1973 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

The Senior men's race at 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]

Senior men's race at the 1973 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition1st
DateMarch 17
Host cityWaregem, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
VenueHippodroom Waregem
Events1
Distances11.98 km – Senior men
Participation156 athletes from
19 nations

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

Race results

Senior men's race (11.98 km)

Individual
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
13Norman Morrison Scotland36:31
14Bryan Rose New Zealand36:38
15Euan Robertson New Zealand36:45
16Egbert Nijstad Netherlands36:46
17Pavel Andreyev Soviet Union36:47
18Eric de Beck Belgium
19Erik Gijselinck Belgium
20Abdelkader Zaddem Tunisia
21Nikolay Puklakov Soviet Union
22Boris Olyanitskiy Soviet Union
23Valentin Zotov Soviet Union
24Carlos Lopes Portugal
25Eddie Leddy Ireland36:56
26Malcolm Thomas Wales
27Vladimir Merkushin Soviet Union
28Karel Lismont Belgium
29Steve Kenyon England
30Andrew McKean Scotland
31Marc Smet Belgium
32Tony Simmons England
33Bernie Plain Wales
34Seppo Tuominen Finland
35Giuseppe Cindolo Italy
36Santiago de la Parte Spain
37Adelaziz Bouguerra Tunisia
38Eddie Gray New Zealand
39Roelof Veld Netherlands
40Edgard Salvé Belgium
41Pierre Liardet France
42Mike Baxter England
43Seppo Nikkari Finland
44Detlef Uhlemann West Germany
45Lachie Stewart Scotland
46Bernard Caraby France
47Olavi Suomalainen Finland
48Haico Scharn Netherlands
49Daniel Fossé France
50Dennis Fowles Wales
51Pekka Tiihonen Finland
52John van der Wansem Netherlands
53Petras Simonelis Soviet Union
54Nathan Healey New Zealand
55John Jones Wales
56Gerd Frähmcke West Germany
57Jim Alder Scotland
58José Maiz Spain
59John Sheddan New Zealand
60Risto Ala-Korpi Finland
61Ricky Wilde England
62Jean-Yves Le Flohic France
63Donal Walsh Ireland
64John McLaughlin Northern Ireland
65René Jourdan France
66Mohamed Ben Abdelsalem Morocco
67Danny McDaid Ireland
68Cherif Hannchi Tunisia
69Paddy Coyle Ireland
70Bill Robinson England
71Fernand Kolbeck France
72Adrian Weatherhead Scotland
73Vadim Mokalov Soviet Union
74Ian Gilmour Scotland
75Mike Beevor England
76Renato Martini Italy
77Mansour Guettaya Tunisia
78Saturnino Arcones Spain
79Javier Álvarez Spain
80Franco Veronese Italy
81Jean-Paul Gomez France
82Miloud Chenna Morocco
83John Myatt Scotland
84Tom O'Riordan Ireland
85Dick Crowley Ireland
86Bernie Ford England
87Albrecht Moser  Switzerland
88Wilhelm Jungbluth West Germany
89Tony Ashton Wales
90Gaetano Pusterla Italy
91Hamdouni Sghaier Tunisia
92David Hopkins Wales
93Moumoh Haddou Morocco
94Karl-Heinz Betz West Germany
95Mohamed Benbaraka Morocco
96Luigi Zarcone Italy
97Gabriele Barbaro Italy
98Herman Parmentier Belgium
99Labidi Ayachi Tunisia
100Gerry Hannon Northern Ireland
101Amakdouf Layachi Morocco
102Ruben San Martin Spain
103Ludwig Niedermeier West Germany
104Esa Laitinen Finland
105David Logue Northern Ireland
106Clive Thomas Wales
107Dahou Belghazi Morocco
108Anacleto Pinto Portugal
109Eddie Spillane Ireland
110Brunello Bertolin Italy
111Mustapha Oulghazi Morocco
112Gérard Vervoort France
113Julio Marujo Portugal
114Mike Critchley Wales
115Colin Falconer Scotland
116Americo Barros Portugal
117Pat Gilseman Ireland
118Hussein Soltani Tunisia
119Aniceto Simoes Portugal
120Dick Wedlock Scotland
121Piet Vonck Netherlands
122Cidalio Caetano Portugal
123Falko Will West Germany
124Geert Jansen Netherlands
125Roy Kernoghan Northern Ireland
126Ian Morrison Northern Ireland
127Mohamed Sghir Morocco
128Brian Donovan Wales
129Mario Binato Italy
130Howard Healey New Zealand
131Jos Hermens Netherlands
132Abdelkrim Djelassi Tunisia
133Vasco Pereira Portugal
134Fernando Fernandez Spain
135Peter Helmer Denmark
136Armando Aldegalega Portugal
137Tom Annett Northern Ireland
138Arne Stigsen Denmark
139Jean-Pierre Berset  Switzerland
140Hans Ruiter Netherlands
141Jim McGuinness Northern Ireland
142Jörgen Trangbaek Denmark
143Erik Laursen Denmark
144Bent Larsson Denmark
145Dan Engell Denmark
146Gerd Larsen Denmark
147Dan Michaelsen Denmark
148Arne Möller Denmark
–Neil Cusack IrelandDNF
–Fernando Mamede PortugalDNF
–Umberto Risi ItalyDNF
–Willi Wagner West GermanyDNF
–Julio Gude SpainDNF
–Wolfgang Krüger West GermanyDNF
–Haddou Jaddour MoroccoDNF
–Esko Lipsonen FinlandDNF

