29.CISM Championships
Cairo, Egypt
November 8-17, 1977
Winners
| 48kg | Alego Akomi | SUD |
| 51kg | Claude Capelle | FRA |
| 54kg | Mahmoud Abdelrahman | EGY |
| 57kg | Carlo Russollilo | ITA |
| 60kg | Rashad Abdelgaffar Zaki | EGY |
| 63,5kg | George Haynes | USA |
| 67kg | Edward Green | USA |
| 71kg | James B.Williamson | USA |
| 75kg | Jeff McCracken | USA |
| 81kg | Mama Mohammed | GHA |
| +81kg | Clenton Cochran | USA |
source: "CISM Sport International Yearbook 1978" (pages 75-76)