1977 IAAF World Cup – Results
# 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 (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 | Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | East Germany | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | – | 1 | – | 127 |
| 2 | United States | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | 120 |
| 3 | West Germany | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | – | – | 112 |
| 4 | Europe | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 1 | – | – | – | 111 |
| 5 | Americas | 3 | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 92 |
| 6 | Africa | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 78 |
| 7 | Oceania | – | – | 2 | 2 | – | 4 | 5 | 4 | 48 |
| 8 | Asia | – | – | – | – | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 44 |
| Totals | Totals | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 14 | 732 |

### Women's

| Rank | Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Europe | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 109 |
| 2 | East Germany | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 93 |
| 3 | Soviet Union | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 90 |
| 4 | United States | – | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | – | 60 |
| 5 | Americas | – | – | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | – | 2 | 56 |
| 6 | Oceania | 1 | – | – | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 46 |
| 7 | Africa | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 6 | 2 | 32 |
| 8 | Asia | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 30 |
| Totals | Totals | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 516 |

## Men

### Track

Events :

| 100 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 1977 Wind: –0.3 m/s

| Rank | Athlete | Team | Time | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Steve Williams (USA) | United States | 10.13 | 9 |
| | Eugen Ray (GDR) | East Germany | 10.15 | 7 |
| | Silvio Leonard (CUB) | Americas | 10.19 | 6 |
| 4 | Pietro Mennea (ITA) | Europe | 10.37 | 5 |
| 5 | Werner Bastians (FRG) | West Germany | 10.57 | 4 |
| 6 | Suchart Chairsuvaparb (THA) | Asia | 10.67 | 3 |
| 7 | Amadou Meïté (CIV) | Africa | 10.70 | 2 |
| 8 | Paul Narracott (AUS) | Oceania | 10.71 | 1 |

**Men's 200 metres**

4 September 1977 Wind: +1.0 m/s

| Rank | Athlete | Team | Time | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Clancy Edwards (USA) | United States | 20.17 | 9 |
| | Pietro Mennea (ITA) | Europe | 20.17 | 7 |
| | Silvio Leonard (CUB) | Americas | 20.30 | 6 |
| 4 | Eugen Ray (GDR) | East Germany | 20.57 | 5 |
| 5 | Bernd Sattler (FRG) | West Germany | 20.98 | 4 |
| 6 | Toshio Toyota (JPN) | Asia | 21.24 | 3 |
| 7 | Georges Kablan Degnan (CIV) | Africa | 21.26 | 2 |
| 8 | Colin McQueen (AUS) | Oceania | 21.75 | 1 |

**Men's 400 metres**

4 September 1977

| Rank | Athlete | Team | Time | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Alberto Juantorena (CUB) | Americas | 45.36 | 9 |
| | Volker Beck (GDR) | East Germany | 45.50 | 7 |
| | Robert Taylor (USA) | United States | 45.57 | 6 |
| 4 | Ryszard Podlas (POL) | Europe | 45.60 | 5 |
| 5 | Franz-Peter Hofmeister (FRG) | West Germany | 45.78 | 4 |
| 6 | Uday Krishna Prabhu (IND) | Asia | 47.75 | 3 |
| | Felix Imadiyi (NGR) | Africa | DNS | – |
| | Rick Mitchell (AUS) | Oceania | DNS | – |

**Men's 800 metres**

2 September 1977

| Rank | Athlete | Team | Time | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Alberto Juantorena (CUB) | Americas | 1:44.04 | 9 |
| | Mike Boit (KEN) | Africa | 1:44.14 | 7 |
| | Willi Wülbeck (FRG) | West Germany | 1:45.47 | 6 |
| 4 | Mark Enyeart (USA) | United States | 1:45.52 | 5 |
| 5 | Jozef Plachý (TCH) | Europe | 1:45.53 | 4 |
| 6 | John Higham (AUS) | Oceania | 1:46.15 | 3 |
| 7 | Olaf Beyer (GDR) | East Germany | 1:46.59 | 2 |
| 8 | Sriram Singh (IND) | Asia | 1:47.28 | 1 |

