# 1975 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

The Senior men's race at the 1975 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Rabat, Morocco, at the Souissi Racecourse on 16 March 1975. 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 |
| | Ian Stewart | Scotland | 35:20 |
| | Mariano Haro | Spain | 35:21 |
| | Bill Rodgers | United States | 35:27.4 |
| 4 | John Walker | New Zealand | 35:45 |
| 5 | Euan Robertson | New Zealand | 35:46 |
| 6 | Franco Fava | Italy | 35:47 |
| 7 | Ray Smedley | England | 35:50 |
| 8 | Klaus-Peter Hildenbrand | West Germany | 35:51 |
| 9 | Hans-Jürgen Orthmann | West Germany | 35:55 |
| 10 | Gaston Roelants | Belgium | 35:57 |
| 11 | Wilfried Scholz | East Germany | 35:58 |
| 12 | Abdelkader Zaddem | Tunisia | 36:00 |
| 13 | Luigi Zarcone | Italy | 36:02 |
| 14 | Grenville Tuck | England | 36:10 |
| 15 | Waldemar Cierpinski | East Germany | 36:16 |
| 16 | Emiel Puttemans | Belgium | 36:17 |
| 17 | Seppo Tuominen | Finland | 36:19 |
| 18 | Haddou Jaddour | Morocco | 36:21 |
| 19 | Noel Tijou | France | 36:24 |
| 20 | Frank Shorter | United States | 36:25 |
| 21 | André Ornelis | Belgium | 36:26 |
| 22 | Bill Scott | Australia | 36:28 |
| 23 | Michael Karst | West Germany | |
| 24 | Tapio Kantanen | Finland | |
| 25 | David Sirl | New Zealand | |
| 26 | John Dixon | New Zealand | |
| 27 | Joachim Krebs | East Germany | |
| 28 | Kamel Guemar | Algeria | |
| 29 | Scott Bringhurst | United States | |
| 30 | Gary Tuttle | United States | |
| 31 | Lucien Rault | France | |
| 32 | Pierre Liardet | France | |
| 33 | John Sheddan | New Zealand | |
| 34 | Bryan Rose | New Zealand | |
| 35 | Bernie Plain | Wales | |
| 36 | Jack Foster | New Zealand | |
| 37 | Bernie Ford | England | |
| 38 | Allister Hutton | Scotland | |
| 39 | Tony Simmons | England | |
| 40 | Gerald Umbach | East Germany | |
| 41 | Rabah Zaidi | Tunisia | |
| 42 | Santiago de la Parte | Spain | |
| 43 | Laurence Reilly | Scotland | |
| 44 | Dic Evans | Wales | |
| 45 | Eddy Rombaux | Belgium | |
| 46 | Djelloul Rezique | Algeria | |
| 47 | Chris Wardlaw | Australia | 37:01 |
| 48 | Robert McDonald | Australia | 37:02 |
| 49 | Smain Yahiaoui | Algeria | |
| 50 | Trevor Wright | England | |
| 51 | Alan Blinston | England | |
| 52 | Neil Cusack | Ireland | |
| 53 | Andrew McKean | Scotland | |
| 54 | Abdelmadjid Mada | Algeria | |
| 55 | Boualem Rahoui | Algeria | |
| 56 | Aarno Ristimäki | Finland | |
| 57 | Marc Smet | Belgium | |
| 58 | Seppo Nikkari | Finland | |
| 59 | Aldo Tomasini | Italy | |
| 60 | James Langford | Australia | |
| 61 | Fernando Cerrada | Spain | |
| 62 | Erik Gijselinck | Belgium | |
| 63 | Anton Gorbunow | West Germany | |
| 64 | Jean-Paul Gomez | France | |
| 65 | Giuseppe Cindolo | Italy | |
| 66 | Frank Baumgartl | East Germany | |
| 67 | Eddie Leddy | Ireland | |
| 68 | Shag Musa Medani | Sudan | |
| 69 | Mohamed Kacemi | Algeria | |
| 70 | Jeff Galloway | United States | |
