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The inaugural International Cross Country Championships, held in 1903, were contested by the four home countries. France were the first overseas country to compete in 1907, followed by Belgium in 1923, Italy, Luxembourg, Spain and Switzerland in 1929, Netherlands in 1950 and Yugoslavia in 1953. Northern Ireland first entered a discrete team in 1933 and the Irish Republic in 1938, although All-Ireland teams were again entered from 1946 to 1967 inclusive. The first African country to enter was Tunisia in 1958. A junior championship (for athletes under 21 on the day of the race) was introduced in 1961, although an earlier unofficial junior race was staged in 1940. 8 unofficial women's international matches were held between 1931 and 1957 prior to the formal acceptance of a women's race as a championship event in 1967. In 1970 two women's events were held at different venues over the same weekend. The event was given official IAAF World Championship status in 1973 with the top three finishers since that date listed on the page for that event. For near complete results see the Athchamps website.
Venues (Men): 1903 Hamilton (SCO), 1904 St. Helens (ENG), 1905 Dublin (IRL), 1906 Caerleon (WAL), 1907 Glasgow/Scotstoun (SCO), 1908 Paris/Colombes (FRA), 1909 Derby (ENG), 1910 Belfast (NIR), 1911 Caerleon (WAL), 1912 Edinburgh (SCO), 1913 Paris/Juvisy (FRA), 1914 Amersham/Chesham Park (ENG), 1915-19 not held, 1920 Belfast (NIR), 1921 Caerleon (WAL), 1922 Glasgow/Hampden Park (SCO), 1923 Paris/Maisons-Lafitte (FRA), 1924 Newcastle/Gosforth Park (ENG), 1925 Dublin (IRL), 1926 Brussels (BEL), 1927 Caerleon (WAL), 1928 Ayr (SCO), 1929 Paris/Vincennes (FRA), 1930 Leamington (ENG), 1931 Dublin (IRL), 1932 Brussels (BEL), 1933, Caerleon (WAL), 1934 Ayr (SCO), 1935 Paris/Auteuil (FRA), 1936 Blackpool (ENG), 1937 Brussels (BEL), 1938 Belfast (NIR), 1939 Cardiff (WAL), 1940U Paris/Bois de Boulogne (FRA), 1941-45 not held, 1946 Ayr (SCO), 1947 Paris/Saint-Cloud (FRA), 1948 Reading (ENG), 1949 Dublin (IRL), 1950 Brussels (BEL), 1951 Caerleon (WAL), 1952 Hamilton (SCO), 1953 Paris/Vincennes (FRA), 1954 Birmingham (ENG), 1955 San Sebastián (ESP), 1956 Belfast (NIR), 1957 Waregem (BEL), 1958 Cardiff (WAL), 1959 Lisbon (POR), 1960 Hamilton (SCO), 1961 Nantes (FRA), 1962 Sheffield (ENG), 1963 San Sebastián (ESP), 1964 Dublin (IRL), 1965 Ostend (BEL), 1966 Rabat (MAR), 1967 Barry (WAL), 1968 Tunis (TUN), 1969 Clydebank (SCO), 1970 Vichy (FRA), 1971 San Sebastián (ESP), 1972 Cambridge (ENG)
Venues (Women): 1931U Douai (FRA), 1932U Croydon (ENG), 1935U Morecambe (ENG), 1938U Lille (FRA), 1954U Birmingham, 1955U Ayr (SCO), 1956U Hornchurch (ENG), 1957U Musselburgh (SCO), 1967 Barry (WAL), 1968 Blackburn (ENG), 1969 Clydebank (SCO), 1970A Frederick (USA), 1970B Vichy (FRA), 1971 San Sebastián (ESP), 1972 Cambridge (ENG)
| First | Second | Third | ||||
| 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915-9 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940-5 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 |
