1959 International Cross Country Championships

1959 International Cross Country Championships
OrganisersICCU
Edition46th
DateMarch 21
Host cityLisboa, Portugal Portugal
VenueNational 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

  • 1959 in athletics (track and field)

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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