1947 International Cross Country Championships
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|Name = 1947 International Cross Country Championships
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|Organisers = ICCU
|Edition = 34th
|Date = March 30
|Host city = Saint-Cloud, Île-de-France, France {{flagicon|France}}
|Location = Hippodrome de Saint-Cloud
|Nations participating = 6
|Athletes participating = 54
|Races = 1
|Distances = 9 mi (14.5 km)
|Website =
|Previous = 1946 Ayr
|Next = 1948 Reading
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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.
{{ Citation
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| date = March 31, 1947
| title = 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.
| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xlNAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZpEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5853%2C5036969
| publisher = Glasgow Herald
| page = 2
| language =
| accessdate = October 1, 2013
}}
{{ Citation
|last=Magnusson
|first=Tomas
|date=March 24, 2007
|title=INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 14.5km CC Men - Paris Hippodrome de St. Cloud Date: Sunday, March 30, 1947
|url=http://www.mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_SM1947S.html
|publisher=Athchamps (archived)
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|accessdate=October 1, 2013
|url-status=bot: unknown
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070719044321/http://www.mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_SM1947S.html
|archivedate=July 19, 2007
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medallists,
{{ Citation
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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
|url=http://www.iaaf.net/mm/Document/Competitions/Competition/2008WXC_Facts_Figures_1816.pdf
|publisher=IAAF
|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.
Medallists
{{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}} | |||
colspan=7 bgcolor=#eeeeee style=text-align:center;| Individual | |||
Men 9 mi (14.5 km) |Raphaël Pujazon | 50:26
|Jean Chapelle | 50:51
|Mohamed Lahoucine | 51:04 |
colspan=7 bgcolor=#eeeeee style=text-align:center;| Team | |||
Men
|{{flagcountry|France}} | 34
|{{flagcountry|Belgium}} | 86
|{{flagcountry|England}} | 105 |
Individual Race Results
=Men's (9 mi / 14.5 km)=
class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:95%;" width="50%"
! Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
align=center| {{gold1}} | Raphaël Pujazon | {{flagcountry|FRA}} | 50:26 |
align=center| {{silver2}} | Jean Chapelle | {{flagcountry|BEL}} | 50:51 |
align=center| {{bronze3}} | Mohamed Lahoucine | {{flagcountry|FRA}} | 51:04 |
align=center| 4 | Georges Gaillot | {{flagcountry|FRA}} | 51:19 |
align=center| 5 | Arsène Piesset | {{flagcountry|FRA}} | 51:19 |
align=center| 6 | Alec Olney | {{flagcountry|ENG}} | 51:19 |
align=center| 7 | Jim Flockhart | {{flagcountry|SCO}} | 51:36 |
align=center| 8 | Bert Hermans | {{flagcountry|BEL}} | 51:40 |
align=center| 9 | Jerry Kiely | {{flagcountry|IRE|4prov}} | 51:45 |
align=center| 10 | Paul Messner | {{flagcountry|FRA}} | 51:52 |
align=center| 11 | Henri Leveque | {{flagcountry|FRA}} | 51:53 |
align=center| 12 | Tony Chivers | {{flagcountry|ENG}} | 51:54 |
align=center| 13 | Pat Haughey | {{flagcountry|IRE|4prov}} | 52:07 |
align=center| 14 | Marcel Vandewattyne | {{flagcountry|BEL}} | 52:14 |
align=center| 15 | Reg Gosney | {{flagcountry|ENG}} | 52:15 |
align=center| 16 | André Valdovinos | {{flagcountry|FRA}} | 52:20 |
align=center| 17 | Emile Renson | {{flagcountry|BEL}} | 52:26 |
