1974 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

The Senior men's race at the 1974 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Monza, Italy, at the Mirabello Racecourse on March 16, 1974. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.[1]

Senior men's race at the 1974 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition2nd
DateMarch 16, 1974
Host cityMonza, Lombardia, Italy Italy
VenueMirabello Racecourse
Events1
Distances12 km – Senior men
Participation125 athletes from
19 nations

Complete results,[2] medallists, [3] and the results of British athletes[4] were published.

Race results

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Senior men's race (12 km)

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Individual

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

Teams

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Rank Team Points
    Belgium
Eric de Beck 1
Karel Lismont 3
Marc Smet 13
Gaston Roelants 14
Frank Grillaert 27
Erik Gijselinck 45
(Achille Vaes) (50)
(Hendrik Schoofs) (75)
103
    England
Ray Smedley 7
David Black 9
Bernie Ford 11
Grenville Tuck 16
Frank Briscoe 30
Mike Beevor 36
(Mike Tagg) (40)
(Robert Patterson) (69)
(Peter Standing) (94)
109
    France
Noel Tijou 8
Lucien Rault 20
Pierre Liardet 38
Jean-Jacques Prianon 39
René Jourdan 49
Jean-Paul Gomez 61
(André Gloaguen) (83)
(François Lacour) (85)
(Jean Jacques Boiroux) (87)
215
4   West Germany
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
Wilfried Scholz 6
Manfred Kuschmann 12
Karl-Heinz Leiteritz 24
Gerald Umbach 25
Jürgen Straub 73
Dietmar Knies 86
226
6   Spain
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   Scotland
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   Finland
Pekka Päivärinta 15
Tapio Kantanen 18
Seppo Nikkari 33
Raimo Hämynen 76
Olavi Hedman 92
Kyösti Takkinen 103
337
10   Morocco
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   Netherlands
Bram Wassenaar 34
Haico Scharn 35
Cor Vriend 56
Egbert Nijstad 63
John van der Wansem 74
Theo Geutjes 108
(Roelof Veld) (118)
370
12   Ireland
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   Tunisia
Abdelkader Zaddem 19
Adelaziz Bouguerra 52
Abdelkrim Djelassi 93
Hamida Gamoudi 96
Hussein Soltani 101
Rabah Zaidi 106
467
14   Wales
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   Northern Ireland
David Logue 71
Greg Hannon 100
Mike Teer 102
Tom Annett 110
Ian Morrison 114
Jim McGuinness 117
614
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation

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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.[4]

See also

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References

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  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
  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, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 16, 2013
  4. ^ a b 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