1931 International Cross Country Championships

1931 International Cross Country Championships
OrganisersICCU
Edition24th
Date28 March (men)
22 March (women)
Host cityDublin, Ireland Republic of Ireland (men)
Douai, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France France (women)
VenueBaldoyle Racecourse (men)
Events2
Distances9 mi (14.5 km) men
1.9 mi (3.0 km) women
Participation54 (men / 16 (women) athletes from
6 (men) / 3 (women) nations

The 1931 International Cross Country Championships was held in Dublin, Ireland, at the Baldoyle Racecourse on 28 March 1931. For the first time, an unofficial women's championship was held a week earlier in Douai, France on 22 March 1931. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald for the men's[1] and the women's event.[2]

Complete results for men,[3] and for women (unofficial),[4] medallists, [5] and the results of British athletes[6] were published.

  1. ^ Cross-Country - England wins international championship - T.F. Smythe's fine race - The twenty-fourth International Cross-Country Championship, which was decided at Baldoyle Racecourse, Dublin, on Saturday afternoon. resulted in a win for England with an aggregate of 32 points, Scotland and France tieing for second place with 102 points..., Glasgow Herald, 30 March 1931, p. 7, retrieved 28 September 2013
  2. ^ Cross-Country - English women's success - Paris, Sunday - The team of English women runners, headed by Miss Gladys Lunn gained a considerable victory in the first triangular cross-country run, which took place at Douai today, the team placing being 1 England, 15 points; 2 France, 21 points; 3 Belgium, 42 points..., Glasgow Herald, 23 March 1931, p. 9, retrieved 28 September 2013
  3. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (24 March 2007), INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 14.5km CC Men - Dublin Baldoyle Racecourse Date: Saturday, March 28, 1931, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on 7 August 2007, retrieved 24 September 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (15 November 2006), Various Cross Country Events - 3.0km CC Women - Douai Date: Sunday, March 22, 1931, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on 19 July 2007, retrieved 28 September 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved 24 September 2013
  6. ^ 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 27 September 2013, retrieved 24 September 2013