title: 1977 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
text: # 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)
  