1977 European Cup "A" Final

These are the full results of the 1977 European Cup "A" Final in athletics which was held at the Olympic Stadium on 13 and 14 August 1977 in Helsinki, Finland.

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 results

100 metres

13 August
Wind: 0.0 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes	Points
1	7	Eugen Ray	East Germany	10.12	CR, NR	8
2	2	Pietro Mennea	Italy	10.29		7
3	6	Valeriy Borzov	Soviet Union	10.33		6
4	1	Ainsley Bennett	Great Britain	10.48		5
5	5	Lucien Sainte-Rose	France	10.52		4
6	2	Werner Bastians	West Germany	10.60		3
7	3	Antti Rajamäki	Finland	10.64		2
8	8	Marian Woronin	Poland	10.73		1

200 metres

14 August
Wind: -2.4 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes	Points
1	Eugen Ray	East Germany	20.86		8
2	Valeriy Borzov	Soviet Union	21.10		7
3	Ainsley Bennett	Great Britain	21.27		6
4	Ossi Karttunen	Finland	21.35		5
5	Joseph Arame	France	21.48		4
6	Luciano Caravani	Italy	21.65		3
7	Michael Gruse	West Germany	21.80		2
8	Zenon Licznerski	Poland	21.82		1

400 metres

13 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes	Points
1	Bernd Herrmann	West Germany	45.92		8
2	Ryszard Podlas	Poland	46.00		7
3	Francis Demarthon	France	46.38		6
4	David Jenkins	Great Britain	46.40		5
5	Reinhard Kokot	East Germany	46.80		4
6	Alfonso Di Guida	Italy	47.04		3
7	Valeriy Yurchenko	Soviet Union	47.53		2
8	Hannu Mäkelä	Finland	47.73		1

800 metres

14 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes	Points
1	Willi Wülbeck	West Germany	1:47.21		8
2	Olaf Beyer	East Germany	1:47.29		7
3	José Marajo	France	1:47.49		6
4	Sebastian Coe	Great Britain	1:47.61		5
5	Marian Gęsicki	Poland	1:47.69		4
6	Vladimir Ponomaryov	Soviet Union	1:47.74		3
7	Ari Paunonen	Finland	1:47.93		2
8	Gabriele Ferrero	Italy	1:48.80		1

1500 metres

13 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes	Points
1	Steve Ovett	Great Britain	3:44.94		8
2	Thomas Wessinghage	West Germany	3:45.38		7
3	Ari Paunonen	Finland	3:45.90		6
4	Henryk Wasilewski	Poland	3:45.93		5
5	Francis Gonzalez	France	3:46.56		4
6	Jürgen Straub	East Germany	3:46.58		3
7	Anatoliy Mamontov	Soviet Union	3:46.60		2
8	Mariano Scartezzini	Italy	3:48.67		1

5000 metres

14 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes	Points
1	Nick Rose	Great Britain	13:27.84	CR	8
2	Enn Sellik	Soviet Union	13:29.20		7
3	Karl Fleschen	West Germany	13:29.44		6
4	Manfred Kuschmann	East Germany	13:33.42		5
5	Ryszard Kopijasz	Poland	13:42.16		4
6	Jacques Boxberger	France	13:45.50		3
7	Luigi Zarcone	Italy	13:50.41		2
8	Pekka Päivärinta	Finland	14:12.86		1

10,000 metres

13 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes	Points
1	Jörg Peter	East Germany	27:55.50	CR	8
2	Detlef Uhlemann	West Germany	27:58.79		7
3	Leonid Moseyev	Soviet Union	28:03.60		6
4	Martti Vainio	Finland	28:07.23		5
5	Jerzy Kowol	Poland	28:09.96	NR	4
6	Franco Fava	Italy	28:11.59		3
7	Jean-Paul Gomez	France	28:15.66		2
8	Tony Simmons	Great Britain	29:03.97		1

110 metres hurdles

14 August
Wind: +2.0 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes	Points
1	Thomas Munkelt	East Germany	13.37	CR	8
2	Jan Pusty	Poland	13.60		7
3	Eduard Pereverzev	Soviet Union	13.63		6
4	Arto Bryggare	Finland	13.66		5
5	Berwyn Price	Great Britain	13.87		4
6	Giuseppe Buttari	Italy	14.18		3
7	Thierry Sellier	France	14.57		2
	Dieter Gebhard	West Germany	DNF		0

