1977 European Cup (athletics)

The 1977 European Cup was the 6th edition of the European Cup of athletics.

The Super League Finals were held in Helsinki, Finland.

Overall

Men

Pos.	Nation	Points
1	East Germany	125
2	West Germany	113
3	Soviet Union	100
4	Great Britain	95
5	Poland	93
6	France	70
7	Finland	66
8	Italy	54

Women

Pos.	Nation	Points
1	East Germany	106
2	Soviet Union	94
3	West Germany	68
	Great Britain	68
5	Poland	58
6	Romania	55
7	Bulgaria	53
8	Finland	36

Results

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m (Wind: 0.0 m/s)	Eugen Ray East Germany	10.12 NR, CR	Pietro Mennea Italy	10.29	Valeriy Borzov Soviet Union	10.33
200 m (Wind: -1.2 m/s)	Eugen Ray East Germany	20.86	Valeriy Borzov Soviet Union	21.10	Ainsley Bennett Great Britain	21.27
400 m	Bernd Herrmann West Germany	45.92	Ryszard Podla Poland	46.00	Francis Demarthon France	46.38
800 m	Willi Wülbeck West Germany	1:47.21	Olaf Beyer East Germany	1:47.27	José Marajo France	1:47.49
1500 m	Steve Ovett Great Britain	3:44.94	Thomas Wessinghage West Germany	3:45.38	Ari Paunonen Finland	3:45.90
5000 m	Nick Rose Great Britain	13:27.84 CR	Enn Sellik Soviet Union	13:29.20	Karl Fleschen West Germany	13:29.44
10,000 m	Jörg Peter East Germany	27:55.50 CR	Detlef Uhlemann West Germany	27:58.79	Leonid Moseyev Soviet Union	28:03.60
3000 m steeplechase	Michael Karst West Germany	8:27.87	Frank Baumgartl East Germany	8:31.53	Tapio Kantanen Finland	8:33.27
110 m hurdles	Thomas Munkelt East Germany	13.37 CR	Jan Pusty Poland	13.60	Eduard Pereverzev Soviet Union	13.63
400 m hurdles	Volker Beck East Germany	48.90 CR	Harald Schmid West Germany	49.27	Alan Pascoe Great Britain	49.65
4 × 100 m	East Germany	38.84 CR	Soviet Union	39.27	Poland	39.74
4 × 400 m	West Germany	3:02.66 CR	East Germany	3:03.23	Poland	3:03.83
High jump	Rolf Beilschmidt East Germany	2.31 CR	Jacek Wszola Poland	2.28	Aleksandr Grigoryev Soviet Union	2.20
Pole vault	Wladyslaw Kozakiewicz Poland	5.60 CR	Antti Kalliomäki Finland	5.35	Günther Lohre West Germany	5.30
Long jump	Jacques Rousseau France	8.05	Valeriy Podluzhniy Soviet Union	7.94	Roy Mitchell Great Britain	7.94
Triple jump	Anatoliy Piskulin Soviet Union	17.09w	Pentti Kuukasjärvi Finland	16.32	Eugeniusz Biskupski Poland	16.19
Shot put	Udo Beyer East Germany	21.65 CR	Reijo Ståhlberg Finland	20.90	Ralf Reichenbach West Germany	20.42
Discus throw	Wolfgang Schmidt East Germany	66.86 CR	Nikolay Vikhor Soviet Union	61.50	Stanislaw Wolodko Poland	61.20
Hammer throw	Karl-Hans Riehm West Germany	75.90	Jochen Sachse East Germany	74.60	Yuriy Sedykh Soviet Union	73.60
Javelin throw	Nikolay Grebnyev Soviet Union	87.18	Piotr Bielczyk Poland	79.62	Michael Wessing West Germany	79.56
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m (Wind: 1.0 m/s)	Marlies Oelsner East Germany	11.07 CR	Sonia Lannaman Great Britain	11.22	Irena Szewinska Poland	11.26
200 m (Wind: -0.8 m/s)	Irena Szewinska Poland	22.71	Sonia Lannaman Great Britain	22.83	Bärbel Eckert East Germany	22.99
400 m	Marita Koch East Germany	49.53 CR	Marina Sidorova Soviet Union	51.20	Donna Hartley Great Britain	51.62
800 m	Christina Liebetrau East Germany	2:00.17	Totka Petrova Bulgaria	2:00.18	Svetlana Styrkina Soviet Union	2:00.96
1500 m	Tatyana Kazankina Soviet Union	4:04.35 CR	Ulrike Bruns East Germany	4:04.52	Natalia Marasescu Romania	4:05.08
3000 m	Lyudmila Bragina Soviet Union	8:49.86	Maricica Puica Romania	8:50.96	Gabriele Meinel East Germany	8:53.91
100 m hurdles	Johanna Klier East Germany	12.83	Natalya Lebedeva Soviet Union	13.08	Bozena Nowakowska Poland	13.29
400 m hurdles	Karin Rossley East Germany	55.63 WR	Tatyana Storosheva Soviet Union	56.84	Krystyna Kacperczyk Poland	57.01
4 × 100 m	East Germany	42.62 CR	Soviet Union	43.43	West Germany	43.72
4 × 400 m	East Germany	3:23.70 CR	Soviet Union	3:26.62	Poland	3:27.76
High jump	Rosemarie Ackermann East Germany	1.97 WR, CR	Brigitte Holzapfel West Germany	1.88	Cornelia Popa Romania	1.84
Long jump	Brigitte Künzel East Germany	6.76	Christa Striezel West Germany	6.39	Sue Reeve Great Britain	6.35
Shot put	Eva Wilms West Germany	20.01	Svetlana Krachevskaya Soviet Union	19.76	Radostina Bakhchevanova Bulgaria	17.75
Discus throw	Faina Veleva Soviet Union	68.08	Sabine Engel East Germany	65.60	Argentina Menis Romania	62.22
Javelin throw	Ruth Fuchs East Germany	68.92 CR	Tessa Sanderson Great Britain	62.36	Nadezhda Yakubovich Soviet Union	61.84
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

External links

• European Cup results (Men) from GBR Athletics
• European Cup results (Women) from GBR Athletics