1977 IAAF World Cup
# 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 |
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## Medal summary

### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | 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 | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | 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.

