1977 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

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1977 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition5th
DateMarch 20
Host cityDüsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, West Germany West Germany
Venue
Events3
Distances12.3 km – Senior men
7.5 km – Junior men
5.1 km – Senior women
Participation345 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[]

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
 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  Belgium 126  England 129  Soviet Union 144
Junior men  United States 36  Spain 40  Canada 67
Senior women  Soviet Union 15  United States 48  New Zealand 76

Race results[]

Senior men's race (12.3 km)[]

Main article: 1977 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Léon Schots  Belgium 37:43
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Carlos Lopes  Portugal 37:48.2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Detlef Uhlemann  West Germany 37:52.2
4 Franco Fava  Italy 37:53
5 Bernie Ford  England 37:54
6 Euan Robertson  New Zealand 37:57
7 Karel Lismont  Belgium 38:04
8 Tony Simmons  England 38:12
9 David Black  England 38:13
10 Enn Sellik  Soviet Union 38:15
11 Leonid Moseyev  Soviet Union 38:18
12 Hans-Jürgen Orthmann  West Germany 38:20
Full results
Teams
Rank Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Belgium
Léon Schots 1
Karel Lismont 7
Eric De Beck 18
Willy Polleunis 22
27
51
() (74)
(Paul Thijs) (154)
(Emiel Puttemans) ( DNF)
126
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  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
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Soviet Union
Enn Sellik 10
Leonid Moseyev 11
16
Aleksandr Antipov 20
40
47
() (86)
() (88)
(Aleksandr Fedotkin) (92)
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)[]

Main article: 1977 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Thom Hunt  United States 23:15
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Spain 23:28
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ari Paunonen  Finland 23:39
4 Pierre Délèze   Switzerland 23:43
5  United States 23:44
6  England 23:48
7 Peter Butler  Canada 23:49
8 Nat Muir  Scotland 23:55
9 José Manuel Abascal  Spain 23:56
10 Tommy Ekblom  Finland 23:57
11  Canada 23:58
12 Marty Froelick  United States 24:04
Full results
Teams
Rank Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States
Thom Hunt 1
5
Marty Froelick 12
18
() (33)
() (34)
36
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Spain
2
José Manuel Abascal 9
14
Antonio Prieto 15
(Domingo Ramón) (24)
() (37)
40
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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)[]

Main article: 1977 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Carmen Valero  Spain 17:26
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lyudmila Bragina  Soviet Union 17:28
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Soviet Union
Lyudmila Bragina 2
Giana Romanova 3
Irina Bondarchuk 4
Raisa Katyukova 6
() (12)
() (25)
15
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United States
8
Kathy Mills 11
Julie Brown 14
15
(Doris Heritage) (48)
() (54)
48
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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)

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]

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. ^ a b 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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