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1961 International Cross Country Championships
Organisers ICCU
Edition48th
DateMarch 26
Host city Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France France
Events2
Distances8.9 mi (14.5 km) men / 4.7 mi (7.5 km) junior men
Participation109 athletes from
10 nations

The 1961 International Cross Country Championships was held in Nantes, France, on March 26, 1961. This year, an official junior championship (for athletes under 21 on the day of the race) was introduced. A report on the men's 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
8.9 mi (14.3 km)
Basil Heatley
  England
45:22.2 Antonio Amorós [ ca]
  Spain
45:46 Martin Hyman
  England
45:56.4
Junior Men
4.7 mi (7.5 km)
Colin Robinson
  England
26:20.4 Alan Simpson
  England
26:24.4 Mariano Haro
  Spain
26:25.2
Team
Men   Belgium 54   England 71   France 119
Junior Men   England 11   Belgium 18   Spain 39

Individual Race Results

Men's (8.9 mi / 14.3 km)

Rank Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Basil Heatley   England 45:22.2
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Antonio Amorós [ ca]   Spain 45:46
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Martin Hyman   England 45:56.4
4 Henri Clerckx   Belgium 46:03.6
5 Aurèle Vandendriessche   Belgium 46:06.8
6 Hedwig Leenaert   Belgium 46:21
7 Michel Bernard   France 46:23
8 Roy Fowler   England 46:27
9 Salah Beddiaf [ fr]   France 46:39
10 Mohamed Saïd   Morocco 46:46
11 Gaston Roelants   Belgium 46:54
12 Jean Vaillant   France 46:57
13 Louis van Praet   Belgium 46:58
14 Bakir Benaissa   Morocco 47:05
15 Marcel Vandewattyne   Belgium 47:07
16 Ted Matley   England 47:09
17 Manuel Alonso   Spain 47:14
18 Graham Everett   Scotland 47:24
19 Denis Jouret   Belgium 47:31
20 Peter Wilkinson   England 47:34
21 Joe Connolly   Scotland 47:41
22 Pierre de Pauw   Belgium 47:43
23 Mike Turner   England 47:44
24 Alain Mimoun   France 47:46
25 Georg Steiner    Switzerland 47:51
26 Lahcen Ben Allal   Morocco 47:56
27 Fernando Aguilar   Spain 48:08
28 Andy Brown   Scotland 48:12
29 Alfonso Vidal   Spain 48:16
30 Pat Killeen   Ireland 48:18
31 Maurice Chiclet   France 48:19
32 Hammadi Ben Mohamed   Morocco 48:20
33 Alastair Wood   Scotland 48:23
34 Oskar Leupi    Switzerland 48:24
35 Frank Seal   England 48:25
36 Jean Fayolle   France 48:28
37 Hamid   Morocco 48:28
38 Hamida Addéche   France 48:33
39 Yves Jeannotat    Switzerland 48:34
40 Hans Rüdisühli    Switzerland 48:39
41 Hamoud Ameur   France 48:42
42 Gordon Eadie   Scotland 48:44
43 Moha Ouali   Morocco 48:46
44 David Richards Jun.   Wales 48:47
45 Bertie Messitt   Ireland 48:49
46 Bruce Tulloh   Scotland 49:03
47 Luis García   Spain 49:06
48 Frans van der Hoeven   Belgium 49:10
49 Mohamed Ben Hassan   Morocco 49:10
50 Norman Horrell   Wales 49:15
51 Adrian Jackson   Scotland 49:18
52 Gerald McIntyre   Ireland 49:20
53 Ron Franklin   Wales 49:31
54 José Molíns   Spain 49:39
55 Niklaus Näf    Switzerland 49:42
56 Mohamed Lahcen   Morocco 49:45
57 William Heiberg   England 49:46
58 Stan Taylor   Scotland 49:48
59 Alfons Sidler    Switzerland 49:48
60 Willie Dunne   Ireland 50:06
61 José María Alday   Spain 50:11
62 Benny O'Sullivan   Ireland 50:17
63 Harry Wilson   Wales 50:22
64 Francois Fatton    Switzerland 50:30
65 Mick Connolly   Ireland 50:31
66 Brian Jeffs   Wales 50:31
67 Aurelio Aguirre   Spain 51:06
68 Hugo Eisenring    Switzerland 51:13
69 Gerry North   England 51:21
70 Roger Harrison-Jones   Wales 50:43
71 Roy Profitt   Wales 51:51
72 Paul Knill    Switzerland 52:08
73 Tommy Dunne   Ireland 52:43
74 Colm Holohan   Ireland 52:53
75 Ian Harris   Scotland 53:07
Tomas Ballestin   Spain DNF
Rhadi Ben Abdesselam   Morocco DNF
Francis Duleau   France DNF
Jim Douglas   Ireland DNF

