1973 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
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]
| 1973 IAAF World Cross Country Championships | |
|---|---|
| Organisers | IAAF |
| Edition | 1st |
| Date | March 17 |
| Host city | Waregem, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium .svg.png.webp){kind=small} |
| Venue | Hippodroom Waregem |
| Events | 3 |
| Distances | 12 km – Senior men 7 km – Junior men 4 km – Senior women |
| Participation | 286 athletes from 21 nations |
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.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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
| 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 |
| Full results | |||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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
| 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 |
| Full results | |||
| 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 | ||||||||||
| 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
| 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 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 |
| Full results | |||
| 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 | ||||||||||||
| Full results | ||||||||||||||
- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Medal table (unofficial)
* Host nation (Belgium)
| 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 nations) | 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.
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See also
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), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 9, 2013CS1 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, 2013CS1 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, 2013CS1 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
External links
International cross country running championships | ||
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| Continental | ||
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See also: Modern pentathlon • International Cross Country Championships (1903–1972) | ||
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