400 metres hurdles

13 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes	Points
1	Volker Beck	East Germany	48.90	CR, NR	8
2	Harald Schmid	West Germany	49.27		7
3	Alan Pascoe	Great Britain	49.65		6
4	Jerzy Hewelt	Poland	50.44		5
5	Vasyl Arkhypenko	Soviet Union	50.56		4
6	Raimo Alanen	Finland	51.02		3
7	Lucien Baggio	France	51.24		2
8	Lorenzo Brigante	Italy	51.96		1

3000 metres steeplechase

14 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes	Points
1	Michael Karst	West Germany	8:27.87		8
2	Frank Baumgartl	East Germany	8:31.53		7
3	Tapio Kantanen	Finland	8:33.27		6
4	Dennis Coates	Great Britain	8:33.94		5
5	Franco Fava	Italy	8:37.06		4
6	Vladimir Filonov	Soviet Union	8:38.55		3
7	Krzysztof Wesołowski	Poland	8:40.94		2
8	Philippe Gauthier	France	9:12.09		1

4 × 100 metres relay

13 August

Rank	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Note	Points
1	5	East Germany	Manfred Kokot, Eugen Ray, Detlef Kübeck, Alexander Thieme	38.84	CR	8
2	4	Soviet Union	Nikolay Kolesnikov, Aleksandr Aksinin, Juris Silovs, Valeriy Borzov	39.27		7
3	6	Poland	Andrzej Świerczyński, Zenon Licznerski, Zenon Nowosz, Leszek Dunecki	39.38		6
4	7	West Germany	Werner Bastians, Dieter Gebhard, Dieter Steinmann, Michael Gruse	39.74		5
5	1	Great Britain	Ainsley Bennett, Allan Wells, Tim Bonsor, Steve Green	39.84		4
6	3	France	Éric Bigon, Joseph Arame, Lucien Sainte-Rose, Jacques Rousseau	39.84		3
7	2	Finland	Antti Rajamäki, Ossi Karttunen, Markku Juhola, Raimo Räty	40.51		2
	8	Italy	Stefano Curini, Luciano Caravani, Pietro Farina, Pietro Mennea	DQ		0

4 × 400 metres relay

14 August

Rank	Nation	Athletes	Time	Note	Points
1	West Germany	Lothar Krieg, Harald Schmid, Franz-Peter Hofmeister, Bernd Herrmann	3:02.66	CR	8
2	East Germany	Reinhard Kokot, Jürgen Pfennig, Gόnter Arnold, Volker Beck	3:03.23	NR	7
3	Poland	Cezary Łapiński, Henryk Galant, Jerzy Pietrzyk, Ryszard Podlas	3:03.83		6
4	Great Britain	Steve Scutt, Danny Laing, Glen Cohen, David Jenkins	3:04.82		5
5	France	Robert Froissart, Jean-Claude Nallet, Lionel Malingre, Francis Demarthon	3:05.22		4
6	Finland	Matti Rusanen, Juhani Tiihonen, Hannu Mäkelä, Markku Kukkoaho	3:07.12		3
7	Soviet Union	Vladimir Yevstyunin, Viktor Burakov, Vasyl Arkhypenko, Valeriy Yurchenko	3:07.47		2
8	Italy	Stefano Malinverni, Roberto Tozzi, Daniele Zanini, Alfonso Di Guida	3:09.07		1

High jump

13 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes	Points
1	Rolf Beilschmidt	East Germany	2.31	CR	8
2	Jacek Wszoła	Poland	2.28		7
3	Aleksandr Grigoryev	Soviet Union	2.20		6
4	Bruno Bruni	Italy	2.20		5
5	Carlo Thränhardt	West Germany	2.20		4
6	Paul Poaniewa	France	2.11		3
7	Mike Butterfield	Great Britain	2.08		2
8	Asko Pesonen	Finland	2.08	DQ, Doping	0

Pole vault

14 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes	Points
1	Władysław Kozakiewicz	Poland	5.60	CR	8
2	Antti Kalliomäki	Finland	5.35		7
3	Günther Lohre	West Germany	5.30		6
4	Brian Hooper	Great Britain	5.30		5
5	Jean-Michel Bellot	France	5.25		4
6	Renato Dionisi	Italy	5.20		3
7	Axel Weber	East Germany	5.20		2
8	Vladimir Kishkun	Soviet Union	5.00		1

