1962 International Cross Country Championships

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{{Infobox XC Championships

|Name = 1962 International Cross Country Championships

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|Organisers = ICCU

|Edition = 49th

|Date = 24 March

|Host city = Sheffield, Yorkshire, England {{flagicon|England}}

|Location = Graves Park

|Nations participating = 10

|Athletes participating = 126

|Races = 2

|Distances = 7.5 mi (12.0 km) men / 4.7 mi (7.5 km) junior men

|Website =

|Previous = 1961 Nantes

|Next = 1963 San Sebastián

}}

The 1962 International Cross Country Championships was held in Sheffield, England, at the Graves Park on 24 March 1962. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.

{{ Citation

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| first =

| date = March 26, 1962

| title = Cross-country - Roelants's Victory in International - G. Roelants (Belgium) led all the way and won the International Cross-Country Championship on Saturday in 44 min. 40sec. over nine miles at Graves Park, Sheffield...

| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=aXxAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=q6MMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3750%2C3935734

| publisher = Glasgow Herald

| page = 11

| language =

| accessdate = October 2, 2013

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Complete results for men,

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|title=INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 12.0km CC Men - Sheffield Graves Park Date: Saturday, March 24, 1962

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junior men,

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|first=Tomas

|date=March 24, 2007

|title=INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 7.5km CC Men - Sheffield Graves Park Date: Saturday, March 24, 1962

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medallists,

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| title = INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS

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| accessdate = September 24, 2013

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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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|page=13ff

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|accessdate=September 24, 2013

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were published.

Medallists

{{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
colspan=7 bgcolor=#eeeeee style=text-align:center;| Individual
Men
7.5 mi (12.0 km)

|Gaston Roelants
{{flagcountry|BEL}}

44:40

|Marcel Vandewattyne
{{flagcountry|BEL}}

44:46

|Mel Batty
{{flagcountry|ENG}}

44:48
Junior Men
4.7 mi (7.5 km)

|Abdeslem Bouchta
{{flagcountry|MAR}}

25:05

|Anthony Evans
{{flagcountry|ENG}}
Martin Heath
{{flagcountry|ENG}}

25:23

|

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

|{{flagcountry|England}}

44

|{{flagcountry|Spain|1945}}

115

|{{flagcountry|Belgium}}

132
Junior Men

|{{flagcountry|England}}

9

|{{flagcountry|Morocco}}

28

|{{flagcountry|Scotland}}

37

Individual Race Results

=Men's (7.5 mi / 12.0 km)=

class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:95%;" width="50%"

