1966 International Cross Country Championships

1966 International Cross Country Championships
1966 International Cross Country Championships
Organisers	ICCU
Edition	53rd
Date	March 20
Host city	Rabat, Morocco
Venue	Souissi Racecourse
Events	2
Distances	7.5 mi (12.1 km) men ; 4.35 mi (7.0 km) junior men
Participation	134 athletes from ; 15 nations
	← 1965 Oostende 1967 Barry →

The 1966 International Cross Country Championships was held in Rabat, Morocco, at the Souissi Racecourse on March 20, 1966. 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 (12.1 km)	Ben Assou El Ghazi Morocco	36:22.1	Derek Graham Ireland	36:29.6	Tracy Smith United States	36:32.2
Junior Men 4.35 mi (7.0 km)	Mike Tagg England	21:26.4	Roy Young England	21:35.3	Eddie Knox Scotland	21:40.6
Team
Men	England	59	France	79	Morocco	184
Junior Men	England	8	Belgium	21	Scotland	28

Individual Race Results

Men's (7.5 mi / 12.1 km)

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Ben Assou El Ghazi	Morocco	36:22.1
	Derek Graham	Ireland	36:29.6
	Tracy Smith	United States	36:32.2
4	Roy Fowler	England	36:41
5	Michel Jazy	France	36:50
6	Ron Hill	England	36:52
7	Tim Johnston	England	36:54
8	Mike Freary	England	36:55
9	Ahmed Zammel	Tunisia	36:55
10	Guy Texereau	France	37:04
11	Noel Tijou	France	37:04
12	Lachie Stewart	Scotland	37:11
13	Bernard Maroquin	France	37:14
14	Ian McCafferty	Scotland	37:20
15	Tim Briault	England	37:24
16	Jim Alder	Scotland	37:27
17	Guy Caillet	France	37:28
18	Ali Khamassi	Tunisia	37:28
19	Gerry North	England	37:30
20	Antonio Ambu	Italy	37:31
21	Gottfried Arnold	West Germany	37:40
22	Ahmed Oukbouch	Morocco	37:44
23	Yves Martinage	France	37:47
24	Michel Bernard	France	37:51
25	Hedi Hamrouni	Tunisia	37:52
26	Doug Brown	United States	37:55
27	Mohamed Bensaid	Morocco	37:55
28	François Lacour	France	37:55
29	Chris Loosley	Wales	38:02
30	Henri Clerckx	Belgium	38:03
31	Hans Gerlach	West Germany	38:08
32	Werner Dössegger	Switzerland	38:11
33	Eamon O'Reilly	United States	38:12
34	John Linaker	Scotland	38:13
35	Labidi Ayachi	Tunisia
36	Hans-Joachim Liess	West Germany
37	John Hillen	England
38	Tom Bache	United States
39	John Hammond	England
40	Tom O'Riordan	Ireland
41	Hammadi Ben Mohamed	Morocco
42	Leon Moreels	Belgium
43	Mhedheb Hannachi	Tunisia
44	Michael Kimball	United States
45	Luigi Conti	Italy
46	Mohamed Said	Morocco
47	Moha Ouali	Morocco
48	Andy Brown	Scotland
49	Jim McNamara	Ireland
50	Herb Lorenz	United States
51	Albien van Holsbeek	Belgium
52	Cyrille van Geert	Belgium
53	Allal Ben Saoudi	Morocco
54	Arno Krausse	West Germany
55	Denis Jouret	Belgium
56	Rabah Ben Othman	Tunisia
57	Oskar Leupi	Switzerland	38:42
58	Hansruedi Knill	Switzerland	38:45
59	Frans van der Hoeven	Belgium
60	Jean Fayolle	France
61	Osvaldo Segrada	Italy
62	Alfons Ida	West Germany
63	Bruce Mortensen	United States
64	Abdelkader Zaddem	Tunisia
65	Peter Kubicki	West Germany
66	Harry Simpson	Ireland
67	Roger Robinson	England
68	Gerry Williams	Wales
69	Hedydd Davies	Wales
70	Alberto Bargnani	Italy
71	Jozef Callens	Belgium
72	Gioacchino De Palma	Italy
73	Bouabib Chaoui	Morocco
74	Hans Rüdisühli	Switzerland	39:27
75	Said Benmaguini	Morocco
76	Edgar Friedli	Switzerland	39:42
77	Donato D'Agostino	Italy
78	James Johnstone	Scotland
79	Julien Laureyns	Belgium
80	Rachid Ben Naceur	Tunisia
81	Walter Dietiker	Switzerland	39:45
82	Tony Murphy	Ireland
83	Fred Bell	Wales
84	Roy Mack	Wales
85	Jean-Pierre Delloye	Belgium
86	Tony Hopkins	Ireland
87	Georg Kaiser	Switzerland	40:42
88	Bob Scharf	United States
89	Tom Edmunds	Wales
90	Fergus Murray	Scotland
91	Nick Barton	Wales
92	J. Evans	Gibraltar
93	J. Macedo	Gibraltar
94	A. Ryan	Gibraltar
95	J. Chappory	Gibraltar
96	Gomez	Gibraltar
97	de Torres	Gibraltar
98	Bucklen	Gibraltar
—	Renato De Palmas	Italy	DNF

Junior Men's (4.35 mi / 7.0 km)

