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

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

## Race results
### Senior men's race (12.3 km)
#### 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 Schots1 Karel Lismont7 Eric De Beck18 Willy Polleunis22 Frank Grillaert27 Eddy Van Mullem51 (Eddy Rombaux)(74) (Paul Thijs)(154) (Emiel Puttemans)(DNF) | 126 |
| | England Bernie Ford5 Tony Simmons8 David Black9 Steve Kenyon29 Barry Smith35 Mike McLeod43 (Dave Bedford)(45) (David Slater)(76) (Jon Wild)(95) | 129 |
| | Soviet Union Enn Sellik10 Leonid Moseyev11 Vladimir Merkushin16 Aleksandr Antipov20 Nikolay Radostev40 Aleksandr Matveyev47 (Ivan Parluy)(86) (Satimkul Dzhumanazarov)(88) (Aleksandr Fedotkin)(92) | 144 |
| 4 | West Germany Detlef Uhlemann3 Hans-Jürgen Orthmann12 Michael Karst19 Günther Zahn53 Michael Lederer64 Jochen Schirmer75 (Werner Grommisch)(87) (Karl Fleschen)(DNF) | 226 |
| 5 | New Zealand Euan Robertson6 Jack Foster33 Howard Healey39 John Dixon46 David Sirl54 Paul Ballinger65 (Bruce Jones)(97) (Roger Robinson)(132) (Barry Jones)(148) | 243 |
| 6 | Australia Steve Austin15 Chris Wardlaw23 Gerard Barrett34 Rob de Castella37 Brian Lewry61 Timothy O'Shaughnessy90 (David Chettle)(116) (Kent Rayner)(135) (James Langford)(161) | 260 |
| 7 | Scotland Allister Hutton14 Jim Brown36 Laurence Reilly41 Andrew McKean49 Rees Ward62 Paul Kenney68 (John Graham)(89) (John Robson)(94) (Lawrie Spence)(141) | 270 |
| 8 | France Noel Tijou17 Pierre Levisse31 Jean-Luc Paugam50 Lucien Rault59 Pierre Liardet73 Michel Lelut81 (Guy Bourban)(84) (Gilbert Bessières)(85) (Jean-Marie Conrath)(DNF) | 311 |
| 9 | Spain Mariano Haro13 Fernando Fernandez25 Ricardo Ortega56 Santiago de la Parte72 Antonio Campos77 Mateo Gómez82 (José Gil Ramperez)(105) (José de Miguel Bartolome)(122) (Estanislao Duran)(130) | 325 |
| 10 | Tunisia Abdelkrim Djelassi28 Adelaziz Bouguerra32 Rabah Zaidi57 Mansour Guettaya58 Mohamed Zaidi63 Hussein Soltani93 (Ali Gammoudi)(121) (Cherif Hannchi)(133) | 331 |
| 11 | Portugal Carlos Lopes2 Fernando Mamede30 Aniceto Simoes66 Carlos Cabral78 Manuel Paiva100 Helder de Jesús110 (Carlos Tavares)(124) (Vasco Pereira)(139) (Anacleto Pinto)(DNF) | 386 |
| 12 | United States Jeff Wells24 Gary Tuttle42 Mike Bordell79 Tom Wysocki99 Tony Sandoval104 Jon Anderson106 (Ric Rojas)(111) (Steve Flanagan)(112) (Vince Engel)(151) | 454 |
| 13 | Italy Franco Fava4 Luigi Zarcone26 Marco Marchei102 Luigi Lauro113 Gianni Demadonna120 Arturo Iacona125 (Giuseppe Gerbi)(DNF) | 490 |
| 14 | Ireland Gerry Deegan21 Danny McDaid67 Ray Treacy91 Paddy Murphy101 Neil Cusack109 Padraig Keane117 (Thomas Brennan)(144) (Gerard Kiernan)(149) (Donal Walsh)(159) | 506 |
| 15 | Finland Ulf-Håkan Spik52 Seppo Nikkari69 Pekka Päivärinta83 Aarno Ristimäki114 Juhani Sams115 Jukka Toivola118 | 551 |
| 16 | Switzerland Werner Meier48 Markus Ryffel80 Bruno Lafranchi96 Bernhard Vifian108 Blaise Schull126 Albrecht Moser128 (Hugo Wey)(150) | 586 |
| 17 | Netherlands Jos Hermens44 Piet Vonck71 Piet Waaning98 Jo Schout119 Henk Mentink136 Gerard Nijboer140 (Bram Wassenaar)(145) (Klaas Lok)(160) | 608 |
| 18 | Wales Bernie Plain60 Steve Jones103 Alan Cole123 Dic Evans127 Fred Bell129 Trevor Hawes137 (Glen Grant)(138) (Steve Slocombe)(142) (Mick Morris)(155) | 679 |
| 19 | Sweden Dan Glans38 Pär Wallin70 Stefan Nilsson134 Anders Borglund143 Örjan Wallin147 Gösta Johansson153 (Gunnar Holm)(157) (Rolf Kårevik)(163) | 685 |
| 20 | Canada John Sharpe107 Doug Scorrar146 Nil Lavallee152 William Smart156 Wayne Stewart158 Joe Sax162 | 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.
* 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)