1977 IAAF World Cup – Results

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 and Europe.
In each event eight athletes represented eight teams:

In men's events five teams represented continents and the remaining three were three national teams.
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

Women's

Men

Track

Men's 100 metres

2 September 1977
Wind: –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 1977
Wind: +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 1977
Wind: 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

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

Women's 100 metres

3 September 1977
Wind: 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 1977
Wind: –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 1977
Wind: 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

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
		Soviet Union	62.36	9
		Europe	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

Specific

Footnotes

Butler, Mark et al.. 1st IAAF/VTB Bank Continental Cup IAAF Statistics Handbook Split 2010. IAAF. Retrieved on 6 September 2016.

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