1953 International Cross Country Championships

1953 International Cross Country Championships
OrganisersICCU
Edition40th
DateMarch 21
Host cityVincennes, Île-de-France, France
VenueHippodrome de Vincennes
Events1
Distances9 mi (14.5 km)
Participation89 athletes from
10 nations

The 1953 International Cross Country Championships was held in Vincennes, France, at the Hippodrome de Vincennes on March 21, 1953. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.[1]

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

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual
Men
9 mi (14.5 km) 		Franjo Mihalić
 Yugoslavia		 47:53 Frank Sando
 England		 48:03 Abdallah Ould Lamine
 France		 48:06
Team
Men  England 64  France 84  Yugoslavia 129

Individual Race Results

Men's (9 mi / 14.5 km)

Rank Athlete Nationality Time
Franjo Mihalić  Yugoslavia 47:53
Frank Sando  England 48:03
Abdallah Ould Lamine  France 48:06
4 Eddie Bannon  Scotland 48:22
5 Fred Norris  England 48:40
6 Bill Gray  England 48:41
7 Pierre Prat  France 48:47
8 Buenaventura Baldoma  Spain 48:51
9 Mohamed Bouali  France 48:53
10 Hans Frischknecht   Switzerland 48:56
11 Jim Peters  England 49:00
12 Andy Forbes  Scotland 49:09
13 Marcel Vandewattyne  Belgium 49:21
14 Antonio Amoros  Spain 49:23
15 André Lecat  France 49:34
16 Boualem Labadie  France 49:39
17 Jose Coll  Spain 49:44
18 Stevan Pavlović  Yugoslavia 49:54
19 Gordon Pirie  England 50:01
20 Domica Cetinic  Yugoslavia 50:22
21 Patrick Ranger  England 50:28
22 Lucien Theys  Belgium 50:42
23 Dennis Holden  England 50:46
24 Maurits van Laere  Belgium 50:51
25 Đorđe Stefanović  Yugoslavia 51:08
26 Svetislav Jovanović  Yugoslavia 51:09
27 Roger Serroels  Belgium 51:10
28 Jaime Guixa  Spain 51:13
29 Davy Harrison  Ireland 51:31
30 Archie Gibson  Scotland 51:34
31 Phil Morgan  Wales 51:41
32 August Sutter   Switzerland 51:43
33 Clark Wallace  Scotland 51:44
34 Ali Ou Bassou  France 51:45
35 José Teixeira  Spain 51:47
36 Johnny Marshall  Ireland 51:48
37 Yves Furic  France 51:58
38 Jan Adriaansen  Netherlands 52:05
39 Zdravko Ceraj  Yugoslavia 52:07
40 Pavle Basic  Yugoslavia 52:13
41 Francisco Irizar  Spain 52:18
42 Gottlieb Stäubli   Switzerland 52:22
43 Felicito Cerezo  Spain 52:22
44 José Quesada  Spain 52:36
45 Roger Tombeur  Belgium 52:39
46 Peter Griggs  Wales 52:41
47 Don Appleby  Ireland 52:45
48 Joseph West  Ireland 52:50
49 Jean-Louis Com  France 52:58
50 Alex Breckenridge  Scotland 53:07
51 Adrianus van der Zande  Netherlands 53:12
52 Frank Sinclair  Scotland 53:14
53 J. Morgan  Ireland 53:28
54 Doug Rees  Wales 53:38
55 Pierre Page   Switzerland 53:39
56 Richard Daniels  Belgium 53:39
57 Cees de Koning  Netherlands 53:46
58 Tom Wood  Wales 53:46
59 Emmet Farrell  Scotland 53:49
60 Jean Simonet  Belgium 53:55
61 Dyfrigg Rees  Wales 54:22
62 Erwin Bühler   Switzerland 54:25
63 Leo Besters  Netherlands 54:26
64 Walter Glauser   Switzerland 54:45
65 Tom Stevenson  Scotland 54:50
66 Albert Känzig   Switzerland 54:58
67 Tom Richards  Wales 55:23
68 Tom O'Mahoney  Ireland 55:30
69 S. Casey  Ireland 55:55
70 Henk van der Veerdonk  Netherlands 56:24
71 Paddy Ross  Ireland 56:52
72 Georg Steiner   Switzerland 58:02
73 Willy Weert  Netherlands 58:57
74 André Paris  France 59:10
75 Lyn Bevan  Wales 59:52
76 Frans Künen  Netherlands
— Velimir Ilic  Yugoslavia DNF
— Antonio Teixeira  Spain DNF
— Bill Boak  England DNF
— Ted Dalton  England DNF
— Frans Wauters  Belgium DNF
— Siem Bobeldijk  Netherlands DNF
— J. McClelland  Ireland DNF
— Joe Stevenson  Scotland DNF
— Ken Huckle  Wales DNF
— Norman Wilson  Wales DNF
— Karl Gschwend   Switzerland DNF
— René De Rey  Belgium DNF
— Arie Verbaan  Netherlands DNF

Team Results

Men's

Rank Country Team Points
1 England Frank Sando
Fred Norris
Bill Gray
Jim Peters
Gordon Pirie
Patrick Ranger		 64
2 France Abdallah Ould Lamine
Pierre Prat
Mohamed Bouali
André Lecat
Boualem Labadie
Ali Ou Bassou		 84
3 Yugoslavia Franjo Mihalić
Stevan Pavlovic
Domica Cetinic
Djordje Stefanovic
Svetislav Jovanovic
Zdravko Ceraj		 129
4 Spain Buenaventura Baldoma
Antonio Amoros
Jose Coll
Jaime Guixa
José Teixeira
Francisco Irizar		 143
5 Scotland Eddie Bannon
Andy Forbes
Archie Gibson
Clark Wallace
Alex Breckenridge
Frank Sinclair		 181
6 Belgium Marcel Vandewattyne
Lucien Theys
Maurits van Laere
Roger Serroels
Roger Tombeur
Richard Daniels		 187
7  Switzerland Hans Frischknecht
August Sutter
Gottlieb Stäubli
Pierre Page
Erwin Bühler
Walter Glauser		 265
8 Ireland Davy Harrison
Johnny Marshall
Don Appleby
Joseph West
J. Morgan
Tom O'Mahoney		 281
9 Wales Phil Morgan
Peter Griggs
Doug Rees
Tom Wood
Dyfrigg Rees
Tom Richards		 317
10 Netherlands Jan Adriaansen
Adrianus van der Zande
Cees de Koning
Leo Besters
Henk van der Veerdonk
Willy Weert		 352

Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 89 athletes from 10 countries.

References

  1. ^ "Scots Runner Fourth - E. Bannon's Feat - E. Bannon (Shettleston Harriers), the Scottish cross-country champion, probably performed the best feat of his career on Saturday in Paris, when he finished fourth to F. Mihalic (Yugoslavia) in the International nine-mile championship at the Vincennes Racecourse..." Glasgow Herald. March 23, 1953. p. 11. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
  2. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007). "INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 14.5km CC Men - Paris Hippodrome de Vincennes Date: Saturday, March 21, 1953". Athchamps (archived). Archived from the original on June 13, 2007. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
  3. ^ "INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved September 24, 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 on September 27, 2013. Retrieved September 24, 2013.
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