1948 International Cross Country Championships
# 1948 International Cross Country Championships

The 1948 International Cross Country Championships was held in Reading, England, at the Leighton Park on 3 April 1948. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.

Complete results, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.

## Medallists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Individual |||||||
| Men 9 mi (14.5 km) | John Doms Belgium | 54:05 | Emile Renson Belgium | 54:25 | Mohamed Lahoucine France | 54:50 |
| Team |||||||
| Men | Belgium | 46 | France | 47 | England | 114 |

## Individual Race results

### Men's (9 mi / 14.5 km)

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | John Doms | Belgium | 54:05 |
| | Emile Renson | Belgium | 54:25 |
| | Mohamed Lahoucine | France | 54:50 |
| 4 | Charles Cérou | France | 54:52 |
| 5 | Frans Wauters | Belgium | 55:08 |
| 6 | Roger Petitjean | France | 55:11 |
| 7 | Jacques Varnoux | France | 55:14 |
| 8 | Ted Downer | England | 55:17 |
| 9 | Jean Chapelle | Belgium | 55:21 |
| 10 | André Nollet | France | 55:23 |
| 11 | Arthur Shorrocks | England | 55:28 |
| 12 | Bobby Reid | Scotland | 55:38 |
| 13 | Marcel Vandewattyne | Belgium | 55:48 |
| 14 | Sydney Wooderson | England | 55:50 |
| 15 | Jerry Kiely | Ireland | 55:55 |
| 16 | Henri Ost | Belgium | 55:59 |
| 17 | Abel Merine | France | 56:07 |
| 18 | Jean De Raedt | Belgium | 56:14 |
| 19 | Ron Hughes | England | 56:16 |
| 20 | Charlie Robertson | Scotland | 56:18 |
| 21 | Brendan Twamley | Ireland | 56:27 |
| 22 | Claude Joly | France | 56:28 |
| 23 | Patsy Fitzgerald | Ireland | 56:30 |
| 24 | René Breistroffer | France | 56:32 |
| 25 | Alec McLean | Scotland | 56:39 |
| 26 | Henri Leveque | France | 56:48 |
| 27 | Robert Conn | Ireland | 56:51 |
| 28 | Patrick Fahy | Ireland | 56:55 |
| 29 | Emmet Farrell | Scotland | 57:01 |
| 30 | Jack Corfield | England | 57:08 |
| 31 | Pat Haughey | Ireland | 57:11 |
| 32 | Jack Carrick | England | 57:13 |
| 33 | John Andrews | Wales | 57:14 |
| 34 | Dick Adams | England | 57:15 |
| 35 | Vic Blowfield | England | 57:23 |
| 36 | Joseph Reamackers | Belgium | 57:30 |
| 37 | Jim Flockhart | Scotland | 57:38 |
| 38 | George Craig | Scotland | 57:44 |
| 39 | Jack Charlesworth | England | 58:05 |
| 40 | Jim Alford | Wales | 58:08 |
| 41 | Kevin Maguire | Ireland | 58:10 |
| 42 | Ivor Lloyd | Wales | 58:18 |
| 43 | G. Carolan | Ireland | 58:19 |
| 44 | Jimmy Todd | Ireland | 58:38 |
| 45 | Robert Schoonjans | Belgium | 58:45 |
| 46 | James Davies | Wales | 58:47 |
| 47 | Eric Williams | Wales | 58:53 |
| 48 | Tom Richards | Wales | 59:08 |
| 49 | William McLean | Scotland | 59:34 |
| 50 | Maldwyn White | Wales | 59:39 |
| 51 | Dennis Morgan | Wales | 59:45 |
| 52 | Frank Bathgate | Scotland | 1:00:03 |
| 53 | Frank Sinclair | Scotland | 1:00:14 |
| – | Horace Oliver | Wales | DNF |

## Team results

### Men's

| Rank | Country | Team | Points |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Belgium | John Doms Emile Renson Frans Wauters Jean Chapelle Marcel Vandewattyne Henri Ost | 46 |
| 2 | France | Mohamed Lahoucine Charles Cérou Roger Petitjean Jacques Varnoux André Nollet Abel Merine | 47 |
| 3 | England | Ted Downer Arthur Shorrocks Sydney Wooderson Ron Hughes Jack Corfield Jack Carrick | 114 |
| 4 | Ireland | Jerry Kiely Brendan Twamley Patsy Fitzgerald Robert Conn Patrick Fahy Pat Haughey | 145 |
| 5 | Scotland | Bobby Reid Charlie Robertson Alec McLean Emmet Farrell Jim Flockhart George Craig | 161 |
| 6 | Wales | John Andrews Jim Alford Ivor Lloyd James Davies Eric Williams Tom Richards | 256 |

## Participation

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

* Belgium (9)
* England (9)
* France (9)
* Ireland (9)
* Scotland (9)
* Wales (9)
