1963 International Cross Country Championships
The 1963 International Cross Country Championships was held in San Sebastián, Spain, at the Lasarte Hippodrome on 17 March 1963. The distance for the men's race was reduced from the traditional 9 miles (14.5 km) to 7.5 miles (12.1 km). A preview of the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.[1]
| 1963 International Cross Country Championships | |
|---|---|
| Organisers | ICCU |
| Edition | 50th |
| Date | 17 March |
| Host city | San Sebastián, Euskadi, Spain .svg.png){kind=small} |
| Venue | Lasarte Hippodrome |
| Events | 2 |
| Distances | 7.5 mi (12.1 km) men 4.7 mi (7.5 km) junior men |
| Participation | 125 athletes from 11 nations |
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 (12.1 km) |
Roy Fowler | 37:19.7 | Gaston Roelants.svg.png){kind=small} | 37:32 | Mariano Haro | 37:41.6 |
| Junior Men 4.7 mi (7.5 km) |
John Farrington | 25:17.4 | Ahmed Zammel | 25:23.6 | Lachie Stewart | 25:37.6 |
| Team | ||||||
| Men | | 110 |  | 113 | | 113 |
| Junior Men | | 12 | | 20 | | 24 |
Individual Race Results
Men's (7.5 mi / 12.1 km)
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Roy Fowler | | 37:19.7 |
 | Gaston Roelants | | 37:32 |
 | Mariano Haro | | 37:41.6 |
| 4 | Robert Bogey | | 37:55.6 |
| 5 | Tim Johnston | | 37:58.7 |
| 6 | Francisco Guardia | | 38:00 |
| 7 | Mohamed Gammoudi | | 38:11.6 |
| 8 | Henri Clerckx | | 38:22.8 |
| 9 | Hamoud Ameur | | 38:24.1 |
| 10 | Abdeslem Bouchta |  | 38:24.5 |
| 11 | Andy Brown | | 38:26 |
| 12 | Ali Khamassi | | 38:29 |
| 13 | Basil Heatley | | 38:34 |
| 14 | Hedwig Leenaert | | 38:39 |
| 15 | Pat Killeen |  | 38:39 |
| 16 | Labidi Ayachi | | 38:42 |
| 17 | Marcel Vandewattyne | | 38:44 |
| 18 | Michel Jazy | | 38:51 |
| 19 | Tom O'Riordan | | 38:52 |
| 20 | Bakir Benaissa | | 38:53 |
| 21 | Salah Beddiaf | | 38:58 |
| 22 | Tim Briault | | 39:01 |
| 23 | Youssef Mastouri | | 39:04 |
| 24 | Manuel Alonso | | 39:07.4 |
| 25 | Luis García | | 39:08.8 |
| 26 | Rhadi Ben Abdesselam | | 39:10 |
| 27 | Hedi Hamrouni | | 39:13 |
| 28 | Noel Tijou | | 39:16 |
| 29 | Denis Jouret | | 39:18 |
| 30 | Sean O'Sullivan | | 39:19 |
| 31 | Alastair Wood | | 39:20 |
| 32 | Fernando Aguilar | | 39:22.7 |
| 33 | Yves Martinage | | 39:26 |
| 34 | Lahcen Ben Allal | | 39:27 |
| 35 | Eddie Strong | | 39:28 |
| 36 | John Linaker | | 39:28 |
| 37 | Mike Turner | | 39:28 |
| 38 | Iluminado Corcuera | | 39:31.5 |
| 39 | Mohamed Ben Mohamed | | 39:33 |
| 40 | Frans van der Hoeven | | 39:43 |
| 41 | Tomas Ballestin | | 39:49.9 |
| 42 | Ammar Khemiri | | 39:51 |
| 43 | Manuel Marques |  | 39:57 |
| 44 | Hammadi Ben Mohamed | | 39:57 |
| 45 | Derek Graham | | 40:01 |
| 46 | Alan Simpson | | 40:02 |
| 47 | Bob Roath | .svg.png){kind=small} | 40:02 |
| 48 | Mick Neville | | 40:03 |
| 49 | Jean Vaillant | | 40:04 |
| 50 | Alfons Sidler |  | 40:05 |
| 51 | Carlos Pérez | | 40:07 |
| 52 | Mhedheb Hannachi | | 40:07 |
| 53 | Jim Hogan | | 40:09 |
| 54 | Jean Fayolle | | 40:11 |
| 55 | Brian Craig | | 40:12 |
| 56 | Mohamed Brahim | | 40:14 |
| 57 | Tom Cochrane | | 40:18 |
| 58 | Yves Jeannotat | | 40:22 |
| 59 | Maximiano Pinheiro | | 40:33.4 |
| 60 | Mohamed Ben Abdelsalem | | 40:42 |
| 61 | Frank McDermott | | 40:48 |
| 62 | Brian Jeffs | | 40:49 |
| 63 | Callum Laing | | 40:58 |
| 64 | Rachid Ben Naceur | | 41:02 |
| 65 | Michael Bullivant | | 41:02 |
| 66 | Walter Vanhoutte | | 41:04 |
| 67 | Hélio Duarte | | 41:06.1 |
| 68 | Robert McKay | | 41:10 |
| 69 | Armando Aldegalega | | 41:16.4 |
| 70 | Martin Craven | | 41:21 |
| 71 | John McDonnell | | 41:32 |
| 72 | Joaquim Ferreira | | 41:41.6 |
| 73 | Hedydd Davies | | 41:45 |
| 74 | Manuel de Sousa | | 41:49.9 |
| 75 | Jean-Yves Le Flohic | | 41:56 |
| 76 | Ken Flowers | | 42:00 |
| 77 | Manuel Lopes | | 42:05.3 |
| 78 | Roy Profitt | | 42:07 |
| 79 | Karl Schaller | | 42:13 |
| 80 | Edgar Friedli | | 42:18 |
| 81 | Norman Horrell | | 42:22 |
| 82 | Arthur Hess | | 42:30 |
| 83 | Fritz Holzer | | 42:31 |
| 84 | George Matthiudis | | 42:47 |
| 85 | Werner Fischer | | 43:24 |
| 86 | Paul Knill | | 43:35 |
| 87 | Joaquim Santos | | 44:41.4 |
| — | Francisco Aritmendi | | DNF |
| — | Manuel de Oliveira | | DNF |