Long jump

13 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes	Points
1	Jacques Rousseau	France	7.95	x	x	x	8.05	7.96	8.05		8
2	Valeriy Pidluzhny	Soviet Union	7.76	6.65	7.84	7.94	7.88	7.90	7.94		7
3	Roy Mitchell	Great Britain	5.07	7.72	x	7.94	7.90	7.94		6
4	Hans Baumgartner	West Germany						7.72		5
5	Uwe Lange	East Germany						7.68		4
6	Maurizio Siega	Italy						7.66		3
7	Andrzej Korniak	Poland						7.55		2
8	Erkki Päivärinta	Finland						7.44		1

Triple jump

14 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes	Points
1	Anatoliy Piskulin	Soviet Union	17.09w	16.69	x	x	x	16.56	17.09w		8
2	Pentti Kuukasjärvi	Finland	16.32	15.93	15.79	x	15.88	15.99	16.32		7
3	Eugeniusz Biskupski	Poland	15.99w	15.76	14.05	16.09	15.90	16.19	16.19		6
4	Keith Connor	Great Britain						16.17		5
5	Bernard Lamitié	France						16.07		4
6	Wolfgang Kolmsee	West Germany						15.94		3
7	Klaus Hufnagel	East Germany						15.93		2
8	Roberto Mazzucato	Italy						15.82		1

Shot put

13 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes	Points
1	Udo Beyer	East Germany	21.65	21.50	20.98	20.66	21.14	20.90	21.65	CR	8
2	Reijo Ståhlberg	Finland	19.85	20.59	20.90	x	x	x	20.90		7
3	Ralf Reichenbach	West Germany	20.30	19.99	20.42	20.42	19.86	x	20.42		6
4	Geoff Capes	Great Britain							20.15		5
5	Władysław Komar	Poland							19.71		4
6	Marco Montelatici	Italy							19.09		3
7	Anatoliy Yarosh	Soviet Union							19.04		2
8	Arnjolt Beer	France							18.07		1

Discus throw

14 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes	Points
1	Wolfgang Schmidt	East Germany	64.44	63.34	x	66.86	65.02	x	66.86	CR	8
2	Markku Tuokko	Finland	x	64.10	67.06	x	63.56	66.42	66.42	DQ, Doping	0
2	Nikolay Vikhor	Soviet Union	60.46	x	61.50	58.46	x	x	61.50		7
3	Stanisław Wołodko	Poland							61.20		6
4	Hein-Direck Neu	West Germany							60.68		5
5	Silvano Simeon	Italy							57.98		4
6	Frédéric Piette	France							57.08		3
7	John Hillier	Great Britain							53.92		2

Hammer throw

13 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes	Points
1	Karl-Hans Riehm	West Germany	75.90	75.64	75.38	x	75.08	x	75.90		8
2	Jochen Sachse	East Germany	71.34	69.64	70.82	74.60	73.14	71.52	74.60		7
3	Yuriy Sedykh	Soviet Union	70.22	72.62	73.60	72.28	72.68	73.34	73.60		6
4	Chris Black	Great Britain							71.18		5
5	Giampaolo Urlando	Italy							70.34		4
6	Juha Tiainen	Finland							70.12		3
7	Philippe Suriray	France							66.12		2
8	Ireneusz Golda	Poland							65.74		1

Javelin throw

14 August – Old model

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes	Points
1	Nikolay Grebnyev	Soviet Union	78.54	77.64	81.28	83.10	84.38	87.18	87.18		8
2	Seppo Hovinen	Finland	83.98	x	x	x	84.06	78.50	84.06	DQ, Doping	0
2	Piotr Bielczyk	Poland	78.62	73.08	69.18	73.08	79.62	78.68	79.62		7
3	Michael Wessing	West Germany							79.56		6
4	Wolfgang Hanisch	East Germany							79.04		5
5	Penitio Lutui	France							74.42		4
6	David Ottley	Great Britain							72.70		3
7	Vincenzo Marchetti	Italy							66.64		2

Women's results

100 metres

13 August
Wind: +1.0 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes	Points
1	Marlies Oelsner	East Germany	11.07	CR	8
2	Sonia Lannaman	Great Britain	11.22		7
3	Irena Szewińska	Poland	11.26		6
4	Lyudmila Maslakova	Soviet Union	11.32		5
5	Elvira Possekel	West Germany	11.57		4
6	Ivanka Valkova	Bulgaria	11.60		3
7	Mona-Lisa Pursiainen	Finland	11.64		2
8	Veronica Buia	Romania	11.77		1

