1977_IAAF_World_Cross_Country_Championships
1977 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
International athletics championship event
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]
Quick Facts Organisers, Edition ...
| 1977 IAAF World Cross Country Championships | |
|---|---|
| Organisers | IAAF |
| Edition | 5th |
| Date | March 20 |
| Host city | Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, West Germany  |
| Venue | Galopprennbahn Düsseldorf-Grafenberg |
| Events | 3 |
| Distances | 12.3 km – Senior men 7.5 km – Junior men 5.1 km – Senior women |
| Participation | 345 athletes from 22 nations |
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Complete results for men,[2] junior men,[3] women,[4] medallists, [5] and the results of British athletes[6] were published.
More information Event, Gold ...
| 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 | 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 |
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Senior men's race (12.3 km)
More information Rank, Athlete ...
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Léon Schots | Belgium | 37:43 |
 | Carlos Lopes | Portugal | 37:48.2 |
 | 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 |
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More information Rank, Team ...
| Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium
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126 | ||||||||||||||||||
| England
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129 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Soviet Union
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144 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | West Germany | 226 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | New Zealand | 243 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 |  Australia | 260 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 |  Scotland | 270 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 |  France | 311 | ||||||||||||||||||
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- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Junior men's race (7.5 km)
More information Rank, Athlete ...
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thom Hunt | United States | 23:15 |
| Santiago Llorente | Spain | 23:28 |
| Ari Paunonen | Finland | 23:39 |
| 4 | Pierre Délèze |  Switzerland | 23:43 |
| 5 | Mark Spilsbury | United States | 23:44 |
| 6 | Nick Lees | 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 | Rob Evans | Canada | 23:58 |
| 12 | Marty Froelick | United States | 24:04 |
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More information Rank, Team ...
| Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States
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36 | ||||||||||||
| Spain
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40 | ||||||||||||
| Canada
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67 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | England | 80 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Belgium | 91 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Finland | 98 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Scotland | 136 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Italy | 137 | ||||||||||||
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- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Senior women's race (5.1 km)
More information Rank, Athlete ...
| 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 | Sue Kinsey | 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 | Lyubov Ivanova | Soviet Union | 18:05 |
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More information Rank, Team ...
| Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soviet Union
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15 | ||||||||||||
| United States
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48 | ||||||||||||
| New Zealand
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76 | ||||||||||||
| 4 |  Poland | 101 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | England | 118 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | West Germany | 126 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Spain | 128 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Finland | 136 | ||||||||||||
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- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
* Host nation (West Germany)
More information Rank, Nation ...
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States (USA) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Belgium (BEL) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Spain (ESP) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Soviet Union (URS) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | England (ENG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Portugal (POR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| West Germany (FRG)* | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (10 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |
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- Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal.
An unofficial count yields the participation of 345 athletes from 22 countries, one senior woman athlete less than the official number published.[6]
Australia (9)
Belgium (20)
Canada (18)
England (21)
Finland (17)
France (21)
Ireland (21)
Italy (16)
Netherlands (14)
New Zealand (15)
Poland (5)
Portugal (14)
Scotland (21)
Soviet Union (15)
Spain (21)
Sudan (2)
Switzerland (17)
Sweden (8)
Tunisia (12)
United States (21)
Wales (18)
West Germany (19)
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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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