The Junior men's race at the 1974 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Monza, Italy, at the Mirabello Racecourse on March 16, 1974. 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 (7.1 km)

Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Rich Kimball 21:30.8 Venanzio Ortis 21:33 John Treacy 21:42.4 4 Dietmar Millonig 21:48 5 Matt Centrowitz 21:48 6 John Roscoe 21:52.2 7 Bouchaib Zouhri 21:54.2 8 Mohamed Naoumi 21:55.2 9 Rudi Schoofs 21:56.4 10 Pat Davey 21:58.2 11 Guy Bourban 21:59 12 William Sheridan 22:00.2 13 Paul Kenney 22:00.6 14 Peter Gebhardt 22:01.6 15 Mike Pinocci 22:02.6 16 Cándido Alario 22:05.7 17 Markus Ryffel 22:08.4 18 J.J. Griffin 22:09.8 19 Nat Muir 22:11.6 20 Dirk Geens 22:14.8 21 Hamadi Massoudi 22:15 22 Yahia Hadka 22:16 23 Derek Carroll 22:16.2 24 Giuseppe Gerbi 22:20 25 Stefano La Sala 22:21.2 26 Jean-Claude Dessort 22:22.8 27 Gerry Deegan 22:23.8 28 Stefan Grossenbacher 22:25 29 Jeremy Odlin 22:31 30 Georges Bresson 22:32.2 31 Karl Fleschen 22:33.2 32 Jaime López 22:34.4 33 Antonio Fernández 22:35 34 Luc Mallet 22:39.4 35 Ulrich Betz 22:40 36 Hugh Elliott 22:41 37 Bernhard Vifian 22:42.2 38 Heiner Hansen 22:42.6 39 Salvatore Anzà 22:43.2 40 Ahmed Sennaji 22:43.6 41 Martin Bishop 22:44 42 Gerry Redmond 22:44.2 43 Giancarlo Garattini 22:45 44 Peter McGouren 22:45.6 45 Jean-Paul Ballouard 22:51.4 46 Yannick Fayot 22:51.6 47 Patrick de Groote 22:52.6 48 Manuel Perez 22:57 49 John Graham 22:57.4 50 Bruno Lafranchi 22:57.6 51 Vicente de la Parte 23:02.8 52 José Gil Ramperez 23:06.4 53 Frank Brown 23:11.6 54 Denis Ramanich 23:12.8 55 Eddie Hartnett 23:13.2 56 Martin Preuschl 23:14.8 57 James Lawson 23:16.4 58 Hugo Ceulemans 23:17.6 59 Michael Best 23:18.8 60 Tony Ryan 23:20.8 61 Gerry Price 23:22.4 62 Robert Manz 23:29.6 63 Bruno Kuhn 23:32.6 64 Andrew Barnett 23:44.4 65 Matteo Lo Russo 23:47.8 66 Peter Gaelli 24:08.2 67 Alan Harding 24:09.4 68 Julian van Honbeek 24:29 69 Jim McKee 24:45.2 70 Khaled Kazem 24:45.4 71 Hamzih Al-Khetat 25:38.6 72 Ahmed Al-Saie 25:38.6 73 Ramian Al-Khamees 25:55.6 74 Saad Bander Al-Shaejee 26:00.2 75 Johar Mubarak Al-Marzoo 26:00.6

Teams Rank Team Points Rich Kimball 1 Matt Centrowitz 5 John Roscoe 6 Pat Davey 10 (Mike Pinocci) (15) (J.J. Griffin) (18) 22 Bouchaib Zouhri 7 Mohamed Naoumi 8 Hamadi Massoudi 21 Yahia Hadka 22 (Ahmed Sennaji) (40) 58 Venanzio Ortis 2 Giuseppe Gerbi 24 Stefano La Sala 25 Salvatore Anzà 39 (Giancarlo Garattini) (43) (Matteo Lo Russo) (65) 90 4 William Sheridan 12 Paul Kenney 13 Nat Muir 19 John Graham 49 (Frank Brown) (53) (James Lawson) (57) 93 5 John Treacy 3 Derek Carroll 23 Gerry Deegan 27 Gerry Redmond 42 (Eddie Hartnett) (55) (Tony Ryan) (60) 95 6 Rudi Schoofs 9 Dirk Geens 20 Jean-Claude Dessort 26 Patrick de Groote 47 (Hugo Ceulemans) (58) (Julian van Honbeek) (68) 102 7 Peter Gebhardt 14 Karl Fleschen 31 Ulrich Betz 35 Heiner Hansen 38 (Robert Manz) (62) 118 8 Guy Bourban 11 Georges Bresson 30 Luc Mallet 34 Jean-Paul Ballouard 45 (Yannick Fayot) (46) (Denis Ramanich) (54) 120 9 Cándido Alario 16 Jaime López 32 Antonio Fernández 33 Manuel Perez 48 (Vicente de la Parte) (51) (José Gil Ramperez) (52) 129 10 Markus Ryffel 17 Stefan Grossenbacher 28 Bernhard Vifian 37 Bruno Lafranchi 50 (Bruno Kuhn) (63) (Peter Gaelli) (66) 132 11 Jeremy Odlin 29 Hugh Elliott 36 Martin Bishop 41 Andrew Barnett 64 (Alan Harding) (67) 170 12 Peter McGouren 44 Michael Best 59 Gerry Price 61 Jim McKee 69 233 13 Khaled Kazem 70 Hamzih Al-Khetat 71 Ahmed Al-Saie 72 Ramian Al-Khamees 73 (Saad Bander Al-Shaejee) (74) (Johar Mubarak Al-Marzoo) (75) 286 Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation An unofficial count yields the participation of 75 athletes from 14 countries in the Junior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.

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See also 1974 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race 1974 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

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