1973_IAAF_World_Cross_Country_Championships
1973 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
International athletics championship event
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]
Quick Facts Organisers, Edition ...
| 1973 IAAF World Cross Country Championships | |
|---|---|
| Organisers | IAAF |
| Edition | 1st |
| Date | March 17 |
| Host city | Waregem, West Flanders, Belgium  |
| Venue | Hippodroom Waregem |
| Events | 3 |
| Distances | 12 km – Senior men 7 km – Junior men 4 km – Senior women |
| Participation | 286 athletes from 21 nations |
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Complete results for men,[2] junior men,[3] women,[4] medallists, [5] and the results of British athletes[6] were published.
More information Event, Gold ...
| 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 |
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Senior men's race (12 km)
More information Rank, Athlete ...
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Pekka Päivärinta | Finland | 35:46.4 |
 | Mariano Haro | Spain | 35:46.5 |
 | 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 |
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More information Rank, Team ...
| Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium
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109 | ||||||||||||||||
| Soviet Union
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119 | ||||||||||||||||
| New Zealand
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136 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Finland | 180 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | England | 181 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Spain | 260 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | France | 273 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Scotland | 291 | ||||||||||||||||
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- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Junior men's race (7 km)
More information Rank, Athlete ...
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Brown | Scotland | 20:52.8 |
| José Haro | Spain | 21:00.6 |
| 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 |
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More information Rank, Team ...
| Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spain
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18 | ||||||||||
| Italy
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22 | ||||||||||
| England
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24 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Scotland | 32 | ||||||||||
| 5 | France | 55 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Belgium | 57 | ||||||||||
| 7 |  Ireland | 89 | ||||||||||
| 8 |  Switzerland | 100 | ||||||||||
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- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Senior women's race (4 km)
More information Rank, Athlete ...
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paola Pigni | Italy | 13:45.2 |
| Joyce Smith | England | 13:58 |
| 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 de Kerkhof |  Netherlands | 14:20 |
| 12 | Marleen Mols | Belgium | 14:21 |
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More information Rank, Team ...
| Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England
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40 | ||||||||||||
| Finland
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73 | ||||||||||||
| United States
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90 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Italy | 96 | ||||||||||||
| 5 |  West Germany | 99 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | New Zealand | 103 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Belgium | 107 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Ireland | 115 | ||||||||||||
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- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
* Host nation (Belgium)
More information Rank, Nation ...
| 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 |
| Totals (9 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |
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- Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal.
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)
Soviet Union (8)
Spain (19)
Switzerland (6)
Tunisia (8)
United States (6)
Wales (15)
West Germany (13)
- 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), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 9, 2013
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - 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, 2013
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - 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, 2013
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - 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, archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2013, retrieved October 9, 2013