1977 IAAF World Cup

The 1st IAAF World Cup in Athletics was an international track and field sporting event sponsored by the International Association of Athletics Federations, held from 2 to 4 September 1977, at the Rheinstadion in Düsseldorf, West Germany.

Overall results

Men

Pos. Team Result
1 East Germany 127
2 United States 120
3 West Germany 112
4 Europe 111
5 America 92
6 Africa 78
7 Oceania 48
8 Asia 44
  

Women

Pos. Team Result
1 Europe 109
2 East Germany 93
3 Soviet Union 90
4 United States 60
5 America 56
6 Oceania 46
7 Africa 32
8 Asia 30

Medal summary
Further information: 1977 IAAF World Cup results

Men
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Steve Williams (USA)
United States		10.13  Eugen Ray (GDR)
East Germany		10.15  Silvio Leonard (CUB)
America		10.19
200 metres  Clancy Edwards (USA)
United States		20.17  Pietro Mennea (ITA)
Europe		20.17  Silvio Leonard (CUB)
America		20.30
400 metres  Alberto Juantorena (CUB)
America		45.36  Volker Beck (GDR)
East Germany		45.50  Robert Taylor (USA)
United States		45.57
800 metres  Alberto Juantorena (CUB)
America		1:44.04  Mike Boit (KEN)
Africa		1:44.14  Willi Wülbeck (FRG)
West Germany		1:45.47
1500 metres  Steve Ovett (GBR)
Europe		3:34.45  Thomas Wessinghage (FRG)
West Germany		3:35.98  Jürgen Straub (GDR)
East Germany		3:37.50
5000 metres  Miruts Yifter (ETH)
Africa		13:13.82  Marty Liquori (USA)
United States		13:15.06  David Fitzsimons (AUS)
Oceania		13:17.42
10,000 metres  Miruts Yifter (ETH)
Africa		28:32.31  Jörg Peter (GDR)
East Germany		28:34.00  Jos Hermens (NED)
Europe		28:35.00
110 metre hurdles  Thomas Munkelt (GDR)
East Germany		13.41  Alejandro Casañas (CUB)
America		13.50  Charles Foster (USA)
United States		13.51
400 metre hurdles  Edwin Moses (USA)
United States		47.58  Volker Beck (GDR)
East Germany		48.83  Harald Schmid (FRG)
West Germany		48.85
3000 metre steeplechase  Michael Karst (FRG)
West Germany		8:21.60  Eshetu Tura (ETH)
Africa		8:22.50  George Malley (USA)
United States		8:25.20
4×100 metre relay United States
Bill Collins
Steve Riddick
Cliff Wiley
Steve Williams		38.03 WR East Germany
Manfred Kokot
Eugen Ray
Detlef Kübeck
Alexander Thieme		38.57 America
Rui da Silva
Silvio Leonard
Don Quarrie
Osvaldo Lara		38.66
4×400 metre relay West Germany
Lothar Krieg
Franz-Peter Hofmeister
Harald Schmid
Bernd Herrmann		3:01.34 Europe
Josip Alebić
Francis Demarthon
David Jenkins
Ryszard Podlas		3:02.47 America
Delmo da Silva
Fred Sowerby
Brian Saunders
Alberto Juantorena		3:02.66
High jump  Rolf Beilschmidt (GDR)
East Germany		2.30  Dwight Stones (USA)
United States		2.27  Jacek Wszoła (POL)
Europe		2.24
Pole vault  Mike Tully (USA)
United States		5.60  Władysław Kozakiewicz (POL)
Europe		5.55  Axel Weber (GDR)
East Germany		5.30
Long jump  Arnie Robinson (USA)
United States		8.19  Hans Baumgartner (FRG)
West Germany		7.96  Charlton Ehizuelen (NGR)
Africa		7.89
Triple jump  João Carlos de Oliveira (BRA)
America		16.68  Anatoliy Piskulin (URS)
Europe		16.61  Klaus Hufnagel (GDR)
East Germany		16.43
Shot put  Udo Beyer (GDR)
East Germany		21.74  Reijo Ståhlberg (FIN)
Europe		20.46  Ralf Reichenbach (FRG)
West Germany		19.97
Discus throw  Wolfgang Schmidt (GDR)
East Germany		67.14  Mac Wilkins (USA)
United States		66.64  Hein-Direck Neu (FRG)
West Germany		62.64
Hammer throw  Karl-Hans Riehm (FRG)
West Germany		75.64  Jochen Sachse (GDR)
East Germany		75.40  Peter Farmer (AUS)
Oceania		73.92
Javelin throw  Michael Wessing (FRG)
West Germany		87.46  Wolfgang Hanisch (GDR)
East Germany		84.28  Miklós Németh (HUN)
Europe		80.82

