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1948 International Cross Country Championships

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]

1948 International Cross Country Championships
OrganisersICCU
Edition35th
Date3 April
Host cityReading, Berkshire, England
VenueLeighton Park
Events1
Distances9 mi (14.5 km)
Participation54 athletes from
6 nations

Complete results,[2] medallists, [3] and the results of British athletes[4] were published.

Medallists edit

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 edit

Men's (9 mi / 14.5 km) edit

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 edit

Men's edit

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 edit

An unofficial count yields the participation of 54 athletes from 6 countries.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "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, p. 4, 5 April 1948, retrieved 1 October 2013
  2. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (24 March 2007), INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS – 14.5 km CC Men – Reading Leighton Park Date: Saturday, April 3, 1948, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on 19 July 2007, retrieved 1 October 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ "INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS", Athletics Weekly, retrieved 24 September 2013
  4. ^ 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, archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2013, retrieved 24 September 2013
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