1947 International Cross Country Championships
The 1947 International Cross Country Championships was held in Saint-Cloud, France, at the Hippodrome de Saint-Cloud on March 30, 1947. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.[1]
| 1947 International Cross Country Championships | |
|---|---|
| Organisers | ICCU |
| Edition | 34th |
| Date | March 30 |
| Host city | Saint-Cloud, Île-de-France, France  |
| Venue | Hippodrome de Saint-Cloud |
| Events | 1 |
| Distances | 9 mi (14.5 km) |
| Participation | 54 athletes from 6 nations |
← 1946 Ayr | |
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) |
Raphaël Pujazon | 50:26 | Jean Chapelle.svg.png){kind=small} | 50:51 | Mohamed Lahoucine | 51:04 |
| Team | ||||||
| Men | | 34 | | 86 |  | 105 |
Individual Race Results
Men's (9 mi / 14.5 km)
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Raphaël Pujazon | | 50:26 |
 | Jean Chapelle | | 50:51 |
 | Mohamed Lahoucine | | 51:04 |
| 4 | Georges Gaillot | | 51:19 |
| 5 | Arsène Piesset | | 51:19 |
| 6 | Alec Olney | | 51:19 |
| 7 | Jim Flockhart |  | 51:36 |
| 8 | Bert Hermans | | 51:40 |
| 9 | Jerry Kiely |  | 51:45 |
| 10 | Paul Messner | | 51:52 |
| 11 | Henri Leveque | | 51:53 |
| 12 | Tony Chivers | | 51:54 |
| 13 | Pat Haughey | | 52:07 |
| 14 | Marcel Vandewattyne | | 52:14 |
| 15 | Reg Gosney | | 52:15 |
| 16 | André Valdovinos | | 52:20 |
| 17 | Emile Renson | | 52:26 |
| 18 | Tom Walsh | | 52:40 |
| 19 | Emmet Farrell | | 52:41 |
| 20 | Bobby Reid | | 52:48 |
| 21 | Edouard Schroeven | | 52:59 |
| 22 | Bertie Robertson | | 53:01 |
| 23 | Gordon Monshall | | 53:08 |
| 24 | Frans Wauters | | 53:13 |
| 25 | Henri Klein | | 53:17 |
| 26 | Andy Forbes | | 53:23 |
| 27 | Matt Smith | | 53:30 |
| 28 | Frank Sinclair | | 53:37 |
| 29 | Kevin Maguire | | 53:43 |
| 30 | Norman Ashcroft | | 53:47 |
| 31 | Patsy Fitzgerald | | 53:49 |
| 32 | Ivor Lloyd | .svg.png){kind=small} | 53:53 |
| 33 | J. Fitzgerald | | 53:58 |
| 34 | Frans Feremans | | 54:09 |
| 35 | Mohamed Brahim | | 54:23 |
| 36 | G. Carolan | | 54:29 |
| 37 | Alex McGregor | | 54:31 |
| 38 | Gibby Anderson | | 54:42 |
| 39 | Laurence (Larry) Donnelly | | 54:43 |
| 40 | Len Herbert | | 54:44 |
| 41 | Norman Jones | | 55:03 |
| 42 | Tom Richards | | 55:28 |
| 43 | James Reid | | 55:30 |
| 44 | Willy Sommerville | | 55:56 |
| 45 | Eric Williams | | 56:02 |
| 46 | Martin Richards | | 56:15 |
| 47 | J. Manning II | | 56:15 |
| 48 | Frans Smets | | 57:20 |
| 49 | Eddie Cooper | | 57:26 |
| 50 | Glan Williams | | 57:45 |
| 51 | Bill Richards | | 58:38 |
| 52 | Ken Harris | | 59:23 |
| — | Gaston Reiff | | DNF |
| — | Bernard Baldwin | | DNF |
Team Results
Men's
| Rank | Country | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | Raphaël Pujazon Mohamed Lahoucine Georges Gaillot Arsène Piesset Paul Messner Henri Leveque | 34 |
| 2 | | Jean Chapelle Bert Hermans Marcel Vandewattyne Emile Renson Edouard Schroeven Frans Wauters | 86 |
| 3 | | Alec Olney Tony Chivers Reg Gosney Bertie Robertson Gordon Monshall Matt Smith | 105 |
| 4 | | Jerry Kiely Pat Haughey Tom Walsh Kevin Maguire Patsy Fitzgerald J. Fitzgerald | 133 |
| 5 | | Jim Flockhart Emmet Farrell Bobby Reid Andy Forbes Frank Sinclair Alex McGregor | 137 |
| 6 | | Ivor Lloyd Tom Richards Eric Williams Martin Richards Eddie Cooper Glan Williams | 264 |
Participation
An unofficial count yields the participation of 54 athletes from 6 countries.
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See also
- 1947 in athletics (track and field)
References
- Cross-Country Feat - Raphael Pujazon (Racing Club de France) won the individual honours in the six nations' international cross-country championship in Paris yesterday, when he covered the course of about nine miles at St. Cloud, near Paris, in 50min 27sec., Glasgow Herald, March 31, 1947, p. 2, retrieved October 1, 2013
- Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 14.5km CC Men - Paris Hippodrome de St. Cloud Date: Sunday, March 30, 1947, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on July 19, 2007, retrieved October 1, 2013CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
- INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved September 24, 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, archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2013, retrieved September 24, 2013
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See also: IAAF World Cross Country Championships | ||
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