1950 International Cross Country Championships
Individual Race Results -- Men 's ( 9 mi / 14.5 km )
Table:
Rank
Athlete
Nationality
Time

Lucien Theys
Belgium
45:42

Alain Mimoun
France
45:50

Mohamed Hamza
France
46:00

4
Frank Aaron
England
46:09

5
Marcel Vandewattyne
Belgium
46:10

6
Buenaventura Baldoma
Spain
46:32

7
Alec Olney
England
46:35

8
Roger Petitjean
France
46:38

9
André Nollet
France
46:42

10
Mohamed Brahim
France
46:45

11
Charles Cérou
France
46:50

12
John Doms
Belgium
46:53

13
René Tessier
France
47:07

14
Geoff Saunders
England
47:09

15
Maurits van Laere
Belgium
47:11

16
August Sutter
Switzerland
47:12

17
Len Eyre
England
47:15

18
Reg Gosney
England
47:20

19
Pedro Sierra
Spain
47:23

20
Frans Herman
Belgium
47:34

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Lucien Theys ( 25 February 1927 - 19 January 1996 ) was a Belgian long-distance runner who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics . He was the winner of the 1950 International Cross Country Championships .
Belgium , [ A ] officially the Kingdom of Belgium , is a country in Western Europe . It is bordered by the Netherlands to the north , Germany to the east , Luxembourg to the southeast , France to the southwest , and the North Sea to the northwest . It covers an area of 30,689 km2 ( 11,849 sq mi ) and has a population of more than 11.5 million , making it the 22nd most densely populated country in the world and the 6th most densely populated country in Europe , with a density of 376 per square kilometre ( 970/sq mi ) . The capital and largest city is Brussels ; other major cities are Antwerp , Ghent , Charleroi and Liège . The sovereign state is a federal constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system . Its institutional organization is complex and is structured on both regional and linguistic grounds . It is divided into three highly autonomous regions : the Flemish Region in the north , Wallonia in the south , and the Brussels-Capital Region . Brussels is the smallest and most densely populated region , as well as the richest region in terms of GDP per capita . Belgium is home to two main linguistic groups or communities : the Dutch-speaking Flemish Community , which constitutes about 60 percent of the population , and the French-speaking Community , which comprises about 40 percent of all Belgians . A small German-speaking Community , numbering around one percent , exists in the East Cantons . The Brussels-Capital Region is officially bilingual ( French and Dutch ) , although French is the dominant language . Belgium 's linguistic diversity and related political conflicts are reflected in its political history and complex system of governance , made up of six different governments .
Alain Mimoun ( 1 January 1921 - 27 June 2013 ) was an Algerian-born French long-distance runner who competed in track events , cross-country running and the marathon . He was the 1956 Olympic champion in the marathon . He is the most bemedalled French athletics sportsperson in history . In 1999 , readers of the French athletics magazine Athlétisme Magazine voted him as the French Athlete of the 20th Century . On the track Mimoun won three Olympic silver medals , finishing second behind Emil Zátopek in the 10,000 metres final in 1948 and again second behind him in both the 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres finals in 1952 . He was also the silver medallist in both events behind Zátopek at the 1950 European Athletics Championships . From 1949 to 1958 , he won four individual gold medals and two individual silver medals at the International Cross Country Championships . He was a four-time gold medallist at the Mediterranean Games , completing the 5,000 m/10,000 m double in both 1951 and 1955 . Born in Algeria , Mimoun fought military battles for France and the Western Allies during World War II . He settled in metropolitan France shortly after leaving the French army . Overall , he represented France in four consecutive Olympic Games from 1948 to 1960 . He competed internationally for France on 86 occasions .
France ( French : [ fʁɑ̃s ] ( listen ) ) , officially the French Republic ( French : République française , pronounced [ ʁepyblik fʁɑ̃sɛːz ] ( listen ) ) , is a country whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe and several overseas regions and territories . [ XIII ] The metropolitan area of France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea , and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean . It is bordered by Belgium , Luxembourg and Germany to the northeast , Switzerland and Italy to the east , and Andorra and Spain to the south . The overseas territories include French Guiana in South America and several islands in the Atlantic , Pacific and Indian oceans . The country 's 18 integral regions ( five of which are situated overseas ) span a combined area of 643,801 square kilometres ( 248,573 sq mi ) and a total population of 67.02 million ( as of July 2019 [ update ] ) . France is a unitary semi-presidential republic with its capital in Paris , the country 's largest city and main cultural and commercial centre . Other major urban areas include Lyon , Marseille , Toulouse , Bordeaux , Lille and Nice . France , including its overseas territories , has the most number of time zones of any country , with a total of 12 . During the Iron Age , what is now metropolitan France was inhabited by the Gauls , a Celtic people . Rome annexed the area in 51 BC , holding it until the arrival of Germanic Franks in 476 , who formed the Kingdom of Francia . The Treaty of Verdun of 843 partitioned Francia into East Francia , Middle Francia and West Francia . West Francia , which became the Kingdom of France in 987 , emerged as a major European power in the Late Middle Ages , following its victory in the Hundred Years ' War ( 1337-1453 ) .
