International athletics championship event
1977 IAAF World Cross Country Championships Organisers IAAF Edition 5th Date March 20 Host city Düsseldorf , Nordrhein-Westfalen , West Germany Venue Events 3 Distances 12.3 km – Senior men 7.5 km – Junior men 5.1 km – Senior women Participation 345 athletes from 22 nations ← 1976 Chepstow
1978 Glasgow →
The 1977 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Düsseldorf , West Germany , at the on March 20, 1977. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald .[1]
Complete results for men,[2] junior men,[3] women,[4] medallists,
[5] and the results of British athletes[6] were published.
Medallists [ ]
Race results [ ]
Senior men's race (12.3 km) [ ]
Teams
Rank
Team
Points
Belgium
126
England
Bernie Ford
5
Tony Simmons
8
David Black
9
Steve Kenyon
29
Barry Smith
35
Mike McLeod
43
(Dave Bedford )
(45)
()
(76)
()
(95)
129
Soviet Union
144
4
West Germany
226
5
New Zealand
243
6
Australia
260
7
Scotland
270
8
France
311
Full results
Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Junior men's race (7.5 km) [ ]
Teams
Rank
Team
Points
United States
Thom Hunt
1
5
Marty Froelick
12
18
()
(33)
()
(34)
36
Spain
40
Canada
Peter Butler
7
11
20
29
()
(55)
()
(66)
67
4
England
80
5
Belgium
91
6
Finland
98
7
Scotland
136
8
Italy
137
Full results
Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Senior women's race (5.1 km) [ ]
Individual race
Rank
Athlete
Country
Time
Carmen Valero
Spain
17:26
Lyudmila Bragina
Soviet Union
17:28
Giana Romanova
Soviet Union
17:35
4
Irina Bondarchuk
Soviet Union
17:38
5
Cristina Tomasini
Italy
17:44
6
Raisa Katyukova
Soviet Union
17:46
7
Ann Yeoman
England
17:47
8
United States
17:49
9
Anne Audain
New Zealand
18:00
10
Cornelia Bürki
Switzerland
18:02
11
Kathy Mills
United States
18:03
12
Soviet Union
18:05
Full results
Teams
Rank
Team
Points
Soviet Union
Lyudmila Bragina
2
Giana Romanova
3
Irina Bondarchuk
4
Raisa Katyukova
6
()
(12)
()
(25)
15
United States
8
Kathy Mills
11
Julie Brown
14
15
(Doris Heritage )
(48)
()
(54)
48
New Zealand
Anne Audain
9
Heather Thomson
13
Barbara Moore
24
Irene Miller
30
(Allison Deed )
(79)
()
(88)
76
4
Poland
101
5
England
118
6
West Germany
126
7
Spain
128
8
Finland
136
Full results
Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Medal table (unofficial) [ ]
* Host nation (West Germany )
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]
See also [ ]
References [ ]
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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
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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
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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
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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
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IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS , Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
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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
External links [ ]
Editions Races
Senior men's Senior women's Men's short Women's short Junior men's Junior women's Mixed relay
International cross country running championships
World Continental Regional