Athletics World Cup 1977

The 1st World Cup in Athletics took place from September 2nd to 4th, 1977 in the Rheinstadion of Düsseldorf ( Federal Republic of Germany ).

309 athletes from 54 nations took part. The winner was the GDR team for the men and the Europe team for the women .

Scoring

space	Points
1	9
2	7th
3	6th
4th	5
5	4th
6th	3
7th	2
8th	1

Final score

Men

space	team	Points
1	GDR	127
2	United States	120
3	BR Germany	112
4th	Europe	111
5	America	92
6th	Africa	78
7th	Oceania	48
8th	Asia	44

Women

space	team	Points
1	Europe	109
2	GDR	93
3	USSR	90
4th	United States	60
5	America	56
6th	Oceania	46
7th	Africa	32
8th	Asia	30th

Results men

100 m

space	athlete	team	country	Time (s)	Points
1	Steve Williams	United States	United States	10.13	9
2	Eugene Ray	GDR	GDR	10.15	7th
3	Silvio Leonard	AME	CUB	10.19	6th
4th	Pietro Mennea	EUR	ITA	10.37	5
5	Werner Bastians	FRG	FRG	10.57	4th
6th	Search species Jaesuraparp	ASI	THA	10.67	3
7th	Amadou Meïté	AFR	CIV	10.70	2
8th	Paul Narracott	OCE	OUT	10.71	1

September 2nd

Wind: −0.3 m / s

200 m

space	athlete	team	country	Time (s)	Points
1	Clancy Edwards	United States	United States	20.17	9
2	Pietro Mennea	EUR	ITA	20.17	7th
3	Silvio Leonard	AME	CUB	20.30	6th
4th	Eugene Ray	GDR	GDR	20.57	5
5	Bernd Sattler	FRG	FRG	20.98	4th
6th	Toshio Toyota	ASI	JPN	21.24	3
7th	Georges Kablan Degnan	AFR	CIV	21.26	2
8th	Colin McQueen	OCE	OUT	21.75	1

September 4th

Wind: 1.0 m / s

400 m

space	athlete	team	country	Time (s)	Points
1	Alberto Juantorena	AME	CUB	45.36	9
2	Volker Beck	GDR	GDR	45.50	7th
3	Robert Taylor	United States	United States	45.57	6th
4th	Ryszard Podlas	EUR	POLE	45.60	5
5	Franz-Peter Hofmeister	FRG	FRG	45.78	4th
6th	Uday Krishna Prabhu	ASI	IND	47.75	3
	Felix Imadiyi	AFR	NGR	DNS
	Rick Mitchell	OCE	OUT	DNS

September 4th

The race held on September 3 was repeated because Juantorena, who finished third behind Beck and Podlas, complained that he had not heard the starting gun in the noise of the cameras and an airplane. In fact, the Cuban running in lane 8 started moving much later than his competitors, after a 100-meter interval of 12.8 s, covered the last 300 m in 33.1 s and the victory only by 0, 04 s missed.

800 m

space	athlete	team	country	Time (min)	Points
1	Alberto Juantorena	AME	CUB	1: 44.04	9
2	Mike Boit	AFR	KEN	1: 44.14	7th
3	Willi Wuelbeck	FRG	FRG	1: 45.47	6th
4th	Mark Enyeart	United States	United States	1: 45.52	5
5	Jozef Plachý	EUR	TCH	1: 45.53	4th
6th	John Higham	OCE	OUT	1: 46.15	3
7th	Olaf Beyer	GDR	GDR	1: 46.59	2
8th	Sriram Singh	ASI	IND	1: 47.28	1

September 2nd

1500 m

space	athlete	team	country	Time (min)	Points
1	Steve Ovett	EUR	GBR	3: 34.45	9
2	Thomas Wessinghage	FRG	FRG	3: 35.98	7th
3	Jürgen Straub	GDR	GDR	3: 37.5	6th
4th	Abderrahmane Morceli	AFR	ALG	3: 37.8	5
5	Takashi Ishii	ASI	JPN	3: 38.2	4th
6th	Dave Hill	AME	CAN	3: 39.2	3
7th	Steve Scott	United States	United States	3: 44.0	2
	John Walker	OCE	NZL	DNF

