1966 International Cross Country Championships
# 1966 International Cross Country Championships

The 1966 International Cross Country Championships was held in Rabat, Morocco, at the Souissi Racecourse on March 20, 1966. 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) | Ben Assou El Ghazi Morocco | 36:22.1 | Derek Graham Ireland | 36:29.6 | Tracy Smith United States | 36:32.2 |
| Junior Men 4.35 mi (7.0 km) | Mike Tagg England | 21:26.4 | Roy Young England | 21:35.3 | Eddie Knox Scotland | 21:40.6 |
| Team |||||||
| Men | England | 59 | France | 79 | Morocco | 184 |
| Junior Men | England | 8 | Belgium | 21 | Scotland | 28 |

## Individual Race Results

### Men's (7.5 mi / 12.1 km)

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Ben Assou El Ghazi | Morocco | 36:22.1 |
| | Derek Graham | Ireland | 36:29.6 |
| | Tracy Smith | United States | 36:32.2 |
| 4 | Roy Fowler | England | 36:41 |
| 5 | Michel Jazy | France | 36:50 |
| 6 | Ron Hill | England | 36:52 |
| 7 | Tim Johnston | England | 36:54 |
| 8 | Mike Freary | England | 36:55 |
| 9 | Ahmed Zammel | Tunisia | 36:55 |
| 10 | Guy Texereau | France | 37:04 |
| 11 | Noel Tijou | France | 37:04 |
| 12 | Lachie Stewart | Scotland | 37:11 |
| 13 | Bernard Maroquin | France | 37:14 |
| 14 | Ian McCafferty | Scotland | 37:20 |
| 15 | Tim Briault | England | 37:24 |
| 16 | Jim Alder | Scotland | 37:27 |
| 17 | Guy Caillet | France | 37:28 |
| 18 | Ali Khamassi | Tunisia | 37:28 |
| 19 | Gerry North | England | 37:30 |
| 20 | Antonio Ambu | Italy | 37:31 |
| 21 | Gottfried Arnold | West Germany | 37:40 |
| 22 | Ahmed Oukbouch | Morocco | 37:44 |
| 23 | Yves Martinage | France | 37:47 |
| 24 | Michel Bernard | France | 37:51 |
| 25 | Hedi Hamrouni | Tunisia | 37:52 |
| 26 | Doug Brown | United States | 37:55 |
| 27 | Mohamed Bensaid | Morocco | 37:55 |
| 28 | François Lacour | France | 37:55 |
| 29 | Chris Loosley | Wales | 38:02 |
| 30 | Henri Clerckx | Belgium | 38:03 |
| 31 | Hans Gerlach | West Germany | 38:08 |
| 32 | Werner Dössegger | Switzerland | 38:11 |
| 33 | Eamon O'Reilly | United States | 38:12 |
| 34 | John Linaker | Scotland | 38:13 |
| 35 | Labidi Ayachi | Tunisia | |
| 36 | Hans-Joachim Liess | West Germany | |
| 37 | John Hillen | England | |
| 38 | Tom Bache | United States | |
| 39 | John Hammond | England | |
| 40 | Tom O'Riordan | Ireland | |
| 41 | Hammadi Ben Mohamed | Morocco | |
| 42 | Leon Moreels | Belgium | |
| 43 | Mhedheb Hannachi | Tunisia | |
| 44 | Michael Kimball | United States | |
| 45 | Luigi Conti | Italy | |
| 46 | Mohamed Said | Morocco | |
| 47 | Moha Ouali | Morocco | |
| 48 | Andy Brown | Scotland | |
| 49 | Jim McNamara | Ireland | |
| 50 | Herb Lorenz | United States | |
| 51 | Albien van Holsbeek | Belgium | |
| 52 | Cyrille van Geert | Belgium | |
| 53 | Allal Ben Saoudi | Morocco | |
| 54 | Arno Krausse | West Germany | |
| 55 | Denis Jouret | Belgium | |
| 56 | Rabah Ben Othman | Tunisia | |
| 57 | Oskar Leupi | Switzerland | 38:42 |
| 58 | Hansruedi Knill | Switzerland | 38:45 |
| 59 | Frans van der Hoeven | Belgium | |
| 60 | Jean Fayolle | France | |
| 61 | Osvaldo Segrada | Italy | |
| 62 | Alfons Ida | West Germany | |
| 63 | Bruce Mortensen | United States | |
| 64 | Abdelkader Zaddem | Tunisia | |
| 65 | Peter Kubicki | West Germany | |
| 66 | Harry Simpson | Ireland | |
| 67 | Roger Robinson | England | |
| 68 | Gerry Williams | Wales | |
| 69 | Hedydd Davies | Wales | |
| 70 | Alberto Bargnani | Italy | |
| 71 | Jozef Callens | Belgium | |
| 72 | Gioacchino De Palma | Italy | |
| 73 | Bouabib Chaoui | Morocco | |
| 74 | Hans Rüdisühli | Switzerland | 39:27 |
| 75 | Said Benmaguini | Morocco | |
| 76 | Edgar Friedli | Switzerland | 39:42 |
| 77 | Donato D'Agostino | Italy | |
| 78 | James Johnstone | Scotland | |
| 79 | Julien Laureyns | Belgium | |
| 80 | Rachid Ben Naceur | Tunisia | |
| 81 | Walter Dietiker | Switzerland | 39:45 |
| 82 | Tony Murphy | Ireland | |
| 83 | Fred Bell | Wales | |
| 84 | Roy Mack | Wales | |
| 85 | Jean-Pierre Delloye | Belgium | |
| 86 | Tony Hopkins | Ireland | |
| 87 | Georg Kaiser | Switzerland | 40:42 |
| 88 | Bob Scharf | United States | |
| 89 | Tom Edmunds | Wales | |
| 90 | Fergus Murray | Scotland | |
| 91 | Nick Barton | Wales | |
| 92 | J. Evans | Gibraltar | |
| 93 | J. Macedo | Gibraltar | |
| 94 | A. Ryan | Gibraltar | |
| 95 | J. Chappory | Gibraltar | |
| 96 | Gomez | Gibraltar | |
| 97 | de Torres | Gibraltar | |
| 98 | Bucklen | Gibraltar | |
| — | Renato De Palmas | Italy | DNF |

