1977 World Athletics Cross Country Championships

Host City Düsseldorf
Country GER
Held 20 March 1977
Competitors 46
Countries 10

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Cross Country Men Medal 3 3
Cross Country Team Men Medal 18 3
Cross Country Junior Men Medal 3 3
Cross Country Junior Team Men Medal 12 3
Cross Country Women Medal 3 2
Cross Country Team Women Medal 12 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 United States USA 2 1 0 3
2 Belgium BEL 2 0 0 2
3 Spain ESP 1 2 0 3
4 Soviet Union URS 1 1 2 4
5 England ENG 0 1 0 1
= Portugal POR 0 1 0 1
7 Canada CAN 0 0 1 1
= Finland FIN 0 0 1 1
= Germany GER 0 0 1 1
= New Zealand NZL 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
Cross Country, Men Léon Schots BEL Carlos Lopes POR Detlef Uhlemann GER
Cross Country Team, Men Belgium BEL England ENG Soviet Union URS
Cross Country Junior, Men Thomas Hunt USA Santiago Llorente ESP Ari Paunonen FIN
Cross Country Junior Team, Men United States USA Spain ESP Canada CAN
Cross Country, Women María Carmen Valero ESP Lyudmila Bragina URS Giana Romanova URS
Cross Country Team, Women Soviet Union URS United States USA New Zealand NZL