1959 International Cross Country Championships

1959 International Cross Country Championships
1959 International Cross Country Championships
Organisers	ICCU
Edition	46th
Date	March 21
Host city	Lisbon, Portugal
Venue	National Stadium
Events	1
Distances	9 mi (14.5 km)
Participation	78 athletes from ; 9 nations
	← 1958 Cardiff 1960 Hamilton →

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] medalists, ^[3] and the results of British athletes^[4] were published.

Medalists

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 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
	Fred Norris	England	42:44.8
	Frank Sando	England	42:52.4
	Salah Beddiaf	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 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.

Belgium (9)
England (9)
France (9)
Ireland (9)
Morocco (9)
Portugal (9)
Scotland (7)
Spain (9)
Wales (8)

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 on September 27, 2013. Retrieved September 24, 2013.

[herald_01-1] "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.

[archive_01-2] 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.

[gbr_01-3] "INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved September 24, 2013.

[iaaf_01-4] "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 on September 27, 2013. Retrieved September 24, 2013.

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