The 1973
IAAF World Cross Country Championships
World Athletics Cross Country Championships is the most important competition in international cross country running. Formerly held annually and organised by World Athletics (formerly the IAAF), it was inaugurated in 1973, when it replaced the In ...
was held in
Waregem
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,
Belgium
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, at the
Hippodroom Waregem on March 17, 1973. A report on the event was given in the
Glasgow Herald
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.
[
]
Complete results for men,
[
] junior men,
[
] women,
[
] medallists,
[
] and the results of British athletes
[
] were published.
Medallists
Race results
Senior men's race (12 km)
*
Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Junior men's race (7 km)
*
Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Senior women's race (4 km)
*
Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Medal table (unofficial)
*
Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal.
Participation
An unofficial count yields the participation of 286 athletes from 21 countries.
* (19)
* (1)
* (9)
* (20)
* (13)
* (20)
* (20)
* (19)
* (14)
* (16)
* (14)
* (12)
* (14)
* (20)
* (8)
* (19)
* (6)
* (8)
* (6)
* (15)
* (13)
See also
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*
1973 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
*
*
1973 in athletics (track and field)
References
External links
GBRathletics
{{International cross country running
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IAAF World Cross Country Championships, 1973
Cross country running in Belgium
Waregem
March 1973 sports events in Europe