1963 International Cross Country Championships

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1963 International Cross Country Championships
OrganisersICCU
Edition50th
Date17 March
Host citySan Sebastián, Euskadi, Spain Spain
VenueLasarte Hippodrome
Events2
Distances7.5 mi (12.1 km) men
4.7 mi (7.5 km) junior men
Participation125 athletes from
11 nations

The 1963 International Cross Country Championships was held in San Sebastián, Spain, at the Lasarte Hippodrome on 17 March 1963. The distance for the men's race was reduced from the traditional 9 miles (14.5 km) to 7.5 miles (12.1 km). A preview of the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.[1]

Complete results for men,[2] junior men,[3] medallists, [4] and the results of British athletes[5] were published.

Medallists[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual
Men
7.5 mi (12.1 km)
Roy Fowler
 England
37:19.7 Gaston Roelants
 Belgium
37:32 Mariano Haro
 Spain
37:41.6
Junior Men
4.7 mi (7.5 km)
John Farrington
 England
25:17.4 Ahmed Zammel
 Tunisia
25:23.6 Lachie Stewart
 Scotland
25:37.6
Team
Men  Belgium 110  France 113  England 113
Junior Men  England 12  Spain 20  Scotland 24

Individual Race Results[]

Men's (7.5 mi / 12.1 km)[]

Rank Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Roy Fowler  England 37:19.7
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gaston Roelants  Belgium 37:32
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mariano Haro  Spain 37:41.6
4 Robert Bogey  France 37:55.6
5 Tim Johnston  England 37:58.7
6 Francisco Guardia  Spain 38:00
7 Mohamed Gammoudi  Tunisia 38:11.6
8 Henri Clerckx  Belgium 38:22.8
9 Hamoud Ameur  France 38:24.1
10  Morocco 38:24.5
11 Andy Brown  Scotland 38:26
12 Ali Khamassi  Tunisia 38:29
13 Basil Heatley  England 38:34
14 Hedwig Leenaert  Belgium 38:39
15 Pat Killeen  Ireland 38:39
16 Labidi Ayachi  Tunisia 38:42
17 Marcel Vandewattyne  Belgium 38:44
18 Michel Jazy  France 38:51
19 Tom O'Riordan  Ireland 38:52
20 Bakir Benaissa  Morocco 38:53
21  France 38:58
22 Tim Briault  England 39:01
23 Youssef Mastouri  Tunisia 39:04
24 Manuel Alonso  Spain 39:07.4
25 Luis García  Spain 39:08.8
26 Rhadi Ben Abdesselam  Morocco 39:10
27 Hedi Hamrouni  Tunisia 39:13
28 Noel Tijou  France 39:16
29 Denis Jouret  Belgium 39:18
30 Sean O'Sullivan  Ireland 39:19
31  Scotland 39:20
32 Fernando Aguilar  Spain 39:22.7
33 Yves Martinage  France 39:26
34 Lahcen Ben Allal  Morocco 39:27
35 Eddie Strong  England 39:28
36 John Linaker  Scotland 39:28
37 Mike Turner  England 39:28
38 Iluminado Corcuera  Spain 39:31.5
39 Mohamed Ben Mohamed  Morocco 39:33
40 Frans van der Hoeven  Belgium 39:43
41 Tomas Ballestin  Spain 39:49.9
42 Ammar Khemiri  Tunisia 39:51
43 Manuel Marques  Portugal 39:57
44 Hammadi Ben Mohamed  Morocco 39:57
45 Derek Graham  Ireland 40:01
46 Alan Simpson  England 40:02
47 Bob Roath  Wales 40:02
48 Mick Neville  Ireland 40:03
49 Jean Vaillant  France 40:04
50 Alfons Sidler   Switzerland 40:05
51 Carlos Pérez  Spain 40:07
52  Tunisia 40:07
53 Jim Hogan  Ireland 40:09
54 Jean Fayolle  France 40:11
55 Brian Craig  England 40:12
56 Mohamed Brahim  Morocco 40:14
57 Tom Cochrane  Scotland 40:18
58 Yves Jeannotat   Switzerland 40:22
59 Maximiano Pinheiro  Portugal 40:33.4
60  Morocco 40:42
61 Frank McDermott  Ireland 40:48
62 Brian Jeffs  Wales 40:49
63 Callum Laing  Scotland 40:58
64 Rachid Ben Naceur  Tunisia 41:02
65 Michael Bullivant  England 41:02
66 Walter Vanhoutte  Belgium 41:04
67 Hélio Duarte  Portugal 41:06.1
68 Robert McKay  Scotland 41:10
69 Armando Aldegalega  Portugal 41:16.4
70 Martin Craven  Scotland 41:21
71 John McDonnell  Ireland 41:32
72 Joaquim Ferreira  Portugal 41:41.6
73 Hedydd Davies  Wales 41:45
74 Manuel de Sousa  Portugal 41:49.9
75  France 41:56
76 Ken Flowers  Wales 42:00
77 Manuel Lopes  Portugal 42:05.3
78 Roy Profitt  Wales 42:07
79 Karl Schaller   Switzerland 42:13
80 Edgar Friedli   Switzerland 42:18
81 Norman Horrell  Wales 42:22
82 Arthur Hess   Switzerland 42:30
83 Fritz Holzer   Switzerland 42:31
84 George Matthiudis  Wales 42:47
85 Werner Fischer   Switzerland 43:24
86 Paul Knill   Switzerland 43:35
87 Joaquim Santos  Portugal 44:41.4
Francisco Aritmendi  Spain DNF
Manuel de Oliveira  Portugal DNF
Mohamed Bensaid  Morocco DNF
Jean-Pierre Delloye  Belgium DNF
Robert Vandendriessche  Belgium DNF
Anton Signer   Switzerland DNF
Abderrahman Mechraoui  Tunisia DNF

