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.TeamResult
1East Germany127
2United States120
3West Germany112
4Europe111
5America92
6Africa78
7Oceania48
8Asia44
 

Women

Pos.TeamResult
1Europe109
2East Germany93
3Soviet Union90
4United States60
5America56
6Oceania46
7Africa32
8Asia30

Medal summary

For more details on this topic, see 1977 IAAF World Cup results.

Men

100 metresSteve Williams (United States)
United States		10.13Eugen Ray (East Germany)
East Germany		10.15Silvio Leonard (Cuba)
America		10.19
200 metresClancy Edwards (United States)
United States		20.17Pietro Mennea (Italy)
Europe		20.17Silvio Leonard (Cuba)
America		20.30
400 metresAlberto Juantorena (Cuba)
America		45.36Volker Beck (East Germany)
East Germany		45.50Robert Taylor (United States)
United States		45.57
800 metresAlberto Juantorena (Cuba)
America		1:44.04Mike Boit (Kenya)
Africa		1:44.14Willi Wülbeck (West Germany)
West Germany		1:45.47
1500 metresSteve Ovett (United Kingdom)
Europe		3:34.45Thomas Wessinghage (West Germany)
West Germany		3:35.98Jürgen Straub (East Germany)
East Germany		3:37.50
5000 metresMiruts Yifter (Ethiopia)
Africa		13:13.82Marty Liquori (United States)
United States		13:15.06David Fitzsimons (Australia)
Oceania		13:17.42
10,000 metresMiruts Yifter (Ethiopia)
Africa		28:32.31Jörg Peter (East Germany)
East Germany		28:34.00Jos Hermens (Netherlands)
Europe		28:35.00
110 metre hurdlesThomas Munkelt (East Germany)
East Germany		13.41Alejandro Casañas (Cuba)
America		13.50Charles Foster (United States)
United States		13.51
400 metre hurdlesEdwin Moses (United States)
United States		47.58Volker Beck (East Germany)
East Germany		48.83Harald Schmid (West Germany)
West Germany		48.85
3000 metre steeplechaseMichael Karst (West Germany)
West Germany		8:21.60Eshetu Tura (Ethiopia)
Africa		8:22.50George Malley (United States)
United States		8:25.20
4×100 metre relayUnited States
Bill Collins
Steve Riddick
Cliff Wiley
Steve Williams		38.03 WREast Germany
Manfred Kokot
Eugen Ray
Detlef Kübeck
Alexander Thieme		38.57America
Rui da Silva
Silvio Leonard
Don Quarrie
Osvaldo Lara		38.66
4×400 metre relayWest Germany
Lothar Krieg
Franz-Peter Hofmeister
Harald Schmid
Bernd Herrmann		3:01.34Europe
Josip Alebić
Francis Demarthon
David Jenkins
Ryszard Podlas		3:02.47America
Delmo da Silva
Fred Sowerby
Brian Saunders
Alberto Juantorena		3:02.66
High jumpRolf Beilschmidt (East Germany)
East Germany		2.30Dwight Stones (United States)
United States		2.27Jacek Wszoła (Poland)
Europe		2.24
Pole vaultMike Tully (United States)
United States		5.60Władysław Kozakiewicz (Poland)
Europe		5.55Axel Weber (East Germany)
East Germany		5.30
Long jumpArnie Robinson (United States)
United States		8.19Hans Baumgartner (West Germany)
West Germany		7.96Charlton Ehizuelen (Nigeria)
Africa		7.89
Triple jumpJoão Carlos de Oliveira (Brazil)
America		16.68Anatoliy Piskulin (Soviet Union)
Europe		16.61Klaus Hufnagel (East Germany)
East Germany		16.43
Shot putUdo Beyer (East Germany)
East Germany		21.74Reijo Ståhlberg (Finland)
Europe		20.46Ralf Reichenbach (West Germany)
West Germany		19.97
Discus throwWolfgang Schmidt (East Germany)
East Germany		67.14Mac Wilkins (United States)
United States		66.64Hein-Direck Neu (West Germany)
West Germany		62.64
Hammer throwKarl-Hans Riehm (West Germany)
West Germany		75.64Jochen Sachse (East Germany)
East Germany		75.40Peter Farmer (Australia)
Oceania		73.92
Javelin throwMichael Wessing (West Germany)
West Germany		87.46Wolfgang Hanisch (East Germany)
East Germany		84.28Miklós Németh (Hungary)
Europe		80.82

Women

100 metresMarlies Oelsner (East Germany)
East Germany		11.16Sonia Lannaman (United Kingdom)
Europe		11.26Silvia Chivás (Cuba)
America		11.34
200 metresIrena Szewińska (Poland)
Europe		22.72Bärbel Eckert (East Germany)
East Germany		23.02Tatyana Prorochenko (Soviet Union)
Soviet Union		23.26
400 metresIrena Szewińska (Poland)
Europe		49.52Marita Koch (East Germany)
East Germany		49.76Marina Sidorova (Soviet Union)
Soviet Union		51.29
800 metresTotka Petrova (Bulgaria)
Europe		1:59.20Christine Liebetrau (East Germany)
East Germany		1:59.47Svetlana Styrkina (Soviet Union)
Soviet Union		1:59.72
1500 metresTatyana Kazankina (Soviet Union)
Soviet Union		4:12.74Francie Larrieu (United States)
United States		4:13.00Ulrike Bruns (East Germany)
East Germany		4:13.10
3000 metresGrete Waitz (Norway)
Europe		8:43.50Lyudmila Bragina (Soviet Union)
Soviet Union		8:46.30Jan Merrill (United States)
United States		8:46.60
100 metre hurdlesGrażyna Rabsztyn (Poland)
Europe		12.70Johanna Klier (East Germany)
East Germany		12.86Lyubov Nikitenko (Soviet Union)
Soviet Union		12.87
4×100 metre relayEurope
Elvira Possekel
Andrea Lynch
Annegret Richter
Sonia Lannaman		42.51East Germany
Monika Hamann
Romy Schneider
Ingrid Brestrich
Marlies Oelsner		42.65Soviet Union
Vera Anisimova
Lyudmila Maslakova
Marina Sidorova
Lyudmila Storozhkova		42.91
4×400 metre relayEast Germany
Bettina Popp
Barbara Krug
Christina Brehmer
Marita Koch		3:24.04Europe
Rita Bottiglieri
Donna Hartley
Dagmar Fuhrmann
Irena Szewińska		3:25.80Soviet Union
Lyudmila Aksyonova
Natalya Sokolova
Tatyana Prorochenko
Marina Sidorova		3:27.00
High jumpRosemarie Ackermann (East Germany)
East Germany		1.98Sara Simeoni (Italy)
Europe		1.92Debbie Brill (Canada)
America		1.89
Long jumpLyn Jacenko (Australia)
Oceania		6.54Jarmila Nygrýnová (Czechoslovakia)
Europe		6.48Tatyana Skachko (Soviet Union)
Soviet Union		6.48
Shot putHelena Fibingerová (Czechoslovakia)
Europe		20.63 1Svetlana Krachevskaya (Soviet Union)
Soviet Union		20.39Maren Seidler (United States)
United States		15.50
Discus throwFaina Veleva (Soviet Union)
Soviet Union		68.10Argentina Menis (Romania)
Europe		63.38Sabine Engel (East Germany)
East Germany		63.12
Javelin throwRuth Fuchs (East Germany)
East Germany		62.36Nadezhda Yakubovich (Soviet Union)
Soviet Union		62.02Tessa Sanderson (United Kingdom)
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.