World Cross Country Championships 1977

The 5th IAAF World Cross Country Championships the IAAF took place on 20th March 1977 at the Grafenberg race course in Dusseldorf ( Federal Republic of Germany instead).

The men started over a distance of 12.3 km, the women over 5.1 km and the juniors over 7.5 km.

Detlef Uhlemann was the first German athlete to win a medal at cross-country championships with bronze.

Results

Men

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Leon Schots	BEL	37:43
2	Carlos Lopes	POR	37:49
3	Detlef Uhlemann	FRG	37:53
4th	Franco Fava	ITA	37:53
5	Bernie Ford	CLOSELY	37:54
6th	Euan Robertson	NZL	37:57
7th	Karel Lismont	BEL	38:04
8th	Tony Simmons	CLOSELY	38:12

Of 168 athletes who started, 163 reached the finish.

Other participants from German-speaking countries:

• 12: Hans-Jürgen Orthmann ( FRG ), 38:20
• 19: Michael Karst ( FRG ), 38:30
• 48: Werner Meier ( SUI ), 38:53
• 53: Günter Zahn ( FRG ), 38:55
• 64: Michael Lederer ( FRG ), 38:56
• 75: Jochen Schirmer ( FRG ), 38:58
• 80: Markus Ryffel ( SUI ), 39:16
• 87: Werner Grommisch ( FRG ), 39:44
• 96: Bruno Lafranchi ( SUI ), 40:02
• 108: Bernhard Vifian ( SUI ), 40:13
• 126: Blaise Schull ( SUI ), 40:35
• 128: Albrecht Moser ( SUI ), 40:37
• 150: Hugo Wey ( SUI ), 41:30
• DNF: Karl Fleschen ( FRG )

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Belgium Leon Schots Karel Lismont Erik De Beck Willy Polleunis Frank Grillaert Eddy van Mullen	126 1 7 18 22 27 51 00 00 0 0 0 0
2	England Bernie Ford Tony Simmons Dave Black Steve Kenyon Barry Smith Mike McLeod	129 5 8 9 29 35 43 00 00 00 0 0 0
3	Soviet Union Enn Sellik Leonid Mossejew Vladimir Merkuschin Aleksandras Antipovas Nikolai Radostew Alexandr Matwejew	144 0 10 011 016 020 040 047

A total of 20 teams were rated. The German team took fourth place with 226 points and the Swiss team came in 16th with 586 points.

Women

Individual evaluation

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Carmen Valero	ESP	17:26
2	Lyudmila Bragina	URS	17:28
3	Giana Romanova	URS	17:35
4th	Irina Bondarchuk	URS	17:38
5	Cristina Tomasini	ITA	17:44
6th	Raisa Katyukova	URS	17:46
7th	Ann Yeoman	CLOSELY	17:47
8th	Sue Kinsey	United States	17:49

All 96 athletes who started reached the finish.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 10: Cornelia Bürki ( SUI ), 18:02
• 18: Vera Kemper ( FRG ), 18:20
• 28: Charlotte Teske ( FRG ), 18:34
• 36: Elsbeth Liebi ( SUI ), 18:45
• 39: Monika Greschner ( FRG ), 18:49
• 41: Renate Kieninger ( FRG ), 18:51
• 64: Barbara Will ( FRG ), 19:22
• 69: Silvia Binggeli ( SUI ), 19:28
• 71: Marijke Moser ( SUI ), 7:30 p.m.
• 74: Alice Fischer ( SUI ), 19:37
• 82: Angelika Kullmann ( FRG ), 19:47

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Soviet Union Lyudmila Bragina Giana Romanowa Irina Bondarchuk Raissa Katjukowa	15 0 2 03 04 06
2	United States Sue Kinsey Kathy Mills Julie Brown Paula Neppel	48 0 8 11 14 15
3	New Zealand Anne Audain Heather Thomson Barbara Moore Irene Miller	76 0 9 13 24 30

A total of 17 teams were rated. The German team came in sixth with 126 points and the Swiss team in 13th place with 186 points.

Juniors

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Thom Hunt	United States	23:15
2	Santiago Llorente	ESP	23:28
3	Ari Paunonen	FIN	23:39

Of the 81 athletes who started, 80 reached the finish line.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 4: Pierre Délèze ( SUI ), 23:43
• 22: Hermann Kramer ( FRG ), 24:27
• 26: Volkmar Betz ( FRG ), 24:32
• 45: Jürgen Dächert ( FRG ), 24:59
• 49: Wolf-Ulrich Schneider ( FRG ), 25:06
• 50: Ralf Fleischmann ( FRG ), 25:08
• 60: Vincent Jacot ( SUI ), 25:33
• 61: Markus Joerg ( SUI ), 25:34
• 65: Martin Kuster ( SUI ), 25:38
• 79: Roger Butty ( SUI ), 27:08

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	United States Thom Hunt Mark Spilsbury Marty Froelick Chris Fox	36 0 1 05 12 18
2	Spain Santiago Llorente José Manuel Abascal Luis Sastre Antonio Prieto	40 0 2 09 14 15
3	Canada Peter Butler Rob Evans David Peckham Roland Brack	67 0 7 11 20 29

A total of 15 teams were rated. The German team finished ninth with 142 points and the Swiss team came eleventh with 190 points.

Web links

• Senior Men's race ( Memento of October 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), Senior Women's race ( Memento of October 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), Junior Men's race ( Memento of October 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) - results on the Athchamps website