1977 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

1977 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	5th
Date	March 20
Host city	Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, West Germany
Location	Galopprennbahn Düsseldorf-Grafenberg
Nations participating	22
Athletes participating	345
Races	3
Distances	12.3 km – Senior men 7.5 km – Junior men 5.1 km – Senior women
← 1976 Chepstow 1978 Glasgow →

The 1977 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Düsseldorf, West Germany, at the Galopprennbahn Düsseldorf-Grafenberg on March 20, 1977. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.^[1]

Complete results for men,^[2] junior men,^[3] women,^[4] medallists, ^[5] and the results of British athletes^[6] were published.

Medallists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual
Senior men (12.3 km)	Léon Schots Belgium	37:43	Carlos Lopes Portugal	37:48.2	Detlef Uhlemann West Germany	37:52.2
Junior men (7.5 km)	Thom Hunt United States	23:15	Santiago Llorente Spain	23:28	Ari Paunonen Finland	23:39
Senior women (5.1 km)	Carmen Valero Spain	17:26	Lyudmila Bragina Soviet Union	17:28	Giana Romanova Soviet Union	17:35
Team
Senior men	Belgium	126	England	129	Soviet Union	144
Junior men	United States	36	Spain	40	Canada	67
Senior women	Soviet Union	15	United States	48	New Zealand	76

Race results

Senior men's race (12.3 km)

For full event details see 1977 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

Individual race
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
01 !	Léon Schots	Belgium	37:43
02 !	Carlos Lopes	Portugal	37:48.2
03 !	Detlef Uhlemann	West Germany	37:52.2
4	Franco Fava	Italy	37:53
5	Bernie Ford	England	37:54
6	Euan Robertson	New Zealand	37:57
7	Karel Lismont	Belgium	38:04
8	Tony Simmons	England	38:12
9	David Black	England	38:13
10	Enn Sellik	Soviet Union	38:15
11	Leonid Moseyev	Soviet Union	38:18
12	Hans-Jürgen Orthmann	West Germany	38:20
Full results

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

Belgium

Léon Schots	1
Karel Lismont	7
Eric De Beck	18
Willy Polleunis	22
Frank Grillaert	27
Eddy Van Mullem	51
(Eddy Rombaux)	(74)
(Paul Thijs)	(154)
(Emiel Puttemans)	( DNF)

126

England

Bernie Ford	5
Tony Simmons	8
David Black	9
Steve Kenyon	29
Barry Smith	35
Mike McLeod	43
(Dave Bedford)	(45)
(David Slater)	(76)
(Jon Wild)	(95)

129

Soviet Union

Enn Sellik	10
Leonid Moseyev	11
Vladimir Merkushin	16
Aleksandr Antipov	20
Nikolay Radostev	40
Aleksandr Matveyev	47
(Ivan Parluy)	(86)
(Satimkul Dzhumanazarov)	(88)
(Aleksandr Fedotkin)	(92)

144

West Germany

226

New Zealand

243

Australia

260

Scotland

270

France

311

Full results

Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Junior men's race (7.5 km)

For full event details see 1977 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race

Individual race
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
01 !	Thom Hunt	United States	23:15
02 !	Santiago Llorente	Spain	23:28
03 !	Ari Paunonen	Finland	23:39
4	Pierre Délèze	Switzerland	23:43
5	Mark Spilsbury	United States	23:44
6	Nick Lees	England	23:48
7	Peter Butler	Canada	23:49
8	Nat Muir	Scotland	23:55
9	José Manuel Abascal	Spain	23:56
10	Tommy Ekblom	Finland	23:57
11	Rob Evans	Canada	23:58
12	Marty Froelick	United States	24:04
Full results

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

United States

Thom Hunt	1
Mark Spilsbury	5
Marty Froelick	12
Chris Fox	18
(Harold Schulz)	(33)
(Jeff Creer)	(34)

Spain

Santiago Llorente	2
José Manuel Abascal	9
Luis Sastre	14
Antonio Prieto	15
(Domingo Ramón)	(24)
(Gerardo Manso)	(37)

Canada

Peter Butler	7
Rob Evans	11
David Peckham	20
Roland Brack	29
(Rob Earl)	(55)
(Raymond Paulins)	(66)

England

Belgium

Finland

Scotland

136

Italy

137

Full results

Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Senior women's race (5.1 km)

For full event details see 1977 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

Individual race
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
01 !	Carmen Valero	Spain	17:26
02 !	Lyudmila Bragina	Soviet Union	17:28
03 !	Giana Romanova	Soviet Union	17:35
4	Irina Bondarchuk	Soviet Union	17:38
5	Cristina Tomasini	Italy	17:44
6	Raisa Katyukova	Soviet Union	17:46
7	Ann Yeoman	England	17:47
8	Sue Kinsey	United States	17:49
9	Anne Audain	New Zealand	18:00
10	Cornelia Bürki	Switzerland	18:02
11	Kathy Mills	United States	18:03
12	Lyubov Ivanova	Soviet Union	18:05
Full results

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

Soviet Union

Lyudmila Bragina	2
Giana Romanova	3
Irina Bondarchuk	4
Raisa Katyukova	6
(Lyubov Ivanova)	(12)
(Raisa Sadreydinova)	(25)

United States

Sue Kinsey	8
Kathy Mills	11
Julie Brown	14
Paula Neppel	15
(Doris Heritage)	(48)
(Eryn Forbes)	(54)

New Zealand

Anne Audain	9
Heather Thomson	13
Barbara Moore	24
Irene Miller	30
(Allison Deed)	(79)
(Shirley Somervell)	(88)

Poland

101

England

118

West Germany

126

Spain

128

Finland

136

Full results

Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Medal table (unofficial)

The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	2	1	0	3
2	Belgium	2	0	0	2
3	Spain	1	2	0	3
4	Soviet Union	1	1	2	4
5	England	0	1	0	1
6	Portugal	0	1	0	1
7	Canada	0	0	1	1
	Finland	0	0	1	1
	New Zealand	0	0	1	1
	West Germany	0	0	1	1
Total		6	6	6	18

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 345 athletes from 22 countries, one senior woman athlete less than the official number published.^[6]

Australia (9)
Belgium (20)
Canada (18)
England (21)
Finland (17)
France (21)
Ireland (21)
Italy (16)

Netherlands (14)
New Zealand (15)
Poland (5)
Portugal (14)
Scotland (21)
Soviet Union (15)
Spain (21)

Sudan (2)
Switzerland (17)
Sweden (8)
Tunisia (12)
United States (21)
Wales (18)
West Germany (19)

References

↑ Muir out of the hunt - Nat Muir, Scotland's big hope for a medal at the workld cross country championships in Dusseldorf yesterday was unable to stop Thom Hunt of the USA from improving on the silver medal he won last year..., Glasgow Herald, March 21, 1977, p. 17, retrieved October 17, 2013
↑ Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 12.3km CC Men - Düsseldorf Graffenberg Date: Sunday, March 20, 1977, Athchamps (archived), retrieved October 17, 2013
↑ Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 7.5km CC Men - Düsseldorf Graffenberg Date: Sunday, March 20, 1977, Athchamps (archived), retrieved October 17, 2013
↑ Magnusson, Tomas (February 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 5.1km CC Women - Düsseldorf Graffenberg Date: Sunday, March 20, 1977, Athchamps (archived), retrieved October 17, 2013
↑ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
1 2 36th IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - EDINBURGH 2008 - FACTS & FIGURES - GREAT BRITAIN & NORTHERN IRELAND AT THE INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY & WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS (PDF), IAAF, p. 2ff, retrieved October 9, 2013

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