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

Senior men's race at the 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	1
Distances	12.3 km – Senior men
Participation	168 athletes from ; 21 nations
	← 1976 Chepstow 1978 Glasgow → ;

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]

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

Race results

Individual

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

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

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]

Australia (9)
Belgium (9)
Canada (6)
England (9)
Finland (6)
France (9)
Ireland (9)

Italy (7)
Netherlands (8)
New Zealand (9)
Portugal (9)
Scotland (9)
Soviet Union (9)
Spain (9)

Sudan (2)
Sweden (8)
Switzerland (7)
Tunisia (8)
United States (9)
Wales (9)
West Germany (8)

References

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
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, 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
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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[herald_01-1] 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

[archive_01-2] 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, 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[gbr_01-3] IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013

[iaaf_01-4] 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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