The Junior men's race at the 1973 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Waregem, Belgium, at the Hippodroom Waregem on March 17, 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
Junior men's race (7 km)
Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Jim Brown 20:52.8 José Haro 21:00.6 Léon Schots 21:07.2 4 Franco Fava 21:15.2 5 Aldo Tomasini 21:27.6 6 Dennis Coates 21:27.6 7 José Luis Ruiz 21:32.2 8 Barry Smith 21:32.3 9 Fernando Cerrada 21:45 10 Tony Staynings 21:49 11 Reinosa Miramontes 21:49 12 Neil Coupland 21:49.1 13 Luca Bigatello 21:49.3 14 Ron MacDonald 21:54.2 15 Jean-Luc Cherrier 21:58.4 16 Jean-Luc Lemire 22:02.2 17 David McMeekin 18 Philip Jeffrey 19 Enrico Cantoreggi 20 Thomas McCormack 21 Laurence Reilly 22 Bernhard Vifian 23 Robert van der Zande 24 Gilbert Bessières 25 Gabriele Beretta 26 Carlos Cabral 27 Lawrie Spence 28 Markus Ryffel 29 Greg Hannon 30 Bouchaib Zouhri 31 Geert de Smet 32 Robert Lismont 33 Bernard Meseure 34 Tony O'Leary 35 Gerard Kiernan 36 Gerry Deegan 37 Carlos Tavares 38 Mick O'Shea 39 Mohamed Naoumi 40 Aad Buys 41 Claude Biteau 42 Dessi Martin 43 Jo Schout 44 Luc Nuyts 45 Helder de Jesús 46 José Simoes 47 Brahim Benjalloun 48 Ahmed Sennaji 49 José Muambugi 50 Hugo Wey 51 Peter McGouren 52 René Tijs 53 Gerry Price 54 Peet-Jan van Zyl 55 Ali Laanaya
Teams Rank Team Points José Haro 2 José Luis Ruiz 7 Fernando Cerrada 9 (Reinosa Miramontes) (11) 18 Franco Fava 4 Aldo Tomasini 5 Luca Bigatello 13 (Enrico Cantoreggi) (19) (Gabriele Beretta) (25) 22 Dennis Coates 6 Barry Smith 8 Tony Staynings 10 (Neil Coupland) (12) (Philip Jeffrey) (18) 24 4 Jim Brown 1 Ron MacDonald 14 David McMeekin 17 (Laurence Reilly) (21) (Lawrie Spence) (27) 32 5 Jean-Luc Cherrier 15 Jean-Luc Lemire 16 Gilbert Bessières 24 (Bernard Meseure) (33) (Claude Biteau) (41) 55 6 Léon Schots 3 Robert van der Zande 23 Geert de Smet 31 (Robert Lismont) (32) (Luc Nuyts) (44) 57 7 Thomas McCormack 20 Tony O'Leary 34 Gerard Kiernan 35 (Gerry Deegan) (36) (Mick O'Shea) (38) 89 8 Bernhard Vifian 22 Markus Ryffel 28 Hugo Wey 50 100 9 Carlos Cabral 26 Carlos Tavares 37 Helder de Jesús 45 (José Simoes) (46) (José Muambugi) (49) 108 10 Bouchaib Zouhri 30 Mohamed Naoumi 39 Brahim Benjalloun 47 (Ahmed Sennaji) (48) (Ali Laanaya) (55) 116 11 Greg Hannon 29 Dessi Martin 42 Peter McGouren 51 (Gerry Price) (53) 122 12 Aad Buys 40 Jo Schout 43 René Tijs 52 (Peet-Jan van Zyl) (54) 135 Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for their team
Participation An unofficial count yields the participation of 55 athletes from 12 countries in the Junior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.
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See also 1973 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race 1973 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
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