1962 International Cross Country Championships

1962 International Cross Country Championships
Organisers ICCU
Edition 49th
Date March 24
Host city Sheffield, Yorkshire, England England
Location Graves Park
Nations participating 10
Athletes participating 126
Races 2
Distances 7.5 mi (12.0 km) men / 4.7 mi (7.5 km) junior men

The 1962 International Cross Country Championships was held in Sheffield, England, at the Graves Park on March 24, 1962. A report on 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 (12.0 km)		 Gaston Roelants
 Belgium 		44:40 Marcel Vandewattyne
 Belgium 		44:46 Mel Batty
 England 		44:48
Junior Men
4.7 mi (7.5 km)		 Abdeslem Bouchta
 Morocco 		25:05 Anthony Evans
 England
Martin Heath
 England		 25:23
Team
Men  England 44  Spain 115  Belgium 132
Junior Men  England 9  Morocco 28  Scotland 37

Individual Race Results

Men's (7.5 mi / 12.0 km)

Rank Athlete Nationality Time
1st Gaston Roelants  Belgium 44:40
2nd Marcel Vandewattyne  Belgium 44:46
3rd Mel Batty  England 44:48
4 John Anderson  England 44:55
5 Brian Hall  England 45:02
6 José Molins  Spain 45:04
7 Mick Neville  Ireland 45:05
8 Gerry North  England 45:08
9 Andy Brown  Scotland 45:09
10 Rhadi Ben Abdesselam  Morocco 45:12
11 Ron Hill  England 45:19
12 Georges Fromont  Belgium 45:20
13 Brian Craig  England 45:21
14 Iluminado Corcuera  Spain 45:28
15 Fernando Aguilar  Spain 45:30
16 Colin Robinson  England 45:31
17 Willie Olivier  South Africa 45:32
18 Francisco Guardia  Spain 45:33
19 Salah Beddiaf  France 45:35
20 David Cooke  England 45:36
21 Youssef Mastouri  Tunisia 45:37
22 Jean-Pierre Delloye  Belgium 45:46
23 Keith Pearce  South Africa 45:49
24 Bakir Benaissa  Morocco 45:50
25 Alastair Wood  Scotland 45:51
26 Alain Mimoun  France 45:52
27 Ali Khamassi  Tunisia 45:54
28 Mohamed Said  Morocco 45:58
29 Antonio Amoros  Spain 46:04
30 Jan Barnard  South Africa 46:05
31 Stephanus Steyn  South Africa 46:07
32 Paul Genève  France 46:07
33 Francisco Aritmendi  Spain 46:11
34 Francis Duleau  France 46:24
35 Stan Taylor  Scotland 46:25
36 Jim Alder  Scotland 46:25
37 Callum Laing  Scotland 46:26
38 Labidi Ayachi  Tunisia 46:27
39 Alfonso Vidal  Spain 46:34
40 Derek Graham  Ireland 46:34
41 Mohamed Lahcen  Morocco 46:35
42 Mohamed Ben Mohamed  Morocco 46:37
43 Alexis Chauvel  France 46:39
44 Mhedheb Hannachi  Tunisia 46:42
45 Eddie Strong  England 46:45
46 Julius Saenen  Belgium 46:46
47 Hammadi Ben Mohamed  Morocco 46:46
48 Mohamed Gammoudi  Tunisia 46:52
49 Frans van der Hoeven  Belgium 46:57
50 Lahcen Ben Allal  Morocco 47:01
51 Ali Tarbag  Tunisia 47:01
52 Ahmed Ben Salah  Tunisia 47:12
53 John McDonnell  Ireland 47:13
54 Denis Jouret  Belgium 47:13
55 Moha Ouali  Morocco 47:13
56 Charles Minnaar  South Africa 47:20
57 Jim O'Brien  Wales 47:21
58 Bert Irving  Scotland 47:21
59 Pat Killeen  Ireland 47:22
60 Benny O'Sullivan  Ireland 47:25
61 Cyril Bentall  South Africa 47:30
62 Hedi Hamrouni  Tunisia 47:33
63 Norman Horrell  Wales 47:42
64 Hamida Addéche  France 47:42
65 Ron Franklin  Wales 47:56
66 Davie Simpson  Scotland 47:57
67 Maurice Chiclet  France 48:15
68 Mick Connolly  Ireland 48:25
69 Ammar Khemiri  Tunisia 48:30
70 Billy McCue  Ireland 48:31
71 Graham Everett  Scotland 48:39
72 Gerhardus Swanepoel  South Africa 48:40
73 Pascal Morris  Ireland 48:41
74 Joe O'Keefe  Ireland 49:02
75 Mohamed Ben Hassan  Morocco 49:05
76 Henri Lucas  France 49:22
77 Roger Harrison-Jones  Wales 49:27
78 Barrie Saunders  Wales 49:31
79 Alan Griffiths  Wales 49:47
80 John McLaren  Scotland 49:48
81 Robert Williams  Wales 50:24
82 Harry Wilson  Wales 50:59
83 Bryan Davies  Wales 50:59
— Mariano Haro  Spain DNF
— Aurèle Vandendriessche  Belgium DNF
— Luis García  Spain DNF
— Raymond Janssen  France DNF

