# 1977 European Athletics Junior Championships

The 1977 European Athletics Junior Championships was the fourth edition of the biennial athletics competition for European athletes aged under twenty. It was held in Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union between 19 and 21 August.

## Men's results

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m | Hermann Panzo (FRA) | 10.40 | Olaf Prenzler (GDR) | 10.53 | Bernhard Hoff (GDR) | 10.53 |
| 200 m | Bernhard Hoff (GDR) | 20.59 | Bernd Sattler (FRG) | 21.05 | Pascal Barré (FRA) | 21.12 |
| 400 m | Roberto Tozzi (ITA) | 47.18 | Vyacheslav Dotsenko (URS) | 47.32 | Steve Wymark (GBR) | 47.50 |
| 800 m | Andreas Busse (GDR) | 1:47.8 | Detlef Wagenknecht (GDR) | 1:48.2 | Guy Tondeur (BEL) | 1:48.6 |
| 1500 m | Ari Paunonen (FIN) | 3:41.6 | Chris Sly (GBR) | 3:44.6 | Pierre Délèze (SUI) | 3:45.0 |
| 3000 m | José Manuel Abascal (ESP) | 7:58.3 | Werner Schildhauer (GDR) | 8:01.0 | Hansjörg Kunze (GDR) | 8:01.2 |
| 5000 m | Nathaniel Muir (GBR) | 13:49.1 | Volkmar Betz (FRG) | 13:51.0 | Nicholas Lees (GBR) | 13:53.3 |
| 110 m hurdles | Arto Bryggare (FIN) | 13.84 | Mark Holtom (GBR) | 14.29 | Ingo Bruhn (GDR) | 14.39 |
| 400 m hurdles | Manfred Konow (GDR) | 50.61 | Stefan Piecyk (POL) | 51.23 | Gary Oakes (GBR) | 51.33 |
| 2000 m s'chase | Vesa Laukkanen (FIN) | 5:30.2 | Domingo Ramón (ESP) | 5:34.1 | Paul Nothacker (FRG) | 5:34.8 |
| 10,000 m walk | Mykola Vynnychenko (URS) | 41:31.6 | Ronald Weigel (GDR) | 42:56.7 | Bengt Simonsen (SWE) | 43:29.3 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | France (FRA) Pierrick Thessard Hermann Panzo Patrick Barré Pascal Barré | 39.99 | East Germany (GDR) Erhard Gernand Klaus Thiele Thomas Malke Bernhard Hoff | 40.25 | Poland (POL) Marek Fostiak Eugeniusz Krawsz Marek Radtke Krzysztof Zwoliński | 40.66 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | East Germany (GDR) Carsten Petters Bernhard Hoff Detlef Wagenknecht Manfred Konow | 3:07.8 | Soviet Union (URS) Valeriy Stashuk Mikhail Linge Nikolay Chernetskiy Vyacheslav Dotsenko | 3:08.5 | Great Britain (GBR) Greg Stewart Daley Thompson Steve Wymark Andrew Kerr | 3:09.5 |
| Pole vault | Viktor Spasov (URS) | 5.30 m | Felix Bohni (SUI) | 5.20 m | Atanas Tarev (BUL) | 5.10 m |
| High jump | Vladimir Yashchenko (URS) | 2.30 m | Andre Schneider-Laub [de] (FRG) | 2.20 m | Alessandro Brogini (ITA) | 2.14 m |
| Long jump | Stanisław Jaskułka (POL) | 7.77 m | Ivan Tuparov (BUL) | 7.63 m | Aleksandr Kozlov (URS) | 7.59 m |
| Triple jump | Gennadiy Valyukevich (URS) | 16.60 m | Vasiliy Grishchenkov (URS) | 16.31 m | Klaus Kübler (FRG) | 16.22 m |
| Shot put | Dietmar Krumm (GDR) | 18.87 m | Roland Steuk (GDR) | 17.61 m | Aleksandr Styepankov (URS) | 17.50 m |
| Discus throw | Yuriy Dumchev (URS) | 53.30 m | Alfonz Saskoi (HUN) | 53.14 m | Werner Hartmann (FRG) | 52.24 m |
| Javelin throw | Klaus Tafelmeier (FRG) | 84.14 m | Arto Härkönen (FIN) | 82.98 m | Roman Zwierchowski (POL) | 82.56 m |
| Hammer throw | Roland Steuk (GDR) | 70.78 m | Sergey Litvinov (URS) | 68.76 m | Vladimir Nagurniy (URS) | 67.60 m |
| Decathlon | Daley Thompson (GBR) | 7647 pts | Ronald Wiese (GDR) | 7564 pts | Jürgen Hingsen (FRG) | 7524 pts |

