1973 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

The 1st IAAF World Cross Country Championships
IAAF World Cross Country Championships
IAAF World Cross Country Championships is the most important competition in international cross country running. Held annually and organised by International Association of Athletics Federations , it was inaugurated in 1973, when it replaced the International Cross Country Championships...

were held on 17 March 1973 in Waregem

Waregem

Waregem is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality lies in the valley of the Leie River, between Kortrijk and Ghent. It is part of the arrondissement of Kortrijk and comprises the towns of Beveren, Desselgem, Sint-Eloois-Vijve and Waregem proper. On...

, Belgium

Belgium

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Individual

Place	Athlete	Time
1.		35:46.4
2.		35:46.5
3.		36:00
4.		36:05
5.		36:05
6.		36:08
7.		36:12
8.		36:13

Team

Medal	Country	Mark
Gold	Belgium Willy Polleunis (5.) Gaston Roelants (8.) Eric de Beck (18.) Erik Gijselinck (19.) Karel Lismont Karel Lismont Karel Lismont is a former Belgian athlete, who competed mostly in the marathon. He won two Olympic medals: a silver medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich and a bronze at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal in the same event. At the European Championships in Helsinki in 1971, he won a gold... (28.) Marc Smet (31.)	109 pts
Silver	Soviet Union Nikolay Sviridov (9.) Pavel Andreyev (17.) Nikolay Puklakov (21.) Boris Olyanitskiy (22.) Valentin Zotov (23.) Vladimir Merkushin (27.)	119 pts
Bronze	New Zealand Rod Dixon (3.) Dick Tayler Dick Tayler Richard Tayler is a former New Zealand runner who mostly competed in distances from 1500m to 10000m.... (12.) Bryan Rose (14.) Euan Robertson (15.) Eddie Gray (38.) Nathan Healey (54.)	136 pts

Individual

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold		20:25
Silver		21:01
Bronze		21:08

Team

Medal	Athlete	Mark
Gold	Spain José Haro Cisneros (2.) José Luis Ruiz (7.) Fernando Cerrada (9.)	18 pts
Silver	Italy Franco Fava (4.) Aldo Tomasini (5.) Luca Bigatello (13.)	22 pts
Bronze	Kingdom of England Dennis Coates (6.) Barry Smith (8.) Tony Staynings (10.)	24 pts

Individual

Place	Athlete	Time
1.		13:45.2
2.		13:58
3.		14:01
4.		14:02
5.		14:09
6.		14:12
7.		14:13
8.		14:14

Team

Medal	Country	Mark
Gold	Kingdom of England Joyce Smith (2.) Rita Ridley (4.) Penny Yule (14.) Carol Gould Carol Gould (athlete) Carol Tessa Gould is a retired female long-distance runner from England, who competed in the 1970s and early 1980s in the women's marathon and cross country events. She set her personal best in the classic distance on June 12, 1982 in Windsor, finishing in second place behind Kathryn... (20.)	40 pts
Silver	Finland Sinikka Tyynelä (5.) Irja Pettinen (8.) Nina Holmén Nina Holmén Siv Nina Anette Holmén is a former Finnish long distance runner. She currently lives in Jomala. Her husband is also former elite athlete Rune Holmén and their son is Janne Holmén.... (10.) Aila Koivistoinen (50.)	73 pts
Bronze	United States Doris Brown (15.) Francie Larrieu (16.) Vicki Foltz (29.) Caroline Walker Caroline Walker Caroline Walker is a former American long-distance runner from Oregon who is recognized by the International Association of Athletics Federations as having set a world best in the marathon on February 28, 1970 with a time of 3:02:53 at the inaugural Trail's End Marathon in Seaside, Oregon.Walker's... (30.)	90 pts

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