The Senior men's race at the 1974 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Monza, Italy, at the on March 16, 1974. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.

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

Race results Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Senior men's race (12 km)

+IndividualRankAthleteCountryTime Eric de Beck 35:23.8 Mariano Haro 35:24.6 Karel Lismont 35:26.6 4 Jim Brown 35:29.2 5 Detlef Uhlemann 35:30.4 6 35:31.8 7 Ray Smedley 35:35.8 8 Noel Tijou 35:36.4 9 David Black 35:37.2 10 Franco Fava 35:38.4 11 Bernie Ford 35:48.4 12 Manfred Kuschmann 35:54.2 13 Marc Smet 36:00.8 14 Gaston Roelants 36:03.2 15 Pekka Päivärinta 36:06.2 16 36:07.6 17 Per Halle 36:08.4 18 Tapio Kantanen 36:12.6 19 Abdelkader Zaddem 36:16.4 20 Lucien Rault 36:18.6 21 Luigi Lauro 36:24 22 Michael Karst 36:26.6 23 Eddie Leddy 36:27 24 Karl-Heinz Leiteritz 36:28.8 25 Gerald Umbach 36:29.8 26 Santiago de la Parte 36:30.8 27 36:32.6 28 Claudio Solone 36:34 29 Knut Børø 36:34.6 30 Frank Briscoe 36:35.4 31 Ron MacDonald 32 Anders Gärderud 33 Seppo Nikkari 34 35 Haico Scharn 36 Mike Beevor 37 Reinhard Leibold 38 39 Jean-Jacques Prianon 40 Mike Tagg 41 Mohamed Belhoucine 42 Malcolm Thomas 43 Haddou Jaddour 44 Gerd Frähmcke 45 46 Andrew McKean 47 Colin Falconer 48 Donal Walsh 49 René Jourdan 50 Achille Vaes 51 Göran Högberg 52 Adelaziz Bouguerra 53 Wilhelm Jungbluth 54 Arne Kvalheim 55 Juan Hidalgo 56 Cor Vriend 57 Larbi M'Hidra 58 Mateo Gómez 59 Theodor Leimbach 60 José Haro 61 Jean-Paul Gomez 62 Wolfgang Krüger 63 64 Desmond McGann 65 Aldo Tomasini 66 Alistair Blamire 67 Dahou Belghazi 68 Marcelino Navarro 69 Robert Patterson 70 Göran Bengtsson 71 David Logue 72 Luigi Zarcone 73 Jürgen Straub 74 John van der Wansem 75 Hendrik Schoofs 76 Raimo Hämynen 77 Mustapha Oulghazi 78 Moumoh Haddou 79 Douglas Gunstone 80 Gerd Kärlin 81 Eddie Spillane 82 Mario Vaiani-Lisi 83 André Gloaguen 84 Mohamed Sghir 85 François Lacour 86 Dietmar Knies 87 Jean Jacques Boiroux 88 Jim Alder 89 Peter Lindtner 90 Fernando Aguilar 91 Clive Thomas 92 Olavi Hedman 93 Abdelkrim Djelassi 94 Peter Standing 95 Paddy Coyle 96 Hamida Gamoudi 97 Laurence Reilly 98 Miloud Chenna 99 Mohamed Ghannouchi 100 Greg Hannon 101 Hussein Soltani 102 Mike Teer 103 Kyösti Takkinen 104 John Jones 105 Tom O'Riordan 106 Rabah Zaidi 107 Danny McDaid 108 Theo Geutjes 109 Allister Hutton 110 Tom Annett 111 Steve Slocombe 112 Joe Scanlon 113 Steve Gibbons 114 Ian Morrison 115 Michael Lane 116 Anton Gorbunow 117 Jim McGuinness 118 119 Dennis Fowles 120 Fernando Fernandez 121 David Hopkins 122 Luca Bigatello — José Luis Ruiz DNF — Enrico Cantoreggi DNF — Roberto Gervasini DNF

+TeamsRankTeamPoints Eric de Beck 1 Karel Lismont 3 Marc Smet 13 Gaston Roelants 14 27 45 (Achille Vaes) (50) (Hendrik Schoofs) (75) 103 Ray Smedley 7 David Black 9 Bernie Ford 11 16 Frank Briscoe 30 Mike Beevor 36 (Mike Tagg) (40) (Robert Patterson) (69) (Peter Standing) (94) 109 Noel Tijou 8 Lucien Rault 20 38 Jean-Jacques Prianon 39René Jourdan 49 Jean-Paul Gomez 61 (André Gloaguen) (83) (François Lacour) (85) (Jean Jacques Boiroux) (87) 215 4 Detlef Uhlemann 5 Michael Karst 22 Reinhard Leibold 37 Gerd Frähmcke 44 Wilhelm Jungbluth 53 Theodor Leimbach 59 (Wolfgang Krüger) (62) (Anton Gorbunow) (116) 220 5 East Germany 6 Manfred Kuschmann 12 Karl-Heinz Leiteritz 24 Gerald Umbach 25 Jürgen Straub 73 Dietmar Knies 86 226 6 Mariano Haro 2 Santiago de la Parte 26 Juan Hidalgo 55 Mateo Gómez 58 José Haro 60 Marcelino Navarro 68 (Fernando Aguilar) (90) (Fernando Fernandez) (120) (José Luis Ruiz) (DNF) 269 7 Jim Brown 4 Ron MacDonald 31 Andrew McKean 46 Colin Falconer 47 Alistair Blamire 66 Douglas Gunstone 79 (Jim Alder) (88) (Laurence Reilly) (97) (Allister Hutton) (109) 273 8 Italy Franco Fava 10 Luigi Lauro 21 Claudio Solone 28 Aldo Tomasini 65 Luigi Zarcone 72 Mario Vaiani-Lisi 82 (Luca Bigatello) (122) (Enrico Cantoreggi) (DNF) (Roberto Gervasini) (DNF) 278 9 Pekka Päivärinta 15 Tapio Kantanen 18 Seppo Nikkari 33 Raimo Hämynen 76 Olavi Hedman 92 Kyösti Takkinen 103 337 10 Mohamed Belhoucine 41 Haddou Jaddour 43 Larbi M'Hidra 57 Dahou Belghazi 67 Mustapha Oulghazi 77 Moumoh Haddou 78 (Mohamed Sghir) (84) (Miloud Chenna) (98) (Mohamed Ghannouchi) (99) 363 11 34 Haico Scharn 35 Cor Vriend 56 63 John van der Wansem 74 Theo Geutjes 108 () (118) 370 12 Eddie Leddy 23 Donal Walsh 48 Desmond McGann 64 Eddie Spillane 81 Paddy Coyle 95 Tom O'Riordan 105 (Danny McDaid) (107) (Joe Scanlon) (112) 416 13 Abdelkader Zaddem 19 Adelaziz Bouguerra 52 Abdelkrim Djelassi 93 Hamida Gamoudi 96 Hussein Soltani 101 Rabah Zaidi 106 467 14 Malcolm Thomas 42 Clive Thomas 91 John Jones 104 Steve Slocombe 111 Steve Gibbons 113 Michael Lane 115 (Dennis Fowles) (119) (David Hopkins) (121) 576 15 David Logue 71 Greg Hannon 100 Mike Teer 102 Tom Annett 110 Ian Morrison 114 Jim McGuinness 117 614

Participation An unofficial count yields the participation of 125 athletes from 19 countries in the Senior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.

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See also 1974 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race 1974 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

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