The Senior men's race at the 1975 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Rabat, Morocco, at the Souissi Racecourse on 16 March 1975. 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 men's race (12 km)

Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Ian Stewart 35:20 Mariano Haro 35:21 Bill Rodgers 35:27.4 4 John Walker 35:45 5 Euan Robertson 35:46 6 Franco Fava 35:47 7 Ray Smedley 35:50 8 Klaus-Peter Hildenbrand 35:51 9 Hans-Jürgen Orthmann 35:55 10 Gaston Roelants 35:57 11 Wilfried Scholz 35:58 12 Abdelkader Zaddem 36:00 13 Luigi Zarcone 36:02 14 Grenville Tuck 36:10 15 Waldemar Cierpinski 36:16 16 Emiel Puttemans 36:17 17 Seppo Tuominen 36:19 18 Haddou Jaddour 36:21 19 Noel Tijou 36:24 20 Frank Shorter 36:25 21 André Ornelis 36:26 22 Bill Scott 36:28 23 Michael Karst 24 Tapio Kantanen 25 David Sirl 26 John Dixon 27 Joachim Krebs 28 Kamel Guemar 29 Scott Bringhurst 30 Gary Tuttle 31 Lucien Rault 32 Pierre Liardet 33 John Sheddan 34 Bryan Rose 35 Bernie Plain 36 Jack Foster 37 Bernie Ford 38 Allister Hutton 39 Tony Simmons 40 Gerald Umbach 41 Rabah Zaidi 42 Santiago de la Parte 43 Laurence Reilly 44 Dic Evans 45 Eddy Rombaux 46 Djelloul Rezique 47 Chris Wardlaw 37:01 48 Robert McDonald 37:02 49 Smain Yahiaoui 50 Trevor Wright 51 Alan Blinston 52 Neil Cusack 53 Andrew McKean 54 Abdelmadjid Mada 55 Boualem Rahoui 56 Aarno Ristimäki 57 Marc Smet 58 Seppo Nikkari 59 Aldo Tomasini 60 James Langford 61 Fernando Cerrada 62 Erik Gijselinck 63 Anton Gorbunow 64 Jean-Paul Gomez 65 Giuseppe Cindolo 66 Frank Baumgartl 67 Eddie Leddy 68 Shag Musa Medani 69 Mohamed Kacemi 70 Jeff Galloway 71 Mike Beevor 72 Kevin Ryan 73 Cherif Ben Ali 74 Albien Van Holsbeek 75 Jim Brown 76 Jean-Yves Le Flohic 77 Hussein Soltani 78 Mohamed Ghannouchi 79 Tahar Bounab 80 John McLaughlin 81 Christian Cairoche 82 Rees Ward 83 Juan Hidalgo 84 Jean Levaillant 85 Rachid Habchaoui 86 Adelaziz Bouguerra 87 Clive Thomas 88 Dahou Belghazi 89 Keith Angus 90 Venanzio Ortis 91 Paul Lawther 92 Gino Trambaiolo 93 José Haro 94 Abdellah Jaouhari 95 Omar Slassi 96 Steve Gibbons 97 Lahcen El Hachmi 98 Jack Bacheler 99 Ricardo Ortega 100 Donal Walsh 101 Jim Alder 102 John Roscoe 103 Friedel Klement 104 Reinhard Leibold 105 David Chettle 38:17 106 Thomas Brennan 107 Mohamed Khalifi 108 Jean-Pierre Eudier 109 Mhedheb Hannachi 110 Ian Gilmour 111 Frank Clement 112 Mohamed Mechouat 113 Dick Quax 114 Desmond McGann 115 Manfred Kuschmann 116 Risto Ala-Korpi 117 Mohamed Benbaraka 118 Stefano Grazzini 119 John Amo Jok 120 Mike Teer 121 Omer Khalifa 122 Mohamed Sharif Samavel 123 David Hopkins 124 Tom Price 125 Mohamed Shoushane 126 Dennis Nee 39:09 127 Hossein