# 1973 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

The Senior men's race at the 1973 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Waregem, Belgium, at the Hippodroom Waregem on 17 March 1973. 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 (11.98 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Pekka Päivärinta | Finland | 35:46.4 |
| | Mariano Haro | Spain | 35:46.5 |
| | Rod Dixon | New Zealand | 36:00 |
| 4 | Tapio Kantanen | Finland | 36:05 |
| 5 | Willy Polleunis | Belgium | 36:05 |
| 6 | Roger Clark | England | 36:08 |
| 7 | Juan Hidalgo | Spain | 36:12 |
| 8 | Gaston Roelants | Belgium | 36:13 |
| 9 | Nikolay Sviridov | Soviet Union | 36:19 |
| 10 | Noel Tijou | France | 36:21 |
| 11 | Grenville Tuck | England | 36:24 |
| 12 | Dick Tayler | New Zealand | 36:26 |
| 13 | Norman Morrison | Scotland | 36:31 |
| 14 | Bryan Rose | New Zealand | 36:38 |
| 15 | Euan Robertson | New Zealand | 36:45 |
| 16 | Egbert Nijstad | Netherlands | 36:46 |
| 17 | Pavel Andreyev | Soviet Union | 36:47 |
| 18 | Eric de Beck | Belgium | |
| 19 | Erik Gijselinck | Belgium | |
| 20 | Abdelkader Zaddem | Tunisia | |
| 21 | Nikolay Puklakov | Soviet Union | |
| 22 | Boris Olyanitskiy | Soviet Union | |
| 23 | Valentin Zotov | Soviet Union | |
| 24 | Carlos Lopes | Portugal | |
| 25 | Eddie Leddy | Ireland | 36:56 |
| 26 | Malcolm Thomas | Wales | |
| 27 | Vladimir Merkushin | Soviet Union | |
| 28 | Karel Lismont | Belgium | |
| 29 | Steve Kenyon | England | |
| 30 | Andrew McKean | Scotland | |
| 31 | Marc Smet | Belgium | |
| 32 | Tony Simmons | England | |
| 33 | Bernie Plain | Wales | |
| 34 | Seppo Tuominen | Finland | |
| 35 | Giuseppe Cindolo | Italy | |
| 36 | Santiago de la Parte | Spain | |
| 37 | Adelaziz Bouguerra | Tunisia | |
| 38 | Eddie Gray | New Zealand | |
| 39 | Roelof Veld | Netherlands | |
| 40 | Edgard Salvé | Belgium | |
| 41 | Pierre Liardet | France | |
| 42 | Mike Baxter | England | |
| 43 | Seppo Nikkari | Finland | |
| 44 | Detlef Uhlemann | West Germany | |
| 45 | Lachie Stewart | Scotland | |
| 46 | Bernard Caraby | France | |
| 47 | Olavi Suomalainen | Finland | |
| 48 | Haico Scharn | Netherlands | |
| 49 | Daniel Fossé | France | |
| 50 | Dennis Fowles | Wales | |
| 51 | Pekka Tiihonen | Finland | |
| 52 | John van der Wansem | Netherlands | |
| 53 | Petras Simonelis | Soviet Union | |
| 54 | Nathan Healey | New Zealand | |
| 55 | John Jones | Wales | |
| 56 | Gerd Frähmcke | West Germany | |
| 57 | Jim Alder | Scotland | |
| 58 | José Maiz | Spain | |
| 59 | John Sheddan | New Zealand | |
| 60 | Risto Ala-Korpi | Finland | |
| 61 | Ricky Wilde | England | |
| 62 | Jean-Yves Le Flohic | France | |
| 63 | Donal Walsh | Ireland | |
| 64 | John McLaughlin | Northern Ireland | |
| 65 | René Jourdan | France | |
| 66 | Mohamed Ben Abdelsalem | Morocco | |
| 67 | Danny McDaid | Ireland | |
| 68 | Cherif Hannchi | Tunisia | |
| 69 | Paddy Coyle | Ireland | |
| 70 | Bill Robinson | England | |
| 71 | Fernand Kolbeck | France | |
| 72 | Adrian Weatherhead | Scotland | |
| 73 | Vadim Mokalov | Soviet Union | |
| 74 | Ian Gilmour | Scotland | |
| 75 | Mike Beevor | England | |
| 76 | Renato Martini | Italy | |
| 77 | Mansour Guettaya | Tunisia | |
| 78 | Saturnino Arcones | Spain | |
| 79 | Javier Álvarez | Spain | |
