1973 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

The 1973 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Waregem, Belgium, at the Hippodroom Waregem on March 17, 1973. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.[1]

1973 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition1st
DateMarch 17
Host cityWaregem, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
VenueHippodroom Waregem
Events3
Distances12 km – Senior men
7 km – Junior men
4 km – Senior women
Participation286 athletes from
21 nations

Complete results for men,[2] junior men,[3] women,[4] medallists, [5] and the results of British athletes[6] were published.

Medallists
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual
Senior men
(12 km)		 Pekka Päivärinta
 Finland		35:46.4 Mariano Haro
 Spain		35:46.5 Rod Dixon
 New Zealand		36:00
Junior men
(7 km)		 Jim Brown
 Scotland		20:52.8 José Haro
 Spain		21:00.6 Léon Schots
 Belgium		21:07.2
Senior women
(4 km)		 Paola Pigni
 Italy		13:45.2 Joyce Smith
 England		13:58 Josee van Santberghe
 Belgium		14:01
Team
Senior men  Belgium109  Soviet Union119  New Zealand136
Junior men  Spain18  Italy22  England24
Senior women  England40  Finland73  United States90

Race results

Senior men's race (12 km)
For full event details see 1973 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
Individual race
RankAthleteCountryTime
Pekka Päivärinta Finland35:46.4
Mariano Haro Spain35:46.5
Rod Dixon New Zealand36:00
4Tapio Kantanen Finland36:05
5Willy Polleunis Belgium36:05
6Roger Clark England36:08
7Juan Hidalgo Spain36:12
8Gaston Roelants Belgium36:13
9Nikolay Sviridov Soviet Union36:19
10Noel Tijou France36:21
11Grenville Tuck England36:24
12Dick Tayler New Zealand36:26
Full results
Teams
RankTeamPoints
 Belgium
Willy Polleunis5
Gaston Roelants8
Eric de Beck18
Erik Gijselinck19
Karel Lismont28
Marc Smet31
(Edgard Salvé)(40)
(Herman Parmentier)(98)
 109
 Soviet Union
Nikolay Sviridov9
Pavel Andreyev17
Nikolay Puklakov21
Boris Olyanitskiy22
Valentin Zotov23
Vladimir Merkushin27
(Petras Simonelis)(53)
(Vadim Mokalov)(73)
 119
 New Zealand
Rod Dixon3
Dick Tayler12
Bryan Rose14
Euan Robertson15
Eddie Gray38
Nathan Healey54
(John Sheddan)(59)
(Howard Healey)(130)
 136
4 Finland180
5 England181
6 Spain260
7 France273
8 Scotland291
Full results
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Junior men's race (7 km)
For full event details see 1973 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
Individual race
RankAthleteCountryTime
Jim Brown Scotland20:52.8
José Haro Spain21:00.6
Léon Schots Belgium21:07.2
4Franco Fava Italy21:15.2
5Aldo Tomasini Italy21:27.6
6Dennis Coates England21:27.6
7José Luis Ruiz Spain21:32.2
8Barry Smith England21:32.3
9Fernando Cerrada Spain21:45
10Tony Staynings England21:49
11Reinosa Miramontes Spain21:49
12Neil Coupland England21:49.1
Full results
Teams
RankTeamPoints
 Spain
José Haro2
José Luis Ruiz7
Fernando Cerrada9
(Reinosa Miramontes)(11)
 18
 Italy
Franco Fava4
Aldo Tomasini5
Luca Bigatello13
(Enrico Cantoreggi)(19)
(Gabriele Beretta)(25)
 22
 England
Dennis Coates6
Barry Smith8
Tony Staynings10
(Neil Coupland)(12)
(Philip Jeffrey)(18)
 24
4 Scotland32
5 France55
6 Belgium57
7 Ireland89
8  Switzerland100
Full results
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Senior women's race (4 km)
For full event details see 1973 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
Individual race
RankAthleteCountryTime
Paola Pigni Italy13:45.2
Joyce Smith England13:58
Josee van Santberghe Belgium14:01
4Rita Ridley England14:02
5Sinikka Tyynelä Finland14:09
6Jean Lochhead Wales14:12
7Marijke Moser  Switzerland14:13
8Irja Pettinen Finland14:14
9Anne Garrett New Zealand14:15
10Nina Holmén Finland14:16
11Annie van de Kerkhof Netherlands14:20
12Marleen Mols Belgium14:21
Full results
Teams
RankTeamPoints
 England
Joyce Smith2
Rita Ridley4
Penny Yule14
Carol Gould20
(Barbara Banks)(23)
(Norine Braithwaite)(37)
 40
 Finland
Sinikka Tyynelä5
Irja Pettinen8
Nina Holmén10
Aila Koivistoinen50
 73
 United States
Doris Brown15
Francie Larrieu16
Vicki Foltz29
Caroline Walker30
(Valerie Eberley)(32)
(Katy McIntyre)(40)
 90
4 Italy96
5 West Germany99
6 New Zealand103
7 Belgium107
8 Ireland115
Full results
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Medal table (unofficial)

  *   Host nation (Belgium)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Spain1203
2 England1113
3 Finland1102
 Italy1102
5 Belgium*1023
6 Scotland1001
7 Soviet Union0101
8 New Zealand0022
9 United States0011
Totals (9 nations)66618
  • Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal.

Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 286 athletes from 21 countries.

See also

References
  1. Marshall, Ron (March 19, 1973), 'Brawn' breaks clear and lives up his name - A goodly ration of champagne in their hotel here last night, strictly speaking to celebrate Jim Brown's crushing win in the junior race, washed away much of the bitterness and frustration that had clung for several hours to the Scottish Senior cross country team..., Glasgow Herald, p. 2, retrieved October 9, 2013
  2. Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 12.0km CC Men - Waregem Date: Saturday, March 17, 1973, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 9, 2013CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  3. Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 7.0km CC Men - Waregem Date: Saturday, March 17, 1973, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 9, 2013CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  4. IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 4.0km CC Women - Waregem Date: Saturday, March 17, 1973, Athchamps (archived), March 24, 2007, archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 9, 2013CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  5. IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 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. 2ff, archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2013, retrieved October 9, 2013
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