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.
Complete results for men, junior men, women, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.
Medallists IndividualSenior men(12 km)Pekka Päivärinta 35:46.4Mariano Haro 35:46.5Rod Dixon 36:00Junior men(7 km)Jim Brown 20:52.8José Haro 21:00.6Léon Schots 21:07.2Senior women(4 km)Paola Pigni 13:45.2Joyce Smith 13:58Josee van Santberghe 14:01 TeamSenior men 109 119 136Junior men 18 22 24Senior women 40 73 90
Race results
Senior men's race (12 km)
+Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Pekka Päivärinta 35:46.4 Mariano Haro 35:46.5 Rod Dixon 36:00 4 Tapio Kantanen 36:05 5 Willy Polleunis 36:05 6 Roger Clark 36:08 7 Juan Hidalgo 36:12 8 Gaston Roelants 36:13 9 Nikolay Sviridov 36:19 10 Noel Tijou 36:21 11 Grenville Tuck 36:24 12 Dick Tayler 36:26 Full results
+TeamsRank Team Points 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 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 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 4 180 5 181 6 260 7 273 8 291 Full results Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Junior men's race (7 km)
+Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Jim Brown 20:52.8 José Haro 21:00.6 Léon Schots 21:07.2 4 Franco Fava 21:15.2 5 Aldo Tomasini 21:27.6 6 Dennis Coates 21:27.6 7 José Luis Ruiz 21:32.2 8 Barry Smith 21:32.3 9 Fernando Cerrada 21:45 10 Tony Staynings 21:49 11 Reinosa Miramontes 21:49 12 Neil Coupland 21:49.1 Full results
+TeamsRank Team Points José Haro 2 José Luis Ruiz 7 Fernando Cerrada 9 (Reinosa Miramontes) (11) 18 Franco Fava 4 Aldo Tomasini 5 Luca Bigatello 13 (Enrico Cantoreggi) (19) (Gabriele Beretta) (25) 22 Dennis Coates 6 Barry Smith 8 Tony Staynings 10 (Neil Coupland) (12) (Philip Jeffrey) (18) 24 4 32 5 55 6 57 7 89 8 100 Full results Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Senior women's race (4 km)
+Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Paola Pigni 13:45.2 Joyce Smith 13:58 Josee van Santberghe 14:01 4 Rita Ridley 14:02 5 Sinikka Tyynelä 14:09 6 Jean Lochhead 14:12 7 Marijke Moser 14:13 8 Irja Pettinen 14:14 9 Anne Garrett 14:15 10 Nina Holmén 14:16 11 Annie van de Kerkhof 14:20 12 Marleen Mols 14:21 Full results
+TeamsRank Team Points Joyce Smith 2 Rita Ridley 4 Penny Yule 14 Carol Gould 20 (Barbara Banks) (23) (Norine Braithwaite) (37) 40 Sinikka Tyynelä 5 Irja Pettinen 8 Nina Holmén 10 Aila Koivistoinen 50 73 Doris Brown 15 Francie Larrieu 16 Vicki Foltz 29 Caroline Walker 30 (Valerie Eberley) (32) (Katy McIntyre) (40) 90 4 96 5 99 6 103 7 107 8 115 Full results Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Medal table (unofficial)
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.
(19) (1) (9) (20) (13) (20) (20) (19) (14) (16) (14) (12) (14) (20) (8) (19) (6) (8) (6) (15) (13)
See also 1973 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race 1973 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race 1973 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race 1973 in athletics (track and field)
References
External links GBRathletics