| 71 | Mike Beevor | England | |
| 72 | Kevin Ryan | New Zealand | |
| 73 | Cherif Ben Ali | Algeria | |
| 74 | Albien Van Holsbeek | Belgium | |
| 75 | Jim Brown | Scotland | |
| 76 | Jean-Yves Le Flohic | France | |
| 77 | Hussein Soltani | Tunisia | |
| 78 | Mohamed Ghannouchi | Morocco | |
| 79 | Tahar Bounab | Algeria | |
| 80 | John McLaughlin | Northern Ireland | |
| 81 | Christian Cairoche | France | |
| 82 | Rees Ward | Scotland | |
| 83 | Juan Hidalgo | Spain | |
| 84 | Jean Levaillant | France | |
| 85 | Rachid Habchaoui | Algeria | |
| 86 | Adelaziz Bouguerra | Tunisia | |
| 87 | Clive Thomas | Wales | |
| 88 | Dahou Belghazi | Morocco | |
| 89 | Keith Angus | England | |
| 90 | Venanzio Ortis | Italy | |
| 91 | Paul Lawther | Northern Ireland | |
| 92 | Gino Trambaiolo | Italy | |
| 93 | José Haro | Spain | |
| 94 | Abdellah Jaouhari | Egypt | |
| 95 | Omar Slassi | Morocco | |
| 96 | Steve Gibbons | Wales | |
| 97 | Lahcen El Hachmi | Morocco | |
| 98 | Jack Bacheler | United States | |
| 99 | Ricardo Ortega | Spain | |
| 100 | Donal Walsh | Ireland | |
| 101 | Jim Alder | Scotland | |
| 102 | John Roscoe | United States | |
| 103 | Friedel Klement | West Germany | |
| 104 | Reinhard Leibold | West Germany | |
| 105 | David Chettle | Australia | 38:17 |
| 106 | Thomas Brennan | Ireland | |
| 107 | Mohamed Khalifi | Morocco | |
| 108 | Jean-Pierre Eudier | France | |
| 109 | Mhedheb Hannachi | Tunisia | |
| 110 | Ian Gilmour | Scotland | |
| 111 | Frank Clement | Scotland | |
| 112 | Mohamed Mechouat | Morocco | |
| 113 | Dick Quax | New Zealand | |
| 114 | Desmond McGann | Ireland | |
| 115 | Manfred Kuschmann | East Germany | |
| 116 | Risto Ala-Korpi | Finland | |
| 117 | Mohamed Benbaraka | Morocco | |
| 118 | Stefano Grazzini | Italy | |
| 119 | John Amo Jok | Sudan | |
| 120 | Mike Teer | Northern Ireland | |
| 121 | Omer Khalifa | Sudan | |
| 122 | Mohamed Sharif Samavel | Iran | |
| 123 | David Hopkins | Wales | |
| 124 | Tom Price | Northern Ireland | |
| 125 | Mohamed Shoushane | Libya | |
| 126 | Dennis Nee | Australia | 39:09 |
| 127 | Hossein Rabbi | Iran | |
| 128 | Peter Griffiths | Wales | |
| 129 | Cherif Hannchi | Tunisia | |
| 130 | Gerry Hannon | Northern Ireland | |
| 131 | Mohamed Zaidi | Tunisia | |
| 132 | Idari Osa Ayab | Sudan | |
| 133 | Labidi Ayachi | Tunisia | |
| 134 | Paul Thijs | Belgium | |
| 135 | Mario Vaiani-Lisi | Italy | |
| 136 | Tony Brien | Ireland | |
| 137 | Jim McGuinness | Northern Ireland | |
| 138 | Issa Samir Moustapha | Syria | |
| 139 | Ghulam Reza Saher | Iran | |
| 140 | Robert Talay | Australia | 40:06 |
| 141 | Mohamed Masomi | Iran | |
| 142 | David Jones | Wales | |
| 143 | Hamou Abdellah Publa | Syria | |
| 144 | Jean-Marie Conrath | France | |
| 145 | Taher Musa Abeih | Libya | |
| 146 | Dafallah Sultan Farah | Sudan | |
| 147 | Kidam Khamis Omda | Sudan | |
| 148 | Moharrom Yaftian | Iran | |
| 149 | Abdulkarim Joumaa | Syria | |
