# 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.
Complete results, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.

## Race results
### Junior men's race (7.5 km)
#### Individual

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

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | 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.
* Belgium (6)
* Canada (6)
* England (6)
* Finland (5)
* France (6)
* Ireland (6)
* Italy (5)
* Portugal (5)
* Scotland (6)
* Spain (6)
* Switzerland (5)
* Tunisia (4)
* United States (6)
* Wales (4)
* West Germany (5)