1965 International Cross Country Championships#Men's (7.5 mi / 12.1 km)

{{Infobox XC Championships

|Name = 1965 International Cross Country Championships

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|Organisers = ICCU

|Edition = 52nd

|Date = March 20

|Host city = Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium {{flagicon|Belgium}}

|Location = Hippodrome Wellington

|Nations participating = 15

|Athletes participating = 174

|Races = 2

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

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|Previous = 1964 Dublin

|Next = 1966 Rabat

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The 1965 International Cross Country Championships was held in Ostend, Belgium, at the Hippodrome Wellington on March 20, 1965. The competition saw first appearances of athletes from Algeria, New Zealand and West Germany. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.

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| date = March 22, 1965

| title = Athletics - Gallant Attempt by Batty Fails - Scots Sixth in Senior Race - The fifty-second annual International Cross-country Championship at Ostend will certainly long to be remembered for providing a most controversial decision of the judges of the seven-and-a-half mile senior event, for J. Fayolle (France), an outsider, gained a disputed verdict over M.R. Batty (England), holder of the English title....

| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=I2NAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=maMMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6135%2C3716260

| publisher = Glasgow Herald

| page = 10

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| accessdate = October 3, 2013

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Complete results for men,

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|last=Magnusson

|first=Tomas

|date=March 24, 2007

|title=INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 12.1km CC Men - Ostend Wellington Racecourse Date: Saturday, March 20, 1965

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junior men,

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|last=Magnusson

|first=Tomas

|date=April 4, 2006

|title=INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 7.5km CC Men - Ostend Wellington Racecourse Date: Saturday, March 20, 1965

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|archivedate=May 17, 2006

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medallists,

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| 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

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|page=13ff

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|accessdate=September 24, 2013

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|archivedate=September 27, 2013

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were published.