200 metres

14 August
Wind: -0.8 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes	Points
1	Irena Szewińska	Poland	22.71		8
2	Sonia Lannaman	Great Britain	22.83		7
3	Bärbel Eckert	East Germany	22.99		6
4	Marina Sidorova	Soviet Union	23.28		5
5	Dagmar Schenten	West Germany	23.61		4
6	Pirjo Häggman	Finland	24.02		3
7	Ivanka Valkova	Bulgaria	24.29		2
8	Veronica Buia	Romania	24.52		1

400 metres

13 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes	Points
1	Marita Koch	East Germany	49.53	CR	8
2	Marina Sidorova	Soviet Union	51.20		7
3	Donna Hartley	Great Britain	51.62		6
4	Pirjo Häggman	Finland	52.11		5
5	Dagmar Fuhrmann	West Germany	52.12		4
6	Elena Tărîță	Romania	52.36		3
7	Elżbieta Katolik	Poland	53.06		2
8	Svetla Koleva	Bulgaria	54.26		1

800 metres

13 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes	Points
1	Christina Liebetrau	East Germany	2:00.17		8
2	Totka Petrova	Bulgaria	2:00.18		7
3	Svetlana Styrkina	Soviet Union	2:00.96		6
4	Ileana Silai	Romania	2:01.28		5
5	Elisabeth Schacht	West Germany	2:01.61		4
6	Jolanta Januchta	Poland	2:01.97		3
7	Jane Colebrook	Great Britain	2:02.98		2
8	Sinikka Tyynelä	Finland	2:03.48	NR	1

1500 metres

14 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes	Points
1	Tatyana Kazankina	Soviet Union	4:04.35	CR	8
2	Ulrike Bruns	East Germany	4:04.52		7
3	Natalia Mărășescu	Romania	4:05.08		6
4	Vesela Yatsinska	Bulgaria	4:05.35		5
5	Sinikka Tyynelä	Finland	4:06.01	NR	4
6	Elisabeth Schacht	West Germany	4:09.95		3
7	Celina Sokołowska	Poland	4:10.75	NR	2
8	Hilary Hollick	Great Britain	4:21.86		1

3000 metres

14 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes	Points
1	Lyudmila Bragina	Soviet Union	8:49.86		8
2	Maricica Puică	Romania	8:50.96		7
3	Gabriele Veith	East Germany	8:53.91	NR	6
4	Ann Ford	Great Britain	8:55.92		5
5	Brigitte Kraus	West Germany	9:01.29	NR	4
6	Rumyana Chavdarova	Bulgaria	9:06.28		3
7	Bronisława Ludwichowska	Poland	9:14.40		2
8	Aila Paunonen	Finland	9:35.22		1

100 metres hurdles

14 August
Wind: 0.0 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes	Points
1	Johanna Klier	East Germany	12.83		8
2	Natalya Lebedeva	Soviet Union	13.08		7
3	Bożena Nowakowska	Poland	13.29		6
4	Sharon Colyear	Great Britain	13.48		5
5	Lidia Guseva	Bulgaria	13.64		4
6	Sylvia Kempin	West Germany	13.76		3
7	Ulla Lempiäinen	Finland	13.87		2
8	Elena Mirza	Romania	14.22		1

400 metres hurdles

13 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes	Points
1	Karin Roßley	East Germany	55.63	WR	8
2	Tatyana Storocheva	Soviet Union	56.84		7
3	Krystyna Kacperczyk	Poland	57.01		6
4	Erika Weinstein	West Germany	57.36		5
5	Christine Warden	Great Britain	58.51		4
6	Alexandra Badescu	Romania	59.28		3
7	Zlatina Ilieva	Bulgaria	59.55		2
8	Tuija Helander	Finland	1:01.39		1

4 × 100 metres relay

13 August

Rank	Nation	Athletes	Time	Note	Points
1	East Germany	Monika Hamann, Romy Schneider, Ingrid Brestrich, Marlies Oelsner	42.62	CR	8
2	Soviet Union	Tatyana Prorochenko, Lyudmila Maslakova, Marina Sidorova, Lyudmila Storozhkova	43.43		7
3	West Germany	Elvira Possekel, Dagmar Schenten, Petra Sharp, Annegret Richter	43.72		6
4	Poland	Ewa Długołęcka, Małgorzata Bogucka, Elżbieta Kaniecka, Irena Szewińska	43.74		5
5	Great Britain	Wendy Clarke, Sonia Lannaman, Sharon Colyear, Andrea Lynch	43.74		4
6	Bulgaria	Sofka Popova, Ivanka Valkova, Lyubina Dimitrova, Galina Penkova	44.72		3
7	Finland	Helinä Laihorinne, Mona-Lisa Pursiainen, Yvonne Hannus, Barbro Lindström	45.32		2
8	Romania	Otilia Șomănescu, Eugenia Baciu, Elena Mirza, Veronica Buia	47.28		1