September 3

5000 m

space	athlete	team	country	Time (min)	Points
1	Miruts Yifter	AFR	ETH	13: 13.82	9
2	Marty Liquori	United States	United States	13: 15.06	7th
3	David Fitzsimons	OCE	OUT	13: 17.42	6th
4th	Nick Rose	EUR	GBR	13: 20.35	5
5	Manfred Kuschmann	GDR	GDR	13: 24.98	4th
6th	Karl Fleschen	FRG	FRG	13: 31.7	3
7th	Hideki Kita	ASI	JPN	13: 40.4	2
8th	Domingo Tibaduiza	AME	COL	14: 13.3	1

September 4th

10,000 m

space	athlete	team	country	Time (min)	Points
1	Miruts Yifter	AFR	ETH	28: 32.3	9
2	Jörg Peter	GDR	GDR	28: 34.0	7th
3	Jos Hermens	EUR	NED	28: 35.0	6th
4th	Detlef Uhlemann	FRG	FRG	28: 38.7	5
5	Rodolfo Gomez	AME	MEX	28: 45.5	4th
6th	Frank Shorter	United States	United States	28: 52.5	3
7th	Toshiaki Kamata	ASI	JPN	28: 56.3	2
	Chris Wardlaw	OCE	OUT	DNF

September 2nd

3000 m obstacle

space	athlete	team	country	Time (min)	Points
1	Michael Karst	FRG	FRG	8: 21.60	9
2	Eshetu Tura	AFR	ETH	8: 22.5	7th
3	George Malley	United States	United States	8: 25.2	6th
4th	Euan Robertson	OCE	NZL	8: 25.5	5
5	Frank Baumgartl	GDR	GDR	8: 26.4	4th
6th	Masanari Shintaku	ASI	JPN	8: 48.7	3
7th	Carlos Martínez	AME	MEX	8: 58.7	2
	Dan Glans	EUR	SWE	DNF

September 3

110 m hurdles

space	athlete	team	country	Time (s)	Points
1	Thomas Munkelt	GDR	GDR	13.41	9
2	Alejandro Casañas	AME	CUB	13.50	7th
3	Charles Foster	United States	United States	13.51	6th
4th	Jan Pusty	EUR	POLE	13.66	5
5	Godwin Obasogy	AFR	NGR	13.95	4th
6th	Dieter Gebhard	FRG	FRG	14.09	3
7th	Warren Parr	OCE	OUT	14.23	2
8th	Ahmad Ishtiaq Mubarak	ASI	MAS	14.37	1

September 4th

Wind: 0.0 m / s

400 m hurdles

space	athlete	team	country	Time (s)	Points
1	Edwin Moses	United States	United States	47.58	9
2	Volker Beck	GDR	GDR	48.83	7th
3	Harald Schmid	FRG	FRG	48.85	6th
4th	Alan Pascoe	EUR	GBR	49.73	5
5	Peter Rwamuhanda	AFR	UGA	50.48	4th
6th	Garry Brown	OCE	OUT	50.89	3
7th	Dámaso Alfonso	AME	CUB	50.95	2
8th	Takashi Nagao	ASI	JPN	52.10	1

September 2nd

4 × 100 m relay

space	team	Athletes	Time (s)	Points
1	United States	Bill Collins Steve Riddick Cliff Wiley Steve Williams	38.03 WR	9
2	GDR	Manfred Kokot Eugen Ray Detlef Kübeck Alexander Thieme	38.57	7th
3	America	Rui da Silva ( BRA ) Silvio Leonard ( CUB ) Donald Quarrie ( JAM ) Osvaldo Lara ( CUB )	38.66	6th
4th	Europe ( URS )	Alexandr Aksinin Nikolai Kolesnikow Yuri Silow Valery Borsow	39.05	5
5	BR Germany	Werner Bastians Bernd Sattler Dieter Steinmann Michael Gruse	39.20	4th
6th	Africa	Samson Oyeledon ( NGR ) Théophile Nkounkou ( CGO ) Amadou Meïté ( CIV ) Momar N'Dao ( SEN )	39.74	3
7th	Oceania	Paul Narracott ( AUS ) Barry Besanko ( AUS ) Gary Henley-Smith ( NZL ) Colin McQueen ( AUS )	40.08	2
8th	Asia	Anat Ratanapol ( THA ) Suchart Jaesuraparp ( THA ) Ok Sein-jin ( KOR ) Farhan Al-Rumaihi ( QAT )	41.09	1

