1908 International Cross Country Championships
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1908 International Cross Country Championships | |
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Organisers | ICCU |
Edition | 6th |
Date | 26 March |
Host city | Colombes, Île-de-France, France ![]() |
Venue | Stade de Matin |
Events | 1 |
Distances | 10 mi (16.1 km) |
Participation | 54 athletes from 5 nations |
The 1908 International Cross Country Championships was held in Colombes, France, at the Stade de Matin on 26 March 1908. 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
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Individual | ||||||
Men 10 mi (16.1 km) |
Arthur Robertson![]() |
50:26.8 | Fred Neaves![]() |
50:31 | George Pearce![]() |
50:42 |
Team | ||||||
Men | ![]() |
24 | ![]() |
81 | ![]() |
104 |
Individual Race Results
Men's (10 mi / 16.1 km)
Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
---|---|---|---|
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Arthur Robertson | ![]() |
50:26.8 |
![]() |
Fred Neaves | ![]() |
50:31 |
![]() |
George Pearce | ![]() |
50:42 |
4 | Gaston Ragueneau | ![]() |
50:45 |
5 | William Clarke | ![]() |
50:58 |
6 | Joe Deakin | ![]() |
51:09 |
7 | Edward Wood | ![]() |
51:22 |
8 | James Murphy | ![]() |
51:26 |
9 | Marcel Courbaton | ![]() |
51:32 |
10 | Sammy Welding | ![]() |
51:39 |
11 | Tom Downing | ![]() |
51:45 |
12 | Tom Johnston | ![]() |
51:52 |
13 | Harry Young | ![]() |
52:17 |
14 | Alexandre Fayollat | ![]() |
52:31 |
15 | P.J. McGuinness | ![]() |
52:32 |
16 | George Rhodes | ![]() |
52:43 |
17 | Joseph Dreher | ![]() |
52:47 |
18 | R. Staath | ![]() |
52:56 |
19 | Victor Millerot | ![]() |
52:57 |
20 | Thomas Robertson | ![]() |
52:59 |
21 | Jim Kerr | ![]() |
53:00 |
22 | Bill Coales | ![]() |
53:01 |
23 | Louis Haller | ![]() |
53:05 |
24 | John Ranken | ![]() |
53:35 |
25 | Pat Melville | ![]() |
53:40 |
26 | Billy Day | ![]() |
53:42 |
27 | George MacKenzie | ![]() |
53:44 |
28 | Thomas Miller | ![]() |
53:45 |
29 | J.S. Matthews | ![]() |
53:50 |
30 | A. Delmotte | ![]() |
53:56 |
31 | Rhys Evans | ![]() |
53:59 |
32 | Frank Melville | ![]() |
53:59 |
33 | Tom Jack | ![]() |
54:05 |
34 | Eddie Ace | ![]() |
54:11 |
35 | Lucien Fremont | ![]() |
54:15 |
36 | C.W. Sparkes | ![]() |
54:17 |
37 | Tommy Arthur | ![]() |
54:28 |
38 | Frank Buckley | ![]() |
54:51 |
39 | Sam Lee | ![]() |
54:59 |
40 | William Bowman | ![]() |
55:01 |
41 | J. Cully | ![]() |
55:09 |
42 | Paul Lizandier | ![]() |
55:15 |
43 | L. Brulé | ![]() |
55:17 |
44 | C. Gould | ![]() |
55:22 |
45 | H. Granger | ![]() |
55:43 |
46 | Eddie O'Donnell | ![]() |
56:03 |
47 | T. Bunford | ![]() |
57:37 |
48 | Ben Christmas | ![]() |
57:37 |
49 | George Duggan | ![]() |
57:50 |
— | Harry Bennion | ![]() |
DNF |
— | Jacques Versel | ![]() |
DNF |
— | J. O'Regan | ![]() |
DNF |
— | Alex McPhee | ![]() |
DNF |
— | Sam Stevenson | ![]() |
DNF |
Team Results
Men's
Rank | Country | Team | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
Arthur Robertson Fred Neaves George Pearce William Clarke Joe Deakin Edward Wood |
24 |
2 | ![]() |
Gaston Ragueneau Marcel Courbaton Alexandre Fayollat Joseph Dreher R. Staath Victor Millerot |
81 |
3 | ![]() |
James Murphy Tom Downing Harry Young P.J. McGuinness Jim Kerr C.W. Sparkes |
104 |
4 | ![]() |
Tom Johnston Thomas Robertson John Ranken Pat Melville George MacKenzie Thomas Miller |
136 |
5 | ![]() |
Rhys Evans Eddie Ace Tommy Arthur C. Gould H. Granger Eddie O'Donnell |
237 |
Participation
An unofficial count yields the participation of 54 athletes from 5 countries.
See also
References
- ^ Cross-Country Race in France - England wins - The international cross-country race, which took place at Colombes, near Paris, ended in an easy win for England with 24 points, but the Frenchmen caused a good deal of surprise by getting second with 81 points..., Glasgow Herald, March 27, 1908, p. 15, retrieved September 25, 2013
- ^
Magnusson, Tomas, INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 16.1km CC Men - Senior - Colombes Stade de Matin Thursday March 26 1908, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on December 5, 2005, retrieved September 26, 2013
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved September 24, 2013
- ^ 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, archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2013, retrieved September 24, 2013
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