1938 International Cross Country Championships

1938 International Cross Country Championships
Organisers	ICCU
Edition	31st
Date	2 April (men) 12 March (women)
Host city	Belfast, Ulster, Northern Ireland } (men) Lille, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France (women)
Venue	Royal Ulster Showground (men)
Events	1 / 1
Distances	9 mi (14.5 km) men / 1.9 mi (3.0 km) women
Participation	63 (men) / 18 (women) athletes from 7 (men) / 3 (women) nations
← 1937 Bruxelles 1939 Cardiff →

The 1938 International Cross Country Championships was held in Belfast, Northern Ireland, at the Royal Ulster Showground on 2 April 1938. In addition, an unofficial women's championship was held three weeks earlier in Lille, France, on 12 March 1938. A report on the men's event was given in the Glasgow Herald. ^[1]

Complete results for men, ^[2] and for women (unofficial), ^[3] medallists, ^[4] and the results of British athletes ^[5] were published.

Medallists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual
Men 9 mi (14.5 km)	Jack Emery   England	49:57	Jean Chapelle   Belgium	50:16	Sam Palmer   Wales	50:36
Women 1.9 mi (3.0 km)	Evelyne Forster   England	12:40	Dolly Harris-Roden   England	12:48	Jeanne Pousset   Belgium	12:51
Team
Men	England	43	France	96	Belgium	117
Women	England	12	France	30	Belgium	36

Individual Race Results

Men's (9 mi / 14.5 km)

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Jack Emery	England	49:57
	Jean Chapelle	Belgium	50:16
	Sam Palmer	Wales	50:36
4	Jack Potts	England	50:48
5	Jean Wattiau	France	50:49
6	Jack Holden	England	50:54
7	Ivor Brown	Wales	50:56
8	Emmet Farrell	Scotland	50:59
9	Bertie Robertson	England	51:00
10	Frank Cummins	Ireland	51:03
11	Vic Draper	England	51:09
12	Alec Burns	England	51:14
13	Salem Amrouche	France	51:20
14	Jean Lalanne	France	51:24
15	Albert van Meenen	Belgium	51:30
16	Oscar van Rumst	Belgium	51:31
17	Maurice Baudouin	France	51:34
18	Pierre Bajart	Belgium	51:36
19	Davy Cannavan	Northern Ireland	51:41
20	W.A. McCune	Northern Ireland	51:46
21	Joseph Guiomar	France	51:47
22	Bill Matthews	Wales	51:48
23	Harry Gallivan	Wales	51:51
24	Archie Craig Jr.	Scotland	52:00
25	Norman Jones	England	52:02
26	Roger Rérolle	France	52:07
27	Alex Dow	Scotland	52:08
28	James O'Connor	Ireland	52:12
29	Frank Reeve	England	52:14
30	André-Louis Laforge	France	52:16
31	Frans Vandersteen	Belgium	52:21
32	Tom Lamb	Scotland	52:22
33	André Sicard	France	52:23
34	Johnny Glenholmes	Northern Ireland	52:32
35	René van Broeck	Belgium	52:35
36	Peter Allwell	Scotland	52:38
37	Jim Flockhart	Scotland	52:40
38	Dennis Morgan	Wales	52:44
39	M. Gorman	Northern Ireland	52:45
40	Elwood Jones	Wales	52:46
41	Frank Marsland	England	52:46
42	James Andrews	Northern Ireland	52:47
43	George Fox	Wales	52:51
44	James Freeland	Scotland	52:57
45	Tom Gibson	Scotland	53:02
46	Alex Workman	Northern Ireland	53:03
47	Alex Donnett	Scotland	53:05
48	Mike Finglass	Ireland	53:19
49	Tim Smythe	Ireland	53:23
50	Dan Gillespie	Northern Ireland	53:29
51	Jack Parker	Northern Ireland	53:29
52	Eammon Jones	Ireland	53:43
53	Bert Hermans	Belgium	53:44
54	J. McCormick	Northern Ireland	53:47
55	Pierre Willems	Belgium	53:48
56	Dougie Coard	Ireland	54:05
57	Albert Donfut	Belgium	54:06
58	Tom Winslade	Wales	54:17
59	Tom Hopkins	Ireland	54:21
60	Gordon Edgar	Ireland	54:24
61	Roger Lachaud	France	54:28
62	Sam Grey	Ireland	54:59
—	J. Pearce	Wales	DNF