**Men's 1500 metres**

3 September 1977

| Rank | Athlete | Team | Time | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Steve Ovett (GBR) | Europe | 3:34.45 | 9 |
| | Thomas Wessinghage (FRG) | West Germany | 3:35.98 | 7 |
| | Jürgen Straub (GDR) | East Germany | 3:37.50 | 6 |
| 4 | Abderrahmane Morceli (ALG) | Africa | 3:37.80 | 5 |
| 5 | Takashi Ishii (JPN) | Asia | 3:38.20 | 4 |
| 6 | Dave Hill (CAN) | Americas | 3:39.20 | 3 |
| 7 | Steve Scott (USA) | United States | 3:44.00 | 2 |
| | John Walker (NZL) | Oceania | DNF | – |

**Men's 5000 metres**

4 September 1977

| Rank | Athlete | Team | Time | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Miruts Yifter (ETH) | Africa | 13:13.82 | 9 |
| | Marty Liquori (USA) | United States | 13:15.06 | 7 |
| | David Fitzsimons (AUS) | Oceania | 13:17.42 | 6 |
| 4 | Nick Rose (GBR) | Europe | 13:20.35 | 5 |
| 5 | Manfred Kuschmann (GDR) | East Germany | 13:24.98 | 4 |
| 6 | Karl Fleschen (FRG) | West Germany | 13:31.70 | 3 |
| 7 | Hideki Kita (JPN) | Asia | 13:40.40 | 2 |
| 8 | Domingo Tibaduiza (COL) | Americas | 14:13.30 | 1 |

**Men's 10,000 metres**

2 September

| Rank | Athlete | Team | Time | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Miruts Yifter (ETH) | Africa | 28:32.3 | 9 |
| | Jörg Peter (GDR) | East Germany | 28:34.0 | 7 |
| | Jos Hermens (NED) | Europe | 28:35.0 | 6 |
| 4 | Detlef Uhlemann (FRG) | West Germany | 28:38.7 | 5 |
| 5 | Rodolfo Gómez (MEX) | Americas | 28:45.5 | 4 |
| 6 | Frank Shorter (USA) | United States | 28:52.5 | 3 |
| 7 | Toshiaki Kamata (JPN) | Asia | 28:56.3 | 2 |
| | Chris Wardlaw (AUS) | Oceania | DNF | – |

**Men's 3000 metres steeplechase**

3 September 1977

| Rank | Athlete | Team | Time | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Michael Karst (FRG) | West Germany | 8:21.60 | 9 |
| | Eshetu Tura (ETH) | Africa | 8:22.50 | 7 |
| | George Malley (USA) | United States | 8:25.20 | 6 |
| 4 | Euan Robertson (NZL) | Oceania | 8:25.50 | 5 |
| 5 | Frank Baumgartl (GDR) | East Germany | 8:26.40 | 4 |
| 6 | Masanari Shintaku (JPN) | Asia | 8:48.70 | 3 |
| 7 | Carlos Martinez (MEX) | Americas | 8:58.70 | 2 |
| | Dan Glans (SWE) | Europe | DNF | – |

**Men's 110 metres hurdles**

4 September 1977 Wind: 0.0 m/s

| Rank | Athlete | Team | Time | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Thomas Munkelt (GDR) | East Germany | 13.41 | 9 |
| | Alejandro Casañas (CUB) | Americas | 13.50 | 7 |
| | Charles Foster (USA) | United States | 13.51 | 6 |
| 4 | Jan Pusty (POL) | Europe | 13.66 | 5 |
| 5 | Godwin Obasogie (NGR) | Africa | 13.95 | 4 |
| 6 | Dieter Gebhard (FRG) | West Germany | 14.09 | 3 |
| 7 | Warren Parr (AUS) | Oceania | 14.23 | 2 |
| 8 | Ishtiaq Mubarak (MAS) | Asia | 14.37 | 1 |

**Men's 400 metres hurdles**

2 September 1977

| Rank | Athlete | Team | Time | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Edwin Moses (USA) | United States | 47.58 | 9 |
| | Volker Beck (GDR) | East Germany | 48.83 | 7 |
| | Harald Schmid (FRG) | West Germany | 48.85 | 6 |
| 4 | Alan Pascoe (GBR) | Europe | 49.73 | 5 |
| 5 | Peter Rwamuhanda (UGA) | Africa | 50.48 | 4 |
| 6 | Garry Brown (AUS) | Oceania | 50.89 | 3 |
| 7 | Dámaso Alfonso (CUB) | Americas | 50.95 | 2 |
| 8 | Takashi Nagao (JPN) | Asia | 52.10 | 1 |