| 150 | Mohamed Adam Taibay | Sudan | |
| 151 | Chebaan Hsain | Syria | |
| 152 | Abdellah Sugi | Libya | |
| 153 | Ali Abdoc | Iran | |
| 154 | Ahmed Amir Khan | Iran | |
| 155 | John Charvetto | Gibraltar | |
| 156 | Abdellah Ashimi | Libya | |
| 157 | Salem Muri | Libya | |
| 158 | Salah Mounfil | Syria | |
| 159 | Hadj Hassan Faouz | Syria | |
| 160 | Said Abouharamas | Libya | |
| 161 | Sergio Alecio | Gibraltar | |
| 162 | Shabant Abdussalam | Libya | |
| 163 | James Hayts | Northern Ireland | |
| 164 | Malcolm Blagg | Gibraltar | |
| 165 | Aurelio Falero | Gibraltar | |
| 166 | Shukair Al-Shaibani | Saudi Arabia | |
| 167 | Raga Al-Shalawi | Saudi Arabia | |
| 168 | Fahed Aboullif | Saudi Arabia | |
| 169 | Hizam Fenis | Saudi Arabia | |
| 170 | Shetoui Aouadh Al-Bishi | Saudi Arabia | |
| 171 | Fahed El Kasmi | Saudi Arabia | |
| 172 | William Vassallo | Gibraltar | |
| 173 | Bob Robert | Gibraltar | |
| — | Antonio Campos | Spain | DNF |
| — | Gerd Frähmcke | West Germany | DNF |
| — | Tom O'Riordan | Ireland | DNF |
| — | Pekka Päivärinta | Finland | DNF |
| — | José Luis Ruiz | Spain | DNF |
| — | Fernando Fernandez | Spain | DNF |
| — | Luigi Lauro | Italy | DNF |
| — | Eddy Van Mullem | Belgium | DNF |
| — | John Axsentieff | Australia | DNF |
| — | Hamida Gamoudi | Tunisia | DNF |
| — | Barry Brown | United States | DNF |
| — | Rune Holmén | Finland | DNF |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | New Zealand John Walker4 Euan Robertson5 David Sirl25 John Dixon26 John Sheddan33 Bryan Rose34 (Jack Foster)(36) (Kevin Ryan)(72) (Dick Quax)(113) | 127 |
| | England Ray Smedley7 Grenville Tuck14 Bernie Ford37 Tony Simmons39 Trevor Wright50 Alan Blinston51 (Mike Beevor)(71) (Keith Angus)(89) | 198 |
| | Belgium Gaston Roelants10 Emiel Puttemans16 André Ornelis21 Eddy Rombaux45 Marc Smet57 Erik Gijselinck62 (Albien Van Holsbeek)(74) (Paul Thijs)(134) (Eddy Van Mullem)(DNF) | 211 |
| 4 | United States Bill Rodgers3 Frank Shorter20 Scott Bringhurst29 Gary Tuttle30 Jeff Galloway70 Jack Bacheler98 (John Roscoe)(102) (Barry Brown)(DNF) | 250 |
| 5 | East Germany Wilfried Scholz11 Waldemar Cierpinski15 Joachim Krebs27 Gerald Umbach40 Frank Baumgartl66 Manfred Kuschmann115 | 274 |
| 6 | Scotland Ian Stewart1 Allister Hutton38 Laurence Reilly43 Andrew McKean53 Jim Brown75 Rees Ward82 (Jim Alder)(101) (Ian Gilmour)(110) (Frank Clement)(111) | 292 |
| 7 | Algeria Kamel Guemar28 Djelloul Rezique46 Smain Yahiaoui49 Abdelmadjid Mada54 Boualem Rahoui55 Mohamed Kacemi69 (Cherif Ben Ali)(73) (Tahar Bounab)(79) (Rachid Habchaoui)(85) | 301 |
| 8 | France Noel Tijou19 Lucien Rault31 Pierre Liardet32 Jean-Paul Gomez64 Jean-Yves Le Flohic76 Christian Cairoche81 (Jean Levaillant)(84) (Jean-Pierre Eudier)(108) (Jean-Marie Conrath)(144) | 303 |
| 9 | West Germany Klaus-Peter Hildenbrand8 Hans-Jürgen Orthmann9 Michael Karst23 Anton Gorbunow63 Friedel Klement103 Reinhard Leibold104 (Gerd Frähmcke)(DNF) | 310 |
