1923 International Cross Country Championships

1923 International Cross Country Championships
Organisers	ICCU
Edition	16th
Date	March 25
Host city	Maisons-Laffitte, Île-de-France, France
Venue	Hippodrome de Maisons-Laffitte
Events	1
Distances	10 mi (16.1 km)
Participation	36 athletes from 4 nations
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The 1923 International Cross Country Championships was held in Maisons-Laffitte, France, at the Hippodrome de Maisons-Laffitte on March 25, 1923. Athletes from Belgium were participating for the first time. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald. ^[1]

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

Medalists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual
Men 10 mi (16.1 km)	Joe Blewitt   England	58:11.8	James G. McIntyre   Scotland	58:13	Georges Vandenbroele   Belgium	58:20
Team
Men	France	43	England	76	Belgium	112

Individual Race Results

Men's (10 mi / 16.1 km)

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Joe Blewitt	England	58:11.8
	James G. McIntyre	Scotland	58:13
	Georges Vandenbroele	Belgium	58:20
4	Gaston Heuet	France	58:27.4
5	Marcel Denis	France	58:48.2
6	Amar Alim Arbidi	France	59:12.8
7	Lucien Duquesne	France	59:16
8	Marcel Alavoine	Belgium	59:19.4
9	Bill Cotterell	England	59:23.4
10	Emile Gaudé	France	59:30
11	Louis Corlet	France
12	Jean-Baptiste Manhès	France
13	Archie Craig Sr.	Scotland
14	Marcel Thoyes	France
15	William Nelson	England
16	Jack Beman	England
17	Vic White	England
18	Hugh Dare	England
19	Ernie Harper	England
20	Eddy Kenrick	England
21	Aimé Proot	Belgium
22	George Wallach	Scotland
23	Alex Whitelaw	Scotland
24	Dunky Wright	Scotland
25	Gerard Steurs	Belgium
26	Bobby Mills	England
27	Emile Hanneuse	Belgium
28	Georges Bertrand	Belgium
29	W.N. Neilson	Scotland
30	Alex Lawrie	Scotland
31	Henri de Neef	Belgium
32	Joe McIntyre	Scotland
—	Leon Degrande	Belgium	DNF
—	Julien Schnellmann	France	DNF
—	Walter Calderwood	Scotland	DNF
—	F. Vandepoel	Belgium	DNF

Team Results

Men's

Rank	Country	Team	Points
1	France	Gaston Heuet Marcel Denis Amar Alim Arbidi Lucien Duquesne Emile Gaudé Louis Corlet	43
2	England	Joe Blewitt Bill Cotterell William Nelson Jack Beman Vic White Hugh Dare	76
3	Belgium	Georges Vandenbroele Marcel Alavoine Aimé Proot Gerard Steurs Emile Hanneuse Georges Bertrand	112
4	Scotland	James G. McIntyre Archie Craig Sr. George Wallach Alex Whitelaw Dunky Wright W.N. Neilson	113

Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 36 athletes from 4 countries.

•   Belgium (9)
•   England (9)
•   France (9)
•   Scotland (9)

See also

• 1923 in athletics (track and field)

References

1. "Cross-Country - France wins international - Scottish runner second home - Paris - The international cross-country race contested here today was won by France with 33 points, England being second with 76 points..." Glasgow Herald. March 26, 1923. p. 17. Retrieved September 27, 2013.
2. Magnusson, Tomas (November 5, 2006). "INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 16.1km CC Men - Maison-Laffitte Date: Sunday, March 25, 1923". Athchamps (archived). Archived from the original on December 21, 2006. Retrieved September 27, 2013.
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 on September 27, 2013. Retrieved September 24, 2013.