**Men's 4 × 100 metres relay**

3 September 1977

| Rank | Athletes | Team | Time | Points | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Bill Collins (USA), Steve Riddick (USA), Cliff Wiley (USA), Steve Williams (USA) | United States | 38.03 | 9 | WR |
| | Manfred Kokot (GDR), Eugen Ray (GDR), Detlef Kübeck (GDR), Alexander Thieme (GDR) | East Germany | 38.57 | 7 | |
| | Rui da Silva (BRA), Silvio Leonard (CUB), Don Quarrie (JAM), Osvaldo Lara (CUB) | Americas | 38.66 | 6 | |
| 4 | Aleksandr Aksinin (URS), Nikolay Kolesnikov (URS), Yuriy Silov (URS), Valeriy Borzov (URS) | Europe | 39.05 | 5 | |
| 5 | Werner Bastians (FRG), Bernd Sattler (FRG), Dieter Steinmann (FRG), Michael Gruse (FRG) | West Germany | 39.20 | 4 | |
| 6 | Samson Oyeledon (NGR), Théophile Nkounkou (CGO), Amadou Meïté (CIV), Momar N'Dao (SEN) | Africa | 39.74 | 3 | |
| 7 | Paul Narracott (AUS), Barry Besanko (AUS), Gary Henley-Smith (NZL), Colin McQueen (AUS) | Oceania | 40.08 | 2 | |
| 8 | Anat Ratanapol (THA), Suchart Chairsuvaparb (THA), Ok Sein-Jin (KOR), Farhan Al-Roumaihi (QAT) | Asia | 41.09 | 1 | |

**Men's 4 × 400 metres relay**

4 September 1977

| Rank | Athletes | Team | Time | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Lothar Krieg (FRG), Franz-Peter Hofmeister (FRG), Harald Schmid (FRG), Bernd Herrmann (FRG) | West Germany | 3:01.24 | 9 |
| | Josip Alebić (YUG), Francis Demarthon (FRA), David Jenkins (GBR), Ryszard Podlas (POL) | Europe | 3:02.47 | 7 |
| | Delmo da Silva (BRA), Fred Sowerby (ANT), Brian Saunders (CAN), Alberto Juantorena (CUB) | Americas | 3:02.77 | 6 |
| 4 | Reinhard Kokot (GDR), Olaf Beyer (GDR), Gunter Arnold (GDR), Volker Beck (GDR) | East Germany | 3:03.91 | 5 |
| 5 | Georges Kablan Degnan (CIV), Samson Kebenei (KEN), Dele Udo (NGR), Felix Imadiyi (NGR) | Africa | 3:04.28 | 4 |
| 6 | John Higham (AUS), Rick Mitchell (AUS), Anthony Hodgins (AUS), Steve Erkkila (NZL) | Oceania | 3:06.30 | 3 |
| 7 | Ku Boon-Chil (KOR), Mohammed-Reza Entezari (IRI), Wang Lung-Hu (TPE), Uday Krishna Prabhu (IND) | Asia | 3:10.90 | 2 |
| | Stanley Vinson (USA), Thomas Andrews (USA), Edwin Moses (USA), Maxie Parks (USA) | United States | DNF | |

### Field

Events :

| High 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Rolf Beilschmidt (GDR) | East Germany | 2.30 | 9 |
| | Dwight Stones (USA) | United States | 2.27 | 7 |
| | Jacek Wszoła (POL) | Europe | 2.24 | 6 |
| 4 | Carlo Thränhardt (FRG) | West Germany | 2.21 | 5 |
| 5 | Paul Ngadjadoum (CHA) | Africa | 2.15 | 4 |
| 6 | Richard Spencer (CUB) | Americas | 2.15 | 3 |
| 7 | Gordon Windeyer (AUS) | Oceania | 2.10 | 2 |
| 8 | Teymour Ghiasi (IRI) | Asia | 2.10 | 1 |

**Men's pole vault**

3 September 1977

| Rank | Athlete | Team | Result | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Mike Tully (USA) | United States | 5.60 | 9 |
| | Władysław Kozakiewicz (POL) | Europe | 5.55 | 7 |
| | Axel Weber (GDR) | East Germany | 5.30 | 6 |
| 4 | Don Baird (AUS) | Oceania | 5.20 | 5 |
| 5 | Itsuo Takanezawa (JPN) | Asia | 5.10 | 4 |
| 6 | Günther Lohre (FRG) | West Germany | 5.10 | 3 |
| 7 | Bruce Simpson (CAN) | Americas | 4.90 | 2 |
| | Kaddour Rahal (ALG) | Africa | NH | |

