1974 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

1974 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
1974 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	2nd
Date	March 16
Host city	Monza, Lombardia, Italy
Venue
Events	3
Distances	12 km – Senior men ; 7 km – Junior men ; 4 km – Senior women
Participation	269 athletes from ; 23 nations
	← 1973 Waregem 1975 Rabat → ;

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.^[1]

Complete results for men,^[2] junior men,^[3] women,^[4] medallists, ^[5] and the results of British athletes^[6] were published.

Medallists[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual
Senior men (12 km)	Eric De Beck Belgium	35:23.8	Mariano Haro Spain	35:24.6	Karel Lismont Belgium	35:26.6
Junior men (7 km)	United States	21:30.8	Venanzio Ortis Italy	21:33	John Treacy Ireland	21:42.4
Senior women (4 km)	Paola Pigni Italy	12:42	Nina Holmén Finland	12:47.6	Rita Ridley England	12:54
Team
Senior men	Belgium	103	England	109	France	215
Junior men	United States	22	Morocco	58	Italy	90
Senior women	England	28	Italy	50	Finland	61

Race results[]

Senior men's race (12 km)[]

Individual[]

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Eric De Beck	Belgium	35:23.8
	Mariano Haro	Spain	35:24.6
	Karel Lismont	Belgium	35:26.6
4		Scotland	35:29.2
5	Detlef Uhlemann	West Germany	35:30.4
6		East Germany	35:31.8
7	Ray Smedley	England	35:35.8
8	Noel Tijou	France	35:36.4
9	David Black	England	35:37.2
10	Franco Fava	Italy	35:38.4
11	Bernie Ford	England	35:48.4
12	Manfred Kuschmann	East Germany	35:54.2
Full results

Team[]

Rank

Team

Points

Belgium

Eric De Beck	1
Karel Lismont	3
Marc Smet	13
Gaston Roelants	14
	27
	45
()	(50)
(Hendrik Schoofs)	(75)

103

England

Ray Smedley	7
David Black	9
Bernie Ford	11
	16
	30
	36
(Mike Tagg)	(40)
()	(69)
()	(94)

109

France

Noel Tijou	8
Lucien Rault	20
	38
	39
	49
Jean-Paul Gomez	61
()	(83)
()	(85)
()	(87)

215

4

West Germany

220

5

East Germany

226

6

Spain

269

7

Scotland

273

8

Italy

278

Full results

Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Junior men's race (7 km)[]

Individual[]

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
		United States	21:30.8
	Venanzio Ortis	Italy	21:33
	John Treacy	Ireland	21:42.4
4	Dietmar Millonig	Austria	21:48
5	Matt Centrowitz	United States	21:48
6		United States	21:52.2
7		Morocco	21:54.2
8		Morocco	21:55.2
9		Belgium	21:56.4
10		United States	21:58.2
11		France	21:59
12		Scotland	22:00.2
Full results

Team[]

Rank

Team

Points

United States

	1
Matt Centrowitz	5
	6
	10
()	(15)
()	(18)

22

Morocco

	7
	8
	21
	22
()	(40)

58

Italy

Venanzio Ortis	2
Giuseppe Gerbi	24
	25
	39
()	(43)
()	(65)

90

4

Scotland

93

5

Ireland

95

6

Belgium

102

7

West Germany

118

8

France

120

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	12:42
	Nina Holmén	Finland	12:47.6
	Rita Ridley	England	12:54
4	Ann Yeoman	England	12:58.6
5		Finland	13:02
6	Bronislawa Ludwichowska	Poland	13:03.2
7	Joyce Smith	England	13:04.4
8	Mary Stewart	Scotland	13:05.6
9	Carmen Valero	Spain	13:13.4
10	Margherita Gargano	Italy	13:14.8
11	Josee van Santberghe	Belgium	13:18.6
12		United States	13:20.8
Full results

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

England

Rita Ridley	3
Ann Yeoman	4
Joyce Smith	7
Carol Gould	14
(Christine Tranter)	(15)
(Glynis Goodburn)	(22)

28

Italy

Paola Pigni	1
Margherita Gargano	10
Silvana Cruciata	13
Bruna Lovisolo	26
(Waltraud Egger)	(47)
(Giovanna Leone)	(57)

50

Finland

Nina Holmén	2
	5
Sinikka Tyynelä	16
	38

61

4

Belgium

97

5

United States

98

6

Poland

98

7

West Germany

116

8

Scotland

123

Full results

Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Medal table (unofficial)[]

* Host nation (Italy)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Belgium	2	0	1	3
2	United States	2	0	0	2
3	Italy*	1	2	1	4
4	England	1	1	1	3
5	Finland	0	1	1	2
6	Morocco	0	1	0	1
6	Spain	0	1	0	1
8	France	0	0	1	1
8	Ireland	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 nations)		6	6	6	18

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 269 athletes from 23 countries.

Austria (4)
Belgium (19)
Denmark (1)
East Germany (6)
England (20)
Finland (10)
France (21)
Ireland (20)

Italy (21)
Kuwait (6)
Morocco (14)
Netherlands (7)
Northern Ireland (10)
Norway (3)
Poland (6)
Scotland (21)

Spain (21)
Sweden (3)
Switzerland (6)
Tunisia (6)
United States (12)
Wales (13)
West Germany (19)

References[]

^ Marshal, Ron (March 18, 1974), Athletics - Brown excels on a good day for Scots - Scotland's cross-country teams returned yesterday after a bid to make an impression on the outcome of the International championships on Saturday at Monza..., Glasgow Herald, p. 5, retrieved October 16, 2013
^ Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 12.0km CC Men - Monza Date: Saturday, March 16, 1974, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 16, 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 7.0km CC Men - Monza Date: Saturday, March 16, 1974, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 16, 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ Magnusson, Tomas (February 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 4.0km CC Women - Monza Date: Saturday, March 16, 1974, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 16, 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 16, 2013
^ 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 16, 2013

External links[]

GBRathletics

[herald_01-1] Marshal, Ron (March 18, 1974), Athletics - Brown excels on a good day for Scots - Scotland's cross-country teams returned yesterday after a bid to make an impression on the outcome of the International championships on Saturday at Monza..., Glasgow Herald, p. 5, retrieved October 16, 2013

[archive_01-2] Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 12.0km CC Men - Monza Date: Saturday, March 16, 1974, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 16, 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[archive_02-3] Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 7.0km CC Men - Monza Date: Saturday, March 16, 1974, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 16, 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[archive_03-4] Magnusson, Tomas (February 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 4.0km CC Women - Monza Date: Saturday, March 16, 1974, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 16, 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[gbr_01-5] IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 16, 2013

[iaaf_01-6] 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 16, 2013

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1974 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

Contents

Medallists[]

Race results[]

Senior men's race (12 km)[]

Individual[]

Team[]

Junior men's race (7 km)[]

Individual[]

Team[]

Senior women's race (4 km)[]

Medal table (unofficial)[]

Participation[]

See also[]

References[]

External links[]