| — | Mohamed Bensaid | | DNF |
| — | Jean-Pierre Delloye | | DNF |
| — | Robert Vandendriessche | | DNF |
| — | Anton Signer | | DNF |
| — | Abderrahman Mechraoui | | DNF |
Junior Men's (4.7 mi / 7.5 km)
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Farrington | | 25:17.4 |
| Ahmed Zammel | | 25:23.6 |
| Lachie Stewart | | 25:37.6 |
| 4 | Stuart Dobson | | 25:37.8 |
| 5 | Antonio Gómez Lopez | | 25:50.6 |
| 6 | Lorenzo Gutierrez | | 26:01.4 |
| 7 | John Hammond | | 26:01.8 |
| 8 | Peter Sulston | | 26:23.2 |
| 9 | Francisco Hernandez | | 26:37.6 |
| 10 | Craig Douglas | | 26:39.8 |
| 11 | Alec Brown | | |
| 12 | Amara Gahlouzi | | 26:51.4 |
| 13 | Pedro Sacristán | | |
| 14 | Chris Loosley | | |
| 15 | Bill Stitfall | | |
| 16 | Guido Veereman | | |
| 17 | Freddy Vandercruyssen | | |
| 18 | Bouabib Chaoui | | |
| 19 | Habib Ben Jeddou | | 27:26.8 |
| 20 | Hadj Ben Sitel | | |
| 21 | Peter Yates | | |
| 22 | James Johnstone | | |
| 23 | Juan Ripoll | | |
| 24 | A. Oulmati | | |
| 25 | Hedi Djemdjem | | 28:20.2 |
| 26 | Rafael Vergauwen | | |
| 27 | Winston Bradley | | |
| 28 | Fred Bell | | |
| — | Mustapha Ferchichi | | DNF |
| — | Jozef Peeters | | DNF |
| — | Carlos D'Haene | | DNF |
Team Results
Men's
| Rank | Country | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | Gaston Roelants Henri Clerckx Hedwig Leenaert Marcel Vandewattyne Denis Jouret Frans van der Hoeven | 110 |
| 2 | | Robert Bogey Hamoud Ameur Michel Jazy Salah Beddiaf Noel Tijou Yves Martinage | 113 |
| 3 | | Roy Fowler Tim Johnston Basil Heatley Tim Briault Eddie Strong Mike Turner | 113 |
| 4 | | Mohamed Gammoudi Ali Khamassi Labidi Ayachi Youssef Mastouri Hedi Hamrouni Ammar Khemiri | 127 |
| 5 | | Mariano Haro Francisco Guardia Manuel Alonso Luis García Fernando Aguilar Iluminado Corcuera | 128 |
| 6 | | Abdeslem Bouchta Bakir Benaissa Rhadi Ben Abdesselam Lahcen Ben Allal Mohamed Ben Mohamed Hammadi Ben Mohamed | 173 |
| 7 | | Pat Killeen Tom O'Riordan Sean O'Sullivan Derek Graham Mick Neville Jim Hogan | 210 |
| 8 | | Andy Brown Alastair Wood John Linaker Tom Cochrane Callum Laing Robert McKay | 266 |
| 9 | | Manuel Marques Maximiano Pinheiro Hélio Duarte Armando Aldegalega Joaquim Ferreira Manuel de Sousa | 384 |
| 10 | | Bob Roath Brian Jeffs Hedydd Davies Ken Flowers Roy Profitt Norman Horrell | 417 |
| 11 | | Alfons Sidler Yves Jeannotat Karl Schaller Edgar Friedli Arthur Hess Fritz Holzer | 432 |
Junior Men's
| Rank | Country | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | John Farrington Stuart Dobson John Hammond | 12 |
| 2 | | Antonio Gómez Lopez Lorenzo Gutierrez Francisco Hernandez | 20 |
| 3 | | Lachie Stewart Craig Douglas Alec Brown | 24 |
| 4 | | Ahmed Zammel Amara Gahlouzi Habib Ben Jeddou | 33 |
| 5 | | Chris Loosley Bill Stitfall Winston Bradley | 56 |
| 6 | | Guido Veereman Freddy Vandercruyssen Rafael Vergauwen | 59 |
| 7 | | Bouabib Chaoui Hadj Ben Sitel A. Oulmati | 62 |
Participation
An unofficial count yields the participation of 125 athletes from 11 countries.
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See also
- 1963 in athletics (track and field)
References
- Athletics - International Title Races in Spain - The fiftieth annual International Cross-country Championship takes place on Sunday, when for the second time it will be run over a course outside the town of San Sebastian in Spain..., Glasgow Herald, March 15, 1963, p. 6, retrieved October 3, 2013
- Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 12.1km CC Men - San Sebastian Lasarte Hippodrome Date: Sunday, March 17, 1963, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on August 7, 2007, retrieved October 3, 2013CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
- Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 7.5km CC Men - San Sebastian Lasarte Hippodrome Date: Sunday, March 17, 1963, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on August 22, 2007, retrieved October 2, 2013CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
- 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, archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2013, retrieved September 24, 2013
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