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)
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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  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 Said	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 Said 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)

See also

• 1959 in athletics (track and field)

References

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
2. Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 14.5km CC Men - Lissabon National Stadium Date: Saturday, March 21, 1959, Athchamps (archived), retrieved October 2, 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