1977 IAAF World Cup results
These are the results of the 1977 IAAF World Cup, an international track and field sporting event sponsored by the International Association of Athletics Federations, held on 2–4 September 1977 at the Rheinstadion in Düsseldorf, West Germany.
The World Cup was contested by 309 athletes from 54 countries, and the winning teams were East Germany (men) and Europe (women).
In each event eight athletes represented eight teams:
- In men's events five teams represented continents (Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, Oceania) and the remaining three were three national teams (East Germany, West Germany and the United States).
- In women's events West Germany team was replaced by Soviet Union
In each event athletes won points for their team, with 9 points won by gold medal winners, 7 points for silver medalists, six for bronze, and so on all the way to a single point for eighth-place finishers.
Team results summary
Men's
| Rank |
Team |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | Points | Notes |
| 01 !1 | East Germany | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | – | 1 | – | 127 | |
| 02 !2 | United States | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | 120 | |
| 03 !3 | West Germany | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | – | – | 112 | |
| 04 !4 | Europe | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 1 | – | – | – | 111 | |
| 05 !5 | Americas | 3 | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 92 | |
| 06 !6 | Africa | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 78 | |
| 07 !7 | Oceania | – | – | 2 | 2 | – | 4 | 5 | 4 | 48 | |
| 08 !8 | Asia | – | – | – | – | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 44 | |
| Totals | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 14 | 732 | |
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Women's
| Rank |
Team |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | Points | Notes |
| 01 !1 | Europe | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 109 | |
| 02 !2 | East Germany | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 93 | |
| 03 !3 | Soviet Union | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 90 | |
| 04 !4 | United States | – | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | – | 60 | |
| 05 !5 | Americas | – | – | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | – | 2 | 56 | |
| 06 !6 | Oceania | 1 | – | – | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 46 | |
| 07 !7 | Africa | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 6 | 2 | 32 | |
| 08 !8 | Asia | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 30 | |
| Totals | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 516 | |
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Men
Track
Men's 100 metres
2 September 1977
Wind: –0.3 m/s
Men's 200 metres
4 September 1977
Wind: +1.0 m/s
| Rank | Athlete | Team | Time | Points | Notes |
01 ! |  Clancy Edwards (USA) | United States | 20.17 | 9 | |
02 ! |  Pietro Mennea (ITA) | Europe | 20.17 | 7 | |
03 ! |  Silvio Leonard (CUB) | Americas | 20.30 | 6 | |
| 04 !4 |  Eugen Ray (GDR) | East Germany | 20.57 | 5 | |
| 05 !5 |  Bernd Sattler (FRG) | West Germany | 20.98 | 4 | |
| 06 !6 |  Toshio Toyota (JPN) | Asia | 21.24 | 3 | |
| 07 !7 |  Georges Kablan Degnan (CIV) | Africa | 21.26 | 2 | |
| 08 !8 |  Colin McQueen (AUS) | Oceania | 21.75 | 1 | |
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Men's 400 metres
