1963 International Cross Country Championships#Men's (7.5 mi / 12.1 km)

{{Infobox XC Championships

|Name = 1963 International Cross Country Championships

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|Organisers = ICCU

|Edition = 50th

|Date = 17 March

|Host city = San Sebastián, Euskadi, Spain {{flagicon|Spain|1945}}

|Location = {{ill|Lasarte Hippodrome|es|Hipódromo Municipal de San Sebastián}}

|Nations participating = 11

|Athletes participating = 125

|Races = 2

|Distances = 7.5 mi (12.1 km) men
4.7 mi (7.5 km) junior men

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|Previous = 1962 Sheffield

|Next = 1964 Dublin

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The 1963 International Cross Country Championships was held in San Sebastián, Spain, at the {{ill|Lasarte Hippodrome|es|Hipódromo Municipal de San Sebastián}} on 17 March 1963. The distance for the men's race was reduced from the traditional 9 miles (14.5 km) to 7.5 miles (12.1 km). A preview of the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.

{{ Citation

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| date = March 15, 1963

| title = Athletics - International Title Races in Spain - The fiftieth annual International Cross-country Championship takes place on Sunday, when for the second time it will be run over a course outside the town of San Sebastian in Spain...

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| publisher = Glasgow Herald

| page = 6

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| accessdate = October 3, 2013

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Complete results for men,

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junior men,

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medallists,

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and the results of British athletes

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were published.

Medallists

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

Men
7.5 mi (12.1 km)

|Roy Fowler
{{flagcountry|ENG}}

37:19.7

|Gaston Roelants
{{flagcountry|BEL}}

37:32

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

37:41.6

Junior Men
4.7 mi (7.5 km)

