1965 International Cross Country Championships

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.[1]

1965 International Cross Country Championships
OrganisersICCU
Edition52nd
DateMarch 20
Host cityOstend, West Flanders, Belgium Belgium
VenueHippodrome Wellington
Events2
Distances7.5 mi (12.1 km) men
4.7 mi (7.5 km) junior men
Participation174 athletes from
15 nations

Complete results for men,[2] junior men,[3] medallists, [4] and the results of British athletes[5] were published.

Medallists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual
Men
7.5 mi (12.1 km)
Jean Fayolle
  France
36:48 Mel Batty
  England
36:48 Mohamed Gammoudi
  Tunisia
37:00
Junior Men
4.7 mi (7.5 km)
Jony Dumon
  Belgium
21:36 Albien van Holsbeek
  Belgium
21:44 David Walker
  England
21:51
Team
Men   England 55   France 55   New Zealand 110
Junior Men   Belgium 9   England 14   Morocco 34

Individual Race Results

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Men's (7.5 mi / 12.1 km)

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Rank Athlete Nationality Time
  Jean Fayolle   France 36:48
  Mel Batty   England 36:48
  Mohamed Gammoudi   Tunisia 37:00
4 Michel Bernard   France 37:04
5 Derek Graham   Ireland 37:07
6 Jeff Julian   New Zealand 37:12
7 Ron Hill   England 37:13
8 Michel Jazy   France 37:16
9 Jean Vaillant   France 37:18
10 John Cooke   England 37:19
11 Mike Freary   England 37:20
12 Gerry North   England 37:22
13 Dominic Keily   England 37:24
14 Bernard Maroquin   France 37:26
15 Jim Alder   Scotland 37:28
16 Peter Welsh   New Zealand 37:30
17 Mhedheb Hannachi   Tunisia 37:31
18 Pat Sidon   New Zealand 37:38
19 Yves Martinage   France 37:41
20 Norris Wyatt   New Zealand 37:48
21 Tim Johnston   England 37:49
22 Hamida Addéche   Algeria 37:50
23 Francisco Aritmendi   Spain 37:51
24 Bryan Rose   New Zealand 37:54
25 Ahmed Zammel   Tunisia 37:56
26 Geoffrey Pyne   New Zealand 37:58
27 Henri Clerckx   Belgium 38:03
28 Fernando Aguilar   Spain 38:04
29 Lorenzo Gutierrez   Spain 38:05
30 Hedi Hamrouni   Tunisia 38:06
31 Grant Wheeler   New Zealand 38:06
32 Mariano Haro   Spain 38:07
33 Iluminado Corcuera   Spain 38:09
34 Marcel Senners   France 38:15
35 Hans Hüneke   West Germany 38:17
36 Hans Gerlach   West Germany 38:18
37 Guy Caillet   France 38:19
38 Ben Assou El Ghazi   Morocco 38:21
39 Fergus Murray   Scotland 38:22
40 Barry Everitt   New Zealand 38:23
41 Ahmed Oukbouch   Morocco
42 José Maiz   Spain
43 Andy Brown   Scotland
44 Luigi Conti   Italy
45 Ali Khamassi   Tunisia
46 Alfredo Rizzo   Italy
47 Jesús Fernandez   Spain
48 Carlos Pérez   Spain
49 Allal Ben Saoudi   Morocco
50 Cyrille van Geert   Belgium
51 Werner Dössegger    Switzerland 39:30
52 Jean Dewachter   Belgium
53 Arno Krausse   West Germany
54 Ron Grove   England
55 Lutz Krausse   West Germany
56 Abdeslem Bouchta   Morocco
57 Pierre de Pauw   Belgium
58 Lachie Stewart   Scotland
59 Mohamed Ben Mohamed   Morocco
60 Jim McNamara   Ireland
61 Joseph van Lent   Belgium
62 Piet Beelen   Netherlands
63 Marcel Vandewattyne   Belgium
64 Raymond van den Borre   Belgium
65 Noel Tijou   France
66 Labidi Ayachi   Tunisia
67 Franco Sommaggio   Italy
68 Mike Wiggs   England
69 Giorgio Zanfini   Italy
70 Ammar Khemiri   Tunisia
71 Ian McCafferty   Scotland
72 Hamoud Ameur   Algeria
73 Egbert Nijstad   Netherlands
74 Pat McMahon   Ireland
75 Alan Parkinson   New Zealand
76 Josephus Scheyen   Netherlands
77 Edgar Friedli    Switzerland 41:18
78 Alec Brown   Scotland
79 George Blackburn   Ireland
80 Robert Williams   Wales
81 Manuel Alonso   Spain
82 Günter Bretag   West Germany
83 Bob Roath   Wales
84 Carlo Sacchi   Italy
85 Jacques van Eekelen   Netherlands
86 Piet de Haas   Netherlands
87 Mohamed Benmaguini   Morocco
88 Brendan Deary   Ireland
89 John Collins   Wales
90 Hedydd Davies   Wales
91 Tony Murphy   Ireland
92 Klaus Vieth   West Germany
93 Walter Dietiker    Switzerland 41:48
94 John Godding   Wales
95 Youssef Mastouri   Tunisia
96 Joep Delnoye   Netherlands
97 Bert Smit   Netherlands
98 Denis Jouret   Belgium
99 Oskar Leupi    Switzerland 42:18
100 Don Macgregor   Scotland
101 Mohamed Ben Moulay   Morocco
102 William Ewing   Scotland
103 Harry Simpson   Ireland
104 Silvio De Florentiis   Italy
105 Said Benmaguini   Morocco
106 Umberto Lagana   Italy
107 Manfred Steffny   West Germany
108 Hammadi Ben Mohamed   Morocco
109 Hugo Eisenring    Switzerland 42:48
110 Ken Flowers   Wales
111 Gerry Barrell   Wales
112 Chris Loosley   Wales
113 Alfons Ida   West Germany
114 Hansruedi Knill    Switzerland 43:18
115 Belkacem Chikhane   Algeria
116 Belkacem Ben Sahraoui   Algeria
117 Huub Coumans   Netherlands
118 Tom Edmunds   Wales
119 Martin Ellenberger    Switzerland 43:38
120 Hansruedi Schneider    Switzerland
121 Abderrahmane Delhoum   Algeria
122 A. Tounsi   Algeria
123 Mohamed Iridir   Algeria
124 Mathieu Reinders   Netherlands
125 C. Grabsi   Algeria
Jim Hogan   Ireland DNF
Gaston Roelants   Belgium DNF
Kaspar Scheiber    Switzerland DNF
Hassan Amri   Algeria DNF
Roger Young   Scotland DNF

