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 men's events five teams represented continents (Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, Oceania) and the remaining three were three national teams (East Germany, West Germany and the United States).
• In women's events West Germany team was replaced by Soviet Union

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
	Steve Williams (USA)	United States	10.13	9
	Eugen Ray (GDR)	East Germany	10.15	7
	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
	Clancy Edwards (USA)	United States	20.17	9
	Pietro Mennea (ITA)	Europe	20.17	7
	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
	Alberto Juantorena (CUB)	Americas	45.36	9
	Volker Beck (GDR)	East Germany	45.50	7
	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 Krishna Prabhu (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
	Alberto Juantorena (CUB)	Americas	1:44.04	9
	Mike Boit (KEN)	Africa	1:44.14	7
	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
	Steve Ovett (GBR)	Europe	3:34.45	9
	Thomas Wessinghage (FRG)	West Germany	3:35.98	7
	Jürgen Straub (GDR)	East Germany	3:37.50	6
4	Abderrahmane Morceli (ALG)	Africa	3:37.80	5
5	Takashi Ishii (JPN)	Asia	3:38.20	4
6	Dave Hill (CAN)	Americas	3:39.20	3
7	Steve Scott (USA)	United States	3:44.00	2
	John Walker (NZL)	Oceania	DNF	–

Men's 5000 metres

4 September 1977

Rank	Athlete	Team	Time	Points	Notes
	Miruts Yifter (ETH)	Africa	13:13.82	9
	Marty Liquori (USA)	United States	13:15.06	7
	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	13:31.70	3
7	Hideki Kita (JPN)	Asia	13:40.40	2
8	Domingo Tibaduiza (COL)	Americas	14:13.30	1

Men's 10,000 metres

2 September

Rank	Athlete	Team	Time	Points	Notes
	Miruts Yifter (ETH)	Africa	28:32.3	9
	Jörg Peter (GDR)	East Germany	28:34.0	7
	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
	Michael Karst (FRG)	West Germany	8:21.60	9
	Eshetu Tura (ETH)	Africa	8:22.50	7
	George Malley (USA)	United States	8:25.20	6
4	Euan Robertson (NZL)	Oceania	8:25.50	5
5	Frank Baumgartl (GDR)	East Germany	8:26.40	4
6	Masanari Shintaku (JPN)	Asia	8:48.70	3
7	Carlos Martinez (MEX)	Americas	8:58.70	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
	Thomas Munkelt (GDR)	East Germany	13.41	9
	Alejandro Casañas (CUB)	Americas	13.50	7
	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
	Edwin Moses (USA)	United States	47.58	9
	Volker Beck (GDR)	East Germany	48.83	7
	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
	Bill Collins (USA), Steve Riddick (USA), Cliff Wiley (USA), Steve Williams (USA)	United States	38.03	9	WR
	Manfred Kokot (GDR), Eugen Ray (GDR), Detlef Kübeck (GDR), Alexander Thieme (GDR)	East Germany	38.57	7
	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
	Lothar Krieg (FRG), Franz-Peter Hofmeister (FRG), Harald Schmid (FRG), Bernd Herrmann (FRG)	West Germany	3:01.24	9
	Josip Alebić (YUG), Francis Demarthon (FRA), David Jenkins (GBR), Ryszard Podlas (POL)	Europe	3:02.47	7
	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	Georges Kablan Degnan (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	3:06.30	3
7	Ku Boon-Chil (KOR), Mohammed-Reza Entezari (IRI), Wang Lung-Hu (TPE), Uday Krishna Prabhu (IND)	Asia	3:10.90	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
	Rolf Beilschmidt (GDR)	East Germany	2.30	9
	Dwight Stones (USA)	United States	2.27	7
	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
	Mike Tully (USA)	United States	5.60	9
	Władysław Kozakiewicz (POL)	Europe	5.55	7
	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)	Africa	NH

