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1938 International Cross Country Championships
Organisers ICCU
Edition31st
Date2 April (men)
12 March (women)
Host city Belfast, Ulster, Northern Ireland Northern Ireland} (men)
Lille, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France France (women)
Venue Royal Ulster Showground (men)
Events1 / 1
Distances9 mi (14.5 km) men / 1.9 mi (3.0 km) women
Participation63 (men) / 18 (women) athletes from
7 (men) / 3 (women) nations

The 1938 International Cross Country Championships was held in Belfast, Northern Ireland, at the Royal Ulster Showground on 2 April 1938. In addition, an unofficial women's championship was held three weeks earlier in Lille, France, on 12 March 1938. A report on the men's event was given in the Glasgow Herald. [1]

Complete results for men, [2] and for women (unofficial), [3] medallists, [4] and the results of British athletes [5] were published.

Medallists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual
Men
9 mi (14.5 km) 		Jack Emery
  England		 49:57 Jean Chapelle
  Belgium		 50:16 Sam Palmer
  Wales		 50:36
Women
1.9 mi (3.0 km) 		Evelyne Forster
  England		 12:40 Dolly Harris-Roden
  England		 12:48 Jeanne Pousset
  Belgium		 12:51
Team
Men   England 43   France 96   Belgium 117
Women   England 12   France 30   Belgium 36

Individual Race Results

Men's (9 mi / 14.5 km)

Rank Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jack Emery   England 49:57
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jean Chapelle   Belgium 50:16
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sam Palmer   Wales 50:36
4 Jack Potts   England 50:48
5 Jean Wattiau   France 50:49
6 Jack Holden   England 50:54
7 Ivor Brown   Wales 50:56
8 Emmet Farrell   Scotland 50:59
9 Bertie Robertson   England 51:00
10 Frank Cummins   Ireland 51:03
11 Vic Draper   England 51:09
12 Alex Burns   England 51:14
13 Salem Amrouche   France 51:20
14 Jean Lalanne   France 51:24
15 Albert van Meenen   Belgium 51:30
16 Oscar van Rumst   Belgium 51:31
17 Maurice Baudouin   France 51:34
18 Pierre Bajart   Belgium 51:36
19 Davy Cannavan   Northern Ireland 51:41
20 W.A. McCune   Northern Ireland 51:46
21 Joseph Guiomar   France 51:47
22 Bill Matthews   Wales 51:48
23 Harry Gallivan   Wales 51:51
24 Archie Craig Jr.   Scotland 52:00
25 Norman Jones   England 52:02
26 Roger Rérolle   France 52:07
27 Alex Dow   Scotland 52:08
28 James O'Connor   Ireland 52:12
29 Frank Reeve   England 52:14
30 André-Louis Laforge   France 52:16
31 Frans Vandersteen   Belgium 52:21
32 Tom Lamb   Scotland 52:22
33 André Sicard   France 52:23
34 Johnny Glenholmes   Northern Ireland 52:32
35 René van Broeck   Belgium 52:35
36 Peter Allwell   Scotland 52:38
37 Jim Flockhart   Scotland 52:40
38 Dennis Morgan   Wales 52:44
39 M. Gorman   Northern Ireland 52:45
40 Elwood Jones   Wales 52:46
41 Frank Marsland   England 52:46
42 James Andrews   Northern Ireland 52:47
43 George Fox   Wales 52:51
44 James Freeland   Scotland 52:57
45 Tom Gibson   Scotland 53:02
46 Alex Workman   Northern Ireland 53:03
47 Alex Donnett   Scotland 53:05
48 Mike Finglass   Ireland 53:19
49 Tim Smythe   Ireland 53:23
50 Dan Gillespie   Northern Ireland 53:29
51 Jack Parker   Northern Ireland 53:29
52 Eammon Jones   Ireland 53:43
53 Bert Hermans   Belgium 53:44
54 J. McCormick   Northern Ireland 53:47
55 Pierre Willems   Belgium 53:48
56 Dougie Coard   Ireland 54:05
57 Albert Donfut   Belgium 54:06
58 Tom Winslade   Wales 54:17
59 Tom Hopkins   Ireland 54:21
60 Gordon Edgar   Ireland 54:24
61 Roger Lachaud   France 54:28
62 Sam Grey   Ireland 54:59
— J. Pearce   Wales DNF