September 3

4 × 400 m relay

space	team	Athletes	Time (min)	Points
1	BR Germany	Lothar Krieg Franz-Peter Hofmeister Harald Schmid Bernd Herrmann	3: 01.24	9
2	Europe	Јоѕір Alebić ( YUG ) Francis Demarthon ( FRA ) David Jenkins ( GBR ) Ryszard Podlas ( POL )	3: 02.47	7th
3	America	Delmo da Silva ( BRA ) Fred Sowerby ( ANT ) Brian Saunders ( CAN ) Alberto Juantorena ( CUB )	3: 02.77	6th
4th	GDR	Reinhard Kokot Olaf Beyer Gunter Arnold Volker Beck	3: 03.91	5
5	Africa	Georges Kablan Degnan ( CIV ) Samson Kebenei ( KEN ) Dele Udo ( NGR ) Felix Imadiyi ( NGR )	3: 04.28	4th
6th	Oceania	John Higham ( AUS ) Rick Mitchell ( AUS ) Anthony Hodgins ( AUS ) Steve Erkkila ( NZL )	3: 06.3	3
7th	Asia	Ku Boon-Chil ( KOR ) Reza Entezari ( IRI ) Wang Lung-Hua ( TPE ) Uday Krishna Prabhu ( IND )	3: 10.9	2
	United States	Stan Vinson Tom Andrews Edwin Moses Maxie Parks	DNF

September 4th

Before the last competition, the GDR was two points ahead of the USA. Everything looked as if the USA could make up for this lead, because at the third change the US team was in first place and the GDR team in fourth place. But then Parks pulled a strain and had to give up.

high jump

space	athlete	team	country	Height (m)	Points
1	Rolf Beilschmidt	GDR	GDR	2.30	9
2	Dwight Stones	United States	United States	2.27	7th
3	Jacek Wszoła	EUR	POLE	2.24	6th
4th	Carlo Thränhardt	FRG	FRG	2.21	5
5	Paul Ngadjadoum	AFR	CHA	2.15	4th
6th	Richard Spencer	AME	CUB	2.15	3
7th	Gordon Windeyer	OCE	OUT	2.10	2
8th	Teymour Ghiassi	ASI	IRI	2.10	1

September 4th

Pole vault

space	athlete	team	country	Height (m)	Points
1	Mike Tully	United States	United States	5.60	9
2	Wladyslaw Kozakiewicz	EUR	POLE	5.55	7th
3	Axel Weber	GDR	GDR	5.30	6th
4th	Donald Baird	OCE	OUT	5.20	5
5	Itsuo Takanezawa	ASI	JPN	5.10	4th
6th	Günther Lohre	FRG	FRG	5.10	3
7th	Bruce Simpson	AME	CAN	4.90	2
	Lakhdar Rahal	AFR	ALG	NH

September 3

Long jump

space	athlete	team	country	Width (m)	Points
1	Arnie Robinson	United States	United States	8.19	9
2	Hans Baumgartner	FRG	FRG	7.96	7th
3	Charlton Ehizuelen	AFR	NGR	7.89	6th
4th	Nenad Stekic	EUR	YUG	7.79	5
5	Frank Wartenberg	GDR	GDR	7.79	4th
6th	Jun'ichi Usui	ASI	JPN	7.68	3
7th	Kerry Hill	OCE	NZL	7.18	2
8th	David Giralt	AME	CUB	6.77	1

September 2nd

Triple jump

space	athlete	team	country	Width (m)	Points
1	João Carlos de Oliveira	AME	BRA	16.68	9
2	Anatoly Piskulin	EUR	URS	16.61	7th
3	Klaus Hufnagel	GDR	GDR	16.43	6th
4th	Charlton Ehizuelen	AFR	NGR	16.31	5
5	Milan Tiff	United States	United States	16.24	4th
6th	Wolfgang Kolmsee	FRG	FRG	16.24	3
7th	Toshiaki Inoue	ASI	JPN	15.89	2
8th	Don Commons	OCE	OUT	14.70	1

