International Cross Country Championships
International Cross Country Championships | |
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![]() Frank Sando crossing the line to win the 1957 edition of the championships | |
Status | active |
Genre | sports event |
Date(s) | March–April |
Frequency | annual |
Location(s) | various |
Inaugurated | 1898 (1898) |
Most recent | 1972 (1972) |
Organised by | ICCU |
The International Cross Country Championships was an annual international competition in cross- country running. It was created in 1903 by the International Cross Country Union (ICCU) and it marked the first time that an annual international championships had been held for the sport.
It began its life as a contest between the four Home Nations of the United Kingdom. The event became increasingly international over its history, beginning with the admittance of the first non-UK country in 1907 (France), the addition of several other Continental European countries in the 1920s, and then the introduction of Tunisia in 1958 which saw an African team compete for the first time.[1]
The championships featured only a senior men's race from 1903 to 1961, at which point an under-21s event was introduced. After some years as an unsanctioned competition, a women's race finally gained official acceptance in 1967.[1]
The event lasted from 1903 to 1972 – at the 1971 ICCU Congress members decided to transfer organisation of the event to the International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF), a move which was finalised after the 1972 ICC Championships and led to the first IAAF World Cross Country Championships in 1973.[2]
The International Cross Country Championships featured a number of running greats, including: Alfred Shrubb (the inaugural race winner) and Jean Bouin in its early years, Frank Sando who won twice, as well as Jack Holden and Alain Mimoun who both won the race a record four times, and then Franjo Mihalić, Gaston Roelants and David Bedford in its later years. American runner Doris Brown was dominant in the short history of the women's race, winning all but two of the official women's races.[1]
Editions
Results
Men's individual results
Year | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |||
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1898 (unofficial) 9 mi (14.5 km) | Sid Robinson![]() | 56:36 | Harry Harrison![]() | 56:36.4 | Charles Bennett![]() | 57:14.8 |
1903 8.5 mi (13.7 km) | Alfred Shrubb![]() | 46:22.6 | Tom Edwards![]() | 46:56.6 | John Daly![]() | 47:10.2 |
1904 8.5 mi (13.7 km) | Alfred Shrubb![]() | 47:58.4 | Albert Aldridge![]() | 48:20.2 | George Pearce![]() | 49:38.6 |
1905 8 mi (12.9 km) | Albert Aldridge![]() | 40:20 | Tom Hynes![]() | 40:35 | Joe Deakin![]() | 41:14 |
1906 10 mi (16.1 km) | Charles Straw![]() | 57:32 | George Pearce![]() | 57:55 | Will Nelson![]() | 58:11 |
1907 10 mi (16.1 km) | Adam Underwood![]() | 54:26.4 | George Pearce![]() | 54:48 | Sammy Welding![]() | 54:50 |
