1977 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

The Senior women'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]

Senior women'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
Distances5.1 km – Senior women
Participation96 athletes from
17 nations

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

Race results

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Senior women's race (5.1 km)

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Individual

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Rank Athlete Country Time
  Carmen Valero   Spain 17:26
  Lyudmila Bragina   Soviet Union 17:28
  Giana Romanova   Soviet Union 17:35
4 Irina Bondarchuk   Soviet Union 17:38
5 Cristina Tomasini   Italy 17:44
6 Raisa Katyukova   Soviet Union 17:46
7 Ann Yeoman   England 17:47
8 Sue Kinsey   United States 17:49
9 Anne Audain   New Zealand 18:00
10 Cornelia Bürki    Switzerland 18:02
11 Kathy Mills   United States 18:03
12 Lyubov Ivanova   Soviet Union 18:05
13 Heather Thomson   New Zealand 18:06
14 Julie Brown   United States 18:07
15 Paula Neppel   United States 18:08
16 Joëlle De Brouwer   France 18:16
17 Annie van Stiphout   Netherlands 18:18
18 Vera Kemper   West Germany 18:20
19 Sinikka Tyynelä   Finland 18:22
20 Ewa Kuty   Poland 18:23
21 Thelma Wright   Canada 18:25
22 Bronislawa Ludwichowska   Poland 18:27
23 Montserrat Abello   Spain 18:28
24 Barbara Moore   New Zealand 18:29
25 Raisa Sadreydinova   Soviet Union 18:30
26 Carla Beurskens   Netherlands 18:31
27 Renata Pentlinowska   Poland 18:32
28 Charlotte Teske   West Germany 18:34
29 Donna Valaitis   Canada 18:35
30 Irene Miller   New Zealand 18:36
31 Chantal Navarro   France 18:37
32 Celina Sokolowska   Poland 18:39
33 Jane Colebrook   England 18:40
34 Glynis Penny   England 18:42
35 Derna Casetti   Italy 18:44
36 Elsbeth Liebi    Switzerland 18:45
37 Irja Paukkonnen   Finland 18:46
38 Elina Pulkkinen   Finland 18:47
39 Monika Greschner   West Germany 18:49
40 Veronica Duffy   Ireland 18:50
41 Renate Kieninger   West Germany 18:51
42 Marjukka Ahtiainen   Finland 18:52
43 Maureen Crowley   Canada 18:53
44 Kath Binns   England 18:54
45 Encarnación Escudero   Spain 18:55
46 Sally Beach   Canada 18:56
47 Nadine Claes   Belgium 18:57
48 Doris Heritage   United States 18:58
49 Päivi Roppo   Finland 18:59
50 Sheelagh Morrissey   Ireland 19:00
51 Carol Gould   England 19:01
52 Margaret Coomber   Scotland 19:02
53 Geertje Meersseman   Belgium 19:03
54 Eryn Forbes   United States 19:04
55 Silvia Terenghi   Italy 19:06
56 Kathy Prosser   Canada 19:07
57 Joke van Gerven   Netherlands 19:10
58 Kathy d'Arcy   Canada 19:12
59 Pilar Fernandez   Spain 19:14
60 Viviane Gorau   France 19:15
61 Christine Haskett   Scotland 19:17
62 Monika Gaisjier   Poland 19:18
63 Francine Peeters   Belgium 19:20
64 Barbara Will   West Germany 19:22
65 Judith Shepherd   Scotland 19:24
66 Françoise Nicolas   France 19:25
67 Marina Loddo   Italy 19:26
68 Martine Bouchonneau   France 19:27
69 Silvia Binggeli    Switzerland 19:28
70 Lenie van der Poel   Netherlands 19:29
71 Marijke Moser    Switzerland 19:30
72 Cherry Hanson   England 19:32
73 Aila Virkberg   Finland 19:34
74 Alice Fischer    Switzerland 19:37
75 Marian Stanton   Ireland 19:40
76 Viviane van Emelen   Belgium 19:41
77 Amelia Lorza Lopez   Spain 19:42
78 Ann Disley   Wales 19:43
79 Allison Deed   New Zealand 19:44
80 Tineke Kluft   Netherlands 19:45
81 Claire Spauwen   Netherlands 19:46
82 Angelika Kullmann   West Germany 19:47
83 Rita Thijs   Belgium 19:53
84 Christine Seeman   France 19:54
85 Elaine Kelly   Ireland 20:00
86 Gillian Hutcheson   Scotland 20:05
87 Angeles Guitart Martinez   Spain 20:15
88 Shirley Somervell   New Zealand 20:16
89 Rubina Young   Scotland 20:16
90 Jean Lochhead   Wales 20:23
91 Kate Davis   Ireland 20:35
92 Janet Higgins   Scotland 20:38
93 Bronwen Smith   Wales 20:51
94 Emily Dowling   Ireland 20:58
95 Debbie Lewis   Wales 21:22
96 Lynne Huntbach   Wales 21:40