## Women's results

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m | Barbel Lockhoff (GDR) | 11.48 | Simone Naumann (GDR) | 11.60 | Kathy Smallwood (GBR) | 11.71 |
| 200 m | Barbel Lockhoff (GDR) | 23.12 | Karin Verguts (BEL) | 23.37 | Kathy Smallwood (GBR) | 23.53 |
| 400 m | Gaby Bussmann (FRG) | 52.33 | Karin Wahren (GDR) | 52.99 | Katrin Schulz (GDR) | 53.29 |
| 800 m | Martina Kämpfert (GDR) | 2:01.7 | Hildegard Ullrich (GDR) | 2:02.3 | Josephine White (GBR) | 2:03.4 |
| 1500 m | Dorthe Rasmussen (DEN) | 4:20.9 | Ursula Sauer (GDR) | 4:21.7 | Nadezhda Rodina (URS) | 4:22.6 |
| 100 m hurdles | Kerstin Claus (GDR) | 13.32 | Regina Beyer (GDR) | 13.33 | Maria Kemenchezhi (URS) | 13.71 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | East Germany (GDR) Simone Naumann Bärbel Lockhoff Kerstin Claus Birgit Rabe | 44.17 | West Germany (FRG) Gisela Eichler Silke Rasch Claudia Steger Ulrike Sommer | 44.63 | Great Britain (GBR) Heather Hunte Kathy Smallwood Michelle Probert Janine MacGregor | 44.71 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | West Germany (FRG) Gaby Bussmann Claudia Steger Friedericke Vombohr Ina Wallburg | 3:32.8 | East Germany (GDR) Heike Hempel Margit Kröning Katrin Schulz Karin Wahren | 3:34.7 | Soviet Union (URS) Galina Lev Natalya Danilova Irina Chyomina Tatyana Savchenko | 3:39.5 |
| High jump | Kristine Nitzsche (GDR) | 1.88 m | Marlis Wilken (FRG) | 1.86 m | Sabine Serk (FRG) Danuta Bułkowska (POL) | 1.81 m |
| Long jump | Nadezhda Zuyeva (URS) | 6.35 m | Astrid Beiersdorf (FRG) | 6.34 m | Heike Duwe (GDR) | 6.30 m |
| Shot put | Simone Michel (GDR) | 18.10 m | Cordula Schulze (GDR) | 18.00 m | Tatyana Shcherbanos (URS) | 15.78 m |
| Discus throw | Ines Reichenbach (GDR) | 52.06 m | Gisela Beyer (GDR) | 51.36 m | Lyudmila Dyevitskaya (URS) | 50.72 m |
| Javelin throw | Heidi Repser (FRG) | 61.96 m | Petra Felke (GDR) | 57.68 m | Roswitha Potrek (GDR) | 55.08 m |
| Pentathlon | Kristine Nitzsche (GDR) | 4409 pts | Iris Kunstner (FRG) | 4152 pts | Ina Losch (FRG) | 4116 pts |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | East Germany (GDR) | 15 | 16 | 6 | 37 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 6 | 4 | 8 | 18 |
| 3 | West Germany (FRG) | 4 | 7 | 6 | 17 |
| 4 | Finland (FIN) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 |
| 6 | France (FRA) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | Spain (ESP) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Switzerland (CHE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (15 entries) | Totals (15 entries) | 36 | 36 | 37 | 109 |