1977 European Cup (athletics)

The 1977 European Cup was the 6th edition of the European Cup of athletics.[1]

1977 European Cup
Host cityHelsinki, Finland
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
Events35

It was the first edition to introduce "A" and "B" Finals. The "A" Finals were held in Helsinki, Finland. The first two teams in those qualified for the inaugural IAAF World Cup.

"A" Final

Held in Helsinki on 13 and 14 August for both men and women.[2]

Team standings
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

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 Podlas
 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
(Wind: +2.0 m/s)		 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
Manfred Kokot
Eugen Ray
Detlef Kübeck
Alexander Thieme		38.84 CR  Soviet Union
Nikolay Kolesnikov
Aleksandr Aksinin
Juris Silovs
Valeriy Borzov		39.27  Poland
Andrzej Świerczyński
Zenon Licznerski
Zenon Nowosz
Leszek Dunecki		39.74
4 × 400 m  West Germany
Lothar Krieg
Harald Schmid
Franz-Peter Hofmeister
Bernd Herrmann		3:02.66 CR  East Germany
Reinhard Kokot
Jürgen Pfennig
Günter Arnold
Volker Beck		3:03.23  Poland
Cezary Łapiński
Henryk Galant
Jerzy Pietrzyk
Ryszard Podlas		3:03.83
High jump Rolf Beilschmidt
 East Germany		2.31 CR Jacek Wszoła
 Poland		2.28 Aleksandr Grigoryev
 Soviet Union		2.20
Pole vault Władysław 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 Stanisław Wołodko
 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 Szewińska
 Poland		11.26
200 m
(Wind: -0.8 m/s)		 Irena Szewińska
 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 Mărășescu
 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
(Wind: 0.0 m/s)		 Johanna Klier
 East Germany		12.83 Natalya Lebedeva
 Soviet Union		13.08 Bożena 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
Monika Hamann
Romy Schneider
Ingrid Brestrich
Marlies Oelsner		42.62 CR  Soviet Union
Tatyana Prorochenko
Lyudmila Maslakova
Marina Sidorova
Lyudmila Storozhkova		43.43  West Germany
Elvira Possekel
Dagmar Schenten
Petra Sharp
Annegret Richter		43.72
4 × 400 m  East Germany
Bettina Popp
Barbara Krug
Christina Brehmer
Marita Koch		3:23.70 CR  Soviet Union
Lyudmila Aksenova
Svetlana Styrkina
Tatyana Prorochenko
Natalya Sokolova		3:26.62  Poland
Krystyna Kacperczyk
Elżbieta Katolik
Barbara Kwietniewska
Irena Szewińska		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)

"B" Final

The winners qualified for the "A" final.

Semifinals

Men

All semifinals were held on 16 and 17 July.[2] First two teams qualified for the "A" final (plus Finland as the host). Places 3–5 qualified for the "B" final.

Women

All semifinals were held on 16 July.[2] First two teams qualified for the "A" final (plus Finland as the host). Places 3–5 qualified for the "B" final.

Preliminaries

Preliminaries were held in Søllerød, Denmark, on 25 and 26 June for both men and women. First three teams advanced to the semifinals.

References
  1. "The SPAR European Cup: Memories of Europe's premier team athletics event". european-athletics.org. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
  2. 2010 Italian almanach Archived 2021-08-28 at the Wayback Machine (p467)
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