International athletics championship event
1973 IAAF World Cross Country Championships Organisers IAAF Edition 1st Date March 17 Host city Waregem , West Flanders , Belgium Venue Hippodroom Waregem Events 3 Distances 12 km – Senior men 7 km – Junior men 4 km – Senior women Participation 286 athletes from 21 nations ← 1972 Cambridge
1974 Monza →
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]
Complete results for men,[2] junior men,[3] women,[4] medallists,
[5] and the results of British athletes[6] were published.
Medallists [ ]
Race results [ ]
Senior men's race (12 km) [ ]
Individual 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
England
36:08
7
Spain
36:12
8
Gaston Roelants
Belgium
36:13
9
Nikolay Sviridov
Soviet Union
36:19
10
Noel Tijou
France
36:21
11
England
36:24
12
Dick Tayler
New Zealand
36:26
Full results
Teams
Rank
Team
Points
Belgium
109
Soviet Union
119
New Zealand
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) [ ]
Teams
Rank
Team
Points
Spain
18
Italy
Franco Fava
4
Aldo Tomasini
5
Luca Bigatello
13
(Enrico Cantoreggi )
(19)
()
(25)
22
England
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) [ ]
Individual 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
Wales
14:12
7
Marijke Moser
Switzerland
14:13
8
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
Belgium
14:21
Full results
Teams
Rank
Team
Points
England
40
Finland
73
United States
Doris Brown
15
Francie Larrieu
16
29
Caroline Walker
30
()
(32)
()
(40)
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 )
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.
See also [ ]
References [ ]
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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
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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, 2013 CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link )
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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, 2013 CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link )
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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, 2013 CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link )
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IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS , Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
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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 [ ]
Editions Races
Senior men's Senior women's Men's short Women's short Junior men's Junior women's Mixed relay
International cross country running championships
World Continental Regional