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 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

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
1st Pekka Päivärinta  Finland 35:46.4
2nd Mariano Haro  Spain 35:46.5
3rd 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
1st  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
2nd  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
3rd  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
4  Finland 180
5  England 181
6  Spain 260
7  France 273
8  Scotland 291
Full results

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
1st Jim Brown  Scotland 20:52.8
2nd José Haro  Spain 21:00.6
3rd 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
1st  Spain
José Haro 2
José Luis Ruiz 7
Fernando Cerrada 9
(Reinosa Miramontes) (11)
 18
2nd  Italy
Franco Fava 4
Aldo Tomasini 5
Luca Bigatello 13
(Enrico Cantoreggi) (19)
(Gabriele Beretta) (25)
 22
3rd  England
Dennis Coates 6
Barry Smith 8
Tony Staynings 10
(Neil Coupland) (12)
(Philip Jeffrey) (18)
 24
4  Scotland 32
5  France 55
6  Belgium 57
7  Ireland 89
8   Switzerland 100
Full results

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
1st Paola Pigni  Italy 13:45.2
2nd Joyce Smith  England 13:58
3rd 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
1st  England
Joyce Smith 2
Rita Ridley 4
Penny Yule 14
Carol Gould 20
(Barbara Banks) (23)
(Norine Braithwaite) (37)
 40
2nd  Finland
Sinikka Tyynelä 5
Irja Pettinen 8
Nina Holmén 10
Aila Koivistoinen 50
 73
3rd  United States
Doris Brown 15
Francie Larrieu 16
Vicki Foltz 29
Caroline Walker 30
(Valerie Eberley) (32)
(Katy McIntyre) (40)
 90
4  Italy 96
5  West Germany 99
6  New Zealand 103
7  Belgium 107
8  Ireland 115
Full results

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
 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

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), retrieved October 9, 2013
  3. ↑ 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
  4. ↑ IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 4.0km CC Women - Waregem Date: Saturday, March 17, 1973, Athchamps (archived), March 24, 2007, retrieved October 9, 2013
  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, retrieved October 9, 2013

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