1950 International Cross Country Championships
Organisers	ICCU
Edition	37th
Date	March 25
Host city	Brussels, Belgium
Venue	Hippodrome de Boitsfort
Events	1
Distances	9 mi (14.5 km)
Participation	88 athletes from 10 nations
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The 1950 International Cross Country Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, at the Hippodrome de Boitsfort on March 25, 1950. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.^[1]

Complete results,^[2] medallists, ^[3] and the results of British athletes^[4] were published.

Medallists[edit]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual
Men 9 mi (14.5 km)	Lucien Theys  Belgium	45:42	Alain Mimoun  France	45:50	Mohamed Hamza  France	46:00
Team
Men	France	43	Belgium	77	England	82

Individual Race Results[edit]

Men's (9 mi / 14.5 km)[edit]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Lucien Theys	Belgium	45:42
	Alain Mimoun	France	45:50
	Mohamed Hamza	France	46:00
4	Frank Aaron	England	46:09
5	Marcel Vandewattyne	Belgium	46:10
6	Buenaventura Baldoma	Spain	46:32
7	Alec Olney	England	46:35
8	Roger Petitjean	France	46:38
9	André Nollet	France	46:42
10	Mohamed Brahim	France	46:45
11	Charles Cérou	France	46:50
12	John Doms	Belgium	46:53
13	René Tessier	France	47:07
14	Geoff Saunders	England	47:09
15	Maurits van Laere	Belgium	47:11
16	August Sutter	Switzerland	47:12
17	Len Eyre	England	47:15
18	Reg Gosney	England	47:20
19	Pedro Sierra	Spain	47:23
20	Frans Herman	Belgium	47:34
21	Raphaël Pujazon	France	47:38
22	Harry Hicks	England	47:39
23	Ricardo Yebra	Spain	47:42
24	Emile Renson	Belgium	47:50
25	Doug Thompson	England	47:52
26	Johnny Marshall	Ireland	47:53
27	Willy De Neef	Belgium	47:54
28	Jaime Guixa	Spain	48:02
29	Andy Forbes	Scotland	48:03
30	Jef Lataster	Netherlands	48:04
31	Don Appleby	Ireland	48:09
32	John Diamond	Ireland	48:12
33	Roger Serroels	Belgium	48:13
34	Pierre Page	Switzerland	48:14
35	Hans Frischknecht	Switzerland	48:15
36	Benito Losada Santiago	Spain	48:17
37	Albert Känzig	Switzerland	48:18
38	Charlie Owens	Ireland	48:29
39	Anthony Noonan	Wales	48:39
40	Simon Aldazabal	Spain	48:40
41	Richard Daniels	Belgium	48:41
42	Ted Coggin	England	48:42
43	Gottlieb Stäubli	Switzerland	48:46
44	Charlie Robertson	Scotland	48:55
45	Bobby Reid	Scotland	48:58
46	Frank Sinclair	Scotland	49:07
47	John Green	England	49:09
48	Emmet Farrell	Scotland	49:19
49	Ben Bickerton	Scotland	49:20
50	Antonio Merono	Spain	49:22
51	Karl Gschwend	Switzerland	49:28
52	John Morrow	Ireland	49:34
53	Ernst Sandmeier	Switzerland	49:36
54	Doug Rees	Wales	49:40
55	George Craig	Scotland	49:42
56	Patrick Fahy	Ireland	49:45
57	Rudolf Morgenthaler	Switzerland	49:46
58	Patsy Fitzgerald	Ireland	49:49
59	Tom Moore	Ireland	49:53
60	André Paris	France	49:54
61	Alwin Probst	Switzerland	49:57
62	Dé Slegt	Netherlands	49:58
63	Leonardo Vegas	Spain	50:01
64	Maldwyn White	Wales	50:04
65	J. van Veen	Netherlands	50:10
66	Ivor Lloyd	Wales	50:18
67	Tom Wood	Wales	50:37
68	Jean-Pierre Hoffmann	Luxembourg	50:49
69	Dyfrigg Rees	Wales	50:51
70	Joop Overdijk	Netherlands	50:55
71	Hein Finken	Netherlands	50:56
72	Siem Bobeldijk	Netherlands	51:00
73	Cees de Koning	Netherlands	51:01
74	Pat Wallace	Wales	51:32
75	Tommy Tracey	Scotland	51:33
76	Bruno Mathiussi	Luxembourg	52:04
77	Hans Huizinga	Netherlands	52:14
78	Ken Harris	Wales	52:15
79	Staf Dobbelaere	Netherlands	52:18
80	Roger Ricaille	Luxembourg	53:20
81	Louis Welu	Luxembourg	53:26
82	Venant Kinsch	Luxembourg	54:53
83	Albert Schumacher	Luxembourg	54:53
84	Marcel Barthels	Luxembourg	58:12
85	James Sanderson	Scotland	58:26
—	Kevin Maguire	Ireland	DNF
—	Cliff Rosser	Wales	DNF
—	Charles Heirendt	Luxembourg	DNF

Team Results[edit]

Men's[edit]

Rank	Country	Team	Points
1	France	Alain Mimoun Mohamed Hamza Roger Petitjean André Nollet Mohamed Brahim Charles Cérou	43
2	Belgium	Lucien Theys Marcel Vandewattyne John Doms Maurits van Laere Frans Herman Emile Renson	77
3	England	Frank Aaron Alec Olney Geoff Saunders Len Eyre Reg Gosney Harry Hicks	82
4	Spain	Buenaventura Baldoma Pedro Sierra Ricardo Yebra Jaime Guixa Benito Losada Santiago Simon Aldazabal	152
5	Switzerland	August Sutter Pierre Page Hans Frischknecht Albert Känzig Gottlieb Stäubli Karl Gschwend	216
6	Ireland	Johnny Marshall Don Appleby John Diamond Charlie Owens John Morrow Patrick Fahy	235
7	Scotland	Andy Forbes Charlie Robertson Bobby Reid Frank Sinclair Emmet Farrell Ben Bickerton	261
8	Wales	Anthony Noonan Doug Rees Maldwyn White Ivor Lloyd Tom Wood Dyfrigg Rees	359
9	Netherlands	Jef Lataster Dé Slegt J. van Veen Joop Overdijk Hein Finken Siem Bobeldijk	370
10	Luxembourg	Jean-Pierre Hoffmann Bruno Mathiussi Roger Ricaille Louis Welu Venant Kinsch Albert Schumacher	470

Participation[edit]

An unofficial count yields the participation of 88 athletes from 10 countries.

See also[edit]

• 1950 in athletics (track and field)

References[edit]