Alf Shrubb ENG Alf Shrubb ENG Albert Aldridge ENG Charlie Straw ENG Adam Underwood ENG Arthur "Archie" Robertson ENG Edward Wood ENG Edward Wood ENG Jean Bouin FRA Jean Bouin FRA Jean Bouin FRA Alfred Nichols ENG not held Jimmy Wilson SCO Wally Freeman ENG Joseph Guillemot FRA Charles "Joe" Blewitt ENG Bill Cotterell ENG Eddie "Jack" Webster ENG Ernie Harper ENG Lewis Payne ENG Harry Eckersley ENG Bill Cotterell ENG Tom Evenson ENG Tim Smythe IRE Tom Evenson ENG Jack Holden ENG Jack Holden ENG Jack Holden ENG Bill Eaton ENG Jim Flockhart SCO Jack Emery ENG Jack Holden ENG not held Raphaël Pujazon FRA Raphaël Pujazon FRA John Doms BEL Alain Mimoun FRA Lucien Theys BEL Geoff Saunders ENG Alain Mimoun FRA Franjo Mihalic YUG Alain Mimoun FRA Frank Sando ENG Alain Mimoun FRA Frank Sando ENG Stan Eldon ENG Fred Norris ENG Rhadi Benabdesselem MAR Basil Heatley ENG Gaston Roelants BEL Roy Fowler ENG Francisco Aritmendi ESP Jean Fayolle FRA Benassou El Ghazi MAR Gaston Roelants BEL Mohamed Gammoudi TUN Gaston Roelants BEL Mike Tagg ENG Dave Bedford ENG Gaston Roelants BEL |
46:23 47:59 40:20 57:32 54:27 50:27 58:03 54:02 54:08 51:46 51:53 60:24 55:06 56:53 63:59 58:12 55:36 56:55 44:18 51:40 52:34 42:47 53:49 48:52 50:51 53:41 50:28 47:52 47:38 49:50 49:57 47:23 51:52 50:26 54:05 47:50 45:42 54:07 48:19 47:53 47:51 46:09 45:18 45:58 46:29 42:45 43:33 45:23 44:40 37:20 40:33 36:48 36:23 36:03 35:26 36:25 36:40 38:43 37:43 |
Tom Edwards ENG Albert Aldridge ENG Tom Hynes IRE George Pearce ENG George Pearce ENG Fred Neaves ENG Jean Bouin FRA Francis O'Neill IRE Harry Baldwin ENG William Scott ENG Ernest Glover ENG George Wallach SCO Chris Vose ENG Arthur "Bobby" Mills ENG Bill Cotterell ENG James McIntyre SCO Ernie Harper ENG John Joseph Ryan IRE Joseph Guillemot FRA Seghir Beddari FRA John Suttie Smith SCO Henri Dartigues FRA Robert Sutherland SCO Jack Winfield ENG Jack Holden ENG Robert Sutherland SCO Alec Burns ENG Bill Wylie SCO Jack Holden ENG André Sicard FRA Jean Chapelle BEL Mohamed El Ghazi FRA Marcel Vandewattyne BEL Jean Chapelle BEL Emile Renson BEL Raphaël Pujazon FRA Alain Mimoun FRA Frank Aaron ENG Marcel Vandewattyne BEL Frank Sando ENG Ken Norris ENG Hugh Foord ENG Ken Norris ENG & Frank Sando ENG Basil Heatley ENG Alain Mimoun FRA Frank Sando ENG Gaston Roelants BEL Antonio Amoros ESP Marcel Vandewattyne BEL Gaston Roelants BEL Ron Hill ENG Mel Batty ENG Derek Graham IRE(NIR) Tim Johnston ENG Ron Hill ENG Dick Taylor ENG Gaston Roelants BEL Trevor Wright ENG Mariano Haro ESP |
46:57 48:21 40:35 57:55 54:48 50:31 58:04 54:24 54:22 52:19 52:13 60:47 55:33 57:03 64:27 58:13 55:40 57:14 44:59 51:49 52:48 42:48 53:50 49:11 51:06 53:50 51:24 48:12 48:08 50:03 50:16 47:34 52:24 50:51 54:25 47:51 45:50 54:48 49:02 48:03 48:13 46:33 45:28 46:09 46:30 42:53 43:40 45:46 44:46 37:32 40:42 36:48 36:30 36:20 35:27 36:44 36:42 39:06 38:01 |
John Daly IRE George Pearce ENG Joe Deakin ENG William Nelson ENG Sammy Welding ENG George Pearce ENG Ernest Loney ENG Harry Baldwin ENG George Wallach SCO Fred Hibbins ENG Jacques Keyser FRA Ernest Glover ENG Wally Freeman ENG Bevy Bingham IRE Julien Schnellmann FRA Georges Van Den Broele BEL Eddie "Jack" Webster ENG Bill Cotterell ENG Robert Marchal FRA Henri Gallet FRA Seghir Beddari FRA Robert Courtier FRA Roméo Dieguez FRA Tom Evenson ENG Wally Beavers ENG John Suttie Smith SCO Arthur Penny ENG Bill Eaton ENG Alex Dow SCO James Ginty ENG Sam Palmer WAL Salem Amrouche FRA Paul Messner FRA Mohamed Lahoucine FRA Mohamed Lahoucine FRA Charles Cérou FRA Mohamed Hamza FRA Charles Cérou FRA Abdelkader Driss FRA Abdallah Ould Lamine FRA Pat Ranger ENG Ken Norris ENG Ken Norris ENG Frank Sando ENG Salah Beddiaf FRA John Merriman WAL Martin Hyman ENG Mel Batty ENG Mariano Haro ESP John Cooke ENG Mohamed Gammoudi TUN Tracy Smith USA Bryan Rose NZL Roy Fowler ENG Ian McCafferty SCO Trevor Wright ENG Eddie Gray NZL Ian Stewart SCO |
