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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 officialIAAF 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 theAthchamps 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), 1915-19not 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), 1941-45not 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)
| 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 ShrubbENG Alf ShrubbENG Albert AldridgeENG Charlie StrawENG Adam UnderwoodENG Arthur "Archie" RobertsonENG Edward WoodENG Edward WoodENG Jean BouinFRA Jean BouinFRA Jean BouinFRA Alfred NicholsENG not held Jimmy WilsonSCO Wally FreemanENG Joseph GuillemotFRA Charles "Joe" BlewittENG Bill CotterellENG Eddie "Jack" WebsterENG Ernie HarperENG Lewis PayneENG Harry EckersleyENG Bill CotterellENG Tom EvensonENG Tim SmytheIRE Tom EvensonENG Jack HoldenENG Jack HoldenENG Jack HoldenENG Bill EatonENG Jim FlockhartSCO Jack EmeryENG Jack HoldenENG not held Raphaël PujazonFRA Raphaël PujazonFRA John DomsBEL Alain MimounFRA Lucien TheysBEL Geoff SaundersENG Alain MimounFRA Franjo MihalicYUG Alain MimounFRA Frank SandoENG Alain MimounFRA Frank SandoENG Stan EldonENG Fred NorrisENG Rhadi BenabdesselemMAR Basil HeatleyENG Gaston RoelantsBEL Roy FowlerENG Francisco AritmendiESP Jean FayolleFRA Benassou El GhaziMAR Gaston RoelantsBEL Mohamed GammoudiTUN Gaston RoelantsBEL Mike TaggENG Dave BedfordENG Gaston RoelantsBEL | 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 EdwardsENG Albert AldridgeENG Tom HynesIRE George PearceENG George PearceENG Fred NeavesENG Jean BouinFRA Francis O'NeillIRE Harry BaldwinENG William ScottENG Ernest GloverENG George WallachSCO Chris VoseENG Arthur "Bobby" MillsENG Bill CotterellENG James McIntyreSCO Ernie HarperENG John Joseph RyanIRE Joseph GuillemotFRA Seghir BeddariFRA John Suttie SmithSCO Henri DartiguesFRA Robert SutherlandSCO Jack WinfieldENG Jack HoldenENG Robert SutherlandSCO Alec BurnsENG Bill WylieSCO Jack HoldenENG André SicardFRA Jean ChapelleBEL Mohamed El GhaziFRA Marcel VandewattyneBEL Jean ChapelleBEL Emile RensonBEL Raphaël PujazonFRA Alain MimounFRA Frank AaronENG Marcel VandewattyneBEL Frank SandoENG Ken NorrisENG Hugh FoordENG Ken NorrisENG & Frank SandoENG Basil HeatleyENG Alain MimounFRA Frank SandoENG Gaston RoelantsBEL Antonio AmorosESP Marcel VandewattyneBEL Gaston RoelantsBEL Ron HillENG Mel BattyENG Derek GrahamIRE(NIR) Tim JohnstonENG Ron HillENG Dick TaylorENG Gaston RoelantsBEL Trevor WrightENG Mariano HaroESP | 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 DalyIRE George PearceENG Joe DeakinENG William NelsonENG Sammy WeldingENG George PearceENG Ernest LoneyENG Harry BaldwinENG George WallachSCO Fred HibbinsENG Jacques KeyserFRA Ernest GloverENG Wally FreemanENG Bevy BinghamIRE Julien SchnellmannFRA Georges Van Den BroeleBEL Eddie "Jack" WebsterENG Bill CotterellENG Robert MarchalFRA Henri GalletFRA Seghir BeddariFRA Robert CourtierFRA Roméo DieguezFRA Tom EvensonENG Wally BeaversENG John Suttie SmithSCO Arthur PennyENG Bill EatonENG Alex DowSCO James GintyENG Sam PalmerWAL Salem AmroucheFRA Paul MessnerFRA Mohamed LahoucineFRA Mohamed LahoucineFRA Charles CérouFRA Mohamed HamzaFRA Charles CérouFRA Abdelkader DrissFRA Abdallah Ould LamineFRA Pat RangerENG Ken NorrisENG Ken NorrisENG Frank SandoENG Salah BeddiafFRA John MerrimanWAL Martin HymanENG Mel BattyENG Mariano HaroESP John CookeENG Mohamed GammoudiTUN Tracy SmithUSA Bryan RoseNZL Roy FowlerENG Ian McCaffertySCO Trevor WrightENG Eddie GrayNZL Ian StewartSCO | 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 |
| 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 |
| 1940U 1961 1962 1963† 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 | Frank AaronENG Colin RobinsonENG Abdeslam BouchtaMAR John FarringtonENG Ian McCaffertySCO Johnny DumonBEL Mike TaggENG Eddie KnoxSCO John BednarskiENG Dave BedfordENG John HartnettIRL Nick RoseENG Aldo TomasiniITA | 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 CottinFRA Alan SimpsonENG Tony EvansENG & Martin HeathENG Ahmed ZammelTUN David WalkerENG Albion Van HolsbeekBEL Roy YoungENG Eddy Van ButseleBEL Pierre De FreyneBEL John BednarskiENG Jack LaneENG Ray SmedleyENG Jim BrownSCO | 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 TimminsENG Mariano HaroESP Lachie StewartSCO Don CollinsENG David WalkerENG Eddie KnoxSCO Brooks MilesonENG Omar MohamedMAR John HarrisonENG Erik De BeckBEL Jim BrownSCO Franco FavaITA | 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
| 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
| 1931U 1932U 1935U 1938U 1954U 1955U 1956U 1957U 1967 1968 1969 1970A 1970B 1971 1972 | Gladys LunnENG Gladys LunnENG Nellie HalsteadENG Evelyne ForsterENG Diane LeatherENG Diane LeatherENG Roma AshbyENG Diane LeatherENG Doris BrownUSA Doris BrownUSA Doris BrownUSA Doris BrownUSA Paola PigniITA Doris BrownUSA Joyce SmithENG | 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 StylesENG Suzanne HedouinFRA Lilian StylesENG Dolly Harris-RodenENG Anne OliverENG Anne OliverENG June BridglandENG Roma AshbyENG Rita LincolnENG Vicki FoltzUSA Maureen DicksonUSA Rita Ridley (Lincoln)ENG Zofia KolakowskaPOL Bernie Boxem-LenferinkNED Eileen ClaugusUSA | 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 LenoirFRA Lilian StylesENG Esther Christmas-RavenENG Jeanne PoussetFRA June BridglandENG Leila BucklandENG Diane LeatherENG June BridglandENG Peggy MullenIRE Pam DaviesENG Val RobinsonNZL Thelma FynnCAN Ilja KeizerNED Joyce SmithENG Rita RidleyENG | 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 |
| 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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