September 3

Shot put

space	athlete	team	country	Width (m)	Points
1	Udo Beyer	GDR	GDR	21.74	9
2	Reijo Ståhlberg	EUR	FIN	20.46	7th
3	Ralf Reichenbach	FRG	FRG	19.97	6th
4th	Terry Albritton	United States	United States	19.85	5
5	Bruno Pauletto	AME	CAN	18.30	4th
6th	Emad Fayez	AFR	EGY	17.46	3
7th	Bahadur Singh Chouhan	ASI	IND	17.43	2
8th	Keith trap	OCE	NZL	15.92	1

September 2nd

Discus throw

space	athlete	team	country	Width (m)	Points
1	Wolfgang Schmidt	GDR	GDR	67.14	9
2	Mac Wilkins	United States	United States	66.64	7th
3	Hein-Direck New	FRG	FRG	62.64	6th
4th	Markku Tuokko	EUR	FIN	61.36	5
5	Julián Morrinson	AME	CUB	58.98	4th
6th	Praveen Kumar	ASI	IND	53.24	3
7th	Robin Tait	OCE	NZL	52.90	2
8th	Tarwat Said	AFR	EGY	45.12	1

September 2nd

Hammer throw

space	athlete	team	country	Width (m)	Points
1	Karl-Hans Riehm	FRG	FRG	75.64	9
2	Jochen Sachse	GDR	GDR	75.40	7th
3	Peter Farmer	OCE	OUT	73.92	6th
4th	Yuri Sedych	EUR	URS	72.20	5
5	Scott Neilson	AME	CAN	67.18	4th
6th	Emmitt Berry	United States	United States	63.16	3
7th	No Kyung-Yul	ASI	COR	57.88	2
8th	Youssef Ben Abid	AFR	TO DO	49.88	1

September 3

Javelin throw

space	athlete	team	country	Width (m)	Points
1	Michael Wessing	FRG	FRG	87.46	9
2	Wolfgang Hanisch	GDR	GDR	84.28	7th
3	Miklós Németh	EUR	HUN	80.82	6th
4th	Rod Ewaliko	United States	United States	77.26	5
5	Juan Jarvis	AME	CUB	77.06	4th
6th	Mike O'Rourke	OCE	NZL	74.46	3
7th	Ali Memmi	AFR	TO DO	70.48	2
8th	Muhammad Munir	ASI	PAH	69.54	1

September 4th

Results women

100 m

space	Athlete	team	country	Time (s)	Points
1	Marlies Oelsner	GDR	GDR	11.16	9
2	Sonia Lannaman	EUR	GBR	11.26	7th
3	Silvia Chivás	AME	CUB	11.34	6th
4th	Lyudmila Storoschkowa	URS	URS	11.40	5
5	Evelyn Ashford	United States	United States	11.48	4th
6th	Utifon Ufon Oko	AFR	NGR	11.62	3
7th	Denise Robertson	OCE	OUT	11.89	2
8th	Lee Eun-yes	ASI	COR	12.21	1

September 3

Wind: 0.0 m / s

200 m

space	Athlete	team	country	Time (s)	Points
1	Irena Szewińska	EUR	POLE	22.72	9
2	Bärbel Eckert	GDR	GDR	23.02	7th
3	Tetiana Prorochenko	URS	URS	23.26	6th
4th	Evelyn Ashford	United States	United States	23.41	5
5	Silvia Chivás	AME	CUB	23.45	4th
6th	Denise Robertson	OCE	OUT	23.82	3
7th	Utifon Ufon Oko	AFR	NGR	24.17	2
8th	Emiko Konishi	ASI	JPN	25.22	1

September 2nd

Wind: −0.7 m / s

400 m

space	Athlete	team	country	Time (s)	Points
1	Irena Szewińska	EUR	POLE	49.52	9
2	Marita Koch	GDR	GDR	49.76	7th
3	Marina Sidorova	URS	URS	51.29	6th
4th	Sharon Dabney	United States	United States	51.96	5
5	Aurelia Pentón	AME	CUB	52.33	4th
6th	Verna Burnard	OCE	OUT	52.57	3
7th	Ruth Waithera	AFR	KEN	53.90	2
8th	Than Than Lwin	ASI	MYA	55.88	1