47:11 49:39 41:14 58:11 54:50 50:42 58:53 54:24 54:44 52:34 53:10 60:47 55:52 57:17 65:03 58:20 56:21 57:38 45:04 52:03 53:02 42:51 54:15 49:16 51:15 53:54 51:26 48:14 48:14 50:13 50:36 47:52 52:49 51:04 54:50 47:55 46:00 55:05 49:06 48:06 48:21 46:35 46:18 46:38 43:02 44:22 45:57 44:48 37:42 40:46 37:00 36:33 36:27 35:32 36:57 36:45 39:12 38:20 |
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| 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915-9 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940-5 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 |
England England England England England England England England England England England England not held England England France France England England France France France France England England England England England England England England England France not held France France Belgium France France England France England England England France Belgium England England England Belgium England Belgium England England England England England England England England England |
25 27 28 24 23 24 32 35 32 41 38 47 38 33 53 43 21 29 32 49 45 31 31 32 21 32 34 30 41 55 43 36 43 34 46 33 43 47 35 64 29 27 42 67 35 40 52 54 44 110 38 55 59 70 58 57 35 56 84 |
Ireland Wales Scotland Ireland Scotland France Ireland Ireland Ireland Scotland France Scotland Ireland Ireland England England France Ireland England England England England France France & Scotland France Scotland France Scotland France France France England Belgium Belgium France England Belgium France England France France Belgium England France France France Belgium England Spain France France France France New Zealand France France France Belgium Morocco |
78 103 82 86 85 81 77 56 108 88 61 74 70 71 65 76 80 91 62 61 55 74 80 102 69 62 102 84 66 70 96 95 77 86 47 90 77 54 64 84 85 102 59 80 64 72 61 71 115 113 96 55 79 96 101 121 85 174 94 |
Scotland Scotland Ireland Scotland Ireland Ireland Scotland Scotland Scotland Ireland Scotland France Scotland Wales Scotland Belgium Scotland Wales Scotland Scotland Scotland Spain Scotland Scotland France Scotland France Scotland Belgium Belgium Belgium England England England Ireland England Belgium Belgium Yugoslavia Belgium Spain Belgium England Belgium Belgium France France Belgium England Morocco New Zealand Morocco France Spain Belgium Belgium France Belgium |
107 114 97 106 123 104 107 102 121 110 96 106 114 119 90 112 133 92 101 112 104 117 111 110 109 105 102 112 98 117 115 96 105 114 123 82 99 126 129 102 109 131 84 166 110 125 119 132 113 149 110 184 122 129 125 136 185 140 |
| First | Second | Third | ||||
| 1940U 1961 1962 1963† 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 |
Frank Aaron ENG Colin Robinson ENG Abdeslam Bouchta MAR John Farrington ENG Ian McCafferty SCO Johnny Dumon BEL Mike Tagg ENG Eddie Knox SCO John Bednarski ENG Dave Bedford ENG John Hartnett IRL Nick Rose ENG Aldo Tomasini ITA |
27:51 26:21 25:05 25:18 24:20 21:36 21:27 24:42 21:00 19:38 21:58 23:13 23:20 |