4 September 1977
Men's 800 metres
2 September 1977
Men's 1500 metres
3 September 1977
Men's 5000 metres
4 September 1977
Men's 10,000 metres
2 September
| Rank | Athlete | Team | Time | Points | Notes |
| 01 ! |  Miruts Yifter (ETH) | Africa | 28:32.3 | 9 | |
| 02 ! | Jörg Peter (GDR) | East Germany | 28:34.0 | 7 | |
| 03 ! |  Jos Hermens (NED) | Europe | 28:35.0 | 6 | |
| 04 !4 | Detlef Uhlemann (FRG) | West Germany | 28:38.7 | 5 | |
| 05 !5 |  Rodolfo Gómez (MEX) | Americas | 28:45.5 | 4 | |
| 06 !6 | Frank Shorter (USA) | United States | 28:52.5 | 3 | |
| 07 !7 | Toshiaki Kamata (JPN) | Asia | 28:56.3 | 2 | |
| 08 ! | Chris Wardlaw (AUS) | Oceania | DNF | – | |
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Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
3 September 1977
Men's 110 metres hurdles
4 September 1977
Wind: 0.0 m/s
| Rank | Athlete | Team | Time | Points | Notes |
| 01 ! | Thomas Munkelt (GDR) | East Germany | 13.41 | 9 | |
| 02 ! | Alejandro Casañas (CUB) | Americas | 13.50 | 7 | |
| 03 ! | Charles Foster (USA) | United States | 13.51 | 6 | |
| 04 !4 |  Jan Pusty (POL) | Europe | 13.66 | 5 | |
| 05 !5 |  Godwin Obasogie (NGR) | Africa | 13.95 | 4 | |
| 06 !6 | Dieter Gebhard (FRG) | West Germany | 14.09 | 3 | |
| 07 !7 | Warren Parr (AUS) | Oceania | 14.23 | 2 | |
| 08 !8 |  Ishtiaq Mubarak (MAS) | Asia | 14.37 | 1 | |
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Men's 400 metres hurdles
2 September 1977
Men's 4×100 metres relay
3 September 1977
| Rank | Athletes | Team | Time | Points | Notes |
| 01 ! | Bill Collins (USA), Steve Riddick (USA), Cliff Wiley (USA), Steve Williams (USA) | United States | 38.03 | 9 | WR |
| 02 ! | Manfred Kokot (GDR), Eugen Ray (GDR), Detlef Kübeck (GDR), Alexander Thieme (GDR) | East Germany | 38.57 | 7 | |
| 03 ! | Rui da Silva (BRA), Silvio Leonard (CUB), Don Quarrie (JAM), Osvaldo Lara (CUB) | Americas | 38.66 | 6 | |
| 04 !4 | Aleksandr Aksinin (URS), Nikolay Kolesnikov (URS), Yuriy Silov (URS), Valeriy Borzov (URS) | Europe | 39.05 | 5 | |
| 05 !5 | Werner Bastians (FRG), Bernd Sattler (FRG), Dieter Steinmann (FRG), Michael Gruse (FRG) | West Germany | 39.20 | 4 | |
| 06 !6 | Samson Oyeledon (NGR), Théophile Nkounkou (CGO), Amadou Meïté (CIV), Momar N'Dao (SEN) | Africa | 39.74 | 3 | |
| 07 !7 | Paul Narracott (AUS), Barry Besanko (AUS), Gary Henley-Smith (NZL), Colin McQueen (AUS) | Oceania | 40.08 | 2 | |
| 08 !8 | Anat Ratanapol (THA), Suchart Chairsuvaparb (THA), Ok Sein-Jin (KOR), Farhan Al-Roumaihi (QAT) | Asia | 41.09 | 1 | |
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Men's 4×400 metres relay
4 September 1977
| Rank | Athletes | Team | Time | Points | Notes |
| 01 ! | Lothar Krieg (FRG), Franz-Peter Hofmeister (FRG), Harald Schmid (FRG), Bernd Herrmann (FRG) | West Germany | 3:01.24 | 9 | |
| 02 ! | Josip Alebić (YUG), Francis Demarthon (FRA), David Jenkins (GBR), Ryszard Podlas (POL) | Europe | 3:02.47 | 7 | |
| 03 ! | Delmo da Silva (BRA), Fred Sowerby (ANT), Brian Saunders (CAN), Alberto Juantorena (CUB) | Americas | 3:02.77 | 6 | |
| 04 !4 | Reinhard Kokot (GDR), Olaf Beyer (GDR), Gunter Arnold (GDR), Volker Beck (GDR) | East Germany | 3:03.91 | 5 | |
| 05 !5 | Degnan Kablan (CIV), Samson Kebenei (KEN), Dele Udo (NGR), Felix Imadiyi (NGR) | Africa | 3:04.28 | 4 | |
| 06 !6 | John Higham (AUS), Rick Mitchell (AUS), Anthony Hodgins (AUS), Steve Erkkila (NZL) | Oceania | 3:06.30 | 3 | |
