# 1953 International Cross Country Championships

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.
Complete results, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.

## Medallists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | 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.
* Belgium (9)
* England (9)
* France (9)
* Ireland (9)
* Netherlands (9)
* Scotland (9)
* Spain (9)
* Switzerland (9)
* Wales (9)
* Yugoslavia (8)