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

}}

Complete results,

{{ 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

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|archivedate=July 19, 2007

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medallists,

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| title = INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS

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| 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

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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
9 mi (14.5 km)

|Raphaël Pujazon
{{flagcountry|FRA}}

50:26

|Jean Chapelle
{{flagcountry|BEL}}

50:51

|Mohamed Lahoucine
{{flagcountry|FRA}}

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

AthleteNationalityTime
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| 4Georges Gaillot{{flagcountry|FRA}}51:19
align=center| 5Arsène Piesset{{flagcountry|FRA}}51:19
align=center| 6Alec Olney{{flagcountry|ENG}}51:19
align=center| 7Jim Flockhart{{flagcountry|SCO}}51:36
align=center| 8Bert Hermans{{flagcountry|BEL}}51:40
align=center| 9Jerry Kiely{{flagcountry|IRE|4prov}}51:45
align=center| 10Paul Messner{{flagcountry|FRA}}51:52
align=center| 11Henri Leveque{{flagcountry|FRA}}51:53
align=center| 12Tony Chivers{{flagcountry|ENG}}51:54
align=center| 13Pat Haughey{{flagcountry|IRE|4prov}}52:07
align=center| 14Marcel Vandewattyne{{flagcountry|BEL}}52:14
align=center| 15Reg Gosney{{flagcountry|ENG}}52:15
align=center| 16André Valdovinos{{flagcountry|FRA}}52:20
align=center| 17Emile Renson{{flagcountry|BEL}}52:26
align=center| 18Tom Walsh{{flagcountry|IRE|4prov}}52:40
align=center| 19Emmet Farrell{{flagcountry|SCO}}52:41
align=center| 20Bobby Reid{{flagcountry|SCO}}52:48
align=center| 21Edouard Schroeven{{flagcountry|BEL}}52:59
align=center| 22Bertie Robertson{{flagcountry|ENG}}53:01
align=center| 23Gordon Monshall{{flagcountry|ENG}}53:08
align=center| 24Frans Wauters{{flagcountry|BEL}}53:13
align=center| 25Henri Klein{{flagcountry|FRA}}53:17
align=center| 26Andy Forbes{{flagcountry|SCO}}53:23
align=center| 27Matt Smith{{flagcountry|ENG}}53:30
align=center| 28Frank Sinclair{{flagcountry|SCO}}53:37
align=center| 29Kevin Maguire{{flagcountry|IRE|4prov}}53:43
align=center| 30Norman Ashcroft{{flagcountry|ENG}}53:47
align=center| 31Patsy Fitzgerald{{flagcountry|IRE|4prov}}53:49
align=center| 32Ivor Lloyd{{flagcountry|WAL}}53:53
align=center| 33J. Fitzgerald{{flagcountry|IRE|4prov}}53:58
align=center| 34Frans Feremans{{flagcountry|BEL}}54:09
align=center| 35Mohamed Brahim{{flagcountry|FRA}}54:23
align=center| 36G. Carolan{{flagcountry|IRE|4prov}}54:29
align=center| 37Alex McGregor{{flagcountry|SCO}}54:31
align=center| 38Gibby Anderson{{flagcountry|SCO}}54:42
align=center| 39Laurence (Larry) Donnelly{{flagcountry|IRE|4prov}}54:43
align=center| 40Len Herbert{{flagcountry|ENG}}54:44
align=center| 41Norman Jones{{flagcountry|ENG}}55:03
align=center| 42Tom Richards{{flagcountry|WAL}}55:28
align=center| 43James Reid{{flagcountry|SCO}}55:30
align=center| 44Willy Sommerville{{flagcountry|SCO}}55:56
align=center| 45Eric Williams{{flagcountry|WAL}}56:02
align=center| 46Martin Richards{{flagcountry|WAL}}56:15
align=center| 47J. Manning II{{flagcountry|IRE|4prov}}56:15
align=center| 48Frans Smets{{flagcountry|BEL}}57:20
align=center| 49Eddie Cooper{{flagcountry|WAL}}57:26
align=center| 50Glan Williams{{flagcountry|WAL}}57:45
align=center| 51Bill Richards{{flagcountry|WAL}}58:38
align=center| 52Ken 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

CountryTeamPoints
align=center| 1align=left | {{flag|France}}align=left | Raphaël Pujazon
Mohamed Lahoucine
Georges Gaillot
Arsène Piesset
Paul Messner
Henri Leveque
34
align=center| 2align=left | {{flag|Belgium}}align=left | Jean Chapelle
Bert Hermans
Marcel Vandewattyne
Emile Renson
Edouard Schroeven
Frans Wauters
86
align=center| 3align=left | {{flag|England}}align=left | Alec Olney
Tony Chivers
Reg Gosney
Bertie Robertson
Gordon Monshall
Matt Smith
105
align=center| 4align=left | {{flag|Ireland|4prov}}align=left | Jerry Kiely
Pat Haughey
Tom Walsh
Kevin Maguire
Patsy Fitzgerald
J. Fitzgerald
133
align=center| 5align=left | {{flag|Scotland}}align=left | Jim Flockhart
Emmet Farrell
Bobby Reid
Andy Forbes
Frank Sinclair
Alex McGregor
137
align=center| 6align=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)

{{div col end}}

See also

References