**Men's long jump**

2 September 1977

| Rank | Athlete | Team | Result | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Arnie Robinson (USA) | United States | 8.19 | 9 |
| | Hans Baumgartner (FRG) | West Germany | 7.96 | 7 |
| | Charlton Ehizuelen (NGR) | Africa | 7.89 | 6 |
| 4 | Nenad Stekić (YUG) | Europe | 7.79 | 5 |
| 5 | Frank Wartenberg (GDR) | East Germany | 7.79 | 4 |
| 6 | Junichi Usui (JPN) | Asia | 7.68 | 3 |
| 7 | Kerry Hill (NZL) | Oceania | 7.18 | 2 |
| 8 | David Giralt (CUB) | Americas | 6.77 | 1 |

**Men's triple jump**

3 September 1977

| Rank | Athlete | Team | Result | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | João Carlos de Oliveira (BRA) | Americas | 16.68 | 9 |
| | Anatoliy Piskulin (URS) | Europe | 16.61 | 7 |
| | Klaus Hufnagel (GDR) | East Germany | 16.43 | 6 |
| 4 | Charlton Ehizuelen (NGR) | Africa | 16.31 | 5 |
| 5 | Milan Tiff (USA) | United States | 16.24 | 4 |
| 6 | Wolfgang Kolmsee (FRG) | West Germany | 16.24 | 3 |
| 7 | Toshiaki Inoue (JPN) | Asia | 15.89 | 2 |
| 8 | Don Commons (AUS) | Oceania | 14.70 | 1 |

**Men's shot put**

2 September 1977

| Rank | Athlete | Team | Result | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Udo Beyer (GDR) | East Germany | 21.74 | 9 |
| | Reijo Ståhlberg (FIN) | Europe | 20.46 | 7 |
| | Ralf Reichenbach (FRG) | West Germany | 19.97 | 6 |
| 4 | Terry Albritton (USA) | United States | 19.85 | 5 |
| 5 | Bruno Pauletto (CAN) | Americas | 18.30 | 4 |
| 6 | Emad Fayez (EGY) | Africa | 17.46 | 3 |
| 7 | Bahadur Singh Chouhan (IND) | Asia | 17.43 | 2 |
| 8 | Keith Falla (NZL) | Oceania | 15.92 | 1 |

**Men's discus throw**

2 September 1977

| Rank | Athlete | Team | Result | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Wolfgang Schmidt (GDR) | East Germany | 67.14 | 9 |
| | Mac Wilkins (USA) | United States | 66.64 | 7 |
| | Hein-Direck Neu (FRG) | West Germany | 62.64 | 6 |
| 4 | Markku Tuokko (FIN) | Europe | 61.36 | 5 |
| 5 | Julián Morrinson (CUB) | Americas | 58.98 | 4 |
| 6 | Praveen Kumar (IND) | Asia | 53.24 | 3 |
| 7 | Robin Tait (NZL) | Oceania | 52.90 | 2 |
| 8 | Tarwat Said (EGY) | Africa | 45.12 | 1 |

**Men's hammer throw**

3 September 1977

| Rank | Athlete | Team | Result | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Karl-Hans Riehm (FRG) | West Germany | 75.64 | 9 |
| | Jochen Sachse (GDR) | East Germany | 75.40 | 7 |
| | Peter Farmer (AUS) | Oceania | 73.92 | 6 |
| 4 | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) | Europe | 72.20 | 5 |
| 5 | Scott Neilson (CAN) | Americas | 67.18 | 4 |
| 6 | Emmitt Berry (USA) | United States | 63.16 | 3 |
| 7 | No Kyung-yul (KOR) | Asia | 57.88 | 2 |
| 8 | Youssef Ben Abid (TUN) | Africa | 49.88 | 1 |

