The 1977 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Düsseldorf, West Germany, at the Galopprennbahn Düsseldorf-Grafenberg on 20 March 1977. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.
Complete results for men, junior men, women, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.
Medallists IndividualSenior men(12.3 km)Léon Schots 37:43Carlos Lopes 37:48.2Detlef Uhlemann 37:52.2Junior men(7.5 km)Thom Hunt 23:15Santiago Llorente 23:28Ari Paunonen 23:39Senior women(5.1 km)Carmen Valero 17:26Lyudmila Bragina 17:28Giana Romanova 17:35 TeamSenior men 126 129 144Junior men 36 40 67Senior women 15 48 76
Race results
Senior men's race (12.3 km)
+Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Léon Schots 37:43 Carlos Lopes 37:48.2 Detlef Uhlemann 37:52.2 4 Franco Fava 37:53 5 Bernie Ford 37:54 6 Euan Robertson 37:57 7 Karel Lismont 38:04 8 Tony Simmons 38:12 9 David Black 38:13 10 Enn Sellik 38:15 11 Leonid Moseyev 38:18 12 Hans-Jürgen Orthmann 38:20 Full results
+TeamsRank Team Points 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 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 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 4 226 5 243 6 260 7 270 8 311 Full results Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Junior men's race (7.5 km)
+Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Thom Hunt 23:15 Santiago Llorente 23:28 Ari Paunonen 23:39 4 Pierre Délèze 23:43 5 Mark Spilsbury 23:44 6 Nick Lees 23:48 7 Peter Butler 23:49 8 Nat Muir 23:55 9 José Manuel Abascal 23:56 10 Tommy Ekblom 23:57 11 Rob Evans 23:58 12 Marty Froelick 24:04 Full results
+TeamsRank Team Points Thom Hunt 1 Mark Spilsbury 5 Marty Froelick 12 Chris Fox 18 (Harold Schulz) (33) (Jeff Creer) (34) 36 Santiago Llorente 2 José Manuel Abascal 9 Luis Sastre 14 Antonio Prieto 15 (Domingo Ramón) (24) (Gerardo Manso) (37) 40 Peter Butler 7 Rob Evans 11 David Peckham 20 Roland Brack 29 (Rob Earl) (55) (Raymond Paulins) (66) 67 4 80 5 91 6 98 7 136 8 137 Full results Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Senior women's race (5.1 km)
+Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Carmen Valero 17:26 Lyudmila Bragina 17:28 Giana Romanova 17:35 4 Irina Bondarchuk 17:38 5 Cristina Tomasini 17:44 6 Raisa Katyukova 17:46 7 Ann Yeoman 17:47 8 Sue Kinsey 17:49 9 Anne Audain 18:00 10 Cornelia Bürki 18:02 11 Kathy Mills 18:03 12 Lyubov Ivanova 18:05 Full results
+TeamsRank Team Points Lyudmila Bragina 2 Giana Romanova 3 Irina Bondarchuk 4 Raisa Katyukova 6 (Lyubov Ivanova) (12) (Raisa Sadreydinova) (25) 15 Sue Kinsey 8 Kathy Mills 11 Julie Brown 14 Paula Neppel 15 (Doris Heritage) (48) (Eryn Forbes) (54) 48 Anne Audain 9 Heather Thomson 13 Barbara Moore 24 Irene Miller 30 (Allison Deed) (79) (Shirley Somervell) (88) 76 4 101 5 118 6 126 7 128 8 136 Full results 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 345 athletes from 22 countries, one senior woman athlete less than the official number published.
(9) (20) (18) (21) (17) (21) (21) (16) (14) (15) (5) (14) (21) (15) (21) (2) (17) (8) (12) (21) (18) (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
External links GBRathletics