# 1974 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

The Senior men's race at the 1974 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Monza, Italy, at the Mirabello Racecourse on March 16, 1974. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.
Complete results, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.

## 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 |
| 13 | Marc Smet | Belgium | 36:00.8 |
| 14 | Gaston Roelants | Belgium | 36:03.2 |
| 15 | Pekka Päivärinta | Finland | 36:06.2 |
| 16 | Grenville Tuck | England | 36:07.6 |
| 17 | Per Halle | Norway | 36:08.4 |
| 18 | Tapio Kantanen | Finland | 36:12.6 |
| 19 | Abdelkader Zaddem | Tunisia | 36:16.4 |
| 20 | Lucien Rault | France | 36:18.6 |
| 21 | Luigi Lauro | Italy | 36:24 |
| 22 | Michael Karst | West Germany | 36:26.6 |
| 23 | Eddie Leddy | Ireland | 36:27 |
| 24 | Karl-Heinz Leiteritz | East Germany | 36:28.8 |
| 25 | Gerald Umbach | East Germany | 36:29.8 |
| 26 | Santiago de la Parte | Spain | 36:30.8 |
| 27 | Frank Grillaert | Belgium | 36:32.6 |
| 28 | Claudio Solone | Italy | 36:34 |
| 29 | Knut Børø | Norway | 36:34.6 |
| 30 | Frank Briscoe | England | 36:35.4 |
| 31 | Ron MacDonald | Scotland | |
| 32 | Anders Gärderud | Sweden | |
| 33 | Seppo Nikkari | Finland | |
| 34 | Bram Wassenaar | Netherlands | |
| 35 | Haico Scharn | Netherlands | |
| 36 | Mike Beevor | England | |
| 37 | Reinhard Leibold | West Germany | |
| 38 | Pierre Liardet | France | |
| 39 | Jean-Jacques Prianon | France | |
| 40 | Mike Tagg | England | |
| 41 | Mohamed Belhoucine | Morocco | |
| 42 | Malcolm Thomas | Wales | |
| 43 | Haddou Jaddour | Morocco | |
| 44 | Gerd Frähmcke | West Germany | |
| 45 | Erik Gijselinck | Belgium | |
| 46 | Andrew McKean | Scotland | |
| 47 | Colin Falconer | Scotland | |
| 48 | Donal Walsh | Ireland | |
| 49 | René Jourdan | France | |
| 50 | Achille Vaes | Belgium | |
| 51 | Göran Högberg | Sweden | |
| 52 | Adelaziz Bouguerra | Tunisia | |
| 53 | Wilhelm Jungbluth | West Germany | |
| 54 | Arne Kvalheim | Norway | |
| 55 | Juan Hidalgo | Spain | |
| 56 | Cor Vriend | Netherlands | |
| 57 | Larbi M'Hidra | Morocco | |
| 58 | Mateo Gómez | Spain | |
| 59 | Theodor Leimbach | West Germany | |
| 60 | José Haro | Spain | |
| 61 | Jean-Paul Gomez | France | |
| 62 | Wolfgang Krüger | West Germany | |
| 63 | Egbert Nijstad | Netherlands | |
| 64 | Desmond McGann | Ireland | |
| 65 | Aldo Tomasini | Italy | |
| 66 | Alistair Blamire | Scotland | |
| 67 | Dahou Belghazi | Morocco | |
| 68 | Marcelino Navarro | Spain | |
| 69 | Robert Patterson | England | |
| 70 | Göran Bengtsson | Sweden | |
| 71 | David Logue | Northern Ireland | |
| 72 | Luigi Zarcone | Italy | |
| 73 | Jürgen Straub | East Germany | |
| 74 | John van der Wansem | Netherlands | |
| 75 | Hendrik Schoofs | Belgium | |
| 76 | Raimo Hämynen | Finland | |
| 77 | Mustapha Oulghazi | Morocco | |
| 78 | Moumoh Haddou | Morocco | |
| 79 | Douglas Gunstone | Scotland | |
| 80 | Gerd Kärlin | Denmark | |
| 81 | Eddie Spillane | Ireland | |
| 82 | Mario Vaiani-Lisi | Italy | |
| 83 | André Gloaguen | France | |
| 84 | Mohamed Sghir | Morocco | |
| 85 | François Lacour | France | |
| 86 | Dietmar Knies | East Germany | |
| 87 | Jean Jacques Boiroux | France | |
| 88 | Jim Alder | Scotland | |
| 89 | Peter Lindtner | Austria | |
| 90 | Fernando Aguilar | Spain | |
| 91 | Clive Thomas | Wales | |
| 92 | Olavi Hedman | Finland | |
| 93 | Abdelkrim Djelassi | Tunisia | |
| 94 | Peter Standing | England | |
| 95 | Paddy Coyle | Ireland | |
| 96 | Hamida Gamoudi | Tunisia | |
| 97 | Laurence Reilly | Scotland | |
| 98 | Miloud Chenna | Morocco | |
| 99 | Mohamed Ghannouchi | Morocco | |
| 100 | Greg Hannon | Northern Ireland | |
| 101 | Hussein Soltani | Tunisia | |
| 102 | Mike Teer | Northern Ireland | |
| 103 | Kyösti Takkinen | Finland | |
| 104 | John Jones | Wales | |
| 105 | Tom O'Riordan | Ireland | |
| 106 | Rabah Zaidi | Tunisia | |
| 107 | Danny McDaid | Ireland | |
| 108 | Theo Geutjes | Netherlands | |
| 109 | Allister Hutton | Scotland | |
| 110 | Tom Annett | Northern Ireland | |
| 111 | Steve Slocombe | Wales | |
| 112 | Joe Scanlon | Ireland | |
| 113 | Steve Gibbons | Wales | |
| 114 | Ian Morrison | Northern Ireland | |
| 115 | Michael Lane | Wales | |
| 116 | Anton Gorbunow | West Germany | |
| 117 | Jim McGuinness | Northern Ireland | |
| 118 | Roelof Veld | Netherlands | |
| 119 | Dennis Fowles | Wales | |
| 120 | Fernando Fernandez | Spain | |
| 121 | David Hopkins | Wales | |
| 122 | Luca Bigatello | Italy | |
| — | José Luis Ruiz | Spain | DNF |
| — | Enrico Cantoreggi | Italy | DNF |
| — | Roberto Gervasini | Italy | DNF |

