The Senior men's race at 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.

Complete results, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.

Race results

Senior men's race (12.3 km)

Individual Rank 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 13 Mariano Haro 38:24 14 Allister Hutton 38:25 15 Steve Austin 38:25 16 Vladimir Merkushin 38:27 17 Noel Tijou 38:28 18 Eric De Beck 38:29 19 Michael Karst 38:30 20 Aleksandr Antipov 38:32 21 Gerry Deegan 38:34 22 Willy Polleunis 38:36 23 Chris Wardlaw 38:39 24 Jeff Wells 38:40 25 Fernando Fernandez 38:45 26 Luigi Zarcone 38:50 27 Frank Grillaert 38:50 28 Abdelkrim Djelassi 38:50 29 Steve Kenyon 38:51 30 Fernando Mamede 38:51 31 Pierre Levisse 38:51 32 Adelaziz Bouguerra 38:51 33 Jack Foster 38:51 34 Gerard Barrett 38:51 35 Barry Smith 38:51 36 Jim Brown 38:52 37 Rob de Castella 38:52 38 Dan Glans 38:52 39 Howard Healey 38:52 40 Nikolay Radostev 38:52 41 Laurence Reilly 38:52 42 Gary Tuttle 38:52 43 Mike McLeod 38:53 44 Jos Hermens 38:53 45 Dave Bedford 38:53 46 John Dixon 38:53 47 Aleksandr Matveyev 38:53 48 Werner Meier 38:53 49 Andrew McKean 38:53 50 Jean-Luc Paugam 38:53 51 Eddy Van Mullem 38:54 52 Ulf-Håkan Spik 38:54.2 53 Günther Zahn 38:54.4 54 David Sirl 38:54.6 55 Shag Musa Medani 38:54.6 56 Ricardo Ortega 38:54.8 57 Rabah Zaidi 38:54.8 58 Mansour Guettaya 38:55 59 Lucien Rault 38:55.2 60 Bernie Plain 38:55.4 61 Brian Lewry 38:55.6 62 Rees Ward 38:55.8 63 Mohamed Zaidi 38:55.8 64 Michael Lederer 38:55.8 65 Paul Ballinger 38:55.8 66 Aniceto Simoes 38:56 67 Danny McDaid 38:56.2 68 Paul Kenney 38:56.4 69 Seppo Nikkari 38:56.4 70 Pär Wallin 38:56.6 71 Piet Vonck 38:56.8 72 Santiago de la Parte 38:56.8 73 Pierre Liardet 38:57 74 Eddy Rombaux 38:57.2 75 Jochen Schirmer 38:57.4 76 David Slater 39:00 77 Antonio Campos 39:04 78 Carlos Cabral 39:08 79 Mike Bordell 39:12 80 Markus Ryffel 39:16 81 Michel Lelut 39:20 82 Mateo Gómez 39:24 83 Pekka Päivärinta 39:28 84 Guy Bourban 39:32 85 Gilbert Bessières 39:36 86 Ivan Parluy 39:40 87 Werner Grommisch 39:44 88 Satimkul Dzhumanazarov 39:48 89 John Graham 39:52 90 Timothy O'Shaughnessy 40:00 91 Ray Treacy 40:00.2 92 Aleksandr Fedotkin 40:00.4 93 Hussein Soltani 40:00.6 94 John Robson 40:01 95 John Wild 40:01.2 96 Bruno Lafranchi 40:01.4 97 Bruce Jones 40:01.6 98 Piet Waaning 40:01.8 99 Tom Wysocki 40:01.8 100 Manuel Paiva 40:02 101 Paddy Murphy 40:02 102 Marco Marchei 40:03 103 Steve Jones 40:04 104 Tony Sandoval 40:05 105 José Gil Ramperez 40:06 106 Jon Anderson 40:11 107 John Sharpe 40:12 108 Bernhard Vifian 40:13 109 Neil Cusack 40:14 110 Helder de Jesús 40:15 111 Ric Rojas 40:16 112 Steve Flanagan 40:17 113 Luigi Lauro 40:18 114 Aarno Ristimäki 40:19 115 Juhani Sams 40:20 116 David Chettle 40:21 117 Padraig Keane 40:22 118 Jukka Toivola 40:23 119 Jo Schout 40:25 120 Gianni Demadonna 40:27 121 Ali Gammoudi 40:29 122 José de Miguel Bartolome 40:31 123 Alan Cole 40:32 124 Carlos Tavares 40:33 125 Arturo Iacona 40:34 126 Blaise Schull 40:35 127 Dic Evans 40:36 128 Albrecht Moser 40:37 129 Fred Bell 40:39 130 Estanislao Duran 40:40 131 Omer Khalifa 40:44 132 Roger Robinson (academic) 40:45 133 Cherif Hannchi 40:46 134 Stefan Nilsson 40:47 135 Kent Rayner 40:49 136 Henk Mentink 40:50 137 Trevor Hawes 40:52 138 Glen Grant 40:55 139 Vasco Pereira 40:57 140 Gerard Nijboer 41:06 141 Lawrie Spence 41:08 142 Steve Slocombe 41:09 143 Anders Borglund 41:10 144 Thomas Brennan 41:11 145 Bram Wassenaar 41:12 146 Doug Scorrar 41:14 147 Örjan Wallin 41:22 148 Barry Jones 41:23 149 Gerard Kiernan 41:24 150 Hugo Wey 41:30 151 Vince Engel 41:31 152 Nil Lavallee 41:34 153 Gösta Johansson 41:35 154 Paul Thijs 41:42 155 Mick Morris 41:44 156 William Smart 41:46 157 Gunnar Holm 41:48 158 Wayne Stewart 41:55 159 Donal Walsh 42:00 160 Klaas Lok 42:35 161 James Langford 42:45 162 Joe Sax 42:55 163 Rolf Kårevik 43:06 — Jean-Marie Conrath DNF — Karl Fleschen DNF — Giuseppe Gerbi DNF — Anacleto Pinto DNF — Emiel Puttemans DNF

