1953 International Cross Country Championships

1953 International Cross Country Championships
Organisers	ICCU
Edition	40th
Date	March 21
Host city	Vincennes, Île-de-France, France
Location	Hippodrome de Vincennes
Nations participating	10
Athletes participating	89
Races	1
Distances	9 mi (14.5 km)
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The 1953 International Cross Country Championships was held in Vincennes, France, at the Hippodrome de Vincennes on March 21, 1953. 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)	Franjo Mihalić  Yugoslavia	47:53	Frank Sando  England	48:03	Abdallah Ould Lamine  France	48:06
Team
Men	England	64	France	84	Yugoslavia	129

Individual Race Results

Men's (9 mi / 14.5 km)

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Franjo Mihalić	Yugoslavia	47:53
	Frank Sando	England	48:03
	Abdallah Ould Lamine	France	48:06
4	Eddie Bannon	Scotland	48:22
5	Fred Norris	England	48:40
6	Bill Gray	England	48:41
7	Pierre Prat	France	48:47
8	Buenaventura Baldoma	Spain	48:51
9	Mohamed Bouali	France	48:53
10	Hans Frischknecht	Switzerland	48:56
11	Jim Peters	England	49:00
12	Andy Forbes	Scotland	49:09
13	Marcel Vandewattyne	Belgium	49:21
14	Antonio Amoros	Spain	49:23
15	André Lecat	France	49:34
16	Boualem Labadie	France	49:39
17	Jose Coll	Spain	49:44
18	Stevan Pavlović	Yugoslavia	49:54
19	Gordon Pirie	England	50:01
20	Domica Cetinic	Yugoslavia	50:22
21	Patrick Ranger	England	50:28
22	Lucien Theys	Belgium	50:42
23	Dennis Holden	England	50:46
24	Maurits van Laere	Belgium	50:51
25	Đorđe Stefanović	Yugoslavia	51:08
26	Svetislav Jovanović	Yugoslavia	51:09
27	Roger Serroels	Belgium	51:10
28	Jaime Guixa	Spain	51:13
29	Davy Harrison	Ireland	51:31
30	Archie Gibson	Scotland	51:34
31	Phil Morgan	Wales	51:41
32	August Sutter	Switzerland	51:43
33	Clark Wallace	Scotland	51:44
34	Ali Ou Bassou	France	51:45
35	José Teixeira	Spain	51:47
36	Johnny Marshall	Ireland	51:48
37	Yves Furic	France	51:58
38	Jan Adriaansen	Netherlands	52:05
39	Zdravko Ceraj	Yugoslavia	52:07
40	Pavle Basic	Yugoslavia	52:13
41	Francisco Irizar	Spain	52:18
42	Gottlieb Stäubli	Switzerland	52:22
43	Felicito Cerezo	Spain	52:22
44	José Quesada	Spain	52:36
45	Roger Tombeur	Belgium	52:39
46	Peter Griggs	Wales	52:41
47	Don Appleby	Ireland	52:45
48	Joseph West	Ireland	52:50
49	Jean-Louis Com	France	52:58
50	Alex Breckenridge	Scotland	53:07
51	Adrianus van der Zande	Netherlands	53:12
52	Frank Sinclair	Scotland	53:14
53	J. Morgan	Ireland	53:28
54	Doug Rees	Wales	53:38
55	Pierre Page	Switzerland	53:39
56	Richard Daniels	Belgium	53:39
57	Cees de Koning	Netherlands	53:46
58	Tom Wood	Wales	53:46
59	Emmet Farrell	Scotland	53:49
60	Jean Simonet	Belgium	53:55
61	Dyfrigg Rees	Wales	54:22
62	Erwin Bühler	Switzerland	54:25
63	Leo Besters	Netherlands	54:26
64	Walter Glauser	Switzerland	54:45
65	Tom Stevenson	Scotland	54:50
66	Albert Känzig	Switzerland	54:58
67	Tom Richards	Wales	55:23
68	Tom O'Mahoney	Ireland	55:30
69	S. Casey	Ireland	55:55
70	Henk van der Veerdonk	Netherlands	56:24
71	Paddy Ross	Ireland	56:52
72	Georg Steiner	Switzerland	58:02
73	Willy Weert	Netherlands	58:57
74	André Paris	France	59:10
75	Lyn Bevan	Wales	59:52
76	Frans Künen	Netherlands
—	Velimir Ilic	Yugoslavia	DNF
—	Antonio Teixeira	Spain	DNF
—	Bill Boak	England	DNF
—	Ted Dalton	England	DNF
—	Frans Wauters	Belgium	DNF
—	Siem Bobeldijk	Netherlands	DNF
—	J. McClelland	Ireland	DNF
—	Joe Stevenson	Scotland	DNF
—	Ken Huckle	Wales	DNF
—	Norman Wilson	Wales	DNF
—	Karl Gschwend	Switzerland	DNF
—	René De Rey	Belgium	DNF
—	Arie Verbaan	Netherlands	DNF

Team Results

Men's

Rank	Country	Team	Points
1	England	Frank Sando Fred Norris Bill Gray Jim Peters Gordon Pirie Patrick Ranger	64
2	France	Abdallah Ould Lamine Pierre Prat Mohamed Bouali André Lecat Boualem Labadie Ali Ou Bassou	84
3	Yugoslavia	Franjo Mihalić Stevan Pavlovic Domica Cetinic Djordje Stefanovic Svetislav Jovanovic Zdravko Ceraj	129
4	Spain	Buenaventura Baldoma Antonio Amoros Jose Coll Jaime Guixa José Teixeira Francisco Irizar	143
5	Scotland	Eddie Bannon Andy Forbes Archie Gibson Clark Wallace Alex Breckenridge Frank Sinclair	181
6	Belgium	Marcel Vandewattyne Lucien Theys Maurits van Laere Roger Serroels Roger Tombeur Richard Daniels	187
7	Switzerland	Hans Frischknecht August Sutter Gottlieb Stäubli Pierre Page Erwin Bühler Walter Glauser	265
8	Ireland	Davy Harrison Johnny Marshall Don Appleby Joseph West J. Morgan Tom O'Mahoney	281
9	Wales	Phil Morgan Peter Griggs Doug Rees Tom Wood Dyfrigg Rees Tom Richards	317
10	Netherlands	Jan Adriaansen Adrianus van der Zande Cees de Koning Leo Besters Henk van der Veerdonk Willy Weert	352

Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 89 athletes from 10 countries.

Belgium (9)  England (9)  France (9)  Ireland (9)

Netherlands (9)  Scotland (9)  Spain (9)

Switzerland (9)  Wales (9)  Yugoslavia (8)

See also

• 1953 in athletics (track and field)

References

1. Scots Runner Fourth - E. Bannon's Feat - E. Bannon (Shettleston Harriers), the Scottish cross-country champion, probably performed the best feat of his career on Saturday in Paris, when he finished fourth to F. Mihalic (Yugoslavia) in the International nine-mile championship at the Vincennes Racecourse..., Glasgow Herald, March 23, 1953, p. 11, retrieved October 1, 2013
2. Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 14.5km CC Men - Paris Hippodrome de Vincennes Date: Saturday, March 21, 1953, Athchamps (archived), retrieved October 1, 2013
3. INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved September 24, 2013
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, retrieved September 24, 2013