| 10 | Italy Franco Fava6 Luigi Zarcone13 Aldo Tomasini59 Giuseppe Cindolo65 Venanzio Ortis90 Gino Trambaiolo92 (Stefano Grazzini)(118) (Mario Vaiani-Lisi)(135) (Luigi Lauro)(DNF) | 325 |
| 11 | Spain Mariano Haro2 Santiago de la Parte42 Fernando Cerrada61 Juan Hidalgo83 José Haro93 Ricardo Ortega99 (Antonio Campos)(DNF) (José Luis Ruiz)(DNF) (Fernando Fernandez)(DNF) | 380 |
| 12 | Australia Bill Scott22 Chris Wardlaw47 Robert McDonald48 James Langford60 David Chettle105 Dennis Nee126 (Robert Talay)(140) (John Axsentieff)(DNF) | 408 |
| 13 | Tunisia Abdelkader Zaddem12 Rabah Zaidi41 Hussein Soltani77 Adelaziz Bouguerra86 Mhedheb Hannachi109 Cherif Hannchi129 (Mohamed Zaidi)(131) (Labidi Ayachi)(133) (Hamida Gamoudi)(DNF) | 454 |
| 14 | Morocco Haddou Jaddour18 Mohamed Ghannouchi78 Dahou Belghazi88 Omar Slassi95 Lahcen El Hachmi97 Mohamed Khalifi107 (Mohamed Mechouat)(112) (Mohamed Benbaraka)(117) | 483 |
| 15 | Wales Bernie Plain35 Dic Evans44 Clive Thomas87 Steve Gibbons96 David Hopkins123 Peter Griffiths128 (David Jones)(142) | 513 |
| 16 | Ireland Neil Cusack52 Eddie Leddy67 Donal Walsh100 Thomas Brennan106 Desmond McGann114 Tony Brien136 (Tom O'Riordan)(DNF) | 575 |
| 17 | Northern Ireland John McLaughlin80 Paul Lawther91 Mike Teer120 Tom Price124 Gerry Hannon130 Jim McGuinness137 (James Hayts)(163) | 682 |
| 18 | Sudan Shag Musa Medani68 John Amo Jok119 Omer Khalifa121 Idari Osa Ayab132 Dafallah Sultan Farah146 Kidam Khamis Omda147 (Mohamed Adam Taibay)(150) | 733 |
| 19 | Iran Mohamed Sharif Samavel122 Hossein Rabbi127 Ghulam Reza Saher139 Mohamed Masomi141 Moharrom Yaftian148 Ali Abdoc153 (Ahmed Amir Khan)(154) | 830 |
| 20 | Libya Mohamed Shoushane125 Taher Musa Abeih145 Abdellah Sugi152 Abdellah Ashimi156 Salem Muri157 Said Abouharamas160 (Shabant Abdussalam)(162) | 895 |
| 21 | Syria Issa Samir Moustapha138 Hamou Abdellah Publa143 Abdulkarim Joumaa149 Chebaan Hsain151 Salah Mounfil158 Hadj Hassan Faouz159 | 898 |
| 22 | Gibraltar John Charvetto155 Sergio Alecio161 Malcolm Blagg164 Aurelio Falero165 William Vassallo172 Bob Robert173 | 990 |
| 23 | Saudi Arabia Shukair Al-Shaibani166 Raga Al-Shalawi167 Fahed Aboullif168 Hizam Fenis169 Shetoui Aouadh Al-Bishi170 Fahed El Kasmi171 | 1011 |
| DNF | Finland (Seppo Tuominen)(17) (Tapio Kantanen)(24) (Aarno Ristimäki)(56) (Seppo Nikkari)(58) (Risto Ala-Korpi)(116) (Pekka Päivärinta)(DNF) (Rune Holmén)(DNF) | DNF |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

## Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 185 athletes from 25 countries in the Senior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.
* Algeria (9)
* Australia (8)
* Belgium (9)
* East Germany (6)
* Egypt (1)
* England (8)
* Finland (7)
* France (9)
* Gibraltar (6)
* Iran (7)
* Ireland (7)
* Italy (9)
* Libya (7)
* Morocco (8)
* New Zealand (9)
* Northern Ireland (7)
* Saudi Arabia (6)
* Scotland (9)
* Spain (9)
* Sudan (7)
* Syria (6)
* Tunisia (9)
* United States (8)
* Wales (7)
* West Germany (7)