1973 Iaaf World Cross Country Championships

A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.

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 →

Complete results for men, junior men, women, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.

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	Roger Clark	England	36:08
7	Juan Hidalgo	Spain	36:12
8	Gaston Roelants	Belgium	36:13
9	Nikolay Sviridov	Soviet Union	36:19
10	Noel Tijou	France	36:21
11	Grenville Tuck	England	36:24
12	Dick Tayler	New Zealand	36:26
Full results

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Belgium Willy Polleunis 5 Gaston Roelants 8 Eric de Beck 18 Erik Gijselinck 19 Karel Lismont 28 Marc Smet 31 (Edgard Salvé) (40) (Herman Parmentier) (98)	109
	Soviet Union Nikolay Sviridov 9 Pavel Andreyev 17 Nikolay Puklakov 21 Boris Olyanitskiy 22 Valentin Zotov 23 Vladimir Merkushin 27 (Petras Simonelis) (53) (Vadim Mokalov) (73)	119
	New Zealand Rod Dixon 3 Dick Tayler 12 Bryan Rose 14 Euan Robertson 15 Eddie Gray 38 Nathan Healey 54 (John Sheddan) (59) (Howard Healey) (130)	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)

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Jim Brown	Scotland	20:52.8
	José Haro	Spain	21:00.6
	Léon Schots	Belgium	21:07.2
4	Franco Fava	Italy	21:15.2
5	Aldo Tomasini	Italy	21:27.6
6	Dennis Coates	England	21:27.6
7	José Luis Ruiz	Spain	21:32.2
8	Barry Smith	England	21:32.3
9	Fernando Cerrada	Spain	21:45
10	Tony Staynings	England	21:49
11	Reinosa Miramontes	Spain	21:49
12	Neil Coupland	England	21:49.1
Full results

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Spain José Haro 2 José Luis Ruiz 7 Fernando Cerrada 9 (Reinosa Miramontes) (11)	18
	Italy Franco Fava 4 Aldo Tomasini 5 Luca Bigatello 13 (Enrico Cantoreggi) (19) (Gabriele Beretta) (25)	22
	England Dennis Coates 6 Barry Smith 8 Tony Staynings 10 (Neil Coupland) (12) (Philip Jeffrey) (18)	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	Jean Lochhead	Wales	14:12
7	Marijke Moser	Switzerland	14:13
8	Irja Pettinen	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	Marleen Mols	Belgium	14:21
Full results

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	England Joyce Smith 2 Rita Ridley 4 Penny Yule 14 Carol Gould 20 (Barbara Banks) (23) (Norine Braithwaite) (37)	40
	Finland Sinikka Tyynelä 5 Irja Pettinen 8 Nina Holmén 10 Aila Koivistoinen 50	73
	United States Doris Brown 15 Francie Larrieu 16 Vicki Foltz 29 Caroline Walker 30 (Valerie Eberley) (32) (Katy McIntyre) (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

  *   Host nation (Belgium)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Spain	1	2	0	3
2	England	1	1	1	3
3	Finland	1	1	0	2
	Italy	1	1	0	2
5	Belgium*	1	0	2	3
6	Scotland	1	0	0	1
7	Soviet Union	0	1	0	1
8	New Zealand	0	0	2	2
9	United States	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 entries)		6	6	6	18

• Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal.

An unofficial count yields the participation of 286 athletes from 21 countries.

• 1973 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
• 1973 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
• 1973 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
• 1973 in athletics (track and field)