1977 IAAF World Cup explained

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

Men

100 metres	United States	10.13	East Germany	10.15	America	10.19
200 metres	United States	20.17	Europe	20.17	America	20.30
400 metres	America	45.36	East Germany	45.50	United States	45.57
800 metres	America	1:44.04	Africa	1:44.14	West Germany	1:45.47
1500 metres	Europe	3:34.45	West Germany	3:35.98	East Germany	3:37.50
5000 metres	Africa	13:13.82	United States	13:15.06	Oceania	13:17.42
10,000 metres	Africa	28:32.31	East Germany	28:34.00	Europe	28:35.00
110 metre hurdles	East Germany	13.41	America	13.50	United States	13.51
400 metre hurdles	United States	47.58	East Germany	48.83	West Germany	48.85
3000 metre steeplechase	West Germany	8:21.60	Africa	8:22.50	United States	8:25.20
4×100 metre relay	valign=top	United States Bill Collins Steve Riddick Cliff Wiley Steve Williams	38.03 WR	valign=top	East Germany Manfred Kokot Eugen Ray Detlef Kübeck Alexander Thieme	38.57	valign=top	America Rui da Silva Silvio Leonard Don Quarrie Osvaldo Lara	38.66
4×400 metre relay	valign=top	West Germany Lothar Krieg Franz-Peter Hofmeister Harald Schmid Bernd Herrmann	3:01.34	valign=top	Europe Josip Alebić Francis Demarthon David Jenkins Ryszard Podlas	3:02.47	valign=top	America Delmo da Silva Fred Sowerby Brian Saunders Alberto Juantorena	3:02.66
High jump	East Germany	2.30	United States	2.27	Europe	2.24
Pole vault	United States	5.60	Europe	5.55	East Germany	5.30
Long jump	United States	8.19	West Germany	7.96	Africa	7.89
Triple jump	America	16.68	Europe	16.61	East Germany	16.43
Shot put	East Germany	21.74	Europe	20.46	West Germany	19.97
Discus throw	East Germany	67.14	United States	66.64	West Germany	62.64
Hammer throw	West Germany	75.64	East Germany	75.40	Oceania	73.92
Javelin throw	West Germany	87.46	East Germany	84.28	Europe	80.82

Women

100 metres	East Germany	11.16	Europe	11.26	America	11.34
200 metres	Europe	22.72	East Germany	23.02	Soviet Union	23.26
400 metres	Europe	49.52	East Germany	49.76	Soviet Union	51.29
800 metres	Europe	1:59.20	East Germany	1:59.47	Soviet Union	1:59.72
1500 metres	Soviet Union	4:12.74	United States	4:13.00	East Germany	4:13.10
3000 metres	Europe	8:43.50	Soviet Union	8:46.30	United States	8:46.60
100 metre hurdles	Europe	12.70	East Germany	12.86	Soviet Union	12.87
4×100 metre relay	valign=top	Europe Elvira Possekel Andrea Lynch Annegret Richter Sonia Lannaman	42.51	valign=top	East Germany Monika Hamann Romy Schneider Ingrid Brestrich Marlies Oelsner	42.65	valign=top	Soviet Union Vera Anisimova Lyudmila Maslakova Marina Sidorova Lyudmila Storozhkova	42.91
4×400 metre relay	valign=top	East Germany Bettina Popp Barbara Krug Christina Brehmer Marita Koch	3:24.04	valign=top	Europe Rita Bottiglieri Donna Hartley Dagmar Fuhrmann Irena Szewińska	3:25.80	valign=top	Soviet Union Lyudmila Aksyonova Natalya Sokolova Tatyana Prorochenko Marina Sidorova	3:27.00
High jump	East Germany	1.98	Europe	1.92	America	1.89
Long jump	Oceania	6.54	Europe	6.48	Soviet Union	6.48
Shot put	Europe	20.63 ^1	Soviet Union	20.39	United States	15.50
Discus throw	Soviet Union	68.10	Europe	63.38	East Germany	63.12
Javelin throw	East Germany	62.36	Soviet Union	62.02	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.

External links

• World Cup Results
• Full Results by IAAF