A gas burner for cooking equipment, such as a cooking hob, includes a supporting cup-shaped injector holder fixable in a position corresponding to an opening in the cooking hob in which the burner is to be installed, a flame divider resting on the cup-shaped support to define, with its outer circumferential rim and with the surface of the cooking hob in which the burner to be installed, a passage for the entry of a flow of primary air, a sheet metal cover removably resting on the flame divider and defining therewith a distribution chamber for the combustion mixture of gas and primary air, wherein the distribution chamber is bounded by a raised band, in which radial slots are provided for passage of the combustion mixture, the cover having apertures facing the radial slots and cooperating therewith to define the inclination of the flames emerging from the apertures.