| 1968 International Cross Country Championships | |
| Organisers: | ICCU |
| Edition: | 55th |
| Date: | March 17 (men) / March 23 (women) |
| Host City: | Tunis, Tunisia  (men)Blackburn, Lancashire, England (women) |
| Location: | Hippodrome de Kassar-Said (men) Witton Park (women) |
| Nations Participating: | 14 |
| Athletes Participating: | 177 |
| Races: | 2 / 1 |
| Distances: | 7.5 mi (12.1 km) men 4.35 mi (7.0 km) junior men 2.8 mi (4.5 km) women |
| Previous: | 1967 Barry |
| Next: | 1969 Clydebank |
The 1968 International Cross Country Championships was held in Tunis, Tunisia, at the Hippodrome de Kassar-Said on March 17, 1968. The women's championship was held one week later in Blackburn, England at the Witton Country Park on March 23, 1968. A report on the men's event as well as on the women's event was given in the Glasgow Herald.
Complete results for men, junior men, women, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.
| Individual | |||||||
| Men 7.5 mi (12.1 km) | Mohamed Gammoudi | 35:25.4 | Ron Hill | 35:26.8 | Roy Fowler | 35:31.8 | |
| Junior Men 4.35 mi (7.0 km) | John Bednarski | 20:59 | Pierre de Freyn | 21:00 | Mohamed Omar | 21:02 | |
| Women 2.8 mi (4.5 km) | Doris Brown | 15:00 | Vicki Foltz | 15:12 | Pamela Davies | 15:21 | |
| Team | |||||||
| Men | 58 |  | 101 |  | 129 | ||
| Junior Men | 10 | | 27 | | 29 | ||
| Women | | 19 | 20 | 55 |
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 35:25.4 | |||
| 35:26.8 | ||||
| 35:31.8 | ||||
| 4 | | 35:34.6 | ||
| 5 | Mike Freary | 35:40 | ||
| 6 | | 35:40 | ||
| 7 | Alan Rushmer | 35:42.6 | ||
| 8 | | 35:47 | ||
| 9 | | 35:48 | ||
| 10 | 36:08 | |||
| 11 | 36:13 | |||
| 12 | | 36:14 | ||
| 13 | | 36:15 | ||
| 14 | | 36:18 | ||
| 15 | | 36:19.4 | ||
| 16 | 36:22 | |||
| 17 | Mohamed Said | | 36:24.8 | |
| 18 | 36:26 | |||
| 19 | Andy Brown | 36:27 | ||
| 20 | Jim Wright | 36:28.4 | ||
| 21 | Iluminado Corcuera | | 36:29 | |
| 22 | Larbi Oukada | | 36:29.6 | |
| 23 | 36:32 | |||
| 24 | | 36:33 | ||
| 25 | 36:38 | |||
| 26 | Carlos Pérez | | 36:43 | |
| 27 | Bill Clark | | 36:45 | |
| 28 | Walter Huss | 36:45.2 | ||
| 29 | Bernard Maroquin | | 36:52.4 | |
| 30 | | 36:55.8 | ||
| 31 | | 36:58 | ||
| 32 | | 36:59.2 | ||
| 33 | | 37:04.4 | ||
| 34 | Herb Lorenz | | 37:06 | |
| 35 | Tony Cox | 37:07 | ||
| 36 | Don Lakin | | 37:08.2 | |
| 37 | Moha Aït Bassou | | 37:09 | |
| 38 | Alan Joslyn | 37:10.4 | ||
| 39 | Tom Heinonen | | 37:11 | |
| 40 | 37:14 | |||
| 41 | Doug Wiebe | | 37:16.4 | |
| 42 | Ammar Khemiri | | 37:24.8 | |
| 43 | Gérard Vervoort | | 37:25 | |
| 44 | Dennis Quinlan |  | 37:26 | |
| 45 | Hammadi Ben Mohamed | | 37:27.4 | |
| 46 | Matt Murphy | | 37:29 | |
| 47 | Gareth Bryan-Jones | 37:31 | ||
| 48 | | 37:31.6 | ||
| 49 | Robert Folie | | 37:32 | |
| 50 | Pierre de Pauw | | 37:35.2 | |
| 51 | Ramon Tasende | | 37:36 | |
| 52 | | 37:38.4 | ||
| 53 | | 37:43.4 | ||
| 54 | Jean-Pierre Delloye | | 37:48.2 | |
| 55 | Werner Dössegger | 37:50 | ||
| 56 | | 37:51 | ||
| 57 | John Linaker | 37:52.6 | ||
| 58 | Leon Moreels | | 37:54.2 | |
| 59 | Alan Jones | 37:56.6 | ||
| 60 | Hedydd Davies | 38:02.4 | ||
| 61 | Yves Martinage | | 38:03 | |
| 62 | Johan Janssens | | 38:04.2 | |
