| 1976 IAAF World Cross Country Championships | |
|---|---|
| Organisers | IAAF |
| Edition | 4th |
| Date | 28 February |
| Host city | Chepstow, Wales  |
| Venue | Chepstow Racecourse |
| Events | 3 |
| Distances | 12 km – Senior men 7.8 km – Junior men 4.8 km – Senior women |
| Participation | 306 athletes from 21 nations |
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.[1]
Complete results for men,[2] junior men,[3] women,[4] medallists, [5] and the results of British athletes[6] were published.
- ^ Marshall, Ron (1 March 1976), Scots are left behind in big race - When England walked off with the team awards at the first International Cross-Country Championship, in 1903 at Hamilton, a Scottish official, in writing of the trophy up for annual competition, said: "It is very handsome and I am only sorry that so far as Scotland is concerned we have probably seen the last of it for a number of years"..., Glasgow Herald, p. 17, retrieved 17 October 2013
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Magnusson, Tomas (24 March 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 12.0km CC Men - Chepstow Date: Saturday, February 28, 1976, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on 16 October 2007, retrieved 17 October 2013
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Magnusson, Tomas (8 September 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 7.8km CC Men - Chepstow Date: Saturday, February 28, 1976, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on 16 October 2007, retrieved 17 October 2013
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Magnusson, Tomas (8 February 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 4.8km CC Women - Chepstow Date: Saturday, February 28, 1976, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on 16 October 2007, retrieved 17 October 2013
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved 9 October 2013
- ^ 36th IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - EDINBURGH 2008 - FACTS & FIGURES - GREAT BRITAIN & NORTHERN IRELAND AT THE INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY & WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS (PDF), IAAF, p. 2ff, archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2013, retrieved 9 October 2013