1959 International Cross Country Championships
1959 International Cross Country Championships | |
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Organisers | ICCU |
Edition | 46th |
Date | March 21 |
Host city | Lisboa, Portugal |
Location | National Stadium |
Nations participating | 9 |
Athletes participating | 78 |
Races | 1 |
Distances | 9 mi (14.5 km) |
The 1959 International Cross Country Championships was held in Lisbon, Portugal, at the National Stadium on March 21, 1959. Morocco entered a team for the first time after gaining independence. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.[1]
Complete results,[2] medallists, [3] and the results of British athletes[4] were published.
Medallists
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Individual | ||||||
Men 9 mi (14.5 km) |
Fred Norris England | 42:44.8 | Frank Sando England | 42:52.4 | Salah Beddiaf France | 43:01.4 |
Team | ||||||
Men | England | 40 | France | 72 | Belgium | 110 |
Individual Race Results
Men's (9 mi / 14.5 km)
Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
---|---|---|---|
Fred Norris | England | 42:44.8 | |
Frank Sando | England | 42:52.4 | |
Salah Beddiaf | France | 43:01.4 | |
4 | Basil Heatley | England | 43:10.4 |
5 | Stanley Eldon | England | 43:10.8 |
6 | Alain Mimoun | France | 43:15.4 |
7 | Antonio Amoros | Spain | 43:18 |
8 | Rhadi Ben Abdesselam | France | 43:20.6 |
9 | Marcel Vandewattyne | Belgium | 43:25.6 |
10 | Henri Clerckx | Belgium | 43:46.8 |
11 | Bakir Benaissa | Morocco | 43:50.8 |
12 | Carlos Pérez | Spain | 43:53.8 |
13 | Alan Perkins | England | 43:57.4 |
14 | Abdallah Ould Lamine | France | 44:02.8 |
15 | Michael Maynard | England | 44:09.4 |
16 | Luis García | Spain | 44:13.8 |
17 | Hamoud Ameur | France | 44:17.8 |
18 | Mohamed Said | Morocco | 44:18.8 |
19 | Aurèle Vandendriessche | Belgium | 44:27.4 |
20 | Alastair Wood | Scotland | 44:28 |
21 | David Richards Jun. | Wales | 44:34.8 |
22 | Denis Jouret | Belgium | 44:38.2 |
23 | Hedwig Leenaert | Belgium | 44:40.4 |
24 | C. Bouchta | France | 44:41.4 |
25 | John Anderson | England | 44:41.8 |
26 | Peter Wilkinson | England | 44:43.2 |
27 | Gaston Roelants | Belgium | 44:45.8 |
28 | Allal Ben Saoudi | Morocco | 44:48.6 |
29 | Manuel Faria | Portugal | 44:48.8 |
30 | Adrian Jackson | Scotland | 44:53 |
31 | Graham Everett | Scotland | 45:00.2 |
32 | Hélio Duarte | Portugal | 45:00.4 |
33 | John Merriman | Wales | 45:11.8 |
34 | Lahcen Benaissa | Morocco | 45:17.4 |
35 | Bertie Messitt | Ireland | 45:18.4 |
36 | Mohamed Ben Bouchaib | Morocco | 45:19 |
37 | Pat Killeen | Ireland | 45:26.6 |
38 | Jesús Hurtado | Spain | 45:34 |
39 | Richard Morgan | Wales | 45:36 |
40 | Michael Bullivant | England | 45:45.4 |
41 | José Araújo | Portugal | 45:46 |
42 | Manuel Marques | Portugal | 45:51 |
43 | Denis O'Gorman | Ireland | 45:54 |
44 | Maurits van Laere | Belgium | 45:59 |
45 | Mohamed Ben Hassan | Morocco | 46:08.4 |
46 | Alfonso Vidal | Spain | 46:14.4 |
47 | Joe McGhee | Scotland | 46:21.6 |
48 | Manuel Alonso | Spain | 46:27.2 |
49 | Norman Horrell | Wales | 46:30.8 |
