1931 International Cross Country Championships
Appearance
1931 International Cross Country Championships | |
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Organisers | ICCU |
Edition | 24th |
Date | 28 March (men) 22 March (women) |
Host city | Dublin, Ireland ![]() Douai, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France ![]() |
Venue | Baldoyle Racecourse (men) |
Events | 2 |
Distances | 9 mi (14.5 km) men 1.9 mi (3.0 km) women |
Participation | 54 (men / 16 (women) athletes from 6 (men) / 3 (women) nations |
The 1931 International Cross Country Championships was held in Dublin, Ireland, at the Baldoyle Racecourse on 28 March 1931. For the first time, an unofficial women's championship was held a week earlier in Douai, France on 22 March 1931. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald for the men's[1] and the women's event.[2]
Complete results for men,[3] and for women (unofficial),[4] medallists, [5] and the results of British athletes[6] were published.
Medallists
[edit]Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Individual | ||||||
Men 9 mi (14.5 km) |
Tim Smythe![]() |
48:52 | Jack Winfield![]() |
49:11 | Tom Evenson![]() |
49:16 |
Women (unofficial) 1.9 mi (3.0 km) |
Gladys Lunn![]() |
11:12 | Lilian Styles![]() |
11:25 | Suzanne Lenoir![]() |
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Team | ||||||
Men | ![]() |
32 | ![]() ![]() |
102 | ||
Women (unofficial) | ![]() |
15 | ![]() |
21 | ![]() |
42 |
Individual Race Results
[edit]Men's (9 mi / 14.5 km)
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
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Tim Smythe | ![]() |
48:52 |
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Jack Winfield | ![]() |
49:11 |
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Tom Evenson | ![]() |
49:16 |
4 | Henri Lahitte | ![]() |
49:31 |
5 | Jack Potts | ![]() |
49:39 |
6 | Jack Holden | ![]() |
49:43 |
7 | Frank Deakin | ![]() |
50:00 |
8 | Robbie Sutherland | ![]() |
50:03 |
9 | Arthur Allum | ![]() |
50:22 |
10 | John Suttie Smith | ![]() |
50:23 |
11 | Robert Loiseau | ![]() |
50:25 |
12 | Thomas Kinsella | ![]() |
50:39 |
13 | Jimmy Wood | ![]() |
50:51 |
14 | Marcel Michot | ![]() |
50:53 |
15 | Albert Auvray | ![]() |
50:55 |
16 | Victor Harman | ![]() |
50:57 |
17 | Harry Gallivan | ![]() |
50:58 |
18 | Danny Phillips | ![]() |
50:59 |
19 | F. Mills | ![]() |
51:07 |
20 | J.C. McIntyre | ![]() |
51:10 |
21 | Walter Gunn | ![]() |
51:16 |
22 | David Fry | ![]() |
51:17 |
23 | Ernie Harper | ![]() |
51:23 |
24 | J. Behan | ![]() |
51:25 |
25 | Pierre Louchard | ![]() |
51:26 |
26 | Oscar van Rumst | ![]() |
51:29 |
27 | Theo Meersman | ![]() |
51:32 |
28 | Charles Wilson | ![]() |
51:33 |
29 | Laurie Weatherill | ![]() |
51:37 |
30 | Julien Serwy | ![]() |
51:38 |
31 | James Petrie | ![]() |
51:44 |
32 | Ernie Thomas | ![]() |
51:48 |
33 | Sauveur Tapias | ![]() |
51:54 |
34 | Maxi Stobbs | ![]() |
52:02 |
35 | Tom Burge | ![]() |
52:03 |
36 | T. O'Reilly | ![]() |
52:05 |
37 | Joseph Orose | ![]() |
52:10 |
38 | Jack Prosser | ![]() |
52:20 |
39 | Jean Linsen | ![]() |
52:24 |
40 | John Timmins | ![]() |
52:25 |
41 | T. King | ![]() |
52:36 |
42 | Leon Verheylesonne | ![]() |
52:38 |
43 | John Nalty | ![]() |
52:46 |
44 | A.S. Stone | ![]() |
53:02 |
45 | Sam Palmer | ![]() |
53:12 |
46 | Emile Goetleven | ![]() |
53:23 |
47 | Edgard Viseur | ![]() |
53:24 |
48 | James Gardiner | ![]() |
53:41 |
49 | René Vincent | ![]() |
54:14 |
50 | R. Simons | ![]() |
54:21 |
51 | Wilf Short | ![]() |
55:07 |
— | Georges Leclerc | ![]() |
DNF |
— | Roger Rérolle | ![]() |
DNF |
— | Maurice Waltispurger | ![]() |
DNF |
Women's (1.9 mi / 3.0 km, unofficial)
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
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Gladys Lunn | ![]() |
11:12 |
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Lilian Styles | ![]() |
11:25 |
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Suzanne Lenoir | ![]() |
