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

Teams Rank Team Points Willy Polleunis 5 Gaston Roelants 8 Eric de Beck 18 Erik Gijselinck 19 Karel Lismont 28 Marc Smet 31 (Edgard Salvé) (40) (Herman Parmentier) (98) 109 Nikolay Sviridov 9 Pavel Andreyev 17 Nikolay Puklakov 21 Boris Olyanitskiy 22 Valentin Zotov 23 Vladimir Merkushin 27 (Petras Simonelis) (53) (Vadim Mokalov) (73) 119 Rod Dixon 3 Dick Tayler 12 Bryan Rose 14 Euan Robertson 15 Eddie Gray 38 Nathan Healey 54 (John Sheddan) (59) (Howard Healey) (130) 136 4 Pekka Päivärinta 1 Tapio Kantanen 4 Seppo Tuominen 34 Seppo Nikkari 43 Olavi Suomalainen 47 Pekka Tiihonen 51 (Risto Ala-Korpi) (60) (Esa Laitinen) (104) (Esko Lipsonen) (DNF) 180 5 Roger Clark 6 Grenville Tuck 11 Steve Kenyon 29 Tony Simmons 32 Mike Baxter 42 Ricky Wilde 61 (Bill Robinson) (70) (Mike Beevor) (75) (Bernie Ford) (86) 181 6 Mariano Haro 2 Juan Hidalgo 7 Santiago de la Parte 36 José Maiz 58 Saturnino Arcones 78 Javier Alvarez 79 (Ruben San Martin) (102) (Fernando Fernandez) (134) (Julio Gude) (DNF) 260 7 Noel Tijou 10 Pierre Liardet 41 Bernard Caraby 46 Daniel Fossé 49 Jean-Yves Le Flohic 62 René Jourdan 65 (Fernand Kolbeck) (71) (Jean-Paul Gomez) (81) (Gérard Vervoort) (112) 273 8 Norman Morrison 13 Andrew McKean 30 Lachie Stewart 45 Jim Alder 57 Adrian Weatherhead 72 Ian Gilmour 74 (John Myatt) (83) (Colin Falconer) (115) (Dick Wedlock) (120) 291 9 Malcolm Thomas 26 Bernie Plain 33 Dennis Fowles 50 John Jones 55 Tony Ashton 89 David Hopkins 92 (Clive Thomas) (106) (Mike Critchley) (114) (Brian Donovan) (128) 345 10 Abdelkader Zaddem 20 Adelaziz Bouguerra 37 Cherif Hannchi 68 Mansour Guettaya 77 Hamdouni Sghaier 91 Labidi Ayachi 99 (Hussein Soltani) (118) (Abdelkrim Djelassi) (132) 392 11 Eddie Leddy 25 Donal Walsh 63 Danny McDaid 67 Paddy Coyle 69 Tom O'Riordan 84 Dick Crowley 85 (Eddie Spillane) (109) (Pat Gilseman) (117) (Neil Cusack) (DNF) 393 12 Egbert Nijstad 16 Roelof Veld 39 Haico Scharn 48 John van der Wansem 52 Piet Vonck 121 Geert Jansen 124 (Jos Hermens) (131) (Hans Ruiter) (140) 400 13 Giuseppe Cindolo 35 Renato Martini 76 Franco Veronese 80 Gaetano Pusterla 90 Luigi Zarcone 96 Gabriele Barbaro 97 (Brunello Bertolin) (110) (Mario Binato) (129) (Umberto Risi) (DNF) 474 14 Detlef Uhlemann 44 Gerd Frähmcke 56 Wilhelm Jungbluth 88 Karl-Heinz Betz 94 Ludwig Niedermeier 103 Falko Will 123 (Willi Wagner) (DNF) (Wolfgang Krüger) (DNF) 508 15 Mohamed Ben Abdelsalem 66 Miloud Chenna 82 Moumoh Haddou 93 Mohamed Benbaraka 95 Amakdouf Layachi 101 Dahou Belghazi 107 (Mustapha Oulghazi) (111) (Mohamed Sghir) (127) (Haddou Jaddour) (DNF) 544 16 Carlos Lopes 24 Anacleto Pinto 108 Julio Marujo 113 Americo Barros 116 Aniceto Simoes 119 Cidalio Caetano 122 (Vasco Pereira) (133) (Armando Aldegalega) (136) (Fernando Mamede) (DNF) 602 17 John McLaughlin 64 Gerry Hannon 100 David Logue 105 Roy Kernoghan 125 Ian Morrison 126 Tom Annett 137 (Jim McGuinness) (141) 657 18 Peter Helmer 135 Arne Stigsen 138 Jörgen Trangbaek 142 Erik Laursen 143 Bent Larsson 144 Dan Engell 145 (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.

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See also 1973 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race 1973 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

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