1961 International Cross Country Championships

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|Name = 1961 International Cross Country Championships

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|Organisers = ICCU

|Edition = 48th

|Date = March 26

|Host city = Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France {{flagicon|France}}

|Location =

|Nations participating = 10

|Athletes participating = 109

|Races = 2

|Distances = 8.9 mi (14.5 km) men / 4.7 mi (7.5 km) junior men

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|Previous = 1960 Hamilton

|Next = 1962 Sheffield

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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.

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| date = March 27, 1961

| title = 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...

| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LxU1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=5KULAAAAIBAJ&pg=3827%2C3815087

| publisher = Glasgow Herald

| page = 4

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| accessdate = October 2, 2013

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Complete results for men,

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|title=INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 14.3km CC Men - Nantes Date: Sunday, March 26, 1961

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junior men,

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|title=INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 7.5km CC Men - Nantes Date: Sunday, March 26, 1961

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medallists,

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and the results of British athletes

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|title=36th IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - EDINBURGH 2008 - FACTS & FIGURES - GREAT BRITAIN & NORTHERN IRELAND AT THE INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY & WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS

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were published.

Medallists

colspan=7 bgcolor=#eeeeee style=text-align:center;| Individual

Men
8.9 mi (14.3 km)

|Basil Heatley
{{flagcountry|ENG}}

45:22.2

|Antonio Amorós
{{flagcountry|ESP|1945}}

45:46

|Martin Hyman
{{flagcountry|ENG}}

45:56.4

Junior Men
4.7 mi (7.5 km)

