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

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]

Senior men's race at the 1974 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	2nd
Date	March 16, 1974
Host city	Monza, Lombardia, Italy
Venue	Mirabello Racecourse
Events	1
Distances	12 km – Senior men
Participation	125 athletes from 19 nations
← 1973 Waregem 1975 Rabat →

Complete results,^[2] medallists, ^[3] and the results of British athletes^[4] were published.

Race results

Senior men's race (12 km)

Individual

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Eric de Beck	Belgium	35:23.8
	Mariano Haro	Spain	35:24.6
	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

Rank	Team	Points
	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
	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
	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

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]

•  Austria (1)
•  Belgium (8)
•  Denmark (1)
•  East Germany (6)
•  England (9)
•  Finland (6)
•  France (9)
•  Ireland (8)
•  Italy (9)
•  Morocco (9)
•  Netherlands (7)
•  Northern Ireland (6)
•  Norway (3)
•  Scotland (9)
•  Spain (9)
•  Sweden (3)
•  Tunisia (6)
•  Wales (8)
•  West Germany (8)

See also

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

References

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. 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