Gaston Cottin FRA Alan Simpson ENG Tony Evans ENG & Martin Heath ENG Ahmed Zammel TUN David Walker ENG Albion Van Holsbeek BEL Roy Young ENG Eddy Van Butsele BEL Pierre De Freyne BEL John Bednarski ENG Jack Lane ENG Ray Smedley ENG Jim Brown SCO |
28:00 26:25 25:23 25:24 24:45 21:44 21:35 24:44 21:01 19:59 22:06 23:18 23:35 |
Jack Timmins ENG Mariano Haro ESP Lachie Stewart SCO Don Collins ENG David Walker ENG Eddie Knox SCO Brooks Mileson ENG Omar Mohamed MAR John Harrison ENG Erik De Beck BEL Jim Brown SCO Franco Fava ITA |
28:09 26:26 25:38 24:45 21:51 21:41 24:49 21:03 20:13 22:10 24:02 23:45 |
† - race declared void due to number of over age athletes
| First | Second | Third | ||||
| 1940U 1961 1962 1963† 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 |
France England England England England Belgium England England England England England England Italy |
34 11 9 12 16 9 8 12 10 6 15 7 19 |
England Belgium Morocco Spain Scotland England Belgium Belgium Tunisia Irish Republic Belgium Scotland England |
60 18 28 20 17 14 21 30 27 21 15 30 22 |
Belgium Spain Scotland Scotland Morocco Morocco Scotland Scotland Morocco Spain Italy Italy Morocco |
102 39 37 24 22 34 28 33 29 27 34 39 26 |
† - race declared void due to number of over age athletes
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| 1931U 1932U 1935U 1938U 1954U 1955U 1956U 1957U 1967 1968 1969 1970A 1970B 1971 1972 |
Gladys Lunn ENG Gladys Lunn ENG Nellie Halstead ENG Evelyne Forster ENG Diane Leather ENG Diane Leather ENG Roma Ashby ENG Diane Leather ENG Doris Brown USA Doris Brown USA Doris Brown USA Doris Brown USA Paola Pigni ITA Doris Brown USA Joyce Smith ENG |
11:12 12:52 20:06 12:40 15:19 16:08 13:05 11:15 14:28 15:00 14:46 15:05 10:39 11:09 16:11 |
Lilian Styles ENG Suzanne Hedouin FRA Lilian Styles ENG Dolly Harris-Roden ENG Anne Oliver ENG Anne Oliver ENG June Bridgland ENG Roma Ashby ENG Rita Lincoln ENG Vicki Foltz USA Maureen Dickson USA Rita Ridley (Lincoln) ENG Zofia Kolakowska POL Bernie Boxem-Lenferink NED Eileen Claugus USA |
11:25 13:06 20:12 12:48 15:45 16:31 13:11 11:21 15:05 15:12 14:51 15:11 10:40 11:22 16:13 |
Suzanne Lenoir FRA Lilian Styles ENG Esther Christmas-Raven ENG Jeanne Pousset FRA June Bridgland ENG Leila Buckland ENG Diane Leather ENG June Bridgland ENG Peggy Mullen IRE Pam Davies ENG Val Robinson NZL Thelma Fynn CAN Ilja Keizer NED Joyce Smith ENG Rita Ridley ENG |
13:07 20:18 12:51 16:12 16:45 13:12 11:45 15:07 15:21 14:58 15:14 10:44 11:24 16:19 |
| First | Second | Third | ||||
| 1931U 1932U 1935U 1938U 1954U 1955U 1956U 1957U 1967 1968 1969 1970A 1970B 1971 1972 |
England England England England England England England England England United States United States England Netherlands England England |
16 14 10 12 10 10 10 10 13 19 23 18 19 29 22 |
France France Scotland France Scotland Scotland Scotland Scotland Ireland England New Zealand United States France New Zealand United States |
21 24 34 27 34 34 34 34 31 20 35 46 39 42 40 |
Belgium only 2 teams started only 2 teams started Belgium only 2 teams started only 2 teams started only 2 teams started only 2 teams started Scotland Scotland England Irish Republic Italy United States Scotland |
51 56 45 55 37 48 45 50 64 |
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