1935 International Cross Country Championships

1935 International Cross Country Championships
Organisers	ICCU
Edition	28th
Date	March 23 (men) March 20 (women)
Host city	Paris-Auteuil, France (men) Morecambe, Lancashire, England (women)
Location	Hippodrome d'Auteuil (men) The Old Golf Links (women)
Nations participating	7 (men) / 2 (women)
Athletes participating	61 (men) / 11 (women)
Races	1 / 1
Distances	9 mi (14.5 km) men 1.9 mi (3.0 km) women (unofficial)
← 1934 Ayr 1936 Blackpool →

The 1935 International Cross Country Championships was held in Auteuil, France, at the Hippodrome d'Auteuil on March 23, 1935. In addition, an unofficial women's championship was held three days earlier in Morecambe, England on March 20, 1935. 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 Holden  England	47:52	Bill Wylie  Scotland	48:12	William Eaton  England	48:14
Women (unofficial) 1.9 mi (3.0 km)	Nellie Halstead  England	20:06	Lilian Styles  England	20:12	Esther Raven  England	20:18
Team
Men	England	30	Scotland	84	France	102
Women (unofficial)	England	10	Scotland	26

Individual Race Results

Men's (9 mi / 14.5 km)

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Jack Holden	England	47:52
	Bill Wylie	Scotland	48:12
	William Eaton	England	48:14
4	Frank Close	England	48:20
5	Oscar van Rumst	Belgium	48:25
6	Frank Marsland	England	48:26
7	Roland Walker	England	48:28
8	Harry Gallivan	Wales	48:33
9	Alex Burns	England	48:55
10	Alex Dow	Scotland	49:04
11	Roger Rérolle	France	49:09
12	John Suttie Smith	Scotland	49:10
13	Jim Flockhart	Scotland	49:17
14	Tom Evenson	England	49:24
15	André-Louis Laforge	France	49:26
16	Robert Arnold	France	49:37
17	André Angeard	France	49:37
18	Jean Thierry	France	49:41
19	Willie Sutherland	Scotland	49:43
20	Jack Potts	England	49:44
21	Jeronimo Joan	Spain	49:46
22	Macario Meneses	Spain	49:52
23	George Bailey	England	50:04
24	Victor Hamilton	Northern Ireland	50:07
25	Charles Poharec	France	50:11
26	W.A. McCune	Northern Ireland	50:17
27	Fernand Le Heurteur	France	50:22
28	James Freeland	Scotland	50:24
29	Arthur Williams	Wales	50:26
30	Walter Hinde	Scotland	50:28
31	Danny Phillips	Wales	50:30
32	Roger Rochard	France	50:36.2
33	Frans Vandersteen	Belgium
34	Pedro Iradi	Spain
35	René van Broeck	Belgium	50:46.2
36	Lucien Tostain	France	50:53
37	Ivor Brown	Wales	50:55
38	Louis Willemyns	Belgium	51:00
39	Tom Richards	Wales	51:15
40	Jean Coisne	Belgium	51:20
41	Manuel Andreu	Spain
42	Charles Smith	Scotland
43	Ernie Thomas	Wales
44	Santiago Coll	Spain
45	Francisco Cami	Spain
46	W.L. Raddon	Wales	51:30
47	Jackie Campbell	Scotland	51:35
48	M. Gorman	Northern Ireland	51:40
49	Pat Blair	Northern Ireland
50	Oscar Naert	Belgium
51	Luis Miro	Spain
52	Bob Patterson	Northern Ireland
53	Maurice Maréchal	Belgium
54	James Montgomery	Northern Ireland
55	Victor Honorez	Belgium
56	Georges Depotter	Belgium	53:20
57	Johnny Glenholmes	Northern Ireland
58	Ken Harris	Wales
59	W. Gardiner	Northern Ireland
60	Cipriano Cilleruelo	Spain
—	Juan Ramos	Spain	DNF

Women's (1.9 mi / 3.0 km)

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Nellie Halstead	England	20:06
	Lilian Styles	England	20:12
	Esther Raven	England	20:18
4	Nellie Bishop	England	21:16
5	Mary French	England	21:28
6	Gwendoline Camfield	England	21:31
7	Constantine Johnson	Scotland	21:35
8	Jean Tait	Scotland	21:39
9	Mildred Storrar	Scotland	22:29
10	Barbara Anderson	Scotland	22:36
11	Inglis Miller	Scotland	23:34

Team Results

Men's

Rank	Country	Team	Points
1	England	Jack Holden William Eaton Frank Close Frank Marsland Roland Walker Alex Burns	30
2	Scotland	Bill Wylie Alex Dow John Suttie Smith Jim Flockhart Willie Sutherland James Freeland	84
3	France	Roger Rérolle André-Louis Laforge Robert Arnold André Angeard Jean Thierry Charles Poharec	102
4	Wales	Harry Gallivan Arthur Williams Danny Phillips Ivor Brown Tom Richards Ernie Thomas	187
5	Belgium	Oscar van Rumst Frans Vandersteen René van Broeck Louis Willemyns Jean Coisne Oscar Naert	201
6	Spain	Jeronimo Joan Macario Meneses Pedro Iradi Manuel Andreu Santiago Coll Francisco Cami	207
7	Northern Ireland	Victor Hamilton W.A. McCune M. Gorman Pat Blair Bob Patterson James Montgomery	253

Women's

Rank	Country	Team	Points
1	England	Nellie Halstead Lilian Styles Esther Raven Nellie Bishop	10
2	Scotland	Constantine Johnson Jean Tait Mildred Storrar Barbara Anderson	26

Participation

Men's

An unofficial count yields the participation of 61 male athletes from 7 countries.

Belgium (9)  England (9)  France (9)

Northern Ireland (8)  Scotland (9)

Spain (9)  Wales (8)

Women's

An unofficial count yields the participation of 11 female athletes from 2 countries.

England (6)

Scotland (5)

See also

• 1935 in athletics (track and field)

References

1. Cross-Country - Scotland gain second place in Paris - Plucky effort by W.C.Wylie - From a special correspondent - Scotland performed very well indeed to be runners-up in both individual and team championship in the 28th annual cross-country international over 9 miles 180 yards at the Hippodrome d'Auteuil, Paris, on Saturday..., Glasgow Herald, March 25, 1935, p. 8, retrieved September 29, 2013
2. Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 14.5km CC Men - Paris Hippodrome d'Auteuil Date: Saturday, March 23, 1935, Athchamps (archived), retrieved September 29, 2013
3. Magnusson, Tomas (November 15, 2006), Various Cross Country Events - 3.0km CC Women - Morecambe The Old Golf Links Date: Wednesday, March 20, 1935, Athchamps (archived), retrieved September 29, 2013
4. INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved September 24, 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, retrieved September 24, 2013