Rabbi 128 Peter Griffiths 129 Cherif Hannchi 130 Gerry Hannon 131 Mohamed Zaidi 132 Idari Osa Ayab 133 Labidi Ayachi 134 Paul Thijs 135 Mario Vaiani-Lisi 136 Tony Brien 137 Jim McGuinness 138 Issa Samir Moustapha 139 Ghulam Reza Saher 140 Robert Talay 40:06 141 Mohamed Masomi 142 David Jones 143 Hamou Abdellah Publa 144 Jean-Marie Conrath 145 Taher Musa Abeih 146 Dafallah Sultan Farah 147 Kidam Khamis Omda 148 Moharrom Yaftian 149 Abdulkarim Joumaa 150 Mohamed Adam Taibay 151 Chebaan Hsain 152 Abdellah Sugi 153 Ali Abdoc 154 Ahmed Amir Khan 155 John Charvetto 156 Abdellah Ashimi 157 Salem Muri 158 Salah Mounfil 159 Hadj Hassan Faouz 160 Said Abouharamas 161 Sergio Alecio 162 Shabant Abdussalam 163 James Hayts 164 Malcolm Blagg 165 Aurelio Falero 166 Shukair Al-Shaibani 167 Raga Al-Shalawi 168 Fahed Aboullif 169 Hizam Fenis 170 Shetoui Aouadh Al-Bishi 171 Fahed El Kasmi 172 William Vassallo 173 Bob Robert — Antonio Campos DNF — Gerd Frähmcke DNF — Tom O'Riordan DNF — Pekka Päivärinta DNF — José Luis Ruiz DNF — Fernando Fernandez DNF — Luigi Lauro DNF — Eddy Van Mullem DNF — John Axsentieff DNF — Hamida Gamoudi DNF — Barry Brown DNF — Rune Holmén DNF

Teams Rank Team Points John Walker 4 Euan Robertson 5 David Sirl 25 John Dixon 26 John Sheddan 33 Bryan Rose 34 (Jack Foster) (36) (Kevin Ryan) (72) (Dick Quax) (113) 127 Ray Smedley 7 Grenville Tuck 14 Bernie Ford 37 Tony Simmons 39 Trevor Wright 50 Alan Blinston 51 (Mike Beevor) (71) (Keith Angus) (89) 198 Gaston Roelants 10 Emiel Puttemans 16 André Ornelis 21 Eddy Rombaux 45 Marc Smet 57 Erik Gijselinck 62 (Albien Van Holsbeek) (74) (Paul Thijs) (134) (Eddy Van Mullem) (DNF) 211 4 Bill Rodgers 3 Frank Shorter 20 Scott Bringhurst 29 Gary Tuttle 30 Jeff Galloway 70 Jack Bacheler 98 (John Roscoe) (102) (Barry Brown) (DNF) 250 5 Wilfried Scholz 11 Waldemar Cierpinski 15 Joachim Krebs 27 Gerald Umbach 40 Frank Baumgartl 66 Manfred Kuschmann 115 274 6 Ian Stewart 1 Allister Hutton 38 Laurence Reilly 43 Andrew McKean 53 Jim Brown 75 Rees Ward 82 (Jim Alder) (101) (Ian Gilmour) (110) (Frank Clement) (111) 292 7 Kamel Guemar 28 Djelloul Rezique 46 Smain Yahiaoui 49 Abdelmadjid Mada 54 Boualem Rahoui 55 Mohamed Kacemi 69 (Cherif Ben Ali) (73) (Tahar Bounab) (79) (Rachid Habchaoui) (85) 301 8 Noel Tijou 19 Lucien Rault 31 Pierre Liardet 32 Jean-Paul Gomez 64 Jean-Yves Le Flohic 76 Christian Cairoche 81 (Jean Levaillant) (84) (Jean-Pierre Eudier) (108) (Jean-Marie Conrath) (144) 303 9 Klaus-Peter Hildenbrand 8 Hans-Jürgen Orthmann 9 Michael Karst 23 Anton Gorbunow 63 Friedel Klement 103 Reinhard Leibold 104 (Gerd Frähmcke) (DNF) 310 10 Franco Fava 6 Luigi Zarcone 13 Aldo Tomasini 59 