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Mike Tagg	England	21:26.4
	Roy Young	England	21:35.3
	Eddie Knox	Scotland	21:40.6
4	Eddy Van Butsele	Belgium	21:45
5	David Atkin	England	21:45
6	Jony Dumon	Belgium	21:48
7	John Caine	England	21:49
8	Colin Moxsom	England	21:54
9	Hamdouni Sghaier	Tunisia	22:00
10	Jim Brennan	Scotland	22:09
11	Gaston Heleven	Belgium	22:14
12	Larbi Oukada	Morocco	22:15
13	Belgacem Bammou	Morocco	22:17
14	Mejjati Lahcen	Morocco	22:26
15	Alistair Blamire	Scotland	22:35
16	Francesco Amante	Italy	22:35
17	Roberto Grazzani	Italy	22:42
18	Antonio Giancanterino	Italy	22:46
19	Mohamed Kretif	Morocco	22:46
20	Giuseppe Ardizzone	Italy	22:55
21	Johan Janssens	Belgium
22	Emiel Puttemans	Belgium
23	Cherkaoui	Morocco
24	Hedi Ladjili	Tunisia
25	Carlos Lopes	Portugal
26	Gaetano Pusterla	Italy
27	Hamida Gamoudi	Tunisia
28	Frank Steel	Scotland
29	José Lourenço	Portugal
30	José Rainha	Portugal
31	Ahmed Hamdouche	Algeria
32	Mokhtar Djedidi	Tunisia
33	Kamali Benmissi	Algeria
34	Omar Lerari	Algeria
35	Mokhtar Louichi	Algeria

Team Results

Men's

Rank	Country	Team	Points
1	England	Roy Fowler Ron Hill Tim Johnston Mike Freary Tim Briault Gerry North	59
2	France	Michel Jazy Guy Texereau Noel Tijou Bernard Maroquin Guy Caillet Yves Martinage	79
3	Morocco	Ben Assou El Ghazi Ahmed Oukbouch Mohamed Bensaid Hammadi Ben Mohamed Mohamed Said Moha Ouali	184
4	Tunisia	Ahmed Zammel Ali Khamassi Hedi Hamrouni Labidi Ayachi Mhedheb Hannachi Rabah Ben Othman	186
5	United States	Tracy Smith Doug Brown Eamon O'Reilly Tom Bache Michael Kimball Herb Lorenz	194
6	Scotland	Lachie Stewart Ian McCafferty Jim Alder John Linaker Andy Brown James Johnstone	202
7	Federal Republic of Germany	Gottfried Arnold Hans Gerlach Hans-Joachim Liess Arno Krausse Alfons Ida Peter Kubicki	269
8	Belgium	Henri Clerckx Leon Moreels Albien van Holsbeek Cyrille van Geert Denis Jouret Frans van der Hoeven	289
9	Ireland	Derek Graham Tom O'Riordan Jim McNamara Harry Simpson Tony Murphy Tony Hopkins	325
10	Italy	Antonio Ambu Luigi Conti Osvaldo Segrada Alberto Bargnani Gioacchino De Palma Donato D'Agostino	345
11	Switzerland	Werner Dössegger Oskar Leupi Hansruedi Knill Hans Rüdisühli Edgar Friedli Walter Dietiker	378
12	Wales	Chris Loosley Gerry Williams Hedydd Davies Fred Bell Roy Mack Tom Edmunds	422
13	Gibraltar	J. Evans J. Macedo A. Ryan J. Chappory Gomez de Torres	567

Junior Men's

Rank	Country	Team	Points
1	England	Mike Tagg Roy Young David Atkin	8
2	Belgium	Eddy van Butsele Johnny Dumon Gaston Heleven	21
3	Scotland	Eddie Knox Jim Brennan Alistair Blamire	28
4	Morocco	Larbi Oukada Belgacem Bammou Mejjati Lahcen	39
5	Italy	Francesco Amante Roberto Grazzani Antonio Giancanterino	51
6	Tunisia	Hamdouni Sghaier Hedi Ladjili Hamida Gamoudi	60
7	Portugal	Carlos Lopes José Lourenço José Rainha	84
8	Algeria	Ahmed Hamdouche Kamali Benmissi Omar Lerari	98

Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 134 athletes from 15 countries.

Algeria (4)
Belgium (14)
England (14)
France (9)
Gibraltar (7)
Ireland (6)
Italy (12)
Morocco (14)
Portugal (3)
Scotland (11)
Switzerland (7)
Tunisia (12)
United States (8)
Wales (7)
West Germany (6)

References

^ Athletics - Scotland Sixth in International - Murray's Poor Performance - What heartbreak there was in the Scottish camp here this afternoon when we again finished sixth in the International Cross-country Union championships although with an improvement in pointage of 102 over last year..., Glasgow Herald, March 21, 1966, p. 4, retrieved October 3, 2013
^ Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 12.1km CC Men - Rabat Souissi Racecourse Date: Sunday, March 20, 1966, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on August 6, 2007, retrieved October 3, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 7.0km CC Men - Rabat Souissi Racecourse Date: Sunday, March 20, 1966, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on August 28, 2007, retrieved October 3, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 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

[herald_01-1] Athletics - Scotland Sixth in International - Murray's Poor Performance - What heartbreak there was in the Scottish camp here this afternoon when we again finished sixth in the International Cross-country Union championships although with an improvement in pointage of 102 over last year..., Glasgow Herald, March 21, 1966, p. 4, retrieved October 3, 2013

[archive_01-2] Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 12.1km CC Men - Rabat Souissi Racecourse Date: Sunday, March 20, 1966, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on August 6, 2007, retrieved October 3, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[archive_02-3] Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 7.0km CC Men - Rabat Souissi Racecourse Date: Sunday, March 20, 1966, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on August 28, 2007, retrieved October 3, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[gbr_01-4] INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved September 24, 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 September 27, 2013, retrieved September 24, 2013

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