1965 International Cross Country Championships

1965 International Cross Country Championships
1965 International Cross Country Championships
Organisers	ICCU
Edition	52nd
Date	March 20
Host city	Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium
Venue	Hippodrome Wellington
Events	2
Distances	7.5 mi (12.1 km) men ; 4.7 mi (7.5 km) junior men
Participation	174 athletes from ; 15 nations
	← 1964 Dublin 1966 Rabat →

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]

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

Medallists

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

Men's (7.5 mi / 12.1 km)

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)

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

Men's

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

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

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

Algeria (14)
Belgium (14)
England (14)
France (9)
Ireland (8)
Italy (12)
Morocco (14)
Netherlands (9)
New Zealand (9)
Scotland (13)
Spain (14)
Switzerland (9)
Tunisia (13)
Wales (14)
West Germany (8)

References

↑ 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
↑ 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)
↑ 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)
↑ INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved September 24, 2013
↑ 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

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[herald_01-1] 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

[archive_01-2] 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)

[archive_02-3] 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)

[gbr_01-4] INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved September 24, 2013

[iaaf_01-5] 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

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