1962 International Cross Country Championships
Organisers	ICCU
Edition	49th
Date	24 March
Host city	Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
Venue	Graves Park
Events	2
Distances	7.5 mi (12.0 km) men / 4.7 mi (7.5 km) junior men
Participation	126 athletes from 10 nations
← 1961 Nantes 1963 San Sebastián →

The 1962 International Cross Country Championships was held in Sheffield, England, at the Graves Park on 24 March 1962. 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[edit]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual
Men 7.5 mi (12.0 km)	Gaston Roelants  Belgium	44:40	Marcel Vandewattyne  Belgium	44:46	Mel Batty  England	44:48
Junior Men 4.7 mi (7.5 km)	Abdeslem Bouchta  Morocco	25:05	Anthony Evans  England Martin Heath  England	25:23
Team
Men	England	44	Spain	115	Belgium	132
Junior Men	England	9	Morocco	28	Scotland	37

Individual Race Results[edit]

Men's (7.5 mi / 12.0 km)[edit]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Gaston Roelants	Belgium	44:40
	Marcel Vandewattyne	Belgium	44:46
	Mel Batty	England	44:48
4	John Anderson	England	44:55
5	Brian Hall	England	45:02
6	José Molíns	Spain	45:04
7	Mick Neville	Ireland	45:05
8	Gerry North	England	45:08
9	Andy Brown	Scotland	45:09
10	Rhadi Ben Abdesselam	Morocco	45:12
11	Ron Hill	England	45:19
12	Georges Fromont	Belgium	45:20
13	Brian Craig	England	45:21
14	Iluminado Corcuera	Spain	45:28
15	Fernando Aguilar	Spain	45:30
16	Colin Robinson	England	45:31
17	Willie Olivier	South Africa	45:32
18	Francisco Guardia	Spain	45:33
19	Salah Beddiaf	France	45:35
20	David Cooke	England	45:36
21	Youssef Mastouri	Tunisia	45:37
22	Jean-Pierre Delloye	Belgium	45:46
23	Keith Pearce	South Africa	45:49
24	Bakir Benaissa	Morocco	45:50
25	Alastair Wood	Scotland	45:51
26	Alain Mimoun	France	45:52
27	Ali Khamassi	Tunisia	45:54
28	Mohamed Said	Morocco	45:58
29	Antonio Amoros	Spain	46:04
30	Jan Barnard	South Africa	46:05
31	Stephanus Steyn	South Africa	46:07
32	Paul Genève	France	46:07
33	Francisco Aritmendi	Spain	46:11
34	Francis Duleau	France	46:24
35	Stan Taylor	Scotland	46:25
36	Jim Alder	Scotland	46:25
37	Callum Laing	Scotland	46:26
38	Labidi Ayachi	Tunisia	46:27
39	Alfonso Vidal	Spain	46:34
40	Derek Graham	Ireland	46:34
41	Mohamed Lahcen	Morocco	46:35
42	Mohamed Ben Mohamed	Morocco	46:37
43	Alexis Chauvel	France	46:39
44	Mhedheb Hannachi	Tunisia	46:42
45	Eddie Strong	England	46:45
46	Julius Saenen	Belgium	46:46
47	Hammadi Ben Mohamed	Morocco	46:46
48	Mohamed Gammoudi	Tunisia	46:52
49	Frans van der Hoeven	Belgium	46:57
50	Lahcen Ben Allal	Morocco	47:01
51	Ali Tarbag	Tunisia	47:01
52	Ahmed Ben Salah	Tunisia	47:12
53	John McDonnell	Ireland	47:13
54	Denis Jouret	Belgium	47:13
55	Moha Ouali	Morocco	47:13
56	Charles Minnaar	South Africa	47:20
57	Jim O'Brien	Wales	47:21
58	Bert Irving	Scotland	47:21
59	Pat Killeen	Ireland	47:22
60	Benny O'Sullivan	Ireland	47:25
61	Cyril Bentall	South Africa	47:30
62	Hedi Hamrouni	Tunisia	47:33
63	Norman Horrell	Wales	47:42
64	Hamida Addéche	France	47:42
65	Ron Franklin	Wales	47:56
66	Davie Simpson	Scotland	47:57
67	Maurice Chiclet	France	48:15
68	Mick Connolly	Ireland	48:25
69	Ammar Khemiri	Tunisia	48:30
70	Billy McCue	Ireland	48:31
71	Graham Everett	Scotland	48:39
72	Gerhardus Swanepoel	South Africa	48:40
73	Pascal Morris	Ireland	48:41
74	Joe O'Keefe	Ireland	49:02
75	Mohamed Ben Hassan	Morocco	49:05
76	Henri Lucas	France	49:22
77	Roger Harrison-Jones	Wales	49:27
78	Barrie Saunders	Wales	49:31
79	Alan Griffiths	Wales	49:47
80	John McLaren	Scotland	49:48
81	Robert Williams	Wales	50:24
82	Harry Wilson	Wales	50:59
83	Bryan Davies	Wales	50:59
—	Mariano Haro	Spain	DNF
—	André VandenDriessche	Belgium	DNF
—	Luis García	Spain	DNF
—	Raymond Janssen	France	DNF

