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1931 International Cross Country Championships
Organisers ICCU
Edition24th
Date28 March (men)
22 March (women)
Host city Dublin, Ireland Republic of Ireland (men)
Douai, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France France (women)
Venue Baldoyle Racecourse (men)
Events2
Distances9 mi (14.5 km) men
1.9 mi (3.0 km) women
Participation54 (men / 16 (women) athletes from
6 (men) / 3 (women) nations

The 1931 International Cross Country Championships was held in Dublin, Ireland, at the Baldoyle Racecourse on 28 March 1931. For the first time, an unofficial women's championship was held a week earlier in Douai, France on 22 March 1931. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald for the men's [1] and the women's event. [2]

Complete results for men, [3] and for women (unofficial), [4] medallists, [5] and the results of British athletes [6] were published.

Medallists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual
Men
9 mi (14.5 km) 		Tim Smythe
  Ireland		 48:52 Jack Winfield
  England		 49:11 Tom Evenson
  England		 49:16
Women (unofficial)
1.9 mi (3.0 km) 		Gladys Lunn
  England		 11:12 Lilian Styles
  England		 11:25 Suzanne Lenoir
  France
Team
Men   England 32   Scotland
  France		 102
Women (unofficial)   England 15   France 21   Belgium 42

Individual Race Results

Men's (9 mi / 14.5 km)

Rank Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tim Smythe   Ireland 48:52
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jack Winfield   England 49:11
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tom Evenson   England 49:16
4 Henri Lahitte   France 49:31
5 Jack Potts   England 49:39
6 Jack Holden   England 49:43
7 Frank Deakin   England 50:00
8 Robbie Sutherland   Scotland 50:03
9 Arthur Allum   England 50:22
10 John Suttie Smith   Scotland 50:23
11 Robert Loiseau   France 50:25
12 Thomas Kinsella   Ireland 50:39
13 Jimmy Wood   Scotland 50:51
14 Marcel Michot   France 50:53
15 Albert Auvray   France 50:55
16 Victor Harman   England 50:57
17 Harry Gallivan   Wales 50:58
18 Danny Phillips   Wales 50:59
19 F. Mills   Ireland 51:07
20 J.C. McIntyre   Ireland 51:10
21 Walter Gunn   Scotland 51:16
22 David Fry   Scotland 51:17
23 Ernie Harper   England 51:23
24 J. Behan   Ireland 51:25
25 Pierre Louchard   France 51:26
26 Oscar van Rumst   Belgium 51:29
27 Theo Meersman   Belgium 51:32
28 Charles Wilson   Scotland 51:33
29 Laurie Weatherill   England 51:37
30 Julien Serwy   Belgium 51:38
31 James Petrie   Scotland 51:44
32 Ernie Thomas   Wales 51:48
33 Sauveur Tapias   France 51:54
34 Maxi Stobbs   Scotland 52:02
35 Tom Burge   Wales 52:03
36 T. O'Reilly   Ireland 52:05
37 Joseph Orose   Belgium 52:10
38 Jack Prosser   Wales 52:20
39 Jean Linsen   Belgium 52:24
40 John Timmins   Ireland 52:25
41 T. King   Ireland 52:36
42 Leon Verheylesonne   Belgium 52:38
43 John Nalty   Ireland 52:46
44 A.S. Stone   Wales 53:02
45 Sam Palmer   Wales 53:12
46 Emile Goetleven   Belgium 53:23
47 Edgard Viseur   Belgium 53:24
48 James Gardiner   Scotland 53:41
49 René Vincent   Belgium 54:14
50 R. Simons   Wales 54:21
51 Wilf Short   Wales 55:07
— Georges Leclerc   France DNF
— Roger Rérolle   France DNF
— Maurice Waltispurger   France DNF

Women's (1.9 mi / 3.0 km, unofficial)

Rank Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gladys Lunn   England 11:12
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lilian Styles   England 11:25
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Suzanne Lenoir   France
4 Ruth Christmas   England
5 Sebastienne Guyot   France
6 Marguerite Battu   France
7 Madeleine Massonneau   France
8 Martine Leroux   France
9 Doris Butterfield   England
10 Jeanne Souffriau   Belgium
11 Renée Trente   France
12 Marie-Louise Bondu   Belgium
13 Josée Mariani   Belgium
14 Eileen Stringer   England
15 Madeleine Fulcher   England
16 Lucie Petit   Belgium

Team Results

Men's

Rank Country Team Points
1   England Jack Winfield
Tom Evenson
Jack Potts
Jack Holden
Frank Deakin
Arthur Allum		 32
2   Scotland Robbie Sutherland
John Suttie Smith
Jimmy Wood
Walter Gunn
David Fry
Charles Wilson		 102
  France Henri Lahitte
Robert Loiseau
Marcel Michot
Albert Auvray
Pierre Louchard
Sauveur Tapias		 102
4   Ireland Tim Smythe
Thomas Kinsella
F. Mills
J.C. McIntyre
J. Behan
T. O'Reilly		 112
5   Wales Harry Gallivan
Danny Phillips
Ernie Thomas
Tom Burge
Jack Prosser
A.S. Stone		 184
6   Belgium Oscar van Rumst
Theo Meersman
Julien Serwy
Joseph Orose
Jean Linsen
Leon Verheylesonne		 201

Women's (unofficial)

Rank Country Team Points
1   England Gladys Lunn
Lilian Styles
Ruth Christmas
Doris Butterfield		 15
2   France Suzanne Lenoir
Sebastienne Guyot
Marguerite Battu
Madeleine Massonneau		 21
3   Belgium Jeanne Souffriau
Marie-Louise Bondu
Josée Mariani
Lucie Petit		 42

Participation

Men's

An unofficial count yields the participation of 54 male athletes from 6 countries.

Women's

An unofficial count yields the participation of 16 female athletes from 3 countries.

See also

References

  1. ^ Cross-Country - England wins international championship - T.F. Smythe's fine race - The twenty-fourth International Cross-Country Championship, which was decided at Baldoyle Racecourse, Dublin, on Saturday afternoon. resulted in a win for England with an aggregate of 32 points, Scotland and France tieing for second place with 102 points..., Glasgow Herald, 30 March 1931, p. 7, retrieved 28 September 2013
  2. ^ Cross-Country - English women's success - Paris, Sunday - The team of English women runners, headed by Miss Gladys Lunn gained a considerable victory in the first triangular cross-country run, which took place at Douai today, the team placing being 1 England, 15 points; 2 France, 21 points; 3 Belgium, 42 points..., Glasgow Herald, 23 March 1931, p. 9, retrieved 28 September 2013
  3. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (24 March 2007), INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 14.5km CC Men - Dublin Baldoyle Racecourse Date: Saturday, March 28, 1931, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on 7 August 2007, retrieved 24 September 2013{{ citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link)
  4. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (15 November 2006), Various Cross Country Events - 3.0km CC Women - Douai Date: Sunday, March 22, 1931, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on 19 July 2007, retrieved 28 September 2013{{ citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link)
  5. ^ INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved 24 September 2013
  6. ^ 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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