Teams

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Rank Team Points
    Soviet Union
Lyudmila Bragina 2
Giana Romanova 3
Irina Bondarchuk 4
Raisa Katyukova 6
(Lyubov Ivanova) (12)
(Raisa Sadreydinova) (25)
15
    United States
Sue Kinsey 8
Kathy Mills 11
Julie Brown 14
Paula Neppel 15
(Doris Heritage) (48)
(Eryn Forbes) (54)
48
    New Zealand
Anne Audain 9
Heather Thomson 13
Barbara Moore 24
Irene Miller 30
(Allison Deed) (79)
(Shirley Somervell) (88)
76
4   Poland
Ewa Kuty 20
Bronislawa Ludwichowska 22
Renata Pentlinowska 27
Celina Sokolowska 32
(Monika Gaisjier) (62)
101
5   England
Ann Yeoman 7
Jane Colebrook 33
Glynis Penny 34
Kath Binns 44
(Carol Gould) (51)
(Cherry Hanson) (72)
118
6   West Germany
Vera Kemper 18
Charlotte Teske 28
Monika Greschner 39
Renate Kieninger 41
(Barbara Will) (64)
(Angelika Kullmann) (82)
126
7   Spain
Carmen Valero 1
Montserrat Abello 23
Encarnación Escudero 45
Pilar Fernandez 59
(Amelia Lorza Lopez) (77)
(Angeles Guitart Martinez) (87)
128
8   Finland
Sinikka Tyynelä 19
Irja Paukkonnen 37
Elina Pulkkinen 38
Marjukka Ahtiainen 42
(Päivi Roppo) (49)
(Aila Virkberg) (73)
136
9   Canada
Thelma Wright 21
Donna Valaitis 29
Maureen Crowley 43
Sally Beach 46
(Kathy Prosser) (56)
(Kathy d'Arcy) (58)
139
10   Italy
Cristina Tomasini 5
Derna Casetti 35
Silvia Terenghi 55
Marina Loddo 67
162
11   Netherlands
Annie van Stiphout 17
Carla Beurskens 26
Joke van Gerven 57
Lenie van der Poel 70
(Tineke Kluft) (80)
(Claire Spauwen) (81)
170
12   France
Joëlle De Brouwer 16
Chantal Navarro 31
Viviane Gorau 60
Françoise Nicolas 66
(Martine Bouchonneau) (68)
(Christine Seeman) (84)
173
13    Switzerland
Cornelia Bürki 10
Elsbeth Liebi 36
Silvia Binggeli 69
Marijke Moser 71
(Alice Fischer) (74)
186
14   Belgium
Nadine Claes 47
Geertje Meersseman 53
Francine Peeters 63
Viviane van Emelen 76
(Rita Thijs) (83)
239
15   Ireland
Veronica Duffy 40
Sheelagh Morrissey 50
Marian Stanton 75
Elaine Kelly 85
(Kate Davis) (91)
(Emily Dowling) (94)
250
16   Scotland
Margaret Coomber 52
Christine Haskett 61
Judith Shepherd 65
Gillian Hutcheson 86
(Rubina Young) (89)
(Janet Higgins) (92)
264
17   Wales
Ann Disley 78
Jean Lochhead 90
Bronwen Smith 93
Debbie Lewis 95
(Lynne Huntbach) (96)
356
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation

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An unofficial count yields the participation of 96 athletes from 17 countries in the Senior women's race, one athlete less than the official number 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 (February 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 5.1km CC Women - 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