1908 10 mi (16.1 km) | Arthur Robertson![]() | 50:26.8 | Fred Neaves![]() | 50:31 | George Pearce![]() | 50:42 |
1909 10 mi (16.1 km) | Arthur Edwin Wood![]() | 58:03 | Jean Bouin![]() | 58:04 | Ernest Loney![]() | 58:53 |
1910 10 mi (16.1 km) | Arthur Edwin Wood![]() | 54:02 | Puck O'Neill![]() | 54:24 | Harry Baldwin![]() | 54:24 |
1911 10 mi (16.1 km) | Jean Bouin![]() | 54:07.6 | Harry Baldwin![]() | 54:22 | George Wallach![]() | 54:44 |
1912 10 mi (16.1 km) | Jean Bouin![]() | 51:46 | William Scott![]() | 52:19 | Frederick Hibbins![]() | 52:34 |
1913 10 mi (16.1 km) | Jean Bouin![]() | 51:52.4 | Ernest Glover![]() | 52:33 | Jacques Keyser![]() | 53:10 |
1914 10 mi (16.1 km) | Alfred Nichols![]() | 1:00:24 | George Wallach![]() | 1:00:41 | Ernest Glover![]() | 1:00:46 |
Not held due to World War I | ||||||
1920 10 mi (16.1 km) | Jim Wilson![]() | 55:06 | Christopher Vose![]() | 55:33 | Wally Freeman![]() | 55:52 |
1921 10 mi (16.1 km) | Wally Freeman![]() | 56:53 | Bobby Mills![]() | 57:03 | Bevy Bingham![]() | 57:17 |
1922 10 mi (16.1 km) | Joseph Guillemot![]() | 1:03:59 | Bill Cotterell![]() | 1:04:27 | Julien Schnellmann![]() | 1:05:03 |
1923 10 mi (16.1 km) | Joe Blewitt![]() | 58:11.8 | James G. McIntyre![]() | 58:13 | Georges van den Broele![]() | 58:20 |
1924 10 mi (16.1 km) | Bill Cotterell![]() | 55:35.4 | Ernie Harper![]() | 55:40 | Eddie Webster![]() | 56:21 |
1925 10 mi (16.1 km) | Eddie Webster![]() | 56:55 | John Ryan![]() | 57:14 | Bill Cotterell![]() | 57:38 |
1926 9 mi (14.5 km) | Ernie Harper![]() | 44:17.4 | Joseph Guillemot![]() | 44:59 | Robert Marchal![]() | 45:04 |
1927 9 mi (14.5 km) | Lewis Payne![]() | 51:40 | Seghir Beddari![]() | 51:49 | Henri Gallet![]() | 52:03 |
1928 9.5 mi (15.3 km) | Harry Eckersley![]() | 52:34 | John Suttie Smith![]() | 52:48 | Seghir Beddari![]() | 53:02 |
1929 8.7 mi (14.0 km) | Bill Cotterell![]() | 42:46.2 | Henri Dartigues![]() | 42:48 | Robert Courtier![]() | 42:51 |
1930 9.5 mi (15.3 km) | Tom Evenson![]() | 53:49 | Robbie Sutherland![]() | 53:50 | Roméo Dieguez[3]![]() | 54:15 |
1931 9 mi (14.5 km) | Tim Smythe![]() | 48:52 | Jack Winfield![]() | 49:11 | Tom Evenson![]() | 49:16 |
1932 9 mi (14.5 km) | Tom Evenson![]() | 50:51 | Jack Holden![]() | 51:06 | Walter Beavers![]() | 51:15 |
1933 9 mi (14.5 km) | Jack Holden![]() | 53:40.8 | Robbie Sutherland![]() | 53:50 | John Suttie Smith![]() | 53:54 |
1934 9 mi (14.5 km) | Jack Holden![]() | 50:28 | Alex Burns![]() | 51:24 | Arthur Penny![]() | 51:26 |
1935 9 mi (14.5 km) | Jack Holden![]() | 47:52 | Bill Wylie![]() | 48:12 | William Eaton![]() | 48:14 |
1936 9 mi (14.5 km) | William Eaton![]() | 47:38 | Jack Holden![]() | 48:08 | Alex Dow![]() | 48:14 |
1937 9 mi (14.5 km) | Jim Flockhart![]() | 49:50 | André Sicard![]() | 50:03 | James Ginty![]() | 50:13 |
1938 9 mi (14.5 km) | Jack Emery![]() | 49:57 | Jean Chapelle![]() | 50:16 | Sam Palmer![]() | 50:36 |
