Athletics events were contested at the 1977 Summer Universiade in Sofia, Bulgaria between 19 and 23 August.
Medal summary Men's events 10.0810.1910.3120.4620.6421.1745.1845.3445.361:43.44 WR1:45.61:45.893:40.23:40.93:41.013:44.613:45.113:45.629:12.029:12.729:13.413.21 WR13.5313.5549.5249.5549.728:25.98:28.88:29.4Nikolay KolesnikovAleksandr AksininJuris SilovsVladimir Ignatenko38.75Stefano CuriniStefano RasoriPietro FarinaLuciano Caravani39.15William SnoddyMike KeeClancy EdwardsHarvey Glance39.17Evis JenningsWillie SmithTim DaleTom Andrews3:01.2Jerzy PietrzykHenryk GalantCezary ŁapińskiRyszard Podlas3:01.52Lothar KriegEberhard SchneiderUlrich ZunkerRolf Ziegler3:06.32.222.192.195.555.505.507.977.957.9217.30w16.96w16.9419.5519.4418.9464.1462.4261.9873.5072.4272.4081.6081.1479.76809779587949
Women's events 11.2111.2211.2323.0823.0923.2352.1052.1552.951:57.61:58.61:58.94:05.74:05.84:06.412.8613.0313.05Lyudmila MaslakovaVera AnisimovaMarina SidorovaTatyana Prorochenko43.16Sofka PopovaAtanaska GeorgievaIvanka ValkovaLyubina Dimitrova44.30Bogusława KanieckaHelena FliśnikEwa WitkowskaEwa Długołęcka44.791.921.901.866.386.356.3519.9819.5619.2966.3461.7861.0861.4261.1261.12463046254521
Medal table
References World Student Games (Universiade - Men) - GBR Athletics (Archived) World Student Games (Universiade - Women) - GBR Athletics (Archived)