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

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

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]

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

Race results

Senior men's race (11.98 km)

Individual

Rank Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Pekka Päivärinta  Finland 35:46.4
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mariano Haro  Spain 35:46.5
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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
13 Norman Morrison  Scotland 36:31
14 Bryan Rose  New Zealand 36:38
15 Euan Robertson  New Zealand 36:45
16 Egbert Nijstad  Netherlands 36:46
17 Pavel Andreyev  Soviet Union 36:47
18 Eric de Beck  Belgium
19 Erik Gijselinck  Belgium
20 Abdelkader Zaddem  Tunisia
21 Nikolay Puklakov  Soviet Union
22 Boris Olyanitskiy  Soviet Union
23 Valentin Zotov  Soviet Union
24 Carlos Lopes  Portugal
25 Eddie Leddy  Ireland 36:56
26 Malcolm Thomas  Wales
27 Vladimir Merkushin  Soviet Union
28 Karel Lismont  Belgium
29 Steve Kenyon  England
30 Andrew McKean  Scotland
31 Marc Smet  Belgium
32 Tony Simmons  England
33 Bernie Plain  Wales
34 Seppo Tuominen  Finland
35 Giuseppe Cindolo  Italy
36 Santiago de la Parte  Spain
37 Adelaziz Bouguerra  Tunisia
38 Eddie Gray  New Zealand
39 Roelof Veld  Netherlands
40 Edgard Salvé  Belgium
41 Pierre Liardet  France
42 Mike Baxter  England
43 Seppo Nikkari  Finland
44 Detlef Uhlemann  West Germany
45 Lachie Stewart  Scotland
46 Bernard Caraby  France
47 Olavi Suomalainen  Finland
48 Haico Scharn  Netherlands
49 Daniel Fossé  France
50 Dennis Fowles  Wales
51 Pekka Tiihonen  Finland
52 John van der Wansem  Netherlands
53 Petras Simonelis  Soviet Union
54 Nathan Healey  New Zealand
55 John Jones  Wales
56 Gerd Frähmcke  West Germany
57 Jim Alder  Scotland
58 José Maiz  Spain
59 John Sheddan  New Zealand
60 Risto Ala-Korpi  Finland
61 Ricky Wilde  England
62 Jean-Yves Le Flohic  France
63 Donal Walsh  Ireland
64 John McLaughlin  Northern Ireland
65 René Jourdan  France
66 Mohamed Ben Abdelsalem  Morocco
67 Danny McDaid  Ireland
68 Cherif Hannchi  Tunisia
69 Paddy Coyle  Ireland
70 Bill Robinson  England
71 Fernand Kolbeck  France
72 Adrian Weatherhead  Scotland
73 Vadim Mokalov  Soviet Union
74 Ian Gilmour  Scotland
75 Mike Beevor  England
76 Renato Martini  Italy
77 Mansour Guettaya  Tunisia
78 Saturnino Arcones  Spain
79 Javier Álvarez  Spain
80 Franco Veronese  Italy
81 Jean-Paul Gomez  France
82 Miloud Chenna  Morocco
83 John Myatt  Scotland
84 Tom O'Riordan  Ireland
85 Dick Crowley  Ireland
86 Bernie Ford  England
87 Albrecht Moser   Switzerland
88 Wilhelm Jungbluth  West Germany
89 Tony Ashton  Wales
90 Gaetano Pusterla  Italy
91 Hamdouni Sghaier  Tunisia
92 David Hopkins  Wales
93 Moumoh Haddou  Morocco
94 Karl-Heinz Betz  West Germany
95 Mohamed Benbaraka  Morocco
96 Luigi Zarcone  Italy
97 Gabriele Barbaro  Italy
98 Herman Parmentier  Belgium
99 Labidi Ayachi  Tunisia
100 Gerry Hannon  Northern Ireland
101 Amakdouf Layachi  Morocco
102 Ruben San Martin  Spain
103 Ludwig Niedermeier  West Germany
104 Esa Laitinen  Finland
105 David Logue  Northern Ireland
106 Clive Thomas  Wales
107 Dahou Belghazi  Morocco
108 Anacleto Pinto  Portugal
109 Eddie Spillane  Ireland
110 Brunello Bertolin  Italy
111 Mustapha Oulghazi  Morocco
112 Gérard Vervoort  France
113 Julio Marujo  Portugal
114 Mike Critchley  Wales
115 Colin Falconer  Scotland
116 Americo Barros  Portugal
117 Pat Gilseman  Ireland
118 Hussein Soltani  Tunisia
119 Aniceto Simoes  Portugal
120 Dick Wedlock  Scotland
121 Piet Vonck  Netherlands
122 Cidalio Caetano  Portugal
123 Falko Will  West Germany
124 Geert Jansen  Netherlands
125 Roy Kernoghan  Northern Ireland
126 Ian Morrison  Northern Ireland
127 Mohamed Sghir  Morocco
128 Brian Donovan  Wales
129 Mario Binato  Italy
130 Howard Healey  New Zealand
131 Jos Hermens  Netherlands
132 Abdelkrim Djelassi  Tunisia
133 Vasco Pereira  Portugal
134 Fernando Fernandez  Spain
135 Peter Helmer  Denmark
136 Armando Aldegalega  Portugal
137 Tom Annett  Northern Ireland
138 Arne Stigsen  Denmark
139 Jean-Pierre Berset   Switzerland
140 Hans Ruiter  Netherlands
141 Jim McGuinness  Northern Ireland
142 Jörgen Trangbaek  Denmark
143 Erik Laursen  Denmark
144 Bent Larsson  Denmark
145 Dan Engell  Denmark
146 Gerd Larsen  Denmark
147 Dan Michaelsen  Denmark
148 Arne Möller  Denmark
– Neil Cusack  Ireland DNF
– Fernando Mamede  Portugal DNF
– Umberto Risi  Italy DNF
– Willi Wagner  West Germany DNF
– Julio Gude  Spain DNF
– Wolfgang Krüger  West Germany DNF
– Haddou Jaddour  Morocco DNF
– Esko Lipsonen  Finland DNF

