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1959 International Cross Country Championships
Organisers ICCU
Edition46th
DateMarch 21
Host city Lisboa, Portugal Portugal
Venue National Stadium
Events1
Distances9 mi (14.5 km)
Participation78 athletes from
9 nations

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 [ fr]
  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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Fred Norris   England 42:44.8
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Frank Sando   England 42:52.4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Salah Beddiaf [ fr]   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 Saïd   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 [ fr]
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 Saïd
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

References

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 14.5km CC Men - Lissabon National Stadium Date: Saturday, March 21, 1959, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on June 9, 2007, retrieved October 2, 2013{{ citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link)
  3. ^ INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved September 24, 2013
  4. ^ 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
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1959 International Cross Country Championships
Organisers ICCU
Edition46th
DateMarch 21
Host city Lisboa, Portugal Portugal
Venue National Stadium
Events1
Distances9 mi (14.5 km)
Participation78 athletes from
9 nations

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 [ fr]
  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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Fred Norris   England 42:44.8
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Frank Sando   England 42:52.4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Salah Beddiaf [ fr]   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 Saïd   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 [ fr]
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 Saïd
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

References

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 14.5km CC Men - Lissabon National Stadium Date: Saturday, March 21, 1959, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on June 9, 2007, retrieved October 2, 2013{{ citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link)
  3. ^ INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved September 24, 2013
  4. ^ 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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