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
Venue	Galopprennbahn Düsseldorf-Grafenberg
Events	3
Distances	12.3 km – Senior men 7.5 km – Junior men 5.1 km – Senior women
Participation	345 athletes from 22 nations
← 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)

Main article: 1977 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Léon Schots	Belgium	37:43
	Carlos Lopes	Portugal	37:48.2
	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
4	West Germany	226
5	New Zealand	243
6	Australia	260
7	Scotland	270
8	France	311
Full results

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

Junior men's race (7.5 km)

Main article: 1977 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Thom Hunt	United States	23:15
	Santiago Llorente	Spain	23:28
	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)	36
	Spain Santiago Llorente 2 José Manuel Abascal 9 Luis Sastre 14 Antonio Prieto 15 (Domingo Ramón) (24) (Gerardo Manso) (37)	40
	Canada Peter Butler 7 Rob Evans 11 David Peckham 20 Roland Brack 29 (Rob Earl) (55) (Raymond Paulins) (66)	67
4	England	80
5	Belgium	91
6	Finland	98
7	Scotland	136
8	Italy	137
Full results

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

Senior women's race (5.1 km)

Main article: 1977 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Carmen Valero	Spain	17:26
	Lyudmila Bragina	Soviet Union	17:28
	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)	15
	United States Sue Kinsey 8 Kathy Mills 11 Julie Brown 14 Paula Neppel 15 (Doris Heritage) (48) (Eryn Forbes) (54)	48
	New Zealand Anne Audain 9 Heather Thomson 13 Barbara Moore 24 Irene Miller 30 (Allison Deed) (79) (Shirley Somervell) (88)	76
4	Poland	101
5	England	118
6	West Germany	126
7	Spain	128
8	Finland	136
Full results

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

Medal table (unofficial)

  *   Host nation (West Germany)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	2	1	0	3
2	Belgium (BEL)	2	0	0	2
3	Spain (ESP)	1	2	0	3
4	Soviet Union (URS)	1	1	2	4
5	England (ENG)	0	1	0	1
	Portugal (POR)	0	1	0	1
7	Canada (CAN)	0	0	1	1
	Finland (FIN)	0	0	1	1
	New Zealand (NZL)	0	0	1	1
	West Germany (FRG)*	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		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)

See also

• 1977 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
• 1977 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
• 1977 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
• 1977 in athletics (track and field)

References

1. 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
2. Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 12.3km CC Men - Düsseldorf Graffenberg Date: Sunday, March 20, 1977, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 17, 2013
3. Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 7.5km CC Men - Düsseldorf Graffenberg Date: Sunday, March 20, 1977, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 17, 2013
4. Magnusson, Tomas (February 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 5.1km CC Women - Düsseldorf Graffenberg Date: Sunday, March 20, 1977, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 17, 2013
5. IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
6. 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, archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2013, retrieved October 9, 2013

External links

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