1939 9 mi (14.5 km) | Jack Holden![]() | 47:23 | Mohamed El Ghazi![]() | 47:34 | Salem Amrouche![]() | 47:52 |
Not held due to World War II | ||||||
1946 9 mi (14.5 km) | Raphaël Pujazon![]() | 51:51.2 | Marcel Vandewattyne![]() | 52:24 | Paul Messner![]() | 52:49 |
1947 9 mi (14.5 km) | Raphaël Pujazon![]() | 50:26 | Jean Chapelle![]() | 50:51 | Mohamed Lahoucine![]() | 51:04 |
1948 9 mi (14.5 km) | John Doms![]() | 54:05 | Emile Renson![]() | 54:25 | Mohamed Lahoucine![]() | 54:50 |
1949 9 mi (14.5 km) | Alain Mimoun![]() | 47:50 | Raphaël Pujazon![]() | 47:51 | Charles Cérou![]() | 47:55 |
1950 9 mi (14.5 km) | Lucien Theys![]() | 45:42 | Alain Mimoun![]() | 45:50 | Mohamed Hamza![]() | 46:00 |
1951 9.25 mi (14.9 km) | Geoff Saunders![]() | 54:07 | Frank Aaron![]() | 54:48 | Charles Cérou![]() | 55:05 |
1952 9 mi (14.5 km) | Alain Mimoun![]() | 48:19 | Marcel Vandewattyne![]() | 49:02 | Abdelkader Driss![]() | 49:06 |
1953 9 mi (14.5 km) | Franjo Mihalić![]() | 47:53 | Frank Sando![]() | 48:03 | Abdallah Ould Lamine![]() | 48:06 |
1954 9 mi (14.5 km) | Alain Mimoun![]() | 47:51 | Ken Norris![]() | 48:13 | Patrick Ranger![]() | 48:21 |
1955 9 mi (14.5 km) | Frank Sando![]() | 46:09 | Hugh Foord![]() | 46:33 | Ken Norris![]() | 46:35 |
1956 9 mi (14.5 km) | Alain Mimoun![]() | 45:18 | Frank Sando![]() Ken Norris ![]() | 45:28 | ||
1957 9 mi (14.5 km) | Frank Sando![]() | 45:58 | Basil Heatley![]() | 46:09 | Ken Norris![]() | 46:18 |
1958 9 mi (14.5 km) | Stanley Eldon![]() | 46:29 | Alain Mimoun![]() | 46:30 | Frank Sando![]() | 46:33 |
1959 9 mi (14.5 km) | Fred Norris![]() | 42:44.8 | Frank Sando![]() | 42:52.4 | Salah Beddiaf![]() | 43:01.4 |
1960 9 mi (14.5 km) | Rhadi Ben Abdesselam![]() | 43:33 | Gaston Roelants![]() | 43:40 | John Merriman![]() | 43:40 |
1961 8.9 mi (14.3 km) | Basil Heatley![]() | 45:22.2 | Antonio Amoros![]() | 45:46 | Martin Hyman![]() | 45:56.4 |
1962 7.5 mi (12.0 km) | Gaston Roelants![]() | 44:40 | Marcel Vandewattyne![]() | 44:46 | Mel Batty![]() | 44:48 |
1963 7.5 mi (12.1 km) | Roy Fowler![]() | 37:19.7 | Gaston Roelants![]() | 37:32 | Mariano Haro![]() | 37:41.6 |
1964 7.3 mi (11.8 km) | Francisco Aritmendi![]() | 40:33 | Ron Hill![]() | 40:42 | John Cooke![]() | 40:49 |
1965 7.5 mi (12.1 km) | Jean Fayolle![]() | 36:48 | Mel Batty![]() | 36:48 | Mohamed Gammoudi![]() | 37:00 |
1966 7.5 mi (12.1 km) | Ben Assou El Ghazi![]() | 36:22.1 | Derek Graham![]() | 36:29.6 | Tracy Smith![]() | 36:32.2 |
1967 7.5 mi (12.1 km) | Gaston Roelants![]() | 36:03 | Tim Johnston![]() | 36:20 | Bryan Rose![]() | 36:27 |
1968 7.5 mi (12.1 km) | Mohamed Gammoudi![]() | 35:25.4 | Ron Hill![]() | 35:26.8 | Roy Fowler![]() | 35:31.8 |
1969 7.5 mi (12.0 km) | Gaston Roelants![]() | 36:25 | Dick Taylor![]() | 36:44 | Ian McCafferty![]() | 36:57 |
1970 7.5 mi (12.1 km) | Mike Tagg![]() | 36:39.8 | Gaston Roelants![]() | 36:41.8 | Trevor Wright![]() | 36:44.6 |
1971 7.5 mi (12.1 km) | Dave Bedford![]() | 38:42.8 | Trevor Wright![]() | 39:05.2 | Eddie Gray![]() | 39:11.6 |
