# 1963 International Cross Country Championships

The 1963 International Cross Country Championships was held in San Sebastián, Spain, at the Lasarte Hippodrome [es] on 17 March 1963. The distance for the men's race was reduced from the traditional 9 miles (14.5 km) to 7.5 miles (12.1 km). A preview of the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.
Complete results for men, junior men, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.

## Medallists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Individual |||||||
| Men 7.5 mi (12.1 km) | Roy Fowler England | 37:19.7 | Gaston Roelants Belgium | 37:32 | Mariano Haro Spain | 37:41.6 |
| Junior Men 4.7 mi (7.5 km) | John Farrington England | 25:17.4 | Ahmed Zammel Tunisia | 25:23.6 | Lachie Stewart Scotland | 25:37.6 |
| Team |||||||
| Men | Belgium | 110 | France | 113 | England | 113 |
| Junior Men | England | 12 | Spain | 20 | Scotland | 24 |

## Individual Race Results
### Men's (7.5 mi / 12.1 km)

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Roy Fowler | England | 37:19.7 |
| | Gaston Roelants | Belgium | 37:32 |
| | Mariano Haro | Spain | 37:41.6 |
| 4 | Robert Bogey | France | 37:55.6 |
| 5 | Tim Johnston | England | 37:58.7 |
| 6 | Francisco Guardia | Spain | 38:00 |
| 7 | Mohamed Gammoudi | Tunisia | 38:11.6 |
| 8 | Henri Clerckx | Belgium | 38:22.8 |
| 9 | Hamoud Ameur | France | 38:24.1 |
| 10 | Abdeslem Bouchta | Morocco | 38:24.5 |
| 11 | Andy Brown | Scotland | 38:26 |
| 12 | Ali Khamassi | Tunisia | 38:29 |
| 13 | Basil Heatley | England | 38:34 |
| 14 | Hedwig Leenaert | Belgium | 38:39 |
| 15 | Pat Killeen | Ireland | 38:39 |
| 16 | Labidi Ayachi | Tunisia | 38:42 |
| 17 | Marcel Vandewattyne | Belgium | 38:44 |
| 18 | Michel Jazy | France | 38:51 |
| 19 | Tom O'Riordan | Ireland | 38:52 |
| 20 | Bakir Benaissa | Morocco | 38:53 |
| 21 | Salah Beddiaf [fr] | France | 38:58 |
| 22 | Tim Briault | England | 39:01 |
| 23 | Youssef Mastouri | Tunisia | 39:04 |
| 24 | Manuel Alonso | Spain | 39:07.4 |
| 25 | Luis García | Spain | 39:08.8 |
| 26 | Rhadi Ben Abdesselam | Morocco | 39:10 |
| 27 | Hedi Hamrouni | Tunisia | 39:13 |
| 28 | Noel Tijou | France | 39:16 |
| 29 | Denis Jouret | Belgium | 39:18 |
| 30 | Sean O'Sullivan | Ireland | 39:19 |
| 31 | Alastair Wood | Scotland | 39:20 |
| 32 | Fernando Aguilar | Spain | 39:22.7 |
| 33 | Yves Martinage | France | 39:26 |
| 34 | Lahcen Ben Allal | Morocco | 39:27 |
| 35 | Eddie Strong | England | 39:28 |
| 36 | John Linaker | Scotland | 39:28 |
