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

Senior women's race at the 1977 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers:	IAAF
Edition:	5th
Date:	March 20
Location:	Galopprennbahn Düsseldorf-Grafenberg
Nations Participating:	17
Athletes Participating:	96
Races:	1
Distances:	5.1 km – Senior women
Previous:	1976 Chepstow
Next:	1978 Glasgow

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.

Complete results, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.

Race results

Senior women's race (5.1 km)

Individual

width=5%	Rank	width=20%	Athlete	width=15%	Country	width=10%	Time
	align=left		align=left		17:26
	align=left		align=left		17:28
	align=left		align=left		17:35
4	align=left		align=left		17:38
5	align=left		align=left		17:44
6	align=left		align=left		17:46
7	align=left		align=left		17:47
8	align=left		align=left		17:49
9	align=left		align=left		18:00
10	align=left		align=left		18:02
11	align=left		align=left		18:03
12	align=left		align=left		18:05
13	align=left		align=left		18:06
14	align=left		align=left		18:07
15	align=left		align=left		18:08
16	align=left		align=left		18:16
17	align=left		align=left		18:18
18	align=left		align=left		18:20
19	align=left		align=left		18:22
20	align=left		align=left		18:23
21	align=left		align=left		18:25
22	align=left		align=left		18:27
23	align=left		align=left		18:28
24	align=left		align=left		18:29
25	align=left		align=left		18:30
26	align=left		align=left		18:31
27	align=left		align=left		18:32
28	align=left		align=left		18:34
29	align=left		align=left		18:35
30	align=left		align=left		18:36
31	align=left		align=left		18:37
32	align=left		align=left		18:39
33	align=left		align=left		18:40
34	align=left		align=left		18:42
35	align=left		align=left		18:44
36	align=left		align=left		18:45
37	align=left		align=left		18:46
38	align=left		align=left		18:47
39	align=left		align=left		18:49
40	align=left		align=left		18:50
41	align=left		align=left		18:51
42	align=left		align=left		18:52
43	align=left		align=left		18:53
44	align=left		align=left		18:54
45	align=left		align=left		18:55
46	align=left		align=left		18:56
47	align=left		align=left		18:57
48	align=left		align=left		18:58
49	align=left		align=left		18:59
50	align=left		align=left		19:00
51	align=left		align=left		19:01
52	align=left		align=left		19:02
53	align=left		align=left		19:03
54	align=left		align=left		19:04
55	align=left		align=left		19:06
56	align=left		align=left		19:07
57	align=left		align=left		19:10
58	align=left		align=left		19:12
59	align=left		align=left		19:14
60	align=left		align=left		19:15
61	align=left		align=left		19:17
62	align=left		align=left		19:18
63	align=left		align=left		19:20
64	align=left		align=left		19:22
65	align=left		align=left		19:24
66	align=left		align=left		19:25
67	align=left		align=left		19:26
68	align=left		align=left		19:27
69	align=left		align=left		19:28
70	align=left		align=left		19:29
71	align=left		align=left		19:30
72	align=left		align=left		19:32
73	align=left		align=left		19:34
74	align=left		align=left		19:37
75	align=left		align=left		19:40
76	align=left		align=left		19:41
77	align=left		align=left		19:42
78	align=left		align=left		19:43
79	align=left		align=left		19:44
80	align=left		align=left		19:45
81	align=left		align=left		19:46
82	align=left		align=left		19:47
83	align=left		align=left		19:53
84	align=left		align=left		19:54
85	align=left		align=left		20:00
86	align=left		align=left		20:05
87	align=left		align=left		20:15
88	align=left		align=left		20:16
89	align=left		align=left		20:16
90	align=left		align=left		20:23
91	align=left		align=left		20:35
92	align=left		align=left		20:38
93	align=left		align=left		20:51
94	align=left		align=left		20:58
95	align=left		align=left		21:22
96	align=left		align=left		21:40

Teams

width=10%	Rank	width=30%	Team	width=10%	Points
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 2 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 3 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 4 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 6 align=left style="border:0" (Lyubov Ivanova) align=right style="border:0" (12) align=left style="border:0" (Raisa Sadreydinova) align=right style="border:0" (25)	15
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 8 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 11 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 14 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 15 align=left style="border:0" (Doris Heritage) align=right style="border:0" (48) align=left style="border:0" (Eryn Forbes) align=right style="border:0" (54)	48
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 9 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 13 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 24 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 30 align=left style="border:0" (Allison Deed) align=right style="border:0" (79) align=left style="border:0" (Shirley Somervell) align=right style="border:0" (88)	76
4	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 20 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 22 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 27 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 32 align=left style="border:0" (Monika Gaisjier) align=right style="border:0" (62)	101
5	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 7 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 33 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 34 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 44 align=left style="border:0" (Carol Gould) align=right style="border:0" (51) align=left style="border:0" (Cherry Hanson) align=right style="border:0" (72)	118
6	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 18 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 28 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 39 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 41 align=left style="border:0" (Barbara Will) align=right style="border:0" (64) align=left style="border:0" (Angelika Kullmann) align=right style="border:0" (82)	126
7	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 1 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 23 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 45 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 59 align=left style="border:0" (Amelia Lorza Lopez) align=right style="border:0" (77) align=left style="border:0" (Angeles Guitart Martinez) align=right style="border:0" (87)	128
8	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 19 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 37 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 38 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 42 align=left style="border:0" (Päivi Roppo) align=right style="border:0" (49) align=left style="border:0" (Aila Virkberg) align=right style="border:0" (73)	136
9	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 21 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 29 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 43 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 46 align=left style="border:0" (Kathy Prosser) align=right style="border:0" (56) align=left style="border:0" (Kathy d'Arcy) align=right style="border:0" (58)	139
10	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 5 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 35 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 55 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 67	162
11	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 17 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 26 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 57 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 70 align=left style="border:0" (Tineke Kluft) align=right style="border:0" (80) align=left style="border:0" (Claire Spauwen) align=right style="border:0" (81)	170
12	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 16 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 31 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 60 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 66 align=left style="border:0" (Martine Bouchonneau) align=right style="border:0" (68) align=left style="border:0" (Christine Seeman) align=right style="border:0" (84)	173
13	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 10 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 36 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 69 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 71 align=left style="border:0" (Alice Fischer) align=right style="border:0" (74)	186
14	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 47 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 53 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 63 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 76 align=left style="border:0" (Rita Thijs) align=right style="border:0" (83)	239
15	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 40 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 50 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 75 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 85 align=left style="border:0" (Kate Davis) align=right style="border:0" (91) align=left style="border:0" (Emily Dowling) align=right style="border:0" (94)	250
16	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 52 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 61 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 65 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 86 align=left style="border:0" (Rubina Young) align=right style="border:0" (89) align=left style="border:0" (Janet Higgins) align=right style="border:0" (92)	264
17	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 78 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 90 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 93 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 95 align=left style="border:0" (Lynne Huntbach) align=right style="border:0" (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.

• (5)
• (6)
• (6)
• (6)
• (6)
• (6)
• (4)
• (6)
• (6)
• (5)
• (6)
• (6)
• (6)
• (5)
• (6)
• (5)
• (6)

See also

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