|John Farrington
{{flagcountry|ENG}}

25:17.4

|Ahmed Zammel
{{flagcountry|TUN}}

25:23.6

|Lachie Stewart
{{flagcountry|SCO}}

25:37.6

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

Men

|{{flagcountry|Belgium}}

110

|{{flagcountry|France}}

113

|{{flagcountry|England}}

113

Junior Men

|{{flagcountry|England}}

|{{flagcountry|Spain|1945}}

|{{flagcountry|Scotland}}

Individual Race Results

=Men's (7.5 mi / 12.1 km)=

class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:95%;" width="50%" ! Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time
align=center\| {{gold1}}	Roy Fowler	{{flagcountry\|ENG}}	37:19.7
align=center\| {{silver2}}	Gaston Roelants	{{flagcountry\|BEL}}	37:32
align=center\| {{bronze3}}	Mariano Haro	{{flagcountry\|ESP\|1945}}	37:41.6
align=center\| 4	Robert Bogey	{{flagcountry\|FRA}}	37:55.6
align=center\| 5	Tim Johnston	{{flagcountry\|ENG}}	37:58.7
align=center\| 6	Francisco Guardia	{{flagcountry\|ESP\|1945}}	38:00
align=center\| 7	Mohamed Gammoudi	{{flagcountry\|TUN}}	38:11.6
align=center\| 8	Henri Clerckx	{{flagcountry\|BEL}}	38:22.8
align=center\| 9	Hamoud Ameur	{{flagcountry\|FRA}}	38:24.1
align=center\| 10	Abdeslem Bouchta	{{flagcountry\|MAR}}	38:24.5
align=center\| 11	Andy Brown	{{flagcountry\|SCO}}	38:26
align=center\| 12	Ali Khamassi	{{flagcountry\|TUN}}	38:29
align=center\| 13	Basil Heatley	{{flagcountry\|ENG}}	38:34
align=center\| 14	Hedwig Leenaert	{{flagcountry\|BEL}}	38:39
align=center\| 15	Pat Killeen	{{flagcountry\|IRE\|4prov}}	38:39
align=center\| 16	Labidi Ayachi	{{flagcountry\|TUN}}	38:42
align=center\| 17	Marcel Vandewattyne	{{flagcountry\|BEL}}	38:44
align=center\| 18	Michel Jazy	{{flagcountry\|FRA}}	38:51
align=center\| 19	Tom O'Riordan	{{flagcountry\|IRE\|4prov}}	38:52
align=center\| 20	Bakir Benaissa	{{flagcountry\|MAR}}	38:53
align=center\| 21	{{ill\|Salah Beddiaf\|fr}}	{{flagcountry\|FRA}}	38:58
align=center\| 22	Tim Briault	{{flagcountry\|ENG}}	39:01
align=center\| 23	Youssef Mastouri	{{flagcountry\|TUN}}	39:04
align=center\| 24	Manuel Alonso	{{flagcountry\|ESP\|1945}}	39:07.4
align=center\| 25	Luis García	{{flagcountry\|ESP\|1945}}	39:08.8
align=center\| 26	Rhadi Ben Abdesselam	{{flagcountry\|MAR}}	39:10
align=center\| 27	Hedi Hamrouni	{{flagcountry\|TUN}}	39:13
align=center\| 28	Noel Tijou	{{flagcountry\|FRA}}	39:16
align=center\| 29	Denis Jouret	{{flagcountry\|BEL}}	39:18
align=center\| 30	Sean O'Sullivan	{{flagcountry\|IRE\|4prov}}	39:19
align=center\| 31	Alastair Wood	{{flagcountry\|SCO}}	39:20
align=center\| 32	Fernando Aguilar	{{flagcountry\|ESP\|1945}}	39:22.7
align=center\| 33	Yves Martinage	{{flagcountry\|FRA}}	39:26
align=center\| 34	Lahcen Ben Allal	{{flagcountry\|MAR}}	39:27
align=center\| 35	Eddie Strong	{{flagcountry\|ENG}}	39:28
align=center\| 36	John Linaker	{{flagcountry\|SCO}}	39:28
align=center\| 37	Mike Turner	{{flagcountry\|ENG}}	39:28
align=center\| 38	Iluminado Corcuera	{{flagcountry\|ESP\|1945}}	39:31.5
align=center\| 39	Mohamed Ben Mohamed	{{flagcountry\|MAR}}	39:33
align=center\| 40	Frans van der Hoeven	{{flagcountry\|BEL}}	39:43
align=center\| 41	Tomas Ballestin	{{flagcountry\|ESP\|1945}}	39:49.9
align=center\| 42	Ammar Khemiri	{{flagcountry\|TUN}}	39:51
align=center\| 43	Manuel Marques	{{flagcountry\|POR}}	39:57
align=center\| 44	Hammadi Ben Mohamed	{{flagcountry\|MAR}}	39:57
