1973 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

1973 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	1st
Date	March 17
Host city	Waregem, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Location	Hippodroom Waregem
Nations participating	21
Athletes participating	286
Races	3
Distances	12 km – Senior men 7 km – Junior men 4 km – Senior women
← 1972 Cambridge 1974 Monza →

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]

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	Belgium	109	Soviet Union	119	New Zealand	136
Junior men	Spain	18	Italy	22	England	24
Senior women	England	40	Finland	73	United States	90

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
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
01 !	Pekka Päivärinta	Finland	35:46.4
02 !	Mariano Haro	Spain	35:46.5
03 !	Rod Dixon	New Zealand	36:00
4	Tapio Kantanen	Finland	36:05
5	Willy Polleunis	Belgium	36:05
6	Roger Clark	England	36:08
7	Juan Hidalgo	Spain	36:12
8	Gaston Roelants	Belgium	36:13
9	Nikolay Sviridov	Soviet Union	36:19
10	Noel Tijou	France	36:21
11	Grenville Tuck	England	36:24
12	Dick Tayler	New Zealand	36:26
Full results

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

Belgium

Willy Polleunis	5
Gaston Roelants	8
Eric de Beck	18
Erik Gijselinck	19
Karel Lismont	28
Marc Smet	31
(Edgard Salvé)	(40)
(Herman Parmentier)	(98)

109

Soviet Union

Nikolay Sviridov	9
Pavel Andreyev	17
Nikolay Puklakov	21
Boris Olyanitskiy	22
Valentin Zotov	23
Vladimir Merkushin	27
(Petras Simonelis)	(53)
(Vadim Mokalov)	(73)

119

New Zealand

Rod Dixon	3
Dick Tayler	12
Bryan Rose	14
Euan Robertson	15
Eddie Gray	38
Nathan Healey	54
(John Sheddan)	(59)
(Howard Healey)	(130)

136

Finland

180

England

181

Spain

260

France

273

Scotland

291

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
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
01 !	Jim Brown	Scotland	20:52.8
02 !	José Haro	Spain	21:00.6
03 !	Léon Schots	Belgium	21:07.2
4	Franco Fava	Italy	21:15.2
5	Aldo Tomasini	Italy	21:27.6
6	Dennis Coates	England	21:27.6
7	José Luis Ruiz	Spain	21:32.2
8	Barry Smith	England	21:32.3
9	Fernando Cerrada	Spain	21:45
10	Tony Staynings	England	21:49
11	Reinosa Miramontes	Spain	21:49
12	Neil Coupland	England	21:49.1
Full results

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

Spain

José Haro	2
José Luis Ruiz	7
Fernando Cerrada	9
(Reinosa Miramontes)	(11)

Italy

Franco Fava	4
Aldo Tomasini	5
Luca Bigatello	13
(Enrico Cantoreggi)	(19)
(Gabriele Beretta)	(25)

England

Dennis Coates	6
Barry Smith	8
Tony Staynings	10
(Neil Coupland)	(12)
(Philip Jeffrey)	(18)

Scotland

France

Belgium

Ireland

Switzerland

100

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
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
01 !	Paola Pigni	Italy	13:45.2
02 !	Joyce Smith	England	13:58
03 !	Josee van Santberghe	Belgium	14:01
4	Rita Ridley	England	14:02
5	Sinikka Tyynelä	Finland	14:09
6	Jean Lochhead	Wales	14:12
7	Marijke Moser	Switzerland	14:13
8	Irja Pettinen	Finland	14:14
9	Anne Garrett	New Zealand	14:15
10	Nina Holmén	Finland	14:16
11	Annie van den Kerkhof	Netherlands	14:20
12	Marleen Mols	Belgium	14:21
Full results

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

England

Joyce Smith	2
Rita Ridley	4
Penny Yule	14
Carol Gould	20
(Barbara Banks)	(23)
(Norine Braithwaite)	(37)

Finland

Sinikka Tyynelä	5
Irja Pettinen	8
Nina Holmén	10
Aila Koivistoinen	50

United States

Doris Brown	15
Francie Larrieu	16
Vicki Foltz	29
Caroline Walker	30
(Valerie Eberley)	(32)
(Katy McIntyre)	(40)

Italy

West Germany

New Zealand

103

Belgium

107

Ireland

115

Full results

Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Medal table (unofficial)

The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Spain	1	2	0	3
2	England	1	1	1	3
3	Finland	1	1	0	2
3	Italy	1	1	0	2
5	Belgium	1	0	2	3
6	Scotland	1	0	0	1
7	Soviet Union	0	1	0	1
8	New Zealand	0	0	2	2
9	United States	0	0	1	1
Total		6	6	6	18

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.

Belgium (19)
Canada (1)
Denmark (9)
England (20)
Finland (13)
France (20)
Ireland (20)

Italy (19)
Morocco (14)
Netherlands (16)
New Zealand (14)
Northern Ireland (12)
Portugal (14)
Scotland (20)

References

↑ 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
↑ Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 12.0km CC Men - Waregem Date: Saturday, March 17, 1973, Athchamps (archived), retrieved October 9, 2013
↑ Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 7.0km CC Men - Waregem Date: Saturday, March 17, 1973, Athchamps (archived), retrieved October 9, 2013
↑ IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 4.0km CC Women - Waregem Date: Saturday, March 17, 1973, Athchamps (archived), March 24, 2007, retrieved October 9, 2013
↑ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
↑ 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, retrieved October 9, 2013

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See also: International Cross Country Championships (1903–1972)

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See also: Modern pentathlon • International Cross Country Championships (1903–1972)

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