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1977 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

The Senior men's race at 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]

Senior men's race at the 1977 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition5th
DateMarch 20
Host cityDüsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, West Germany West Germany
VenueGalopprennbahn Düsseldorf-Grafenberg
Events1
Distances12.3 km – Senior men
Participation168 athletes from
21 nations

Complete results,[2] medallists, [3] and the results of British athletes[4] were published.

Race results

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Senior men's race (12.3 km)

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Individual

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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
13 Mariano Haro   Spain 38:24
14 Allister Hutton   Scotland 38:25
15 Steve Austin   Australia 38:25
16 Vladimir Merkushin   Soviet Union 38:27
17 Noel Tijou   France 38:28
18 Eric De Beck   Belgium 38:29
19 Michael Karst   West Germany 38:30
20 Aleksandr Antipov   Soviet Union 38:32
21 Gerry Deegan   Ireland 38:34
22 Willy Polleunis   Belgium 38:36
23 Chris Wardlaw   Australia 38:39
24 Jeff Wells   United States 38:40
25 Fernando Fernandez   Spain 38:45
26 Luigi Zarcone   Italy 38:50
27 Frank Grillaert   Belgium 38:50
28 Abdelkrim Djelassi   Tunisia 38:50
29 Steve Kenyon   England 38:51
30 Fernando Mamede   Portugal 38:51
31 Pierre Levisse   France 38:51
32 Adelaziz Bouguerra   Tunisia 38:51
33 Jack Foster   New Zealand 38:51
34 Gerard Barrett   Australia 38:51
35 Barry Smith   England 38:51
36 Jim Brown   Scotland 38:52
37 Rob de Castella   Australia 38:52
38 Dan Glans   Sweden 38:52
39 Howard Healey   New Zealand 38:52
40 Nikolay Radostev   Soviet Union 38:52
41 Laurence Reilly   Scotland 38:52
42 Gary Tuttle   United States 38:52
43 Mike McLeod   England 38:53
44 Jos Hermens   Netherlands 38:53
45 Dave Bedford   England 38:53
46 John Dixon   New Zealand 38:53
47 Aleksandr Matveyev   Soviet Union 38:53
48 Werner Meier    Switzerland 38:53
49 Andrew McKean   Scotland 38:53
50 Jean-Luc Paugam   France 38:53
51 Eddy Van Mullem   Belgium 38:54
52 Ulf-Håkan Spik   Finland 38:54.2
53 Günther Zahn   West Germany 38:54.4
54 David Sirl   New Zealand 38:54.6
55 Shag Musa Medani   Sudan 38:54.6
56 Ricardo Ortega   Spain 38:54.8
57 Rabah Zaidi   Tunisia 38:54.8
58 Mansour Guettaya   Tunisia 38:55
59 Lucien Rault   France 38:55.2
60 Bernie Plain   Wales 38:55.4
61 Brian Lewry   Australia 38:55.6
62 Rees Ward   Scotland 38:55.8
63 Mohamed Zaidi   Tunisia 38:55.8
64 Michael Lederer   West Germany 38:55.8
65 Paul Ballinger   New Zealand 38:55.8
66 Aniceto Simoes   Portugal 38:56
67 Danny McDaid   Ireland 38:56.2
68 Paul Kenney   Scotland 38:56.4
69 Seppo Nikkari   Finland 38:56.4
70 Pär Wallin   Sweden 38:56.6
71 Piet Vonck   Netherlands 38:56.8
72 Santiago de la Parte   Spain 38:56.8
73 Pierre Liardet   France 38:57
74 Eddy Rombaux   Belgium 38:57.2
75 Jochen Schirmer   West Germany 38:57.4
76 David Slater   England 39:00
77 Antonio Campos   Spain 39:04
