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1961 International Cross Country Championships
OrganisersICCU
Edition48th
DateMarch 26
Host cityNantes, Pays de la Loire, France France
Events2
Distances8.9 mi (14.5 km) men / 4.7 mi (7.5 km) junior men
Participation109 athletes from
10 nations

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]

Complete results for men,[2] junior men,[3] medallists, [4] and the results of British athletes[5] were published.

Medallists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual
Men
8.9 mi (14.3 km) 		Basil Heatley
 England		 45:22.2 Antonio Amorós [ca]
 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  Belgium 54  England 71  France 119
Junior Men  England 11  Belgium 18  Spain 39

Individual Race Results

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Men's (8.9 mi / 14.3 km)

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Rank Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Basil Heatley  England 45:22.2
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Antonio Amorós [ca]  Spain 45:46
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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 [fr]  France 46:39
10 Mohamed Saïd  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.  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)

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Rank Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Colin Robinson  England 26:20.4
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Alan Simpson  England 26:24.4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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Men's

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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 [fr]
Jean Vaillant
Alain Mimoun
Maurice Chiclet
Jean Fayolle		 119
4  Morocco Mohamed Saïd
Bakir Benaissa
Lahcen Ben Allal
Hammadi Ben Mohamed
Hamid
Moha Ouali		 162
5  Spain Antonio Amorós [ca]
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

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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

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An unofficial count yields the participation of 109 athletes from 10 countries.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ 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, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ 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, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved September 24, 2013
  5. ^ 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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