1961 International Cross Country Championships
The 1961 International Cross Country Championships was held in Nantes, France, on March 26, 1961. This year, an official junior championship (for athletes under 21 on the day of the race) was introduced. A report on the men's event was given in the Glasgow Herald.[1]
| 1961 International Cross Country Championships | |
|---|---|
| Organisers | ICCU |
| Edition | 48th |
| Date | March 26 |
| Host city | Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France  |
| Events | 2 |
| Distances | 8.9 mi (14.5 km) men / 4.7 mi (7.5 km) junior men |
| Participation | 109 athletes from 10 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 8.9 mi (14.3 km) |
Basil Heatley England | 45:22.2 | Antonio Amoros.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Spain | 45:46 | Martin Hyman England | 45:56.4 |
| Junior Men 4.7 mi (7.5 km) |
Colin Robinson England | 26:20.4 | Alan Simpson England | 26:24.4 | Mariano Haro Spain | 26:25.2 |
| Team | ||||||
| Men | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belgium | 54 | England | 71 | France | 119 |
| Junior Men | England | 11 | Belgium | 18 | Spain | 39 |
Individual Race Results
Men's (8.9 mi / 14.3 km)
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Basil Heatley | England | 45:22.2 |
 | Antonio Amoros | Spain | 45:46 |
 | Martin Hyman | England | 45:56.4 |
| 4 | Henri Clerckx | Belgium | 46:03.6 |
| 5 | Aurèle Vandendriessche | Belgium | 46:06.8 |
| 6 | Hedwig Leenaert | Belgium | 46:21 |
| 7 | Michel Bernard | France | 46:23 |
| 8 | Roy Fowler | England | 46:27 |
| 9 | Salah Beddiaf | France | 46:39 |
| 10 | Mohamed Said |  Morocco | 46:46 |
| 11 | Gaston Roelants | Belgium | 46:54 |
| 12 | Jean Vaillant | France | 46:57 |
| 13 | Louis van Praet | Belgium | 46:58 |
| 14 | Bakir Benaissa | Morocco | 47:05 |
| 15 | Marcel Vandewattyne | Belgium | 47:07 |
| 16 | Ted Matley | England | 47:09 |
| 17 | Manuel Alonso | Spain | 47:14 |
| 18 | Graham Everett |  Scotland | 47:24 |
| 19 | Denis Jouret | Belgium | 47:31 |
| 20 | Peter Wilkinson | England | 47:34 |
| 21 | Joe Connolly | Scotland | 47:41 |
| 22 | Pierre de Pauw | Belgium | 47:43 |
| 23 | Mike Turner | England | 47:44 |
| 24 | Alain Mimoun | France | 47:46 |
| 25 | Georg Steiner |  Switzerland | 47:51 |
| 26 | Lahcen Ben Allal | Morocco | 47:56 |
| 27 | Fernando Aguilar | Spain | 48:08 |
| 28 | Andy Brown | Scotland | 48:12 |
| 29 | Alfonso Vidal | Spain | 48:16 |
| 30 | Pat Killeen |  Ireland | 48:18 |
| 31 | Maurice Chiclet | France | 48:19 |
| 32 | Hammadi Ben Mohamed | Morocco | 48:20 |
| 33 | Alastair Wood | Scotland | 48:23 |
| 34 | Oskar Leupi | Switzerland | 48:24 |
| 35 | Frank Seal | England | 48:25 |
| 36 | Jean Fayolle | France | 48:28 |
| 37 | Hamid | Morocco | 48:28 |
| 38 | Hamida Addéche | France | 48:33 |
| 39 | Yves Jeannotat | Switzerland | 48:34 |
| 40 | Hans Rüdisühli | Switzerland | 48:39 |
| 41 | Hamoud Ameur | France | 48:42 |
| 42 | Gordon Eadie | Scotland | 48:44 |
| 43 | Moha Ouali | Morocco | 48:46 |
| 44 | David Richards Jun. | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Wales | 48:47 |
| 45 | Bertie Messitt | Ireland | 48:49 |
| 46 | Bruce Tulloh | Scotland | 49:03 |
| 47 | Luis García | Spain | 49:06 |
| 48 | Frans van der Hoeven | Belgium | 49:10 |
| 49 | Mohamed Ben Hassan | Morocco | 49:10 |
| 50 | Norman Horrell | Wales | 49:15 |
| 51 | Adrian Jackson | Scotland | 49:18 |
| 52 | Gerald McIntyre | Ireland | 49:20 |
| 53 | Ron Franklin | Wales | 49:31 |
| 54 | José Molíns | Spain | 49:39 |
| 55 | Niklaus Näf | Switzerland | 49:42 |
| 56 | Mohamed Lahcen | Morocco | 49:45 |
| 57 | William Heiberg | England | 49:46 |
| 58 | Stan Taylor | Scotland | 49:48 |
| 59 | Alfons Sidler | Switzerland | 49:48 |
| 60 | Willie Dunne | Ireland | 50:06 |
| 61 | José María Alday | Spain | 50:11 |
| 62 | Benny O'Sullivan | Ireland | 50:17 |
| 63 | Harry Wilson | Wales | 50:22 |
| 64 | Francois Fatton | Switzerland | 50:30 |
| 65 | Mick Connolly | Ireland | 50:31 |
| 66 | Brian Jeffs | Wales | 50:31 |
| 67 | Aurelio Aguirre | Spain | 51:06 |
| 68 | Hugo Eisenring | Switzerland | 51:13 |
| 69 | Gerry North | England | 51:21 |
| 70 | Roger Harrison-Jones | Wales | 50:43 |