Men's long jump

2 September 1977

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

Women's 100 metres

3 September 1977
Wind: 0.0 m/s

Rank	Athlete	Team	Time	Points	Notes
	Marlies Oelsner (GDR)	East Germany	11.16	9
	Sonia Lannaman (GBR)	Europe	11.26	7
	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
	Irena Szewińska (POL)	Europe	22.72	9
	Bärbel Eckert (GDR)	East Germany	23.02	7
	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
	Irena Szewińska (POL)	Europe	49.52	9
	Marita Koch (GDR)	East Germany	49.76	7
	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
	Totka Petrova (BUL)	Europe	1:59.20	9
	Christine Liebetrau (GDR)	East Germany	1:59.47	7
	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	2:05.00	4
6	Rose Tata (KEN)	Africa	2:07.50	3
7	Phyllis Lazarakis (AUS)	Oceania	2:07.70	2
8	Pazit Fabian (ISR)	Asia	2:12.90	1

Women's 1500 metres

2 September 1977

Rank	Athlete	Team	Time	Points	Notes
	Tatyana Kazankina (URS)	Europe	4:12.74	9
	Francie Larrieu (USA)	United States	4:13.00	7
	Ulrike Bruns (GDR)	East Germany	4:13.10	6
4	Natalia Mărășescu (ROU)	Europe	4:13.10	5
5	Penny Werthner (CAN)	Americas	4:14.60	4
6	Sakina Boutamine (ALG)	Africa	4:18.50	3
7	Junko Yoshitomi (JPN)	Asia	4:24.80	2
8	Anne Garrett (NZL)	Oceania	4:31.50	1

Women's 3000 metres

4 September 1977

Rank	Athlete	Team	Time	Points	Notes
	Grete Waitz (NOR)	Europe	8:43.5	9
	Lyudmila Bragina (URS)	Soviet Union	8:46.3	7
	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
	Grażyna Rabsztyn (POL)	Europe	12.70	9
	Johanna Klier (GDR)	East Germany	12.86	7
	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
	Elvira Possekel (FRG), Andrea Lynch (GBR), Annegret Richter (FRG), Sonia Lannaman (GBR)	Europe	42.51	9
	Monika Hamann (GDR), Romy Schneider (GDR), Ingrid Brestrich (GDR), Marlies Oelsner (GDR)	East Germany	42.65	7
	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
	Bettina Popp (GDR), Barbara Krug (GDR), Christina Brehmer (GDR), Marita Koch (GDR)	East Germany	3:24.04	9
	Rita Bottiglieri (ITA), Donna Hartley (GBR), Dagmar Fuhrmann (FRG), Irena Szewińska (POL)	Europe	3:25.80	7
	Lyudmila Aksyonova (URS), Natalya Sokolova (URS), Tatyana Prorochenko (URS), Marina Sidorova (URS)	Soviet Union	3:27.00	6
4	Marian Fisher (AUS), Verna Burnard (AUS), Bethanie Nail (AUS), Christine Dale (AUS)	Oceania	3:30.50	5
5	Joyce Yakubowich (CAN), Jackie Pusey (JAM), Helen Blake (JAM), Aurelia Pentón (CUB)	Americas	3:31.00	4
6	Sharon Dabney (USA), Pam Jiles (USA), Kim Thomas (USA), Rosalyn Bryant (USA)	United States	3:33.00	3
7	Ruth Kyalisima (UGA), Marième Boye (SEN), Tekla Chemabwai (KEN), Ruth Waithera (KEN)	Africa	3:36.30	2
8	Lai Lee-Chiao (TPE), Keiko Nagasawa (JPN), Carolina Rieuwpassa (INA), Than Than (MYA)	Asia	3:53.80	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
	Rosemarie Ackermann (GDR)	East Germany	1.98	9
	Sara Simeoni (ITA)	Europe	1.92	7
	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
	Lyn Jacenko (AUS)	Oceania	6.54	9
	Jarmila Nygrýnová (TCH)	Europe	6.48	7
	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
	Helena Fibingerová (TCH)	Europe	20.63	9
	Svetlana Krachevskaya (URS)	Soviet Union	20.39	7
	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
DSQ	Ilona Slupianek (GDR)	East Germany	20.93	0

Women's discus throw

4 September 1977

Rank	Athlete	Team	Result	Points	Notes
	Faina Veleva (URS)	Soviet Union	68.10	9
	Argentina Menis (ROU)	Europe	63.38	7
	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
	Ruth Fuchs (GDR)	East Germany	62.36	9
	Nadezhda Yakubovich (URS)	Soviet Union	62.02	7
	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