1959 International Cross Country Championships
Appearance
1959 International Cross Country Championships | |
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Organisers | ICCU |
Edition | 46th |
Date | March 21 |
Host city | Lisboa, Portugal ![]() |
Venue | National Stadium |
Events | 1 |
Distances | 9 mi (14.5 km) |
Participation | 78 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
[edit]Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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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 | ![]() |
110 |
Individual Race Results
[edit]Men's (9 mi / 14.5 km)
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
---|---|---|---|
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Fred Norris | ![]() |
42:44.8 |
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Frank Sando | ![]() |
42:52.4 |
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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 | ![]() |
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 Saïd | ![]() |
44:18.8 |
19 | Aurèle Vandendriessche | ![]() |
44:27.4 |
20 | Alastair Wood | ![]() |
44:28 |
21 | David Richards Jun. | ![]() |
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
[edit]Men's
[edit]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 Saïd 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
[edit]An unofficial count yields the participation of 78 athletes from 9 countries.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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
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- ^ 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