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

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

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]

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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Eric de Beck  Belgium 35:23.8
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mariano Haro  Spain 35:24.6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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
1st place, gold medalist(s)  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
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  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
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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