1977 European Cup (athletics)

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1977 European Cup
Host city Helsinki, Finland
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
Events35

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

Contents

It was the first edition to introduce "A" and "B" Finals. The three best non-qualifying teams in the Semifinals would now compete in the "B" Final, the winner of which would qualify for the "A" Final.

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

Results summary

Men's events

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 m
(Wind: 0.0 m/s)
Eugen Ray
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
10.12
NR , CR
Pietro Mennea
Flag of Italy.svg Italy
10.29 Valeriy Borzov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
10.33
200 m
(Wind: -1.2 m/s)
Eugen Ray
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
20.86 Valeriy Borzov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
21.10 Ainsley Bennett
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
21.27
400 m Bernd Herrmann
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
45.92 Ryszard Podlas
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
46.00 Francis Demarthon
Flag of France.svg France
46.38
800 m Willi Wülbeck
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
1:47.21 Olaf Beyer
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
1:47.27 José Marajo
Flag of France.svg France
1:47.49
1500 m Steve Ovett
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
3:44.94 Thomas Wessinghage
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
3:45.38 Ari Paunonen
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
3:45.90
5000 m Nick Rose
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
13:27.84 CR Enn Sellik
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
13:29.20 Karl Fleschen
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
13:29.44
10,000 m Jörg Peter
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
27:55.50 CR Detlef Uhlemann
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
27:58.79 Leonid Moseyev
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
28:03.60
3000 m steeplechase Michael Karst
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
8:27.87 Frank Baumgartl
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
8:31.53 Tapio Kantanen
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
8:33.27
110 m hurdles
(Wind: +2.0 m/s)
Thomas Munkelt
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
13.37 CR Jan Pusty
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
13.60 Eduard Pereverzev
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
13.63
400 m hurdles Volker Beck
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
48.90 CR Harald Schmid
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
49.27 Alan Pascoe
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
49.65
4 × 100 m Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Manfred Kokot
Eugen Ray
Detlef Kübeck
Alexander Thieme
38.84 CR Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
Nikolay Kolesnikov
Aleksandr Aksinin
Juris Silovs
Valeriy Borzov
39.27Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
Andrzej Świerczyński
Zenon Licznerski
Zenon Nowosz
Leszek Dunecki
39.74
4 × 400 m Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Lothar Krieg
Harald Schmid
Franz-Peter Hofmeister
Bernd Herrmann
3:02.66 CR Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Reinhard Kokot
Jürgen Pfennig
Günter Arnold
Volker Beck
3:03.23Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
Cezary Łapiński
Henryk Galant
Jerzy Pietrzyk
Ryszard Podlas
3:03.83
High jump Rolf Beilschmidt
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
2.31 CR Jacek Wszoła
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
2.28 Aleksandr Grigoryev
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
2.20
Pole vault Władysław Kozakiewicz
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
5.60 CR Antti Kalliomäki
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
5.35 Günther Lohre
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
5.30
Long jump Jacques Rousseau
Flag of France.svg France
8.05 Valeriy Podluzhniy
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
7.94 Roy Mitchell
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
7.94
Triple jump Anatoliy Piskulin
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
17.09w Pentti Kuukasjärvi
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
16.32 Eugeniusz Biskupski
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
16.19
Shot put Udo Beyer
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
21.65 CR Reijo Ståhlberg
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
20.90 Ralf Reichenbach
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
20.42
Discus throw Wolfgang Schmidt
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
66.86 CR Nikolay Vikhor
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
61.50 Stanisław Wołodko
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
61.20
Hammer throw Karl-Hans Riehm
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
75.90 Jochen Sachse
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
74.60 Yuriy Sedykh
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
73.60
Javelin throw Nikolay Grebnyev
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
87.18 Piotr Bielczyk
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
79.62 Michael Wessing
Flag of Germany.svg  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

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 m
(Wind: +1.0 m/s)
Marlies Oelsner
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
11.07 CR Sonia Lannaman
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
11.22 Irena Szewińska
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
11.26
200 m
(Wind: -0.8 m/s)
Irena Szewińska
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
22.71 Sonia Lannaman
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
22.83 Bärbel Eckert
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
22.99
400 m Marita Koch
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
49.53 CR Marina Sidorova
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
51.20 Donna Hartley
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
51.62
800 m Christina Liebetrau
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
2:00.17 Totka Petrova
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria
2:00.18 Svetlana Styrkina
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
2:00.96
1500 m Tatyana Kazankina
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
4:04.35 CR Ulrike Bruns
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
4:04.52 Natalia Mărășescu
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania
4:05.08
3000 m Lyudmila Bragina
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
8:49.86 Maricica Puica
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania
8:50.96 Gabriele Meinel
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
8:53.91
100 m hurdles
(Wind: 0.0 m/s)
Johanna Klier
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
12.83 Natalya Lebedeva
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
13.08 Bożena Nowakowska
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
13.29
400 m hurdles Karin Rossley
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
55.63
WR
Tatyana Storosheva
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
56.84 Krystyna Kacperczyk
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
57.01
4 × 100 m Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Monika Hamann
Romy Schneider
Ingrid Brestrich
Marlies Oelsner
42.62 CR Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
Tatyana Prorochenko
Lyudmila Maslakova
Marina Sidorova
Lyudmila Storozhkova
43.43Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Elvira Possekel
Dagmar Schenten
Petra Sharp
Annegret Richter
43.72
4 × 400 m Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Bettina Popp
Barbara Krug
Christina Brehmer
Marita Koch
3:23.70 CR Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
Lyudmila Aksenova
Svetlana Styrkina
Tatyana Prorochenko
Natalya Sokolova
3:26.62Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
Krystyna Kacperczyk
Elżbieta Katolik
Barbara Kwietniewska
Irena Szewińska
3:27.76
High jump Rosemarie Ackermann
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
1.97
WR , CR
Brigitte Holzapfel
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
1.88 Cornelia Popa
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania
1.84
Long jump Brigitte Künzel
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
6.76 Christa Striezel
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
6.39 Sue Reeve
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
6.35
Shot put Eva Wilms
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
20.01 Svetlana Krachevskaya
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
19.76 Radostina Bakhchevanova
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria
17.75
Discus throw Faina Veleva
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
68.08 Sabine Engel
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
65.60 Argentina Menis
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania
62.22
Javelin throw Ruth Fuchs
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
68.92 CR Tessa Sanderson
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
62.36 Nadezhda Yakubovich
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg 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.

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References

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