# 1959 International Cross Country Championships

The 1959 International Cross Country Championships was held in Lisbon, Portugal, at the National Stadium on March 21, 1959. Morocco entered a team for the first time after gaining independence. 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) | Fred Norris England | 42:44.8 | Frank Sando England | 42:52.4 | Salah Beddiaf [fr] France | 43:01.4 |
| Team |||||||
| Men | England | 40 | France | 72 | Belgium | 110 |

## Individual Race Results
### Men's (9 mi / 14.5 km)

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Fred Norris | England | 42:44.8 |
| | Frank Sando | England | 42:52.4 |
| | Salah Beddiaf [fr] | France | 43:01.4 |
| 4 | Basil Heatley | England | 43:10.4 |
| 5 | Stanley Eldon | England | 43:10.8 |
| 6 | Alain Mimoun | France | 43:15.4 |
| 7 | Antonio Amoros | Spain | 43:18 |
| 8 | Rhadi Ben Abdesselam | France | 43:20.6 |
| 9 | Marcel Vandewattyne | Belgium | 43:25.6 |
| 10 | Henri Clerckx | Belgium | 43:46.8 |
| 11 | Bakir Benaissa | Morocco | 43:50.8 |
| 12 | Carlos Pérez | Spain | 43:53.8 |
| 13 | Alan Perkins | England | 43:57.4 |
| 14 | Abdallah Ould Lamine | France | 44:02.8 |
| 15 | Michael Maynard | England | 44:09.4 |
| 16 | Luis García | Spain | 44:13.8 |
| 17 | Hamoud Ameur | France | 44:17.8 |
| 18 | Mohamed Saïd | Morocco | 44:18.8 |
| 19 | Aurèle Vandendriessche | Belgium | 44:27.4 |
| 20 | Alastair Wood | Scotland | 44:28 |
| 21 | David Richards Jun. | Wales | 44:34.8 |
| 22 | Denis Jouret | Belgium | 44:38.2 |
| 23 | Hedwig Leenaert | Belgium | 44:40.4 |
| 24 | C. Bouchta | France | 44:41.4 |
| 25 | John Anderson | England | 44:41.8 |
| 26 | Peter Wilkinson | England | 44:43.2 |
| 27 | Gaston Roelants | Belgium | 44:45.8 |
| 28 | Allal Ben Saoudi | Morocco | 44:48.6 |
| 29 | Manuel Faria | Portugal | 44:48.8 |
| 30 | Adrian Jackson | Scotland | 44:53 |
| 31 | Graham Everett | Scotland | 45:00.2 |
| 32 | Hélio Duarte | Portugal | 45:00.4 |
| 33 | John Merriman | Wales | 45:11.8 |
| 34 | Lahcen Benaissa | Morocco | 45:17.4 |
| 35 | Bertie Messitt | Ireland | 45:18.4 |
| 36 | Mohamed Ben Bouchaib | Morocco | 45:19 |
| 37 | Pat Killeen | Ireland | 45:26.6 |
| 38 | Jesús Hurtado | Spain | 45:34 |
| 39 | Richard Morgan | Wales | 45:36 |
| 40 | Michael Bullivant | England | 45:45.4 |
| 41 | José Araújo | Portugal | 45:46 |
| 42 | Manuel Marques | Portugal | 45:51 |
| 43 | Denis O'Gorman | Ireland | 45:54 |
| 44 | Maurits van Laere | Belgium | 45:59 |
| 45 | Mohamed Ben Hassan | Morocco | 46:08.4 |
| 46 | Alfonso Vidal | Spain | 46:14.4 |
| 47 | Joe McGhee | Scotland | 46:21.6 |
| 48 | Manuel Alonso | Spain | 46:27.2 |
| 49 | Norman Horrell | Wales | 46:30.8 |
| 50 | Frank White | Ireland | 46:31.4 |
| 51 | Maurice Chiclet | France | 46:32.2 |
| 52 | Peter Adams | Wales | 46:43.6 |
| 53 | Enrique Moreno | Spain | 46:45.6 |
| 54 | Joaquim Santos | Portugal | 46:59 |
| 55 | Mohamed Ben Mohamed | Morocco | 46:58.2 |
| 56 | Jimmy Todd | Ireland | 47:02.4 |
| 57 | Joe Connolly | Scotland | 47:08 |
| 58 | John McLaren | Scotland | 47:10.2 |
| 59 | Mohamed Bensaid | Morocco | 47:20 |
| 60 | Bert Irving | Scotland | 47:31 |
| 61 | Frans Herman | Belgium | 47:37.8 |
| 62 | Júlio Carmo | Portugal | 47:40.2 |
| 63 | Henrique Inglês | Portugal | 48:19.4 |
| 64 | Roger Harrison-Jones | Wales | 48:19.8 |
| 65 | Roy Profitt | Wales | 48:48.4 |
| 66 | Joaquim Ferreira | Portugal | 49:50 |
| 67 | Jim Kenmore | Ireland | 49:52.6 |
| 68 | William Butcher | Wales | 50:32.2 |
| — | Fernando Aguilar | Spain | DNF |
| — | Tomas Ballestin | Spain | DNF |
| — | Michel Bernard | France | DNF |
| — | Willie Dunne | Ireland | DNF |
| — | Guy Texereau | France | DNF |
| — | Jim Douglas | Ireland | DNF |
| — | Natalino Almeida | Portugal | DNF |
| — | Tommy Dunne | Ireland | DNF |
| — | Julien Vandevelde | Belgium | DNF |
| — | Cherif Ahmid | Morocco | DNF |

## Team Results
### Men's

| Rank | Country | Team | Points |
| 1 | England | Fred Norris Frank Sando Basil Heatley Stanley Eldon Alan Perkins Michael Maynard | 40 |
| 2 | France | Salah Beddiaf [fr] Alain Mimoun Rhadi Ben Abdesselam Abdallah Ould Lamine Hamoud Ameur C. Bouchta | 72 |
| 3 | Belgium | Marcel Vandewattyne Henri Clerckx Aurèle Vandendriessche Denis Jouret Hedwig Leenaert Gaston Roelants | 110 |
| 4 | Spain | Antonio Amoros Carlos Pérez Luis García Jesús Hurtado Alfonso Vidal Manuel Alonso | 167 |
| 5 | Morocco | Bakir Benaissa Mohamed Saïd Allal Ben Saoudi Lahcen Benaissa Mohamed Ben Bouchaib Mohamed Ben Hassan | 172 |
| 6 | Scotland | Alastair Wood Adrian Jackson Graham Everett Joe McGhee Joe Connolly John McLaren | 243 |
| 7 | Wales | David Richards Jun. John Merriman Richard Morgan Norman Horrell Peter Adams Roger Harrison-Jones | 258 |
| 8 | Portugal | Manuel Faria Hélio Duarte José Araújo Manuel Marques Joaquim Santos Júlio Carmo | 260 |
| 9 | Ireland | Bertie Messitt Pat Killeen Denis O'Gorman Frank White Jimmy Todd Jim Kenmore | 288 |

## Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 78 athletes from 9 countries.
* Belgium (9)
* England (9)
* France (9)
* Ireland (9)
* Morocco (9)
* Portugal (9)
* Scotland (7)
* Spain (9)
* Wales (8)