1960 International Cross Country Championships
OrganisersICCU
Edition47th
Date26 March
Host cityHamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland Scotland
VenueHamilton Park
Events1
Distances9 mi (14.5 km)
Participation71 athletes from
8 nations

The 1960 International Cross Country Championships was held in Hamilton, Scotland, at the Hamilton Park on 26 March 1960. 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)
Rhadi Ben Abdesselam
 Morocco
43:33 Gaston Roelants
 Belgium
43:40 John Merriman
 Wales
43:40
Team
Men  England52  Belgium61  France125

Individual Race Results

Men's (9 mi / 14.5 km)

RankAthleteNationalityTime
1st place, gold medalist(s)Rhadi Ben Abdesselam Morocco43:33
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Gaston Roelants Belgium43:40
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)John Merriman Wales43:40
4Basil Heatley England44:31
5Henri Clerckx Belgium44:38
6Fred Norris England44:42
7Alastair Wood Scotland44:46
8Frank Sando England44:49
9Harry Minshall England44:53
10Stanley Eldon England44:54
11Hedwig Leenaert Belgium44:56
12Eugène Allonsius Belgium44:59
13Hamoud Ameur France45:01
14Georges Fromont Belgium45:03
15Gerry North England45:04
16Salah Beddiaf France45:09
17Marcel Vandewattyne Belgium45:19
18Alain Mimoun France45:22
19Francis Duleau France45:23
20David Richards Jun. Wales45:24
21Brian Hill-Cottingham England45:26
22Graham Everett Scotland45:27
23Bruce Tulloh Scotland45:28
24Julius Saenen Belgium45:29
25Abdallah Ould Lamine Morocco45:30
26Mohamed Ben Hassan Morocco45:31
27Paul Genève France45:39
28Carlos Pérez Spain45:47
29John Anderson England46:00
30Bakir Benaissa Morocco46:08
31Bertie Messitt Ireland46:10
32Henri Lucas France46:12
33Alfonso Vidal Spain46:14
34Andy Brown Scotland46:15
35Frans van der Hoeven Belgium46:18
36Luis García Spain46:21
37Abdeslem Bouchta Morocco46:22
38Louis van Praet Belgium46:23
39José Fernández Spain46:26
40Lahcen Benaissa Morocco46:32
41Bert Irving Scotland46:35
42Alan Perkins England46:39
43Mohamed Bensaid Morocco46:41
44Joe Connolly Scotland46:47
45Stan Taylor Scotland46:53
46Willie Dunne Ireland46:58
47Peter Good Ireland47:04
48Tommy Dunne Ireland47:05
49Hamida Addéche France47:06
50Enrique Moreno Spain47:11
51Mohamed Ben Bouchaib Morocco47:19
52Maurice Chiclet France47:21
53Gerald McIntyre Ireland47:22
54Mick Connolly Ireland47:23
55Edward Sinclair Scotland47:27
56Alastair Ross Scotland47:33
57Antonio Amorós Spain47:37
58Jaime Guixa Spain47:38
59Mohamed Ben Mohamed Morocco47:42
60Claude Clement France47:47
61Tony Pumfrey Wales47:51
62Harry Wilson Wales47:59
63Frank White Ireland48:05
64George Dennis Ireland48:22
65John Kelly Ireland48:26
66Bob Roath Wales48:44
67Roger Harrison-Jones Wales48:48
68Brian Jeffs Wales48:54
69Jose Castro Ruibal Spain49:37
70Ken Dare Wales50:12
71Roy Profitt Wales51:53

Team Results

Men's

RankCountryTeamPoints
1 EnglandBasil Heatley
Fred Norris
Frank Sando
Harry Minshall
Stanley Eldon
Gerry North
52
2 BelgiumGaston Roelants
Henri Clerckx
Hedwig Leenaert
Eugène Allonsius
Georges Fromont
Marcel Vandewattyne
61
3 FranceHamoud Ameur
Salah Beddiaf
Alain Mimoun
Francis Duleau
Paul Genève
Henri Lucas
125
4 MoroccoRhadi Ben Abdesselam
Abdallah Ould Lamine
Mohamed Ben Hassan
Bakir Benaissa
Abdeslem Bouchta
Lahcen Benaissa
159
5 ScotlandAlastair Wood
Graham Everett
Bruce Tulloh
Andy Brown
Bert Irving
Joe Connolly
171
6 SpainCarlos Pérez
Alfonso Vidal
Luis García
José Fernández
Enrique Moreno
Antonio Amorós
243
7 IrelandBertie Messitt
Willie Dunne
Peter Good
Tommy Dunne
Gerald McIntyre
Mick Connolly
279
8 WalesJohn Merriman
David Richards Jun.
Tony Pumfrey
Harry Wilson
Bob Roath
Roger Harrison-Jones
279

Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 71 athletes from 8 countries.

See also

  • 1960 in athletics (track and field)

References

  1. Cross-country - Moroccan's Fine Win - International Title - A. Rhadi (Morocco), the holder of the Moroccan and French cross-country championships, ran an excellent race and won the individual title in the forty-seventh annual nine-mile International race on Saturday at Hamilton..., Glasgow Herald, 31 March 1947, p. 4, retrieved 2 October 2013
  2. Magnusson, Tomas (24 March 2007), INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 14.5km CC Men - Glasgow Hamilton Park Date: Saturday, March 26, 1960, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on 4 August 2007, retrieved 2 October 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved 24 September 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, archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2013, retrieved 24 September 2013
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