| 07 !7 | Ku Boon-Chil (KOR), Mohammed-Reza Entezari (IRI), Wang Lung-Hu (TPE), Uday Khrishna Pradhu (IND) | Asia | 3:10.90 | 2 | |
| 08 ! | Stanley Vinson (USA), Thomas Andrews (USA), Edwin Moses (USA), Maxie Parks (USA) | United States | DNF | | |
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Field
Men's high jump
4 September 1977
Men's pole vault
3 September 1977
| Rank | Athlete | Team | Result | Points | Notes |
| 01 ! | Mike Tully (USA) | United States | 5.60 | 9 | |
| 02 ! | Władysław Kozakiewicz (POL) | Europe | 5.55 | 7 | |
| 03 ! | Axel Weber (GDR) | East Germany | 5.30 | 6 | |
| 04 !4 | Don Baird (AUS) | Oceania | 5.20 | 5 | |
| 05 !5 | Itsuo Takanezawa (JPN) | Asia | 5.10 | 4 | |
| 06 !6 | Günther Lohre (FRG) | West Germany | 5.10 | 3 | |
| 07 !7 |  Bruce Simpson (CAN) | Americas | 4.90 | 2 | |
| 08 ! |  Kaddour Rahal (ALG) | Asia | NH | | |
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Men's long jump
2 September 1977
Men's triple jump
3 September 1977
| Rank | Athlete | Team | Result | Points | Notes |
| 01 ! |  João Carlos de Oliveira (BRA) | Americas | 16.68 | 9 | |
| 02 ! |  Anatoliy Piskulin (URS) | Europe | 16.61 | 7 | |
| 03 ! | Klaus Hufnagel (GDR) | East Germany | 16.43 | 6 | |
| 04 !4 | Charlton Ehizuelen (NGR) | Africa | 16.31 | 5 | |
| 05 !5 | Milan Tiff (USA) | United States | 16.24 | 4 | |
| 06 !6 | Wolfgang Kolmsee (FRG) | West Germany | 16.24 | 3 | |
| 07 !7 | Toshiaki Inoue (JPN) | Asia | 15.89 | 2 | |
| 08 !8 | Don Commons (AUS) | Oceania | 14.70 | 1 | |
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Men's shot put
2 September 1977
Men's discus throw
2 September 1977
Men's hammer throw
3 September 1977
| Rank | Athlete | Team | Result | Points | Notes |
| 01 ! | Karl-Hans Riehm (FRG) | West Germany | 75.64 | 9 | |
| 02 ! | Jochen Sachse (GDR) | East Germany | 75.40 | 7 | |
| 03 ! | Peter Farmer (AUS) | Oceania | 73.92 | 6 | |
| 04 !4 | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) | Europe | 72.20 | 5 | |
| 05 !5 | Scott Neilson (CAN) | Americas | 67.18 | 4 | |
| 06 !6 | Emmitt Berry (USA) | United States | 63.16 | 3 | |
| 07 !7 |  No Kyung-yul (KOR) | Asia | 57.88 | 2 | |
| 08 !8 |  Youssef Ben Abid (TUN) | Africa | 49.88 | 1 | |
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Men's javelin throw
4 September 1977
| Rank | Athlete | Team | Result | Points | Notes |
| 01 ! | Michael Wessing (FRG) | West Germany | 87.46 | 9 | |
| 02 ! | Wolfgang Hanisch (GDR) | East Germany | 84.28 | 7 | |
| 03 ! |  Miklós Németh (HUN) | Europe | 80.82 | 6 | |
| 04 !4 | Rod Ewaliko (USA) | United States | 77.26 | 5 | |
| 05 !5 | Juan Jarvis (CUB) | Americas | 77.06 | 4 | |
| 06 !6 |  Mike O'Rourke (NZL) | Oceania | 74.46 | 3 | |
| 07 !7 | Ali Memmi (TUN) | Africa | 70.48 | 2 | |
| 08 !8 |  Mohammed Munir (PAK) | Asia | 69.54 | 1 | |
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Women
Track
Women's 100 metres
3 September 1977
Wind: 0.0 m/s
| Rank | Athlete | Team | Time | Points | Notes |
| 01 ! | Marlies Oelsner (GDR) | East Germany | 11.16 | 9 | |
| 02 ! |  Sonia Lannaman (GBR) | Europe | 11.26 | 7 | |
| 03 ! | Silvia Chivás (CUB) | Americas | 11.34 | 6 | |
| 04 !4 | Lyudmila Storozhkova (URS) | Soviet Union | 11.40 | 5 | |
| 05 !5 | Evelyn Ashford (USA) | United States | 11.48 | 4 | |
| 06 !6 | Uti Ufon-Uko (NGR) | Africa | 11.62 | 3 | |
| 07 !7 | Denise Robertson (AUS) | Oceania | 11.89 | 2 | |
| 08 !8 | Lee Eun-Ja (KOR) | Asia | 12.21 | 1 | |
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Women's 200 metres