**Men's javelin throw**

4 September 1977

| Rank | Athlete | Team | Result | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Michael Wessing (FRG) | West Germany | 87.46 | 9 |
| | Wolfgang Hanisch (GDR) | East Germany | 84.28 | 7 |
| | Miklós Németh (HUN) | Europe | 80.82 | 6 |
| 4 | Rod Ewaliko (USA) | United States | 77.26 | 5 |
| 5 | Juan Jarvis (CUB) | Americas | 77.06 | 4 |
| 6 | Mike O'Rourke (NZL) | Oceania | 74.46 | 3 |
| 7 | Ali Memmi (TUN) | Africa | 70.48 | 2 |
| 8 | Mohammed Munir (PAK) | Asia | 69.54 | 1 |

## Women

### Track

Events :

| 100 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 1977 Wind: 0.0 m/s

| Rank | Athlete | Team | Time | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Marlies Oelsner (GDR) | East Germany | 11.16 | 9 |
| | Sonia Lannaman (GBR) | Europe | 11.26 | 7 |
| | Silvia Chivás (CUB) | Americas | 11.34 | 6 |
| 4 | Lyudmila Storozhkova (URS) | Soviet Union | 11.40 | 5 |
| 5 | Evelyn Ashford (USA) | United States | 11.48 | 4 |
| 6 | Uti Ufon-Uko (NGR) | Africa | 11.62 | 3 |
| 7 | Denise Robertson (AUS) | Oceania | 11.89 | 2 |
| 8 | Lee Eun-Ja (KOR) | Asia | 12.21 | 1 |

**Women's 200 metres**

2 September 1977 Wind: –0.7 m/s

| Rank | Athlete | Team | Time | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Irena Szewińska (POL) | Europe | 22.72 | 9 |
| | Bärbel Eckert (GDR) | East Germany | 23.02 | 7 |
| | Tatyana Prorochenko (URS) | Soviet Union | 23.26 | 6 |
| 4 | Evelyn Ashford (USA) | United States | 23.41 | 5 |
| 5 | Silvia Chivás (CUB) | Americas | 23.45 | 4 |
| 6 | Denise Robertson (AUS) | Oceania | 23.82 | 3 |
| 7 | Uti Ufon-Uko (NGR) | Africa | 24.17 | 2 |
| 8 | Emiko Konishi (JPN) | Asia | 25.22 | 1 |

**Women's 400 metres**

4 September 1977

| Rank | Athlete | Team | Time | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Irena Szewińska (POL) | Europe | 49.52 | 9 |
| | Marita Koch (GDR) | East Germany | 49.76 | 7 |
| | Marina Sidorova (URS) | Soviet Union | 51.29 | 6 |
| 4 | Sharon Dabney (USA) | United States | 51.96 | 5 |
| 5 | Aurelia Pentón (CUB) | Americas | 52.33 | 4 |
| 6 | Verna Burnard (AUS) | Oceania | 52.57 | 3 |
| 7 | Ruth Waithera (KEN) | Africa | 53.90 | 2 |
| 8 | Than Than (MYA) | Asia | 55.88 | 1 |

**Women's 800 metres**

3 September 1977

| Rank | Athlete | Team | Time | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Totka Petrova (BUL) | Europe | 1:59.20 | 9 |
| | Christine Liebetrau (GDR) | East Germany | 1:59.47 | 7 |
| | Svetlana Styrkina (URS) | Soviet Union | 1:59.72 | 6 |
| 4 | Anne Mackie-Morelli (CAN) | Americas | 2:02.45 | 5 |
| 5 | Sue Latter (USA) | United States | 2:05.00 | 4 |
| 6 | Rose Tata (KEN) | Africa | 2:07.50 | 3 |
| 7 | Phyllis Lazarakis (AUS) | Oceania | 2:07.70 | 2 |
| 8 | Pazit Fabian (ISR) | Asia | 2:12.90 | 1 |

**Women's 1500 metres**

2 September 1977

| Rank | Athlete | Team | Time | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Tatyana Kazankina (URS) | Europe | 4:12.74 | 9 |
| | Francie Larrieu (USA) | United States | 4:13.00 | 7 |
| | Ulrike Bruns (GDR) | East Germany | 4:13.10 | 6 |
| 4 | Natalia Mărășescu (ROU) | Europe | 4:13.10 | 5 |
| 5 | Penny Werthner (CAN) | Americas | 4:14.60 | 4 |
| 6 | Sakina Boutamine (ALG) | Africa | 4:18.50 | 3 |
| 7 | Junko Yoshitomi (JPN) | Asia | 4:24.80 | 2 |
| 8 | Anne Garrett (NZL) | Oceania | 4:31.50 | 1 |