| 71 | Roy Profitt | Wales | 51:51 |
| 72 | Paul Knill | Switzerland | 52:08 |
| 73 | Tommy Dunne | Ireland | 52:43 |
| 74 | Colm Holohan | Ireland | 52:53 |
| 75 | Ian Harris | Scotland | 53:07 |
| — | Tomas Ballestin | Spain | DNF |
| — | Rhadi Ben Abdesselam | Morocco | DNF |
| — | Francis Duleau | France | DNF |
| — | Jim Douglas | Ireland | DNF |
Junior Men's (4.7 mi / 7.5 km)
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colin Robinson | England | 26:20.4 |
| Alan Simpson | England | 26:24.4 |
| Mariano Haro | Spain | 26:25.2 |
| 4 | Abdeslem Bouchta | Morocco | 26:33.8 |
| 5 | Luc van der Smissen | Belgium | 26:43 |
| 6 | Raymond Crauwels | Belgium | 26:47 |
| 7 | Jean-Pierre Deraemaeker | Belgium | 27:01 |
| 8 | Thomas Pugh | England | 27:13 |
| 9 | Joseph Smolders | Belgium | 27:28 |
| 10 | Amara Gahlouzi |  Tunisia | 27:32 |
| 11 | Amel Leborgne | France | 27:35 |
| 12 | André de Hertoghe | Belgium | 27:42 |
| 13 | Hadj Ben Sitel | Morocco | 27:44 |
| 14 | Abdelhamid Yazidi | Tunisia | 27:55 |
| 15 | Anthony Platt | England | 27:59 |
| 16 | José María Sarriegui | Spain | 28:14 |
| 17 | Mohamed Frigui | Tunisia | 28:20 |
| 18 | Armand Trichet | France | 28:21 |
| 19 | Ahmed Zammel | Tunisia | 28:24 |
| 20 | José María Alberdi | Spain | 28:25 |
| 21 | Noel Tijou | France | 28:40 |
| 22 | Paulino García | Spain | 28:45 |
| 23 | Ben Nouceur | Morocco | 28:47 |
| 24 | Ahmed Oukbouch | Morocco | 29:00 |
| 25 | Garnier | France | 29:20 |
| 26 | Geoffrey Wood | England | 29:26 |
| 27 | Lennen | France | 29:36 |
| 28 | A. Gerdane | Morocco | 30:17 |
| 29 | Francisco Vela | Spain | 30:28 |
| 30 | Mahmoud Ben Rabah | Tunisia | 30:29 |
Team Results
Men's
| Rank | Country | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belgium | Henri Clerckx Aurèle Vandendriessche Hedwig Leenaert Gaston Roelants Louis van Praet Marcel Vandewattyne | 54 |
| 2 | England | Basil Heatley Martin Hyman Roy Fowler Ted Matley Peter Wilkinson Mike Turner | 71 |
| 3 | France | Michel Bernard Salah Beddiaf Jean Vaillant Alain Mimoun Maurice Chiclet Jean Fayolle | 119 |
| 4 | Morocco | Mohamed Said Bakir Benaissa Lahcen Ben Allal Hammadi Ben Mohamed Hamid Moha Ouali | 162 |
| 5 | Spain | Antonio Amoros Manuel Alonso Fernando Aguilar Alfonso Vidal Luis García José Molíns | 176 |
| 6 | Scotland | Graham Everett Joe Connolly Andy Brown Alastair Wood Gordon Eadie Bruce Tulloh | 188 |
| 7 | Switzerland | Georg Steiner Oskar Leupi Yves Jeannotat Hans Rüdisühli Niklaus Näf Alfons Sidler | 252 |
| 8 | Ireland | Pat Killeen Bertie Messitt Gerald McIntyre Willie Dunne Benny O'Sullivan Mick Connolly | 314 |
| 9 | Wales | David Richards Jun. Norman Horrell Ron Franklin Harry Wilson Brian Jeffs Roger Harrison-Jones | 346 |
Junior Men's
| Rank | Country | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | England | Colin Robinson Alan Simpson Thomas Pugh | 11 |
| 2 | Belgium | Luc van der Smissen Raymond Crauwels Jean-Pierre Deraemaeker | 18 |
| 3 | Spain | Mariano Haro José María Sarriegui José María Alberdi | 39 |
| 4 | Morocco | Abdeslem Bouchta Hadj Ben Sitel Ben Nouceur | 40 |
| 5 | Tunisia | Amara Gahlouzi Abdelhamid Yazidi Mohamed Frigui | 41 |
| 6 | France | Amel Leborgne Armand Trichet Noel Tijou | 50 |
Participation
An unofficial count yields the participation of 109 athletes from 10 countries.
See also
- 1961 in athletics (track and field)
References
- Cross-country - International Title for Heatley - B. Heatley (England) won the 48th annual nine-mile International Cross-country Championship in 45 min. 22.2sec. yesterday at Nantes..., Glasgow Herald, March 27, 1961, p. 4, retrieved October 2, 2013
- Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 14.3km CC Men - Nantes Date: Sunday, March 26, 1961, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on August 4, 2007, retrieved October 2, 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
- Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 7.5km CC Men - Nantes Date: Sunday, March 26, 1961, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on August 21, 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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