Junior Men's (4.7 mi / 7.5 km)

Rank Athlete Nationality Time
1st Abdeslem Bouchta  Morocco 25:05
2nd Anthony Evans  England 25:23
Martin Heath  England 25:23
4 Ernie Pomfret  England 25:33
5 Tom Edmunds  Wales 25:45
6 Ahmed Zammel  Tunisia 25:51
7 David Bignell  England 26:02
8 Jesús Fernandez  Spain 26:07
9 Doug Fownes  England 26:11
10 Lachie Stewart  Scotland 26:19
11 Alasdair Heron  Scotland 26:20
12 Hadj Ben Sitel  Morocco 26:23
13 Lorenzo Gutierrez  Spain 26:25
14 Amara Gahlouzi  Tunisia 26:32
15 Ahmed Oukbouch  Morocco 26:37
16 Joe Finn  Scotland 26:42
17 Ben Nouceur  Morocco 26:44
18 Arthur Moody  Scotland 26:51
19 T. Hewitt  Ireland 26:55
20 Jorge Gonzalez  Spain 26:56
21 Craig Douglas  Scotland 26:59
22 Khalifa Seraj  Morocco 27:01
23 L. Nodswell  Ireland 27:05
24 Robert van Overmeiren  Belgium 27:07
25 Abdelhamid Yazidi  Tunisia 27:11
26 Luc van der Smissen  Belgium 27:11
27 José Perramon  Spain 27:12
28 Mohamed Frigui  Tunisia 27:13
29 Gilbert Maesschalk  Belgium 27:17
30 Mahmoud Ben Rabah  Tunisia 27:20
31 Winston Bradley  Wales 27:26
32 Andre van de Walle  Belgium 27:27
33 Pedro Sacristán  Spain 27:35
34 P. Keenan  Ireland 27:50
35 Brendan Dunne  Ireland 28:23
36 Alcwyn Price  Wales 28:28
37 Tony Murphy  Ireland 28:34
38 Fred Bell  Wales 29:04
39 Stephen Oultram  Wales 29:34
— Marnix Cocquyt  Belgium DNF

Team Results

Men's

Rank Country Team Points
1  England Mel Batty
John Anderson
Brian Hall
Gerry North
Ron Hill
Brian Craig 		44
2  Spain José Molins
Iluminado Corcuera
Fernando Aguilar
Francisco Guardia
Antonio Amoros
Francisco Aritmendi 		115
3  Belgium Gaston Roelants
Marcel Vandewattyne
Georges Fromont
Jean-Pierre Delloye
Julius Saenen
Frans van der Hoeven 		132
4  Morocco Rhadi Ben Abdesselam
Bakir Benaissa
Mohamed Said
Mohamed Lahcen
Mohamed Ben Mohamed
Hammadi Ben Mohamed 		192
5  Scotland Andy Brown
Alastair Wood
Stan Taylor
Jim Alder
Callum Laing
Bert Irving 		200
6  South Africa Willie Olivier
Keith Pearce
Jan Barnard
Stephanus Steyn
Charles Minnaar
Cyril Bentall 		218
7  France Salah Beddiaf
Alain Mimoun
Paul Genève
Francis Duleau
Alexis Chauvel
Hamida Addéche 		218
8  Tunisia Youssef Mastouri
Ali Khamassi
Labidi Ayachi
Mhedheb Hannachi
Mohamed Gammoudi
Ali Tarbag 		229
9  Ireland Mick Neville
Derek Graham
John McDonnell
Pat Killeen
Benny O'Sullivan
Mick Connolly 		287
10  Wales Jim O'Brien
Norman Horrell
Ron Franklin
Roger Harrison-Jones
Barrie Saunders
Alan Griffiths 		419

Junior Men's

Rank Country Team Points
1  England Anthony Evans
Martin Heath
Ernie Pomfret 		9
2  Morocco Abdeslem Bouchta
Hadj Ben Sitel
Ahmed Oukbouch 		28
3  Scotland Lachie Stewart
Alasdair Heron
Joe Finn 		37
4  Spain Jesús Fernandez
Lorenzo Gutierrez
Jorge Gonzalez 		41
5  Tunisia Ahmed Zammel
Amara Gahlouzi
Abdelhamid Yazidi 		45
6  Wales Tom Edmunds
Winston Bradley
Alcwyn Price 		72
7  Ireland T. Hewitt
L. Nodswell
P. Keenan 		76
8  Belgium Robert van Overmeiren
Luc van der Smissen
Gilbert Maesschalk 		79

Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 126 athletes from 10 countries.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Cross-country - Roelants's Victory in International - G. Roelants (Belgium) led all the way and won the International Cross-Country Championship on Saturday in 44 min. 40sec. over nine miles at Graves Park, Sheffield..., Glasgow Herald, March 26, 1962, p. 11, retrieved October 2, 2013
  2. ↑ Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 12.0km CC Men - Sheffield Graves Park Date: Saturday, March 24, 1962, Athchamps (archived), retrieved October 2, 2013
  3. ↑ Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 7.5km CC Men - Sheffield Graves Park Date: Saturday, March 24, 1962, Athchamps (archived), retrieved October 2, 2013
  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, IAAF, p. 13ff, retrieved September 24, 2013