**Women's 3000 metres**

4 September 1977

| Rank | Athlete | Team | Time | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Grete Waitz (NOR) | Europe | 8:43.5 | 9 |
| | Lyudmila Bragina (URS) | Soviet Union | 8:46.3 | 7 |
| | Jan Merrill (USA) | United States | 8:46.6 | 6 |
| 4 | Ulrike Bruns (GDR) | East Germany | 8:49.2 | 5 |
| 5 | Angela Cook (AUS) | Oceania | 9:14.6 | 4 |
| 6 | Debbie Scott (CAN) | Americas | 9:18.7 | 3 |
| 7 | Elizabeth Cheptum (KEN) | Africa | 9:22.1 | 2 |
| 8 | Kandasamy Jayamani (SIN) | Asia | 10:10.5 | 1 |

**Women's 100 metres hurdles**

3 September 1977 Wind: 0.0 m/s

| Rank | Athlete | Team | Time | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Grażyna Rabsztyn (POL) | Europe | 12.70 | 9 |
| | Johanna Klier (GDR) | East Germany | 12.86 | 7 |
| | Lyubov Nikitenko (URS) | Soviet Union | 12.87 | 6 |
| 4 | Esther Rot (ISR) | Asia | 13.26 | 5 |
| 5 | Patty Van Wolvelaere (USA) | United States | 13.54 | 4 |
| 6 | Joanne McLeod (CAN) | Americas | 14.00 | 3 |
| 7 | Modupe Oshikoya (NGR) | Africa | 14.02 | 2 |
| 8 | Glynis Nunn (AUS) | Oceania | 14.75 | 1 |

**Women's 4 × 100 metres relay**

4 September 1977

| Rank | Athletes | Team | Time | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Elvira Possekel (FRG), Andrea Lynch (GBR), Annegret Richter (FRG), Sonia Lannaman (GBR) | Europe | 42.51 | 9 |
| | Monika Hamann (GDR), Romy Schneider (GDR), Ingrid Brestrich (GDR), Marlies Oelsner (GDR) | East Germany | 42.65 | 7 |
| | Vera Anisimova (URS), Lyudmila Maslakova (URS), Marina Sidorova (URS), Lyudmila Storozhkova (URS) | Soviet Union | 42.91 | 6 |
| 4 | Lilieth Hodges (JAM), Silvia Chivás (CUB), Patty Loverock (CAN), Jacqueline Pusey (JAM) | Americas | 42.95 | 5 |
| 5 | Wendy Brown (NZL), Raelene Boyle (AUS), Barbara Wilson (AUS), Debbie Wells (AUS) | Oceania | 44.20 | 4 |
| 6 | Eno Ekpo (NGR), Nzaeli Kyomo (TAN), Fatou Cissokho (SEN), Utifon Ufon Oko (NGR) | Africa | 46.67 | 3 |
| 7 | Carolina Rieuwpassa (INA), Marina Chin Leng Sim (MAS), Emiko Konishi (JPN), Lee Eun-ja (KOR) | Asia | 47.40 | 2 |
| | Renaye Bowen (USA), Pam Jiles (USA), Rosalyn Bryant (USA), Evelyn Ashford (USA) | United States | DNF | |

**Women's 4 × 400 metres relay**

2 September 1977

| Rank | Athletes | Team | Time | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Bettina Popp (GDR), Barbara Krug (GDR), Christina Brehmer (GDR), Marita Koch (GDR) | East Germany | 3:24.04 | 9 |
| | Rita Bottiglieri (ITA), Donna Hartley (GBR), Dagmar Fuhrmann (FRG), Irena Szewińska (POL) | Europe | 3:25.80 | 7 |
| | Lyudmila Aksyonova (URS), Natalya Sokolova (URS), Tatyana Prorochenko (URS), Marina Sidorova (URS) | Soviet Union | 3:27.00 | 6 |
| 4 | Marian Fisher (AUS), Verna Burnard (AUS), Bethanie Nail (AUS), Christine Dale (AUS) | Oceania | 3:30.50 | 5 |
| 5 | Joyce Yakubowich (CAN), Jackie Pusey (JAM), Helen Blake (JAM), Aurelia Pentón (CUB) | Americas | 3:31.00 | 4 |
| 6 | Sharon Dabney (USA), Pam Jiles (USA), Kim Thomas (USA), Rosalyn Bryant (USA) | United States | 3:33.00 | 3 |
| 7 | Ruth Kyalisima (UGA), Marième Boye (SEN), Tekla Chemabwai (KEN), Ruth Waithera (KEN) | Africa | 3:36.30 | 2 |
| 8 | Lai Lee-Chiao (TPE), Keiko Nagasawa (JPN), Carolina Rieuwpassa (INA), Than Than (MYA) | Asia | 3:53.80 | 1 |

