1947 International Cross Country Championships

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1947 International Cross Country Championships
OrganisersICCU
Edition34th
DateMarch 30
Host citySaint-Cloud, Île-de-France, France France
VenueHippodrome de Saint-Cloud
Events1
Distances9 mi (14.5 km)
Participation54 athletes from
6 nations

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]

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) 		Raphaël Pujazon
 France		 50:26 Jean Chapelle
 Belgium		 50:51 Mohamed Lahoucine
 France		 51:04
Team
Men  France 34  Belgium 86  England 105

Individual Race Results[edit]

Men's (9 mi / 14.5 km)[edit]

Rank Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Raphaël Pujazon  France 50:26
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jean Chapelle  Belgium 50:51
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mohamed Lahoucine  France 51:04
4 Georges Gaillot  France 51:19
5 Arsène Piesset  France 51:19
6 Alec Olney  England 51:19
7 Jim Flockhart  Scotland 51:36
8 Bert Hermans  Belgium 51:40
9 Jerry Kiely  Ireland 51:45
10 Paul Messner  France 51:52
11 Henri Leveque  France 51:53
12 Tony Chivers  England 51:54
13 Pat Haughey  Ireland 52:07
14 Marcel Vandewattyne  Belgium 52:14
15 Reg Gosney  England 52:15
16 André Valdovinos  France 52:20
17 Emile Renson  Belgium 52:26
18 Tom Walsh  Ireland 52:40
19 Emmet Farrell  Scotland 52:41
20 Bobby Reid  Scotland 52:48
21 Edouard Schroeven  Belgium 52:59
22 Bertie Robertson  England 53:01
23 Gordon Monshall  England 53:08
24 Frans Wauters  Belgium 53:13
25 Henri Klein  France 53:17
26 Andy Forbes  Scotland 53:23
27 Matt Smith  England 53:30
28 Frank Sinclair  Scotland 53:37
29 Kevin Maguire  Ireland 53:43
30 Norman Ashcroft  England 53:47
31 Patsy Fitzgerald  Ireland 53:49
32 Ivor Lloyd  Wales 53:53
33 J. Fitzgerald  Ireland 53:58
34 Frans Feremans  Belgium 54:09
35 Mohamed Brahim  France 54:23
36 G. Carolan  Ireland 54:29
37 Alex McGregor  Scotland 54:31
38 Gibby Anderson  Scotland 54:42
39 Laurence (Larry) Donnelly  Ireland 54:43
40 Len Herbert  England 54:44
41 Norman Jones  England 55:03
42 Tom Richards  Wales 55:28
43 James Reid  Scotland 55:30
44 Willy Sommerville  Scotland 55:56
45 Eric Williams  Wales 56:02
46 Martin Richards  Wales 56:15
47 J. Manning II  Ireland 56:15
48 Frans Smets  Belgium 57:20
49 Eddie Cooper  Wales 57:26
50 Glan Williams  Wales 57:45
51 Bill Richards  Wales 58:38
52 Ken Harris  Wales 59:23
— Gaston Reiff  Belgium DNF
— Bernard Baldwin  Wales DNF

Team Results[edit]

Men's[edit]

Rank Country Team Points
1  France Raphaël Pujazon
Mohamed Lahoucine
Georges Gaillot
Arsène Piesset
Paul Messner
Henri Leveque		 34
2  Belgium Jean Chapelle
Bert Hermans
Marcel Vandewattyne
Emile Renson
Edouard Schroeven
Frans Wauters		 86
3  England Alec Olney
Tony Chivers
Reg Gosney
Bertie Robertson
Gordon Monshall
Matt Smith		 105
4  Ireland Jerry Kiely
Pat Haughey
Tom Walsh
Kevin Maguire
Patsy Fitzgerald
J. Fitzgerald		 133
5  Scotland Jim Flockhart
Emmet Farrell
Bobby Reid
Andy Forbes
Frank Sinclair
Alex McGregor		 137
6  Wales Ivor Lloyd
Tom Richards
Eric Williams
Martin Richards
Eddie Cooper
Glan Williams		 264

Participation[edit]

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

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ 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, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved September 24, 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 September 27, 2013, retrieved September 24, 2013
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