1973 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Introduction 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.Complete results for men, junior men,  women, medallists,  and the results of British athletes were published.
Medallists  '''Individual'''Senior men(12 km)Pekka Päivärinta  35:46.4Mariano Haro  35:46.5Rod Dixon  36:00Junior men(7 km)Jim Brown  20:52.8José Haro  21:00.6Léon Schots  21:07.2Senior women(4 km)Paola Pigni  13:45.2Joyce Smith  13:58Josee van Santberghe  14:01 '''Team'''Senior men  109  119  136Junior men  18  22  24Senior women  40  73  90
Race results ===Senior men's race (12 km)===+Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time    Pekka Päivärinta    35:46.4   Mariano Haro    35:46.5   Rod Dixon    36:00   4  Tapio Kantanen    36:05   5  Willy Polleunis    36:05   6  Roger Clark    36:08   7  Juan Hidalgo    36:12   8  Gaston Roelants    36:13   9  Nikolay Sviridov    36:19  10  Noel Tijou    36:21  11  Grenville Tuck    36:24  12  Dick Tayler    36:26 Full results+TeamsRank Team Points      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      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      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    180  5    181  6    260  7    273  8    291 Full results*Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result===Junior men's race (7 km)===+Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time    Jim Brown    20:52.8   José Haro    21:00.6   Léon Schots    21:07.2   4  Franco Fava    21:15.2   5  Aldo Tomasini    21:27.6   6  Dennis Coates    21:27.6   7  José Luis Ruiz    21:32.2   8  Barry Smith    21:32.3   9  Fernando Cerrada    21:45  10  Tony Staynings    21:49  11  Reinosa Miramontes    21:49  12  Neil Coupland    21:49.1 Full results+TeamsRank Team Points      José Haro  2 José Luis Ruiz  7 Fernando Cerrada  9 (Reinosa Miramontes)  (11) 18      Franco Fava  4 Aldo Tomasini  5 Luca Bigatello  13 (Enrico Cantoreggi)  (19) (Gabriele Beretta)  (25) 22      Dennis Coates  6 Barry Smith  8 Tony Staynings  10 (Neil Coupland)  (12) (Philip Jeffrey)  (18) 24  4    32  5    55  6    57  7    89  8    100 Full results*Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result===Senior women's race (4 km)===+Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time    Paola Pigni    13:45.2   Joyce Smith    13:58   Josee van Santberghe    14:01   4  Rita Ridley    14:02   5  Sinikka Tyynelä    14:09   6  Jean Lochhead    14:12   7  Marijke Moser    14:13   8  Irja Pettinen    14:14   9  Anne Garrett    14:15  10  Nina Holmén    14:16  11  Annie van de Kerkhof    14:20  12  Marleen Mols    14:21 Full results+TeamsRank Team Points      Joyce Smith  2 Rita Ridley  4 Penny Yule  14 Carol Gould  20 (Barbara Banks)  (23) (Norine Braithwaite)  (37) 40      Sinikka Tyynelä  5 Irja Pettinen  8 Nina Holmén  10 Aila Koivistoinen  50 73      Doris Brown  15 Francie Larrieu  16 Vicki Foltz  29 Caroline Walker  30 (Valerie Eberley)  (32) (Katy McIntyre)  (40) 90  4    96  5    99  6    103  7    107  8    115 Full results*Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team  result
Medal table (unofficial) *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. * (19)* (1)* (9)* (20)* (13)* (20)* (20)* (19)* (14)* (16)* (14)* (12)* (14)* (20)* (8)* (19)* (6)* (8)* (6)* (15)* (13)
See also * 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)
References
External links * GBRathletics