These are the results of the 1977 IAAF World Cup, an international track and field sporting event sponsored by the International Association of Athletics Federations, held on 2–4 September 1977 at the Rheinstadion in Düsseldorf, West Germany.
The World Cup was contested by 309 athletes from 54 countries, and the winning teams were East Germany (men) and Europe (women).
In each event eight athletes represented eight teams: In men's events five teams represented continents (Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, Oceania) and the remaining three were three national teams (East Germany, West Germany and the United States). In women's events West Germany team was replaced by Soviet Union
In each event athletes won points for their team, with 9 points won by gold medal winners, 7 points for silver medalists, six for bronze, and so on all the way to a single point for eighth-place finishers.
Team results summary Men's Rank Team1st2nd3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th Points Notes East Germany 4 7 3 2 3 – 1 – 127 United States 6 3 3 3 1 2 1 – 120 West Germany 4 2 4 2 4 4 – – 112 Europe 1 5 3 9 1 – – – 111 Americas 3 1 4 – 5 2 3 2 92 Africa 2 2 1 2 4 2 3 2 78 Oceania – – 2 2 – 4 5 4 48 Asia – – – – 2 6 6 6 44 Totals 20 20 20 20 20 20 19 14 732
Women's Rank Team1st2nd3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th Points Notes Europe 7 5 1 1 – – – – 109 East Germany 4 5 2 2 – – – – 93 Soviet Union 2 3 7 1 1 – – – 90 United States – 1 2 4 4 1 1 – 60 Americas – – 2 4 4 2 – 2 56 Oceania 1 – – 1 3 4 3 2 46 Africa – – – – – 6 6 2 32 Asia – – – 1 2 1 4 6 30 Totals 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 12 516
Men
Track Events100 m 200 m 400 m 800 m 1500 m 5000 m 10,000 m 3000 m st 110 m h 400 m h 4 × 100 m relay 4 × 400 m relay
Men's 100 metres 2 September 1977Wind: –0.3 m/s Rank Athlete Team Time Points Notes United States 10.13 9 East Germany 10.15 7 Americas 10.19 6 Europe 10.37 5 West Germany 10.57 4 Asia 10.67 3 Africa 10.70 2 Oceania 10.71 1
Men's 200 metres 4 September 1977Wind: +1.0 m/s Rank Athlete Team Time Points Notes United States 20.17 9 Europe 20.17 7 Americas 20.30 6 East Germany 20.57 5 West Germany 20.98 4 Asia 21.24 3 Africa 21.26 2 Oceania 21.75 1
Men's 400 metres 4 September 1977 Rank Athlete Team Time Points Notes Americas 45.36 9 East Germany 45.50 7 United States 45.57 6 Europe 45.60 5 West Germany 45.78 4 Asia 47.75 3 Africa DNS – Oceania DNS –
Men's 800 metres 2 September 1977 Rank Athlete Team Time Points Notes Americas 1:44.04 9 Africa 1:44.14 7 West Germany 1:45.47 6 United States 1:45.52 5 Europe 1:45.53 4 Oceania 1:46.15 3 East Germany 1:46.59 2 Asia 1:47.28 1
Men's 1500 metres 3 September 1977 Rank Athlete Team Time Points Notes Europe 3:34.45 9 West Germany 3:35.98 7 East Germany 3:37.5 6 Africa 3:37.8 5 Asia 3:38.2 4 Americas 3:39.2 3 United States 3:44.0 2 Oceania DNF –
