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
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Womenedit
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Medal summary
editMen
edit| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| 100 metres |  Steve Williams (USA) United States |
10.13 |  Eugen Ray (GDR) East Germany |
10.15 |  Silvio Leonard (CUB) America |
10.19 |
| 200 metres | Clancy Edwards (USA) United States |
20.17 |  Pietro Mennea (ITA) Europe |
20.17 | Silvio Leonard (CUB) America |
20.30 |
| 400 metres | Alberto Juantorena (CUB) America |
45.36 | Volker Beck (GDR) East Germany |
45.50 | Robert Taylor (USA) United States |
45.57 |
| 800 metres | Alberto Juantorena (CUB) America |
1:44.04 |  Mike Boit (KEN) Africa |
1:44.14 |  Willi Wülbeck (FRG) West Germany |
1:45.47 |
| 1500 metres |  Steve Ovett (GBR) Europe |
3:34.45 | Thomas Wessinghage (FRG) West Germany |
3:35.98 | Jürgen Straub (GDR) East Germany |
3:37.50 |
| 5000 metres |  Miruts Yifter (ETH) Africa |
13:13.82 | Marty Liquori (USA) United States |
13:15.06 |  David Fitzsimons (AUS) Oceania |
13:17.42 |
| 10,000 metres | Miruts Yifter (ETH) Africa |
28:32.31 | Jörg Peter (GDR) East Germany |
28:34.00 |  Jos Hermens (NED) Europe |
28:35.00 |
| 110 metre hurdles | Thomas Munkelt (GDR) East Germany |
13.41 | Alejandro Casañas (CUB) America |
13.50 | Charles Foster (USA) United States |
13.51 |
| 400 metre hurdles | Edwin Moses (USA) United States |
47.58 | Volker Beck (GDR) East Germany |
48.83 | Harald Schmid (FRG) West Germany |
48.85 |
| 3000 metre steeplechase | Michael Karst (FRG) West Germany |
8:21.60 | Eshetu Tura (ETH) Africa |
8:22.50 | George Malley (USA) United States |
8:25.20 |
| 4×100 metre relay | United States Bill Collins Steve Riddick Cliff Wiley Steve Williams |
38.03 WR | East Germany Manfred Kokot Eugen Ray Detlef Kübeck Alexander Thieme |
38.57 | America Rui da Silva Silvio Leonard Don Quarrie Osvaldo Lara |
38.66 |
| 4×400 metre relay | West Germany Lothar Krieg Franz-Peter Hofmeister Harald Schmid Bernd Herrmann |
3:01.34 | Europe Josip Alebić Francis Demarthon David Jenkins Ryszard Podlas |
3:02.47 | America Delmo da Silva Fred Sowerby Brian Saunders Alberto Juantorena |
3:02.66 |
| High jump | Rolf Beilschmidt (GDR) East Germany |
2.30 | Dwight Stones (USA) United States |
2.27 |  Jacek Wszoła (POL) Europe |
2.24 |
| Pole vault | Mike Tully (USA) United States |
5.60 | Władysław Kozakiewicz (POL) Europe |
5.55 | Axel Weber (GDR) East Germany |
5.30 |
| Long jump | Arnie Robinson (USA) United States |
8.19 | Hans Baumgartner (FRG) West Germany |
7.96 |  Charlton Ehizuelen (NGR) Africa |
7.89 |
| Triple jump |  João Carlos de Oliveira (BRA) America |
16.68 |  Anatoliy Piskulin (URS) Europe |
16.61 | Klaus Hufnagel (GDR) East Germany |
16.43 |
| Shot put | Udo Beyer (GDR) East Germany |
21.74 |  Reijo Ståhlberg (FIN) Europe |
20.46 | Ralf Reichenbach (FRG) West Germany |
19.97 |
| Discus throw | Wolfgang Schmidt (GDR) East Germany |
67.14 | Mac Wilkins (USA) United States |
66.64 | Hein-Direck Neu (FRG) West Germany |
62.64 |
| Hammer throw | Karl-Hans Riehm (FRG) West Germany |
75.64 | Jochen Sachse (GDR) East Germany |
75.40 | Peter Farmer (AUS) Oceania |
73.92 |
| Javelin throw | Michael Wessing (FRG) West Germany |
87.46 | Wolfgang Hanisch (GDR) East Germany |
84.28 |  Miklós Németh (HUN) Europe |
80.82 |
Women
edit| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres | Marlies Oelsner (GDR) East Germany |
11.16 | Sonia Lannaman (GBR) Europe |
11.26 | Silvia Chivás (CUB) America |
11.34 |
| 200 metres | Irena Szewińska (POL) Europe |
22.72 | Bärbel Eckert (GDR) East Germany |
23.02 | Tatyana Prorochenko (URS) Soviet Union |
23.26 |
| 400 metres | Irena Szewińska (POL) Europe |
49.52 | Marita Koch (GDR) East Germany |
49.76 | Marina Sidorova (URS) Soviet Union |
51.29 |
| 800 metres |  Totka Petrova (BUL) Europe |
1:59.20 | Christine Liebetrau (GDR) East Germany |
1:59.47 | Svetlana Styrkina (URS) Soviet Union |
1:59.72 |
| 1500 metres | Tatyana Kazankina (URS) Soviet Union |
4:12.74 | Francie Larrieu (USA) United States |
4:13.00 | Ulrike Bruns (GDR) East Germany |
4:13.10 |
| 3000 metres |  Grete Waitz (NOR) Europe |
8:43.50 | Lyudmila Bragina (URS) Soviet Union |
8:46.30 | Jan Merrill (USA) United States |
8:46.60 |
| 100 metre hurdles | Grażyna Rabsztyn (POL) Europe |
12.70 | Johanna Klier (GDR) East Germany |
12.86 | Lyubov Nikitenko (URS) Soviet Union |
12.87 |
| 4×100 metre relay | Europe Elvira Possekel Andrea Lynch Annegret Richter Sonia Lannaman |
42.51 | East Germany Monika Hamann Romy Schneider Ingrid Brestrich Marlies Oelsner |
42.65 | Soviet Union Vera Anisimova Lyudmila Maslakova Marina Sidorova Lyudmila Storozhkova |
42.91 |
| 4×400 metre relay | East Germany Bettina Popp Barbara Krug Christina Brehmer Marita Koch |
3:24.04 | Europe Rita Bottiglieri Donna Hartley Dagmar Fuhrmann Irena Szewińska |
3:25.80 | Soviet Union Lyudmila Aksyonova Natalya Sokolova Tatyana Prorochenko Marina Sidorova |
3:27.00 |
| High jump | Rosemarie Ackermann (GDR) East Germany |
1.98 | Sara Simeoni (ITA) Europe |
1.92 |  Debbie Brill (CAN)America |
1.89 |
| Long jump | Lyn Jacenko (AUS) Oceania |
6.54 |  Jarmila Nygrýnová (TCH) Europe |
6.48 | Tatyana Skachko (URS) Soviet Union |
6.48 |
| Shot put | Helena Fibingerová (TCH) Europe |
20.63 1 | Svetlana Krachevskaya (URS) Soviet Union |
20.39 | Maren Seidler (USA) United States |
15.50 |
| Discus throw | Faina Veleva (URS) Soviet Union |
68.10 |  Argentina Menis (ROU) Europe |
63.38 | Sabine Engel (GDR) East Germany |
63.12 |
| Javelin throw | Ruth Fuchs (GDR) East Germany |
62.36 | Nadezhda Yakubovich (URS) Soviet Union |
62.02 | Tessa Sanderson (GBR) 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.