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4 | Ruth Christmas | ![]() |
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5 | Sebastienne Guyot | ![]() |
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6 | Marguerite Battu | ![]() |
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7 | Madeleine Massonneau | ![]() |
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8 | Martine Leroux | ![]() |
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9 | Doris Butterfield | ![]() |
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10 | Jeanne Souffriau | ![]() |
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11 | Renée Trente | ![]() |
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12 | Marie-Louise Bondu | ![]() |
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13 | Josée Mariani | ![]() |
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14 | Eileen Stringer | ![]() |
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15 | Madeleine Fulcher | ![]() |
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16 | Lucie Petit | ![]() |
Team Results
[edit]Men's
[edit]Rank | Country | Team | Points |
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1 | ![]() |
Jack Winfield Tom Evenson Jack Potts Jack Holden Frank Deakin Arthur Allum |
32 |
2 | ![]() |
Robbie Sutherland John Suttie Smith Jimmy Wood Walter Gunn David Fry Charles Wilson |
102 |
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Henri Lahitte Robert Loiseau Marcel Michot Albert Auvray Pierre Louchard Sauveur Tapias |
102 | |
4 | ![]() |
Tim Smythe Thomas Kinsella F. Mills J.C. McIntyre J. Behan T. O'Reilly |
112 |
5 | ![]() |
Harry Gallivan Danny Phillips Ernie Thomas Tom Burge Jack Prosser A.S. Stone |
184 |
6 | ![]() |
Oscar van Rumst Theo Meersman Julien Serwy Joseph Orose Jean Linsen Leon Verheylesonne |
201 |
Women's (unofficial)
[edit]Rank | Country | Team | Points |
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1 | ![]() |
Gladys Lunn Lilian Styles Ruth Christmas Doris Butterfield |
15 |
2 | ![]() |
Suzanne Lenoir Sebastienne Guyot Marguerite Battu Madeleine Massonneau |
21 |
3 | ![]() |
Jeanne Souffriau Marie-Louise Bondu Josée Mariani Lucie Petit |
42 |
Participation
[edit]Men's
[edit]An unofficial count yields the participation of 54 male athletes from 6 countries.
Women's
[edit]An unofficial count yields the participation of 16 female athletes from 3 countries.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Cross-Country - England wins international championship - T.F. Smythe's fine race - The twenty-fourth International Cross-Country Championship, which was decided at Baldoyle Racecourse, Dublin, on Saturday afternoon. resulted in a win for England with an aggregate of 32 points, Scotland and France tieing for second place with 102 points..., Glasgow Herald, 30 March 1931, p. 7, retrieved 28 September 2013
- ^ Cross-Country - English women's success - Paris, Sunday - The team of English women runners, headed by Miss Gladys Lunn gained a considerable victory in the first triangular cross-country run, which took place at Douai today, the team placing being 1 England, 15 points; 2 France, 21 points; 3 Belgium, 42 points..., Glasgow Herald, 23 March 1931, p. 9, retrieved 28 September 2013
- ^
Magnusson, Tomas (24 March 2007), INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 14.5km CC Men - Dublin Baldoyle Racecourse Date: Saturday, March 28, 1931, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on 7 August 2007, retrieved 24 September 2013
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Magnusson, Tomas (15 November 2006), Various Cross Country Events - 3.0km CC Women - Douai Date: Sunday, March 22, 1931, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on 19 July 2007, retrieved 28 September 2013
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ 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, archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2013, retrieved 24 September 2013
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