1974 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

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OrganisersIAAF
Edition2nd
Date16 March
Host cityMonza, Lombardia, Italy Italy
1974 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition2nd
Date16 March
Host cityMonza, Lombardia, Italy Italy
VenueMirabello Racecourse [it]
Events3
Distances12 km – Senior men
7 km – Junior men
4 km – Senior women
Participation269 athletes from
23 nations

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

Complete results for men,[2] junior men,[3] women,[4] medallists, [5] and the results of British athletes[6] were published.

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual
Senior men
(12 km)		 Eric De Beck
 Belgium		35:23.8 Mariano Haro
 Spain		35:24.6 Karel Lismont
 Belgium		35:26.6
Junior men
(7 km)		 Rich Kimball
 United States		21:30.8 Venanzio Ortis
 Italy		21:33 John Treacy
 Ireland		21:42.4
Senior women
(4 km)		 Paola Pigni
 Italy		12:42 Nina Holmén
 Finland		12:47.6 Rita Ridley
 England		12:54
Team
Senior men  Belgium103  England109  France215
Junior men  United States22  Morocco58  Italy90
Senior women  England28  Italy50  Finland61

Race results

Senior men's race (12 km)

Individual

RankAthleteCountryTime
1st place, gold medalist(s)Eric De Beck Belgium35:23.8
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Mariano Haro Spain35:24.6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Karel Lismont Belgium35:26.6
4Jim Brown Scotland35:29.2
5Detlef Uhlemann West Germany35:30.4
6Wilfried Scholz [de] East Germany35:31.8
7Ray Smedley England35:35.8
8Noel Tijou France35:36.4
9David Black England35:37.2
10Franco Fava Italy35:38.4
11Bernie Ford England35:48.4
12Manfred Kuschmann East Germany35:54.2
Full results

Team

RankTeamPoints
1st place, gold medalist(s) Belgium
Eric De Beck1
Karel Lismont3
Marc Smet13
Gaston Roelants14
Frank Grillaert [nl]27
Erik Gijselinck [nl]45
(Achille Vaes)(50)
(Hendrik Schoofs)(75)
 103
2nd place, silver medalist(s) England
Ray Smedley7
David Black9
Bernie Ford11
Grenville Tuck16
Frank Briscoe30
Mike Beevor36
(Mike Tagg)(40)
(Robert Patterson)(69)
(Peter Standing)(94)
 109
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) France
Noel Tijou8
Lucien Rault20
Pierre Liardet38
Jean-Jacques Prianon39
René Jourdan49
Jean-Paul Gomez61
(André Gloaguen)(83)
(François Lacour)(85)
(Jean Jacques Boiroux)(87)
 215
4 West Germany220
5 East Germany226
6 Spain269
7 Scotland273
8 Italy278
Full results
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Junior men's race (7 km)

Individual

RankAthleteCountryTime
1st place, gold medalist(s)Rich Kimball United States21:30.8
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Venanzio Ortis Italy21:33
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)John Treacy Ireland21:42.4
4Dietmar Millonig Austria21:48
5Matt Centrowitz United States21:48
6John Roscoe United States21:52.2
7Bouchaib Zouhri Morocco21:54.2
8Mohamed Naoumi Morocco21:55.2
9Rudi Schoofs Belgium21:56.4
10Pat Davey United States21:58.2
11Guy Bourban France21:59
12William Sheridan Scotland22:00.2
Full results

Team

RankTeamPoints
1st place, gold medalist(s) United States
Rich Kimball1
Matt Centrowitz5
John Roscoe6
Pat Davey10
(Mike Pinocci)(15)
(J.J. Griffin)(18)
 22
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Morocco
Bouchaib Zouhri7
Mohamed Naoumi8
Hamadi Massoudi21
Yahia Hadka22
(Ahmed Sennaji)(40)
 58
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Italy
Venanzio Ortis2
Giuseppe Gerbi24
Stefano La Sala25
Salvatore Anzà39
(Giancarlo Garattini)(43)
(Matteo Lo Russo)(65)
 90
4 Scotland93
5 Ireland95
6 Belgium102
7 West Germany118
8 France120
Full results
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Senior women's race (4 km)

Individual race
RankAthleteCountryTime
1st place, gold medalist(s)Paola Pigni Italy12:42
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Nina Holmén Finland12:47.6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Rita Ridley England12:54
4Ann Yeoman England12:58.6
5Pirjo Vihonen [fi] Finland13:02
6Bronislawa Ludwichowska Poland13:03.2
7Joyce Smith England13:04.4
8Mary Stewart Scotland13:05.6
9Carmen Valero Spain13:13.4
10Margherita Gargano Italy13:14.8
11Josee van Santberghe Belgium13:18.6
12Clara Choate United States13:20.8
Full results
Teams
RankTeamPoints
1st place, gold medalist(s) England
Rita Ridley3
Ann Yeoman4
Joyce Smith7
Carol Gould14
(Christine Tranter)(15)
(Glynis Goodburn)(22)
 28
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Italy
Paola Pigni1
Margherita Gargano10
Silvana Cruciata13
Bruna Lovisolo26
(Waltraud Egger)(47)
(Giovanna Leone)(57)
 50
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Finland
Nina Holmén2
Pirjo Vihonen [fi]5
Sinikka Tyynelä16
Irja Pettinen [fi]38
 61
4 Belgium97
5 United States98
6 Poland98
7 West Germany116
8 Scotland123
Full results
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Medal table (unofficial)

  *   Host nation (Italy)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Belgium2013
2 United States2002
3 Italy*1214
4 England1113
5 Finland0112
6 Morocco0101
 Spain0101
8 France0011
 Ireland0011
Totals (9 entries)66618
  • 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.

See also

References

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