|Colin Robinson
{{flagcountry|ENG}}

26:20.4

|Alan Simpson
{{flagcountry|ENG}}

26:24.4

|Mariano Haro
{{flagcountry|ESP|1945}}

26:25.2

colspan=7 bgcolor=#eeeeee style=text-align:center;| Team

Men

|{{flagcountry|Belgium}}

|{{flagcountry|England}}

|{{flagcountry|France}}

119

Junior Men

|{{flagcountry|England}}

|{{flagcountry|Belgium}}

|{{flagcountry|Spain|1945}}

Individual Race Results

=Men's (8.9 mi / 14.3 km)=

class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:95%;" width="50%" ! Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time
align=center\| {{gold1}}	Basil Heatley	{{flagcountry\|ENG}}	45:22.2
align=center\| {{silver2}}	Antonio Amorós	{{flagcountry\|ESP\|1945}}	45:46
align=center\| {{bronze3}}	Martin Hyman	{{flagcountry\|ENG}}	45:56.4
align=center\| 4	Henri Clerckx	{{flagcountry\|BEL}}	46:03.6
align=center\| 5	Aurèle Vandendriessche	{{flagcountry\|BEL}}	46:06.8
align=center\| 6	Hedwig Leenaert	{{flagcountry\|BEL}}	46:21
align=center\| 7	Michel Bernard	{{flagcountry\|FRA}}	46:23
align=center\| 8	Roy Fowler	{{flagcountry\|ENG}}	46:27
align=center\| 9	{{ill\|Salah Beddiaf\|fr}}	{{flagcountry\|FRA}}	46:39
align=center\| 10	Mohamed Saïd	{{flagcountry\|MAR}}	46:46
align=center\| 11	Gaston Roelants	{{flagcountry\|BEL}}	46:54
align=center\| 12	Jean Vaillant	{{flagcountry\|FRA}}	46:57
align=center\| 13	Louis van Praet	{{flagcountry\|BEL}}	46:58
align=center\| 14	Bakir Benaissa	{{flagcountry\|MAR}}	47:05
align=center\| 15	Marcel Vandewattyne	{{flagcountry\|BEL}}	47:07
align=center\| 16	Ted Matley	{{flagcountry\|ENG}}	47:09
align=center\| 17	Manuel Alonso	{{flagcountry\|ESP\|1945}}	47:14
align=center\| 18	Graham Everett	{{flagcountry\|SCO}}	47:24
align=center\| 19	Denis Jouret	{{flagcountry\|BEL}}	47:31
align=center\| 20	Peter Wilkinson	{{flagcountry\|ENG}}	47:34
align=center\| 21	Joe Connolly	{{flagcountry\|SCO}}	47:41
align=center\| 22	Pierre de Pauw	{{flagcountry\|BEL}}	47:43
align=center\| 23	Mike Turner	{{flagcountry\|ENG}}	47:44
align=center\| 24	Alain Mimoun	{{flagcountry\|FRA}}	47:46
align=center\| 25	Georg Steiner	{{flagcountry\|SUI}}	47:51
align=center\| 26	Lahcen Ben Allal	{{flagcountry\|MAR}}	47:56
align=center\| 27	Fernando Aguilar	{{flagcountry\|ESP\|1945}}	48:08
align=center\| 28	Andy Brown	{{flagcountry\|SCO}}	48:12
align=center\| 29	Alfonso Vidal	{{flagcountry\|ESP\|1945}}	48:16
align=center\| 30	Pat Killeen	{{flagcountry\|IRE\|4prov}}	48:18
align=center\| 31	Maurice Chiclet	{{flagcountry\|FRA}}	48:19
align=center\| 32	Hammadi Ben Mohamed	{{flagcountry\|MAR}}	48:20
align=center\| 33	Alastair Wood	{{flagcountry\|SCO}}	48:23
align=center\| 34	Oskar Leupi	{{flagcountry\|SUI}}	48:24
align=center\| 35	Frank Seal	{{flagcountry\|ENG}}	48:25
align=center\| 36	Jean Fayolle	{{flagcountry\|FRA}}	48:28
align=center\| 37	Hamid	{{flagcountry\|MAR}}	48:28
align=center\| 38	Hamida Addéche	{{flagcountry\|FRA}}	48:33
align=center\| 39	Yves Jeannotat	{{flagcountry\|SUI}}	48:34
align=center\| 40	Hans Rüdisühli	{{flagcountry\|SUI}}	48:39
align=center\| 41	Hamoud Ameur	{{flagcountry\|FRA}}	48:42
align=center\| 42	Gordon Eadie	{{flagcountry\|SCO}}	48:44
align=center\| 43	Moha Ouali	{{flagcountry\|MAR}}	48:46
align=center\| 44	David Richards Jun.	{{flagcountry\|WAL}}	48:47
align=center\| 45	Bertie Messitt	{{flagcountry\|IRE\|4prov}}	48:49
align=center\| 46	Bruce Tulloh	{{flagcountry\|SCO}}	49:03
align=center\| 47	Luis García	{{flagcountry\|ESP\|1945}}	49:06
align=center\| 48	Frans van der Hoeven	{{flagcountry\|BEL}}	49:10
align=center\| 49	Mohamed Ben Hassan	{{flagcountry\|MAR}}	49:10
align=center\| 50	Norman Horrell	{{flagcountry\|WAL}}	49:15
align=center\| 51	Adrian Jackson	{{flagcountry\|SCO}}	49:18
align=center\| 52	Gerald McIntyre	{{flagcountry\|IRE\|4prov}}	49:20
align=center\| 53	Ron Franklin	{{flagcountry\|WAL}}	49:31
align=center\| 54	José Molíns	{{flagcountry\|ESP\|1945}}	49:39
align=center\| 55	Niklaus Näf	{{flagcountry\|SUI}}	49:42
align=center\| 56	Mohamed Lahcen	{{flagcountry\|MAR}}	49:45
align=center\| 57	William Heiberg	{{flagcountry\|ENG}}	49:46
align=center\| 58	Stan Taylor	{{flagcountry\|SCO}}	49:48
align=center\| 59	Alfons Sidler	{{flagcountry\|SUI}}	49:48
align=center\| 60	Willie Dunne	{{flagcountry\|IRE\|4prov}}	50:06
align=center\| 61	José María Alday	{{flagcountry\|ESP\|1945}}	50:11
align=center\| 62	Benny O'Sullivan	{{flagcountry\|IRE\|4prov}}	50:17
align=center\| 63	Harry Wilson	{{flagcountry\|WAL}}	50:22
align=center\| 64	Francois Fatton	{{flagcountry\|SUI}}	50:30
align=center\| 65	Mick Connolly	{{flagcountry\|IRE\|4prov}}	50:31
align=center\| 66	Brian Jeffs	{{flagcountry\|WAL}}	50:31
align=center\| 67	Aurelio Aguirre	{{flagcountry\|ESP\|1945}}	51:06
align=center\| 68	Hugo Eisenring	{{flagcountry\|SUI}}	51:13
align=center\| 69	Gerry North	{{flagcountry\|ENG}}	51:21
align=center\| 70	Roger Harrison-Jones	{{flagcountry\|WAL}}	50:43
align=center\| 71	Roy Profitt	{{flagcountry\|WAL}}	51:51
align=center\| 72	Paul Knill	{{flagcountry\|SUI}}	52:08
align=center\| 73	Tommy Dunne	{{flagcountry\|IRE\|4prov}}	52:43
align=center\| 74	Colm Holohan	{{flagcountry\|IRE\|4prov}}	52:53
align=center\| 75	Ian Harris	{{flagcountry\|SCO}}	53:07
align=center\| —	Tomas Ballestin	{{flagcountry\|ESP\|1945}}	DNF
align=center\| —	Rhadi Ben Abdesselam	{{flagcountry\|MAR}}	DNF
align=center\| —	Francis Duleau	{{flagcountry\|FRA}}	DNF
align=center\| —	Jim Douglas	{{flagcountry\|IRE\|4prov}}	DNF

