1977 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Introduction 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 for men, junior men,  women, medallists,  and the results of British athletes were published.
Medallists  '''Individual'''Senior 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 '''Team'''Senior 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