### Junior Men's (4.35 mi / 7.0 km)

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Mike Tagg | England | 21:26.4 |
| | Roy Young | England | 21:35.3 |
| | Eddie Knox | Scotland | 21:40.6 |
| 4 | Eddy Van Butsele | Belgium | 21:45 |
| 5 | David Atkin | England | 21:45 |
| 6 | Jony Dumon | Belgium | 21:48 |
| 7 | John Caine | England | 21:49 |
| 8 | Colin Moxsom | England | 21:54 |
| 9 | Hamdouni Sghaier | Tunisia | 22:00 |
| 10 | Jim Brennan | Scotland | 22:09 |
| 11 | Gaston Heleven | Belgium | 22:14 |
| 12 | Larbi Oukada | Morocco | 22:15 |
| 13 | Belgacem Bammou | Morocco | 22:17 |
| 14 | Mejjati Lahcen | Morocco | 22:26 |
| 15 | Alistair Blamire | Scotland | 22:35 |
| 16 | Francesco Amante | Italy | 22:35 |
| 17 | Roberto Grazzani | Italy | 22:42 |
| 18 | Antonio Giancanterino | Italy | 22:46 |
| 19 | Mohamed Kretif | Morocco | 22:46 |
| 20 | Giuseppe Ardizzone | Italy | 22:55 |
| 21 | Johan Janssens | Belgium | |
| 22 | Emiel Puttemans | Belgium | |
| 23 | Cherkaoui | Morocco | |
| 24 | Hedi Ladjili | Tunisia | |
| 25 | Carlos Lopes | Portugal | |
| 26 | Gaetano Pusterla | Italy | |
| 27 | Hamida Gamoudi | Tunisia | |
| 28 | Frank Steel | Scotland | |
| 29 | José Lourenço | Portugal | |
| 30 | José Rainha | Portugal | |
| 31 | Ahmed Hamdouche | Algeria | |
| 32 | Mokhtar Djedidi | Tunisia | |
| 33 | Kamali Benmissi | Algeria | |
| 34 | Omar Lerari | Algeria | |
| 35 | Mokhtar Louichi | Algeria | |