| 80 | Franco Veronese | Italy | |
| 81 | Jean-Paul Gomez | France | |
| 82 | Miloud Chenna | Morocco | |
| 83 | John Myatt | Scotland | |
| 84 | Tom O'Riordan | Ireland | |
| 85 | Dick Crowley | Ireland | |
| 86 | Bernie Ford | England | |
| 87 | Albrecht Moser | Switzerland | |
| 88 | Wilhelm Jungbluth | West Germany | |
| 89 | Tony Ashton | Wales | |
| 90 | Gaetano Pusterla | Italy | |
| 91 | Hamdouni Sghaier | Tunisia | |
| 92 | David Hopkins | Wales | |
| 93 | Moumoh Haddou | Morocco | |
| 94 | Karl-Heinz Betz | West Germany | |
| 95 | Mohamed Benbaraka | Morocco | |
| 96 | Luigi Zarcone | Italy | |
| 97 | Gabriele Barbaro | Italy | |
| 98 | Herman Parmentier | Belgium | |
| 99 | Labidi Ayachi | Tunisia | |
| 100 | Gerry Hannon | Northern Ireland | |
| 101 | Amakdouf Layachi | Morocco | |
| 102 | Ruben San Martin | Spain | |
| 103 | Ludwig Niedermeier | West Germany | |
| 104 | Esa Laitinen | Finland | |
| 105 | David Logue | Northern Ireland | |
| 106 | Clive Thomas | Wales | |
| 107 | Dahou Belghazi | Morocco | |
| 108 | Anacleto Pinto | Portugal | |
| 109 | Eddie Spillane | Ireland | |
| 110 | Brunello Bertolin | Italy | |
| 111 | Mustapha Oulghazi | Morocco | |
| 112 | Gérard Vervoort | France | |
| 113 | Julio Marujo | Portugal | |
| 114 | Mike Critchley | Wales | |
| 115 | Colin Falconer | Scotland | |
| 116 | Americo Barros | Portugal | |
| 117 | Pat Gilseman | Ireland | |
| 118 | Hussein Soltani | Tunisia | |
| 119 | Aniceto Simoes | Portugal | |
| 120 | Dick Wedlock | Scotland | |
| 121 | Piet Vonck | Netherlands | |
| 122 | Cidalio Caetano | Portugal | |
| 123 | Falko Will | West Germany | |
| 124 | Geert Jansen | Netherlands | |
| 125 | Roy Kernoghan | Northern Ireland | |
| 126 | Ian Morrison | Northern Ireland | |
| 127 | Mohamed Sghir | Morocco | |
| 128 | Brian Donovan | Wales | |
| 129 | Mario Binato | Italy | |
| 130 | Howard Healey | New Zealand | |
| 131 | Jos Hermens | Netherlands | |
| 132 | Abdelkrim Djelassi | Tunisia | |
| 133 | Vasco Pereira | Portugal | |
| 134 | Fernando Fernandez | Spain | |
| 135 | Peter Helmer | Denmark | |
| 136 | Armando Aldegalega | Portugal | |
| 137 | Tom Annett | Northern Ireland | |
| 138 | Arne Stigsen | Denmark | |
| 139 | Jean-Pierre Berset | Switzerland | |
| 140 | Hans Ruiter | Netherlands | |
| 141 | Jim McGuinness | Northern Ireland | |
| 142 | Jörgen Trangbaek | Denmark | |
| 143 | Erik Laursen | Denmark | |
| 144 | Bent Larsson | Denmark | |
| 145 | Dan Engell | Denmark | |
| 146 | Gerd Larsen | Denmark | |
| 147 | Dan Michaelsen | Denmark | |
| 148 | Arne Möller | Denmark | |
| – | Neil Cusack | Ireland | DNF |
| – | Fernando Mamede | Portugal | DNF |
| – | Umberto Risi | Italy | DNF |
| – | Willi Wagner | West Germany | DNF |
| – | Julio Gude | Spain | DNF |
| – | Wolfgang Krüger | West Germany | DNF |
| – | Haddou Jaddour | Morocco | DNF |
| – | Esko Lipsonen | Finland | DNF |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Belgium Willy Polleunis5 Gaston Roelants8 Eric de Beck18 Erik Gijselinck19 Karel Lismont28 Marc Smet31 (Edgard Salvé)(40) (Herman Parmentier)(98) | 109 |
| | Soviet Union Nikolay Sviridov9 Pavel Andreyev17 Nikolay Puklakov21 Boris Olyanitskiy22 Valentin Zotov23 Vladimir Merkushin27 (Petras Simonelis)(53) (Vadim Mokalov)(73) | 119 |
