1929 International Cross Country Championships

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|Name = 1929 International Cross Country Championships

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|Organisers = ICCU

|Edition = 22nd

|Date = March 23

|Host city = Vincennes, Île-de-France, France {{flagicon|France}}

|Location = Hippodrome de Vincennes

|Nations participating = 10

|Athletes participating = 90

|Races = 1

|Distances = 8.7 mi (14.0 km)

|Website =

|Previous = 1928 Ayr

|Next = 1930 Leamington

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The 1929 International Cross Country Championships was held in Vincennes, France, at the Hippodrome de Vincennes on March 23, 1929. This was the first appearance of teams from Italy, Luxembourg, Spain, and Switzerland. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.

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| date = March 25, 1929

| title = France wins Cross-Country Race - Paris, Saturday - The 22nd International Cross-Country Championship was run this afternoon over the track of the Vincennes Racecourse...

| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=H6VAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kKUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5581%2C3992868

| publisher = Glasgow Herald

| page = 8

| language =

| accessdate = September 28, 2013

}}

Complete results,

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|date=March 24, 2007

|title=INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 14.0km CC Men - Paris Hippodrome de Vincennes Date: Saturday, March 23, 1929

|url=http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_SM1929S.html

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|accessdate=September 28, 2013

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medallists,

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| title = INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS

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| accessdate = September 24, 2013

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and the results of British athletes

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|title=36th IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - EDINBURGH 2008 - FACTS & FIGURES - GREAT BRITAIN & NORTHERN IRELAND AT THE INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY & WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS

|url=http://www.iaaf.net/mm/Document/Competitions/Competition/2008WXC_Facts_Figures_1816.pdf

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|page=13ff

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|accessdate=September 24, 2013

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were published.

Medallists

{{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
colspan=7 bgcolor=#eeeeee style=text-align:center;| Individual
Men
8.7 mi (14.0 km)

|Bill Cotterell
{{flagcountry|ENG}}

42:46.2

|Henri Dartigues
{{flagcountry|FRA}}

42:48

|Robert Courtier
{{flagcountry|FRA}}

42:51
colspan=7 bgcolor=#eeeeee style=text-align:center;| Team
Men

|{{flagcountry|France}}

31

|{{flagcountry|England}}

74

|{{flagcountry|Spain|1785}}

117

Individual Race Results

=Men's (8.7 mi / 14.0 km)=

class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:95%;" width="50%"