Junior Men's (4.7 mi / 7.5 km)

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Rank Athlete Nationality Time
  Jony Dumon   Belgium 21:36
  Albien Van Holsbeek   Belgium 21:44
  David Walker   England 21:51
4 Philip Romaine   England 21:53
5 Eddie Knox   Scotland 21:54
6 Erik Gyselinck   Belgium 21:56
7 John Caine   England 21:58
8 Francesco Sabatino   Italy 22:04
9 Gilbert Hanssens   Belgium 22:06
10 Larbi Oukada   Morocco 22:17
11 Bouabib Chaoui   Morocco 22:24
12 José Morera   Spain 22:25
13 Miloud Lhouceine   Morocco 22:35
14 Haddou Jaddour   Morocco 22:37
15 Luigi Carnicelli   Italy 22:39
16 Dehbi Elyazid   Morocco 22:39
17 Ian Young   Scotland 22:44
18 Giuseppe Cindolo   Italy 22:47
19 Tony Ashton   England 22:47
20 Francesco Valenti   Italy 22:51
21 Manuel Porta   Spain 22:53
22 Walter Eadie   Scotland 22:55
23 Mohamed Ben Slimane   Tunisia 22:59
24 Trevor Wright   England 23:02
25 Dick Wedlock   Scotland 23:06
26 Juan Angel Garay   Spain 23:15
27 Juan Hidalgo   Spain 23:15
28 Hamdouni Sghaier   Tunisia 23:18
29 Tahar Abassi   Tunisia 23:18
30 Gerry Williams   Wales 23:19
31 Johan Janssens   Belgium 23:43
32 Fredj Hemmemi   Tunisia 23:49
33 Will Francis   Wales 23:56
34 Abdelhamid Aït Yahia   Algeria 23:59
35 Belgacem Harrathi   Tunisia 24:01
36 Antonio Giancanterino   Italy 24:08
37 Bernie Plain   Wales 24:12
38 Abderrahmane Krideche   Algeria 24:22
39 Yahia Megdout   Algeria 24:34
40 Chakoufi   Algeria 24:37
41 Sadmi   Algeria 25:17
42 Don Price   Wales
43 Jeff Kirby   Wales
Francisco Collado   Spain DNF