78 Carlos Cabral   Portugal 39:08
79 Mike Bordell   United States 39:12
80 Markus Ryffel    Switzerland 39:16
81 Michel Lelut   France 39:20
82 Mateo Gómez   Spain 39:24
83 Pekka Päivärinta   Finland 39:28
84 Guy Bourban   France 39:32
85 Gilbert Bessières   France 39:36
86 Ivan Parluy   Soviet Union 39:40
87 Werner Grommisch   West Germany 39:44
88 Satimkul Dzhumanazarov   Soviet Union 39:48
89 John Graham   Scotland 39:52
90 Timothy O'Shaughnessy   Australia 40:00
91 Ray Treacy   Ireland 40:00.2
92 Aleksandr Fedotkin   Soviet Union 40:00.4
93 Hussein Soltani   Tunisia 40:00.6
94 John Robson   Scotland 40:01
95 John Wild   England 40:01.2
96 Bruno Lafranchi    Switzerland 40:01.4
97 Bruce Jones   New Zealand 40:01.6
98 Piet Waaning   Netherlands 40:01.8
99 Tom Wysocki   United States 40:01.8
100 Manuel Paiva   Portugal 40:02
101 Paddy Murphy   Ireland 40:02
102 Marco Marchei   Italy 40:03
103 Steve Jones   Wales 40:04
104 Tony Sandoval   United States 40:05
105 José Gil Ramperez   Spain 40:06
106 Jon Anderson   United States 40:11
107 John Sharpe   Canada 40:12
108 Bernhard Vifian    Switzerland 40:13
109 Neil Cusack   Ireland 40:14
110 Helder de Jesús   Portugal 40:15
111 Ric Rojas   United States 40:16
112 Steve Flanagan   United States 40:17
113 Luigi Lauro   Italy 40:18
114 Aarno Ristimäki   Finland 40:19
115 Juhani Sams   Finland 40:20
116 David Chettle   Australia 40:21
117 Padraig Keane   Ireland 40:22
118 Jukka Toivola   Finland 40:23
119 Jo Schout   Netherlands 40:25
120 Gianni Demadonna   Italy 40:27
121 Ali Gammoudi   Tunisia 40:29
122 José de Miguel Bartolome   Spain 40:31
123 Alan Cole   Wales 40:32
124 Carlos Tavares   Portugal 40:33
125 Arturo Iacona   Italy 40:34
126 Blaise Schull    Switzerland 40:35
127 Dic Evans   Wales 40:36
128 Albrecht Moser    Switzerland 40:37
129 Fred Bell   Wales 40:39
130 Estanislao Duran   Spain 40:40
131 Omer Khalifa   Sudan 40:44
132 Roger Robinson   New Zealand 40:45
133 Cherif Hannchi   Tunisia 40:46
134 Stefan Nilsson   Sweden 40:47
135 Kent Rayner   Australia 40:49
136 Henk Mentink   Netherlands 40:50
137 Trevor Hawes   Wales 40:52
138 Glen Grant   Wales 40:55
139 Vasco Pereira   Portugal 40:57
140 Gerard Nijboer   Netherlands 41:06
141 Lawrie Spence   Scotland 41:08
142 Steve Slocombe   Wales 41:09
143 Anders Borglund   Sweden 41:10
144 Thomas Brennan   Ireland 41:11
145 Bram Wassenaar   Netherlands 41:12
146 Doug Scorrar   Canada 41:14
147 Örjan Wallin   Sweden 41:22
148 Barry Jones   New Zealand 41:23
149 Gerard Kiernan   Ireland 41:24
150 Hugo Wey    Switzerland 41:30
151 Vince Engel   United States 41:31
152 Nil Lavallee   Canada 41:34
153 Gösta Johansson   Sweden 41:35
154 Paul Thijs   Belgium 41:42
155 Mick Morris   Wales 41:44
156 William Smart   Canada 41:46
157 Gunnar Holm   Sweden 41:48
158 Wayne Stewart   Canada 41:55
159 Donal Walsh   Ireland 42:00
160 Klaas Lok   Netherlands 42:35
161 James Langford   Australia 42:45
162 Joe Sax   Canada 42:55
163 Rolf Kårevik   Sweden 43:06
— Jean-Marie Conrath   France DNF
— Karl Fleschen   West Germany DNF
— Giuseppe Gerbi   Italy DNF
— Anacleto Pinto   Portugal DNF
— Emiel Puttemans   Belgium DNF

