The Senior women'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.

Complete results, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.

Race results

Senior women's race (3.99 km)

Individual Rank 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 13 Gabriella Dorio 14:22 14 Penny Yule 14:23 15 Doris Brown 14:24 16 Francie Larrieu 14:29 17 Mary Tracey 14:30 18 Christel Rosenthal 14:32 19 Margaret Coomber 14:34 20 Carol Gould 14:35 21 Christa Kofferschläger 22 Deirdre Foreman 23 Barbara Banks 24 Valerie Robinson 25 Carmen Valero 26 Manuela Preuss 27 Christine Haskett 28 Heather Thomson 29 Vicki Foltz 30 Caroline Walker 31 Mary Lynch 32 Valerie Eberley 33 Yolande Roche 34 Gerda Ranz 35 Belen Azpeitia 36 Giuseppina Torello 37 Norine Braithwaite 38 Ann Barrass 39 Liève van den Broeck 40 Katy McIntyre 41 Joëlle Audibert 42 Liduina Melchers 43 Moire O'Boyle 44 Millie Sampson 45 Jane McNicholl 46 Bruna Lovisolo 47 Margherita Gargano 48 Thelwyn Bateman 49 Marie-José Phyllis 50 Aila Koivistoinen 51 Corry Konings 52 Marie Buckley 53 Geertje Meersseman 54 Sylvia Schenk 55 Bronwen Smith 56 Magda Versluys 57 Ria Groen 58 Delyth Davies 59 Ann Cumming 60 Françoise Nicolas 61 Mary Chambers 62 Viviane van Emelen 63 Gail Finlay 64 Pilar San Martin 65 Blanche Meliarene 66 Marion Hepworth 67 Yvonne Herisson 68 Begona Zuñiga 69 Montserrat Abello 70 Gloria Dourass 71 Consuelo Alonso 72 Pamela Reece 73 Paula Molesky 74 Palm Gunstone – Joke van de Stelt DNF

Teams Rank 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 Paola Pigni 1 Gabriella Dorio 13 Giuseppina Torello 36 Bruna Lovisolo 46 (Margherita Gargano) (47) 96 5 Christel Rosenthal 18 Christa Kofferschläger 21 Manuela Preuss 26 Gerda Ranz 34 (Sylvia Schenk) (54) 99 6 Anne Garrett 9 Valerie Robinson 24 Heather Thomson 28 Liduina Melchers 42 (Millie Sampson) (44) (Gail Finlay) (63) 103 7 Josee van Santberghe 3 Marleen Mols 12 Liève van den Broeck 39 Geertje Meersseman 53 (Magda Versluys) (56) (Viviane van Emelen) (62) 107 8 Mary Tracey 17 Deirdre Foreman 22 Mary Lynch 31 Jane McNicholl 45 (Marie Buckley) (52) (Ann Cumming) (59) 115 9 Margaret Coomber 19 Christine Haskett 27 Ann Barrass 38 Moire O'Boyle 43 (Mary Chambers) (61) (Palm Gunstone) (74) 127 10 Jean Lochhead 6 Thelwyn Bateman 48 Bronwen Smith 55 Delyth Davies 58 (Marion Hepworth) (66) (Gloria Dourass) (70) 167 11 Yolande Roche 33 Joëlle Audibert 41 Marie-José Phyllis 49 Françoise Nicolas 60 (Blanche Meliarene) (65) (Yvonne Herisson) (67) 183 12 Carmen Valero 25 Belen Azpeitia 35 Pilar San Martin 64 Begona Zuñiga 68 (Montserrat Abello) (69) (Consuelo Alonso) (71) 192DNF (Annie van den Kerkhof) (11) (Corry Konings) (51) (Ria Groen) (57) (Joke van de Stelt) (DNF) DNF Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation An unofficial count yields the participation of 75 athletes from 16 countries in the Senior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.

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

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