1959 International Cross Country Championships
| 1959 International Cross Country Championships | |
|---|---|
| Organisers | ICCU |
| Edition | 46th |
| Date | March 21 |
| Host city |
Lisboa, Portugal  |
| Location | National Stadium |
| Nations participating | 9 |
| Athletes participating | 78 |
| Races | 1 |
| Distances | 9 mi (14.5 km) |
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 | 42:44.8 | Frank Sando | 42:52.4 | Salah Beddiaf | 43:01.4 |
| Team | ||||||
| Men | | 40 | | 72 | .svg.png){kind=small} | 110 |
Individual Race Results
Men's (9 mi / 14.5 km)
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Fred Norris | | 42:44.8 |
 | Frank Sando | | 42:52.4 |
 | Salah Beddiaf | | 43:01.4 |
| 4 | Basil Heatley | | 43:10.4 |
| 5 | Stanley Eldon | | 43:10.8 |
| 6 | Alain Mimoun | | 43:15.4 |
| 7 | Antonio Amoros | .svg.png){kind=small} | 43:18 |
| 8 | Rhadi Ben Abdesselam | | 43:20.6 |
| 9 | Marcel Vandewattyne | | 43:25.6 |
| 10 | Henri Clerckx | | 43:46.8 |
| 11 | Bakir Benaissa |  | 43:50.8 |
| 12 | Carlos Pérez | | 43:53.8 |
| 13 | Alan Perkins | | 43:57.4 |
| 14 | Abdallah Ould Lamine | | 44:02.8 |
| 15 | Michael Maynard | | 44:09.4 |
| 16 | Luis García | | 44:13.8 |
| 17 | Hamoud Ameur | | 44:17.8 |
| 18 | Mohamed Said | | 44:18.8 |
| 19 | Aurèle Vandendriessche | | 44:27.4 |
| 20 | Alastair Wood |  | 44:28 |
| 21 | David Richards Jun. | .svg.png){kind=small} | 44:34.8 |
| 22 | Denis Jouret | | 44:38.2 |
| 23 | Hedwig Leenaert | | 44:40.4 |
| 24 | C. Bouchta | | 44:41.4 |
| 25 | John Anderson | | 44:41.8 |
| 26 | Peter Wilkinson | | 44:43.2 |
| 27 | Gaston Roelants | | 44:45.8 |
| 28 | Allal Ben Saoudi | | 44:48.6 |
| 29 | Manuel Faria | | 44:48.8 |
| 30 | Adrian Jackson | | 44:53 |
| 31 | Graham Everett | | 45:00.2 |
| 32 | Hélio Duarte | | 45:00.4 |
| 33 | John Merriman | | 45:11.8 |
| 34 | Lahcen Benaissa | | 45:17.4 |
| 35 | Bertie Messitt |  | 45:18.4 |
| 36 | Mohamed Ben Bouchaib | | 45:19 |
| 37 | Pat Killeen | | 45:26.6 |
| 38 | Jesús Hurtado | | 45:34 |
| 39 | Richard Morgan | | 45:36 |
| 40 | Michael Bullivant | | 45:45.4 |
| 41 | José Araújo | | 45:46 |
| 42 | Manuel Marques | | 45:51 |
| 43 | Denis O'Gorman | | 45:54 |
| 44 | Maurits van Laere | | 45:59 |
| 45 | Mohamed Ben Hassan | | 46:08.4 |
| 46 | Alfonso Vidal | | 46:14.4 |
| 47 | Joe McGhee | | 46:21.6 |
| 48 | Manuel Alonso | | 46:27.2 |
| 49 | Norman Horrell | | 46:30.8 |
| 50 | Frank White | | 46:31.4 |
| 51 | Maurice Chiclet | | 46:32.2 |
| 52 | Peter Adams | | 46:43.6 |
| 53 | Enrique Moreno | | 46:45.6 |
| 54 | Joaquim Santos | | 46:59 |
| 55 | Mohamed Ben Mohamed | | 46:58.2 |
| 56 | Jimmy Todd | | 47:02.4 |
| 57 | Joe Connolly | | 47:08 |
| 58 | John McLaren | | 47:10.2 |
| 59 | Mohamed Bensaid | | 47:20 |
| 60 | Bert Irving | | 47:31 |
| 61 | Frans Herman | | 47:37.8 |
| 62 | Júlio Carmo | | 47:40.2 |
| 63 | Henrique Inglês | | 48:19.4 |
| 64 | Roger Harrison-Jones | | 48:19.8 |
| 65 | Roy Profitt | | 48:48.4 |
| 66 | Joaquim Ferreira | | 49:50 |
| 67 | Jim Kenmore | | 49:52.6 |
| 68 | William Butcher | | 50:32.2 |
| — | Fernando Aguilar | | DNF |
| — | Tomas Ballestin | | DNF |
| — | Michel Bernard | | DNF |
| — | Willie Dunne | | DNF |
| — | Guy Texereau | | DNF |
| — | Jim Douglas | | DNF |
| — | Natalino Almeida | | DNF |
| — | Tommy Dunne | | DNF |
| — | Julien Vandevelde | | DNF |
| — | Cherif Ahmid | | DNF |
Team Results
Men's
| Rank | Country | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | Fred Norris Frank Sando Basil Heatley Stanley Eldon Alan Perkins Michael Maynard | 40 |
| 2 | | Salah Beddiaf Alain Mimoun Rhadi Ben Abdesselam Abdallah Ould Lamine Hamoud Ameur C. Bouchta | 72 |
| 3 | | Marcel Vandewattyne Henri Clerckx Aurèle Vandendriessche Denis Jouret Hedwig Leenaert Gaston Roelants | 110 |
| 4 | | Antonio Amoros Carlos Pérez Luis García Jesús Hurtado Alfonso Vidal Manuel Alonso | 167 |
| 5 | | Bakir Benaissa Mohamed Said Allal Ben Saoudi Lahcen Benaissa Mohamed Ben Bouchaib Mohamed Ben Hassan | 172 |
| 6 | | Alastair Wood Adrian Jackson Graham Everett Joe McGhee Joe Connolly John McLaren | 243 |
| 7 | | David Richards Jun. John Merriman Richard Morgan Norman Horrell Peter Adams Roger Harrison-Jones | 258 |
| 8 | | Manuel Faria Hélio Duarte José Araújo Manuel Marques Joaquim Santos Júlio Carmo | 260 |
| 9 | | 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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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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