! Rank

AthleteNationalityTime
align=center| {{gold1}}Gaston Roelants{{flagcountry|BEL}}44:40
align=center| {{silver2}}Marcel Vandewattyne{{flagcountry|BEL}}44:46
align=center| {{bronze3}}Mel Batty{{flagcountry|ENG}}44:48
align=center| 4John Anderson{{flagcountry|ENG}}44:55
align=center| 5Brian Hall{{flagcountry|ENG}}45:02
align=center| 6José Molíns{{flagcountry|ESP|1945}}45:04
align=center| 7Mick Neville{{flagcountry|IRE|4prov}}45:05
align=center| 8Gerry North{{flagcountry|ENG}}45:08
align=center| 9Andy Brown{{flagcountry|SCO}}45:09
align=center| 10Rhadi Ben Abdesselam{{flagcountry|MAR}}45:12
align=center| 11Ron Hill{{flagcountry|ENG}}45:19
align=center| 12Georges Fromont{{flagcountry|BEL}}45:20
align=center| 13Brian Craig{{flagcountry|ENG}}45:21
align=center| 14Iluminado Corcuera{{flagcountry|ESP|1945}}45:28
align=center| 15Fernando Aguilar{{flagcountry|ESP|1945}}45:30
align=center| 16Colin Robinson{{flagcountry|ENG}}45:31
align=center| 17Willie Olivier{{flagcountry|RSA|1928}}45:32
align=center| 18Francisco Guardia{{flagcountry|ESP|1945}}45:33
align=center| 19Salah Beddiaf{{flagcountry|FRA}}45:35
align=center| 20David Cooke{{flagcountry|ENG}}45:36
align=center| 21Youssef Mastouri{{flagcountry|TUN}}45:37
align=center| 22Jean-Pierre Delloye{{flagcountry|BEL}}45:46
align=center| 23Keith Pearce{{flagcountry|RSA|1928}}45:49
align=center| 24Bakir Benaissa{{flagcountry|MAR}}45:50
align=center| 25Alastair Wood{{flagcountry|SCO}}45:51
align=center| 26Alain Mimoun{{flagcountry|FRA}}45:52
align=center| 27Ali Khamassi{{flagcountry|TUN}}45:54
align=center| 28Mohamed Said{{flagcountry|MAR}}45:58
align=center| 29Antonio Amoros{{flagcountry|ESP|1945}}46:04
align=center| 30Jan Barnard{{flagcountry|RSA|1928}}46:05
align=center| 31Stephanus Steyn{{flagcountry|RSA|1928}}46:07
align=center| 32Paul Genève{{flagcountry|FRA}}46:07
align=center| 33Francisco Aritmendi{{flagcountry|ESP|1945}}46:11
align=center| 34Francis Duleau{{flagcountry|FRA}}46:24
align=center| 35Stan Taylor{{flagcountry|SCO}}46:25
align=center| 36Jim Alder{{flagcountry|SCO}}46:25
align=center| 37Callum Laing{{flagcountry|SCO}}46:26
align=center| 38Labidi Ayachi{{flagcountry|TUN}}46:27
align=center| 39Alfonso Vidal{{flagcountry|ESP|1945}}46:34
align=center| 40Derek Graham{{flagcountry|IRE|4prov}}46:34
align=center| 41Mohamed Lahcen{{flagcountry|MAR}}46:35
align=center| 42Mohamed Ben Mohamed{{flagcountry|MAR}}46:37
align=center| 43Alexis Chauvel{{flagcountry|FRA}}46:39
align=center| 44Mhedheb Hannachi{{flagcountry|TUN}}46:42
align=center| 45Eddie Strong{{flagcountry|ENG}}46:45
align=center| 46Julius Saenen{{flagcountry|BEL}}46:46
align=center| 47Hammadi Ben Mohamed{{flagcountry|MAR}}46:46
align=center| 48Mohamed Gammoudi{{flagcountry|TUN}}46:52
align=center| 49Frans van der Hoeven{{flagcountry|BEL}}46:57
align=center| 50Lahcen Ben Allal{{flagcountry|MAR}}47:01
align=center| 51Ali Tarbag{{flagcountry|TUN}}47:01
align=center| 52Ahmed Ben Salah{{flagcountry|TUN}}47:12
align=center| 53John McDonnell{{flagcountry|IRE|4prov}}47:13
align=center| 54Denis Jouret{{flagcountry|BEL}}47:13
align=center| 55Moha Ouali{{flagcountry|MAR}}47:13
align=center| 56Charles Minnaar{{flagcountry|RSA|1928}}47:20
align=center| 57Jim O'Brien{{flagcountry|WAL}}47:21
align=center| 58Bert Irving{{flagcountry|SCO}}47:21
align=center| 59Pat Killeen{{flagcountry|IRE|4prov}}47:22
align=center| 60Benny O'Sullivan{{flagcountry|IRE|4prov}}47:25
align=center| 61Cyril Bentall{{flagcountry|RSA|1928}}47:30
align=center| 62Hedi Hamrouni{{flagcountry|TUN}}47:33
align=center| 63Norman Horrell{{flagcountry|WAL}}47:42
align=center| 64Hamida Addéche{{flagcountry|FRA}}47:42
align=center| 65Ron Franklin{{flagcountry|WAL}}47:56
align=center| 66Davie Simpson{{flagcountry|SCO}}47:57
align=center| 67Maurice Chiclet{{flagcountry|FRA}}48:15
align=center| 68Mick Connolly{{flagcountry|IRE|4prov}}48:25
align=center| 69Ammar Khemiri{{flagcountry|TUN}}48:30
align=center| 70Billy McCue{{flagcountry|IRE|4prov}}48:31
align=center| 71Graham Everett{{flagcountry|SCO}}48:39
align=center| 72Gerhardus Swanepoel{{flagcountry|RSA|1928}}48:40
align=center| 73Pascal Morris{{flagcountry|IRE|4prov}}48:41
align=center| 74Joe O'Keefe{{flagcountry|IRE|4prov}}49:02
align=center| 75Mohamed Ben Hassan{{flagcountry|MAR}}49:05
align=center| 76Henri Lucas{{flagcountry|FRA}}49:22
align=center| 77Roger Harrison-Jones{{flagcountry|WAL}}49:27
align=center| 78Barrie Saunders{{flagcountry|WAL}}49:31
align=center| 79Alan Griffiths{{flagcountry|WAL}}49:47
align=center| 80John McLaren{{flagcountry|SCO}}49:48
align=center| 81Robert Williams{{flagcountry|WAL}}50:24
align=center| 82Harry Wilson{{flagcountry|WAL}}50:59
align=center| 83Bryan Davies{{flagcountry|WAL}}50:59
align=center| —Mariano Haro{{flagcountry|ESP|1945}}DNF
align=center| —André VandenDriessche{{flagcountry|BEL}}DNF
align=center| —Luis García{{flagcountry|ESP|1945}}DNF
align=center| —Raymond Janssen{{flagcountry|FRA}}DNF

