1950 International Cross Country Championships

The 1950 International Cross Country Championships was held in Bruxelles, Belgium, at the Hippodrome de Boitsfort on March 25, 1950. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.[1]

1950 International Cross Country Championships
Organisers	ICCU
Edition	37th
Date	March 25
Host city	Bruxelles, Belgium
Venue	Hippodrome de Boitsfort
Events	1
Distances	9 mi (14.5 km)
Participation	88 athletes from 10 nations
← 1949 Dublin 1951 Caerleon →

Complete results,[2] medallists, [3] and the results of British athletes[4] were published.

Medallists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual
Men 9 mi (14.5 km)	Lucien Theys  Belgium	45:42	Alain Mimoun  France	45:50	Mohamed Hamza  France	46:00
Team
Men	France	43	Belgium	77	England	82

Individual Race Results

Men's (9 mi / 14.5 km)

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Lucien Theys	Belgium	45:42
	Alain Mimoun	France	45:50
	Mohamed Hamza	France	46:00
4	Frank Aaron	England	46:09
5	Marcel Vandewattyne	Belgium	46:10
6	Buenaventura Baldoma	Spain	46:32
7	Alec Olney	England	46:35
8	Roger Petitjean	France	46:38
9	André Nollet	France	46:42
10	Mohamed Brahim	France	46:45
11	Charles Cérou	France	46:50
12	John Doms	Belgium	46:53
13	René Tessier	France	47:07
14	Geoff Saunders	England	47:09
15	Maurits van Laere	Belgium	47:11
16	August Sutter	Switzerland	47:12
17	Len Eyre	England	47:15
18	Reg Gosney	England	47:20
19	Pedro Sierra	Spain	47:23
20	Frans Herman	Belgium	47:34
21	Raphaël Pujazon	France	47:38
22	Harry Hicks	England	47:39
23	Ricardo Yebra	Spain	47:42
24	Emile Renson	Belgium	47:50
25	Doug Thompson	England	47:52
26	Johnny Marshall	Ireland	47:53
27	Willy De Neef	Belgium	47:54
28	Jaime Guixa	Spain	48:02
29	Andy Forbes	Scotland	48:03
30	Jef Lataster	Netherlands	48:04
31	Don Appleby	Ireland	48:09
32	John Diamond	Ireland	48:12
33	Roger Serroels	Belgium	48:13
34	Pierre Page	Switzerland	48:14
35	Hans Frischknecht	Switzerland	48:15
36	Benito Losada Santiago	Spain	48:17
37	Albert Känzig	Switzerland	48:18
38	Charlie Owens	Ireland	48:29
39	Anthony Noonan	Wales	48:39
40	Simon Aldazabal	Spain	48:40
41	Richard Daniels	Belgium	48:41
42	Ted Coggin	England	48:42
43	Gottlieb Stäubli	Switzerland	48:46
44	Charlie Robertson	Scotland	48:55
45	Bobby Reid	Scotland	48:58
46	Frank Sinclair	Scotland	49:07
47	John Green	England	49:09
48	Emmet Farrell	Scotland	49:19
49	Ben Bickerton	Scotland	49:20
50	Antonio Merono	Spain	49:22
51	Karl Gschwend	Switzerland	49:28
52	John Morrow	Ireland	49:34
53	Ernst Sandmeier	Switzerland	49:36
54	Doug Rees	Wales	49:40
55	George Craig	Scotland	49:42
56	Patrick Fahy	Ireland	49:45
57	Rudolf Morgenthaler	Switzerland	49:46
58	Patsy Fitzgerald	Ireland	49:49
59	Tom Moore	Ireland	49:53
60	André Paris	France	49:54
61	Alwin Probst	Switzerland	49:57
62	Dé Slegt	Netherlands	49:58
63	Leonardo Vegas	Spain	50:01
64	Maldwyn White	Wales	50:04
65	J. van Veen	Netherlands	50:10
66	Ivor Lloyd	Wales	50:18
67	Tom Wood	Wales	50:37
68	Jean-Pierre Hoffmann	Luxembourg	50:49
69	Dyfrigg Rees	Wales	50:51
70	Joop Overdijk	Netherlands	50:55
71	Hein Finken	Netherlands	50:56
72	Siem Bobeldijk	Netherlands	51:00
73	Cees de Koning	Netherlands	51:01
74	Pat Wallace	Wales	51:32
75	Tommy Tracey	Scotland	51:33
76	Bruno Mathiussi	Luxembourg	52:04
77	Hans Huizinga	Netherlands	52:14
78	Ken Harris	Wales	52:15
79	Staf Dobbelaere	Netherlands	52:18
80	Roger Ricaille	Luxembourg	53:20
81	Louis Welu	Luxembourg	53:26
82	Venant Kinsch	Luxembourg	54:53
83	Albert Schumacher	Luxembourg	54:53
84	Marcel Barthels	Luxembourg	58:12
85	James Sanderson	Scotland	58:26
—	Kevin Maguire	Ireland	DNF
—	Cliff Rosser	Wales	DNF
—	Charles Heirendt	Luxembourg	DNF

Team Results

Men's

Rank	Country	Team	Points
1	France	Alain Mimoun Mohamed Hamza Roger Petitjean André Nollet Mohamed Brahim Charles Cérou	43
2	Belgium	Lucien Theys Marcel Vandewattyne John Doms Maurits van Laere Frans Herman Emile Renson	77
3	England	Frank Aaron Alec Olney Geoff Saunders Len Eyre Reg Gosney Harry Hicks	82
4	Spain	Buenaventura Baldoma Pedro Sierra Ricardo Yebra Jaime Guixa Benito Losada Santiago Simon Aldazabal	152
5	Switzerland	August Sutter Pierre Page Hans Frischknecht Albert Känzig Gottlieb Stäubli Karl Gschwend	216
6	Ireland	Johnny Marshall Don Appleby John Diamond Charlie Owens John Morrow Patrick Fahy	235
7	Scotland	Andy Forbes Charlie Robertson Bobby Reid Frank Sinclair Emmet Farrell Ben Bickerton	261
8	Wales	Anthony Noonan Doug Rees Maldwyn White Ivor Lloyd Tom Wood Dyfrigg Rees	359
9	Netherlands	Jef Lataster Dé Slegt J. van Veen Joop Overdijk Hein Finken Siem Bobeldijk	370
10	Luxembourg	Jean-Pierre Hoffmann Bruno Mathiussi Roger Ricaille Louis Welu Venant Kinsch Albert Schumacher	470

Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 88 athletes from 10 countries.

Belgium (9)  England (9)  France (9)  Ireland (9)

Luxembourg (8)  Netherlands (9)  Scotland (9)

Spain (8)   Switzerland (9)  Wales (9)

See also

• 1950 in athletics (track and field)

References

1. Cross-Country International - France retained the team title in the International Cross-Country Championship, which 10 countries contested on Saturday over a five-lap course at Boitsfort Racecourse, Brussels..., Glasgow Herald, March 27, 1950, p. 6, retrieved October 1, 2013
2. Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 14.5km CC Men - Bruxelles Hippodrome de Boitsfort Date: Saturday, March 25, 1950, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on August 6, 2007, retrieved October 1, 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
3. INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved September 24, 2013
4. 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