1948 International Cross Country Championships
1948 International Cross Country Championships | |
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Organisers | ICCU |
Edition | 35th |
Date | 3 April |
Host city | Reading, Berkshire, England |
Location | Leighton Park |
Nations participating | 6 |
Athletes participating | 54 |
Races | 1 |
Distances | 9 mi (14.5 km) |
The 1948 International Cross Country Championships was held in Reading, England, at the Leighton Park on 3 April 1948. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.[1]
Complete results,[2] medallists, [3] and the results of British athletes[4] were published.
Medallists
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Individual | ||||||
Men 9 mi (14.5 km) |
John Doms Belgium | 54:05 | Emile Renson Belgium | 54:25 | Mohamed Lahoucine France | 54:50 |
Team | ||||||
Men | Belgium | 46 | France | 47 | England | 114 |
Individual Race Results
Men's (9 mi / 14.5 km)
Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
---|---|---|---|
John Doms | Belgium | 54:05 | |
Emile Renson | Belgium | 54:25 | |
Mohamed Lahoucine | France | 54:50 | |
4 | Charles Cérou | France | 54:52 |
5 | Frans Wauters | Belgium | 55:08 |
6 | Roger Petitjean | France | 55:11 |
7 | Jacques Varnoux | France | 55:14 |
8 | Ted Downer | England | 55:17 |
9 | Jean Chapelle | Belgium | 55:21 |
10 | André Nollet | France | 55:23 |
11 | Arthur Shorrocks | England | 55:28 |
12 | Bobby Reid | Scotland | 55:38 |
13 | Marcel Vandewattyne | Belgium | 55:48 |
14 | Sydney Wooderson | England | 55:50 |
15 | Jerry Kiely | Ireland | 55:55 |
16 | Henri Ost | Belgium | 55:59 |
17 | Abel Merine | France | 56:07 |
18 | Jean De Raedt | Belgium | 56:14 |
19 | Ron Hughes | England | 56:16 |
20 | Charlie Robertson | Scotland | 56:18 |
21 | Brendan Twamley | Ireland | 56:27 |
22 | Claude Joly | France | 56:28 |
23 | Patsy Fitzgerald | Ireland | 56:30 |
24 | René Breistroffer | France | 56:32 |
25 | Alec McLean | Scotland | 56:39 |
26 | Henri Leveque | France | 56:48 |
27 | Robert Conn | Ireland | 56:51 |
28 | Patrick Fahy | Ireland | 56:55 |
29 | Emmet Farrell | Scotland | 57:01 |
30 | Jack Corfield | England | 57:08 |
31 | Pat Haughey | Ireland | 57:11 |
32 | Jack Carrick | England | 57:13 |
33 | John Andrews | Wales | 57:14 |
34 | Dick Adams | England | 57:15 |
35 | Vic Blowfield | England | 57:23 |
36 | Joseph Reamackers | Belgium | 57:30 |
37 | Jim Flockhart | Scotland | 57:38 |
38 | George Craig | Scotland | 57:44 |
39 | Jack Charlesworth | England | 58:05 |
40 | Jim Alford | Wales | 58:08 |
41 | Kevin Maguire | Ireland | 58:10 |
42 | Ivor Lloyd | Wales | 58:18 |
43 | G. Carolan | Ireland | 58:19 |
44 | Jimmy Todd | Ireland | 58:38 |
45 | Robert Schoonjans | Belgium | 58:45 |
46 | James Davies | Wales | 58:47 |
47 | Eric Williams | Wales | 58:53 |
48 | Tom Richards | Wales | 59:08 |
49 | William McLean | Scotland | 59:34 |
50 | Maldwyn White | Wales | 59:39 |
51 | Dennis Morgan | Wales | 59:45 |
52 | Frank Bathgate | Scotland | 1:00:03 |
53 | Frank Sinclair | Scotland | 1:00:14 |
— | Horace Oliver | Wales | DNF |
Team Results
Men's
Rank | Country | Team | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Belgium | John Doms Emile Renson Frans Wauters Jean Chapelle Marcel Vandewattyne Henri Ost | 46 |
2 | France | Mohamed Lahoucine Charles Cérou Roger Petitjean Jacques Varnoux André Nollet Abel Merine | 47 |
3 | England | Ted Downer Arthur Shorrocks Sydney Wooderson Ron Hughes Jack Corfield Jack Carrick | 114 |
4 | Ireland | Jerry Kiely Brendan Twamley Patsy Fitzgerald Robert Conn Patrick Fahy Pat Haughey | 145 |
5 | Scotland | Bobby Reid Charlie Robertson Alec McLean Emmet Farrell Jim Flockhart George Craig | 161 |
6 | Wales | John Andrews Jim Alford Ivor Lloyd James Davies Eric Williams Tom Richards | 256 |
Participation
An unofficial count yields the participation of 54 athletes from 6 countries.
See also
- 1948 in athletics (track and field)
References
- ↑ Cross-Country Titles for Belgium - British Runners Outclassed - All the honours in the International cross-country championship at Reading on Saturday went to Continental athletes, who outclassed their rivals from the four British countries..., Glasgow Herald, 5 April 1948, p. 4, retrieved 1 October 2013
- ↑ Magnusson, Tomas (24 March 2007), INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 14.5km CC Men - Reading Leighton Park Date: Saturday, April 3, 1948, Athchamps (archived), retrieved 1 October 2013
- ↑ INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved 24 September 2013
- ↑ 36th IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - EDINBURGH 2008 - FACTS & FIGURES - GREAT BRITAIN & NORTHERN IRELAND AT THE INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY & WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS (PDF), IAAF, p. 13ff, retrieved 24 September 2013
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