1974 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Introduction The '''1974 IAAF World Cross Country Championships''' was held in Monza, Italy, at the Mirabello Racecourse on 16 March 1974.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)Eric De Beck  35:23.8Mariano Haro  35:24.6Karel Lismont  35:26.6Junior men(7 km)Rich Kimball  21:30.8Venanzio Ortis  21:33John Treacy  21:42.4Senior women(4 km)Paola Pigni  12:42Nina Holmén  12:47.6Rita Ridley  12:54 '''Team'''Senior men  103  109  215Junior men  22  58  90Senior women  28  50  61
Race results ===Senior men's race (12 km)=======Individual====Rank Athlete Country Time    Eric De Beck    35:23.8   Mariano Haro    35:24.6   Karel Lismont    35:26.6   4  Jim Brown    35:29.2   5  Detlef Uhlemann    35:30.4   6  Wilfried Scholz    35:31.8   7  Ray Smedley    35:35.8   8  Noel Tijou    35:36.4   9  David Black    35:37.2  10  Franco Fava    35:38.4  11  Bernie Ford    35:48.4  12  Manfred Kuschmann    35:54.2 Full results====Team====Rank Team Points      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      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      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    220  5    226  6    269  7    273  8    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    Rich Kimball    21:30.8   Venanzio Ortis    21:33   John Treacy    21:42.4   4  Dietmar Millonig    21:48   5  Matt Centrowitz    21:48   6  John Roscoe    21:52.2   7  Bouchaib Zouhri    21:54.2   8  Mohamed Naoumi    21:55.2   9  Rudi Schoofs    21:56.4  10  Pat Davey    21:58.2  11  Guy Bourban    21:59  12  William Sheridan    22:00.2 Full results====Team====Rank Team Points      Rich Kimball  1 Matt Centrowitz  5 John Roscoe  6 Pat Davey  10 (Mike Pinocci)  (15) (J.J. Griffin)  (18) 22      Bouchaib Zouhri  7 Mohamed Naoumi  8 Hamadi Massoudi  21 Yahia Hadka  22 (Ahmed Sennaji)  (40) 58      Venanzio Ortis  2 Giuseppe Gerbi  24 Stefano La Sala  25 Salvatore Anzà  39 (Giancarlo Garattini)  (43) (Matteo Lo Russo)  (65) 90  4    93  5    95  6    102  7    118  8    120 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    12:42   Nina Holmén    12:47.6   Rita Ridley    12:54   4  Ann Yeoman    12:58.6   5  Pirjo Vihonen    13:02   6  Bronislawa Ludwichowska    13:03.2   7  Joyce Smith    13:04.4   8  Mary Stewart    13:05.6   9  Carmen Valero    13:13.4  10  Margherita Gargano    13:14.8  11  Josee van Santberghe    13:18.6  12  Clara Choate    13:20.8 Full results+TeamsRank Team Points      Rita Ridley  3 Ann Yeoman  4 Joyce Smith  7 Carol Gould  14 (Christine Tranter)  (15) (Glynis Goodburn)  (22) 28      Paola Pigni  1 Margherita Gargano  10 Silvana Cruciata  13 Bruna Lovisolo  26 (Waltraud Egger)  (47) (Giovanna Leone)  (57) 50      Nina Holmén  2 Pirjo Vihonen  5 Sinikka Tyynelä  16 Irja Pettinen  38 61  4    97  5    98  6    98  7    116  8    123 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 269 athletes from 23 countries. * (4)* (19)* (1)* (6)* (20)* (10)* (21)* (20)* (21)* (6)* (14)* (7)* (10)* (3)* (6)* (21)* (21)* (3)* (6)* (6)* (12)* (13)* (19)
See also * 1974 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race* 1974 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race* 1974 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race* 1974 in athletics (track and field)
References
External links * GBRathletics