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
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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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| 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
}}
{{ Citation
|last=Magnusson
|first=Tomas
|date=March 24, 2007
|title=INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 12.0km CC Men - Sheffield Graves Park Date: Saturday, March 24, 1962
|url=http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_SM1962S.html
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|accessdate=October 2, 2013
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|archivedate=August 24, 2007
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{{ Citation
|last=Magnusson
|first=Tomas
|date=March 24, 2007
|title=INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 7.5km CC Men - Sheffield Graves Park Date: Saturday, March 24, 1962
|url=http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_JM1962S.html
|publisher=Athchamps (archived)
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|accessdate=October 2, 2013
|url-status=bot: unknown
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070612204244/http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_JM1962S.html
|archivedate=June 12, 2007
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medallists,
{{ Citation
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| date =
| title = INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
| url = http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/ixc.htm
| publisher = Athletics Weekly
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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
|url=http://www.iaaf.net/mm/Document/Competitions/Competition/2008WXC_Facts_Figures_1816.pdf
|publisher=IAAF
|page=13ff
|language=
|accessdate=September 24, 2013
|url-status=usurped
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927091955/http://www.iaaf.net/mm/Document/Competitions/Competition/2008WXC_Facts_Figures_1816.pdf
|archivedate=September 27, 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 | 44:40
|Marcel Vandewattyne | 44:46
|Mel Batty | 44:48 |
Junior Men 4.7 mi (7.5 km) |Abdeslem Bouchta | 25:05
|Anthony Evans | 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 | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
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| 4 | John Anderson | {{flagcountry|ENG}} | 44:55 |
align=center| 5 | Brian Hall | {{flagcountry|ENG}} | 45:02 |
align=center| 6 | José Molíns | {{flagcountry|ESP|1945}} | 45:04 |
align=center| 7 | Mick Neville | {{flagcountry|IRE|4prov}} | 45:05 |
align=center| 8 | Gerry North | {{flagcountry|ENG}} | 45:08 |
align=center| 9 | Andy Brown | {{flagcountry|SCO}} | 45:09 |
align=center| 10 | Rhadi Ben Abdesselam | {{flagcountry|MAR}} | 45:12 |
align=center| 11 | Ron Hill | {{flagcountry|ENG}} | 45:19 |
align=center| 12 | Georges Fromont | {{flagcountry|BEL}} | 45:20 |
align=center| 13 | Brian Craig | {{flagcountry|ENG}} | 45:21 |
align=center| 14 | Iluminado Corcuera | {{flagcountry|ESP|1945}} | 45:28 |
align=center| 15 | Fernando Aguilar | {{flagcountry|ESP|1945}} | 45:30 |
align=center| 16 | Colin Robinson | {{flagcountry|ENG}} | 45:31 |