Team Results

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Men's

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Rank Country Team Points
1   England Mel Batty
Ron Hill
John Cooke
Mike Freary
Gerry North
Dominic Keily
55
2   France Jean Fayolle
Michel Bernard
Michel Jazy
Jean Vaillant
Bernard Maroquin
Yves Martinage
55
3   New Zealand Jeff Julian
Peter Welsh
Pat Sidon
Norris Wyatt
Bryan Rose
Geoffrey Pyne
110
4   Tunisia Mohamed Gammoudi
Mhedheb Hannachi
Ahmed Zammel
Hedi Hamrouni
Ali Khamassi
Labidi Ayachi
186
5   Spain Francisco Aritmendi
Fernando Aguilar
Lorenzo Gutierrez
Mariano Haro
Iluminado Corcuera
José Maiz
187
6   Scotland Jim Alder
Fergus Murray
Andy Brown
Lachie Stewart
Ian McCafferty
Alec Brown
304
7   Belgium Henri Clerckx
Cyrille van Geert
Jean Dewachter
Pierre de Pauw
Joseph van Lent
Marcel Vandewattyne
310
8   Morocco Ben Assou El Ghazi
Ahmed Oukbouch
Allal Ben Saoudi
Abdeslem Bouchta
Mohamed Ben Mohamed
Mohamed Benmaguini
330
9   Federal Republic of Germany Hans Hüneke
Hans Gerlach
Arno Krausse
Lutz Krausse
Günter Bretag
Klaus Vieth
353
10   Ireland Derek Graham
Jim McNamara
Pat McMahon
George Blackburn
Brendan Deary
Tony Murphy
397
11   Italy Luigi Conti
Alfredo Rizzo
Franco Sommaggio
Giorgio Zanfini
Carlo Sacchi
Silvio De Florentiis
414
12   Netherlands Piet Beelen
Egbert Nijstad
Josephus Scheyen
Jacques van Eekelen
Piet de Haas
Joep Delnoye
478
13    Switzerland Werner Dössegger
Edgar Friedli
Walter Dietiker
Oskar Leupi
Hugo Eisenring
Hansruedi Knill
543
14   Wales Robert Williams
Bob Roath
John Collins
Hedydd Davies
John Godding
Ken Flowers
546
15   Algeria Hamida Addéche
Hamoud Ameur
Belkacem Chikhane
Belkacem Ben Sahraoui
Abderrahmane Delhoum
A. Tounsi
568

Junior Men's

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Rank Country Team Points
1   Belgium Jony Dumon
Albien Van Holsbeek
Erik Gyselinck
9
2   England David Walker
Philip Romaine
John Caine
14
3   Morocco Larbi Oukada
Bouabib Chaoui
Miloud Lhouceine
34
4   Italy Francesco Sabatino
Luigi Carnicelli
Giuseppe Cindolo
41
5   Scotland Eddie Knox
Ian Young
Walter Eadie
44
6   Spain José Morera
Manuel Porta
Juan Angel Garay
59
7   Tunisia Mohamed Ben Slimane
Hamdouni Sghaier
Tahar Abassi
80
8   Wales Gerry Williams
Will Francis
Bernie Plain
100
9   Algeria Abdelhamid Aït Yahia
Abderrahmane Krideche
Yahia Megdout
111

Participation

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An unofficial count yields the participation of 174 athletes from 15 countries.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 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..., Glasgow Herald, March 22, 1965, p. 10, retrieved October 3, 2013
  2. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 12.1km CC Men - Ostend Wellington Racecourse Date: Saturday, March 20, 1965, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on August 5, 2007, retrieved October 3, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (April 4, 2006), INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 7.5km CC Men - Ostend Wellington Racecourse Date: Saturday, March 20, 1965, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on May 17, 2006, retrieved October 3, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved September 24, 2013
  5. ^ 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 September 27, 2013, retrieved September 24, 2013