Women's (1.9 mi / 3.0 km)

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Evelyne Forster	England	12:40
	Dolly Harris-Roden	England	12:48
	Jeanne Pousset	Belgium	12:51
4	Mary Clarke	England	12:54
5	Lilian Styles	England	12:58
6	Dorothy Franklin	England	13:04
7	Elisabeth Lemonnier	France	13:05
8	Lily Lotte	France	13:15
9	Renée Trente-Ganault	France	13:22
10	Lucienne Tostain-Bouin	France	13:24
11	H. van Mol	Belgium	13:35
12	Jacqueline Gruner	France	13:52
13	Germaine Vincent	France	13:58
14	Y. de Linge	Belgium	13:59
15	M. Simon	Belgium	14:07
16	G. Lormiez	Belgium	14:20
17	Margaret Armstrong	England	14:32
18	G. Groux	Belgium

Team Results

Men's

Rank	Country	Team	Points
1	England	Jack Emery Jack Potts Jack Holden Bertie Robertson Vic Draper Alec Burns	43
2	France	Jean Wattiau Salem Amrouche Jean Lalanne Maurice Baudouin Joseph Guiomar Roger Rérolle	96
3	Belgium	Jean Chapelle Albert van Meenen Oscar van Rumst Pierre Bajart Frans Vandersteen René van Broeck	117
4	Wales	Sam Palmer Ivor Brown Bill Matthews Harry Gallivan Dennis Morgan Elwood Jones	133
5	Scotland	Emmet Farrell Archie Craig Jr. Alex Dow Tom Lamb Peter Allwell Jim Flockhart	164
6	Northern Ireland	Davy Cannavan W.A. McCune Johnny Glenholmes M. Gorman James Andrews Alex Workman	200
7	Ireland	Frank Cummins James O'Connor Mike Finglass Tim Smythe Eammon Jones Dougie Coard	243

Women's

Rank	Country	Team	Points
1	England	Evelyne Forster Dolly Harris-Roden Mary Clarke Lilian Styles	12
2	France	Elisabeth Lemonnier Lily Lotte Renée Trente-Ganault Lucienne Tostain-Bouin	30
3	Belgium	Jeanne Pousset H. van Mol Y. de Linge M. Simon	36

Participation

Men's

An unofficial count yields the participation of 63 male athletes from 7 countries.

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

Women's

An unofficial count yields the participation of 18 female athletes from 3 countries.

•   Belgium (6)
•   England (6)
•   France (6)

See also

• 1938 in athletics (track and field)

References

1. Scottish team's poor showing - Flockhart loses his title - Seven nations' race at Belfast - There was an attitude of hopefulness, tinged with anxiety, among the officials and supporters of the Scottish team prior to the start of the seven nations cross-country international, held over a course of nine miles at Balmoral Showgrounds, Belfast, on Saturday, and when the race was over hopes were blighted and fears justified, for the Scottish team's showing was the poorest in the entire series, and J.C. Flockhart, Shettleston Harriers, had to relinquish the individual championship..., Glasgow Herald, 4 April 1938, p. 18, retrieved 30 September 2013
2. Magnusson, Tomas (24 March 2007), INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 14.5km CC Men - Belfast Royal Ulster Showground Date: Saturday, April 2, 1938, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on 7 August 2007, retrieved 30 September 2013
3. Magnusson, Tomas (20 January 2006), Various Cross Country Events - 3.0km CC Women - Lille Date: Saturday, March 12, 1938, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on 17 May 2006, retrieved 30 September 2013
4. INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved 24 September 2013
5. 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 27 September 2013, retrieved 24 September 2013