1947 International Cross Country Championships

1947 International Cross Country Championships
Organisers	ICCU
Edition	34th
Date	March 30
Host city	Saint-Cloud, Île-de-France, France
Venue	Hippodrome de Saint-Cloud
Events	1
Distances	9 mi (14.5 km)
Participation	54 athletes from 6 nations
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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] medalists, ^[3] and the results of British athletes ^[4] were published.

Medalists

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

Men's (9 mi / 14.5 km)

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Raphaël Pujazon	France	50:26
	Jean Chapelle	Belgium	50:51
	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

Men's

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

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

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

References

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.
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.