The 1977 European Cup was the 6th edition of the European Cup of athletics.
It was the first edition to introduce "A" and "B" Finals. The three best non-qualifying teams in the Semifinals would now compete in the "B" Final, the winner of which would qualify for the "A" Final.
The "A" Finals were held in Helsinki, Finland. The first two teams in those qualified for the inaugural IAAF World Cup.
"A" Final
Held in Helsinki on 13 and 14 August for both men and women.2010 Italian almanach (p467)
Team standings
MenPos. Nation Points 1 125 2 113 3 100 4 95 5 93 6 70 7 66 8 54
Women Pos. Nation Points 1 106 2 94 3 68 68 5 58 6 55 7 53 8 36
Results summary Men's events 100 m(Wind: 0.0 m/s) Eugen Ray10.12NR, CR Pietro Mennea10.29 Valeriy Borzov10.33200 m(Wind: -1.2 m/s) Eugen Ray20.86 Valeriy Borzov21.10 Ainsley Bennett21.27400 m Bernd Herrmann45.92 Ryszard Podlas46.00 Francis Demarthon46.38800 m Willi Wülbeck1:47.21 Olaf Beyer1:47.27 José Marajo1:47.491500 m Steve Ovett3:44.94 Thomas Wessinghage3:45.38 Ari Paunonen3:45.905000 m Nick Rose13:27.84 Enn Sellik13:29.20 Karl Fleschen13:29.4410,000 m Jörg Peter27:55.50 Detlef Uhlemann27:58.79 Leonid Moseyev28:03.603000 m steeplechase Michael Karst8:27.87 Frank Baumgartl8:31.53 Tapio Kantanen8:33.27110 m hurdles(Wind: +2.0 m/s) Thomas Munkelt13.37 Jan Pusty13.60 Eduard Pereverzev13.63400 m hurdles Volker Beck48.90 Harald Schmid49.27 Alan Pascoe49.654 × 100 m Manfred KokotEugen RayDetlef KübeckAlexander Thieme38.84 Nikolay KolesnikovAleksandr AksininJuris SilovsValeriy Borzov39.27 Andrzej ŚwierczyńskiZenon LicznerskiZenon NowoszLeszek Dunecki39.744 × 400 m Lothar KriegHarald SchmidFranz-Peter HofmeisterBernd Herrmann3:02.66 Reinhard KokotJürgen PfennigGünter ArnoldVolker Beck3:03.23 Cezary ŁapińskiHenryk GalantJerzy PietrzykRyszard Podlas3:03.83High jump Rolf Beilschmidt2.31 Jacek Wszoła2.28 Aleksandr Grigoryev2.20Pole vault Władysław Kozakiewicz5.60 Antti Kalliomäki5.35 Günther Lohre5.30Long jump Jacques Rousseau8.05 Valeriy Podluzhniy7.94 Roy Mitchell7.94Triple jump Anatoliy Piskulin17.09w Pentti Kuukasjärvi16.32 Eugeniusz Biskupski16.19Shot put Udo Beyer21.65 Reijo Ståhlberg20.90 Ralf Reichenbach20.42Discus throw Wolfgang Schmidt66.86 Nikolay Vikhor61.50 Stanisław Wołodko61.20Hammer throw Karl-Hans Riehm75.90 Jochen Sachse74.60 Yuriy Sedykh73.60Javelin throw Nikolay Grebnyev87.18 Piotr Bielczyk79.62 Michael Wessing79.56
Women's events 100 m(Wind: +1.0 m/s) Marlies Oelsner11.07 Sonia Lannaman11.22 Irena Szewińska11.26200 m(Wind: -0.8 m/s) Irena Szewińska22.71 Sonia Lannaman22.83 Bärbel Eckert22.99400 m Marita Koch49.53 Marina Sidorova51.20 Donna Hartley51.62800 m Christina Liebetrau2:00.17 Totka Petrova2:00.18 Svetlana Styrkina2:00.961500 m Tatyana Kazankina4:04.35 Ulrike Bruns4:04.52 Natalia Mărășescu4:05.083000 m Lyudmila Bragina8:49.86 Maricica Puica8:50.96 Gabriele Meinel8:53.91100 m hurdles(Wind: 0.0 m/s) Johanna Klier12.83 Natalya Lebedeva13.08 Bożena Nowakowska13.29400 m hurdles Karin Rossley55.63WR Tatyana Storosheva56.84 Krystyna Kacperczyk57.014 × 100 m Monika HamannRomy SchneiderIngrid BrestrichMarlies Oelsner42.62 Tatyana ProrochenkoLyudmila MaslakovaMarina SidorovaLyudmila Storozhkova43.43 Elvira PossekelDagmar SchentenPetra SharpAnnegret Richter43.724 × 400 m Bettina PoppBarbara KrugChristina BrehmerMarita Koch3:23.70 Lyudmila AksenovaSvetlana StyrkinaTatyana ProrochenkoNatalya Sokolova3:26.62 Krystyna KacperczykElżbieta KatolikBarbara KwietniewskaIrena Szewińska3:27.76High jump Rosemarie Ackermann1.97WR, CR Brigitte Holzapfel1.88 Cornelia Popa1.84Long jump Brigitte Künzel6.76 Christa Striezel6.39 Sue Reeve6.35Shot put Eva Wilms20.01 Svetlana Krachevskaya19.76 Radostina Bakhchevanova17.75Discus throw Faina Veleva68.08 Sabine Engel65.60 Argentina Menis62.22Javelin throw Ruth Fuchs68.92 Tessa Sanderson62.36 Nadezhda Yakubovich61.84
"B" Final The winners qualified for the "A" final.
Men Held on 6 and 7 August in Gothenburg, Sweden Pos. Nation Points 1 115 2 108 3 94 4 92 5 88 6 87 7 78 8 57
Women Held on 6 August in Třinec, Czechoslovakia Pos. Nation Points 1 98 2 83 3 79 4 76 5 75 6 63 7 38 8 27
Semifinals Men All semifinals were held on 16 and 17 July. First two teams qualified for the "A" final (plus Finland as the host). Places 3–5 qualified for the "B" final.
Semifinal 1 Held in Athens, Greece Pos. Nation Points 1 132 2 117 3 109 4 98 5 86 6 77 7 59 8 38
Semifinal 2 Held in Warsaw, Poland Pos. Nation Points 1 142 2 133 3 99 4 87 5 77 6 70 7 65 8 45
Semifinal 3 Held in London, United Kingdom Pos. Nation Points 1 129 2 126 3 120 4 90 5 83 6 78 7 54 8 39
Women All semifinals were held on 16 July. First two teams qualified for the "A" final (plus Finland as the host). Places 3–5 qualified for the "B" final.
Semifinal 1 Held in Stuttgart, West Germany Pos. Nation Points 1 100 2 92 3 77 4 65 5 63 6 59 7 45 8 36
Semifinal 2 Held in Dublin, Ireland Pos. Nation Points 1 114 2 106 3 91 4 63 5 55 6 48 7 46 8 21
Semifinal 3 Held in Bucharest, Romania Pos. Nation Points 1 106 2 99 3 84 4 77 5 65 6 46 7 42 8 17
Preliminaries Preliminaries were held in Søllerød, Denmark, on 25 and 26 June for both men and women. First three teams advanced to the semifinals.
MenPos. Nation Points 1 74 2 65 3 64 4 54 5 43
WomenPos. Nation Points 1 49 2 35 3 34 4 31
References
External links European Cup results (Men) from GBR Athletics European Cup results (Women) from GBR Athletics Semifinals, "B" and "A" Final results (L'Athletisme October 1977, pp 9–12)