! Rank

AthleteNationalityTime
align=center| {{gold1}}Bill Cotterell{{flagcountry|ENG}}42:46.2
align=center| {{silver2}}Henri Dartigues{{flagcountry|FRA}}42:48
align=center| {{bronze3}}Robert Courtier{{flagcountry|FRA}}42:51
align=center| 4Robert Marchal{{flagcountry|FRA}}42:59
align=center| 5Jesús Oyarbide{{flagcountry|ESP|1785}}43:04
align=center| 6Georges Boue{{flagcountry|FRA}}43:07
align=center| 7René Granier{{flagcountry|FRA}}43:12
align=center| 8Jack Winfield{{flagcountry|ENG}}43:24
align=center| 9Georges Leclerc{{flagcountry|FRA}}43:28
align=center| 10Seghir Beddari{{flagcountry|FRA}}43:29
align=center| 11Tommy Kay{{flagcountry|ENG}}43:32
align=center| 12Giuseppe Lippi{{flagcountry|ITA|1861}}
align=center| 13Maurice Maréchal{{flagcountry|BEL}}43:37
align=center| 14Arturo Peña{{flagcountry|ESP|1785}}43:38
align=center| 15Roger Prévost{{flagcountry|FRA}}43:42
align=center| 16John Suttie Smith{{flagcountry|SCO}}43:58
align=center| 17Ernie Harper{{flagcountry|ENG}}44:02
align=center| 18Jack Holden{{flagcountry|ENG}}44:03
align=center| 19Harry Payne{{flagcountry|ENG}}44:17
align=center| 20José Reliegos{{flagcountry|ESP|1785}}44:23
align=center| 21Frank Stevenson{{flagcountry|SCO}}44:25
align=center| 22Roger Rérolle{{flagcountry|FRA}}44:27
align=center| 23German Campo{{flagcountry|ESP|1785}}44:28
align=center| 24Leon Degrande{{flagcountry|BEL}}44:29
align=center| 25Frederick Light{{flagcountry|ENG}}44:32
align=center| 26Jimmy Wood{{flagcountry|SCO}}44:36
align=center| 27Claudio Egana{{flagcountry|ESP|1785}}44:41
align=center| 28Miguel Moreno{{flagcountry|ESP|1785}}44:46
align=center| 29Brian Oddie{{flagcountry|ENG}}44:49
align=center| 30Charles Wilson{{flagcountry|SCO}}44:51
align=center| 31Julien Schnellmann{{flagcountry|SUI}}
align=center| 32Marius Schiavo{{flagcountry|SUI}}
align=center| 33René Geeraert{{flagcountry|BEL}}44:55
align=center| 34Leonard Broers{{flagcountry|BEL}}44:56
align=center| 35Aurelio Badiali{{flagcountry|ITA|1861}}
align=center| 36Jan Linsen{{flagcountry|BEL}}45:02
align=center| 37Ernie Thomas{{flagcountry|WAL}}45:04
align=center| 38Miguel Cialceta{{flagcountry|ESP|1785}}45:17
align=center| 39Tom Fanning{{flagcountry|IRE|4prov}}45:19
align=center| 40Oscar Van Rumst{{flagcountry|BEL}}45:20
align=center| 41Giovanni Amerio{{flagcountry|ITA|1861}}
align=center| 42Giuseppe Venturi{{flagcountry|ITA|1861}}
align=center| 43David Richards Sen.{{flagcountry|WAL}}45:28
align=center| 44Tim Smythe{{flagcountry|IRE|4prov}}45:29
align=center| 45Carry Conlon{{flagcountry|IRE|4prov}}45:29
align=center| 46Dunky Wright{{flagcountry|SCO}}45:30
align=center| 47Luigi Prato{{flagcountry|ITA|1861}}
align=center| 48W.A. McCune{{flagcountry|IRE|4prov}}45:31
align=center| 49William Marthe{{flagcountry|SUI}}
align=center| 50Tom Whitton{{flagcountry|SCO}}45:34
align=center| 51Hans Wehrli{{flagcountry|SUI}}
align=center| 52P. McCully{{flagcountry|IRE|4prov}}45:44
align=center| 53John Timmins{{flagcountry|IRE|4prov}}45:48
align=center| 54Angel Andres{{flagcountry|ESP|1785}}45:53
align=center| 55Giacinto Falchero{{flagcountry|ITA|1861}}
align=center| 56Julien Serwy{{flagcountry|BEL}}45:58
align=center| 57Marcel Vernez{{flagcountry|SUI}}
align=center| 58Oreste Ciacci{{flagcountry|ITA|1861}}
align=center| 59E.R. Leyshon{{flagcountry|WAL}}46:11
align=center| 60Jean Haag{{flagcountry|LUX}}
align=center| 61Frank Denmead{{flagcountry|WAL}}46:16
align=center| 62Thomas Kinsella{{flagcountry|IRE|4prov}}46:18
align=center| 63Emile Goetleven{{flagcountry|BEL}}46:31
align=center| 64Gino Scarpellini{{flagcountry|ITA|1861}}
align=center| 65Antonio Albano{{flagcountry|ITA|1861}}
align=center| 66S. Driscoll{{flagcountry|WAL}}46:53
align=center| 67Ossie Williams{{flagcountry|WAL}}47:01
align=center| 68Ernest Violi{{flagcountry|SUI}}
align=center| 69A. Harvey{{flagcountry|WAL}}47:12
align=center| 70Arthur Muggridge{{flagcountry|ENG}}47:15
align=center| 71Michel Medinger{{flagcountry|LUX}}
align=center| 72Josef Amrein{{flagcountry|SUI}}
align=center| 73C. Olinger{{flagcountry|LUX}}
align=center| 74Pierre Scholtes{{flagcountry|LUX}}
align=center| 75Theo Backes{{flagcountry|LUX}}
align=center| 76Henri Dubois{{flagcountry|SUI}}
align=center| 77Walter Gunn{{flagcountry|SCO}}48:27
align=center| 78James Gardiner{{flagcountry|SCO}}48:32
align=center| 79Pierre Beicht{{flagcountry|LUX}}
align=center| 80Danny Phillips{{flagcountry|WAL}}48:40
align=center| 81Joseph Backes{{flagcountry|LUX}}
align=center| 82Georges Boultgen{{flagcountry|LUX}}
align=center| 83Jack Prosser{{flagcountry|WAL}}
align=center| 84Matthias Graffé{{flagcountry|LUX}}
align=center| —Juan Ramos (athlete)|Juan Ramos{{flagcountry|ESP|1785}}DNF
align=center| —Harry Russell{{flagcountry|IRE|4prov}}DNF
align=center| —Robert Allison{{flagcountry|SCO}}DNF
align=center| —Jozef van Durme{{flagcountry|BEL}}DNF
align=center| —Martin Sheenan{{flagcountry|IRE|4prov}}DNF
align=center| —Bartolomeus Pieroni{{flagcountry|SUI}}DNF

