1923 International Cross Country Championships

1923 International Cross Country Championships
Organisers ICCU
Edition 16th
Date March 25
Host city Maisons-Laffitte, Île-de-France, France France
Location Hippodrome de Maisons-Laffitte
Nations participating 4
Athletes participating 36
Races 1
Distances 10 mi (16.1 km)

The 1923 International Cross Country Championships was held in Maisons-Laffitte, France, at the Hippodrome de Maisons-Laffitte on March 25, 1923. Athletes from Belgium were participating for the first time. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.[1]

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

Medallists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual
Men
10 mi (16.1 km)		 Joe Blewitt
 England		58:11.8 James G. McIntyre
 Scotland		58:13 Georges Vandenbroele
 Belgium		58:20
Team
Men  France43  England76  Belgium112

Individual Race Results

Men's (10 mi / 16.1 km)

RankAthleteNationalityTime
1st, gold medalist(s)Joe Blewitt England58:11.8
2nd, silver medalist(s)James G. McIntyre Scotland58:13
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Georges Vandenbroele Belgium58:20
4Gaston Heuet France58:27.4
5Marcel Denis France58:48.2
6Amar Alim Arbidi France59:12.8
7Lucien Duquesne France59:16
8Marcel Alavoine Belgium59:19.4
9Bill Cotterell England59:23.4
10Emile Gaudé France59:30
11Louis Corlet France
12Jean Manhès France
13Archie Craig Sr. Scotland
14Marcel Thoyes France
15William Nelson England
16Jack Beman England
17Vic White England
18Hugh Dare England
19Ernie Harper England
20Eddy Kenrick England
21Aimé Proot Belgium
22George Wallach Scotland
23Alex Whitelaw Scotland
24Dunky Wright Scotland
25Gerard Steurs Belgium
26Bobby Mills England
27Emile Hanneuse Belgium
28Georges Bertrand Belgium
29W.N. Neilson Scotland
30Alex Lawrie Scotland
31Henri de Neef Belgium
32Joe McIntyre Scotland
—Leon Degrande BelgiumDNF
—Julien Schnellmann FranceDNF
—Walter Calderwood ScotlandDNF
—F. Vandepoel BelgiumDNF

Team Results

Men's

RankCountryTeamPoints
1 FranceGaston Heuet
Marcel Denis
Amar Alim Arbidi
Lucien Duquesne
Emile Gaudé
Louis Corlet		43
2 EnglandJoe Blewitt
Bill Cotterell
William Nelson
Jack Beman
Vic White
Hugh Dare		76
3 BelgiumGeorges Vandenbroele
Marcel Alavoine
Aimé Proot
Gerard Steurs
Emile Hanneuse
Georges Bertrand		112
4 ScotlandJames G. McIntyre
Archie Craig Sr.
George Wallach
Alex Whitelaw
Dunky Wright
W.N. Neilson		113

Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 36 athletes from 4 countries.

See also

  • 1923 in athletics (track and field)

References

  1. ↑ Cross-Country - France wins international - Scottish runner second home - Paris - The international cross-country race contested here today was won by France with 33 points, England being second with 76 points..., Glasgow Herald, March 26, 1923, p. 17, retrieved September 27, 2013
  2. ↑ Magnusson, Tomas (November 5, 2006), INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 16.1km CC Men - Maison-Laffitte Date: Sunday, March 25, 1923, Athchamps (archived), Archived from the original on December 21, 2006, retrieved September 27, 2013
  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
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