align=center| 17 | Willie Olivier | {{flagcountry|RSA|1928}} | 45:32 |
align=center| 18 | Francisco Guardia | {{flagcountry|ESP|1945}} | 45:33 |
align=center| 19 | Salah Beddiaf | {{flagcountry|FRA}} | 45:35 |
align=center| 20 | David Cooke | {{flagcountry|ENG}} | 45:36 |
align=center| 21 | Youssef Mastouri | {{flagcountry|TUN}} | 45:37 |
align=center| 22 | Jean-Pierre Delloye | {{flagcountry|BEL}} | 45:46 |
align=center| 23 | Keith Pearce | {{flagcountry|RSA|1928}} | 45:49 |
align=center| 24 | Bakir Benaissa | {{flagcountry|MAR}} | 45:50 |
align=center| 25 | Alastair Wood | {{flagcountry|SCO}} | 45:51 |
align=center| 26 | Alain Mimoun | {{flagcountry|FRA}} | 45:52 |
align=center| 27 | Ali Khamassi | {{flagcountry|TUN}} | 45:54 |
align=center| 28 | Mohamed Said | {{flagcountry|MAR}} | 45:58 |
align=center| 29 | Antonio Amoros | {{flagcountry|ESP|1945}} | 46:04 |
align=center| 30 | Jan Barnard | {{flagcountry|RSA|1928}} | 46:05 |
align=center| 31 | Stephanus Steyn | {{flagcountry|RSA|1928}} | 46:07 |
align=center| 32 | Paul Genève | {{flagcountry|FRA}} | 46:07 |
align=center| 33 | Francisco Aritmendi | {{flagcountry|ESP|1945}} | 46:11 |
align=center| 34 | Francis Duleau | {{flagcountry|FRA}} | 46:24 |
align=center| 35 | Stan Taylor | {{flagcountry|SCO}} | 46:25 |
align=center| 36 | Jim Alder | {{flagcountry|SCO}} | 46:25 |
align=center| 37 | Callum Laing | {{flagcountry|SCO}} | 46:26 |
align=center| 38 | Labidi Ayachi | {{flagcountry|TUN}} | 46:27 |
align=center| 39 | Alfonso Vidal | {{flagcountry|ESP|1945}} | 46:34 |
align=center| 40 | Derek Graham | {{flagcountry|IRE|4prov}} | 46:34 |
align=center| 41 | Mohamed Lahcen | {{flagcountry|MAR}} | 46:35 |
align=center| 42 | Mohamed Ben Mohamed | {{flagcountry|MAR}} | 46:37 |
align=center| 43 | Alexis Chauvel | {{flagcountry|FRA}} | 46:39 |
align=center| 44 | Mhedheb Hannachi | {{flagcountry|TUN}} | 46:42 |
align=center| 45 | Eddie Strong | {{flagcountry|ENG}} | 46:45 |
align=center| 46 | Julius Saenen | {{flagcountry|BEL}} | 46:46 |
align=center| 47 | Hammadi Ben Mohamed | {{flagcountry|MAR}} | 46:46 |
align=center| 48 | Mohamed Gammoudi | {{flagcountry|TUN}} | 46:52 |
align=center| 49 | Frans van der Hoeven | {{flagcountry|BEL}} | 46:57 |
align=center| 50 | Lahcen Ben Allal | {{flagcountry|MAR}} | 47:01 |
align=center| 51 | Ali Tarbag | {{flagcountry|TUN}} | 47:01 |
align=center| 52 | Ahmed Ben Salah | {{flagcountry|TUN}} | 47:12 |
align=center| 53 | John McDonnell | {{flagcountry|IRE|4prov}} | 47:13 |
align=center| 54 | Denis Jouret | {{flagcountry|BEL}} | 47:13 |
align=center| 55 | Moha Ouali | {{flagcountry|MAR}} | 47:13 |
align=center| 56 | Charles Minnaar | {{flagcountry|RSA|1928}} | 47:20 |
align=center| 57 | Jim O'Brien | {{flagcountry|WAL}} | 47:21 |
align=center| 58 | Bert Irving | {{flagcountry|SCO}} | 47:21 |
align=center| 59 | Pat Killeen | {{flagcountry|IRE|4prov}} | 47:22 |
align=center| 60 | Benny O'Sullivan | {{flagcountry|IRE|4prov}} | 47:25 |
align=center| 61 | Cyril Bentall | {{flagcountry|RSA|1928}} | 47:30 |
align=center| 62 | Hedi Hamrouni | {{flagcountry|TUN}} | 47:33 |
align=center| 63 | Norman Horrell | {{flagcountry|WAL}} | 47:42 |
align=center| 64 | Hamida Addéche | {{flagcountry|FRA}} | 47:42 |
align=center| 65 | Ron Franklin | {{flagcountry|WAL}} | 47:56 |
