1952 International Cross Country Championships
Organisers	ICCU
Edition	39th
Date	22 March
Host city	Hamilton, Scotland
Venue	Hamilton Park
Events	1
Distances	9 mi (14.5 km)
Participation	63 athletes from 7 nations
← 1951 Caerleon 1953 Vincennes →

The 1952 International Cross Country Championships was held in Hamilton, Scotland, at the Hamilton Park on 22 March 1952. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald. ^[1]

Complete results, ^[2] medallists, ^[3] and the results of British athletes ^[4] were published.

Medallists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual
Men 9 mi (14.5 km)	Alain Mimoun   France	48:19	Marcel Vandewattyne   Belgium	49:02	Abdelkader Driss   France	49:06
Team
Men	France	35	England	64	Belgium	126

Individual Race Results

Men's (9 mi / 14.5 km)

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Alain Mimoun	France	48:19
	Marcel Vandewattyne	Belgium	49:02
	Abdelkader Driss	France	49:06
4	Walter Hesketh	England	49:19
5	Buenaventura Baldoma	Spain	49:27
6	Julien Soucours	France	49:35
7	Mohamed Hamza	France	49:44
8	Abdallah Ould Lamine	France	49:51
9	Frank Sando	England	49:53
10	Ali Ou Bassou	France	49:54
11	Frank Aaron	England	50:02
12	Fred Norris	England	50:08
13	Geoff Saunders	England	50:11
14	Eddie Bannon	Scotland	50:18
15	Jim Peters	England	50:25
16	Ray Hatton	England
17	Maurits van Laere	Belgium	50:35
18	Roger Petitjean	France	50:35
19	Antonio Amoros	Spain	50:38
20	André Deschacht	Belgium	50:39
21	André Valdovinos	France
22	Ahmed Abdelkrim	France
23	Tommy Tracey	Scotland
24	Roger Serroels	Belgium
25	Andy Forbes	Scotland
26	Bobby Reid	Scotland
27	Dick Adams	England
28	Patsy Fitzgerald	Ireland
29	David Nelson	Scotland
30	Jean Simonet	Belgium
31	Pedro Sierra	Spain
32	Francisco Irizar	Spain
33	Jules Limbourg	Belgium
34	Charlie Robertson	Scotland
35	Charlie Owens	Ireland
36	Johnny Marshall	Ireland
37	Paul Huylebroeck	Belgium
38	Jaime Guixa	Spain
39	Edward Hardy	England
40	Jose Coll	Spain
41	John Doms	Belgium
42	Tom Wood	Wales
43	Joseph Deriemaeker	Belgium
44	Antonio Karamany	Spain
45	Tom Stevenson	Scotland
46	Gregorio Rojo	Spain
47	Don Appleby	Ireland
48	J. McClelland	Ireland
49	W.A. Robertson	Ireland
50	Doug Rees	Wales
51	Dyfrigg Rees	Wales
52	Archie Gibson	Scotland
53	George Phipps	Wales
54	Maldwyn White	Wales
55	Eddie Wilson	Ireland
56	Alan Anderson	Ireland
57	John Edwards	Wales
58	William Butcher	Wales
59	Brendan Twamley	Ireland
60	José Quesada	Spain
61	Norman Wilson	Wales
62	Ian Binnie	Scotland
63	Anthony Noonan	Wales

Team Results

Men's

Rank	Country	Team	Points
1	France	Alain Mimoun Abdelkader Driss Julien Soucours Mohamed Hamza Abdallah Ould Lamine Ali Ou Bassou	35
2	England	Walter Hesketh Frank Sando Frank Aaron Fred Norris Geoff Saunders Jim Peters	64
3	Belgium	Marcel Vandewattyne Maurits van Laere André Deschacht Roger Serroels Jean Simonet Jules Limbourg	126
4	Scotland	Eddie Bannon Tommy Tracey Andy Forbes Bobby Reid David Nelson Charlie Robertson	151
5	Spain	Buenaventura Baldoma Antonio Amoros Pedro Sierra Francisco Irizar Jaime Guixa Jose Coll	165
6	Ireland	Patsy Fitzgerald Charlie Owens Johnny Marshall Don Appleby J. McClelland W.A. Robertson	243
7	Wales	Tom Wood Doug Rees Dyfrigg Rees George Phipps Maldwyn White John Edwards	307

Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 63 athletes from 7 countries.

See also

• 1952 in athletics (track and field)

References