Teams

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Rank Team Points
    Belgium
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
    England
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
    Soviet Union
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   West Germany
Detlef Uhlemann 3
Hans-Jürgen Orthmann 12
Michael Karst 19
Günther Zahn 53
Michael Lederer 64
Jochen Schirmer 75
(Werner Grommisch) (87)
(Karl Fleschen) (DNF)
226
5   New Zealand
Euan Robertson 6
Jack Foster 33
Howard Healey 39
John Dixon 46
David Sirl 54
Paul Ballinger 65
(Bruce Jones) (97)
(Roger Robinson) (132)
(Barry Jones) (148)
243
6   Australia
Steve Austin 15
Chris Wardlaw 23
Gerard Barrett 34
Rob de Castella 37
Brian Lewry 61
Timothy O'Shaughnessy 90
(David Chettle) (116)
(Kent Rayner) (135)
(James Langford) (161)
260
7   Scotland
Allister Hutton 14
Jim Brown 36
Laurence Reilly 41
Andrew McKean 49
Rees Ward 62
Paul Kenney 68
(John Graham) (89)
(John Robson) (94)
(Lawrie Spence) (141)
270
8   France
Noel Tijou 17
Pierre Levisse 31
Jean-Luc Paugam 50
Lucien Rault 59
Pierre Liardet 73
Michel Lelut 81
(Guy Bourban) (84)
(Gilbert Bessières) (85)
(Jean-Marie Conrath) (DNF)
311
9   Spain
Mariano Haro 13
Fernando Fernandez 25
Ricardo Ortega 56
Santiago de la Parte 72
Antonio Campos 77
Mateo Gómez 82
(José Gil Ramperez) (105)
(José de Miguel Bartolome) (122)
(Estanislao Duran) (130)
325
10   Tunisia
Abdelkrim Djelassi 28
Adelaziz Bouguerra 32
Rabah Zaidi 57
Mansour Guettaya 58
Mohamed Zaidi 63
Hussein Soltani 93
(Ali Gammoudi) (121)
(Cherif Hannchi) (133)
331
11   Portugal
Carlos Lopes 2
Fernando Mamede 30
Aniceto Simoes 66
Carlos Cabral 78
Manuel Paiva 100
Helder de Jesús 110
(Carlos Tavares) (124)
(Vasco Pereira) (139)
(Anacleto Pinto) (DNF)
386
12   United States
Jeff Wells 24
Gary Tuttle 42
Mike Bordell 79
Tom Wysocki 99
Tony Sandoval 104
Jon Anderson 106
(Ric Rojas) (111)
(Steve Flanagan) (112)
(Vince Engel) (151)
454
13   Italy
Franco Fava 4
Luigi Zarcone 26
Marco Marchei 102
Luigi Lauro 113
Gianni Demadonna 120
Arturo Iacona 125
(Giuseppe Gerbi) (DNF)
490
14   Ireland
Gerry Deegan 21
Danny McDaid 67
Ray Treacy 91
Paddy Murphy 101
Neil Cusack 109
Padraig Keane 117
(Thomas Brennan) (144)
(Gerard Kiernan) (149)
(Donal Walsh) (159)
506
15   Finland
Ulf-Håkan Spik 52
Seppo Nikkari 69
Pekka Päivärinta 83
Aarno Ristimäki 114
Juhani Sams 115
Jukka Toivola 118
551
16    Switzerland
Werner Meier 48
Markus Ryffel 80
Bruno Lafranchi 96
Bernhard Vifian 108
Blaise Schull 126
Albrecht Moser 128
(Hugo Wey) (150)
586
17   Netherlands
Jos Hermens 44
Piet Vonck 71
Piet Waaning 98
Jo Schout 119
Henk Mentink 136
Gerard Nijboer 140
(Bram Wassenaar) (145)
(Klaas Lok) (160)
608
18   Wales
Bernie Plain 60
Steve Jones 103
Alan Cole 123
Dic Evans 127
Fred Bell 129
Trevor Hawes 137
(Glen Grant) (138)
(Steve Slocombe) (142)
(Mick Morris) (155)
679
19   Sweden
Dan Glans 38
Pär Wallin 70
Stefan Nilsson 134
Anders Borglund 143
Örjan Wallin 147
Gösta Johansson 153
(Gunnar Holm) (157)
(Rolf Kårevik) (163)
685
20   Canada
John Sharpe 107
Doug Scorrar 146
Nil Lavallee 152
William Smart 156
Wayne Stewart 158
Joe Sax 162
881
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation

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An unofficial count yields the participation of 168 athletes from 21 countries in the Senior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.[4]

See also

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References

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  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{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
  4. ^ 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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