Mohamed Hamza ( born 11 September 2000 ) is an Egyptian fencer and student at Princeton University . He competed in the men 's team foil event at the 2016 Summer Olympics . Major achievements are : multiple silver and bronze medals at Cadet ( U-17 ) and Junior ( U-20 ) World Cups , Cadet African Champion , three time Junior African Champion , gold and silver in the 2019 Senior African Championships , bronze medal at the 2019 Junior World Championships , finishing as the world # 1 fencer in Junior Men 's Foil for the 2018/19 season .
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom . It shares land borders with Wales to the west and Scotland to the north . The Irish Sea lies west of England and the Celtic Sea to the southwest . England is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south . The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain , which lies in the North Atlantic , and includes over 100 smaller islands , such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight . It is the largest country of British Isles . The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Palaeolithic period , but takes its name from the Angles , a Germanic tribe deriving its name from the Anglia peninsula , who settled during the 5th and 6th centuries . England became a unified state in the 10th century , and since the Age of Discovery , which began during the 15th century , has had a significant cultural and legal impact on the wider world . The English language , the Anglican Church , and English law - the basis for the common law legal systems of many other countries around the world - developed in England , and the country 's parliamentary system of government has been widely adopted by other nations . The Industrial Revolution began in 18th-century England , transforming its society into the world 's first industrialised nation . England 's terrain is chiefly low hills and plains , especially in central and southern England . However , there is upland and mountainous terrain in the north ( for example , the Lake District and Pennines ) and in the west ( for example , Dartmoor and the Shropshire Hills ) .
Marcel Vandewattyne ( 7 July 1924 - 18 September 2009 ) was a Belgian long-distance runner who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics .
Spain ( Spanish : España [ esˈpaɲa ] ( listen ) ) , officially the Kingdom of Spain ( Spanish : Reino de España ) , [ a ] [ b ] is a country in Southwestern Europe with some pockets of Spanish territory across the Strait of Gibraltar and the Atlantic Ocean . Its continental European territory is situated on the Iberian Peninsula . Its territory also includes two archipelagoes : the Canary Islands off the coast of Africa , and the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea . The African enclaves of Ceuta , Melilla , and Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera make Spain the only European country to have a physical border with an African country ( Morocco ) . [ h ] Several small islands in the Alboran Sea are also part of Spanish territory . The country 's mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea except for a small land boundary with Gibraltar ; to the north and northeast by France , Andorra , and the Bay of Biscay ; and to the west and northwest by Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean . With an area of 505,990 km2 ( 195,360 sq mi ) , Spain is the largest country in Southern Europe , the second largest country in Western Europe and the European Union , and the fourth largest country in the European continent . By population ( about 47 million ) , Spain is the sixth largest in Europe and the fifth in the European Union . Spain 's capital and largest city is Madrid ; other major urban areas include Barcelona , Valencia , Seville , Zaragoza , Málaga and Bilbao . Modern humans first arrived in the Iberian Peninsula around 35,000 years ago . Iberian cultures along with ancient Phoenician , Greek , Celtic and Carthaginian settlements developed on the peninsula until it came under Roman rule around 200 BCE , after which the region was named Hispania , based on the earlier Phoenician name Sp ( a ) n or Spania . At the end of the Western Roman Empire the Germanic tribal confederations migrated from Central Europe , invaded the Iberian peninsula and established relatively independent realms in its western provinces , including the Suebi , Alans and Vandals .
