1926 International Cross Country Championships

The 1926 International Cross Country Championships was held in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, Brussels, Belgium, at the Hippodrome de Stockel on March 28, 1926. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.^[1]

1926 International Cross Country Championships
Organisers	ICCU
Edition	19th
Date	March 28
Host city	Brussels, Belgium
Venue	Hippodrome de Stockel
Events	1
Distances	9 mi (14.5 km)
Participation	53 athletes from 6 nations
← 1925 Dublin 1927 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)	Ernie Harper  England	44:17.4	Joseph Guillemot  France	44:59	Robert Marchal  France	45:04
Team
Men	France	32	England	62	Scotland	101

Individual Race Results

Men's (9 mi / 14.5 km)

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Ernie Harper	England	44:17.4
	Joseph Guillemot	France	44:59
	Robert Marchal	France	45:04
4	Lucien Dolquès	France	45:06
5	James Mitchell	Scotland	45:10
6	Emile Chapuis	France
7	Albert Rodway	England	45:12
8	Maurice Norland	France
9	Léon Thierré	France
10	Arthur Muggridge	England	45:32
11	Ernest Bedel	France
12	Bill Cotterell	England
13	Dunky Wright	Scotland	45:48
14	Austin Price	England
15	Paul Bontemps	France
16	Frank Stevenson	Scotland	45:58
17	Leon Degrande	Belgium	46:00
18	Tommy Metcalf	England
19	John Ryan	Ireland	46:15
20	B.D. Hammond	Wales	46:17
21	Dan Quinn	Scotland
22	Robert Miller	Scotland
23	George Perry	England
24	Charles Freshwater	Scotland
25	Sam Ferris	Ireland
26	Joseph Marien	Belgium
27	Tom Whitton	Scotland
28	E.R. Leyshon	Wales
29	Ernie Thomas	Wales
30	Alick Pirie	Scotland
31	R. Moore	Ireland
32	Jozef Langenus	Belgium
33	Pierre Verbiest	Belgium
34	Tommy Keating	Ireland
35	Sammy Allnutt	England
36	Jimmy Guy	Wales
37	Ted Hopkins	Wales
38	Ivor Thomas	Wales
39	Georges Leclerc	France
40	Patrick Groarke	Ireland
41	Pierre Debraye	Belgium
42	W. Atherton	England
43	Kenneth Coard	Ireland
44	George Walker	Ireland
45	Danny Phillips	Wales
46	Gwyn Morgan	Wales
47	Jean Godefroid	Belgium
—	Walter Calderwood	Scotland	DNF
—	Alex Gilmore	Ireland	DNF
—	Jack Prosser	Wales	DNF
—	Emile Goetleven	Belgium	DNF
—	Jean Corbloem	Belgium	DNF
—	Alfred Defleurquin	Belgium	DNF

Team Results

Men's

Rank	Country	Team	Points
1	France	Joseph Guillemot Robert Marchal Lucien Dolquès Emile Chapuis Maurice Norland Léon Thierré	32
2	England	Ernie Harper Albert Rodway Arthur Muggridge Bill Cotterell Austin Price Tommy Metcalf	62
3	Scotland	James Mitchell Dunky Wright Frank Stevenson Dan Quinn Robert Miller Charles Freshwater	101
4	Wales	B.D. Hammond E.R. Leyshon Ernie Thomas Jimmy Guy Ted Hopkins Ivor Thomas	188
5	Ireland	John Ryan Sam Ferris R. Moore Tommy Keating Patrick Groarke Kenneth Coard	192
6	Belgium	Leon Degrande Joseph Marien Jozef Langenus Pierre Verbiest Pierre Debraye Jean Godefroid	196

Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 53 athletes from 6 countries.

•  Belgium (9)
•  England (9)
•  France (9)
•  Ireland (8)
•  Scotland (9)
•  Wales (9)

See also

• 1926 in athletics (track and field)

References

1. International Cross-Country Championship. - Brussels, Sunday - In the International Cross-Country Championship held here today, in which six nations took part, France was the winner..., Glasgow Herald, March 29, 1926, p. 6, retrieved September 28, 2013
2. Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 14.km CC Men - Bruxelles Hippodrome de Stockel Date: Sunday, March 28, 1926, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on December 5, 2005, retrieved September 28, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 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