align=center\| 45	Derek Graham	{{flagcountry\|IRE\|4prov}}	40:01
align=center\| 46	Alan Simpson	{{flagcountry\|ENG}}	40:02
align=center\| 47	Bob Roath	{{flagcountry\|WAL}}	40:02
align=center\| 48	Mick Neville	{{flagcountry\|IRE\|4prov}}	40:03
align=center\| 49	Jean Vaillant	{{flagcountry\|FRA}}	40:04
align=center\| 50	Alfons Sidler	{{flagcountry\|SUI}}	40:05
align=center\| 51	Carlos Pérez	{{flagcountry\|ESP\|1945}}	40:07
align=center\| 52	Mhedheb Hannachi	{{flagcountry\|TUN}}	40:07
align=center\| 53	Jim Hogan	{{flagcountry\|IRE\|4prov}}	40:09
align=center\| 54	Jean Fayolle	{{flagcountry\|FRA}}	40:11
align=center\| 55	Brian Craig	{{flagcountry\|ENG}}	40:12
align=center\| 56	Mohamed Brahim	{{flagcountry\|MAR}}	40:14
align=center\| 57	Tom Cochrane	{{flagcountry\|SCO}}	40:18
align=center\| 58	Yves Jeannotat	{{flagcountry\|SUI}}	40:22
align=center\| 59	Maximiano Pinheiro	{{flagcountry\|POR}}	40:33.4
align=center\| 60	Mohamed Ben Abdelsalem	{{flagcountry\|MAR}}	40:42
align=center\| 61	Frank McDermott	{{flagcountry\|IRE\|4prov}}	40:48
align=center\| 62	Brian Jeffs	{{flagcountry\|WAL}}	40:49
align=center\| 63	Callum Laing	{{flagcountry\|SCO}}	40:58
align=center\| 64	Rachid Ben Naceur	{{flagcountry\|TUN}}	41:02
align=center\| 65	Michael Bullivant	{{flagcountry\|ENG}}	41:02
align=center\| 66	Walter Vanhoutte	{{flagcountry\|BEL}}	41:04
align=center\| 67	Hélio Duarte	{{flagcountry\|POR}}	41:06.1
align=center\| 68	Robert McKay	{{flagcountry\|SCO}}	41:10
align=center\| 69	Armando Aldegalega	{{flagcountry\|POR}}	41:16.4
align=center\| 70	Martin Craven	{{flagcountry\|SCO}}	41:21
align=center\| 71	John McDonnell	{{flagcountry\|IRE\|4prov}}	41:32
align=center\| 72	Joaquim Ferreira	{{flagcountry\|POR}}	41:41.6
align=center\| 73	Hedydd Davies	{{flagcountry\|WAL}}	41:45
align=center\| 74	Manuel de Sousa	{{flagcountry\|POR}}	41:49.9
align=center\| 75	Jean-Yves Le Flohic	{{flagcountry\|FRA}}	41:56
align=center\| 76	Ken Flowers	{{flagcountry\|WAL}}	42:00
align=center\| 77	Manuel Lopes	{{flagcountry\|POR}}	42:05.3
align=center\| 78	Roy Profitt	{{flagcountry\|WAL}}	42:07
align=center\| 79	Karl Schaller	{{flagcountry\|SUI}}	42:13
align=center\| 80	Edgar Friedli	{{flagcountry\|SUI}}	42:18
align=center\| 81	Norman Horrell	{{flagcountry\|WAL}}	42:22
align=center\| 82	Arthur Hess	{{flagcountry\|SUI}}	42:30
align=center\| 83	Fritz Holzer	{{flagcountry\|SUI}}	42:31
align=center\| 84	George Matthiudis	{{flagcountry\|WAL}}	42:47
align=center\| 85	Werner Fischer	{{flagcountry\|SUI}}	43:24
align=center\| 86	Paul Knill	{{flagcountry\|SUI}}	43:35
align=center\| 87	Joaquim Santos	{{flagcountry\|POR}}	44:41.4
align=center\| —	Francisco Aritmendi	{{flagcountry\|ESP\|1945}}	DNF
align=center\| —	Manuel de Oliveira	{{flagcountry\|POR}}	DNF
align=center\| —	Mohamed Bensaid	{{flagcountry\|MAR}}	DNF
align=center\| —	Jean-Pierre Delloye	{{flagcountry\|BEL}}	DNF
align=center\| —	Robert Vandendriessche	{{flagcountry\|BEL}}	DNF
align=center\| —	Anton Signer	{{flagcountry\|SUI}}	DNF
align=center\| —	Abderrahman Mechraoui	{{flagcountry\|TUN}}	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}}	John Farrington	{{flagcountry\|ENG}}	25:17.4
align=center\| {{silver2}}	Ahmed Zammel	{{flagcountry\|TUN}}	25:23.6
align=center\| {{bronze3}}	Lachie Stewart	{{flagcountry\|SCO}}	25:37.6
