Hannon 133 Ian Morrison 146 John Allen 150 742 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.

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See also 1976 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race 1976 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

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