International athletics championship event
The 1957 International Cross Country Championships was held in Waregem, Belgium, at the Hippodroom Waregem on 23 March 1957. In addition, an unofficial women's championship was held one week later at Musselburgh, Scotland on 30 March 1957. A report on the men's event[1] as well as the women's event[2] was given in the Glasgow Herald.
Complete results for men,[3] and for women (unofficial),[4] medallists,
[5] and the results of British athletes[6] were published.
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Cross-country - International Title Race - Britons Disappoint - Although England filled four of the first five places in the 44th International Cross-country Championship at Waregem, Belgium, on Saturday they finished only third in the team contest which was won by Belgium with 67 points, France were second with 80 and England had 84..., Glasgow Herald, March 25, 1957, p. 4, retrieved October 2, 2013
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Cross-country - Englishwomen Beat Scots - First Six Places - England with the minimum score of 10 points - in fact their runners filled the first six places - easily beat Scotland, who aggregated 34 points, on Saturday in a women's cross-country International over a two-mile course at Musselburgh..., Glasgow Herald, April 1, 1957, p. 4, retrieved October 1, 2013
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Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 14.5km CC Men - Waregem Hippodrome Date: Saturday, March 23, 1957, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on December 26, 2005, retrieved October 2, 2013
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Magnusson, Tomas (January 20, 2006), Various Cross Country Events - 3.0km CC Women - Musselburgh Date: Saturday, March 30, 1957, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on May 17, 2006, retrieved October 2, 2013
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INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved September 24, 2013
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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