1931 International Cross Country Championships

1931 International Cross Country Championships
Organisers	ICCU
Edition	24th
Date	March 28 (men) March 22 (women)
Host city	Dublin, Ireland (men) Douai, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France (women)
Location	Baldoyle Racecourse (men)
Nations participating	6 (men) / 3 (women)
Athletes participating	54 (men / 16 (women)
Races	2
Distances	9 mi (14.5 km) men 1.9 mi (3.0 km) women
← 1930 Leamington 1932 Brussels →

The 1931 International Cross Country Championships was held in Dublin, Ireland, at the Baldoyle Racecourse on March 28, 1931. For the first time, an unofficial women's championship was held a week earlier in Douai, France on March 22, 1931. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald for the men's^[1] and the women's event.^[2]

Complete results for men,^[3] and for women (unofficial),^[4] medallists, ^[5] and the results of British athletes^[6] were published.

Medallists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual
Men 9 mi (14.5 km)	Tim Smythe  Ireland	48:52	Jack Winfield  England	49:11	Tom Evenson  England	49:16
Women (unofficial) 1.9 mi (3.0 km)	Gladys Lunn  England	11:12	Lilian Styles  England	11:25	Suzanne Lenoir  France
Team
Men	England	32	Scotland  France	102
Women (unofficial)	England	15	France	21	Belgium	42

Individual Race Results

Men's (9 mi / 14.5 km)

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time
01 !	Tim Smythe	Ireland	48:52
02 !	Jack Winfield	England	49:11
03 !	Tom Evenson	England	49:16
4	Henri Lahitte	France	49:31
5	Jack Potts	England	49:39
6	Jack Holden	England	49:43
7	Frank Deakin	England	50:00
8	Robbie Sutherland	Scotland	50:03
9	Arthur Allum	England	50:22
10	John Suttie Smith	Scotland	50:23
11	Robert Loiseau	France	50:25
12	Thomas Kinsella	Ireland	50:39
13	Jimmy Wood	Scotland	50:51
14	Marcel Michot	France	50:53
15	Albert Auvray	France	50:55
16	Victor Harman	England	50:57
17	Harry Gallivan	Wales	50:58
18	Danny Phillips	Wales	50:59
19	F. Mills	Ireland	51:07
20	J.C. McIntyre	Ireland	51:10
21	Walter Gunn	Scotland	51:16
22	David Fry	Scotland	51:17
23	Ernie Harper	England	51:23
24	J. Behan	Ireland	51:25
25	Pierre Louchard	France	51:26
26	Oscar van Rumst	Belgium	51:29
27	Theo Meersman	Belgium	51:32
28	Charles Wilson	Scotland	51:33
29	Laurie Weatherill	England	51:37
30	Julien Serwy	Belgium	51:38
31	James Petrie	Scotland	51:44
32	Ernie Thomas	Wales	51:48
33	Sauveur Tapias	France	51:54
34	Maxi Stobbs	Scotland	52:02
35	Tom Burge	Wales	52:03
36	T. O'Reilly	Ireland	52:05
37	Joseph Orose	Belgium	52:10
38	Jack Prosser	Wales	52:20
39	Jean Linsen	Belgium	52:24
40	John Timmins	Ireland	52:25
41	T. King	Ireland	52:36
42	Leon Verheylesonne	Belgium	52:38
43	J. Nalty	Ireland	52:46
44	A.S. Stone	Wales	53:02
45	Sam Palmer	Wales	53:12
46	Emile Goetleven	Belgium	53:23
47	Edgard Viseur	Belgium	53:24
48	James Gardiner	Scotland	53:41
49	René Vincent	Belgium	54:14
50	R. Simons	Wales	54:21
51	Wilf Short	Wales	55:07
—	Georges Leclerc	France	DNF
—	Roger Rérolle	France	DNF
—	Maurice Waltispurger	France	DNF

Women's (1.9 mi / 3.0 km, unofficial)

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time
01 !	Gladys Lunn	England	11:12
02 !	Lilian Styles	England	11:25
03 !	Suzanne Lenoir	France
4	Ruth Christmas	England
5	Sebastienne Guyot	France
6	Marguerite Battu	France
7	Madeleine Massoneau	France
8	Martine Leroux	France
9	Doris Butterfield	England
10	Jeanne Souffriau	Belgium
11	Renée Trente	France
12	M. Bondu	Belgium
13	Mariani	Belgium
14	Eileen Stringer	England
15	Madeleine Fulcher	England
16	Lucienne Petit	Belgium

Team Results

Men's

Rank	Country	Team	Points
1	England	Jack Winfield Tom Evenson Jack Potts Jack Holden Frank Deakin Arthur Allum	32
2	Scotland	Robbie Sutherland John Suttie Smith Jimmy Wood Walter Gunn David Fry Charles Wilson	102
	France	Henri Lahitte Robert Loiseau Marcel Michot Albert Auvray Pierre Louchard Sauveur Tapias	102
4	Ireland	Tim Smythe Thomas Kinsella F. Mills J.C. McIntyre J. Behan T. O'Reilly	112
5	Wales	Harry Gallivan Danny Phillips Ernie Thomas Tom Burge Jack Prosser A.S. Stone	184
6	Belgium	Oscar van Rumst Theo Meersman Julien Serwy Joseph Orose Jean Linsen Leon Verheylesonne	201

Women's (unofficial)

Rank	Country	Team	Points
1	England	Gladys Lunn Lilian Styles Ruth Christmas Doris Butterfield	15
2	France	Suzanne Lenoir Sebastienne Guyot Marguerite Battu Madeleine Massoneau	21
3	Belgium	Jeanne Souffriau M. Bondu Mariani Lucienne Petit	42

Participation

Men's

An unofficial count yields the participation of 54 male athletes from 6 countries.

Women's

An unofficial count yields the participation of 16 female athletes from 3 countries.

See also

• 1931 in athletics (track and field)

References

International Cross Country Championships 1898 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 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 See also: IAAF World Cross Country Championships