Team Results

=Men's=

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! Rank

CountryTeamPoints
align=center| 1align=left | {{flag|France}}align=left | Henri Dartigues
Robert Courtier
Robert Marchal
Georges Boue
René Granier
Georges Leclerc
31
align=center| 2align=left | {{flag|England}}align=left | Bill Cotterell
Jack Winfield
Tommy Kay
Ernie Harper
Jack Holden
Harry Payne
74
align=center| 3align=left | {{flag|Spain|1785}}align=left | Jesús Oyarbide
Arturo Peña
José Reliegos
German Campo
Claudio Egana
Miguel Moreno
117
align=center| 4align=left | {{flag|Belgium}}align=left | Maurice Maréchal
Leon Degrande
René Geeraert
Leonard Broers
Jan Linsen
Oscar Van Rumst
180
align=center| 5align=left | {{flag|Scotland}}align=left | John Suttie Smith
Frank Stevenson
Jimmy Wood
Charles Wilson
Dunky Wright
Tom Whitton
189
align=center| 6align=left | {{flag|Italy|1861}}align=left | Giuseppe Lippi
Aurelio Badiali
Giovanni Amerio
Giuseppe Venturi
Luigi Prato
Giacinto Falchero
232
align=center| 7align=left | {{flag|Ireland|4prov}}align=left | Tom Fanning
Tim Smythe
Carry Conlon
W.A. McCune
P. McCully
John Timmins
281
align=center| 8align=left | {{flag|Switzerland}}align=left | Julien Schnellmann
Marius Schiavo
William Marthe
Hans Wehrli
Marcel Vernez
Ernest Violi
288
align=center| 9align=left | {{flag|Wales}}align=left | Ernie Thomas
David Richards Sen.
E.R. Leyshon
Frank Denmead
S. Driscoll
Ossie Williams
333
align=center| 10align=left | {{flag|Luxembourg}}align=left | Jean Haag
Michel Medinger
C. Olinger
Pierre Scholtes
Theo Backes
Pierre Beicht
432

Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 90 athletes from 10 countries.

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  • {{BEL}} (9)
  • {{ENG}} (9)
  • {{FRA}} (9)
  • {{flagcountry|IRE|4prov}} (9)
  • {{flagcountry|ITA|1861}} (9)
  • {{LUX}} (9)
  • {{SCO}} (9)
  • {{flagcountry|ESP|1785}} (9)
  • {{SUI}} (9)
  • {{WAL}} (9)

{{div col end}}

See also

References