1977 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
# 1977 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

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.

Complete results for men, junior men, women, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.

## Medallists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | 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 |

## Race results

### Senior men's race (12.3 km)

* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

### Junior men's race (7.5 km)

* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

### Senior women's race (5.1 km)

* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

## Medal table (unofficial)

* Host nation (West Germany)

| 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 |
| 5 | Portugal (POR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | West Germany (FRG)* | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |

* 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.

* 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)