Teams Rank 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 Detlef Uhlemann 3 Hans-Jürgen Orthmann 12 Michael Karst 19 Günther Zahn 53 Michael Lederer 64 Jochen Schirmer 75 (Werner Grommisch) (87) (Karl Fleschen) (DNF) 226 5 Euan Robertson 6 Jack Foster 33 Howard Healey 39 John Dixon 46 David Sirl 54 Paul Ballinger 65 (Bruce Jones) (97) (Roger Robinson) (132) (Barry Jones) (148) 243 6 Steve Austin 15 Chris Wardlaw 23 Gerard Barrett 34 Rob de Castella 37 Brian Lewry 61 Timothy O'Shaughnessy 90 (David Chettle) (116) (Kent Rayner) (135) (James Langford) (161) 260 7 Allister Hutton 14 Jim Brown 36 Laurence Reilly 41 Andrew McKean 49 Rees Ward 62 Paul Kenney 68 (John Graham) (89) (John Robson) (94) (Lawrie Spence) (141) 270 8 Noel Tijou 17 Pierre Levisse 31 Jean-Luc Paugam 50 Lucien Rault 59 Pierre Liardet 73 Michel Lelut 81 (Guy Bourban) (84) (Gilbert Bessières) (85) (Jean-Marie Conrath) (DNF) 311 9 Mariano Haro 13 Fernando Fernandez 25 Ricardo Ortega 56 Santiago de la Parte 72 Antonio Campos 77 Mateo Gómez 82 (José Gil Ramperez) (105) (José de Miguel Bartolome) (122) (Estanislao Duran) (130) 325 10 Abdelkrim Djelassi 28 Adelaziz Bouguerra 32 Rabah Zaidi 57 Mansour Guettaya 58 Mohamed Zaidi 63 Hussein Soltani 93 (Ali Gammoudi) (121) (Cherif Hannchi) (133) 331 11 Carlos Lopes 2 Fernando Mamede 30 Aniceto Simoes 66 Carlos Cabral 78 Manuel Paiva 100 Helder de Jesús 110 (Carlos Tavares) (124) (Vasco Pereira) (139) (Anacleto Pinto) (DNF) 386 12 Jeff Wells 24 Gary Tuttle 42 Mike Bordell 79 Tom Wysocki 99 Tony Sandoval 104 Jon Anderson 106 (Ric Rojas) (111) (Steve Flanagan) (112) (Vince Engel) (151) 454 13 Franco Fava 4 Luigi Zarcone 26 Marco Marchei 102 Luigi Lauro 113 Gianni Demadonna 120 Arturo Iacona 125 (Giuseppe Gerbi) (DNF) 490 14 Gerry Deegan 21 Danny McDaid 67 Ray Treacy 91 Paddy Murphy 101 Neil Cusack 109 Padraig Keane 117 (Thomas Brennan) (144) (Gerard Kiernan) (149) (Donal Walsh) (159) 506 15 Ulf-Håkan Spik 52 Seppo Nikkari 69 Pekka Päivärinta 83 Aarno Ristimäki 114 Juhani Sams 115 Jukka Toivola 118 551 16 Werner Meier 48 Markus Ryffel 80 Bruno Lafranchi 96 Bernhard Vifian 108 Blaise Schull 126 Albrecht Moser 128 (Hugo Wey) (150) 586 17 Jos Hermens 44 Piet Vonck 71 Piet Waaning 98 Jo Schout 119 Henk Mentink 136 Gerard Nijboer 140 (Bram Wassenaar) (145) (Klaas Lok) (160) 608 18 Bernie Plain 60 Steve Jones 103 Alan Cole 123 Dic Evans 127 Fred Bell 129 Trevor Hawes 137 (Glen Grant) (138) (Steve Slocombe) (142) (Mick Morris) (155) 679 19 Dan Glans 38 Pär Wallin 70 Stefan Nilsson 134 Anders Borglund 143 Örjan Wallin 147 Gösta Johansson 153 (Gunnar Holm) (157) (Rolf Kårevik) (163) 685 20 John Sharpe 107 Doug Scorrar 146 Nil Lavallee 152 William Smart 156 Wayne Stewart 158 Joe Sax 162 881 Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation An unofficial count yields the participation of 168 athletes from 21 countries in the Senior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.

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See also 1977 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race 1977 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

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