2 September 1977
Wind: –0.7 m/s
| Rank | Athlete | Team | Time | Points | Notes |
| 01 ! | Irena Szewińska (POL) | Europe | 22.72 | 9 | |
| 02 ! | Bärbel Eckert (GDR) | East Germany | 23.02 | 7 | |
| 03 ! | Tatyana Prorochenko (URS) | Soviet Union | 23.26 | 6 | |
| 04 !4 | Evelyn Ashford (USA) | United States | 23.41 | 5 | |
| 05 !5 | Silvia Chivás (CUB) | Americas | 23.45 | 4 | |
| 06 !6 | Denise Robertson (AUS) | Oceania | 23.82 | 3 | |
| 07 !7 | Uti Ufon-Uko (NGR) | Africa | 24.17 | 2 | |
| 08 !8 | Emiko Konishi (JPN) | Asia | 25.22 | 1 | |
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Women's 400 metres
4 September 1977
| Rank | Athlete | Team | Time | Points | Notes |
| 01 ! | Irena Szewińska (POL) | Europe | 49.52 | 9 | |
| 02 ! | Marita Koch (GDR) | East Germany | 49.76 | 7 | |
| 03 ! | Marina Sidorova (URS) | Soviet Union | 51.29 | 6 | |
| 04 !4 | Sharon Dabney (USA) | United States | 51.96 | 5 | |
| 05 !5 | Aurelia Pentón (CUB) | Americas | 52.33 | 4 | |
| 06 !6 | Verna Burnard (AUS) | Oceania | 52.57 | 3 | |
| 07 !7 |  Ruth Waithera (KEN) | Africa | 53.90 | 2 | |
| 08 !8 | .svg.png) Than Than (MYA) | Asia | 55.88 | 1 | |
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Women's 800 metres
3 September 1977
| Rank | Athlete | Team | Time | Points | Notes |
| 01 ! | .svg.png) Totka Petrova (BUL) | Europe | 1:59.20 | 9 | |
| 02 ! | Christine Liebetrau (GDR) | East Germany | 1:59.47 | 7 | |
| 03 ! | Svetlana Styrkina (URS) | Soviet Union | 1:59.72 | 6 | |
| 04 !4 | Anne Mackie-Morelli (CAN) | Americas | 2:02.45 | 5 | |
| 05 !5 | Sue Latter (USA) | United States | 2:05.00 | 4 | |
| 06 !6 | Rose Tata (KEN) | Africa | 2:07.50 | 3 | |
| 07 !7 | Phyllis Lazarakis (AUS) | Oceania | 2:07.70 | 2 | |
| 08 !8 |  Pazit Fabian (ISR) | Asia | 2:12.90 | 1 | |
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Women's 1500 metres
2 September 1977
Women's 3000 metres
4 September 1977
| Rank | Athlete | Team | Time | Points | Notes |
| 01 ! |  Grete Waitz (NOR) | Europe | 8:43.5 | 9 | |
| 02 ! | Lyudmila Bragina (URS) | Soviet Union | 8:46.3 | 7 | |
| 03 ! | Jan Merrill (USA) | United States | 8:46.6 | 6 | |
| 04 !4 | Ulrike Bruns (GDR) | East Germany | 8:49.2 | 5 | |
| 05 !5 | Angela Cook (AUS) | Oceania | 9:14.6 | 4 | |
| 06 !6 | Debbie Scott (CAN) | Americas | 9:18.7 | 3 | |
| 07 !7 | Elizabeth Cheptum (KEN) | Africa | 9:22.1 | 2 | |
| 08 !8 |  Kandasamy Jayamani (SIN) | Asia | 10:10.5 | 1 | |
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Women's 100 metres hurdles
3 September 1977
Wind: 0.0 m/s
Women's 4×100 metres relay
4 September 1977
| Rank | Athletes | Team | Time | Points | Notes |
| 01 ! | Elvira Possekel (FRG), Andrea Lynch (GBR), Annegret Richter (FRG), Sonia Lannaman (GBR) | Europe | 42.51 | 9 | |
| 02 ! | Monika Hamann (GDR), Romy Schneider (GDR), Ingrid Brestrich (GDR), Marlies Oelsner (GDR) | East Germany | 42.65 | 7 | |
| 03 ! | Vera Anisimova (URS), Lyudmila Maslakova (URS), Marina Sidorova (URS), Lyudmila Storozhkova (URS) | Soviet Union | 42.91 | 6 | |
| 04 !4 | Lilieth Hodges (JAM), Silvia Chivás (CUB), Patty Loverock (CAN), Jacqueline Pusey (JAM) | Americas | 42.95 | 5 | |
| 05 !5 | Wendy Brown (NZL), Raelene Boyle (AUS), Barbara Wilson (AUS), Debbie Wells (AUS) | Oceania | 44.20 | 4 | |
| 06 !6 | Eno Ekpo (NGR), Nzaeli Kyomo (TAN), Fatou Cissokho (SEN), Utifon Ufon Oko (NGR) | Africa | 46.67 | 3 | |
