World Cross Country Championships 1974

The second IAAF World Cross Country Championships the IAAF took place on 16th March 1974 at the racetrack of Monza ( Italy instead).

The men started over a distance of 12.0 km, the women over 4.0 km and the juniors over 7.1 km.

The fourth place of Dietmar Millonig in the junior race is the best placement of an Austrian athlete at the cross-country world championships to date.

Results

Men

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Erik De Beck	BEL	35: 23.8
2	Mariano Haro	ESP	35: 24.6
3	Karel Lismont	BEL	35: 26.6
4th	Jim Brown	SCO	35: 29.2
5	Detlef Uhlemann	FRG	35: 30.4
6th	Wilfried Scholz	GDR	35: 31.8
7th	Ray Smedley	CLOSELY	35: 35.8
8th	Noel Tijou	FRA	35: 36.4

Of the 125 athletes who started, 122 reached the finish.

Other participants from German-speaking countries:

• 12: Manfred Kuschmann ( GDR ), 35: 54.2
• 22: Michael Karst ( FRG ), 36: 26.6
• 24: Karl-Heinz Leiteritz ( GDR ), 36: 28.8
• 25: Gerald Umbach ( GDR ), 36: 29.8
• 37: Reinhard Leibold ( FRG )
• 44: Gerd Frähmcke ( FRG )
• 53: Wilhelm Jungbluth ( FRG )
• 59: Theodor Leimbach ( FRG )
• 62: Wolfgang Krüger ( FRG )
• 73: Jürgen Straub ( GDR )
• 86: Dietmar Knies ( GDR )
• 89: Peter Lindtner ( AUT )
• 116: Anton Gorbunow ( FRG )

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Belgium Erik De Beck Karel Lismont Marc Smet Gaston Roelants Frank Grillaert Erik Gyselinck	103 1 3 13 14 27 45 00 00 0 0 0 0
2	England Ray Smedley Dave Black Bernie Ford Grenville Tuck Frank Briscoe Mike Beevor	109 7 9 11 16 30 36 00 00 0 0 0 0
3	France Noel Tijou Lucien Rault Pierre Liardet Jean-Jacques Prianon René Jourdan Jean-Paul Gomez	215 8 20 38 39 49 61 00 0 0 0 0 0

A total of 15 teams were rated. The West German team finished fourth with 220 points and the GDR team fifth with 226 points.

Women

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Paola Cacchi	ITA	12: 42.0
2	Nina Holmén	FIN	12: 47.6
3	Rita Ridley	CLOSELY	12: 54.0
4th	Ann Yeoman	CLOSELY	12: 58.6
5	Pirjo Vihonen	FIN	13: 02.0
6th	Bronisława Ludwichowska	POLE	13: 03.2
7th	Joyce Smith	CLOSELY	13: 04.4
8th	Mary Stewart	SCO	13: 05.6

All 69 athletes who started reached the finish.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 20: Christa Kofferschläger ( FRG ), 13: 31.0
• 21: Charlotte Teske ( FRG ), 13: 31.8
• 34: Christine Klemme ( FRG ), 13: 40.8
• 41: Christel Rosenthal ( FRG ), 13: 53.4
• 49: Vera Kemper ( FRG ), 14: 05.4
• 56: Renate Kieninger ( FRG ), 14: 13.8
• 69: Anni Klemenjak ( AUT ), 17: 00.2

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	England Rita Ridley Ann Yeoman Joyce Smith Carol Gould	28 0 3 04 07 14
2	Italy Paola Cacchi Margherita Gargano Silvana Cruciata Bruna Lovisolo	50 0 1 10 13 26
3	Finland Nina Holmén Pirjo Vihonen Sinikka Tyynelä Irja Pettinen	61 0 2 05 16 38

A total of twelve teams were rated. The German team took seventh place with 116 points.

Juniors

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Rich Kimball	United States	21: 30.8
2	Venanzio Ortis	ITA	21: 33.0
3	John Treacy	IRL	21: 42.4

All 75 athletes who started reached the finish.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 4: Dietmar Millonig ( AUT ), 21: 48.0
• 14: Peter Gebhardt ( FRG ), 22: 01.6
• 17: Markus Ryffel ( SUI ), 22: 08.4
• 28: Stefan Grossenbacher ( SUI ), 22: 25.0
• 31: Karl Fleschen ( FRG ), 22: 33.2
• 35: Ulrich Betz ( FRG ), 22: 40.0
• 37: Bernhard Vifian ( SUI ), 22: 42.2
• 38: Heiner Hansen ( FRG ), 22: 42.6
• 50: Bruno Lafranchi ( SUI ), 22: 57.6
• 56: Martin Preuschl ( AUT ), 23: 14.8
• 62: Robert Manz ( FRG ), 23: 29.6
• 63: Bruno Kuhn ( SUI ), 23: 32.6
• 66: Peter Gaelli ( SUI ), 24: 08.2

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	United States Rich Kimball Matt Centrowitz John Roscoe Pat Davey	22 0 1 05 06 10
2	Morocco Bouchaib Zouhri Mohamed Naoumi Hamadi Massoudi Yahia Hadka	58 0 7 08 21 22
3	Italy Venanzio Ortis Giuseppe Gerbi Stefano La Sala Salvatore Anzà	90 0 2 24 25 39

A total of 13 teams were rated. The German team finished seventh with 118 points and the Swiss team tenth with 132 points.

Web links

• Senior Men's race ( Memento of October 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), Senior Women's race ( Memento of October 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), Junior Men's race ( Memento of October 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) - results on the Athchamps website