=Junior Men's (4.7 mi / 7.5 km)=

class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:95%;" width="50%" ! Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time
align=center\| {{gold1}}	Colin Robinson	{{flagcountry\|ENG}}	26:20.4
align=center\| {{silver2}}	Alan Simpson	{{flagcountry\|ENG}}	26:24.4
align=center\| {{bronze3}}	Mariano Haro	{{flagcountry\|ESP\|1945}}	26:25.2
align=center\| 4	Abdeslem Bouchta	{{flagcountry\|MAR}}	26:33.8
align=center\| 5	Luc van der Smissen	{{flagcountry\|BEL}}	26:43
align=center\| 6	Raymond Crauwels	{{flagcountry\|BEL}}	26:47
align=center\| 7	Jean-Pierre Deraemaeker	{{flagcountry\|BEL}}	27:01
align=center\| 8	Thomas Pugh	{{flagcountry\|ENG}}	27:13
align=center\| 9	Joseph Smolders	{{flagcountry\|BEL}}	27:28
align=center\| 10	Amara Gahlouzi	{{flagcountry\|TUN}}	27:32
align=center\| 11	Amel Leborgne	{{flagcountry\|FRA}}	27:35
align=center\| 12	André de Hertoghe	{{flagcountry\|BEL}}	27:42
align=center\| 13	Hadj Ben Sitel	{{flagcountry\|MAR}}	27:44
align=center\| 14	Abdelhamid Yazidi	{{flagcountry\|TUN}}	27:55
align=center\| 15	Anthony Platt	{{flagcountry\|ENG}}	27:59
align=center\| 16	José María Sarriegui	{{flagcountry\|ESP\|1945}}	28:14
align=center\| 17	Mohamed Frigui	{{flagcountry\|TUN}}	28:20
align=center\| 18	Armand Trichet	{{flagcountry\|FRA}}	28:21
align=center\| 19	Ahmed Zammel	{{flagcountry\|TUN}}	28:24
align=center\| 20	José María Alberdi	{{flagcountry\|ESP\|1945}}	28:25
align=center\| 21	Noel Tijou	{{flagcountry\|FRA}}	28:40
align=center\| 22	Paulino García	{{flagcountry\|ESP\|1945}}	28:45
align=center\| 23	Ben Nouceur	{{flagcountry\|MAR}}	28:47
align=center\| 24	Ahmed Oukbouch	{{flagcountry\|MAR}}	29:00
align=center\| 25	Garnier	{{flagcountry\|FRA}}	29:20
align=center\| 26	Geoffrey Wood	{{flagcountry\|ENG}}	29:26
align=center\| 27	Lennen	{{flagcountry\|FRA}}	29:36
align=center\| 28	A. Gerdane	{{flagcountry\|MAR}}	30:17
align=center\| 29	Francisco Vela	{{flagcountry\|ESP\|1945}}	30:28
align=center\| 30	Mahmoud Ben Rabah	{{flagcountry\|TUN}}	30:29

Team Results

=Men's=

class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:95%;" width="50%" ! Rank	Country	Team	Points
align=center\| 1	align=left \| {{flag\|Belgium}}	align=left \|Henri Clerckx Aurèle Vandendriessche Hedwig Leenaert Gaston Roelants Louis van Praet Marcel Vandewattyne	54
align=center\| 2	align=left \| {{flag\|England}}	align=left \| Basil Heatley Martin Hyman Roy Fowler Ted Matley Peter Wilkinson Mike Turner	71
align=center\| 3	align=left \| {{flag\|France}}	align=left \| Michel Bernard {{ill\|Salah Beddiaf\|fr}} Jean Vaillant Alain Mimoun Maurice Chiclet Jean Fayolle	119
align=center\| 4	align=left \| {{flag\|Morocco}}	align=left \|Mohamed Saïd Bakir Benaissa Lahcen Ben Allal Hammadi Ben Mohamed Hamid Moha Ouali	162
align=center\| 5	align=left \| {{flag\|Spain\|1945}}	align=left \| Antonio Amorós Manuel Alonso Fernando Aguilar Alfonso Vidal Luis García José Molíns	176
align=center\| 6	align=left \| {{flag\|Scotland}}	align=left \| Graham Everett Joe Connolly Andy Brown Alastair Wood Gordon Eadie Bruce Tulloh	188
align=center\| 7	align=left \| {{flag\|Switzerland}}	align=left \| Georg Steiner Oskar Leupi Yves Jeannotat Hans Rüdisühli Niklaus Näf Alfons Sidler	252
align=center\| 8	align=left \| {{flag\|Ireland\|4prov}}	align=left \| Pat Killeen Bertie Messitt Gerald McIntyre Willie Dunne Benny O'Sullivan Mick Connolly	314
align=center\| 9	align=left \| {{flag\|Wales}}	align=left \| David Richards Jun. Norman Horrell Ron Franklin Harry Wilson Brian Jeffs Roger Harrison-Jones	346