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John Doms ( 5 November 1924 in Waarloos - 27 June 2013 in Duffel ) was a Belgian long-distance runner who competed in cross country running and the steeplechase . His greatest achievements came at the International Cross Country Championships ( the precursor to the world championship ) . He became Belgium 's first ever winner of the event in 1948 , leading the Belgian men to the team title as well . He returned four times further , taking 12th in both 1949 and 1950 , before sinking out of the top twenty at the two following year 's races . He shared in the team silver medal in both 1950 and 1951 . His Belgian team contemporaries included Marcel Vandewattyne and Lucien Theys . He was born in Waarloos , Antwerp Province and died in Duffel . He represented Belgium at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London , running in the steeplechase , though he was eliminated in qualifying . He represented Belgium on the track at one further major competition - he placed ninth in the 10,000 metres at the 1950 European Athletics Championships .
Geoffrey Boothby Geoff Saunders ( born 25 January 1929 ) is an English former cross country runner . He represented England four times at the International Cross Country Championships from 1949 to 1952 and was the winner of the race in 1951 , leading England to the team gold . He shared in the minor team medals in his other three outings . He grew up around the Lake District , having moved the due to wartime evacuation . He took up cross country running there and attended Repton School . He ran for Derby & County Athletic Club before moving to Bolton at the age of seventeen , as his father began working as a doctor there , and joined Bolton Harriers . He joined the army , rising to lieutenant , and he won army running titles on the track and in cross country . He retired from the sport in 1953 at the age of 24 as his job at a chemists required him to work weekends . At the International Cross Country Championships he was England 's top finisher in fifth in 1949 , leading the English men ( including Frank Aaron and Len Eyre ) to second in the team rankings behind France . He dropped to 14th the following year , with Aaron replacing him as England 's leader . The bronze medal-winning team also included Alec Olney and Eyre . Aaron and Olney were in the International champion team of 1951 , as was Walter Hesketh - a regional rival of Saunders ' .
Switzerland , officially the Swiss Confederation , is a country situated in the confluence of western , central , and southern Europe . [ note 4 ] It is a federal republic composed of 26 cantons , with federal authorities seated in Bern . [ note 1 ] Switzerland is a landlocked country bordered by Italy to the south , France to the west , Germany to the north , and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east . It is geographically divided among the Swiss Plateau , the Alps , and the Jura , spanning a total area of 41,285 km2 ( 15,940 sq mi ) , and land area of 39,997 km2 ( 15,443 sq mi ) . While the Alps occupy the greater part of the territory , the Swiss population of approximately 8.5 million is concentrated mostly on the plateau , where the largest cities are located , among them the two global cities and economic centres of Zürich and Geneva . The establishment of the Old Swiss Confederacy dates to the late medieval period , resulting from a series of military successes against Austria and Burgundy . Swiss independence from the Holy Roman Empire was formally recognized in the Peace of Westphalia in 1648 . The Federal Charter of 1291 is considered the founding document of Switzerland which is celebrated on Swiss National Day . Since the Reformation of the 16th century , Switzerland has maintained a strong policy of armed neutrality ; it has not fought an international war since 1815 and did not join the United Nations until 2002 . Nevertheless , it pursues an active foreign policy and is frequently involved in peace-building processes around the world . Switzerland is the birthplace of the Red Cross , one of the world 's oldest and best known humanitarian organisations , and is home to numerous international organisations , including the second largest UN office . It is a founding member of the European Free Trade Association , but notably not part of the European Union , the European Economic Area or the Eurozone .
Leonard Len Eyre , ( 27 November 1925 - 1986 ) was an English middle- and long-distance runner who won gold and silver medals at the British Empire Games . He was born in Sheffield and was a member of the Harehills Harriers athletics club , Leeds . At the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland he won the gold medal in the 3 miles/5000 metres event , having not regularly competed at that distance and he finished second to Bill Parnell of Canada in the 1 mile event . He competed in the 1500 metres at the 1952 Summer Olympic Games in Helsinki , but was eliminated in the heats . He then moved to longer distances . He last competed internationally in 1953 in a Great Britain v Sweden match in which he was 3rd in the 5000 metres . He died aged 60 in 1986 .