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).[1]

In each event eight athletes represented eight teams:

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.[2]

Team results summary

Men's

Rank Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th Points Notes
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 20 20 20 20 20 20 19 14 732

Women's

Rank Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th Points Notes
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 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 Notes
1st, gold medalist(s)  Steve Williams (USA) United States 10.13 9
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Eugen Ray (GDR) East Germany 10.15 7
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  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 Notes
1st, gold medalist(s)  Clancy Edwards (USA) United States 20.17 9
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Pietro Mennea (ITA) Europe 20.17 7
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  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 Notes
1st, gold medalist(s)  Alberto Juantorena (CUB) Americas 45.36 9
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Volker Beck (GDR) East Germany 45.50 7
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  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 Khrishna Pradhu (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 Notes
1st, gold medalist(s)  Alberto Juantorena (CUB) Americas 1:44.04 9
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Mike Boit (KEN) Africa 1:44.14 7
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  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 Notes
1st, gold medalist(s)  Steve Ovett (GBR) Europe 3:34.45 9
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Thomas Wessinghage (FRG) West Germany 3:35.98 7
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Jürgen Straub (GDR) East Germany 3:37.5 6
4  Abderrahmane Morceli (ALG) Africa 3:37.8 5
5  Takashi Ishii (JPN) Asia 3:38.2 4
6  Dave Hill (CAN) Americas 3:39.2 3
7  Steve Scott (USA) United States 3:44.0 2
 Jown Walker (NZL) Oceania DNF

Men's 5000 metres

4 September 1977

Rank Athlete Team Time Points Notes
1st, gold medalist(s)  Miruts Yifter (ETH) Africa 13:13.82 9
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Marty Liquori (USA) United States 13:15.06 7
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  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 13:31.7 3
7  Hideki Kita (JPN) Asia 13:40.4 2
8  Domingo Tibaduiza (COL) Americas 14:13.3 1

Men's 10,000 metres

2 September

Rank Athlete Team Time Points Notes
1st, gold medalist(s)  Miruts Yifter (ETH) Africa 28:32.3 9
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Jörg Peter (GDR) East Germany 28:34.0 7
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  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 Notes
1st, gold medalist(s)  Michael Karst (FRG) West Germany 8:21.60 9
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Eshetu Tura (ETH) Africa 8:22.5 7
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  George Malley (USA) United States 8:25.2 6
4  Euan Robertson (NZL) Oceania 8:25.5 5
5  Frank Baumgartl (GDR) East Germany 8:26.4 4
6  Masanari Shintaku (JPN) Asia 8:48.7 3
7  Carlos Martinez (MEX) Americas 8:58.7 2
 Dan Glans (SWE) Europe DNF

Men's 110 metres hurdles

4 September 1977
Wind: 0.0 m/s

Rank Athlete Team Time Points Notes
1st, gold medalist(s)  Thomas Munkelt (GDR) East Germany 13.41 9
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Alejandro Casañas (CUB) Americas 13.50 7
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  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 Notes
1st, gold medalist(s)  Edwin Moses (USA) United States 47.58 9
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Volker Beck (GDR) East Germany 48.83 7
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  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
1st, gold medalist(s) Bill Collins (USA), Steve Riddick (USA), Cliff Wiley (USA), Steve Williams (USA) United States 38.03 9 WR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Manfred Kokot (GDR), Eugen Ray (GDR), Detlef Kübeck (GDR), Alexander Thieme (GDR) East Germany 38.57 7
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 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 Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Lothar Krieg (FRG), Franz-Peter Hofmeister (FRG), Harald Schmid (FRG), Bernd Herrmann (FRG) West Germany 3:01.24 9
2nd, silver medalist(s) Josip Alebić (YUG), Francis Demarthon (FRA), David Jenkins (GBR), Ryszard Podlas (POL) Europe 3:02.47 7
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 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 Degnan Kablan (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 3:06.3 3
7 Ku Boon-Chil (KOR), Mohammed-Reza Entezari (IRI), Wang Lung-Hu (TPE), Uday Khrishna Pradhu (IND) Asia 3:10.9 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 Notes
1st, gold medalist(s)  Rolf Beilschmidt (GDR) East Germany 2.30 9
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Dwight Stones (USA) United States 2.27 7
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  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 Notes
1st, gold medalist(s)  Mike Tully (USA) United States 5.60 9
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Władysław Kozakiewicz (POL) Europe 5.55 7
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  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) Asia NH

Men's long jump

2 September 1977

Rank Athlete Team Result Points Notes
1st, gold medalist(s)  Arnie Robinson (USA) United States 8.19 9
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Hans Baumgartner (FRG) West Germany 7.96 7
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  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 Notes
1st, gold medalist(s)  João Carlos de Oliveira (BRA) Americas 16.68 9
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Anatoliy Piskulin (URS) Europe 16.61 7
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  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 Notes
1st, gold medalist(s)  Udo Beyer (GDR) East Germany 21.74 9
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Reijo Ståhlberg (FIN) Europe 20.46 7
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  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 Notes
1st, gold medalist(s)  Wolfgang Schmidt (GDR) East Germany 67.14 9
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Mac Wilkins (USA) United States 66.64 7
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  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 Notes
1st, gold medalist(s)  Karl-Hans Riehm (FRG) West Germany 75.64 9
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Jochen Sachse (GDR) East Germany 75.40 7
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  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 Notes
1st, gold medalist(s)  Michael Wessing (FRG) West Germany 87.46 9
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Wolfgang Hanisch (GDR) East Germany 84.28 7
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  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 x 100 m relay 4 x 400 m relay

