1938 International Cross Country Championships

1938 International Cross Country Championships
Organisers	ICCU
Edition	31st
Date	2 April (men) 12 March (women)
Host city	Belfast, Ulster, Northern Ireland } (men) Lille, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France (women)
Location	Royal Ulster Showground (men)
Nations participating	7 (men) / 3 (women)
Athletes participating	63 (men) / 18 (women)
Races	1 / 1
Distances	9 mi (14.5 km) men / 1.9 mi (3.0 km) women
← 1937 Bruxelles 1939 Cardiff →

The 1938 International Cross Country Championships was held in Belfast, Northern Ireland, at the Royal Ulster Showground on 2 April 1938. In addition, an unofficial women's championship was held three weeks earlier in Lille, France on 12 March 1938. 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 Emery  England	49:57	Jean Chapelle  Belgium	50:16	Sam Palmer  Wales	50:36
Women 1.9 mi (3.0 km)	Evelyne Forster  England	12:40	Dolly Harris-Roden  England	12:48	Jeanne Pousset  Belgium	12:51
Team
Men	England	43	France	96	Belgium	117
Women	England	12	France	30	Belgium	36

Individual Race Results

Men's (9 mi / 14.5 km)

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time
01 !	Jack Emery	England	49:57
02 !	Jean Chapelle	Belgium	50:16
03 !	Sam Palmer	Wales	50:36
4	Jack Potts	England	50:48
5	Jean Wattiau	France	50:49
6	Jack Holden	England	50:54
7	Ivor Brown	Wales	50:56
8	Emmet Farrell	Scotland	50:59
9	Bertie Robertson	England	51:00
10	Frank Cummins	Ireland	51:03
11	Vic Draper	England	51:09
12	Alex Burns	England	51:14
13	Salem Amrouche	France	51:20
14	Jean Lalanne	France	51:24
15	Albert van Meenen	Belgium	51:30
16	Oscar van Rumst	Belgium	51:31
17	Maurice Baudouin	France	51:34
18	Pierre Bajart	Belgium	51:36
19	Davy Cannavan	Northern Ireland	51:41
20	W.A. McCune	Northern Ireland	51:46
21	Joseph Guiomar	France	51:47
22	Bill Matthews	Wales	51:48
23	Harry Gallivan	Wales	51:51
24	Archie Craig Jr.	Scotland	52:00
25	Norman Jones	England	52:02
26	Roger Rérolle	France	52:07
27	Alex Dow	Scotland	52:08
28	James O'Connor	Ireland	52:12
29	Frank Reeve	England	52:14
30	André-Louis Laforge	France	52:16
31	Frans Vandersteen	Belgium	52:21
32	Tom Lamb	Scotland	52:22
33	André Sicard	France	52:23
34	Johnny Glenholmes	Northern Ireland	52:32
35	René van Broeck	Belgium	52:35
36	Peter Allwell	Scotland	52:38
37	Jim Flockhart	Scotland	52:40
38	Dennis Morgan	Wales	52:44
39	M. Gorman	Northern Ireland	52:45
40	Elwood Jones	Wales	52:46
41	Frank Marsland	England	52:46
42	James Andrews	Northern Ireland	52:47
43	George Fox	Wales	52:51
44	James Freeland	Scotland	52:57
45	Tom Gibson	Scotland	53:02
46	Alex Workman	Northern Ireland	53:03
47	Alex Donnett	Scotland	53:05
48	Mike Finglass	Ireland	53:19
49	Tim Smythe	Ireland	53:23
50	Dan Gillespie	Northern Ireland	53:29
51	Jack Parker	Northern Ireland	53:29
52	Eammon Jones	Ireland	53:43
53	Bert Hermans	Belgium	53:44
54	J. McCormick	Northern Ireland	53:47
55	Pierre Willems	Belgium	53:48
56	Dougie Coard	Ireland	54:05
57	Albert Donfut	Belgium	54:06
58	Tom Winslade	Wales	54:17
59	Tom Hopkins	Ireland	54:21
60	Gordon Edgar	Ireland	54:24
61	Roger Lachaud	France	54:28
62	Sam Grey	Ireland	54:59
—	J. Pearce	Wales	DNF

Women's (1.9 mi / 3.0 km)

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time
01 !	Evelyne Forster	England	12:40
02 !	Dolly Harris-Roden	England	12:48
03 !	Jeanne Pousset	Belgium	12:51
4	Mary Clarke	England	12:54
5	Lilian Styles	England	12:58
6	Dorothy Franklin	England	13:04
7	Elisabeth Lemonnier	France	13:05
8	Lily Lotte	France	13:15
9	Renée Ganault-Trente	France	13:22
10	Lucienne Tostain-Bouin	France	13:24
11	H. van Mol	Belgium	13:35
12	Jacqueline Gruner	France	13:52
13	Germaine Vincent	France	13:58
14	Y. de Linge	Belgium	13:59
15	M. Simon	Belgium	14:07
16	G. Lormiez	Belgium	14:20
17	Margaret Armstrong	England	14:32
18	G. Groux	Belgium

Team Results

Men's

Rank	Country	Team	Points
1	England	Jack Emery Jack Potts Jack Holden Bertie Robertson Vic Draper Alex Burns	43
2	France	Jean Wattiau Salem Amrouche Jean Lalanne Maurice Baudouin Joseph Guiomar Roger Rérolle	96
3	Belgium	Jean Chapelle Albert van Meenen Oscar van Rumst Pierre Bajart Frans Vandersteen René van Broeck	117
4	Wales	Sam Palmer Ivor Brown Bill Matthews Harry Gallivan Dennis Morgan Elwood Jones	133
5	Scotland	Emmet Farrell Archie Craig Jr. Alex Dow Tom Lamb Peter Allwell Jim Flockhart	164
6	Northern Ireland	Davy Cannavan W.A. McCune Johnny Glenholmes M. Gorman James Andrews Alex Workman	200
7	Ireland	Frank Cummins James O'Connor Mike Finglass Tim Smythe Eammon Jones Dougie Coard	243

Women's

Rank	Country	Team	Points
1	England	Evelyne Forster Dolly Harris-Roden Mary Clarke Lilian Styles	12
2	France	Elisabeth Lemonnier Lily Lotte Renée Ganault-Trente Lucienne Tostain-Bouin	30
3	Belgium	Jeanne Pousset H. van Mol Y. de Linge M. Simon	36

Participation

Men's

An unofficial count yields the participation of 63 male athletes from 7 countries.

Women's

An unofficial count yields the participation of 18 female athletes from 3 countries.

See also

• 1938 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