align=center| 66 | Davie Simpson | {{flagcountry|SCO}} | 47:57 |
align=center| 67 | Maurice Chiclet | {{flagcountry|FRA}} | 48:15 |
align=center| 68 | Mick Connolly | {{flagcountry|IRE|4prov}} | 48:25 |
align=center| 69 | Ammar Khemiri | {{flagcountry|TUN}} | 48:30 |
align=center| 70 | Billy McCue | {{flagcountry|IRE|4prov}} | 48:31 |
align=center| 71 | Graham Everett | {{flagcountry|SCO}} | 48:39 |
align=center| 72 | Gerhardus Swanepoel | {{flagcountry|RSA|1928}} | 48:40 |
align=center| 73 | Pascal Morris | {{flagcountry|IRE|4prov}} | 48:41 |
align=center| 74 | Joe O'Keefe | {{flagcountry|IRE|4prov}} | 49:02 |
align=center| 75 | Mohamed Ben Hassan | {{flagcountry|MAR}} | 49:05 |
align=center| 76 | Henri Lucas | {{flagcountry|FRA}} | 49:22 |
align=center| 77 | Roger Harrison-Jones | {{flagcountry|WAL}} | 49:27 |
align=center| 78 | Barrie Saunders | {{flagcountry|WAL}} | 49:31 |
align=center| 79 | Alan Griffiths | {{flagcountry|WAL}} | 49:47 |
align=center| 80 | John McLaren | {{flagcountry|SCO}} | 49:48 |
align=center| 81 | Robert Williams | {{flagcountry|WAL}} | 50:24 |
align=center| 82 | Harry Wilson | {{flagcountry|WAL}} | 50:59 |
align=center| 83 | Bryan 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)=
class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:95%;" width="50%"
! Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
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| 4 | Ernie Pomfret | {{flagcountry|ENG}} | 25:33 |
align=center| 5 | Tom Edmunds | {{flagcountry|WAL}} | 25:45 |
align=center| 6 | Ahmed Zammel | {{flagcountry|TUN}} | 25:51 |
align=center| 7 | David Bignell | {{flagcountry|ENG}} | 26:02 |
align=center| 8 | Jesús Fernandez | {{flagcountry|ESP|1945}} | 26:07 |
1945
|align=center| 9 | Doug Fownes | {{flagcountry|ENG}} | 26:11 |
align=center| 10 | Lachie Stewart | {{flagcountry|SCO}} | 26:19 |
align=center| 11 | Alasdair Heron | {{flagcountry|SCO}} | 26:20 |
align=center| 12 | Hadj Ben Sitel | {{flagcountry|MAR}} | 26:23 |
align=center| 13 | Lorenzo Gutierrez | {{flagcountry|ESP|1945}} | 26:25 |
align=center| 14 | Amara Gahlouzi | {{flagcountry|TUN}} | 26:32 |
align=center| 15 | Ahmed Oukbouch | {{flagcountry|MAR}} | 26:37 |
align=center| 16 | Joe Finn | {{flagcountry|SCO}} | 26:42 |
align=center| 17 | Ben Nouceur | {{flagcountry|MAR}} | 26:44 |
align=center| 18 | Arthur Moody | {{flagcountry|SCO}} | 26:51 |
align=center| 19 | T. Hewitt | {{flagcountry|IRE|4prov}} | 26:55 |
align=center| 20 | Jorge Gonzalez | {{flagcountry|ESP|1945}} | 26:56 |
align=center| 21 | Craig Douglas | {{flagcountry|SCO}} | 26:59 |
align=center| 22 | Khalifa Seraj | {{flagcountry|MAR}} | 27:01 |
align=center| 23 | L. Nodswell | {{flagcountry|IRE|4prov}} | 27:05 |
align=center| 24 | Robert van Overmeiren | {{flagcountry|BEL}} | 27:07 |
align=center| 25 | Abdelhamid Yazidi | {{flagcountry|TUN}} | 27:11 |
align=center| 26 | Luc van der Smissen | {{flagcountry|BEL}} | 27:11 |
align=center| 27 | José Perramon | {{flagcountry|ESP|1945}} | 27:12 |
align=center| 28 | Mohamed Frigui | {{flagcountry|TUN}} | 27:13 |
align=center| 29 | Gilbert Maesschalk | {{flagcountry|BEL}} | 27:17 |
align=center| 30 | Mahmoud Ben Rabah | {{flagcountry|TUN}} | 27:20 |
align=center| 31 | Winston Bradley | {{flagcountry|WAL}} | 27:26 |
