Junior men's race at the 1977 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	5th
Date	March 20
Host city	Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, West Germany
Venue	Galopprennbahn Düsseldorf-Grafenberg
Events	1
Distances	7.5 km – Junior men
Participation	81 athletes from 15 nations
← 1976 Chepstow 1978 Glasgow →

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]

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

Race results[edit]

Junior men's race (7.5 km)[edit]

Individual[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

References[edit]