The Senior women'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 women's race (5.1 km)

Individual Rank 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 13 Heather Thomson 18:06 14 Julie Brown 18:07 15 Peggy Neppel 18:08 16 Joëlle De Brouwer 18:16 17 Annie van Stiphout 18:18 18 Vera Kemper 18:20 19 Sinikka Tyynelä 18:22 20 Ewa Kuty 18:23 21 Thelma Wright 18:25 22 Bronislawa Ludwichowska 18:27 23 Montserrat Abello 18:28 24 Barbara Moore 18:29 25 Raisa Sadreydinova 18:30 26 Carla Beurskens 18:31 27 Renata Pentlinowska 18:32 28 Charlotte Teske 18:34 29 Donna Valaitis 18:35 30 Irene Miller 18:36 31 Chantal Navarro 18:37 32 Celina Sokolowska 18:39 33 Jane Colebrook 18:40 34 Glynis Penny 18:42 35 Derna Casetti 18:44 36 Elsbeth Liebi 18:45 37 Irja Paukkonnen 18:46 38 Elina Pulkkinen 18:47 39 Monika Greschner 18:49 40 Veronica Duffy 18:50 41 Renate Kieninger 18:51 42 Marjukka Ahtiainen 18:52 43 Maureen Crowley 18:53 44 Kath Binns 18:54 45 Encarnación Escudero 18:55 46 Sally Beach 18:56 47 Nadine Claes 18:57 48 Doris Heritage 18:58 49 Päivi Roppo 18:59 50 Sheelagh Morrissey 19:00 51 Carol Gould 19:01 52 Margaret Coomber 19:02 53 Geertje Meersseman 19:03 54 Eryn Forbes 19:04 55 Silvia Terenghi 19:06 56 Kathy Prosser 19:07 57 Joke van Gerven 19:10 58 Kathy d'Arcy 19:12 59 Pilar Fernandez 19:14 60 Viviane Gorau 19:15 61 Christine Haskett 19:17 62 Monika Gaisjier 19:18 63 Francine Peeters 19:20 64 Barbara Will 19:22 65 Judith Shepherd 19:24 66 Françoise Nicolas 19:25 67 Marina Loddo 19:26 68 Martine Bouchonneau 19:27 69 Silvia Binggeli 19:28 70 Lenie van der Poel 19:29 71 Marijke Moser 19:30 72 Cherry Hanson 19:32 73 Aila Virkberg 19:34 74 Alice Fischer 19:37 75 Marian Stanton 19:40 76 Viviane van Emelen 19:41 77 Amelia Lorza Lopez 19:42 78 Ann Disley 19:43 79 Allison Deed 19:44 80 Tineke Kluft 19:45 81 Claire Spauwen 19:46 82 Angelika Kullmann 19:47 83 Rita Thijs 19:53 84 Christine Seeman 19:54 85 Elaine Kelly 20:00 86 Gillian Hutcheson 20:05 87 Angeles Guitart Martinez 20:15 88 Shirley Somervell 20:16 89 Rubina Young 20:16 90 Jean Lochhead 20:23 91 Kate Davis 20:35 92 Janet Higgins 20:38 93 Bronwen Smith 20:51 94 Emily Dowling 20:58 95 Debbie Lewis 21:22 96 Lynne Huntbach 21:40

Teams Rank 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 Peggy 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 Ewa Kuty 20 Bronislawa Ludwichowska 22 Renata Pentlinowska 27 Celina Sokolowska 32 (Monika Gaisjier) (62) 101 5 Ann Yeoman 7 Jane Colebrook 33 Glynis Penny 34 Kath Binns 44 (Carol Gould) (51) (Cherry Hanson) (72) 118 6 Vera Kemper 18 Charlotte Teske 28 Monika Greschner 39 Renate Kieninger 41 (Barbara Will) (64) (Angelika Kullmann) (82) 126 7 Carmen Valero 1 Montserrat Abello 23 Encarnación Escudero 45 Pilar Fernandez 59 (Amelia Lorza Lopez) (77) (Angeles Guitart Martinez) (87) 128 8 Sinikka Tyynelä 19 Irja Paukkonnen 37 Elina Pulkkinen 38 Marjukka Ahtiainen 42 (Päivi Roppo) (49) (Aila Virkberg) (73) 136 9 Thelma Wright 21 Donna Valaitis 29 Maureen Crowley 43 Sally Beach 46 (Kathy Prosser) (56) (Kathy d'Arcy) (58) 139 10 Cristina Tomasini 5 Derna Casetti 35 Silvia Terenghi 55 Marina Loddo 67 162 11 Annie van Stiphout 17 Carla Beurskens 26 Joke van Gerven 57 Lenie van der Poel 70 (Tineke Kluft) (80) (Claire Spauwen) (81) 170 12 Joëlle De Brouwer 16 Chantal Navarro 31 Viviane Gorau 60 Françoise Nicolas 66 (Martine Bouchonneau) (68) (Christine Seeman) (84) 173 13 Cornelia Bürki 10 Elsbeth Liebi 36 Silvia Binggeli 69 Marijke Moser 71 (Alice Fischer) (74) 186 14 Nadine Claes 47 Geertje Meersseman 53 Francine Peeters 63 Viviane van Emelen 76 (Rita Thijs) (83) 239 15 Veronica Duffy 40 Sheelagh Morrissey 50 Marian Stanton 75 Elaine Kelly 85 (Kate Davis) (91) (Emily Dowling) (94) 250 16 Margaret Coomber 52 Christine Haskett 61 Judith Shepherd 65 Gillian Hutcheson 86 (Rubina Young) (89) (Janet Higgins) (92) 264 17 Ann Disley 78 Jean Lochhead 90 Bronwen Smith 93 Debbie Lewis 95 (Lynne Huntbach) (96) 356 Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation An unofficial count yields the participation of 96 athletes from 17 countries in the Senior women's race, one athlete less than the official number published.

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

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