1939 International Cross Country Championships

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|Name = 1939 International Cross Country Championships

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|Organisers = ICCU

|Edition = 32nd

|Date = 1 April

|Host city = Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales {{flagicon|Wales}}

|Location = Ely Racecourse

|Nations participating = 7

|Athletes participating = 63

|Races = 1

|Distances = 9 mi (14.5 km)

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|Previous = 1938 Belfast

|Next = 1940 Paris (unofficial)→
1946 Ayr

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The 1939 International Cross Country Championships was held in Cardiff, Wales, at the Ely Racecourse on 1 April 1939. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.

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| date = April 3, 1939

| title = Holden's Record Triumph - International Title for Fourth Time - Reid's cross-country failure - British athletes were outclassed by Continental runners in the cross-country International at Ely Raceground, Cardiff, on Saturday, with the exception of J.T. Holden, the Tripton veteran, who won the individual title for the fourth time...

| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zUZAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uIgMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6444%2C334025

| publisher = Glasgow Herald

| page = 18

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| accessdate = September 30, 2013

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Complete results,

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|last=Magnusson

|first=Tomas

|date=March 24, 2007

|title=INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 14.5km CC Men - Cardiff Ely Racecourse Date: Saturday, April 1, 1939

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|archivedate=August 6, 2007

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medallists,

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| title = INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS

| url = http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/ixc.htm

| publisher = Athletics Weekly

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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

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|page=13ff

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|accessdate=September 24, 2013

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|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927091955/http://www.iaaf.net/mm/Document/Competitions/Competition/2008WXC_Facts_Figures_1816.pdf

|archivedate=September 27, 2013

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were published.