Regional Regional championships · since 1977 
Damascus, Syria 27–30 Sep 1977
1977 Arab Athletics Championships
Damascus, Syria 27–30 Sep 1977- events
- 22
- medals awarded
- 66
- nations on the podium
- 8
- world records
- 0
Podiums
200m
400m
800m
1500m
5000m
10,000m
Marathon
3000m steeplechase
110m hurdles
400m hurdles
High jump
Pole vault
Long jump
Triple jump
Shot put
Discus throw
Hammer throw
Javelin throw
Decathlon
4x100m
2 
Kuwait
Kuwait 41.50
3 
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia 42.17
4x400m
Medal table
8 nations · 66 medals| # | Nation | Total | Share | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Iraq IRQ | 11 | 8 | 0 | 19 | |
| 2 |  Tunisia TUN | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 | |
| 3 | Syria SYR | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia KSA | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| 5 | Kuwait KUW | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| 6 |  Lebanon LBN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 |  Libya LBA | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| 8 |  Qatar QAT | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Records set
19 CR- CR Abbas Al-Aibi (1952) 400m · Men 46.83
- CR Falah Naji Jarallah 800m · Men 1:48.51
- CR Falah Naji Jarallah 1500m · Men 3:48.71
- CR Mansour Guettaya 5000m · Men 14:27.42
- CR Abdelkader Zaddem 10,000m · Men 30:28.51
- CR Samir Mustapha 3000m steeplechase · Men 9:28.88
- CR Fahan Nasir Al-Ubaidi 110m hurdles · Men 14.64
- CR Talib Faisal Al-Saffar (1949) 400m hurdles · Men 50.72
- CR Hussein Ali Hussein High jump · Men 2.00
- CR Rihan Ali Rihan Obeid Pole vault · Men 4.40
- CR Youssef Khemiri Long jump · Men 7.31
- CR Hussein Dawood Triple jump · Men 14.98
- CR Mohammed Al-Zankawi Shot put · Men 16.82
- CR Abderrazak Ben Hassine Discus throw · Men 48.12
- CR Youssef Ben Abid Hammer throw · Men 53.30
- CR Abderrahman Houri Javelin throw · Men 69.40
- CR Elie Sfeir Decathlon · Men 6453
- CR Iraq 4x100m · Men 41.07
- CR Iraq 4x400m · Men 3:09.76