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
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	5th
Date	March 20
Host city	Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, West Germany
Venue	Galopprennbahn Düsseldorf-Grafenberg
Events	1
Distances	5.1 km – Senior women
Participation	96 athletes from 17 nations
← 1976 Chepstow 1978 Glasgow →

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

Race results

Senior women's race (5.1 km)

Individual

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

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

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]

•  Belgium (5)
•  Canada (6)
•  England (6)
•  Finland (6)
•  France (6)
•  Ireland (6)
•  Italy (4)
•  Netherlands (6)
•  New Zealand (6)
•  Poland (5)
•  Scotland (6)
•  Soviet Union (6)
•  Spain (6)
•   Switzerland (5)
•  United States (6)
•  Wales (5)
•  West Germany (6)

See also

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

References

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. 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