| 1953 International Cross Country Championships | |
| Organisers: | ICCU |
| Edition: | 40th |
| Date: | March 21 |
| Host City: | Vincennes, Île-de-France, France  |
| Location: | Hippodrome de Vincennes |
| Nations Participating: | 10 |
| Athletes Participating: | 89 |
| Races: | 1 |
| Distances: | 9 mi (14.5 km) |
| Previous: | 1952 Hamilton |
| Next: | 1954 Birmingham |
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.
| Individual | |||||||
| Men 9 mi (14.5 km) | Franjo Mihalić | 47:53 | Frank Sando | 48:03 | Abdallah Ould Lamine | 48:06 | |
| Team | |||||||
| Men | 64 | | 84 | 129 |
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47:53 | ||||
| 48:03 | ||||
| | 48:06 | |||
| 4 | Eddie Bannon | 48:22 | ||
| 5 | 48:40 | |||
| 6 | Bill Gray | 48:41 | ||
| 7 | Pierre Prat | | 48:47 | |
| 8 | Buenaventura Baldoma |  | 48:51 | |
| 9 | Mohamed Bouali | | 48:53 | |
| 10 | Hans Frischknecht | 48:56 | ||
| 11 | 49:00 | |||
| 12 | Andy Forbes | 49:09 | ||
| 13 |  | 49:21 | ||
| 14 | | 49:23 | ||
| 15 | André Lecat | | 49:34 | |
| 16 | Boualem Labadie | | 49:39 | |
| 17 | Jose Coll | | 49:44 | |
| 18 | 49:54 | |||
| 19 | 50:01 | |||
| 20 | Domica Cetinic | 50:22 | ||
| 21 | 50:28 | |||
| 22 | | 50:42 | ||
| 23 | Dennis Holden | 50:46 | ||
| 24 | Maurits van Laere | | 50:51 | |
| 25 | 51:08 | |||
| 26 | Svetislav Jovanović | 51:09 | ||
| 27 | Roger Serroels | | 51:10 | |
| 28 | Jaime Guixa | | 51:13 | |
| 29 | Davy Harrison | 51:31 | ||
| 30 | Archie Gibson | 51:34 | ||
| 31 | Phil Morgan | 51:41 | ||
| 32 | August Sutter | 51:43 | ||
| 33 | Clark Wallace | 51:44 | ||
| 34 | Ali Ou Bassou | | 51:45 | |
| 35 | José Teixeira | | 51:47 | |
| 36 | Johnny Marshall | 51:48 | ||
| 37 | Yves Furic | | 51:58 | |
| 38 | Jan Adriaansen | 52:05 | ||
| 39 | 52:07 | |||
| 40 | Pavle Basic | 52:13 | ||
| 41 | Francisco Irizar | | 52:18 | |
| 42 | Gottlieb Stäubli | 52:22 | ||
| 43 | Felicito Cerezo | | 52:22 | |
| 44 | José Quesada | | 52:36 | |
| 45 | Roger Tombeur | | 52:39 | |
| 46 | Peter Griggs | 52:41 | ||
| 47 | Don Appleby | 52:45 | ||
| 48 | Joseph West | 52:50 | ||
| 49 | Jean-Louis Com | | 52:58 | |
| 50 | Alex Breckenridge | 53:07 | ||
| 51 | Adrianus van der Zande | 53:12 | ||
| 52 | Frank Sinclair | 53:14 | ||
| 53 | J. Morgan | 53:28 | ||
| 54 | Doug Rees | 53:38 | ||
| 55 | Pierre Page | 53:39 | ||
| 56 | Richard Daniels | | 53:39 | |
| 57 | Cees de Koning | 53:46 | ||
| 58 | Tom Wood | 53:46 | ||
| 59 | Emmet Farrell | 53:49 | ||
| 60 | Jean Simonet | | 53:55 | |
| 61 | Dyfrigg Rees | 54:22 | ||
| 62 | Erwin Bühler | 54:25 | ||
| 63 | Leo Besters | 54:26 | ||
| 64 | Walter Glauser | 54:45 | ||
| 65 | Tom Stevenson | 54:50 | ||
| 66 | Albert Känzig | 54:58 | ||
| 67 | 55:23 | |||
| 68 | Tom O'Mahoney | 55:30 | ||
| 69 | S. Casey | 55:55 | ||
| 70 | Henk van der Veerdonk | 56:24 | ||
| 71 | Paddy Ross | 56:52 | ||
| 72 | Georg Steiner | 58:02 | ||
| 73 | Willy Weert | 58:57 | ||
| 74 | André Paris | | 59:10 | |
| 75 | Lyn Bevan | 59:52 | ||
| 76 | ||||
| — | Velimir Ilic | DNF | ||
| — | Antonio Teixeira | | DNF | |
| — | Bill Boak | DNF | ||
| — | Ted Dalton | DNF | ||
| — | Frans Wauters | | DNF | |
| — | Siem Bobeldijk | DNF | ||
| — | J. McClelland | DNF | ||
| — | Joe Stevenson | DNF | ||
| — | Ken Huckle | DNF | ||
| — | Norman Wilson | DNF | ||
| — | Karl Gschwend | DNF | ||
| — | René De Rey | | DNF | |
| — | Arie Verbaan | DNF |
| Rank | Country | Team | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 64 | |||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | Abdallah Ould Lamine Pierre Prat Mohamed Bouali André Lecat Boualem Labadie Ali Ou Bassou | 84 | ||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | 129 | |||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | Buenaventura Baldoma Antonio Amoros Jose Coll Jaime Guixa José Teixeira Francisco Irizar | 143 | ||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | Eddie Bannon Andy Forbes Archie Gibson Clark Wallace Alex Breckenridge Frank Sinclair | 181 | ||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | Marcel Vandewattyne Lucien Theys Maurits van Laere Roger Serroels Roger Tombeur Richard Daniels | 187 | ||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | Hans Frischknecht August Sutter Gottlieb Stäubli Pierre Page Erwin Bühler Walter Glauser | 265 | ||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | Davy Harrison Johnny Marshall Don Appleby Joseph West J. Morgan Tom O'Mahoney | 281 | ||
| 9 | align=left | align=left | 317 | |||
| 10 | align=left | align=left | Jan Adriaansen Adrianus van der Zande Cees de Koning Leo Besters Henk van der Veerdonk Willy Weert | 352 |
An unofficial count yields the participation of 89 athletes from 10 countries.
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