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 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

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Junior men's race (7.5 km)

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Individual

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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

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Rank Team Points
    United States
Thom Hunt 1
Mark Spilsbury 5
Marty Froelick 12
Chris Fox 18
(Harold Schulz) (33)
(Jeff Creer) (34)
36
    Spain
Santiago Llorente 2
José Manuel Abascal 9
Luis Sastre 14
Antonio Prieto 15
(Domingo Ramón) (24)
(Gerardo Manso) (37)
40
    Canada
Peter Butler 7
Rob Evans 11
David Peckham 20
Roland Brack 29
(Rob Earl) (55)
(Raymond Paulins) (66)
67
4   England
Nick Lees 6
Robert Swann 16
Dave Clarke 23
Mike O'Reilly 35
(Chris Bunyan) (42)
(Mick Morton) (44)
80
5   Belgium
Elie Aubertin 13
Harry Servranckx 21
Guido de Pauw 25
Dirk Mattheus 32
(Francois Willems) (41)
(Ronny Agten) (67)
91
6   Finland
Ari Paunonen 3
Tommy Ekblom 10
Vesa Kähkölä 27
Vesa Laukkanen 58
(Arto Virtanen) (76)
98
7   Scotland
Nat Muir 8
Brian McSloy 39
Graham Williamson 43
Charles Marr 46
(Alastair Douglas) (59)
(Ian Brown) (68)
136
8   Italy
Paolo Fattori 17
Alfredo Bonetti 31
Mauro Pappacena 38
Fulvio Costa 51
(Gin Piero Meregaglia) (63)
137
9   West Germany
Hermann Kramer 22
Volkmar Betz 26
Jürgen Dächert 45
Wolf-Ulrich Schneider 49
(Ralf Fleischmann) (50)
142
10   Wales
Colin Clarkson 19
Alan Cummings 36
Hugh Shakeshaft 40
Adrian Leek 52
147
11    Switzerland
Pierre Délèze 4
Vincent Jacot 60
Markus Joerg 61
Martin Kuster 65
(Roger Butty) (79)
190
12   France
Philippe Legrand 30
Serge Libessart 54
Denis Toussaint 56
Yvan Eriau 62
(Dominique Vernochet) (69)
(Pascal Brosseau) (71)
202
13   Ireland
Anthony Conroy 28
James Connell 48
Martin McGeady 72
Eamonn McMahon 74
(David Ball) (78)
(James Fallon) (80)
222
14   Tunisia
Nourredine Benamor 53
Ahmen Jerad 57
Wahid Ayari 70
Féthi Baccouche 77
257
15   Portugal
Fernando Miguel 47
José Costa 64
José Frias 73
João Pereira 75
(João Campos) (DNF)
259
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation

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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

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References

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  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, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
  4. ^ a b 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