September 4th

800 m

space	Athlete	team	country	Time (min)	Points
1	Totka Petrova	EUR	BUL	1: 59.20	9
2	Christina Liebetrau	GDR	GDR	1: 59.47	7th
3	Svetlana Styrkina	URS	URS	1: 59.72	6th
4th	Anne Mackie-Morelli	AME	CAN	2: 02.45	5
5	Sue Latter	United States	United States	2: 05.0	4th
6th	Rose Tata	AFR	KEN	2: 07.5	3
7th	Phyllis Lazarakis	OCE	OUT	2: 07.7	2
8th	Pazit Fabian	ASI	ISR	2: 12.9	1

September 3

1500 m

space	Athlete	team	country	Time (min)	Points
1	Tatiana Kasankina	URS	URS	4: 12.74	9
2	Francie Larrieu	United States	United States	4: 13.0	7th
3	Ulrike Bruns	GDR	GDR	4: 13.1	6th
4th	Natalia Mărăşescu	EUR	ROU	4: 13.1	5
5	Penny Werthner	AME	CAN	4: 14.6	4th
6th	Sakina Boutamine	AFR	ALG	4: 18.5	3
7th	Junko Yoshitomi	ASI	JPN	4: 24.8	2
8th	Anne Garrett	OCE	NZL	4: 31.5	1

September 2nd

3000 m

space	Athlete	team	country	Time (min)	Points
1	Grete Waitz	EUR	NOR	08: 43.5	9
2	Lyudmila Bragina	URS	URS	08: 46.3	7th
3	Jan Merrill	United States	United States	08: 46.6	6th
4th	Ulrike Bruns	GDR	GDR	08: 49.2	5
5	Angela Cook	OCE	OUT	09: 14.6	4th
6th	Debbie Scott	AME	CAN	09: 18.7	3
7th	Elizabeth Cheptum	AFR	KEN	09: 22.1	2
8th	Kandasamy Jayamani	ASI	SIN	10: 10.5	1

September 4th

100 m hurdles

space	Athlete	team	country	Time (s)	Points
1	Grażyna Rabsztyn	EUR	POLE	12.70	9
2	Johanna Klier	GDR	GDR	12.86	7th
3	Lyubov Nikitenko	URS	URS	12.87	6th
4th	Esther Roth	ASI	ISR	13.26	5
5	Patty Van Wolvelaere	United States	United States	13.54	4th
6th	Joanne MacLeod	AME	CAN	14.00	3
7th	Modupe Oshikoya	AFR	NGR	14.02	2
8th	Glynis Nunn	OCE	OUT	14.75	1

September 3

Wind: 0.0 m / s

4 × 100 m relay

space	team	Athletes	Time (s)	Points
1	Europe	Elvira Possekel ( FRG ) Andrea Lynch ( GBR ) Annegret Richter ( FRG ) Sonia Lannaman ( GBR )	42.51	9
2	GDR	Monika Hamann Romy Schneider Ingrid Brestrich Marlies Oelsner	42.65	7th
3	USSR	Vera Anissimowa Lyudmila Maslakowa Marina Sidorowa Lyudmila Storoschkowa	42.91	6th
4th	America	Leleith Hodges ( JAM ) Silvia Chivás ( CUB ) Patty Loverock ( CAN ) Jacqueline Pusey ( JAM )	42.95	5
5	Oceania	Wendy Brown ( NZL ) Raelene Boyle ( AUS ) Barbara Wilson ( AUS ) Debbie Wells ( AUS )	44.20	4th
6th	Africa	Eno Ekpo ( NGR ) Nzaeli Kyomo ( TAN ) Fatou Cissokho ( SEN ) Utifon Ufon Oko ( NGR )	46.67	3
7th	Asia	Carolina Rieuwpassa ( INA ) Marina Chin Leng Sim ( MAS ) Emiko Konishi ( JPN ) Lee Eun-ja ( KOR )	47.40	2
	United States	Renaye Bowen Pamela Jiles Rosalyn Bryant Evelyn Ashford	DNF

