1935 International Cross Country Championships Explained

The 1935 International Cross Country Championships was held in Auteuil, France, at the Hippodrome d'Auteuil on March 23. An unofficial women's championship was held in Morecambe, England on March 20, 1935, but only a report on the men's event was given in the Glasgow Herald.

Complete results for men, and for women (unofficial), medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.

Medallists

Individual
Men 9 mi (14.5 km)	Jack Holden	47:52	Bill Wylie	48:12	William Eaton	48:14
Women (unofficial) 1.9 mi (3.0 km)	Nellie Halstead	20:06	Lilian Styles	20:12	Esther Raven	20:18
Team
Men		30		84		102
Women (unofficial)		10		26

Individual Race Results

Men's (9 mi / 14.5 km)

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time
			47:52
			48:12
			48:14
4	Frank Close		48:20
5	Oscar van Rumst		48:25
6	Frank Marsland		48:26
7	Roland Walker		48:28
8	Harry Gallivan		48:33
9			48:55
10			49:04
11	Roger Rérolle		49:09
12			49:10
13			49:17
14			49:24
15	André-Louis Laforge		49:26
16	Robert Arnold		49:37
17	André Angeard		49:37
18	Jean Thierry		49:41
19	Willie Sutherland		49:43
20	Jack Potts		49:44
21	Jeronimo Joan		49:46
22	Macario Meneses		49:52
23			50:04
24	Victor Hamilton		50:07
25	Charles Poharec		50:11
26	W.A. McCune		50:17
27	Fernand Le Heurteur		50:22
28	James Freeland		50:24
29	Arthur Williams		50:26
30	Walter Hinde		50:28
31	Danny Phillips		50:30
32			50:36.2
33	Frans Vandersteen
34	Pedro Iradi
35	René van Broeck		50:46.2
36	Lucien Tostain		50:53
37	Ivor Brown		50:55
38	Louis Willemyns		51:00
39			51:15
40	Jean Coisne		51:20
41	Manuel Andreu
42	Charles Smith
43	Ernie Thomas
44	Santiago Coll
45	Francisco Cami
46	W.L. Raddon		51:30
47	Jackie Campbell		51:35
48	M. Gorman		51:40
49	Pat Blair
50	Oscar Naert
51	Luis Miro
52	Bob Patterson
53	Maurice Maréchal
54	James Montgomery
55	Victor Honorez
56	Georges Depotter		53:20
57	Johnny Glenholmes
58	Ken Harris
59	W. Gardiner
60	Cipriano Cilleruelo
—			DNF

Women's (1.9 mi / 3.0 km)

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time
			20:06
			20:12
			20:18
4	Nellie Bishop		21:16
5	Mary French		21:28
6	Gwendoline Camfield		21:31
7	Constantine Johnson		21:35
8	Jean Tait		21:39
9	Mildred Storrar		22:29
10	Barbara Anderson		22:36
11	Inglis Miller		23:34

Team Results

Men's

Rank	Country	Team	Points
1	align=left		align=left		30
2	align=left		align=left	Bill Wylie Alex Dow John Suttie Smith Jim Flockhart Willie Sutherland James Freeland	84
3	align=left		align=left	Roger Rérolle André-Louis Laforge Robert Arnold André Angeard Jean Thierry Charles Poharec	102
4	align=left		align=left	Harry Gallivan Arthur Williams Danny Phillips Ivor Brown Tom Richards Ernie Thomas	187
5	align=left		align=left	Oscar van Rumst Frans Vandersteen René van Broeck Louis Willemyns Jean Coisne Oscar Naert	201
6	align=left		align=left	Jeronimo Joan Macario Meneses Pedro Iradi Manuel Andreu Santiago Coll Francisco Cami	207
7	align=left		align=left	Victor Hamilton W.A. McCune M. Gorman Pat Blair Bob Patterson James Montgomery	253

Women's

Rank	Country	Team	Points
1	align=left		align=left	Nellie Halstead Lilian Styles Esther Raven Nellie Bishop	10
2	align=left		align=left	Constantine Johnson Jean Tait Mildred Storrar Barbara Anderson	26

Participation

Men's

An unofficial count yields the participation of 61 male athletes from 7 countries.

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Women's

An unofficial count yields the participation of 11 female athletes from 2 countries.

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See also

• 1935 in athletics (track and field)