Men's 5000 metres 4 September 1977 Rank Athlete Team Time Points Notes Africa 13:13.82 9 United States 13:15.06 7 Oceania 13:17.42 6 Europe 13:20.35 5 East Germany 13:24.98 4 West Germany 13:31.7 3 Asia 13:40.4 2 Americas 14:13.3 1
Men's 10,000 metres 2 September Rank Athlete Team Time Points Notes Africa 28:32.3 9 East Germany 28:34.0 7 Europe 28:35.0 6 West Germany 28:38.7 5 Americas 28:45.5 4 United States 28:52.5 3 Asia 28:56.3 2 Oceania DNF –
Men's 3000 metres steeplechase 3 September 1977 Rank Athlete Team Time Points Notes West Germany 8:21.60 9 Africa 8:22.5 7 United States 8:25.2 6 Oceania 8:25.5 5 East Germany 8:26.4 4 Asia 8:48.7 3 Americas 8:58.7 2 Europe DNF –
Men's 110 metres hurdles 4 September 1977Wind: 0.0 m/s Rank Athlete Team Time Points Notes East Germany 13.41 9 Americas 13.50 7 United States 13.51 6 Europe 13.66 5 Africa 13.95 4 West Germany 14.09 3 Oceania 14.23 2 Asia 14.37 1
Men's 400 metres hurdles 2 September 1977 Rank Athlete Team Time Points Notes United States 47.58 9 East Germany 48.83 7 West Germany 48.85 6 Europe 49.73 5 Africa 50.48 4 Oceania 50.89 3 Americas 50.95 2 Asia 52.10 1
Men's 4 × 100 metres relay 3 September 1977 Rank Athletes Team Time Points Notes Bill Collins , Steve Riddick , Cliff Wiley , Steve Williams United States 38.03 9 WR Manfred Kokot , Eugen Ray , Detlef Kübeck , Alexander Thieme East Germany 38.57 7 Rui da Silva , Silvio Leonard , Don Quarrie , Osvaldo Lara Americas 38.66 6 Aleksandr Aksinin , Nikolay Kolesnikov , Yuriy Silov , Valeriy Borzov Europe 39.05 5 Werner Bastians , Bernd Sattler , Dieter Steinmann , Michael Gruse West Germany 39.20 4 Samson Oyeledon , Théophile Nkounkou , Amadou Meïté , Momar N'Dao Africa 39.74 3 Paul Narracott , Barry Besanko , Gary Henley-Smith , Colin McQueen Oceania 40.08 2 Anat Ratanapol , Suchart Chairsuvaparb , Ok Sein-Jin , Farhan Al-Roumaihi Asia 41.09 1
Men's 4 × 400 metres relay 4 September 1977 Rank Athletes Team Time Points Notes Lothar Krieg , Franz-Peter Hofmeister , Harald Schmid , Bernd Herrmann West Germany 3:01.24 9 Josip Alebić , Francis Demarthon , David Jenkins , Ryszard Podlas Europe 3:02.47 7 Delmo da Silva , Fred Sowerby , Brian Saunders , Alberto Juantorena Americas 3:02.77 6 Reinhard Kokot , Olaf Beyer , Gunter Arnold , Volker Beck East Germany 3:03.91 5 Georges Kablan Degnan , Samson Kebenei , Dele Udo , Felix Imadiyi Africa 3:04.28 4 John Higham , Rick Mitchell , Anthony Hodgins , Steve Erkkila Oceania 3:06.3 3 Ku Boon-Chil , Mohammed-Reza Entezari , Wang Lung-Hu , Uday Krishna Prabhu Asia 3:10.9 2 Stanley Vinson , Thomas Andrews , Edwin Moses , Maxie Parks United States DNF
Field EventsHigh jump Pole vault Long jump Triple jump Shot put Discus throw Hammer throw Javelin throw
Men's high jump 4 September 1977 Rank Athlete Team Result Points Notes East Germany 2.30 9 United States 2.27 7 Europe 2.24 6 West Germany 2.21 5 Africa 2.15 4 Americas 2.15 3 Oceania 2.10 2 Asia 2.10 1
