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

## Medallists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | 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)
#### 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 Beck1 Karel Lismont3 Marc Smet13 Gaston Roelants14 Frank Grillaert27 Erik Gijselinck45 (Achille Vaes)(50) (Hendrik Schoofs)(75) | 103 |
| | England Ray Smedley7 David Black9 Bernie Ford11 Grenville Tuck16 Frank Briscoe30 Mike Beevor36 (Mike Tagg)(40) (Robert Patterson)(69) (Peter Standing)(94) | 109 |
| | France Noel Tijou8 Lucien Rault20 Pierre Liardet38 Jean-Jacques Prianon39 René Jourdan49 Jean-Paul Gomez61 (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)
#### 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 Kimball1 Matt Centrowitz5 John Roscoe6 Pat Davey10 (Mike Pinocci)(15) (J.J. Griffin)(18) | 22 |
| | Morocco Bouchaib Zouhri7 Mohamed Naoumi8 Hamadi Massoudi21 Yahia Hadka22 (Ahmed Sennaji)(40) | 58 |
| | Italy Venanzio Ortis2 Giuseppe Gerbi24 Stefano La Sala25 Salvatore Anzà39 (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)

* 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 |
| 6 | Spain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Ireland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | 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)