| 63 | Alfons Sidler | 38:07.6 | ||
| 64 | | 38:09.2 | ||
| 65 | Werner Wildschek | 38:13.4 | ||
| 66 | | 38:15.6 | ||
| 67 | Alec Brown | 38:16 | ||
| 68 | 38:17.4 | |||
| 69 | Bill Reilly | | 38:22.6 | |
| 70 | Walter Dietiker | 38:23 | ||
| 71 | | 38:26 | ||
| 72 | Joe O'Keefe | | 38:28.2 | |
| 73 | | 38:44.6 | ||
| 74 | Hansruedi Knill | 38:46 | ||
| 75 | Abdallah Ben Ammar | | 38:47.6 | |
| 76 | Lorenzo Gutierrez | | 38:50.4 | |
| 77 | Matt Wilson | 38:54 | ||
| 78 | 38:55.6 | |||
| 79 | Hans Rüdisühli | 39:10 | ||
| 80 | Abderrahmane Delhoum | 39:11.2 | ||
| 81 | 39:27 | |||
| 82 | Moses Mayfield | | 39:30.2 | |
| 83 | Malcolm Edger | 39:43 | ||
| 84 | John Buckley | | 39:47 | |
| 85 | Guenaoui Behloul | 39:50 | ||
| 86 | Patrick Leddy | | 39:54 | |
| 87 | Cyril Leigh | 40:08 | ||
| 88 | Kamali Benmissi | 40:10 | ||
| 89 | Mohamed Gouasmi | 40:10.6 | ||
| 90 | 40:13 | |||
| 91 | Mel Evans | 40:27 | ||
| 92 | 40:29 | |||
| 93 | Jeff Kirby | 41:02 | ||
| 94 | Gérard Goutailler | | 41:35 | |
| 95 | Mustapha Lerari | 41:36 | ||
| 96 | Aissa Benfarès | 41:37 | ||
| 97 | Chris Loosley | 41:48 | ||
| 98 | Bali | 41:48 | ||
| 99 | 41:52 | |||
| 100 | Belgacem Harrathi | | 42:07 | |
| — | Eugène Allonsius | | DNF | |
| — | | DNF | ||
| — | Mick Molloy | | DNF | |
| — | | DNF | ||
| — | Ron McAndrew | DNF | ||
| — | Alfred Chivers | DNF | ||
| — | Seboui | DNF |
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20:59,6 | ||||
| | 21:00,6 | |||
| | 21:02,6 | |||
| 4 | Don Faircloth | 21:07,2 | ||
| 5 | 21:07,2 | |||
| 6 | 21:13,8 | |||
| 7 | 21:26,6 | |||
| 8 | | 21:32 | ||
| 9 | Amor Lassoued | | 21:34 | |
| 10 | | 21:39 | ||
| 11 | Oujid Abdellah | | 21:54 | |
| 12 | Pierre van Heddegem | | 21:57 | |
| 13 | 21:59 | |||
| 14 | Angel Cob | | 22:02,6 | |
| 15 | Mohamed Benachir | | 22:08 | |
| 16 | Mohamed El Ayachi | | 22:09,6 | |
| 17 | Martin McMahon | 22:12,6 | ||
| 18 | James Cook | 22:19,4 | ||
| 19 | Ali Dali | 22:28,8 | ||
| 20 | | 22:34 | ||
| 21 | 22:35 | |||
| 22 | Bernie Hayward | 22:36,6 | ||
| 23 | Manuel Alcudia | | 22:41 | |
| 24 | | 22:44,2 | ||
| 25 | Juan José Sordo | | 22:46,6 | |
| 26 | 22:52,8 | |||
| 27 | Mohamed Benslimane | 22:53 | ||
| 28 | John Calvert | 22:56 | ||
| 29 | Noureddine Hamouda | | 22:58 | |
| 30 | Andres Jimeno | | 23:08 | |
| 31 | Alan Beaney | 23:13,2 | ||
| 32 | Gwynn Davis | 23:19,8 | ||
| 33 | Roland Verstraeten | | 23:31,2 | |
| 34 | John Powell | 23:38 | ||
| 35 | Tom Paterson | 23:42,6 | ||
| 36 | Ali Ahmed Baccouch | 23:47 | ||
| 37 | 24:00,2 | |||
| 38 | Mehdi Ali | 24:01 | ||
| 39 | Hassen Kachroudi | | 24:43,6 | |
| 40 | Ahmed Zbaidi | | 24:54,4 |
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 15:00 | |||
| | 15:12 | |||
| 15:21 | ||||
| 4 | Anne Smith | 15:24 | ||
| 5 | Linda Mayfield | | 15:43 | |
| 6 | Patricia Brown | 15:47 | ||
| 7 | 15:53 | |||
| 8 | Ann O'Brien | | 15:56 | |
| 9 | 16:05 | |||
| 10 | Ursula Kennedy | | 16:10 | |
| 11 | | 16:11 | ||
| 12 | Doreen King | 16:14 | ||
| 13 | Margaret MacSherry | 16:18 | ||
| 14 | 16:18 | |||
| 15 | 16:23 | |||
| 16 | Leslie Watson | 16:27 | ||
| 17 | 16:39 | |||
| 18 | Natalie Roche | | 16:50 | |
| 19 | Sheena Fitzmaurice | 16:52 | ||
| 20 | June Hale | 17:12 | ||
