The 1926 International Cross Country Championships was held in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, Brussels, Belgium, at the Hippodrome de Stockel on March 28, 1926. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.[1]
1926 International Cross Country Championships | |
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Organisers | ICCU |
Edition | 19th |
Date | March 28 |
Host city | Brussels, Belgium ![]() |
Venue | Hippodrome de Stockel |
Events | 1 |
Distances | 9 mi (14.5 km) |
Participation | 53 athletes from 6 nations |
Complete results,[2] medallists, [3] and the results of British athletes[4] were published.
Medallists
editEvent | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Individual | ||||||
Men 9 mi (14.5 km) |
Ernie Harper England |
44:17.4 | Joseph Guillemot France |
44:59 | Robert Marchal France |
45:04 |
Team | ||||||
Men | France | 32 | England | 62 | Scotland | 101 |
Individual Race Results
editMen's (9 mi / 14.5 km)
editRank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
---|---|---|---|
Ernie Harper | England | 44:17.4 | |
Joseph Guillemot | France | 44:59 | |
Robert Marchal | France | 45:04 | |
4 | Lucien Dolquès | France | 45:06 |
5 | James Mitchell | Scotland | 45:10 |
6 | Emile Chapuis | France | |
7 | Albert Rodway | England | 45:12 |
8 | Maurice Norland | France | |
9 | Léon Thierré | France | |
10 | Arthur Muggridge | England | 45:32 |
11 | Ernest Bedel | France | |
12 | Bill Cotterell | England | |
13 | Dunky Wright | Scotland | 45:48 |
14 | Austin Price | England | |
15 | Paul Bontemps | France | |
16 | Frank Stevenson | Scotland | 45:58 |
17 | Leon Degrande | Belgium | 46:00 |
18 | Tommy Metcalf | England | |
19 | John Ryan | Ireland | 46:15 |
20 | B.D. Hammond | Wales | 46:17 |
21 | Dan Quinn | Scotland | |
22 | Robert Miller | Scotland | |
23 | George Perry | England | |
24 | Charles Freshwater | Scotland | |
25 | Sam Ferris | Ireland | |
26 | Joseph Marien | Belgium | |
27 | Tom Whitton | Scotland | |
28 | E.R. Leyshon | Wales | |
29 | Ernie Thomas | Wales | |
30 | Alick Pirie | Scotland | |
31 | R. Moore | Ireland | |
32 | Jozef Langenus | Belgium | |
33 | Pierre Verbiest | Belgium | |
34 | Tommy Keating | Ireland | |
35 | Sammy Allnutt | England | |
36 | Jimmy Guy | Wales | |
37 | Ted Hopkins | Wales | |
38 | Ivor Thomas | Wales | |
39 | Georges Leclerc | France | |
40 | Patrick Groarke | Ireland | |
41 | Pierre Debraye | Belgium | |
42 | W. Atherton | England | |
43 | Kenneth Coard | Ireland | |
44 | George Walker | Ireland | |
45 | Danny Phillips | Wales | |
46 | Gwyn Morgan | Wales | |
47 | Jean Godefroid | Belgium | |
— | Walter Calderwood | Scotland | DNF |
— | Alex Gilmore | Ireland | DNF |
— | Jack Prosser | Wales | DNF |
— | Emile Goetleven | Belgium | DNF |
— | Jean Corbloem | Belgium | DNF |
— | Alfred Defleurquin | Belgium | DNF |
Team Results
editMen's
editRank | Country | Team | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | France | Joseph Guillemot Robert Marchal Lucien Dolquès Emile Chapuis Maurice Norland Léon Thierré |
32 |
2 | England | Ernie Harper Albert Rodway Arthur Muggridge Bill Cotterell Austin Price Tommy Metcalf |
62 |
3 | Scotland | James Mitchell Dunky Wright Frank Stevenson Dan Quinn Robert Miller Charles Freshwater |
101 |
4 | Wales | B.D. Hammond E.R. Leyshon Ernie Thomas Jimmy Guy Ted Hopkins Ivor Thomas |
188 |
5 | Ireland | John Ryan Sam Ferris R. Moore Tommy Keating Patrick Groarke Kenneth Coard |
192 |
6 | Belgium | Leon Degrande Joseph Marien Jozef Langenus Pierre Verbiest Pierre Debraye Jean Godefroid |
196 |
Participation
editAn unofficial count yields the participation of 53 athletes from 6 countries.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ International Cross-Country Championship. - Brussels, Sunday - In the International Cross-Country Championship held here today, in which six nations took part, France was the winner..., Glasgow Herald, March 29, 1926, p. 6, retrieved September 28, 2013
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Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 14.km CC Men - Bruxelles Hippodrome de Stockel Date: Sunday, March 28, 1926, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on December 5, 2005, retrieved September 28, 2013
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved September 24, 2013
- ^ 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 September 27, 2013, retrieved September 24, 2013