| 37 | Mike Turner | England | 39:28 |
| 38 | Iluminado Corcuera | Spain | 39:31.5 |
| 39 | Mohamed Ben Mohamed | Morocco | 39:33 |
| 40 | Frans van der Hoeven | Belgium | 39:43 |
| 41 | Tomas Ballestin | Spain | 39:49.9 |
| 42 | Ammar Khemiri | Tunisia | 39:51 |
| 43 | Manuel Marques | Portugal | 39:57 |
| 44 | Hammadi Ben Mohamed | Morocco | 39:57 |
| 45 | Derek Graham | Ireland | 40:01 |
| 46 | Alan Simpson | England | 40:02 |
| 47 | Bob Roath | Wales | 40:02 |
| 48 | Mick Neville | Ireland | 40:03 |
| 49 | Jean Vaillant | France | 40:04 |
| 50 | Alfons Sidler | Switzerland | 40:05 |
| 51 | Carlos Pérez | Spain | 40:07 |
| 52 | Mhedheb Hannachi | Tunisia | 40:07 |
| 53 | Jim Hogan | Ireland | 40:09 |
| 54 | Jean Fayolle | France | 40:11 |
| 55 | Brian Craig | England | 40:12 |
| 56 | Mohamed Brahim | Morocco | 40:14 |
| 57 | Tom Cochrane | Scotland | 40:18 |
| 58 | Yves Jeannotat | Switzerland | 40:22 |
| 59 | Maximiano Pinheiro | Portugal | 40:33.4 |
| 60 | Mohamed Ben Abdelsalem | Morocco | 40:42 |
| 61 | Frank McDermott | Ireland | 40:48 |
| 62 | Brian Jeffs | Wales | 40:49 |
| 63 | Callum Laing | Scotland | 40:58 |
| 64 | Rachid Ben Naceur | Tunisia | 41:02 |
| 65 | Michael Bullivant | England | 41:02 |
| 66 | Walter Vanhoutte | Belgium | 41:04 |
| 67 | Hélio Duarte | Portugal | 41:06.1 |
| 68 | Robert McKay | Scotland | 41:10 |
| 69 | Armando Aldegalega | Portugal | 41:16.4 |
| 70 | Martin Craven | Scotland | 41:21 |
| 71 | John McDonnell | Ireland | 41:32 |
| 72 | Joaquim Ferreira | Portugal | 41:41.6 |
| 73 | Hedydd Davies | Wales | 41:45 |
| 74 | Manuel de Sousa | Portugal | 41:49.9 |
| 75 | Jean-Yves Le Flohic | France | 41:56 |
| 76 | Ken Flowers | Wales | 42:00 |
| 77 | Manuel Lopes | Portugal | 42:05.3 |
| 78 | Roy Profitt | Wales | 42:07 |
| 79 | Karl Schaller | Switzerland | 42:13 |
| 80 | Edgar Friedli | Switzerland | 42:18 |
| 81 | Norman Horrell | Wales | 42:22 |
| 82 | Arthur Hess | Switzerland | 42:30 |
| 83 | Fritz Holzer | Switzerland | 42:31 |
| 84 | George Matthiudis | Wales | 42:47 |
| 85 | Werner Fischer | Switzerland | 43:24 |
| 86 | Paul Knill | Switzerland | 43:35 |
| 87 | Joaquim Santos | Portugal | 44:41.4 |
| — | Francisco Aritmendi | Spain | DNF |
| — | Manuel de Oliveira | Portugal | DNF |
| — | Mohamed Bensaid | Morocco | DNF |
| — | Jean-Pierre Delloye | Belgium | DNF |
| — | Robert Vandendriessche | Belgium | DNF |
| — | Anton Signer | Switzerland | DNF |
| — | Abderrahman Mechraoui | Tunisia | DNF |