Teams

Rank Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  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 place, silver medalist(s)  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 place, bronze medalist(s)  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
Pekka Päivärinta 1
Tapio Kantanen 4
Seppo Tuominen 34
Seppo Nikkari 43
Olavi Suomalainen 47
Pekka Tiihonen 51
(Risto Ala-Korpi) (60)
(Esa Laitinen) (104)
(Esko Lipsonen) (DNF)
180
5  England
Roger Clark 6
Grenville Tuck 11
Steve Kenyon 29
Tony Simmons 32
Mike Baxter 42
Ricky Wilde 61
(Bill Robinson) (70)
(Mike Beevor) (75)
(Bernie Ford) (86)
181
6  Spain
Mariano Haro 2
Juan Hidalgo 7
Santiago de la Parte 36
José Maiz 58
Saturnino Arcones 78
Javier Alvarez 79
(Ruben San Martin) (102)
(Fernando Fernandez) (134)
(Julio Gude) (DNF)
260
7  France
Noel Tijou 10
Pierre Liardet 41
Bernard Caraby 46
Daniel Fossé 49
Jean-Yves Le Flohic 62
René Jourdan 65
(Fernand Kolbeck) (71)
(Jean-Paul Gomez) (81)
(Gérard Vervoort) (112)
273
8  Scotland
Norman Morrison 13
Andrew McKean 30
Lachie Stewart 45
Jim Alder 57
Adrian Weatherhead 72
Ian Gilmour 74
(John Myatt) (83)
(Colin Falconer) (115)
(Dick Wedlock) (120)
291
9  Wales
Malcolm Thomas 26
Bernie Plain 33
Dennis Fowles 50
John Jones 55
Tony Ashton 89
David Hopkins 92
(Clive Thomas) (106)
(Mike Critchley) (114)
(Brian Donovan) (128)
345
10  Tunisia
Abdelkader Zaddem 20
Adelaziz Bouguerra 37
Cherif Hannchi 68
Mansour Guettaya 77
Hamdouni Sghaier 91
Labidi Ayachi 99
(Hussein Soltani) (118)
(Abdelkrim Djelassi) (132)
392
11  Ireland
Eddie Leddy 25
Donal Walsh 63
Danny McDaid 67
Paddy Coyle 69
Tom O'Riordan 84
Dick Crowley 85
(Eddie Spillane) (109)
(Pat Gilseman) (117)
(Neil Cusack) (DNF)
393
12  Netherlands
Egbert Nijstad 16
Roelof Veld 39
Haico Scharn 48
John van der Wansem 52
Piet Vonck 121
Geert Jansen 124
(Jos Hermens) (131)
(Hans Ruiter) (140)
400
13  Italy
Giuseppe Cindolo 35
Renato Martini 76
Franco Veronese 80
Gaetano Pusterla 90
Luigi Zarcone 96
Gabriele Barbaro 97
(Brunello Bertolin) (110)
(Mario Binato) (129)
(Umberto Risi) (DNF)
474
14  West Germany
Detlef Uhlemann 44
Gerd Frähmcke 56
Wilhelm Jungbluth 88
Karl-Heinz Betz 94
Ludwig Niedermeier 103
Falko Will 123
(Willi Wagner) (DNF)
(Wolfgang Krüger) (DNF)
508
15  Morocco
Mohamed Ben Abdelsalem 66
Miloud Chenna 82
Moumoh Haddou 93
Mohamed Benbaraka 95
Amakdouf Layachi 101
Dahou Belghazi 107
(Mustapha Oulghazi) (111)
(Mohamed Sghir) (127)
(Haddou Jaddour) (DNF)
544
16  Portugal
Carlos Lopes 24
Anacleto Pinto 108
Julio Marujo 113
Americo Barros 116
Aniceto Simoes 119
Cidalio Caetano 122
(Vasco Pereira) (133)
(Armando Aldegalega) (136)
(Fernando Mamede) (DNF)
602
17  Northern Ireland
John McLaughlin 64
Gerry Hannon 100
David Logue 105
Roy Kernoghan 125
Ian Morrison 126
Tom Annett 137
(Jim McGuinness) (141)
657
18  Denmark
Peter Helmer 135
Arne Stigsen 138
Jörgen Trangbaek 142
Erik Laursen 143
Bent Larsson 144
Dan Engell 145
(Gerd Larsen) (146)
(Dan Michaelsen) (147)
(Arne Möller) (148)
847
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses 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, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
  4. ^ a b 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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