1973 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race

The Junior men's race at 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.[1]

Junior men's race at the 1973 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition1st
DateMarch 17
Host cityWaregem, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
VenueHippodroom Waregem
Events1
Distances7 km – Junior men
Participation55 athletes from
12 nations

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

Race results

Individual
RankAthleteCountryTime
Jim Brown Scotland20:52.8
José Haro Spain21:00.6
Léon Schots Belgium21:07.2
4Franco Fava Italy21:15.2
5Aldo Tomasini Italy21:27.6
6Dennis Coates England21:27.6
7José Luis Ruiz Spain21:32.2
8Barry Smith England21:32.3
9Fernando Cerrada Spain21:45
10Tony Staynings England21:49
11Reinosa Miramontes Spain21:49
12Neil Coupland England21:49.1
13Luca Bigatello Italy21:49.3
14Ron MacDonald Scotland21:54.2
15Jean-Luc Cherrier France21:58.4
16Jean-Luc Lemire France22:02.2
17David McMeekin Scotland
18Philip Jeffrey England
19Enrico Cantoreggi Italy
20Thomas McCormack Ireland
21Laurence Reilly Scotland
22Bernhard Vifian  Switzerland
23Robert van der Zande Belgium
24Gilbert Bessières France
25Gabriele Beretta Italy
26Carlos Cabral Portugal
27Lawrie Spence Scotland
28Markus Ryffel  Switzerland
29Greg Hannon Northern Ireland
30Bouchaib Zouhri Morocco
31Geert de Smet Belgium
32Robert Lismont Belgium
33Bernard Meseure France
34Tony O'Leary Ireland
35Gerard Kiernan Ireland
36Gerry Deegan Ireland
37Carlos Tavares Portugal
38Mick O'Shea Ireland
39Mohamed Naoumi Morocco
40Aad Buys Netherlands
41Claude Biteau France
42Dessi Martin Northern Ireland
43Jo Schout Netherlands
44Luc Nuyts Belgium
45Helder de Jesús Portugal
46José Simoes Portugal
47Brahim Benjalloun Morocco
48Ahmed Sennaji Morocco
49José Muambugi Portugal
50Hugo Wey  Switzerland
51Peter McGouren Northern Ireland
52René Tijs Netherlands
53Gerry Price Northern Ireland
54Peet-Jan van Zyl Netherlands
55Ali Laanaya Morocco

Teams
RankTeamPoints
 Spain
José Haro2
José Luis Ruiz7
Fernando Cerrada9
(Reinosa Miramontes)(11)
 18
 Italy
Franco Fava4
Aldo Tomasini5
Luca Bigatello13
(Enrico Cantoreggi)(19)
(Gabriele Beretta)(25)
 22
 England
Dennis Coates6
Barry Smith8
Tony Staynings10
(Neil Coupland)(12)
(Philip Jeffrey)(18)
 24
4 Scotland
Jim Brown1
Ron MacDonald14
David McMeekin17
(Laurence Reilly)(21)
(Lawrie Spence)(27)
 32
5 France
Jean-Luc Cherrier15
Jean-Luc Lemire16
Gilbert Bessières24
(Bernard Meseure)(33)
(Claude Biteau)(41)
 55
6 Belgium
Léon Schots3
Robert van der Zande23
Geert de Smet31
(Robert Lismont)(32)
(Luc Nuyts)(44)
 57
7 Ireland
Thomas McCormack20
Tony O'Leary34
Gerard Kiernan35
(Gerry Deegan)(36)
(Mick O'Shea)(38)
 89
8  Switzerland
Bernhard Vifian22
Markus Ryffel28
Hugo Wey50
 100
9 Portugal
Carlos Cabral26
Carlos Tavares37
Helder de Jesús45
(José Simoes)(46)
(José Muambugi)(49)
 108
10 Morocco
Bouchaib Zouhri30
Mohamed Naoumi39
Brahim Benjalloun47
(Ahmed Sennaji)(48)
(Ali Laanaya)(55)
 116
11 Northern Ireland
Greg Hannon29
Dessi Martin42
Peter McGouren51
(Gerry Price)(53)
 122
12 Netherlands
Aad Buys40
Jo Schout43
René Tijs52
(Peet-Jan van Zyl)(54)
 135
  • Note: Athletes in parenthesis did not score for their team

Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 55 athletes from 12 countries in the Junior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.[4]

See also

References
  1. 'Brawn' breaks clear and lives up his name - A goodly ration of champagne in their hotel here last night, strictly speaking to celebrate Jim Brown's crushing win in the junior race, washed away much of the bitterness and frustration that had clung for several hours to the Scottish Senior cross country team..., Glasgow Herald, March 19, 1973, p. 2, retrieved October 9, 2013
  2. Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 7.0km CC Men - Waregem Date: Saturday, March 17, 1973, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 9, 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 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 9, 2013
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