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 Finland
Pekka Päivärinta1
Tapio Kantanen4
Seppo Tuominen34
Seppo Nikkari43
Olavi Suomalainen47
Pekka Tiihonen51
(Risto Ala-Korpi)(60)
(Esa Laitinen)(104)
(Esko Lipsonen)(DNF)
 180
5 England
Roger Clark6
Grenville Tuck11
Steve Kenyon29
Tony Simmons32
Mike Baxter42
Ricky Wilde61
(Bill Robinson)(70)
(Mike Beevor)(75)
(Bernie Ford)(86)
 181
6 Spain
Mariano Haro2
Juan Hidalgo7
Santiago de la Parte36
José Maiz58
Saturnino Arcones78
Javier Alvarez79
(Ruben San Martin)(102)
(Fernando Fernandez)(134)
(Julio Gude)(DNF)
 260
7 France
Noel Tijou10
Pierre Liardet41
Bernard Caraby46
Daniel Fossé49
Jean-Yves Le Flohic62
René Jourdan65
(Fernand Kolbeck)(71)
(Jean-Paul Gomez)(81)
(Gérard Vervoort)(112)
 273
8 Scotland
Norman Morrison13
Andrew McKean30
Lachie Stewart45
Jim Alder57
Adrian Weatherhead72
Ian Gilmour74
(John Myatt)(83)
(Colin Falconer)(115)
(Dick Wedlock)(120)
 291
9 Wales
Malcolm Thomas26
Bernie Plain33
Dennis Fowles50
John Jones55
Tony Ashton89
David Hopkins92
(Clive Thomas)(106)
(Mike Critchley)(114)
(Brian Donovan)(128)
 345
10 Tunisia
Abdelkader Zaddem20
Adelaziz Bouguerra37
Cherif Hannchi68
Mansour Guettaya77
Hamdouni Sghaier91
Labidi Ayachi99
(Hussein Soltani)(118)
(Abdelkrim Djelassi)(132)
 392
11 Ireland
Eddie Leddy25
Donal Walsh63
Danny McDaid67
Paddy Coyle69
Tom O'Riordan84
Dick Crowley85
(Eddie Spillane)(109)
(Pat Gilseman)(117)
(Neil Cusack)(DNF)
 393
12 Netherlands
Egbert Nijstad16
Roelof Veld39
Haico Scharn48
John van der Wansem52
Piet Vonck121
Geert Jansen124
(Jos Hermens)(131)
(Hans Ruiter)(140)
 400
13 Italy
Giuseppe Cindolo35
Renato Martini76
Franco Veronese80
Gaetano Pusterla90
Luigi Zarcone96
Gabriele Barbaro97
(Brunello Bertolin)(110)
(Mario Binato)(129)
(Umberto Risi)(DNF)
 474
14 West Germany
Detlef Uhlemann44
Gerd Frähmcke56
Wilhelm Jungbluth88
Karl-Heinz Betz94
Ludwig Niedermeier103
Falko Will123
(Willi Wagner)(DNF)
(Wolfgang Krüger)(DNF)
 508
15 Morocco
Mohamed Ben Abdelsalem66
Miloud Chenna82
Moumoh Haddou93
Mohamed Benbaraka95
Amakdouf Layachi101
Dahou Belghazi107
(Mustapha Oulghazi)(111)
(Mohamed Sghir)(127)
(Haddou Jaddour)(DNF)
 544
16 Portugal
Carlos Lopes24
Anacleto Pinto108
Julio Marujo113
Americo Barros116
Aniceto Simoes119
Cidalio Caetano122
(Vasco Pereira)(133)
(Armando Aldegalega)(136)
(Fernando Mamede)(DNF)
 602
17 Northern Ireland
John McLaughlin64
Gerry Hannon100
David Logue105
Roy Kernoghan125
Ian Morrison126
Tom Annett137
(Jim McGuinness)(141)
 657
18 Denmark
Peter Helmer135
Arne Stigsen138
Jörgen Trangbaek142
Erik Laursen143
Bent Larsson144
Dan Engell145
(Gerd Larsen)(146)
(Dan Michaelsen)(147)
(Arne Möller)(148)
 847
  • Note: Athletes in parenthesis did not score for the team result

Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 156 athletes from 19 countries in the Senior men's race, one athlete less than the official number published.[4]

See also

References
  1. '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, March 19, 1973, 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. IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
  4. 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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