Junior Men's (4.7 mi / 7.5 km)

Rank Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Colin Robinson   England 26:20.4
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Alan Simpson   England 26:24.4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mariano Haro   Spain 26:25.2
4 Abdeslem Bouchta   Morocco 26:33.8
5 Luc van der Smissen   Belgium 26:43
6 Raymond Crauwels   Belgium 26:47
7 Jean-Pierre Deraemaeker   Belgium 27:01
8 Thomas Pugh   England 27:13
9 Joseph Smolders   Belgium 27:28
10 Amara Gahlouzi   Tunisia 27:32
11 Amel Leborgne   France 27:35
12 André de Hertoghe   Belgium 27:42
13 Hadj Ben Sitel   Morocco 27:44
14 Abdelhamid Yazidi   Tunisia 27:55
15 Anthony Platt   England 27:59
16 José María Sarriegui   Spain 28:14
17 Mohamed Frigui   Tunisia 28:20
18 Armand Trichet   France 28:21
19 Ahmed Zammel   Tunisia 28:24
20 José María Alberdi   Spain 28:25
21 Noel Tijou   France 28:40
22 Paulino García   Spain 28:45
23 Ben Nouceur   Morocco 28:47
24 Ahmed Oukbouch   Morocco 29:00
25 Garnier   France 29:20
26 Geoffrey Wood   England 29:26
27 Lennen   France 29:36
28 A. Gerdane   Morocco 30:17
29 Francisco Vela   Spain 30:28
30 Mahmoud Ben Rabah   Tunisia 30:29

Team Results

Men's

Rank Country Team Points
1   Belgium Henri Clerckx
Aurèle Vandendriessche
Hedwig Leenaert
Gaston Roelants
Louis van Praet
Marcel Vandewattyne
54
2   England Basil Heatley
Martin Hyman
Roy Fowler
Ted Matley
Peter Wilkinson
Mike Turner
71
3   France Michel Bernard
Salah Beddiaf [ fr]
Jean Vaillant
Alain Mimoun
Maurice Chiclet
Jean Fayolle
119
4   Morocco Mohamed Saïd
Bakir Benaissa
Lahcen Ben Allal
Hammadi Ben Mohamed
Hamid
Moha Ouali
162
5   Spain Antonio Amorós [ ca]
Manuel Alonso
Fernando Aguilar
Alfonso Vidal
Luis García
José Molíns
176
6   Scotland Graham Everett
Joe Connolly
Andy Brown
Alastair Wood
Gordon Eadie
Bruce Tulloh
188
7    Switzerland Georg Steiner
Oskar Leupi
Yves Jeannotat
Hans Rüdisühli
Niklaus Näf
Alfons Sidler
252
8   Ireland Pat Killeen
Bertie Messitt
Gerald McIntyre
Willie Dunne
Benny O'Sullivan
Mick Connolly
314
9   Wales David Richards Jun.
Norman Horrell
Ron Franklin
Harry Wilson
Brian Jeffs
Roger Harrison-Jones
346

Junior Men's

Rank Country Team Points
1   England Colin Robinson
Alan Simpson
Thomas Pugh
11
2   Belgium Luc van der Smissen
Raymond Crauwels
Jean-Pierre Deraemaeker
18
3   Spain Mariano Haro
José María Sarriegui
José María Alberdi
39
4   Morocco Abdeslem Bouchta
Hadj Ben Sitel
Ben Nouceur
40
5   Tunisia Amara Gahlouzi
Abdelhamid Yazidi
Mohamed Frigui
41
6   France Amel Leborgne
Armand Trichet
Noel Tijou
50

Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 109 athletes from 10 countries.