align=center| 32 | Andre van de Walle | {{flagcountry|BEL}} | 27:27 |
align=center| 33 | Pedro Sacristán | {{flagcountry|ESP|1945}} | 27:35 |
align=center| 34 | P. Keenan | {{flagcountry|IRE|4prov}} | 27:50 |
align=center| 35 | Brendan Dunne | {{flagcountry|IRE|4prov}} | 28:23 |
align=center| 36 | Alcwyn Price | {{flagcountry|WAL}} | 28:28 |
align=center| 37 | Tony Murphy | {{flagcountry|IRE|4prov}} | 28:34 |
align=center| 38 | Fred Bell | {{flagcountry|WAL}} | 29:04 |
align=center| 39 | Stephen Oultram | {{flagcountry|WAL}} | 29:34 |
align=center| — | Marnix Cocquyt | {{flagcountry|BEL}} | DNF |
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|England}} | align=left | Mel Batty John Anderson Brian Hall Gerry North Ron Hill Brian Craig | 44 |
align=center| 2 | align=left | {{flag|Spain|1945}} | align=left | José Molíns Iluminado Corcuera Fernando Aguilar Francisco Guardia Antonio Amoros Francisco Aritmendi | 115 |
align=center| 3 | align=left | {{flag|Belgium}} | align=left | Gaston Roelants Marcel Vandewattyne Georges Fromont Jean-Pierre Delloye Julius Saenen Frans van der Hoeven | 132 |
align=center| 4 | align=left | {{flag|Morocco}} | align=left | Rhadi Ben Abdesselam Bakir Benaissa Mohamed Said Mohamed Lahcen Mohamed Ben Mohamed Hammadi Ben Mohamed | 192 |
align=center| 5 | align=left | {{flag|Scotland}} | align=left | Andy Brown Alastair Wood Stan Taylor Jim Alder Callum Laing Bert Irving | 200 |
align=center| 6 | align=left | {{flag|South Africa|1928}} | align=left | Willie Olivier Keith Pearce Jan Barnard Stephanus Steyn Charles Minnaar Cyril Bentall | 218 |
align=center| 7 | align=left | {{flag|France}} | align=left | Salah Beddiaf Alain Mimoun Paul Genève Francis Duleau Alexis Chauvel Hamida Addéche | 218 |
align=center| 8 | align=left | {{flag|Tunisia}} | align=left | Youssef Mastouri Ali Khamassi Labidi Ayachi Mhedheb Hannachi Mohamed Gammoudi Ali Tarbag | 229 |
align=center| 9 | align=left | {{flag|Ireland|4prov}} | align=left | Mick Neville Derek Graham John McDonnell Pat Killeen Benny O'Sullivan Mick Connolly | 287 |
align=center| 10 | align=left | {{flag|Wales}} | align=left | Jim O'Brien Norman Horrell Ron Franklin Roger Harrison-Jones Barrie Saunders Alan Griffiths | 419 |
=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 | Anthony Evans Martin Heath Ernie Pomfret | 9 |
align=center| 2 | align=left | {{flag|Morocco}} | align=left | Abdeslem Bouchta Hadj Ben Sitel Ahmed Oukbouch | 28 |
align=center| 3 | align=left | {{flag|Scotland}} | align=left | Lachie Stewart Alasdair Heron Joe Finn | 37 |
align=center| 4 | align=left | {{flag|Spain|1945}} | align=left | Jesús Fernandez Lorenzo Gutierrez Jorge Gonzalez | 41 |
align=center| 5 | align=left | {{flag|Tunisia}} | align=left | Ahmed Zammel Amara Gahlouzi Abdelhamid Yazidi | 45 |
align=center| 6 | align=left | {{flag|Wales}} | align=left | Tom Edmunds Winston Bradley Alcwyn Price | 72 |
align=center| 7 | align=left | {{flag|Ireland|4prov}} | align=left | T. Hewitt L. Nodswell P. Keenan | 76 |
align=center| 8 | align=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)
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See also
References
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{{ICCU Championships}}
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