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1960 International Cross Country Championships
OrganisersICCU
Edition47th
Date26 March
Host cityHamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland Scotland
VenueHamilton Park
Events1
Distances9 mi (14.5 km)
Participation71 athletes from
8 nations

The 1960 International Cross Country Championships was held in Hamilton, Scotland, at the Hamilton Park on 26 March 1960. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.[1]

Complete results,[2] medallists, [3] and the results of British athletes[4] were published.

Medallists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual
Men
9 mi (14.5 km) 		Rhadi Ben Abdesselam
 Morocco		 43:33 Gaston Roelants
 Belgium		 43:40 John Merriman
 Wales		 43:40
Team
Men  England 52  Belgium 61  France 125

Individual Race Results

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Men's (9 mi / 14.5 km)

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Rank Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Rhadi Ben Abdesselam  Morocco 43:33
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gaston Roelants  Belgium 43:40
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) John Merriman  Wales 43:40
4 Basil Heatley  England 44:31
5 Henri Clerckx  Belgium 44:38
6 Fred Norris  England 44:42
7 Alastair Wood  Scotland 44:46
8 Frank Sando  England 44:49
9 Harry Minshall  England 44:53
10 Stanley Eldon  England 44:54
11 Hedwig Leenaert  Belgium 44:56
12 Eugène Allonsius  Belgium 44:59
13 Hamoud Ameur  France 45:01
14 Georges Fromont  Belgium 45:03
15 Gerry North  England 45:04
16 Salah Beddiaf  France 45:09
17 Marcel Vandewattyne  Belgium 45:19
18 Alain Mimoun  France 45:22
19 Francis Duleau  France 45:23
20 David Richards Jun.  Wales 45:24
21 Brian Hill-Cottingham  England 45:26
22 Graham Everett  Scotland 45:27
23 Bruce Tulloh  Scotland 45:28
24 Julius Saenen  Belgium 45:29
25 Abdallah Ould Lamine  Morocco 45:30
26 Mohamed Ben Hassan  Morocco 45:31
27 Paul Genève  France 45:39
28 Carlos Pérez  Spain 45:47
29 John Anderson  England 46:00
30 Bakir Benaissa  Morocco 46:08
31 Bertie Messitt  Ireland 46:10
32 Henri Lucas  France 46:12
33 Alfonso Vidal  Spain 46:14
34 Andy Brown  Scotland 46:15
35 Frans van der Hoeven  Belgium 46:18
36 Luis García  Spain 46:21
37 Abdeslem Bouchta  Morocco 46:22
38 Louis van Praet  Belgium 46:23
39 José Fernández  Spain 46:26
40 Lahcen Benaissa  Morocco 46:32
41 Bert Irving  Scotland 46:35
42 Alan Perkins  England 46:39
43 Mohamed Bensaid  Morocco 46:41
44 Joe Connolly  Scotland 46:47
45 Stan Taylor  Scotland 46:53
46 Willie Dunne  Ireland 46:58
47 Peter Good  Ireland 47:04
48 Tommy Dunne  Ireland 47:05
49 Hamida Addéche  France 47:06
50 Enrique Moreno  Spain 47:11
51 Mohamed Ben Bouchaib  Morocco 47:19
52 Maurice Chiclet  France 47:21
53 Gerald McIntyre  Ireland 47:22
54 Mick Connolly  Ireland 47:23
55 Edward Sinclair  Scotland 47:27
56 Alastair Ross  Scotland 47:33
57 Antonio Amorós [ca]  Spain 47:37
58 Jaime Guixa  Spain 47:38
59 Mohamed Ben Mohamed  Morocco 47:42
60 Claude Clement  France 47:47
61 Tony Pumfrey  Wales 47:51
62 Harry Wilson  Wales 47:59
63 Frank White  Ireland 48:05
64 George Dennis  Ireland 48:22
65 John Kelly  Ireland 48:26
66 Bob Roath  Wales 48:44
67 Roger Harrison-Jones  Wales 48:48
68 Brian Jeffs  Wales 48:54
69 Jose Castro Ruibal  Spain 49:37
70 Ken Dare  Wales 50:12
71 Roy Profitt  Wales 51:53

Team Results

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Men's

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Rank Country Team Points
1  England Basil Heatley
Fred Norris
Frank Sando
Harry Minshall
Stanley Eldon
Gerry North		 52
2  Belgium Gaston Roelants
Henri Clerckx
Hedwig Leenaert
Eugène Allonsius
Georges Fromont
Marcel Vandewattyne		 61
3  France Hamoud Ameur
Salah Beddiaf
Alain Mimoun
Francis Duleau
Paul Genève
Henri Lucas		 125
4  Morocco Rhadi Ben Abdesselam
Abdallah Ould Lamine
Mohamed Ben Hassan
Bakir Benaissa
Abdeslem Bouchta
Lahcen Benaissa		 159
5  Scotland Alastair Wood
Graham Everett
Bruce Tulloh
Andy Brown
Bert Irving
Joe Connolly		 171
6  Spain Carlos Pérez
Alfonso Vidal
Luis García
José Fernández
Enrique Moreno
Antonio Amorós [ca]		 243
7  Ireland Bertie Messitt
Willie Dunne
Peter Good
Tommy Dunne
Gerald McIntyre
Mick Connolly		 279
8  Wales John Merriman
David Richards Jun.
Tony Pumfrey
Harry Wilson
Bob Roath
Roger Harrison-Jones		 279

Participation

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An unofficial count yields the participation of 71 athletes from 8 countries.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Cross-country - Moroccan's Fine Win - International Title - A. Rhadi (Morocco), the holder of the Moroccan and French cross-country championships, ran an excellent race and won the individual title in the forty-seventh annual nine-mile International race on Saturday at Hamilton..., Glasgow Herald, 31 March 1947, p. 4, retrieved 2 October 2013
  2. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (24 March 2007), INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 14.5km CC Men - Glasgow Hamilton Park Date: Saturday, March 26, 1960, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on 4 August 2007, retrieved 2 October 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved 24 September 2013
  4. ^ 36th IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - EDINBURGH 2008 - FACTS & FIGURES - GREAT BRITAIN & NORTHERN IRELAND AT THE INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY & WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS (PDF), IAAF, p. 13ff, archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2013, retrieved 24 September 2013
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