align=center\| 4	Stuart Dobson	{{flagcountry\|ENG}}	25:37.8
align=center\| 5	Antonio Gómez Lopez	{{flagcountry\|ESP\|1945}}	25:50.6
align=center\| 6	Lorenzo Gutierrez	{{flagcountry\|ESP\|1945}}	26:01.4
align=center\| 7	John Hammond	{{flagcountry\|ENG}}	26:01.8
align=center\| 8	Peter Sulston	{{flagcountry\|ENG}}	26:23.2
align=center\| 9	Francisco Hernandez	{{flagcountry\|ESP\|1945}}	26:37.6
align=center\| 10	Craig Douglas	{{flagcountry\|SCO}}	26:39.8
align=center\| 11	Alec Brown	{{flagcountry\|SCO}}
align=center\| 12	Amara Gahlouzi	{{flagcountry\|TUN}}	26:51.4
align=center\| 13	Pedro Sacristán	{{flagcountry\|ESP\|1945}}
align=center\| 14	Chris Loosley	{{flagcountry\|WAL}}
align=center\| 15	Bill Stitfall	{{flagcountry\|WAL}}
align=center\| 16	Guido Veereman	{{flagcountry\|BEL}}
align=center\| 17	Freddy Vandercruyssen	{{flagcountry\|BEL}}
align=center\| 18	Bouabib Chaoui	{{flagcountry\|MAR}}
align=center\| 19	Habib Ben Jeddou	{{flagcountry\|TUN}}	27:26.8
align=center\| 20	Hadj Ben Sitel	{{flagcountry\|MAR}}
align=center\| 21	Peter Yates	{{flagcountry\|ENG}}
align=center\| 22	James Johnstone	{{flagcountry\|SCO}}
align=center\| 23	Juan Ripoll	{{flagcountry\|ESP\|1945}}
align=center\| 24	A. Oulmati	{{flagcountry\|MAR}}
align=center\| 25	Hedi Djemdjem	{{flagcountry\|TUN}}	28:20.2
align=center\| 26	Rafael Vergauwen	{{flagcountry\|BEL}}
align=center\| 27	Winston Bradley	{{flagcountry\|WAL}}
align=center\| 28	Fred Bell	{{flagcountry\|WAL}}
align=center\| —	Mustapha Ferchichi	{{flagcountry\|TUN}}	DNF
align=center\| —	Jozef Peeters	{{flagcountry\|BEL}}	DNF
align=center\| —	Carlos D'Haene	{{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\|Belgium}}	align=left \| Gaston Roelants Henri Clerckx Hedwig Leenaert Marcel Vandewattyne Denis Jouret Frans van der Hoeven	110
align=center\| 2	align=left \| {{flag\|France}}	align=left \| Robert Bogey Hamoud Ameur Michel Jazy {{ill\|Salah Beddiaf\|fr}} Noel Tijou Yves Martinage	113
align=center\| 3	align=left \| {{flag\|England}}	align=left \| Roy Fowler Tim Johnston Basil Heatley Tim Briault Eddie Strong Mike Turner	113
align=center\| 4	align=left \| {{flag\|Tunisia}}	align=left \| Mohamed Gammoudi Ali Khamassi Labidi Ayachi Youssef Mastouri Hedi Hamrouni Ammar Khemiri	127
align=center\| 5	align=left \| {{flag\|Spain\|1945}}	align=left \| Mariano Haro Francisco Guardia Manuel Alonso Luis García Fernando Aguilar Iluminado Corcuera	128
align=center\| 6	align=left \| {{flag\|Morocco}}	align=left \| Abdeslem Bouchta Bakir Benaissa Rhadi Ben Abdesselam Lahcen Ben Allal Mohamed Ben Mohamed Hammadi Ben Mohamed	173
align=center\| 7	align=left \| {{flag\|Ireland\|4prov}}	align=left \| Pat Killeen Tom O'Riordan Sean O'Sullivan Derek Graham Mick Neville Jim Hogan	210
align=center\| 8	align=left \| {{flag\|Scotland}}	align=left \| Andy Brown Alastair Wood John Linaker Tom Cochrane Callum Laing Robert McKay	266
align=center\| 9	align=left \| {{flag\|Portugal}}	align=left \| Manuel Marques Maximiano Pinheiro Hélio Duarte Armando Aldegalega Joaquim Ferreira Manuel de Sousa	384
align=center\| 10	align=left \| {{flag\|Wales}}	align=left \| Bob Roath Brian Jeffs Hedydd Davies Ken Flowers Roy Profitt Norman Horrell	417
align=center\| 11	align=left \| {{flag\|Switzerland}}	align=left \| Alfons Sidler Yves Jeannotat Karl Schaller Edgar Friedli Arthur Hess Fritz Holzer	432

