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 16:19.4 Tatyana Kazankina 16:39 Gabriella Dorio 16:56 4 Ann Yeoman 16:57 5 Renata Pentlinowska 17:00 6 Joëlle De Brouwer 17:01 7 Lynn Bjorklund 17:02 8 Giana Romanova 17:03 9 Mary Stewart 17:04 10 Margherita Gargano 17:05 11 Tatyana Galstyan 17:06 12 Raisa Katyukova 17:07 13 Viviane van Emelen 17:09 14 Deirdre Foreman 17:10 15 Silvana Cruciata 17:11 16 Glynis Penny 17:18 17 Doris Heritage 17:19 18 Nadine Claes 17:20 19 Debbie Quatier 17:21 20 Celina Magala 17:23 21 Judy Graham 17:24 22 Mary Purcell 17:25 23 Christine Haskett 17:27 24 Peggy Neppel 17:27 25 Monika Gaisjier 17:28 26 Carol Gould 17:29 27 Aila Virkberg 17:30 28 Christine Iceaga 17:30 29 Olga Dvirna 17:31 30 Chantal Navarro 17:32 31 Cristina Tomasini 17:32 32 Thelwyn Bateman 17:36 33 Sinikka Tyynelä 17:39 34 Alison Blake 17:39 35 Marjukka Ahtiainen 17:40 36 Encarnación Escudero 17:40 37 Zofia Kolakowska 17:41 38 Cheryl Bridges 17:42 39 Marleen Mols 17:47 40 Sheelagh Morrissey 17:51 41 Moire O'Boyle 17:54 42 Taina Syrjälä 17:58 43 Joëlle Audibert 18:00 44 Montserrat Abello 18:00 45 Valerie Rowe 18:05 46 Veronica Duffy 18:10 47 Françoise Nicolas 18:11 48 Belen Azpeitia 18:14 49 Helena Pietilä 18:14 50 Magda Ilands 18:15 51 Urszula Prasek 18:18 52 Jean Lochhead 18:29 53 Agnesista Duplica 18:30 54 Margaret Coomber 18:30 55 Iciar Martinez 18:31 56 Marian Stanton 18:31 57 Sonia Basso 18:32 58 Christine Malone 18:38 59 Marcelina Hernaiz 18:58 60 Ann Parker 19:02 61 Mary Chambers 19:09 62 Anne Morris 19:11 63 Bernadette van Roy 19:12 64 Maria Steels 19:12 65 Viviane Croisé 19:13 66 Bronwen Smith 19:39 67 Anna James 19:42 68 Margaret Morgan 20:09 69 Ann Roblin 20:21
Teams Rank Team Points Tatyana Kazankina 2 Giana Romanova 8 Tatyana Galstyan 11 Raisa Katyukova 12 (Olga Dvirna) (29) 33 Gabriella Dorio 3 Margherita Gargano 10 Silvana Cruciata 15 Cristina Tomasini 31 (Sonia Basso) (57) 59 Lynn Bjorklund 7 Doris Heritage 17 Debbie Quatier 19 Judy Graham 21 (Peggy Neppel) (24) (Cheryl Bridges) (38) 64 4 Ann Yeoman 4 Glynis Penny 16 Carol Gould 26 Thelwyn Bateman 32 (Alison Blake) (34) (Valerie Rowe) (45) 78 5 Renata Pentlinowska 5 Celina Magala 20 Monika Gaisjier 25 Zofia Kolakowska 37 (Urszula Prasek) (51) (Agnesista Duplica) (53) 87 6 Joëlle De Brouwer 6 Christine Iceaga 28 Chantal Navarro 30 Joëlle Audibert 43 (Françoise Nicolas) (47) (Viviane Croisé) (65) 107 7 Viviane van Emelen 13 Nadine Claes 18 Marleen Mols 39 Magda Ilands 50 (Bernadette van Roy) (63) (Maria Steels) (64) 120 8 Deirdre Foreman 14 Mary Purcell 22 Sheelagh Morrissey 40 Veronica Duffy 46 (Marian Stanton) (56) (Christine Malone) (58) 122 9 Mary Stewart 9 Christine Haskett 23 Moire O'Boyle 41 Margaret Coomber 54 (Ann Parker) (60) (Mary Chambers) (61) 127 10 Carmen Valero 1 Encarnación Escudero 36 Montserrat Abello 44 Belen Azpeitia 48 (Iciar Martinez) (55) (Marcelina Hernaiz) (59) 129 11 Aila Virkberg 27 Sinikka Tyynelä 33 Marjukka Ahtiainen 35 Taina Syrjälä 42 (Helena Pietilä) (49) 137 12 Jean Lochhead 52 Anne Morris 62 Bronwen Smith 66 Anna James 67 (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.
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See also 1976 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race 1976 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
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