## Team Results

### Men's

| Rank | Country | Team | Points |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | England | Roy Fowler Ron Hill Tim Johnston Mike Freary Tim Briault Gerry North | 59 |
| 2 | France | Michel Jazy Guy Texereau Noel Tijou Bernard Maroquin Guy Caillet Yves Martinage | 79 |
| 3 | Morocco | Ben Assou El Ghazi Ahmed Oukbouch Mohamed Bensaid Hammadi Ben Mohamed Mohamed Said Moha Ouali | 184 |
| 4 | Tunisia | Ahmed Zammel Ali Khamassi Hedi Hamrouni Labidi Ayachi Mhedheb Hannachi Rabah Ben Othman | 186 |
| 5 | United States | Tracy Smith Doug Brown Eamon O'Reilly Tom Bache Michael Kimball Herb Lorenz | 194 |
| 6 | Scotland | Lachie Stewart Ian McCafferty Jim Alder John Linaker Andy Brown James Johnstone | 202 |
| 7 | Federal Republic of Germany | Gottfried Arnold Hans Gerlach Hans-Joachim Liess Arno Krausse Alfons Ida Peter Kubicki | 269 |
| 8 | Belgium | Henri Clerckx Leon Moreels Albien van Holsbeek Cyrille van Geert Denis Jouret Frans van der Hoeven | 289 |
| 9 | Ireland | Derek Graham Tom O'Riordan Jim McNamara Harry Simpson Tony Murphy Tony Hopkins | 325 |
| 10 | Italy | Antonio Ambu Luigi Conti Osvaldo Segrada Alberto Bargnani Gioacchino De Palma Donato D'Agostino | 345 |
| 11 | Switzerland | Werner Dössegger Oskar Leupi Hansruedi Knill Hans Rüdisühli Edgar Friedli Walter Dietiker | 378 |
| 12 | Wales | Chris Loosley Gerry Williams Hedydd Davies Fred Bell Roy Mack Tom Edmunds | 422 |
| 13 | Gibraltar | J. Evans J. Macedo A. Ryan J. Chappory Gomez de Torres | 567 |

### Junior Men's

| Rank | Country | Team | Points |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | England | Mike Tagg Roy Young David Atkin | 8 |
| 2 | Belgium | Eddy van Butsele Johnny Dumon Gaston Heleven | 21 |
| 3 | Scotland | Eddie Knox Jim Brennan Alistair Blamire | 28 |
| 4 | Morocco | Larbi Oukada Belgacem Bammou Mejjati Lahcen | 39 |
| 5 | Italy | Francesco Amante Roberto Grazzani Antonio Giancanterino | 51 |
| 6 | Tunisia | Hamdouni Sghaier Hedi Ladjili Hamida Gamoudi | 60 |
| 7 | Portugal | Carlos Lopes José Lourenço José Rainha | 84 |
| 8 | Algeria | Ahmed Hamdouche Kamali Benmissi Omar Lerari | 98 |

## Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 134 athletes from 15 countries.

* Algeria (4)
* Belgium (14)
* England (14)
* France (9)
* Gibraltar (7)
* Ireland (6)
* Italy (12)
* Morocco (14)
* Portugal (3)
* Scotland (11)
* Switzerland (7)
* Tunisia (12)
* United States (8)
* Wales (7)
* West Germany (6)
