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

The Junior 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]

Junior men's race at the 1977 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition5th
DateMarch 20
Host cityDüsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, West Germany
VenueGalopprennbahn Düsseldorf-Grafenberg
Events1
Distances7.5 km – Junior men
Participation81 athletes from
15 nations

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

Race results

Individual
RankAthleteCountryTime
Thom Hunt United States23:15
Santiago Llorente Spain23:28
Ari Paunonen Finland23:39
4Pierre Délèze  Switzerland23:43
5Mark Spilsbury United States23:44
6Nick Lees England23:48
7Peter Butler Canada23:49
8Nat Muir Scotland23:55
9José Manuel Abascal Spain23:56
10Tommy Ekblom Finland23:57
11Rob Evans Canada23:58
12Marty Froelick United States24:04
13Elie Aubertin Belgium24:04.6
14Luis Sastre Spain24:05
15Antonio Prieto Spain24:08
16Robert Swann England24:13
17Paolo Fattori Italy24:14
18Chris Fox United States24:19
19Colin Clarkson Wales24:21
20David Peckham Canada24:22
21Harry Servranckx Belgium24:24
22Hermann Kramer West Germany24:27
23Dave Clarke England24:28
24Domingo Ramón Spain24:29
25Guido de Pauw Belgium24:30
26Volkmar Betz West Germany24:32
27Vesa Kähkölä Finland24:33
28Anthony Conroy Ireland24:34
29Roland Brack Canada24:35
30Philippe Legrand France24:36
31Alfredo Bonetti Italy24:37
32Dirk Mattheus Belgium24:38
33Harold Schulz United States24:39
34Jeff Creer United States24:40
35Mike O'Reilly England24:42
36Alan Cummings Wales24:44
37Gerardo Manso Spain24:51
38Mauro Pappacena Italy24:52
39Brian McSloy Scotland24:53
40Hugh Shakeshaft Wales24:54
41Francois Willems Belgium24:55
42Chris Bunyan England24:56
43Graham Williamson Scotland24:57
44Mick Morton England24:58
45Jürgen Dächert West Germany24:59
46Charles Marr Scotland25:00
47Fernando Miguel Portugal25:02
48James Connell Ireland25:04
49Wolf-Ulrich Schneider West Germany25:06
50Ralf Fleischmann West Germany25:08
51Fulvio Costa Italy25:13
52Adrian Leek Wales25:15
53Nourredine Benamor Tunisia25:18
54Serge Libessart France25:19
55Rob Earl Canada25:21
56Denis Toussaint France25:22
57Ahmen Jerad Tunisia25:24
58Vesa Laukkanen Finland25:28
59Alastair Douglas Scotland25:32
60Vincent Jacot  Switzerland25:33
61Markus Joerg  Switzerland25:34
62Yvan Eriau France25:35
63Gin Piero Meregaglia Italy25:36
64José Costa Portugal25:37
65Martin Kuster  Switzerland25:38
66Raymond Paulins Canada25:42
67Ronny Agten Belgium25:43
68Ian Brown Scotland25:44
69Dominique Vernochet France25:47
70Wahid Ayari Tunisia26:03
71Pascal Brosseau France26:08
72Martin McGeady Ireland26:09
73José Frias Portugal26:18
74Eamonn McMahon Ireland26:22
75João Pereira Portugal26:24
76Arto Virtanen Finland26:25
77Féthi Baccouche Tunisia26:26
78David Ball Ireland26:27
79Roger Butty  Switzerland27:08
80James Fallon Ireland27:10
—João Campos PortugalDNF

Teams
RankTeamPoints
 United States
Thom Hunt1
Mark Spilsbury5
Marty Froelick12
Chris Fox18
(Harold Schulz)(33)
(Jeff Creer)(34)
 36
 Spain
Santiago Llorente2
José Manuel Abascal9
Luis Sastre14
Antonio Prieto15
(Domingo Ramón)(24)
(Gerardo Manso)(37)
 40
 Canada
Peter Butler7
Rob Evans11
David Peckham20
Roland Brack29
(Rob Earl)(55)
(Raymond Paulins)(66)
 67
4 England
Nick Lees6
Robert Swann16
Dave Clarke23
Mike O'Reilly35
(Chris Bunyan)(42)
(Mick Morton)(44)
 80
5 Belgium
Elie Aubertin13
Harry Servranckx21
Guido de Pauw25
Dirk Mattheus32
(Francois Willems)(41)
(Ronny Agten)(67)
 91
6 Finland
Ari Paunonen3
Tommy Ekblom10
Vesa Kähkölä27
Vesa Laukkanen58
(Arto Virtanen)(76)
 98
7 Scotland
Nat Muir8
Brian McSloy39
Graham Williamson43
Charles Marr46
(Alastair Douglas)(59)
(Ian Brown)(68)
 136
8 Italy
Paolo Fattori17
Alfredo Bonetti31
Mauro Pappacena38
Fulvio Costa51
(Gin Piero Meregaglia)(63)
 137
9 West Germany
Hermann Kramer22
Volkmar Betz26
Jürgen Dächert45
Wolf-Ulrich Schneider49
(Ralf Fleischmann)(50)
 142
10 Wales
Colin Clarkson19
Alan Cummings36
Hugh Shakeshaft40
Adrian Leek52
 147
11  Switzerland
Pierre Délèze4
Vincent Jacot60
Markus Joerg61
Martin Kuster65
(Roger Butty)(79)
 190
12 France
Philippe Legrand30
Serge Libessart54
Denis Toussaint56
Yvan Eriau62
(Dominique Vernochet)(69)
(Pascal Brosseau)(71)
 202
13 Ireland
Anthony Conroy28
James Connell48
Martin McGeady72
Eamonn McMahon74
(David Ball)(78)
(James Fallon)(80)
 222
14 Tunisia
Nourredine Benamor53
Ahmen Jerad57
Wahid Ayari70
Féthi Baccouche77
 257
15 Portugal
Fernando Miguel47
José Costa64
José Frias73
João Pereira75
(João Campos)(DNF)
 259
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 81 athletes from 15 countries in the Junior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.[4]

See also

References
  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 - 7.5km 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)
  3. IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
  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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