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

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! Rank

AthleteNationalityTime
align=center| {{gold1}}Abdeslem Bouchta{{flagcountry|MAR}}25:05
rowspan = 2 align=center| {{silver2}}Anthony Evans{{flagcountry|ENG}}25:23
Martin Heath{{flagcountry|ENG}}25:23
align=center| 4Ernie Pomfret{{flagcountry|ENG}}25:33
align=center| 5Tom Edmunds{{flagcountry|WAL}}25:45
align=center| 6Ahmed Zammel{{flagcountry|TUN}}25:51
align=center| 7David Bignell{{flagcountry|ENG}}26:02
align=center| 8Jesús Fernandez{{flagcountry|ESP|1945}}26:07
1945

|align=center| 9

Doug Fownes{{flagcountry|ENG}}26:11
align=center| 10Lachie Stewart{{flagcountry|SCO}}26:19
align=center| 11Alasdair Heron{{flagcountry|SCO}}26:20
align=center| 12Hadj Ben Sitel{{flagcountry|MAR}}26:23
align=center| 13Lorenzo Gutierrez{{flagcountry|ESP|1945}}26:25
align=center| 14Amara Gahlouzi{{flagcountry|TUN}}26:32
align=center| 15Ahmed Oukbouch{{flagcountry|MAR}}26:37
align=center| 16Joe Finn{{flagcountry|SCO}}26:42
align=center| 17Ben Nouceur{{flagcountry|MAR}}26:44
align=center| 18Arthur Moody{{flagcountry|SCO}}26:51
align=center| 19T. Hewitt{{flagcountry|IRE|4prov}}26:55
align=center| 20Jorge Gonzalez{{flagcountry|ESP|1945}}26:56
align=center| 21Craig Douglas{{flagcountry|SCO}}26:59
align=center| 22Khalifa Seraj{{flagcountry|MAR}}27:01
align=center| 23L. Nodswell{{flagcountry|IRE|4prov}}27:05
align=center| 24Robert van Overmeiren{{flagcountry|BEL}}27:07
align=center| 25Abdelhamid Yazidi{{flagcountry|TUN}}27:11
align=center| 26Luc van der Smissen{{flagcountry|BEL}}27:11
align=center| 27José Perramon{{flagcountry|ESP|1945}}27:12
align=center| 28Mohamed Frigui{{flagcountry|TUN}}27:13
align=center| 29Gilbert Maesschalk{{flagcountry|BEL}}27:17
align=center| 30Mahmoud Ben Rabah{{flagcountry|TUN}}27:20
align=center| 31Winston Bradley{{flagcountry|WAL}}27:26
align=center| 32Andre van de Walle{{flagcountry|BEL}}27:27
align=center| 33Pedro Sacristán{{flagcountry|ESP|1945}}27:35
align=center| 34P. Keenan{{flagcountry|IRE|4prov}}27:50
align=center| 35Brendan Dunne{{flagcountry|IRE|4prov}}28:23
align=center| 36Alcwyn Price{{flagcountry|WAL}}28:28
align=center| 37Tony Murphy{{flagcountry|IRE|4prov}}28:34
align=center| 38Fred Bell{{flagcountry|WAL}}29:04
align=center| 39Stephen Oultram{{flagcountry|WAL}}29:34
align=center| —Marnix Cocquyt{{flagcountry|BEL}}DNF