Women's 100 metres

3 September 1977
Wind: 0.0 m/s

Rank Athlete Team Time Points Notes
1st, gold medalist(s)  Marlies Oelsner (GDR) East Germany 11.16 9
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Sonia Lannaman (GBR) Europe 11.26 7
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  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 Notes
1st, gold medalist(s)  Irena Szewińska (POL) Europe 22.72 9
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Bärbel Eckert (GDR) East Germany 23.02 7
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  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 Notes
1st, gold medalist(s)  Irena Szewińska (POL) Europe 49.52 9
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Marita Koch (GDR) East Germany 49.76 7
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  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 Notes
1st, gold medalist(s)  Totka Petrova (BUL) Europe 1:59.20 9
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Christine Liebetrau (GDR) East Germany 1:59.47 7
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  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 2:05.0 4
6  Rose Tata (KEN) Africa 2:07.5 3
7  Phyllis Lazarakis (AUS) Oceania 2:07.7 2
8  Pazit Fabian (ISR) Asia 2:12.9 1

Women's 1500 metres

2 September 1977

Rank Athlete Team Time Points Notes
1st, gold medalist(s)  Tatyana Kazankina (URS) Europe 4:12.74 9
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Francie Larrieu (USA) United States 4:13.0 7
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Ulrike Bruns (GDR) East Germany 4:13.1 6
4  Natalia Marasescu (ROU) Europe 4:13.1 5
5  Penny Werthner (CAN) Americas 4:14.6 4
6  Sakina Boutamine (ALG) Africa 4:18.5 3
7  Junko Yoshitomi (JPN) Asia 4:24.8 2
8  Anne Garrett (NZL) Oceania 4:31.5 1

Women's 3000 metres

4 September 1977

Rank Athlete Team Time Points Notes
1st, gold medalist(s)  Grete Waitz (NOR) Europe 8:43.5 9
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Lyudmila Bragina (URS) Soviet Union 8:46.3 7
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  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 Notes
1st, gold medalist(s)  Grazyna Rabsztyn (POL) Europe 12.70 9
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Johanna Klier (GDR) East Germany 12.86 7
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  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 Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Elvira Possekel (FRG), Andrea Lynch (GBR), Annegret Richter (FRG), Sonia Lannaman (GBR) Europe 42.51 9
2nd, silver medalist(s) Monika Hamann (GDR), Romy Schneider (GDR), Ingrid Brestrich (GDR), Marlies Oelsner (GDR) East Germany 42.65 7
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 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 Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Bettina Popp (GDR), Barbara Krug (GDR), Christina Brehmer (GDR), Marita Koch (GDR) East Germany 3:24.04 9
2nd, silver medalist(s) Rita Bottiglieri (ITA), Donna Hartley (GBR), Dagmar Furhmann (FRG), Irena Szewińska (POL) Europe 3:25.8 7
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Lyudmila Aksyonova (URS), Natalya Sokolova (URS), Tatyana Prorochenko (URS), Marina Sidorova (URS) Soviet Union 3:27.0 6
4 Marian Fisher (AUS), Verna Burnard (AUS), Bethanie Nail (AUS), Christine Dale (AUS) Oceania 3:30.5 5
5 Joyce Yakubowich (CAN), Jackie Pusey (JAM), Helen Blake (JAM), Aurelia Pentón (CUB) Americas 3:31.0 4
6 Sharon Dabney (USA), Pam Jiles (USA), Kim Thomas (USA), Rosalyn Bryant (USA) United States 3:33.0 3
7 Ruth Kyalisima (UGA), Marième Boye (SEN), Tekla Chemabwai (KEN), Ruth Waithera (KEN) Africa 3:36.3 2
8 Lai Lee-Chiao (TPE), Keiko Nagasawa (JPN), Carolina Rieuwpassa (INA), Than Than (MYA) Asia 3:53.8 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 Notes
1st, gold medalist(s)  Rosemarie Ackermann (GDR) East Germany 1.98 9
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Sara Simeoni (ITA) Europe 1.92 7
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  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 Notes
1st, gold medalist(s)  Lyn Jacenko (AUS) Oceania 6.54 9
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Jarmila Nygrýnová (TCH) Europe 6.48 7
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  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 Notes
1st, gold medalist(s)  Helena Fibingerová (TCH) Europe 20.63 9
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Svetlana Krachevskaya (URS) Soviet Union 20.39 7
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  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
 Ilona Slupianek (GDR) East Germany DQ (20.93)

Women's discus throw

4 September 1977

Rank Athlete Team Result Points Notes
1st, gold medalist(s)  Faina Veleva (URS) Soviet Union 68.10 9
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Argentina Menis (ROU) Europe 63.38 7
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  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 Notes
1st, gold medalist(s)  Ruth Fuchs (GDR) Soviet Union 62.36 9
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Nadezhda Yakubovich (URS) Europe 62.02 7
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  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

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