| 21 | Ann Keating | | 17:15 | |
| 22 | 17:21 | |||
| 23 | Margaret Doody | | 17:25 | |
| 24 | Siobhan Lynch | | 17:29 | |
| 25 | 17:33 | |||
| 26 | Lori Schutt | | 17:38 | |
| 27 | 17:41 | |||
| 28 | Janet Eynon | 18:33 | ||
| 29 | Eileen Kelly | | 18:47 | |
| 30 | Meryl Priestley | 18:59 |
| Rank | Country | Team | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 58 | |||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | 101 | |||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | Mariano Haro José Maiz Javier Álvarez Iluminado Corcuera Carlos Pérez Ramon Tasende | 129 | ||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | Ian McCafferty Lachie Stewart Andy Brown Jim Wright Jim Alder Gareth Bryan-Jones | 137 | ||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | Mohamed Said Larbi Oukada Ben Assou El Ghazi Haddou Jaddour Moha Aït Bassou Hammadi Ben Mohamed | 178 | ||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | 227 | |||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | Bill Clark Herb Lorenz Don Lakin Tom Heinonen Doug Wiebe Bill Reilly | 246 | ||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | Gaston Roelants Robert Folie Pierre de Pauw Jean-Pierre Delloye Leon Moreels Johan Janssens | 304 | ||
| 9 | align=left | align=left | Walter Huss Werner Dössegger Alfons Sidler Werner Wildschek Walter Dietiker Hansruedi Knill | 355 | ||
| 10 | align=left | align=left | Dennis Quinlan Matt Murphy Tom O'Riordan Donal Walsh Joe O'Keefe John Buckley | 360 | ||
| 11 | align=left | align=left | 407 | |||
| 12 | align=left | align=left | Alan Joslyn Alan Jones Hedydd Davies Cyril Leigh Mel Evans Jeff Kirby | 428 | ||
| 13 | align=left | align=left | Abderrahmane Delhoum Guenaoui Behloul Kamali Benmissi Mohamed Gouasmi Mustapha Lerari Aissa Benfarès | 533 |
| Rank | Country | Team | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 10 | |||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | 27 | |||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | Mohamed Omar Oujid Abdellah Mohamed Benachir | 29 | ||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | 38 | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | Norman Morrison Martin McMahon James Cook | 48 | ||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | Angel Cob Julio Gude Manuel Alcudia | 57 | ||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | Tony Simmons Bernie Hayward Gwynn Davis | 61 | ||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | Tahar Bounab Boualem Rahoui Mohamed Benslimane | 74 | ||
| 9 | align=left | align=left | Ali Dali Ali Ahmed Baccouch Mehdi Ali | 93 |
| Rank | Country | Team | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 19 | |||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | 20 | |||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | Doreen King Margaret MacSherry Dale Greig Leslie Watson | 55 | ||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | Ann O'Brien Ursula Kennedy Ann Keating Margaret Doody | 62 | ||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | 89 |
An unofficial count yields the participation of 177 athletes from 14 countries.
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