1962 INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS

1962 International Cross Country Championships
1962 International Cross Country Championships
Organisers	ICCU
Edition	49th
Date	24 March
Host city	Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
Venue	Graves Park
Events	2
Distances	7.5 mi (12.0 km) men / 4.7 mi (7.5 km) junior men
Participation	126 athletes from ; 10 nations
	← 1961 Nantes 1963 San Sebastián →

The 1962 International Cross Country Championships was held in Sheffield, England, at the Graves Park on 24 March 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
	Gaston Roelants	Belgium	44:40
	Marcel Vandewattyne	Belgium	44:46
	Mel Batty	England	44:48
4	John Anderson	England	44:55
5	Brian Hall	England	45:02
6	José Molíns	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
—	André VandenDriessche	Belgium	DNF
—	Luis García	Spain	DNF
—	Raymond Janssen	France	DNF

Junior Men's (4.7 mi / 7.5 km)

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Abdeslem Bouchta	Morocco	25:05
	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 Molíns 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.

Belgium (13)
England (13)
France (9)
Ireland (14)
Morocco (14)
Scotland (14)
South Africa (7)
Spain (14)
Tunisia (14)
Wales (14)

References

^ 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, 26 March 1962, p. 11, retrieved 2 October 2013
^ Magnusson, Tomas (24 March 2007), INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 12.0km CC Men - Sheffield Graves Park Date: Saturday, March 24, 1962, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on 24 August 2007, retrieved 2 October 2013{{ citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link)
^ Magnusson, Tomas (24 March 2007), INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 7.5km CC Men - Sheffield Graves Park Date: Saturday, March 24, 1962, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on 12 June 2007, retrieved 2 October 2013{{ citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link)
^ INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved 24 September 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, archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2013, retrieved 24 September 2013

[herald_01-1] 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, 26 March 1962, p. 11, retrieved 2 October 2013

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[archive_02-3] Magnusson, Tomas (24 March 2007), INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 7.5km CC Men - Sheffield Graves Park Date: Saturday, March 24, 1962, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on 12 June 2007, retrieved 2 October 2013{{ citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link)

[gbr_01-4] INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved 24 September 2013

[iaaf_01-5] 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 27 September 2013, retrieved 24 September 2013

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Medallists