Cross Country World Championships 1975

The 3rd IAAF World Cross Country Championships the IAAF took place on 16th March 1975 on the Souissi-Racecourse Rabat ( Morocco instead).

The men started over a distance of 12.0 km, the women over 3.9 km and the juniors over 7.0 km.

Results

Men

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Ian Stewart	SCO	35:20
2	Mariano Haro	ESP	35:21
3	Bill Rodgers	United States	35:28
4th	John Walker	NZL	35:45
5	Euan Robertson	NZL	35:46
6th	Franco Fava	ITA	35:47
7th	Ray Smedley	CLOSELY	35:50
8th	Klaus-Peter Hildenbrand	FRG	35:51

Of 185 athletes who started, 173 reached the finish.

Other participants from German-speaking countries:

• 9: Hans-Jürgen Orthmann ( FRG ), 35:55
• 11: Wilfried Scholz ( GDR ), 35:58
• 15: Waldemar Cierpinski ( GDR ), 36:16
• 23: Michael Karst ( FRG )
• 27: Joachim Krebs ( GDR )
• 40: Gerald Umbach ( GDR )
• 63: Anton Gorbunow ( FRG )
• 66: Frank Baumgartl ( GDR )
• 103: Friedel Klement ( FRG )
• 104: Reinhard Leibold ( FRG )
• 115: Manfred Kuschmann ( GDR )
• DNF: Gerd Frähmcke ( FRG )

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	New Zealand John Walker Euan Robertson David Sirl John Dixon John Sheddan Bryan Rose	127 4 5 25 26 33 34 00 00 0 0 0 0
2	England Ray Smedley Grenville Tuck Bernie Ford Tony Simmons Trevor Wright Alan Blinston	198 7 14 37 39 50 51 00 0 0 0 0 0
3	Belgium Gaston Roelants Emiel Puttemans André Ornelis Eddy Rombaux Marc Smet Erik Gyselinck	211 0 10 016 021 045 057 062

A total of 23 teams were rated. The GDR team took fifth place with 274 points and the German team came ninth with 310 points.

Women

Individual evaluation

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Julie Brown	United States	13:42
2	Bronisława Ludwichowska	POLE	13:47
3	Carmen Valero	ESP	13:48
4th	Gabriella Dorio	ITA	13:51
5	Lorraine Moller	NZL	13:53
6th	Heather Thomson	NZL	14:01
7th	Ann Yeoman	CLOSELY	14:03
8th	Mary Stewart	SCO	14:03

All 71 athletes who started reached the finish.

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	United States Julie Brown Maggie Keyes Paula Neppel Doris Brown	44 0 1 11 15 17
2	New Zealand Lorraine Moller Heather Thomson Anne Garrett Allison Deed	50 0 5 06 10 29
3	Poland Bronisława Ludwichowska Renata Pentlinowska Celina Magala Zofia Kolakowska	61 0 2 13 22 24

A total of 13 teams were rated.

Juniors

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Bobby Thomas	United States	21:00
2	José Luis González	ESP	21:18
3	John Treacy	IRL	21:23

Of the 60 athletes who started, 59 reached the finish line.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 17: Reinhold Strieder ( FRG ), 10:08 pm
• 30: Patriz Ilg ( FRG )
• 47: Michael Spöttel ( FRG )
• 58: Konrad Dobler ( FRG )
• DNF: Werner Grommisch ( FRG )

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	United States Bobby Thomas Don Clary Roy Kissin Ralph Serna	29 0 1 05 08 15
2	Ireland John Treacy Louis Kenny Gerry Finnegan Gerry Redmond	35 0 3 09 10 13
3	Spain José Luis González Cándido Alario Vicente de la Parte Luis Adsuara	44 0 2 04 18 20

A total of eleven teams were rated. The German team took eleventh place with 152 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