#### Teams

| 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 Detlef Uhlemann5 Michael Karst22 Reinhard Leibold37 Gerd Frähmcke44 Wilhelm Jungbluth53 Theodor Leimbach59 (Wolfgang Krüger)(62) (Anton Gorbunow)(116) | 220 |
| 5 | East Germany Wilfried Scholz6 Manfred Kuschmann12 Karl-Heinz Leiteritz24 Gerald Umbach25 Jürgen Straub73 Dietmar Knies86 | 226 |
| 6 | Spain Mariano Haro2 Santiago de la Parte26 Juan Hidalgo55 Mateo Gómez58 José Haro60 Marcelino Navarro68 (Fernando Aguilar)(90) (Fernando Fernandez)(120) (José Luis Ruiz)(DNF) | 269 |
| 7 | Scotland Jim Brown4 Ron MacDonald31 Andrew McKean46 Colin Falconer47 Alistair Blamire66 Douglas Gunstone79 (Jim Alder)(88) (Laurence Reilly)(97) (Allister Hutton)(109) | 273 |
| 8 | Italy Franco Fava10 Luigi Lauro21 Claudio Solone28 Aldo Tomasini65 Luigi Zarcone72 Mario Vaiani-Lisi82 (Luca Bigatello)(122) (Enrico Cantoreggi)(DNF) (Roberto Gervasini)(DNF) | 278 |
| 9 | Finland Pekka Päivärinta15 Tapio Kantanen18 Seppo Nikkari33 Raimo Hämynen76 Olavi Hedman92 Kyösti Takkinen103 | 337 |
| 10 | Morocco Mohamed Belhoucine41 Haddou Jaddour43 Larbi M'Hidra57 Dahou Belghazi67 Mustapha Oulghazi77 Moumoh Haddou78 (Mohamed Sghir)(84) (Miloud Chenna)(98) (Mohamed Ghannouchi)(99) | 363 |
| 11 | Netherlands Bram Wassenaar34 Haico Scharn35 Cor Vriend56 Egbert Nijstad63 John van der Wansem74 Theo Geutjes108 (Roelof Veld)(118) | 370 |
| 12 | Ireland Eddie Leddy23 Donal Walsh48 Desmond McGann64 Eddie Spillane81 Paddy Coyle95 Tom O'Riordan105 (Danny McDaid)(107) (Joe Scanlon)(112) | 416 |
| 13 | Tunisia Abdelkader Zaddem19 Adelaziz Bouguerra52 Abdelkrim Djelassi93 Hamida Gamoudi96 Hussein Soltani101 Rabah Zaidi106 | 467 |
| 14 | Wales Malcolm Thomas42 Clive Thomas91 John Jones104 Steve Slocombe111 Steve Gibbons113 Michael Lane115 (Dennis Fowles)(119) (David Hopkins)(121) | 576 |
| 15 | Northern Ireland David Logue71 Greg Hannon100 Mike Teer102 Tom Annett110 Ian Morrison114 Jim McGuinness117 | 614 |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

## Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 125 athletes from 19 countries in the Senior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.
* Austria (1)
* Belgium (8)
* Denmark (1)
* East Germany (6)
* England (9)
* Finland (6)
* France (9)
* Ireland (8)
* Italy (9)
* Morocco (9)
* Netherlands (7)
* Northern Ireland (6)
* Norway (3)
* Scotland (9)
* Spain (9)
* Sweden (3)
* Tunisia (6)
* Wales (8)
* West Germany (8)