1977 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

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]

1977 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition5th
DateMarch 20
Host cityDüsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, West Germany
VenueGalopprennbahn Düsseldorf-Grafenberg
Events3
Distances12.3 km – Senior men
7.5 km – Junior men
5.1 km – Senior women
Participation345 athletes from
22 nations

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  Belgium126  England129  Soviet Union144
Junior men  United States36  Spain40  Canada67
Senior women  Soviet Union15  United States48  New Zealand76

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
RankAthleteCountryTime
Léon Schots Belgium37:43
Carlos Lopes Portugal37:48.2
Detlef Uhlemann West Germany37:52.2
4Franco Fava Italy37:53
5Bernie Ford England37:54
6Euan Robertson New Zealand37:57
7Karel Lismont Belgium38:04
8Tony Simmons England38:12
9David Black England38:13
10Enn Sellik Soviet Union38:15
11Leonid Moseyev Soviet Union38:18
12Hans-Jürgen Orthmann West Germany38:20
Full results
Teams
RankTeamPoints
 Belgium
Léon Schots1
Karel Lismont7
Eric De Beck18
Willy Polleunis22
Frank Grillaert27
Eddy Van Mullem51
(Eddy Rombaux)(74)
(Paul Thijs)(154)
(Emiel Puttemans)( DNF)
 126
 England
Bernie Ford5
Tony Simmons8
David Black9
Steve Kenyon29
Barry Smith35
Mike McLeod43
(Dave Bedford)(45)
(David Slater)(76)
(Jon Wild)(95)
 129
 Soviet Union
Enn Sellik10
Leonid Moseyev11
Vladimir Merkushin16
Aleksandr Antipov20
Nikolay Radostev40
Aleksandr Matveyev47
(Ivan Parluy)(86)
(Satimkul Dzhumanazarov)(88)
(Aleksandr Fedotkin)(92)
 144
4 West Germany226
5 New Zealand243
6 Australia260
7 Scotland270
8 France311
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
RankAthleteCountryTime
Thom Hunt United States23:15
Santiago Llorente Spain23:28
Ari Paunonen Finland23:39
4Pierre Délèze  Switzerland23:43
5Mark Spilsbury United States23:44
6Nick Lees England23:48
7Peter Butler Canada23:49
8Nat Muir Scotland23:55
9José Manuel Abascal Spain23:56
10Tommy Ekblom Finland23:57
11Rob Evans Canada23:58
12Marty Froelick United States24:04
Full results
Teams
RankTeamPoints
 United States
Thom Hunt1
Mark Spilsbury5
Marty Froelick12
Chris Fox18
(Harold Schulz)(33)
(Jeff Creer)(34)
 36
 Spain
Santiago Llorente2
José Manuel Abascal9
Luis Sastre14
Antonio Prieto15
(Domingo Ramón)(24)
(Gerardo Manso)(37)
 40
 Canada
Peter Butler7
Rob Evans11
David Peckham20
Roland Brack29
(Rob Earl)(55)
(Raymond Paulins)(66)
 67
4 England80
5 Belgium91
6 Finland98
7 Scotland136
8 Italy137
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
RankAthleteCountryTime
Carmen Valero Spain17:26
Lyudmila Bragina Soviet Union17:28
Giana Romanova Soviet Union17:35
4Irina Bondarchuk Soviet Union17:38
5Cristina Tomasini Italy17:44
6Raisa Katyukova Soviet Union17:46
7Ann Yeoman England17:47
8Sue Kinsey United States17:49
9Anne Audain New Zealand18:00
10Cornelia Bürki  Switzerland18:02
11Kathy Mills United States18:03
12Lyubov Ivanova Soviet Union18:05
Full results
Teams
RankTeamPoints
 Soviet Union
Lyudmila Bragina2
Giana Romanova3
Irina Bondarchuk4
Raisa Katyukova6
(Lyubov Ivanova)(12)
(Raisa Sadreydinova)(25)
 15
 United States
Sue Kinsey8
Kathy Mills11
Julie Brown14
Paula Neppel15
(Doris Heritage)(48)
(Eryn Forbes)(54)
 48
 New Zealand
Anne Audain9
Heather Thomson13
Barbara Moore24
Irene Miller30
(Allison Deed)(79)
(Shirley Somervell)(88)
 76
4 Poland101
5 England118
6 West Germany126
7 Spain128
8 Finland136
Full results
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Medal table (unofficial)

  *   Host nation (West Germany)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)2103
2 Belgium (BEL)2002
3 Spain (ESP)1203
4 Soviet Union (URS)1124
5 England (ENG)0101
 Portugal (POR)0101
7 Canada (CAN)0011
 Finland (FIN)0011
 New Zealand (NZL)0011
 West Germany (FRG)*0011
Totals (10 nations)66618
  • 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]

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See also

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
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