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.

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

Race results

Junior men's race (7.5 km)

Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Thom Hunt 23:15 Santiago Llorente 23:28 Ari Paunonen 23:39 4 Pierre Délèze 23:43 5 Mark Spilsbury 23:44 6 Nick Lees 23:48 7 Peter Butler 23:49 8 Nat Muir 23:55 9 José Manuel Abascal 23:56 10 Tommy Ekblom 23:57 11 Rob Evans 23:58 12 Marty Froelick 24:04 13 Elie Aubertin 24:04.6 14 Luis Sastre 24:05 15 Antonio Prieto 24:08 16 Robert Swann 24:13 17 Paolo Fattori 24:14 18 Chris Fox 24:19 19 Colin Clarkson 24:21 20 David Peckham 24:22 21 Harry Servranckx 24:24 22 Hermann Kramer 24:27 23 Dave Clarke 24:28 24 Domingo Ramón 24:29 25 Guido de Pauw 24:30 26 Volkmar Betz 24:32 27 Vesa Kähkölä 24:33 28 Anthony Conroy 24:34 29 Roland Brack 24:35 30 Philippe Legrand 24:36 31 Alfredo Bonetti 24:37 32 Dirk Mattheus 24:38 33 Harold Schulz 24:39 34 Jeff Creer 24:40 35 Mike O'Reilly 24:42 36 Alan Cummings 24:44 37 Gerardo Manso 24:51 38 Mauro Pappacena 24:52 39 Brian McSloy 24:53 40 Hugh Shakeshaft 24:54 41 Francois Willems 24:55 42 Chris Bunyan 24:56 43 Graham Williamson 24:57 44 Mick Morton 24:58 45 Jürgen Dächert 24:59 46 Charles Marr 25:00 47 Fernando Miguel 25:02 48 James Connell 25:04 49 Wolf-Ulrich Schneider 25:06 50 Ralf Fleischmann 25:08 51 Fulvio Costa 25:13 52 Adrian Leek 25:15 53 Nourredine Benamor 25:18 54 Serge Libessart 25:19 55 Rob Earl 25:21 56 Denis Toussaint 25:22 57 Ahmen Jerad 25:24 58 Vesa Laukkanen 25:28 59 Alastair Douglas 25:32 60 Vincent Jacot 25:33 61 Markus Joerg 25:34 62 Yvan Eriau 25:35 63 Gin Piero Meregaglia 25:36 64 José Costa 25:37 65 Martin Kuster 25:38 66 Raymond Paulins 25:42 67 Ronny Agten 25:43 68 Ian Brown 25:44 69 Dominique Vernochet 25:47 70 Wahid Ayari 26:03 71 Pascal Brosseau 26:08 72 Martin McGeady 26:09 73 José Frias 26:18 74 Eamonn McMahon 26:22 75 João Pereira 26:24 76 Arto Virtanen 26:25 77 Féthi Baccouche 26:26 78 David Ball 26:27 79 Roger Butty 27:08 80 James Fallon 27:10 — João Campos DNF

Teams Rank Team Points Thom Hunt 1 Mark Spilsbury 5 Marty Froelick 12 Chris Fox 18 (Harold Schulz) (33) (Jeff Creer) (34) 36 Santiago Llorente 2 José Manuel Abascal 9 Luis Sastre 14 Antonio Prieto 15 (Domingo Ramón) (24) (Gerardo Manso) (37) 40 Peter Butler 7 Rob Evans 11 David Peckham 20 Roland Brack 29 (Rob Earl) (55) (Raymond Paulins) (66) 67 4 Nick Lees 6 Robert Swann 16 Dave Clarke 23 Mike O'Reilly 35 (Chris Bunyan) (42) (Mick Morton) (44) 80 5 Elie Aubertin 13 Harry Servranckx 21 Guido de Pauw 25 Dirk Mattheus 32 (Francois Willems) (41) (Ronny Agten) (67) 91 6 Ari Paunonen 3 Tommy Ekblom 10 Vesa Kähkölä 27 Vesa Laukkanen 58 (Arto Virtanen) (76) 98 7 Nat Muir 8 Brian McSloy 39 Graham Williamson 43 Charles Marr 46 (Alastair Douglas) (59) (Ian Brown) (68) 136 8 Paolo Fattori 17 Alfredo Bonetti 31 Mauro Pappacena 38 Fulvio Costa 51 (Gin Piero Meregaglia) (63) 137 9 Hermann Kramer 22 Volkmar Betz 26 Jürgen Dächert 45 Wolf-Ulrich Schneider 49 (Ralf Fleischmann) (50) 142 10 Colin Clarkson 19 Alan Cummings 36 Hugh Shakeshaft 40 Adrian Leek 52 147 11 Pierre Délèze 4 Vincent Jacot 60 Markus Joerg 61 Martin Kuster 65 (Roger Butty) (79) 190 12 Philippe Legrand 30 Serge Libessart 54 Denis Toussaint 56 Yvan Eriau 62 (Dominique Vernochet) (69) (Pascal Brosseau) (71) 202 13 Anthony Conroy 28 James Connell 48 Martin McGeady 72 Eamonn McMahon 74 (David Ball) (78) (James Fallon) (80) 222 14 Nourredine Benamor 53 Ahmen Jerad 57 Wahid Ayari 70 Féthi Baccouche 77 257 15 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 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.

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

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