Cross of Nations
As a cross-country event, the Cross of Nations was the forerunner of the Cross-Country World Championships . It was held from 1903 to 1972 with interruptions during the two world wars.
history
The first Cross of Nations took place in Hamilton , Scotland, in 1903 . The well-known English long-distance runner Alfred Shrubb won the individual competition, and the English team won the team competition. Teams from England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland took part. From 1907 France was at the start with its own team, in 1911 for the first time no Englishman won Jean Bouin .
After the competition from 1915 to 1919 was canceled due to the war, more and more teams from mainland Europe took part in the 1920s: Belgium competed for the first time in 1923, followed by Italy, Spain, Luxembourg and Switzerland in 1929. From 1941 to 1945 the competition was canceled because of the Second World War. While the team classification could only be won by England, France and Belgium until 1972, the individual classification reflected the increasing internationalization of the competition. In 1960, the Moroccan Rhadi Ben Abdesselam won for the first time an athlete competing for an African country. The men's record winners were Jack Holden from England , Alain Mimoun from France and Gaston Roelants from Belgium with four wins each.
After unofficial women's competitions were held in the 1930s and 1950s, the women's competition had been an official part of the Cross of Nations since 1967. From 1967 to 1971 the American Doris Brown won five times in a row, with two races being held on the same day in 1970: once in Frederick with the winner Doris Brown and once in Vichy with the winner Paola Pigni .
From 1961 a junior competition was also part of the Cross of Nations program. In 1969, the future 10,000-meter world record holder David Bedford won here ; In 1970 the Belgian Erik De Beck took third place, who was to become world champion in cross country in 1974.
The last cross of the nations took place in Cambridge in 1972, and from 1973 it was replaced by the World Cross Country Championship, the first official world championship in athletics.
winner
| year | venue | Winner singles | Winning team | Winner singles | Winning team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1903 | Hamilton | Alfred Shrubb ( ENG ) | England | ||
| 1904 | St Helens | Alfred Shrubb -2- | England | ||
| 1905 | Dublin | Albert Aldridge (ENG) | England | ||
| 1906 | Caerleon | Charlie Straw (ENG) | England | ||
| 1907 | Glasgow | Adam Underwood (ENG) | England | ||
| 1908 | Paris - Colombes | Archie Robertson (ENG) | England | ||
| 1909 | Derby | Edward Wood (ENG) | England | ||
| 1910 | Belfast | Edward Wood -2- | England | ||
| 1911 | Caerleon | Jean Bouin ( FRA ) | England | ||
| 1912 | Edinburgh | Jean Bouin -2- | England | ||
| 1913 | Paris- Juvisy-sur-Orge | Jean Bouin -3- | England | ||
| 1914 | Amersham | Alfred Nichols (ENG) | England | ||
| 1920 | Belfast | Jimmy Wilson ( SCO ) | England | ||
| 1921 | Caerleon | Wally Freeman (ENG) | England | ||
| 1922 | Glasgow | Joseph Guillemot (FRA) | France | ||
| 1923 | Paris- Maisons-Laffitte | Joe Blewitt (ENG) | France | ||
| 1924 | Newcastle | Bill Cotterell (ENG) | England | ||
| 1925 | Dublin | Eddie Webster (ENG) | England | ||
| 1926 | Brussels | Ernie Harper (ENG) | France | ||
| 1927 | Caerleon | Lewis Payne (ENG) | France | ||
| 1928 | Ayr | Harry Eckersley (ENG) | France | ||
| 1929 | Paris- Vincennes | Bill Cotterell -2- | France | ||
| 1930 | Leamington | Tom Evenson (ENG) | England | ||
| 1931 | Dublin | Tim Smythe ( IRL ) | England | ||
| 1932 | Brussels | Tom Evenson -2- | England | ||
| 1933 | Caerleon | Jack Holden (ENG) | England | ||
| 1934 | Ayr | Jack Holden -2- | England | ||
| 1935 | Paris- Auteuil | Jack Holden -3- | England | ||
| 1936 | Blackpool | William Eaton (ENG) | England | ||
| 1937 | Brussels | Jim Flockhart (SCO) | England | ||
| 1938 | Belfast | Jack Emery (ENG) | England | ||
| 1939 | Cardiff | Jack Holden -4- | France | ||
| 1946 | Ayr | Raphaël Pujazon (FRA) | France | ||
| 1947 | Paris- Saint-Cloud | Raphaël Pujazon -2- | France | ||
| 1948 | Reading | John Doms ( BEL ) | Belgium | ||
| 1949 | Dublin | Alain Mimoun (FRA) | France | ||
| 1950 | Brussels | Lucien Theys (BEL) | France | ||
| 1951 | Caerleon | Geoff Saunders (ENG) | England | ||
| 1952 | Hamilton | Alain Mimoun -2- | France | ||
| 1953 | Paris-Vincennes | Franjo Mihalić ( YUG ) | England | ||
| 1954 | Birmingham | Alain Mimoun -3- | England | ||
| 1955 | San Sebastian | Frank Sando (ENG) | England | ||
| 1956 | Belfast | Alain Mimoun -4- | France | ||
| 1957 | Commodity | Frank Sando -2- | Belgium | ||
| 1958 | Cardiff | Stan Eldon (ENG) | England | ||
| 1959 | Lisbon | Fred Norris (ENG) | England | ||
| 1960 | Hamilton | Rhadi Ben Abdesselam ( MAR ) | England | ||
| 1961 | Nantes | Basil Heatley (ENG) | Belgium | ||
| 1962 | Sheffield | Gaston Roelants (BEL) | England | ||
| 1963 | San Sebastian | Roy Fowler (ENG) | Belgium | ||
| 1964 | Dublin | Francisco Aritmendi ( ESP ) | England | ||
| 1965 | East End | Jean Fayolle (FRA) | England | ||
| 1966 | Rabat | Benassou El Ghazi (MAR) | England | ||
| 1967 | Barry | Gaston Roelants -2- | England | Doris Brown ( USA ) | England |
| 1968 | Tunis | Mohamed Gammoudi ( DO ) | England | ||
| 1968 | Blackburn | Doris Brown -2- | United States | ||
| 1969 | Clydebank | Gaston Roelants -3- | England | Doris Brown -3- | United States |
| 1970 | Frederick | Doris Brown -4- | England | ||
| 1970 | Vichy | Mike Tagg (ENG) | England | Paola Pigni ( ITA ) | Netherlands |
| 1971 | San Sebastian | David Bedford (ENG) | England | Doris Brown -5- | England |
| 1972 | Cambridge | Gaston Roelants -4- | England | Joyce Smith (ENG) | England |