| 07 !7 | Carolina Rieuwpassa (INA), Marina Chin Leng Sim (MAS), Emiko Konishi (JPN), Lee Eun-ja (KOR) | Asia | 47.40 | 2 | |
| 08 ! | Renaye Bowen (USA), Pam Jiles (USA), Rosalyn Bryant (USA), Evelyn Ashford (USA) | United States | DNF | | |
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Women's 4×400 metres relay
2 September 1977
| Rank | Athletes | Team | Time | Points | Notes |
| 01 ! | Bettina Popp (GDR), Barbara Krug (GDR), Christina Brehmer (GDR), Marita Koch (GDR) | East Germany | 3:24.04 | 9 | |
| 02 ! | Rita Bottiglieri (ITA), Donna Hartley (GBR), Dagmar Furhmann (FRG), Irena Szewińska (POL) | Europe | 3:25.80 | 7 | |
| 03 ! | Lyudmila Aksyonova (URS), Natalya Sokolova (URS), Tatyana Prorochenko (URS), Marina Sidorova (URS) | Soviet Union | 3:27.00 | 6 | |
| 04 !4 | Marian Fisher (AUS), Verna Burnard (AUS), Bethanie Nail (AUS), Christine Dale (AUS) | Oceania | 3:30.50 | 5 | |
| 05 !5 | Joyce Yakubowich (CAN), Jackie Pusey (JAM), Helen Blake (JAM), Aurelia Pentón (CUB) | Americas | 3:31.00 | 4 | |
| 06 !6 | Sharon Dabney (USA), Pam Jiles (USA), Kim Thomas (USA), Rosalyn Bryant (USA) | United States | 3:33.00 | 3 | |
| 07 !7 | Ruth Kyalisima (UGA), Marième Boye (SEN), Tekla Chemabwai (KEN), Ruth Waithera (KEN) | Africa | 3:36.30 | 2 | |
| 08 !8 | Lai Lee-Chiao (TPE), Keiko Nagasawa (JPN), Carolina Rieuwpassa (INA), Than Than (MYA) | Asia | 3:53.80 | 1 | |
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Field
Women's high jump
2 September 1977
| Rank | Athlete | Team | Result | Points | Notes |
| 01 ! | Rosemarie Ackermann (GDR) | East Germany | 1.98 | 9 | |
| 02 ! | Sara Simeoni (ITA) | Europe | 1.92 | 7 | |
| 03 ! | Debbie Brill (CAN) | Americas | 1.89 | 6 | |
| 04 !4 | Louise Ritter (USA) | United States | 1.83 | 5 | |
| 05 !5 | Nadezhda Marinenko (URS) | Soviet Union | 1.83 | 4 | |
| 06 !6 | Chris Annison (AUS) | Oceania | 1.75 | 3 | |
| 07 !7 | Tamami Yagi (JPN) | Asia | 1.75 | 2 | |
| 08 !8 |  Caromella Mumbi (ZAM) | Africa | 1.60 | 1 | |
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Women's long jump
4 September 1977
Women's shot put
3 September 1977
Women's discus throw
4 September 1977
| Rank | Athlete | Team | Result | Points | Notes |
| 01 ! | Faina Veleva (URS) | Soviet Union | 68.10 | 9 | |
| 02 ! |  Argentina Menis (ROU) | Europe | 63.38 | 7 | |
| 03 ! | Sabine Engel (GDR) | East Germany | 63.12 | 6 | |
| 04 !4 | Lucette Moreau (CAN) | Americas | 54.52 | 5 | |
| 05 !5 | Lynne Winbigler (USA) | United States | 53.16 | 4 | |
| 06 !6 | Gael Mulhall (AUS) | Oceania | 50.66 | 3 | |
| 07 !7 | Paik Ok-Ja (KOR) | Asia | 45.68 | 2 | |
| 08 !8 | Fethia Jerbi (TUN) | Africa | 44.58 | 1 | |
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Women's javelin throw
2 September 1977
| Rank | Athlete | Team | Result | Points | Notes |
| 01 ! | Ruth Fuchs (GDR) | Soviet Union | 62.36 | 9 | |
| 02 ! | Nadezhda Yakubovich (URS) | Europe | 62.02 | 7 | |
| 03 ! | Tessa Sanderson (GBR) | Europe | 60.30 | 6 | |
| 04 !4 | Kate Schmidt (USA) | United States | 59.46 | 5 | |
| 05 !5 | Emiko Myokai (JPN) | Asia | 55.42 | 4 | |
| 06 !6 |  Agnès Tchuinté (CMR) | Africa | 53.70 | 3 | |
| 07 !7 | Pam Matthews (AUS) | Oceania | 51.14 | 2 | |
| 08 !8 | Marli dos Santos (BRA) | Americas | 46.52 | 1 | |
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References
Specific
Footnotes
- Butler, Mark et al. (2006). 1st IAAF/VTB Bank Continental Cup IAAF Statistics Handbook Split 2010. IAAF. Retrieved on 6 September 2016.
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