Giuseppe Cindolo 65 Venanzio Ortis 90 Gino Trambaiolo 92 (Stefano Grazzini) (118) (Mario Vaiani-Lisi) (135) (Luigi Lauro) (DNF) 325 11 Mariano Haro 2 Santiago de la Parte 42 Fernando Cerrada 61 Juan Hidalgo 83 José Haro 93 Ricardo Ortega 99 (Antonio Campos) (DNF) (José Luis Ruiz) (DNF) (Fernando Fernandez) (DNF) 380 12 Bill Scott 22 Chris Wardlaw 47 Robert McDonald 48 James Langford 60 David Chettle 105 Dennis Nee 126 (Robert Talay) (140) (John Axsentieff) (DNF) 408 13 Abdelkader Zaddem 12 Rabah Zaidi 41 Hussein Soltani 77 Adelaziz Bouguerra 86 Mhedheb Hannachi 109 Cherif Hannchi 129 (Mohamed Zaidi) (131) (Labidi Ayachi) (133) (Hamida Gamoudi) (DNF) 454 14 Haddou Jaddour 18 Mohamed Ghannouchi 78 Dahou Belghazi 88 Omar Slassi 95 Lahcen El Hachmi 97 Mohamed Khalifi 107 (Mohamed Mechouat) (112) (Mohamed Benbaraka) (117) 483 15 Bernie Plain 35 Dic Evans 44 Clive Thomas 87 Steve Gibbons 96 David Hopkins 123 Peter Griffiths 128 (David Jones) (142) 513 16 Neil Cusack 52 Eddie Leddy 67 Donal Walsh 100 Thomas Brennan 106 Desmond McGann 114 Tony Brien 136 (Tom O'Riordan) (DNF) 575 17 John McLaughlin 80 Paul Lawther 91 Mike Teer 120 Tom Price 124 Gerry Hannon 130 Jim McGuinness 137 (James Hayts) (163) 682 18 Shag Musa Medani 68 John Amo Jok 119 Omer Khalifa 121 Idari Osa Ayab 132 Dafallah Sultan Farah 146 Kidam Khamis Omda 147 (Mohamed Adam Taibay) (150) 733 19 Mohamed Sharif Samavel 122 Hossein Rabbi 127 Ghulam Reza Saher 139 Mohamed Masomi 141 Moharrom Yaftian 148 Ali Abdoc 153 (Ahmed Amir Khan) (154) 830 20 Mohamed Shoushane 125 Taher Musa Abeih 145 Abdellah Sugi 152 Abdellah Ashimi 156 Salem Muri 157 Said Abouharamas 160 (Shabant Abdussalam) (162) 895 21 Issa Samir Moustapha 138 Hamou Abdellah Publa 143 Abdulkarim Joumaa 149 Chebaan Hsain 151 Salah Mounfil 158 Hadj Hassan Faouz 159 898 22 John Charvetto 155 Sergio Alecio 161 Malcolm Blagg 164 Aurelio Falero 165 William Vassallo 172 Bob Robert 173 990 23 Shukair Al-Shaibani 166 Raga Al-Shalawi 167 Fahed Aboullif 168 Hizam Fenis 169 Shetoui Aouadh Al-Bishi 170 Fahed El Kasmi 171 1011DNF (Seppo Tuominen) (17) (Tapio Kantanen) (24) (Aarno Ristimäki) (56) (Seppo Nikkari) (58) (Risto Ala-Korpi) (116) (Pekka Päivärinta) (DNF) (Rune Holmén) (DNF) DNF Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation An unofficial count yields the participation of 185 athletes from 25 countries in the Senior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.

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See also 1975 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race 1975 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

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