1972 7.5 mi (12.1 km) | Gaston Roelants![]() | 37:43 | Mariano Haro![]() | 38:01 | Ian Stewart![]() | 38:20 |
Men's Team Results
Junior Men's Individual Results
Year | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |||
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1940 (unofficial) 5 mi (8.0 km) | Frank Aaron![]() | 27:51 | Gaston Cottin![]() | 28:00 | Jack Timmins![]() | 28:09 |
1961 4.7 mi (7.5 km) | Colin Robinson![]() | 26:20.4 | Alan Simpson![]() | 26:24.4 | Mariano Haro![]() | 26:25.2 |
1962 4.7 mi (7.5 km) | Abdeslem Bouchta![]() | 25:05 | Anthony Evans![]() Martin Heath ![]() | 25:23 | ||
1963 4.7 mi (7.5 km) | John Farrington![]() | 25:17.4 | Ahmed Zammel![]() | 25:23.6 | Lachie Stewart![]() | 25:37.6 |
1964 4.7 mi (7.5 km) | Ian McCafferty![]() | 24:20 | David Walker![]() | 24:45 | Don Collins![]() | 24:45 |
1965 4.7 mi (7.5 km) | Johnny Dumon![]() | 21:36 | Albien van Holsbeek![]() | 21:44 | David Walker![]() | 21:51 |
1966 4.35 mi (7.0 km) | Mike Tagg![]() | 21:26.4 | Roy Young![]() | 21:35.3 | Eddie Knox![]() | 21:40.6 |
1967 4.35 mi (7.0 km) | Eddie Knox![]() | 24:42 | Eddy van Butsele![]() | 24:44 | Brooks Mileson![]() | 24:49 |
1968 4.35 mi (7.0 km) | John Bednarski![]() | 20:59 | Pierre de Freyn![]() | 21:00 | Mohamed Omar![]() | 21:02 |
1969 4.35 mi (7.0 km) | Dave Bedford![]() | 19:38 | John Bednarski![]() | 19:59 | John Harrison![]() | 20:13 |
1970 4.35 mi (7.0 km) | John Hartnett![]() | 21:57.2 | Jack Lane![]() | 22:05.2 | Eric de Beck![]() | 22:09.2 |
1971 4.35 mi (7.0 km) | Nick Rose![]() | 23:12.4 | Ray Smedley![]() | 23:17.4 | Jim Brown![]() | 24:02 |
1972 4.35 mi (7.0 km) | Aldo Tomasini![]() | 23:20 | Jim Brown![]() | 23:35 | Franco Fava![]() | 23:45 |
Junior Men's Team Results
Year | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |||
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1940 (unofficial) | ![]() | 34 | ![]() | 60 | ![]() | 102 |
1961 | ![]() | 11 | ![]() | 18 | ![]() | 39 |
1962 | ![]() | 9 | ![]() | 28 | ![]() | 37 |
1963 | ![]() | 12 | ![]() | 20 | ![]() | 24 |
1964 | ![]() | 16 | ![]() | 17 | ![]() | 22 |
1965 | ![]() | 9 | ![]() | 14 | ![]() | 34 |
1966 | ![]() | 8 | ![]() | 21 | ![]() | 28 |
1967 | ![]() | 12 | ![]() | 30 | ![]() | 33 |
1968 | ![]() | 10 | ![]() | 27 | ![]() | 29 |
1969 | ![]() | 6 | ![]() | 21 | ![]() | 27 |
1970 | ![]() | 15 | ![]() | 15 | ![]() | 34 |
1971 | ![]() | 7 | ![]() | 30 | ![]() | 39 |
1972 | ![]() | 19 | ![]() | 22 | ![]() | 26 |
Women's Individual Results
Year | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |||
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1931 (unofficial) 1.9 mi (3.0 km) | Gladys Lunn![]() | 11:12 | Lilian Styles![]() | 11:25 | Suzanne Lenoir![]() | |
1932 (unofficial) 1.9 mi (3.0 km) | Gladys Lunn![]() | 12:52 | Suzanne Hedouin![]() | 13:06 | Lilian Styles![]() | 13:07 |
1935 (unofficial) 1.9 mi (3.0 km) | Nellie Halstead![]() | 20:06 | Lilian Styles![]() | 20:12 | Esther Raven![]() | 20:18 |
