1977 IAAF World Cup

International track and field sporting event December 2018 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 1977 IAAF World Cup results Men 100 metres Steve Williams USA United States 10.13 Eugen Ray GDR East Germany10.15 Silvio Leonard CUB America10.19 200 metresClancy Edwards USA United States 20.17 Pietro Mennea ITA Europe20.17 Silvio Leonard CUB America20.30 400 metresAlberto Juantorena CUB America 45.36 Volker Beck GDR East Germany45.50 Robert Taylor USA United States45.57800 metresAlberto Juantorena CUB America 1:44.04 Mike Boit KEN Africa1:44.14Willi Wülbeck FRG West Germany1:45.471500 metresSteve Ovett GBR Europe 3:34.45 Thomas Wessinghage FRG West Germany3:35.98Jürgen Straub GDR East Germany3:37.50 5000 metresMiruts Yifter ETH 1975 Africa 13:13.82 Marty Liquori USA United States13:15.06 David Fitzsimons AUS Oceania13:17.4210,000 metresMiruts Yifter ETH 1975 Africa 28:32.31 Jörg Peter GDR East Germany28:34.00 Jos Hermens NED Europe28:35.00110 metre hurdlesThomas Munkelt GDR East Germany 13.41 Alejandro Casañas CUB America13.50 Charles Foster USA United States13.51 400 metre hurdlesEdwin Moses USA United States 47.58Volker Beck GDR East Germany48.83 Harald Schmid FRG West Germany48.853000 metre steeplechaseMichael Karst FRG West Germany 8:21.60 Eshetu Tura ETH 1975 Africa8:22.50 George Malley USA United States8:25.204×100 metre relay United StatesBill CollinsSteve RiddickCliff WileySteve Williams38.03 WR East GermanyManfred KokotEugen RayDetlef KübeckAlexander Thieme38.57 AmericaRui da SilvaSilvio LeonardDon QuarrieOsvaldo Lara38.66 4×400 metre relay West GermanyLothar KriegFranz-Peter HofmeisterHarald SchmidBernd Herrmann3:01.34 EuropeJosip AlebićFrancis DemarthonDavid JenkinsRyszard Podlas3:02.47 AmericaDelmo da SilvaFred SowerbyBrian SaundersAlberto Juantorena3:02.66 High jumpRolf Beilschmidt GDR East Germany 2.30 Dwight Stones USA United States2.27Jacek Wszoła POL Europe2.24 Pole vaultMike Tully USA United States 5.60 Władysław Kozakiewicz POL Europe5.55Axel Weber GDR East Germany5.30 Long jumpArnie Robinson USA United States 8.19 Hans Baumgartner FRG West Germany7.96Charlton Ehizuelen NGR Africa7.89 Triple jumpJoão Carlos de Oliveira BRA America 16.68Anatoliy Piskulin URS Europe16.61Klaus Hufnagel GDR East Germany16.43 Shot putUdo Beyer GDR East Germany 21.74 Reijo Ståhlberg FIN Europe20.46Ralf Reichenbach FRG West Germany19.97 Discus throwWolfgang Schmidt GDR East Germany 67.14 Mac Wilkins USA United States66.64 Hein-Direck Neu FRG West Germany62.64 Hammer throwKarl-Hans Riehm FRG West Germany 75.64 Jochen Sachse GDR East Germany75.40 Peter Farmer AUS Oceania73.92 Javelin throw Michael Wessing FRG West Germany 87.46 Wolfgang Hanisch GDR East Germany84.28 Miklós Németh HUN 1957 Europe80.82 Women 100 metresMarlies Oelsner GDR East Germany 11.16Sonia Lannaman GBR Europe11.26 Silvia Chivás CUB America11.34 200 metresIrena Szewińska POL Europe 22.72Bärbel Eckert GDR East Germany23.02 Tatyana Prorochenko URS Soviet Union23.26400 metresIrena Szewińska POL Europe 49.52Marita Koch GDR East Germany49.76Marina Sidorova URS Soviet Union51.29800 metresTotka Petrova BUL 1971 Europe 1:59.20Christine Liebetrau GDR East Germany1:59.47Svetlana Styrkina URS Soviet Union1:59.721500 metresTatyana Kazankina URS Soviet Union 4:12.74 Francie Larrieu USA United States4:13.00Ulrike Bruns GDR East Germany4:13.103000 metresGrete Waitz NOR Europe 8:43.50Lyudmila Bragina URS Soviet Union8:46.30 Jan Merrill USA United States8:46.60 100 metre hurdlesGrażyna Rabsztyn POL Europe 12.70Johanna Klier GDR East Germany12.86Lyubov Nikitenko URS Soviet Union12.87 4×100 metre relay EuropeElvira PossekelAndrea LynchAnnegret RichterSonia Lannaman42.51 East GermanyMonika HamannRomy SchneiderIngrid BrestrichMarlies Oelsner42.65 Soviet UnionVera AnisimovaLyudmila MaslakovaMarina SidorovaLyudmila Storozhkova42.914×400 metre relay East GermanyBettina PoppBarbara KrugChristina BrehmerMarita Koch3:24.04 EuropeRita BottiglieriDonna HartleyDagmar FuhrmannIrena Szewińska3:25.80 Soviet UnionLyudmila AksyonovaNatalya SokolovaTatyana ProrochenkoMarina Sidorova3:27.00 High jump Rosemarie Ackermann GDR East Germany 1.98Sara Simeoni ITA Europe 1.92Debbie Brill CANAmerica 1.89 Long jumpLyn Jacenko AUS Oceania 6.54 Jarmila Nygrýnová TCH Europe6.48Tatyana Skachko URS Soviet Union6.48 Shot putHelena Fibingerová TCH Europe 20.63 1Svetlana Krachevskaya URS Soviet Union20.39Maren Seidler USA United States15.50 Discus throwFaina Veleva URS Soviet Union 68.10 Argentina Menis ROU 1965 Europe63.38Sabine Engel GDR East Germany63.12 Javelin throw Ruth Fuchs GDR East Germany 62.36 Nadezhda Yakubovich URS Soviet Union62.02Tessa Sanderson GBR Europe60.30 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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