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 →

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.^[1]

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

Medallists[edit]

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[edit]

Senior men's race (12 km)[edit]

Individual[edit]

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[edit]

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)[edit]

Individual[edit]

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[edit]

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)[edit]

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)[edit]

  *   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[edit]

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

See also[edit]

• 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)

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• GBRathletics