| | New Zealand Rod Dixon3 Dick Tayler12 Bryan Rose14 Euan Robertson15 Eddie Gray38 Nathan Healey54 (John Sheddan)(59) (Howard Healey)(130) | 136 |
| 4 | Finland Pekka Päivärinta1 Tapio Kantanen4 Seppo Tuominen34 Seppo Nikkari43 Olavi Suomalainen47 Pekka Tiihonen51 (Risto Ala-Korpi)(60) (Esa Laitinen)(104) (Esko Lipsonen)(DNF) | 180 |
| 5 | England Roger Clark6 Grenville Tuck11 Steve Kenyon29 Tony Simmons32 Mike Baxter42 Ricky Wilde61 (Bill Robinson)(70) (Mike Beevor)(75) (Bernie Ford)(86) | 181 |
| 6 | Spain Mariano Haro2 Juan Hidalgo7 Santiago de la Parte36 José Maiz58 Saturnino Arcones78 Javier Alvarez79 (Ruben San Martin)(102) (Fernando Fernandez)(134) (Julio Gude)(DNF) | 260 |
| 7 | France Noel Tijou10 Pierre Liardet41 Bernard Caraby46 Daniel Fossé49 Jean-Yves Le Flohic62 René Jourdan65 (Fernand Kolbeck)(71) (Jean-Paul Gomez)(81) (Gérard Vervoort)(112) | 273 |
| 8 | Scotland Norman Morrison13 Andrew McKean30 Lachie Stewart45 Jim Alder57 Adrian Weatherhead72 Ian Gilmour74 (John Myatt)(83) (Colin Falconer)(115) (Dick Wedlock)(120) | 291 |
| 9 | Wales Malcolm Thomas26 Bernie Plain33 Dennis Fowles50 John Jones55 Tony Ashton89 David Hopkins92 (Clive Thomas)(106) (Mike Critchley)(114) (Brian Donovan)(128) | 345 |
| 10 | Tunisia Abdelkader Zaddem20 Adelaziz Bouguerra37 Cherif Hannchi68 Mansour Guettaya77 Hamdouni Sghaier91 Labidi Ayachi99 (Hussein Soltani)(118) (Abdelkrim Djelassi)(132) | 392 |
| 11 | Ireland Eddie Leddy25 Donal Walsh63 Danny McDaid67 Paddy Coyle69 Tom O'Riordan84 Dick Crowley85 (Eddie Spillane)(109) (Pat Gilseman)(117) (Neil Cusack)(DNF) | 393 |
| 12 | Netherlands Egbert Nijstad16 Roelof Veld39 Haico Scharn48 John van der Wansem52 Piet Vonck121 Geert Jansen124 (Jos Hermens)(131) (Hans Ruiter)(140) | 400 |
| 13 | Italy Giuseppe Cindolo35 Renato Martini76 Franco Veronese80 Gaetano Pusterla90 Luigi Zarcone96 Gabriele Barbaro97 (Brunello Bertolin)(110) (Mario Binato)(129) (Umberto Risi)(DNF) | 474 |
| 14 | West Germany Detlef Uhlemann44 Gerd Frähmcke56 Wilhelm Jungbluth88 Karl-Heinz Betz94 Ludwig Niedermeier103 Falko Will123 (Willi Wagner)(DNF) (Wolfgang Krüger)(DNF) | 508 |
| 15 | Morocco Mohamed Ben Abdelsalem66 Miloud Chenna82 Moumoh Haddou93 Mohamed Benbaraka95 Amakdouf Layachi101 Dahou Belghazi107 (Mustapha Oulghazi)(111) (Mohamed Sghir)(127) (Haddou Jaddour)(DNF) | 544 |
| 16 | Portugal Carlos Lopes24 Anacleto Pinto108 Julio Marujo113 Americo Barros116 Aniceto Simoes119 Cidalio Caetano122 (Vasco Pereira)(133) (Armando Aldegalega)(136) (Fernando Mamede)(DNF) | 602 |
| 17 | Northern Ireland John McLaughlin64 Gerry Hannon100 David Logue105 Roy Kernoghan125 Ian Morrison126 Tom Annett137 (Jim McGuinness)(141) | 657 |
| 18 | Denmark Peter Helmer135 Arne Stigsen138 Jörgen Trangbaek142 Erik Laursen143 Bent Larsson144 Dan Engell145 (Gerd Larsen)(146) (Dan Michaelsen)(147) (Arne Möller)(148) | 847 |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

## Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 156 athletes from 19 countries in the Senior men's race, one athlete less than the official number published.
* Belgium (8)
* Denmark (9)
* England (9)
* Finland (9)
* France (9)
* Ireland (9)
* Italy (9)
* Morocco (9)
* Netherlands (8)
* New Zealand (8)
* Northern Ireland (7)
* Portugal (9)
* Scotland (9)
* Spain (9)
* Soviet Union (8)
* Switzerland (2)
* Tunisia (8)
* Wales (9)
* West Germany (8)