Junior Men's (4.7 mi / 7.5 km)[edit]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Abdeslem Bouchta	Morocco	25:05
	Anthony Evans	England	25:23
	Martin Heath	England	25:23
4	Ernie Pomfret	England	25:33
5	Tom Edmunds	Wales	25:45
6	Ahmed Zammel	Tunisia	25:51
7	David Bignell	England	26:02
8	Jesús Fernandez	Spain	26:07
9	Doug Fownes	England	26:11
10	Lachie Stewart	Scotland	26:19
11	Alasdair Heron	Scotland	26:20
12	Hadj Ben Sitel	Morocco	26:23
13	Lorenzo Gutierrez	Spain	26:25
14	Amara Gahlouzi	Tunisia	26:32
15	Ahmed Oukbouch	Morocco	26:37
16	Joe Finn	Scotland	26:42
17	Ben Nouceur	Morocco	26:44
18	Arthur Moody	Scotland	26:51
19	T. Hewitt	Ireland	26:55
20	Jorge Gonzalez	Spain	26:56
21	Craig Douglas	Scotland	26:59
22	Khalifa Seraj	Morocco	27:01
23	L. Nodswell	Ireland	27:05
24	Robert van Overmeiren	Belgium	27:07
25	Abdelhamid Yazidi	Tunisia	27:11
26	Luc van der Smissen	Belgium	27:11
27	José Perramon	Spain	27:12
28	Mohamed Frigui	Tunisia	27:13
29	Gilbert Maesschalk	Belgium	27:17
30	Mahmoud Ben Rabah	Tunisia	27:20
31	Winston Bradley	Wales	27:26
32	Andre van de Walle	Belgium	27:27
33	Pedro Sacristán	Spain	27:35
34	P. Keenan	Ireland	27:50
35	Brendan Dunne	Ireland	28:23
36	Alcwyn Price	Wales	28:28
37	Tony Murphy	Ireland	28:34
38	Fred Bell	Wales	29:04
39	Stephen Oultram	Wales	29:34
—	Marnix Cocquyt	Belgium	DNF

Team Results[edit]

Men's[edit]

Rank	Country	Team	Points
1	England	Mel Batty John Anderson Brian Hall Gerry North Ron Hill Brian Craig	44
2	Spain	José Molíns Iluminado Corcuera Fernando Aguilar Francisco Guardia Antonio Amoros Francisco Aritmendi	115
3	Belgium	Gaston Roelants Marcel Vandewattyne Georges Fromont Jean-Pierre Delloye Julius Saenen Frans van der Hoeven	132
4	Morocco	Rhadi Ben Abdesselam Bakir Benaissa Mohamed Said Mohamed Lahcen Mohamed Ben Mohamed Hammadi Ben Mohamed	192
5	Scotland	Andy Brown Alastair Wood Stan Taylor Jim Alder Callum Laing Bert Irving	200
6	South Africa	Willie Olivier Keith Pearce Jan Barnard Stephanus Steyn Charles Minnaar Cyril Bentall	218
7	France	Salah Beddiaf Alain Mimoun Paul Genève Francis Duleau Alexis Chauvel Hamida Addéche	218
8	Tunisia	Youssef Mastouri Ali Khamassi Labidi Ayachi Mhedheb Hannachi Mohamed Gammoudi Ali Tarbag	229
9	Ireland	Mick Neville Derek Graham John McDonnell Pat Killeen Benny O'Sullivan Mick Connolly	287
10	Wales	Jim O'Brien Norman Horrell Ron Franklin Roger Harrison-Jones Barrie Saunders Alan Griffiths	419

Junior Men's[edit]

Rank	Country	Team	Points
1	England	Anthony Evans Martin Heath Ernie Pomfret	9
2	Morocco	Abdeslem Bouchta Hadj Ben Sitel Ahmed Oukbouch	28
3	Scotland	Lachie Stewart Alasdair Heron Joe Finn	37
4	Spain	Jesús Fernandez Lorenzo Gutierrez Jorge Gonzalez	41
5	Tunisia	Ahmed Zammel Amara Gahlouzi Abdelhamid Yazidi	45
6	Wales	Tom Edmunds Winston Bradley Alcwyn Price	72
7	Ireland	T. Hewitt L. Nodswell P. Keenan	76
8	Belgium	Robert van Overmeiren Luc van der Smissen Gilbert Maesschalk	79

Participation[edit]

An unofficial count yields the participation of 126 athletes from 10 countries.

See also[edit]

• 1962 in athletics (track and field)

References[edit]