1938 (unofficial) 1.9 mi (3.0 km) | Evelyne Forster![]() | 12:40 | Dolly Harris-Roden![]() | 12:48 | Jeanne Pousset![]() | 12:51 |
1954 (unofficial) 2.5 mi (4.0 km) | Diane Leather![]() | 15:19 | Anne Oliver![]() | 15:45 | June Bridgland![]() | 16:12 |
1955 (unofficial) 1.9 mi (3.0 km) | Diane Leather![]() | 16:08 | Anne Oliver![]() | 16:31 | Leila Buckland![]() | 16:45 |
1956 (unofficial) 1.9 mi (3.0 km) | Roma Ashby![]() | 13:05 | June Bridgland![]() | 13:11 | Diane Leather![]() | 13:12 |
1957 (unofficial) 1.9 mi (3.0 km) | Diane Leather![]() | 11:15 | Roma Ashby![]() | 11:21 | June Bridgland![]() | 11:45 |
1967 1.9 mi (3.0 km) | Doris Brown![]() | 14:28 | Rita Lincoln![]() | 15:05 | Peggy Mullins![]() | 15:07 |
1968 2.8 mi (4.5 km) | Doris Brown![]() | 15:00 | Vicki Foltz![]() | 15:12 | Pamela Davies![]() | 15:21 |
1969 2.5 mi (4.0 km) | Doris Brown![]() | 14:46 | Maureen Dickson![]() | 14:51 | Valerie Robinson![]() | 14:58 |
1970 (Vichy) 1.9 mi (3.0 km) | Paola Pigni![]() | 10:38.4 | Zofia Kolakowska![]() | 10:39.2 | Ilja Keizer![]() | 10:43.8 |
1970 (Frederick) 2.5 mi (4.0 km) | Doris Brown![]() | 15:04 | Rita Lincoln![]() | 15:11 | Thelma Fynn![]() | 15:14 |
1971 2.8 mi (4.5 km) | Doris Brown![]() | 11:08.4 | Berny Lenferink![]() | 11:21.2 | Joyce Smith![]() | 11:23.2 |
1972 2.8 mi (4.5 km) | Joyce Smith![]() | 16:11 | Eileen Claugus![]() | 16:13 | Rita Ridley![]() | 16:19 |
Women's Team Results
Year | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |||
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1931 (unofficial) | ![]() | 15 | ![]() | 21 | ![]() | 42 |
1932 (unofficial) | ![]() | 14 | ![]() | 22 | ||
1935 (unofficial) | ![]() | 10 | ![]() | 26 | ||
1938 (unofficial) | ![]() | 12 | ![]() | 30 | ![]() | 36 |
1954 (unofficial) | ![]() | 10 | ![]() | 34 | ||
1955 (unofficial) | ![]() | 10 | ![]() | 34 | ||
1956 (unofficial) | ![]() | 10 | ![]() | 34 | ||
1957 (unofficial) | ![]() | 10 | ![]() | 34 | ||
1967 | ![]() | 17 | ![]() | 35 | ![]() | 50 |
1968 | ![]() | 19 | ![]() | 20 | ![]() | 55 |
1969 | ![]() | 23 | ![]() | 35 | ![]() | 37 |
1970 (Vichy) | ![]() | 19 | ![]() | 39 | ![]() | 45 |
1970 (Frederick) | ![]() | 18 | ![]() | 46 | ![]() | 48 |
1971 | ![]() | 29 | ![]() | 42 | ![]() | 51 |
1972 | ![]() | 22 | ![]() | 40 | ![]() | 64 |
References
- ^ a b c International Cross Country Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-02-14.
- ^ 30 years of the IAAF World Cross Country Championships. IAAF (2003-03-20). Retrieved on 2011-02-14.
- ^ Díaz, Pepe; Rodríguez Huertas, José Manuel (2018). Consejería de Turismo y Deporte de la Junta de Andalucía (ed.). 341 historias de grandeza. Deportistas olímpicos y paraolímpicos andalucess (PDF). Consejería de Turismo y Deporte. p. 158-160. ISBN 978-84-89225-70-1.
External links
- Athchamps results database (archived)
- Historical results from Association of Road Racing Statisticians
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