Women's (1.9 mi / 3.0 km)

Rank Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Evelyne Forster   England 12:40
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Dolly Harris-Roden   England 12:48
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jeanne Pousset   Belgium 12:51
4 Mary Clarke   England 12:54
5 Lilian Styles   England 12:58
6 Dorothy Franklin   England 13:04
7 Elisabeth Lemonnier   France 13:05
8 Lily Lotte   France 13:15
9 Renée Trente-Ganault   France 13:22
10 Lucienne Tostain-Bouin   France 13:24
11 H. van Mol   Belgium 13:35
12 Jacqueline Gruner   France 13:52
13 Germaine Vincent   France 13:58
14 Y. de Linge   Belgium 13:59
15 M. Simon   Belgium 14:07
16 G. Lormiez   Belgium 14:20
17 Margaret Armstrong   England 14:32
18 G. Groux   Belgium

Team Results

Men's

Rank Country Team Points
1   England Jack Emery
Jack Potts
Jack Holden
Bertie Robertson
Vic Draper
Alex Burns		 43
2   France Jean Wattiau
Salem Amrouche
Jean Lalanne
Maurice Baudouin
Joseph Guiomar
Roger Rérolle		 96
3   Belgium Jean Chapelle
Albert van Meenen
Oscar van Rumst
Pierre Bajart
Frans Vandersteen
René van Broeck		 117
4   Wales Sam Palmer
Ivor Brown
Bill Matthews
Harry Gallivan
Dennis Morgan
Elwood Jones		 133
5   Scotland Emmet Farrell
Archie Craig Jr.
Alex Dow
Tom Lamb
Peter Allwell
Jim Flockhart		 164
6   Northern Ireland Davy Cannavan
W.A. McCune
Johnny Glenholmes
M. Gorman
James Andrews
Alex Workman		 200
7   Ireland Frank Cummins
James O'Connor
Mike Finglass
Tim Smythe
Eammon Jones
Dougie Coard		 243

Women's

Rank Country Team Points
1   England Evelyne Forster
Dolly Harris-Roden
Mary Clarke
Lilian Styles		 12
2   France Elisabeth Lemonnier
Lily Lotte
Renée Trente-Ganault
Lucienne Tostain-Bouin		 30
3   Belgium Jeanne Pousset
H. van Mol
Y. de Linge
M. Simon		 36

Participation

Men's

An unofficial count yields the participation of 63 male athletes from 7 countries.

Women's

An unofficial count yields the participation of 18 female athletes from 3 countries.

See also

References

  1. ^ Scottish team's poor showing - Flockhart loses his title - Seven nations' race at Belfast - There was an attitude of hopefulness, tinged with anxiety, among the officials and supporters of the Scottish team prior to the start of the seven nations cross-country international, held over a course of nine miles at Balmoral Showgrounds, Belfast, on Saturday, and when the race was over hopes were blighted and fears justified, for the Scottish team's showing was the poorest in the entire series, and J.C. Flockhart, Shettleston Harriers, had to relinquish the individual championship..., Glasgow Herald, 4 April 1938, p. 18, retrieved 30 September 2013
  2. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (24 March 2007), INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 14.5km CC Men - Belfast Royal Ulster Showground Date: Saturday, April 2, 1938, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on 7 August 2007, retrieved 30 September 2013{{ citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link)
  3. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (20 January 2006), Various Cross Country Events - 3.0km CC Women - Lille Date: Saturday, March 12, 1938, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on 17 May 2006, retrieved 30 September 2013{{ citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link)
  4. ^ INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved 24 September 2013
  5. ^ 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 27 September 2013, retrieved 24 September 2013
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