Women
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Marlies Oelsner (GDR)
East Germany		11.16  Sonia Lannaman (GBR)
Europe		11.26  Silvia Chivás (CUB)
America		11.34
200 metres  Irena Szewińska (POL)
Europe		22.72  Bärbel Eckert (GDR)
East Germany		23.02  Tatyana Prorochenko (URS)
Soviet Union		23.26
400 metres  Irena Szewińska (POL)
Europe		49.52  Marita Koch (GDR)
East Germany		49.76  Marina Sidorova (URS)
Soviet Union		51.29
800 metres  Totka Petrova (BUL)
Europe		1:59.20  Christine Liebetrau (GDR)
East Germany		1:59.47  Svetlana Styrkina (URS)
Soviet Union		1:59.72
1500 metres  Tatyana Kazankina (URS)
Soviet Union		4:12.74  Francie Larrieu (USA)
United States		4:13.00  Ulrike Bruns (GDR)
East Germany		4:13.10
3000 metres  Grete Waitz (NOR)
Europe		8:43.50  Lyudmila Bragina (URS)
Soviet Union		8:46.30  Jan Merrill (USA)
United States		8:46.60
100 metre hurdles  Grażyna Rabsztyn (POL)
Europe		12.70  Johanna Klier (GDR)
East Germany		12.86  Lyubov Nikitenko (URS)
Soviet Union		12.87
4×100 metre relay Europe
Elvira Possekel
Andrea Lynch
Annegret Richter
Sonia Lannaman		42.51 East Germany
Monika Hamann
Romy Schneider
Ingrid Brestrich
Marlies Oelsner		42.65 Soviet Union
Vera Anisimova
Lyudmila Maslakova
Marina Sidorova
Lyudmila Storozhkova		42.91
4×400 metre relay East Germany
Bettina Popp
Barbara Krug
Christina Brehmer
Marita Koch		3:24.04 Europe
Rita Bottiglieri
Donna Hartley
Dagmar Fuhrmann
Irena Szewińska		3:25.80 Soviet Union
Lyudmila Aksyonova
Natalya Sokolova
Tatyana Prorochenko
Marina Sidorova		3:27.00
High jump  Rosemarie Ackermann (GDR)
East Germany		1.98  Sara Simeoni (ITA)
Europe		1.92  Debbie Brill (CAN)
America		1.89
Long jump  Lyn Jacenko (AUS)
Oceania		6.54  Jarmila Nygrýnová (TCH)
Europe		6.48  Tatyana Skachko (URS)
Soviet Union		6.48
Shot put  Helena Fibingerová (TCH)
Europe		20.63 1  Svetlana Krachevskaya (URS)
Soviet Union		20.39  Maren Seidler (USA)
United States		15.50
Discus throw  Faina Veleva (URS)
Soviet Union		68.10  Argentina Menis (ROU)
Europe		63.38  Sabine Engel (GDR)
East Germany		63.12
Javelin throw  Ruth Fuchs (GDR)
East Germany		62.36  Nadezhda Yakubovich (URS)
Soviet Union		62.02  Tessa Sanderson (GBR)
Europe		60.30

1 Ilona Schoknecht of East Germany originally won the shot put with 20.93m, but she was disqualified after it was found that she had failed a doping test at the European Cup.

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