Junior Men's (4.7 mi / 7.5 km)[]

Rank Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) John Farrington  England 25:17.4
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ahmed Zammel  Tunisia 25:23.6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lachie Stewart  Scotland 25:37.6
4 Stuart Dobson  England 25:37.8
5 Antonio Gómez Lopez  Spain 25:50.6
6 Lorenzo Gutierrez  Spain 26:01.4
7 John Hammond  England 26:01.8
8 Peter Sulston  England 26:23.2
9 Francisco Hernandez  Spain 26:37.6
10 Craig Douglas  Scotland 26:39.8
11 Alec Brown  Scotland
12 Amara Gahlouzi  Tunisia 26:51.4
13 Pedro Sacristán  Spain
14 Chris Loosley  Wales
15 Bill Stitfall  Wales
16 Guido Veereman  Belgium
17 Freddy Vandercruyssen  Belgium
18 Bouabib Chaoui  Morocco
19 Habib Ben Jeddou  Tunisia 27:26.8
20 Hadj Ben Sitel  Morocco
21 Peter Yates  England
22 James Johnstone  Scotland
23 Juan Ripoll  Spain
24 A. Oulmati  Morocco
25 Hedi Djemdjem  Tunisia 28:20.2
26 Rafael Vergauwen  Belgium
27 Winston Bradley  Wales
28  Wales
Mustapha Ferchichi  Tunisia DNF
Jozef Peeters  Belgium DNF
Carlos D'Haene  Belgium DNF

Team Results[]

Men's[]

Rank Country Team Points
1  Belgium Gaston Roelants
Henri Clerckx
Hedwig Leenaert
Marcel Vandewattyne
Denis Jouret
Frans van der Hoeven
110
2  France Robert Bogey
Hamoud Ameur
Michel Jazy

Noel Tijou
Yves Martinage
113
3  England Roy Fowler
Tim Johnston
Basil Heatley
Tim Briault
Eddie Strong
Mike Turner
113
4  Tunisia Mohamed Gammoudi
Ali Khamassi
Labidi Ayachi
Youssef Mastouri
Hedi Hamrouni
Ammar Khemiri
127
5  Spain Mariano Haro
Francisco Guardia
Manuel Alonso
Luis García
Fernando Aguilar
Iluminado Corcuera
128
6  Morocco
Bakir Benaissa
Rhadi Ben Abdesselam
Lahcen Ben Allal
Mohamed Ben Mohamed
Hammadi Ben Mohamed
173
7  Ireland Pat Killeen
Tom O'Riordan
Sean O'Sullivan
Derek Graham

Jim Hogan
210
8  Scotland Andy Brown

John Linaker
Tom Cochrane
Callum Laing
Robert McKay
266
9  Portugal Manuel Marques
Maximiano Pinheiro
Hélio Duarte
Armando Aldegalega
Joaquim Ferreira
Manuel de Sousa
384
10  Wales Bob Roath
Brian Jeffs
Hedydd Davies
Ken Flowers
Roy Profitt
Norman Horrell
417
11   Switzerland Alfons Sidler
Yves Jeannotat
Karl Schaller
Edgar Friedli
Arthur Hess
Fritz Holzer
432

Junior Men's[]

Rank Country Team Points
1  England John Farrington
Stuart Dobson
John Hammond
12
2  Spain Antonio Gómez Lopez
Lorenzo Gutierrez
Francisco Hernandez
20
3  Scotland Lachie Stewart
Craig Douglas
Alec Brown
24
4  Tunisia Ahmed Zammel
Amara Gahlouzi
Habib Ben Jeddou
33
5  Wales Chris Loosley
Bill Stitfall
Winston Bradley
56
6  Belgium Guido Veereman
Freddy Vandercruyssen
Rafael Vergauwen
59
7  Morocco Bouabib Chaoui
Hadj Ben Sitel
A. Oulmati
62

Participation[]

An unofficial count yields the participation of 125 athletes from 11 countries.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Athletics - International Title Races in Spain - The fiftieth annual International Cross-country Championship takes place on Sunday, when for the second time it will be run over a course outside the town of San Sebastian in Spain..., Glasgow Herald, March 15, 1963, p. 6, retrieved October 3, 2013
  2. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 12.1km CC Men - San Sebastian Lasarte Hippodrome Date: Sunday, March 17, 1963, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on August 7, 2007, retrieved October 3, 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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  4. ^ INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved September 24, 2013
  5. ^ 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. 13ff, archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2013, retrieved September 24, 2013
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