# 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.
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) | 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 [fr] | 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 [nl] | 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 [fr] 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 [nl] 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)