1933 International Cross Country Championships

1933 International Cross Country Championships
Organisers	ICCU
Edition	26th
Date	25 March
Host city	Caerleon, Monmouthshire, Wales
Venue	Caerleon Racecourse
Events	1
Distances	19 mi (4.5 km)
Participation	54 athletes from 6 nations
← 1932 Bruxelles 1934 Ayr →

The 1933 International Cross Country Championships was held in Caerleon, Wales, at the Caerleon Racecourse on 25 March 1933. 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

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual
Men 9 mi (14.5 km)	Jack Holden   England	53:40.8	Robbie Sutherland   Scotland	53:50	John Suttie Smith   Scotland	53:54
Team
Men	England	32	Scotland	62	France	109

Individual Race Results

Men's (9 mi / 14.5 km)

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Jack Holden	England	53:40.8
	Robbie Sutherland	Scotland	53:50
	John Suttie Smith	Scotland	53:54
4	Bert Footer	England	53:58
5	George Bailey	England	54:30
6	Tom Evenson	England	54:34
7	William Eaton	England	54:36
8	René Lécuron	France	54:44
9	Arthur Penny	England	54:47
10	Victor Honorez	Belgium	54:49
11	Harry McIntosh	Scotland	54:51
12	Jim Flockhart	Scotland	54:53
13	Harry Gallivan	Wales	54:54
14	Wally Clift	England	54:56
15	Fernand Le Heurteur	France	54:59
16	William Slidders	Scotland	55:06
17	Paul Lallement	France	55:25
18	Sammy Tombe	Scotland	55:29
19	Moussa Bourachedi	France	55:40
20	Robert Arnold	France	55:45
21	Cyril Ellis	England	55:47
22	Ernie Thomas	Wales	55:56
23	James Wilson	Scotland	56:09
24	Johnny Glenholmes	Northern Ireland	56:26
25	Ivor Brown	Wales	56:32
26	Leon Verheylesonne	Belgium	56:36
27	A.S. Stone	Wales	56:36
28	George Depotter	Belgium	56:37
29	Walter Hinde	Scotland	56:43
30	Henri Lahitte	France	56:50
31	Oscar van Rumst	Belgium	56:59
32	Eugène Vérité	France	57:03
33	Antoine de Pauw	Belgium	57:24
34	Danny Phillips	Wales	57:32
35	Sam Dodd	England	57:37
36	Ted Hopkins	Wales	57:39
37	Alex Workman	Northern Ireland	57:40
38	Roger Rérolle	France	58:06
39	René van Broeck	Belgium	58:08
40	Harold Tongue	Wales	58:26
41	Sam Palmer	Wales	58:39
42	Edouard Schroeven	Belgium	59:03
43	M. Gorman	Northern Ireland	59:57
44	James Girvan	Scotland	1:00:07
45	Jean Linsen	Belgium	1:00:24
46	Victor Hamilton	Northern Ireland	1:01:39
47	Addie Cromie	Northern Ireland	1:02:10
48	Len Tongue	Wales	1:02:17
49	Hans Noble	Northern Ireland	1:04:33
50	J. Logan	Northern Ireland	1:06:00
—	René Geeraert	Belgium	DNF
—	Robert Loiseau	France	DNF
—	James Montgomery	Northern Ireland	DNF
—	H. Cuthcart	Northern Ireland	DNF

Team Results

Men's

Rank	Country	Team	Points
1	England	Jack Holden Bert Footer George Bailey Tom Evenson William Eaton Arthur Penny	32
2	Scotland	Robbie Sutherland John Suttie Smith Harry McIntosh Jim Flockhart William Slidders Sammy Tombe	62
3	France	René Lécuron Fernand Le Heurteur Paul Lallement Moussa Bourachedi Robert Arnold Henri Lahitte	109
4	Wales	Harry Gallivan Ernie Thomas Ivor Brown A.S. Stone Danny Phillips Ted Hopkins	157
5	Belgium	Victor Honorez Leon Verheylesonne George Depotter Oscar van Rumst Antoine de Pauw René van Broeck	167
6	Northern Ireland	Johnny Glenholmes Alex Workman M. Gorman Victor Hamilton Addie Cromie Hans Noble	246

Participation

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

•   Belgium (9)
•   England (9)
•   France (9)
•   Northern Ireland (9)
•   Scotland (9)
•   Wales (9)

See also

• 1933 in athletics (track and field)

References

1. Cross-Country - International honours go to England - Free State Team withdraw from Caerleon event - As a protest against the acceptance of the Northern Ireland Amateur Association's entry for the International Cross-Country Championship at Caerleon, Newport, Mon., on Saturday by the International board, the Irish team of Free State runners was withdrawn from the race..., Glasgow Herald, 27 March 1933, p. 4, retrieved 29 September 2013
2. Magnusson, Tomas (24 March 2007), INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 14.5km CC Men - Newport Caerleon Racecourse Date: Saturday, March 25, 1933, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on 7 August 2007, retrieved 29 September 2013
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