### Junior Men's (4.7 mi / 7.5 km)

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | John Farrington | England | 25:17.4 |
| | Ahmed Zammel | Tunisia | 25:23.6 |
| | Lachie Stewart | Scotland | 25:37.6 |
| 4 | Stuart Dobson | England | 25:37.8 |
| 5 | Antonio Gómez Lopez | Spain | 25:50.6 |
| 6 | Lorenzo Gutierrez | Spain | 26:01.4 |
| 7 | John Hammond | England | 26:01.8 |
| 8 | Peter Sulston | England | 26:23.2 |
| 9 | Francisco Hernandez | Spain | 26:37.6 |
| 10 | Craig Douglas | Scotland | 26:39.8 |
| 11 | Alec Brown | Scotland | |
| 12 | Amara Gahlouzi | Tunisia | 26:51.4 |
| 13 | Pedro Sacristán | Spain | |
| 14 | Chris Loosley | Wales | |
| 15 | Bill Stitfall | Wales | |
| 16 | Guido Veereman | Belgium | |
| 17 | Freddy Vandercruyssen | Belgium | |
| 18 | Bouabib Chaoui | Morocco | |
| 19 | Habib Ben Jeddou | Tunisia | 27:26.8 |
| 20 | Hadj Ben Sitel | Morocco | |
| 21 | Peter Yates | England | |
| 22 | James Johnstone | Scotland | |
| 23 | Juan Ripoll | Spain | |
| 24 | A. Oulmati | Morocco | |
| 25 | Hedi Djemdjem | Tunisia | 28:20.2 |
| 26 | Rafael Vergauwen | Belgium | |
| 27 | Winston Bradley | Wales | |
| 28 | Fred Bell | Wales | |
| — | Mustapha Ferchichi | Tunisia | DNF |
| — | Jozef Peeters | Belgium | DNF |
| — | Carlos D'Haene | Belgium | DNF |

## Team Results
### Men's

| Rank | Country | Team | Points |
| 1 | Belgium | Gaston Roelants Henri Clerckx Hedwig Leenaert Marcel Vandewattyne Denis Jouret Frans van der Hoeven | 110 |
| 2 | France | Robert Bogey Hamoud Ameur Michel Jazy Salah Beddiaf [fr] Noel Tijou Yves Martinage | 113 |
| 3 | England | Roy Fowler Tim Johnston Basil Heatley Tim Briault Eddie Strong Mike Turner | 113 |
| 4 | Tunisia | Mohamed Gammoudi Ali Khamassi Labidi Ayachi Youssef Mastouri Hedi Hamrouni Ammar Khemiri | 127 |
| 5 | Spain | Mariano Haro Francisco Guardia Manuel Alonso Luis García Fernando Aguilar Iluminado Corcuera | 128 |
| 6 | Morocco | Abdeslem Bouchta Bakir Benaissa Rhadi Ben Abdesselam Lahcen Ben Allal Mohamed Ben Mohamed Hammadi Ben Mohamed | 173 |
| 7 | Ireland | Pat Killeen Tom O'Riordan Sean O'Sullivan Derek Graham Mick Neville Jim Hogan | 210 |
| 8 | Scotland | Andy Brown Alastair Wood John Linaker Tom Cochrane Callum Laing Robert McKay | 266 |
| 9 | Portugal | Manuel Marques Maximiano Pinheiro Hélio Duarte Armando Aldegalega Joaquim Ferreira Manuel de Sousa | 384 |
| 10 | Wales | Bob Roath Brian Jeffs Hedydd Davies Ken Flowers Roy Profitt Norman Horrell | 417 |
| 11 | Switzerland | Alfons Sidler Yves Jeannotat Karl Schaller Edgar Friedli Arthur Hess Fritz Holzer | 432 |

### Junior Men's

| Rank | Country | Team | Points |
| 1 | England | John Farrington Stuart Dobson John Hammond | 12 |
| 2 | Spain | Antonio Gómez Lopez Lorenzo Gutierrez Francisco Hernandez | 20 |
| 3 | Scotland | Lachie Stewart Craig Douglas Alec Brown | 24 |
| 4 | Tunisia | Ahmed Zammel Amara Gahlouzi Habib Ben Jeddou | 33 |
| 5 | Wales | Chris Loosley Bill Stitfall Winston Bradley | 56 |
| 6 | Belgium | Guido Veereman Freddy Vandercruyssen Rafael Vergauwen | 59 |
| 7 | Morocco | Bouabib Chaoui Hadj Ben Sitel A. Oulmati | 62 |

## Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 125 athletes from 11 countries.
* Belgium (14)
* England (14)
* France (9)
* Ireland (8)
* Morocco (12)
* Portugal (9)
* Scotland (11)
* Spain (14)
* Switzerland (9)
* Tunisia (14)
* Wales (11)