Men's pole vault 3 September 1977 Rank Athlete Team Result Points Notes United States 5.60 9 Europe 5.55 7 East Germany 5.30 6 Oceania 5.20 5 Asia 5.10 4 West Germany 5.10 3 Americas 4.90 2 Africa NH
Men's long jump 2 September 1977 Rank Athlete Team Result Points Notes United States 8.19 9 West Germany 7.96 7 Africa 7.89 6 Europe 7.79 5 East Germany 7.79 4 Asia 7.68 3 Oceania 7.18 2 Americas 6.77 1
Men's triple jump 3 September 1977 Rank Athlete Team Result Points Notes Americas 16.68 9 Europe 16.61 7 East Germany 16.43 6 Africa 16.31 5 United States 16.24 4 West Germany 16.24 3 Asia 15.89 2 Oceania 14.70 1
Men's shot put 2 September 1977 Rank Athlete Team Result Points Notes East Germany 21.74 9 Europe 20.46 7 West Germany 19.97 6 United States 19.85 5 Americas 18.30 4 Africa 17.46 3 Asia 17.43 2 Oceania 15.92 1
Men's discus throw 2 September 1977 Rank Athlete Team Result Points Notes East Germany 67.14 9 United States 66.64 7 West Germany 62.64 6 Europe 61.36 5 Americas 58.98 4 Asia 53.24 3 Oceania 52.90 2 Africa 45.12 1
Men's hammer throw 3 September 1977 Rank Athlete Team Result Points Notes West Germany 75.64 9 East Germany 75.40 7 Oceania 73.92 6 Europe 72.20 5 Americas 67.18 4 United States 63.16 3 Asia 57.88 2 Africa 49.88 1
Men's javelin throw 4 September 1977 Rank Athlete Team Result Points Notes West Germany 87.46 9 East Germany 84.28 7 Europe 80.82 6 United States 77.26 5 Americas 77.06 4 Oceania 74.46 3 Africa 70.48 2 Asia 69.54 1
Women Track Events100 m 200 m 400 m 800 m 1500 m 3000 m 100 m h 4 × 100 m relay 4 × 400 m relay
Women's 100 metres 3 September 1977Wind: 0.0 m/s Rank Athlete Team Time Points Notes East Germany 11.16 9 Europe 11.26 7 Americas 11.34 6 Soviet Union 11.40 5 United States 11.48 4 Africa 11.62 3 Oceania 11.89 2 Asia 12.21 1
Women's 200 metres 2 September 1977Wind: –0.7 m/s Rank Athlete Team Time Points Notes Europe 22.72 9 East Germany 23.02 7 Soviet Union 23.26 6 United States 23.41 5 Americas 23.45 4 Oceania 23.82 3 Africa 24.17 2 Asia 25.22 1
Women's 400 metres 4 September 1977 Rank Athlete Team Time Points Notes Europe 49.52 9 East Germany 49.76 7 Soviet Union 51.29 6 United States 51.96 5 Americas 52.33 4 Oceania 52.57 3 Africa 53.90 2 Asia 55.88 1
Women's 800 metres 3 September 1977 Rank Athlete Team Time Points Notes Europe 1:59.20 9 East Germany 1:59.47 7 Soviet Union 1:59.72 6 Americas 2:02.45 5 United States 2:05.0 4 Africa 2:07.5 3 Oceania 2:07.7 2 Asia 2:12.9 1
Women's 1500 metres 2 September 1977 Rank Athlete Team Time Points Notes Europe 4:12.74 9 United States 4:13.0 7 East Germany 4:13.1 6 Europe 4:13.1 5 Americas 4:14.6 4 Africa 4:18.5 3 Asia 4:24.8 2 Oceania 4:31.5 1
Women's 3000 metres 4 September 1977 Rank Athlete Team Time Points Notes Europe 8:43.5 9 Soviet Union 8:46.3 7 United States 8:46.6 6 East Germany 8:49.2 5 Oceania 9:14.6 4 Americas 9:18.7 3 Africa 9:22.1 2 Asia 10:10.5 1