50 | Frank White | Ireland | 46:31.4 |
51 | Maurice Chiclet | France | 46:32.2 |
52 | Peter Adams | Wales | 46:43.6 |
53 | Enrique Moreno | Spain | 46:45.6 |
54 | Joaquim Santos | Portugal | 46:59 |
55 | Mohamed Ben Mohamed | Morocco | 46:58.2 |
56 | Jimmy Todd | Ireland | 47:02.4 |
57 | Joe Connolly | Scotland | 47:08 |
58 | John McLaren | Scotland | 47:10.2 |
59 | Mohamed Bensaid | Morocco | 47:20 |
60 | Bert Irving | Scotland | 47:31 |
61 | Frans Herman | Belgium | 47:37.8 |
62 | Júlio Carmo | Portugal | 47:40.2 |
63 | Henrique Inglês | Portugal | 48:19.4 |
64 | Roger Harrison-Jones | Wales | 48:19.8 |
65 | Roy Profitt | Wales | 48:48.4 |
66 | Joaquim Ferreira | Portugal | 49:50 |
67 | Jim Kenmore | Ireland | 49:52.6 |
68 | William Butcher | Wales | 50:32.2 |
— | Fernando Aguilar | Spain | DNF |
— | Tomas Ballestin | Spain | DNF |
— | Michel Bernard | France | DNF |
— | Willie Dunne | Ireland | DNF |
— | Guy Texereau | France | DNF |
— | Jim Douglas | Ireland | DNF |
— | Natalino Almeida | Portugal | DNF |
— | Tommy Dunne | Ireland | DNF |
— | Julien Vandevelde | Belgium | DNF |
— | Cherif Ahmid | Morocco | DNF |
Team Results
Men's
Rank | Country | Team | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | England | Fred Norris Frank Sando Basil Heatley Stanley Eldon Alan Perkins Michael Maynard | 40 |
2 | France | Salah Beddiaf Alain Mimoun Rhadi Ben Abdesselam Abdallah Ould Lamine Hamoud Ameur C. Bouchta | 72 |
3 | Belgium | Marcel Vandewattyne Henri Clerckx Aurèle Vandendriessche Denis Jouret Hedwig Leenaert Gaston Roelants | 110 |
4 | Spain | Antonio Amoros Carlos Pérez Luis García Jesús Hurtado Alfonso Vidal Manuel Alonso | 167 |
5 | Morocco | Bakir Benaissa Mohamed Said Allal Ben Saoudi Lahcen Benaissa Mohamed Ben Bouchaib Mohamed Ben Hassan | 172 |
6 | Scotland | Alastair Wood Adrian Jackson Graham Everett Joe McGhee Joe Connolly John McLaren | 243 |
7 | Wales | David Richards Jun. John Merriman Richard Morgan Norman Horrell Peter Adams Roger Harrison-Jones | 258 |
8 | Portugal | Manuel Faria Hélio Duarte José Araújo Manuel Marques Joaquim Santos Júlio Carmo | 260 |
9 | Ireland | Bertie Messitt Pat Killeen Denis O'Gorman Frank White Jimmy Todd Jim Kenmore | 288 |
Participation
An unofficial count yields the participation of 78 athletes from 9 countries.
See also
- 1959 in athletics (track and field)
References
- ↑ Cross-country - England easily retain International Titles - Norris's fine victory - England easily retain the individual and team titles in the forty-sixth International Cross-country Championships on Saturday at the Estadium National, near Lisbon..., Glasgow Herald, March 23, 1959, p. 4, retrieved October 2, 2013
- ↑ Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 14.5km CC Men - Lissabon National Stadium Date: Saturday, March 21, 1959, Athchamps (archived), retrieved October 2, 2013
- ↑ INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved September 24, 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. 13ff, retrieved September 24, 2013
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