1974 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

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.

1974 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	2nd
Date	16 March
Host city	Monza, Lombardia, Italy
Venue	Mirabello Racecourse
Events	3
Distances	12 km – Senior men 7 km – Junior men 4 km – Senior women
Participation	269 athletes from 23 nations
← 1973 Waregem 1975 Rabat →

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

Medallists

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	Belgium	103	England	109	France	215
Junior men	United States	22	Morocco	58	Italy	90
Senior women	England	28	Italy	50	Finland	61

Race results

Senior men's race (12 km)

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

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
Full results

Team

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	220
5	East Germany	226
6	Spain	269
7	Scotland	273
8	Italy	278
Full results

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Junior men's race (7 km)

Main article: 1974 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race

Individual

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Rich Kimball	United States	21:30.8
	Venanzio Ortis	Italy	21:33
	John Treacy	Ireland	21:42.4
4	Dietmar Millonig	Austria	21:48
5	Matt Centrowitz	United States	21:48
6	John Roscoe	United States	21:52.2
7	Bouchaib Zouhri	Morocco	21:54.2
8	Mohamed Naoumi	Morocco	21:55.2
9	Rudi Schoofs	Belgium	21:56.4
10	Pat Davey	United States	21:58.2
11	Guy Bourban	France	21:59
12	William Sheridan	Scotland	22:00.2
Full results

Team

Rank	Team	Points
	United States Rich Kimball 1 Matt Centrowitz 5 John Roscoe 6 Pat Davey 10 (Mike Pinocci) (15) (J.J. Griffin) (18)	22
	Morocco Bouchaib Zouhri 7 Mohamed Naoumi 8 Hamadi Massoudi 21 Yahia Hadka 22 (Ahmed Sennaji) (40)	58
	Italy Venanzio Ortis 2 Giuseppe Gerbi 24 Stefano La Sala 25 Salvatore Anzà 39 (Giancarlo Garattini) (43) (Matteo Lo Russo) (65)	90
4	Scotland	93
5	Ireland	95
6	Belgium	102
7	West Germany	118
8	France	120
Full results

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Senior women's race (4 km)

Main article: 1974 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Paola Pigni	Italy	12:42
	Nina Holmén	Finland	12:47.6
	Rita Ridley	England	12:54
4	Ann Yeoman	England	12:58.6
5	Pirjo Vihonen	Finland	13:02
6	Bronislawa Ludwichowska	Poland	13:03.2
7	Joyce Smith	England	13:04.4
8	Mary Stewart	Scotland	13:05.6
9	Carmen Valero	Spain	13:13.4
10	Margherita Gargano	Italy	13:14.8
11	Josee van Santberghe	Belgium	13:18.6
12	Clara Choate	United States	13:20.8
Full results

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	England Rita Ridley 3 Ann Yeoman 4 Joyce Smith 7 Carol Gould 14 (Christine Tranter) (15) (Glynis Goodburn) (22)	28
	Italy Paola Pigni 1 Margherita Gargano 10 Silvana Cruciata 13 Bruna Lovisolo 26 (Waltraud Egger) (47) (Giovanna Leone) (57)	50
	Finland Nina Holmén 2 Pirjo Vihonen 5 Sinikka Tyynelä 16 Irja Pettinen 38	61
4	Belgium	97
5	United States	98
6	Poland	98
7	West Germany	116
8	Scotland	123
Full results

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Medal table (unofficial)

  *   Host nation (Italy)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Belgium	2	0	1	3
2	United States	2	0	0	2
3	Italy*	1	2	1	4
4	England	1	1	1	3
5	Finland	0	1	1	2
6	Morocco	0	1	0	1
	Spain	0	1	0	1
8	France	0	0	1	1
	Ireland	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.

Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 269 athletes from 23 countries.

• Austria (4)
• Belgium (19)
• Denmark (1)
• East Germany (6)
• England (20)
• Finland (10)
• France (21)
• Ireland (20)
• Italy (21)
• Kuwait (6)
• Morocco (14)
• Netherlands (7)
• Northern Ireland (10)
• Norway (3)
• Poland (6)
• Scotland (21)
• Spain (21)
• Sweden (3)
• Switzerland (6)
• Tunisia (6)
• United States (12)
• Wales (13)
• West Germany (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)

External links

• GBRathletics