September 4th

4 × 400 m relay

space	team	Athletes	Time (min)	Points
1	GDR	Bettina Popp Barbara Krug Christina Brehmer Marita Koch	3: 24.04	9
2	Europe	Rita Bottiglieri Donna Hartley Dagmar Fuhrmann Irena Szewińska	3: 25.8	7th
3	USSR	Lyudmila Aksjonowa Natalja Sokolowa Tetjana Prorochenko Marina Sidorowa	3: 27.0	6th
4th	Oceania ( AUS )	Marian Fisher Verna Burnard Beth Nail Christine Dale	3: 30.5	5
5	America	Joyce Yakubowich ( CAN ) Jacqueline Pusey ( JAM ) Helen Blake ( JAM ) Aurelia Pentón ( CUB )	3: 31.0	4th
6th	United States	Sharon Dabney Pamela Jiles Kim Thomas Rosalyn Bryant	3: 33.0	3
7th	Africa	Ruth Kyalisima ( UGA ) Marième Boye ( SEN ) Tekla Chemabwai ( KEN ) Ruth Waithera ( KEN )	3: 36.3	2
8th	Asia	Lai Lee-Chiao ( TPE ) Keiko Nagasawa ( JPN ) Carolina Rieuwpassa ( INA ) Than Than Lwin ( MYA )	3: 53.8	1

September 2nd

high jump

space	Athlete	team	country	Height (m)	Points
1	Rosemarie Ackermann	GDR	GDR	1.98	9
2	Sara Simeoni	EUR	ITA	1.92	7th
3	Debbie Brill	AME	CAN	1.89	6th
4th	Louise Ritter	United States	United States	1.83	5
5	Nadseja Marynenka	URS	URS	1.83	4th
6th	Christine Annison	OCE	OUT	1.75	3
7th	Tamami Yagi	ASI	JPN	1.75	2
8th	Caromella Mumbi	AFR	ZAM	1.60	1

September 2nd

Long jump

space	Athlete	team	country	Width (m)	Points
1	Lyn Jacenko	OCE	OUT	6.54	9
2	Jarmila Nygrýnová	EUR	TCH	6.48	7th
3	Tetjana Skachko	URS	URS	6.48	6th
4th	Brigitte Künzel	GDR	GDR	6.42	5
5	Sumie Awara	ASI	JPN	6.23	4th
6th	Modupe Oshikoya	AFR	NGR	6.15	3
7th	Jane Frederick	United States	United States	6.13	2
8th	Shonel Ferguson	AME	BAH	6.11	1

September 4th

Shot put

space	Athlete	team	country	Width (m)	Points
1	Helena Fibingerová	EUR	TCH	20.63	9
2	Svetlana Krachevskaya	URS	URS	20.39	7th
3	Maren Seidler	United States	United States	15.50	6th
4th	Lucette Moreau	AME	CAN	15.16	5
5	Barbara Beable	OCE	NZL	15.02	4th
6th	Paik ok-yes	ASI	COR	14.60	3
7th	Nnenna Njoku	AFR	NGR	12.43	2
	Ilona Slupianek	GDR	GDR	DQ

September 3

Slupianek had finished first with 20.93m but was disqualified when it was confirmed that she had tested positive for nandrolone at the European Athletics Cup .

Discus throw

space	Athlete	team	country	Width (m)	Points
1	Faina Welewa	URS	URS	68.10	9
2	Argentina Menis	EUR	ROU	63.38	7th
3	Sabine Engel	GDR	GDR	63.12	6th
4th	Lucette Moreau	AME	CAN	54.52	5
5	Lynne Winbigler	United States	United States	53.16	4th
6th	Gael Mulhall	OCE	OUT	50.66	3
7th	Paik ok-yes	ASI	COR	45.68	2
8th	Fathia Jerbi	AFR	TO DO	44.58	1

September 4th

Javelin throw

space	Athlete	team	country	Width (m)	Points
1	Ruth Fuchs	GDR	GDR	62.36	9
2	Nadezhda Jakubowitsch	URS	URS	62.02	7th
3	Tessa Sanderson	EUR	GBR	60.30	6th
4th	Kate Schmidt	United States	United States	59.46	5
5	Keiko Myogai	ASI	JPN	55.42	4th
6th	Agnès Tchuinté	AFR	CMR	53.70	3
7th	Pam Matthews	OCE	OUT	51.14	2
8th	Marli dos Santos	AME	BRA	46.52	1

September 2nd

literature

• Mark Butler (Ed.): IAAF Statistics Handbook. 1st IAAF / VTB Bank Continental Cup Split 2010. IAAF, 2010 ( PDF; 4.49 MB ( memento from October 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ))

Web links

• Results on trackfield.brinkster.net