See also

References

  1. ^ Cross-country - International Title for Heatley - B. Heatley (England) won the 48th annual nine-mile International Cross-country Championship in 45 min. 22.2sec. yesterday at Nantes..., Glasgow Herald, March 27, 1961, p. 4, retrieved October 2, 2013
  2. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 14.3km CC Men - Nantes Date: Sunday, March 26, 1961, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on August 4, 2007, retrieved October 2, 2013{{ citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link)
  3. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 7.5km CC Men - Nantes Date: Sunday, March 26, 1961, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on August 21, 2007, retrieved October 2, 2013{{ citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link)
  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
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1961 International Cross Country Championships
Organisers ICCU
Edition48th
DateMarch 26
Host city Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France France
Events2
Distances8.9 mi (14.5 km) men / 4.7 mi (7.5 km) junior men
Participation109 athletes from
10 nations

The 1961 International Cross Country Championships was held in Nantes, France, on March 26, 1961. This year, an official junior championship (for athletes under 21 on the day of the race) was introduced. A report on the men's 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
8.9 mi (14.3 km)
Basil Heatley
  England
45:22.2 Antonio Amorós [ ca]
  Spain
45:46 Martin Hyman
  England
45:56.4
Junior Men
4.7 mi (7.5 km)
Colin Robinson
  England
26:20.4 Alan Simpson
  England
26:24.4 Mariano Haro
  Spain
26:25.2
Team
Men   Belgium 54   England 71   France 119
Junior Men   England 11   Belgium 18   Spain 39

Individual Race Results

Men's (8.9 mi / 14.3 km)

Rank Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Basil Heatley   England 45:22.2
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Antonio Amorós [ ca]   Spain 45:46
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Martin Hyman   England 45:56.4
4 Henri Clerckx   Belgium 46:03.6
5 Aurèle Vandendriessche   Belgium 46:06.8
6 Hedwig Leenaert   Belgium 46:21
7 Michel Bernard   France 46:23
8 Roy Fowler   England 46:27
9 Salah Beddiaf [ fr]   France 46:39
10 Mohamed Saïd   Morocco 46:46
11 Gaston Roelants   Belgium 46:54
12 Jean Vaillant   France 46:57
13 Louis van Praet   Belgium 46:58
14 Bakir Benaissa   Morocco 47:05
15 Marcel Vandewattyne   Belgium 47:07
16 Ted Matley   England 47:09
17 Manuel Alonso   Spain 47:14
18 Graham Everett   Scotland 47:24
19 Denis Jouret   Belgium 47:31
20 Peter Wilkinson   England 47:34
21 Joe Connolly   Scotland 47:41
22 Pierre de Pauw   Belgium 47:43
23 Mike Turner   England 47:44
24 Alain Mimoun   France 47:46
25 Georg Steiner    Switzerland 47:51
26 Lahcen Ben Allal   Morocco 47:56
27 Fernando Aguilar   Spain 48:08
28 Andy Brown   Scotland 48:12
29 Alfonso Vidal   Spain 48:16
30 Pat Killeen   Ireland 48:18
31 Maurice Chiclet   France 48:19
32 Hammadi Ben Mohamed   Morocco 48:20
33 Alastair Wood   Scotland 48:23
34 Oskar Leupi    Switzerland 48:24
35 Frank Seal   England 48:25
36 Jean Fayolle   France 48:28
37 Hamid   Morocco 48:28
38 Hamida Addéche   France 48:33
39 Yves Jeannotat    Switzerland 48:34
40 Hans Rüdisühli    Switzerland 48:39
41 Hamoud Ameur   France 48:42
42 Gordon Eadie   Scotland 48:44
43 Moha Ouali   Morocco 48:46
44 David Richards Jun.   Wales 48:47
45 Bertie Messitt   Ireland 48:49
46 Bruce Tulloh   Scotland 49:03
47 Luis García   Spain 49:06
48 Frans van der Hoeven   Belgium 49:10
49 Mohamed Ben Hassan   Morocco 49:10
50 Norman Horrell   Wales 49:15
51 Adrian Jackson   Scotland 49:18
52 Gerald McIntyre   Ireland 49:20
53 Ron Franklin   Wales 49:31
54 José Molíns   Spain 49:39
55 Niklaus Näf    Switzerland 49:42
56 Mohamed Lahcen   Morocco 49:45
57 William Heiberg   England 49:46
58 Stan Taylor   Scotland 49:48
59 Alfons Sidler    Switzerland 49:48
60 Willie Dunne   Ireland 50:06
61 José María Alday   Spain 50:11
62 Benny O'Sullivan   Ireland 50:17
63 Harry Wilson   Wales 50:22
64 Francois Fatton    Switzerland 50:30
65 Mick Connolly   Ireland 50:31
66 Brian Jeffs   Wales 50:31
67 Aurelio Aguirre   Spain 51:06
68 Hugo Eisenring    Switzerland 51:13
69 Gerry North   England 51:21
70 Roger Harrison-Jones   Wales 50:43
71 Roy Profitt   Wales 51:51
72 Paul Knill    Switzerland 52:08
73 Tommy Dunne   Ireland 52:43
74 Colm Holohan   Ireland 52:53
75 Ian Harris   Scotland 53:07
Tomas Ballestin   Spain DNF
Rhadi Ben Abdesselam   Morocco DNF
Francis Duleau   France DNF
Jim Douglas   Ireland DNF