=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 \| John Farrington Stuart Dobson John Hammond	12
align=center\| 2	align=left \| {{flag\|Spain\|1945}}	align=left \| Antonio Gómez Lopez Lorenzo Gutierrez Francisco Hernandez	20
align=center\| 3	align=left \| {{flag\|Scotland}}	align=left \| Lachie Stewart Craig Douglas Alec Brown	24
align=center\| 4	align=left \| {{flag\|Tunisia}}	align=left \| Ahmed Zammel Amara Gahlouzi Habib Ben Jeddou	33
align=center\| 5	align=left \| {{flag\|Wales}}	align=left \| Chris Loosley Bill Stitfall Winston Bradley	56
align=center\| 6	align=left \| {{flag\|Belgium}}	align=left \| Guido Veereman Freddy Vandercruyssen Rafael Vergauwen	59
align=center\| 7	align=left \| {{flag\|Morocco}}	align=left \| Bouabib Chaoui Hadj Ben Sitel A. Oulmati	62

Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 125 athletes from 11 countries.

{{BEL}} (14)
{{ENG}} (14)
{{FRA}} (9)
{{flagcountry|IRE|4prov}} (8)
{{MAR}} (12)
{{POR}} (9)
{{SCO}} (11)
{{flagcountry|ESP|1945}} (14)
{{SUI}} (9)
{{TUN}} (14)
{{WAL}} (11)

References

Category:International Cross Country Championships

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International Cross Country Championships

Category:Sports competitions in San Sebastián

Category:Cross country running in Spain

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 \| Gaston Roelants Henri Clerckx Hedwig Leenaert Marcel Vandewattyne Denis Jouret Frans van der Hoeven	110
align=center\| 2	align=left \| {{flag\|France}}	align=left \| Robert Bogey Hamoud Ameur Michel Jazy {{ill\|Salah Beddiaf\|fr}} Noel Tijou Yves Martinage	113
align=center\| 3	align=left \| {{flag\|England}}	align=left \| Roy Fowler Tim Johnston Basil Heatley Tim Briault Eddie Strong Mike Turner	113
align=center\| 4	align=left \| {{flag\|Tunisia}}	align=left \| Mohamed Gammoudi Ali Khamassi Labidi Ayachi Youssef Mastouri Hedi Hamrouni Ammar Khemiri	127
align=center\| 5	align=left \| {{flag\|Spain\|1945}}	align=left \| Mariano Haro Francisco Guardia Manuel Alonso Luis García Fernando Aguilar Iluminado Corcuera	128
align=center\| 6	align=left \| {{flag\|Morocco}}	align=left \| Abdeslem Bouchta Bakir Benaissa Rhadi Ben Abdesselam Lahcen Ben Allal Mohamed Ben Mohamed Hammadi Ben Mohamed	173
align=center\| 7	align=left \| {{flag\|Ireland\|4prov}}	align=left \| Pat Killeen Tom O'Riordan Sean O'Sullivan Derek Graham Mick Neville Jim Hogan	210
align=center\| 8	align=left \| {{flag\|Scotland}}	align=left \| Andy Brown Alastair Wood John Linaker Tom Cochrane Callum Laing Robert McKay	266
align=center\| 9	align=left \| {{flag\|Portugal}}	align=left \| Manuel Marques Maximiano Pinheiro Hélio Duarte Armando Aldegalega Joaquim Ferreira Manuel de Sousa	384
align=center\| 10	align=left \| {{flag\|Wales}}	align=left \| Bob Roath Brian Jeffs Hedydd Davies Ken Flowers Roy Profitt Norman Horrell	417
align=center\| 11	align=left \| {{flag\|Switzerland}}	align=left \| Alfons Sidler Yves Jeannotat Karl Schaller Edgar Friedli Arthur Hess Fritz Holzer	432

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 \| John Farrington Stuart Dobson John Hammond	12
align=center\| 2	align=left \| {{flag\|Spain\|1945}}	align=left \| Antonio Gómez Lopez Lorenzo Gutierrez Francisco Hernandez	20
align=center\| 3	align=left \| {{flag\|Scotland}}	align=left \| Lachie Stewart Craig Douglas Alec Brown	24
align=center\| 4	align=left \| {{flag\|Tunisia}}	align=left \| Ahmed Zammel Amara Gahlouzi Habib Ben Jeddou	33
align=center\| 5	align=left \| {{flag\|Wales}}	align=left \| Chris Loosley Bill Stitfall Winston Bradley	56
align=center\| 6	align=left \| {{flag\|Belgium}}	align=left \| Guido Veereman Freddy Vandercruyssen Rafael Vergauwen	59
align=center\| 7	align=left \| {{flag\|Morocco}}	align=left \| Bouabib Chaoui Hadj Ben Sitel A. Oulmati	62

1963 International Cross Country Championships#Men's (7.5 mi / 12.1 km)

Medallists

Individual Race Results

=Men's (7.5 mi / 12.1 km)=

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

Team Results

=Men's=

=Junior Men's=

Participation

See also

References