Women's 100 metres hurdles 3 September 1977Wind: 0.0 m/s Rank Athlete Team Time Points Notes Europe 12.70 9 East Germany 12.86 7 Soviet Union 12.87 6 Asia 13.26 5 United States 13.54 4 Americas 14.00 3 Africa 14.02 2 Oceania 14.75 1
Women's 4 × 100 metres relay 4 September 1977 Rank Athletes Team Time Points Notes Elvira Possekel , Andrea Lynch , Annegret Richter , Sonia Lannaman Europe 42.51 9 Monika Hamann , Romy Schneider , Ingrid Brestrich , Marlies Oelsner East Germany 42.65 7 Vera Anisimova , Lyudmila Maslakova , Marina Sidorova , Lyudmila Storozhkova Soviet Union 42.91 6 Lilieth Hodges , Silvia Chivás , Patty Loverock , Jacqueline Pusey Americas 42.95 5 Wendy Brown , Raelene Boyle , Barbara Wilson , Debbie Wells Oceania 44.20 4 Eno Ekpo , Nzaeli Kyomo , Fatou Cissokho , Utifon Ufon Oko Africa 46.67 3 Carolina Rieuwpassa , Marina Chin Leng Sim , Emiko Konishi , Lee Eun-ja Asia 47.40 2 Renaye Bowen , Pam Jiles , Rosalyn Bryant , Evelyn Ashford United States DNF
Women's 4 × 400 metres relay 2 September 1977 Rank Athletes Team Time Points Notes Bettina Popp , Barbara Krug , Christina Brehmer , Marita Koch East Germany 3:24.04 9 Rita Bottiglieri , Donna Hartley , Dagmar Fuhrmann , Irena Szewińska Europe 3:25.8 7 Lyudmila Aksyonova , Natalya Sokolova , Tatyana Prorochenko , Marina Sidorova Soviet Union 3:27.0 6 Marian Fisher , Verna Burnard , Bethanie Nail , Christine Dale Oceania 3:30.5 5 Joyce Yakubowich , Jackie Pusey , Helen Blake , Aurelia Pentón Americas 3:31.0 4 Sharon Dabney , Pam Jiles , Kim Thomas , Rosalyn Bryant United States 3:33.0 3 Ruth Kyalisima , Marième Boye , Tekla Chemabwai , Ruth Waithera Africa 3:36.3 2 Lai Lee-Chiao , Keiko Nagasawa , Carolina Rieuwpassa , Than Than Asia 3:53.8 1
Field EventsHigh jump Long jump Shot put Discus throw Javelin throw
Women's high jump 2 September 1977 Rank Athlete Team Result Points Notes East Germany 1.98 9 Europe 1.92 7 Americas 1.89 6 United States 1.83 5 Soviet Union 1.83 4 Oceania 1.75 3 Asia 1.75 2 Africa 1.60 1
Women's long jump 4 September 1977 Rank Athlete Team Result Points Notes Oceania 6.54 9 Europe 6.48 7 Soviet Union 6.48 6 East Germany 6.42 5 Asia 6.23 4 Africa 6.15 3 United States 6.13 2 Americas 6.11 1
Women's shot put 3 September 1977 Rank Athlete Team Result Points Notes Europe 20.63 9 Soviet Union 20.39 7 United States 15.50 6 Americas 15.16 5 Oceania 15.02 4 Asia 14.60 3 Africa 12.43 2 DSQ East Germany 20.93 0
Women's discus throw 4 September 1977 Rank Athlete Team Result Points Notes Soviet Union 68.10 9 Europe 63.38 7 East Germany 63.12 6 Americas 54.52 5 United States 53.16 4 Oceania 50.66 3 Asia 45.68 2 Africa 44.58 1
Women's javelin throw 2 September 1977 Rank Athlete Team Result Points Notes East Germany 62.36 9 Soviet Union 62.02 7 Europe 60.30 6 United States 59.46 5 Asia 55.42 4 Africa 53.70 3 Oceania 51.14 2 Americas 46.52 1
References
Sources
Full results at AthleticsDB.com