=Junior Men's=

class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:95%;" width="50%" ! Rank	Country	Team	Points
align=center\| 1	align=left \| {{flag\|England}}	align=left \| Colin Robinson Alan Simpson Thomas Pugh	11
align=center\| 2	align=left \| {{flag\|Belgium}}	align=left \| Luc van der Smissen Raymond Crauwels Jean-Pierre Deraemaeker	18
align=center\| 3	align=left \| {{flag\|Spain\|1945}}	align=left \| Mariano Haro José María Sarriegui José María Alberdi	39
align=center\| 4	align=left \| {{flag\|Morocco}}	align=left \| Abdeslem Bouchta Hadj Ben Sitel Ben Nouceur	40
align=center\| 5	align=left \| {{flag\|Tunisia}}	align=left \| Amara Gahlouzi Abdelhamid Yazidi Mohamed Frigui	41
align=center\| 6	align=left \| {{flag\|France}}	align=left \| Amel Leborgne Armand Trichet Noel Tijou	50

Participation

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

{{BEL}} (14)
{{ENG}} (14)
{{FRA}} (14)
{{flagcountry|IRE|4prov}} (9)
{{MAR}} (14)
{{SCO}} (9)
{{flagcountry|ESP|1945}} (14)
{{SUI}} (9)
{{TUN}} (5)
{{WAL}} (7)

References

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class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:95%;" width="50%" ! Rank	Country	Team	Points
align=center\| 1	align=left \| {{flag\|Belgium}}	align=left \|Henri Clerckx Aurèle Vandendriessche Hedwig Leenaert Gaston Roelants Louis van Praet Marcel Vandewattyne	54
align=center\| 2	align=left \| {{flag\|England}}	align=left \| Basil Heatley Martin Hyman Roy Fowler Ted Matley Peter Wilkinson Mike Turner	71
align=center\| 3	align=left \| {{flag\|France}}	align=left \| Michel Bernard {{ill\|Salah Beddiaf\|fr}} Jean Vaillant Alain Mimoun Maurice Chiclet Jean Fayolle	119
align=center\| 4	align=left \| {{flag\|Morocco}}	align=left \|Mohamed Saïd Bakir Benaissa Lahcen Ben Allal Hammadi Ben Mohamed Hamid Moha Ouali	162
align=center\| 5	align=left \| {{flag\|Spain\|1945}}	align=left \| Antonio Amorós Manuel Alonso Fernando Aguilar Alfonso Vidal Luis García José Molíns	176
align=center\| 6	align=left \| {{flag\|Scotland}}	align=left \| Graham Everett Joe Connolly Andy Brown Alastair Wood Gordon Eadie Bruce Tulloh	188
align=center\| 7	align=left \| {{flag\|Switzerland}}	align=left \| Georg Steiner Oskar Leupi Yves Jeannotat Hans Rüdisühli Niklaus Näf Alfons Sidler	252
align=center\| 8	align=left \| {{flag\|Ireland\|4prov}}	align=left \| Pat Killeen Bertie Messitt Gerald McIntyre Willie Dunne Benny O'Sullivan Mick Connolly	314
align=center\| 9	align=left \| {{flag\|Wales}}	align=left \| David Richards Jun. Norman Horrell Ron Franklin Harry Wilson Brian Jeffs Roger Harrison-Jones	346

class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:95%;" width="50%" ! Rank	Country	Team	Points
align=center\| 1	align=left \| {{flag\|England}}	align=left \| Colin Robinson Alan Simpson Thomas Pugh	11
align=center\| 2	align=left \| {{flag\|Belgium}}	align=left \| Luc van der Smissen Raymond Crauwels Jean-Pierre Deraemaeker	18
align=center\| 3	align=left \| {{flag\|Spain\|1945}}	align=left \| Mariano Haro José María Sarriegui José María Alberdi	39
align=center\| 4	align=left \| {{flag\|Morocco}}	align=left \| Abdeslem Bouchta Hadj Ben Sitel Ben Nouceur	40
align=center\| 5	align=left \| {{flag\|Tunisia}}	align=left \| Amara Gahlouzi Abdelhamid Yazidi Mohamed Frigui	41
align=center\| 6	align=left \| {{flag\|France}}	align=left \| Amel Leborgne Armand Trichet Noel Tijou	50

1961 International Cross Country Championships

Medallists

Individual Race Results

=Men's (8.9 mi / 14.3 km)=

=Junior Men's (4.7 mi / 7.5 km)=

Team Results

=Men's=

=Junior Men's=

Participation

See also

References