### Field

Events :

| High jump | Long jump | Shot put | Discus throw | Javelin throw |
| - | - | - | - | - |

**Women's high jump**

2 September 1977

| Rank | Athlete | Team | Result | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Rosemarie Ackermann (GDR) | East Germany | 1.98 | 9 |
| | Sara Simeoni (ITA) | Europe | 1.92 | 7 |
| | Debbie Brill (CAN) | Americas | 1.89 | 6 |
| 4 | Louise Ritter (USA) | United States | 1.83 | 5 |
| 5 | Nadezhda Marinenko (URS) | Soviet Union | 1.83 | 4 |
| 6 | Chris Annison (AUS) | Oceania | 1.75 | 3 |
| 7 | Tamami Yagi (JPN) | Asia | 1.75 | 2 |
| 8 | Caromella Mumbi (ZAM) | Africa | 1.60 | 1 |

**Women's long jump**

4 September 1977

| Rank | Athlete | Team | Result | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Lyn Jacenko (AUS) | Oceania | 6.54 | 9 |
| | Jarmila Nygrýnová (TCH) | Europe | 6.48 | 7 |
| | Tatyana Skachko (URS) | Soviet Union | 6.48 | 6 |
| 4 | Brigitte Kunzel (GDR) | East Germany | 6.42 | 5 |
| 5 | Sumie Awara (JPN) | Asia | 6.23 | 4 |
| 6 | Modupe Oshikoya (NGR) | Africa | 6.15 | 3 |
| 7 | Jane Frederick (USA) | United States | 6.13 | 2 |
| 8 | Shonel Ferguson (BAH) | Americas | 6.11 | 1 |

**Women's shot put**

3 September 1977

| Rank | Athlete | Team | Result | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Helena Fibingerová (TCH) | Europe | 20.63 | 9 |
| | Svetlana Krachevskaya (URS) | Soviet Union | 20.39 | 7 |
| | Maren Seidler (USA) | United States | 15.50 | 6 |
| 4 | Lucette Moreau (CAN) | Americas | 15.16 | 5 |
| 5 | Barbara Beable (NZL) | Oceania | 15.02 | 4 |
| 6 | Paik Ok-Ja (KOR) | Asia | 14.60 | 3 |
| 7 | Nnenna Njoku (NGR) | Africa | 12.43 | 2 |
| DSQ | Ilona Slupianek (GDR) | East Germany | 20.93 | 0 |

**Women's discus throw**

4 September 1977

| Rank | Athlete | Team | Result | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Faina Veleva (URS) | Soviet Union | 68.10 | 9 |
| | Argentina Menis (ROU) | Europe | 63.38 | 7 |
| | Sabine Engel (GDR) | East Germany | 63.12 | 6 |
| 4 | Lucette Moreau (CAN) | Americas | 54.52 | 5 |
| 5 | Lynne Winbigler (USA) | United States | 53.16 | 4 |
| 6 | Gael Mulhall (AUS) | Oceania | 50.66 | 3 |
| 7 | Paik Ok-Ja (KOR) | Asia | 45.68 | 2 |
| 8 | Fethia Jerbi (TUN) | Africa | 44.58 | 1 |

**Women's javelin throw**

2 September 1977

| Rank | Athlete | Team | Result | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Ruth Fuchs (GDR) | East Germany | 62.36 | 9 |
| | Nadezhda Yakubovich (URS) | Soviet Union | 62.02 | 7 |
| | Tessa Sanderson (GBR) | Europe | 60.30 | 6 |
| 4 | Kate Schmidt (USA) | United States | 59.46 | 5 |
| 5 | Emiko Myokai (JPN) | Asia | 55.42 | 4 |
| 6 | Agnès Tchuinté (CMR) | Africa | 53.70 | 3 |
| 7 | Pam Matthews (AUS) | Oceania | 51.14 | 2 |
| 8 | Marli dos Santos (BRA) | Americas | 46.52 | 1 |