Team Results

=Men's=

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! Rank

CountryTeamPoints
align=center| 1align=left | {{flag|England}}align=left | Mel Batty
John Anderson
Brian Hall
Gerry North
Ron Hill
Brian Craig
44
align=center| 2align=left | {{flag|Spain|1945}}align=left | José Molíns
Iluminado Corcuera
Fernando Aguilar
Francisco Guardia
Antonio Amoros
Francisco Aritmendi
115
align=center| 3align=left | {{flag|Belgium}}align=left | Gaston Roelants
Marcel Vandewattyne
Georges Fromont
Jean-Pierre Delloye
Julius Saenen
Frans van der Hoeven
132
align=center| 4align=left | {{flag|Morocco}}align=left | Rhadi Ben Abdesselam
Bakir Benaissa
Mohamed Said
Mohamed Lahcen
Mohamed Ben Mohamed
Hammadi Ben Mohamed
192
align=center| 5align=left | {{flag|Scotland}}align=left | Andy Brown
Alastair Wood
Stan Taylor
Jim Alder
Callum Laing
Bert Irving
200
align=center| 6align=left | {{flag|South Africa|1928}}align=left | Willie Olivier
Keith Pearce
Jan Barnard
Stephanus Steyn
Charles Minnaar
Cyril Bentall
218
align=center| 7align=left | {{flag|France}}align=left | Salah Beddiaf
Alain Mimoun
Paul Genève
Francis Duleau
Alexis Chauvel
Hamida Addéche
218
align=center| 8align=left | {{flag|Tunisia}}align=left | Youssef Mastouri
Ali Khamassi
Labidi Ayachi
Mhedheb Hannachi
Mohamed Gammoudi
Ali Tarbag
229
align=center| 9align=left | {{flag|Ireland|4prov}}align=left | Mick Neville
Derek Graham
John McDonnell
Pat Killeen
Benny O'Sullivan
Mick Connolly
287
align=center| 10align=left | {{flag|Wales}}align=left | Jim O'Brien
Norman Horrell
Ron Franklin
Roger Harrison-Jones
Barrie Saunders
Alan Griffiths
419

=Junior Men's=

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! Rank

CountryTeamPoints
align=center| 1align=left | {{flag|England}}align=left | Anthony Evans
Martin Heath
Ernie Pomfret
9
align=center| 2align=left | {{flag|Morocco}}align=left | Abdeslem Bouchta
Hadj Ben Sitel
Ahmed Oukbouch
28
align=center| 3align=left | {{flag|Scotland}}align=left | Lachie Stewart
Alasdair Heron
Joe Finn
37
align=center| 4align=left | {{flag|Spain|1945}}align=left | Jesús Fernandez
Lorenzo Gutierrez
Jorge Gonzalez
41
align=center| 5align=left | {{flag|Tunisia}}align=left | Ahmed Zammel
Amara Gahlouzi
Abdelhamid Yazidi
45
align=center| 6align=left | {{flag|Wales}}align=left | Tom Edmunds
Winston Bradley
Alcwyn Price
72
align=center| 7align=left | {{flag|Ireland|4prov}}align=left | T. Hewitt
L. Nodswell
P. Keenan
76
align=center| 8align=left | {{flag|Belgium}}align=left | Robert van Overmeiren
Luc van der Smissen
Gilbert Maesschalk
79

Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 126 athletes from 10 countries.

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  • {{BEL}} (13)
  • {{ENG}} (13)
  • {{FRA}} (9)
  • {{flagcountry|IRE|4prov}} (14)
  • {{MAR}} (14)
  • {{SCO}} (14)
  • {{flagcountry|RSA|1928}} (7)
  • {{flagcountry|ESP|1945}} (14)
  • {{TUN}} (14)
  • {{WAL}} (14)

{{div col end}}

See also

References