4 × 400 metres relay

14 August

Rank	Nation	Athletes	Time	Note	Points
1	East Germany	Bettina Popp, Barbara Krug, Christina Brehmer, Marita Koch	3:23.70	CR	8
2	Soviet Union	Lyudmila Aksenova, Svetlana Styrkina, Tatyana Prorochenko, Natalya Sokolova	3:26.62		7
3	Poland	Krystyna Kacperczyk, Elżbieta Katolik, Barbara Kwietniewska, Irena Szewińska	3:27.76		6
4	Great Britain	Ruth Kennedy, Gladys McCormack, Verona Elder, Donna Hartley	3:28.78		5
5	West Germany	Marlies Kühn, Erika Weinstein, Elke Decker, Dagmar Fuhrmann	3:31.95		4
6	Finland	Yvonne Hannus, Mona-Lisa Pursiainen, Barbro Lindström, Pirjo Häggman	3:37.78		3
7	Bulgaria	Violeta Tsvetkova, Svetla Koleva, Angelina Khristova, Totka Petrova	3:37.78		2
	Romania		DQ		0

High jump

14 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes	Points
1	Rosemarie Ackermann	East Germany	1.97	WR	8
2	Brigitte Holzapfel	West Germany	1.88		7
3	Cornelia Popa	Romania	1.84		6
4	Brenda Gibbs	Great Britain	1.84		5
5	Yordanka Blagoeva	Bulgaria	1.84		4
6	Susann Sundkvist	Finland	1.82		3
7	Tatyana Boyko	Soviet Union	1.82		2
8	Danuta Bułkowska	Poland	1.79		1

Long jump

14 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes	Points
1	Brigitte Künzel	East Germany	x	6.44	6.76	6.30	x	6.28	6.76		8
2	Christa Striezel	West Germany	6.14	6.39	x	6.17	x	6.05	6.39		7
3	Sue Reeve	Great Britain	x	6.35	6.35	6.35	6.30	6.28	6.35		6
4	Alina Gheorghiu	Romania							6.35		5
5	Tatyana Skachko	Soviet Union							6.34		4
6	Lidia Gusheva	Bulgaria							6.26		3
7	Anna Włodarczyk	Poland							6.23		2
8	Pirkko Helenius	Finland							6.00		1

Shot put

14 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes	Points
1	Ilona Slupianek	East Germany	20.76	21.20	21.11	20.84	20.81	x	21.20	DQ, Doping	0
1	Eva Wilms	West Germany	19.30	20.01	19.95	x	19.69	x	20.01		8
2	Esfir Krachevskaya	Soviet Union	19.21	18.41	19.76	19.09	x	19.51	19.76		7
3	Radostina Bakhchevanova	Bulgaria							17.75		6
4	Valentina Groapa	Romania							17.70		5
5	Beata Habrzyk	Poland							16.52		4
6	Judy Oakes	Great Britain							15.65		3
7	Ritva Metso	Finland							15.08		2

Discus throw

13 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes	Points
1	Faina Melnik	Soviet Union	67.32	52.32	x	68.08	x	x	68.08		8
2	Sabine Engel	East Germany	60.64	62.98	60.52	64.20	65.60	63.18	65.60		7
3	Argentina Menis	Romania	61.42	61.66	x	60.74	x	62.22	62.22		6
4	Sinikka Salminen	Finland							55.44		5
5	Lenka Strelyova	Bulgaria							54.96		4
6	Krystyna Nadolna	Poland							54.64		3
7	Ingra Manecke	West Germany							53.90		2
8	Meg Ritchie	Great Britain							52.40		1

Javelin throw

13 August – Old model

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes	Points
1	Ruth Fuchs	East Germany	x	62.22	68.92	67.46	x	x	68.92	CR	8
2	Tessa Sanderson	Great Britain	55.46	62.36	59.66	62.28	x	x	62.36		7
3	Nadezhda Yakubovich	Soviet Union	61.84	x	x	59.14	56.12	x	61.84		6
4	Éva Zörgő	Romania							60.16		5
5	Ivanka Vancheva	Bulgaria							59.98		4
6	Marion Becker	West Germany							57.30		3
7	Bernadetta Blechacz	Poland							55.46		2
8	Ritva Metso	Finland							53.20		1