Junior Men's (4.7 mi / 7.5 km)

Rank Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Colin Robinson   England 26:20.4
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Alan Simpson   England 26:24.4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mariano Haro   Spain 26:25.2
4 Abdeslem Bouchta   Morocco 26:33.8
5 Luc van der Smissen   Belgium 26:43
6 Raymond Crauwels   Belgium 26:47
7 Jean-Pierre Deraemaeker   Belgium 27:01
8 Thomas Pugh   England 27:13
9 Joseph Smolders   Belgium 27:28
10 Amara Gahlouzi   Tunisia 27:32
11 Amel Leborgne   France 27:35
12 André de Hertoghe   Belgium 27:42
13 Hadj Ben Sitel   Morocco 27:44
14 Abdelhamid Yazidi   Tunisia 27:55
15 Anthony Platt   England 27:59
16 José María Sarriegui   Spain 28:14
17 Mohamed Frigui   Tunisia 28:20
18 Armand Trichet   France 28:21
19 Ahmed Zammel   Tunisia 28:24
20 José María Alberdi   Spain 28:25
21 Noel Tijou   France 28:40
22 Paulino García   Spain 28:45
23 Ben Nouceur   Morocco 28:47
24 Ahmed Oukbouch   Morocco 29:00
25 Garnier   France 29:20
26 Geoffrey Wood   England 29:26
27 Lennen   France 29:36
28 A. Gerdane   Morocco 30:17
29 Francisco Vela   Spain 30:28
30 Mahmoud Ben Rabah   Tunisia 30:29

Team Results

Men's

Rank Country Team Points
1   Belgium Henri Clerckx
Aurèle Vandendriessche
Hedwig Leenaert
Gaston Roelants
Louis van Praet
Marcel Vandewattyne
54
2   England Basil Heatley
Martin Hyman
Roy Fowler
Ted Matley
Peter Wilkinson
Mike Turner
71
3   France Michel Bernard
Salah Beddiaf [ fr]
Jean Vaillant
Alain Mimoun
Maurice Chiclet
Jean Fayolle
119
4   Morocco Mohamed Saïd
Bakir Benaissa
Lahcen Ben Allal
Hammadi Ben Mohamed
Hamid
Moha Ouali
162
5   Spain Antonio Amorós [ ca]
Manuel Alonso
Fernando Aguilar
Alfonso Vidal
Luis García
José Molíns
176
6   Scotland Graham Everett
Joe Connolly
Andy Brown
Alastair Wood
Gordon Eadie
Bruce Tulloh
188
7    Switzerland Georg Steiner
Oskar Leupi
Yves Jeannotat
Hans Rüdisühli
Niklaus Näf
Alfons Sidler
252
8   Ireland Pat Killeen
Bertie Messitt
Gerald McIntyre
Willie Dunne
Benny O'Sullivan
Mick Connolly
314
9   Wales David Richards Jun.
Norman Horrell
Ron Franklin
Harry Wilson
Brian Jeffs
Roger Harrison-Jones
346

Junior Men's

Rank Country Team Points
1   England Colin Robinson
Alan Simpson
Thomas Pugh
11
2   Belgium Luc van der Smissen
Raymond Crauwels
Jean-Pierre Deraemaeker
18
3   Spain Mariano Haro
José María Sarriegui
José María Alberdi
39
4   Morocco Abdeslem Bouchta
Hadj Ben Sitel
Ben Nouceur
40
5   Tunisia Amara Gahlouzi
Abdelhamid Yazidi
Mohamed Frigui
41
6   France Amel Leborgne
Armand Trichet
Noel Tijou
50

Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 109 athletes from 10 countries.

See also

References

  1. ^ Cross-country - International Title for Heatley - B. Heatley (England) won the 48th annual nine-mile International Cross-country Championship in 45 min. 22.2sec. yesterday at Nantes..., Glasgow Herald, March 27, 1961, p. 4, retrieved October 2, 2013
  2. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 14.3km CC Men - Nantes Date: Sunday, March 26, 1961, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on August 4, 2007, retrieved October 2, 2013{{ citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link)
  3. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 7.5km CC Men - Nantes Date: Sunday, March 26, 1961, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on August 21, 2007, retrieved October 2, 2013{{ citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link)
  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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