align=center| 18 | Tom Walsh | {{flagcountry|IRE|4prov}} | 52:40 |
align=center| 19 | Emmet Farrell | {{flagcountry|SCO}} | 52:41 |
align=center| 20 | Bobby Reid | {{flagcountry|SCO}} | 52:48 |
align=center| 21 | Edouard Schroeven | {{flagcountry|BEL}} | 52:59 |
align=center| 22 | Bertie Robertson | {{flagcountry|ENG}} | 53:01 |
align=center| 23 | Gordon Monshall | {{flagcountry|ENG}} | 53:08 |
align=center| 24 | Frans Wauters | {{flagcountry|BEL}} | 53:13 |
align=center| 25 | Henri Klein | {{flagcountry|FRA}} | 53:17 |
align=center| 26 | Andy Forbes | {{flagcountry|SCO}} | 53:23 |
align=center| 27 | Matt Smith | {{flagcountry|ENG}} | 53:30 |
align=center| 28 | Frank Sinclair | {{flagcountry|SCO}} | 53:37 |
align=center| 29 | Kevin Maguire | {{flagcountry|IRE|4prov}} | 53:43 |
align=center| 30 | Norman Ashcroft | {{flagcountry|ENG}} | 53:47 |
align=center| 31 | Patsy Fitzgerald | {{flagcountry|IRE|4prov}} | 53:49 |
align=center| 32 | Ivor Lloyd | {{flagcountry|WAL}} | 53:53 |
align=center| 33 | J. Fitzgerald | {{flagcountry|IRE|4prov}} | 53:58 |
align=center| 34 | Frans Feremans | {{flagcountry|BEL}} | 54:09 |
align=center| 35 | Mohamed Brahim | {{flagcountry|FRA}} | 54:23 |
align=center| 36 | G. Carolan | {{flagcountry|IRE|4prov}} | 54:29 |
align=center| 37 | Alex McGregor | {{flagcountry|SCO}} | 54:31 |
align=center| 38 | Gibby Anderson | {{flagcountry|SCO}} | 54:42 |
align=center| 39 | Laurence (Larry) Donnelly | {{flagcountry|IRE|4prov}} | 54:43 |
align=center| 40 | Len Herbert | {{flagcountry|ENG}} | 54:44 |
align=center| 41 | Norman Jones | {{flagcountry|ENG}} | 55:03 |
align=center| 42 | Tom Richards | {{flagcountry|WAL}} | 55:28 |
align=center| 43 | James Reid | {{flagcountry|SCO}} | 55:30 |
align=center| 44 | Willy Sommerville | {{flagcountry|SCO}} | 55:56 |
align=center| 45 | Eric Williams | {{flagcountry|WAL}} | 56:02 |
align=center| 46 | Martin Richards | {{flagcountry|WAL}} | 56:15 |
align=center| 47 | J. Manning II | {{flagcountry|IRE|4prov}} | 56:15 |
align=center| 48 | Frans Smets | {{flagcountry|BEL}} | 57:20 |
align=center| 49 | Eddie Cooper | {{flagcountry|WAL}} | 57:26 |
align=center| 50 | Glan Williams | {{flagcountry|WAL}} | 57:45 |
align=center| 51 | Bill Richards | {{flagcountry|WAL}} | 58:38 |
align=center| 52 | Ken Harris | {{flagcountry|WAL}} | 59:23 |
align=center| — | Gaston Reiff | {{flagcountry|BEL}} | DNF |
align=center| — | Bernard Baldwin | {{flagcountry|WAL}} | DNF |
Team Results
=Men's=
class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:95%;" width="50%"
! Rank | Country | Team | Points |
align=center| 1 | align=left | {{flag|France}} | align=left | Raphaël Pujazon Mohamed Lahoucine Georges Gaillot Arsène Piesset Paul Messner Henri Leveque | 34 |
align=center| 2 | align=left | {{flag|Belgium}} | align=left | Jean Chapelle Bert Hermans Marcel Vandewattyne Emile Renson Edouard Schroeven Frans Wauters | 86 |
align=center| 3 | align=left | {{flag|England}} | align=left | Alec Olney Tony Chivers Reg Gosney Bertie Robertson Gordon Monshall Matt Smith | 105 |
align=center| 4 | align=left | {{flag|Ireland|4prov}} | align=left | Jerry Kiely Pat Haughey Tom Walsh Kevin Maguire Patsy Fitzgerald J. Fitzgerald | 133 |
align=center| 5 | align=left | {{flag|Scotland}} | align=left | Jim Flockhart Emmet Farrell Bobby Reid Andy Forbes Frank Sinclair Alex McGregor | 137 |
align=center| 6 | align=left | {{flag|Wales}} | align=left | 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.
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- {{BEL}} (9)
- {{ENG}} (9)
- {{FRA}} (9)
- {{flagcountry|IRE|4prov}} (9)
- {{SCO}} (9)
- {{WAL}} (9)
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