Race Result
| GP n. 281 - 09/01/1977 - Grand Prix of Argentina Autodromo Oscar Alferedo Galvez |
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| Winner: | Jody Scheckter / Wolf-Ford - 1:40'11.19 | ||||||
| Pole Position: | James Hunt / McLaren-Ford - 1:48.68 | ||||||
| Fastest Lap: | James Hunt / McLaren-Ford - 1:51.06 | ||||||
| Pos | Nš | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 20 |  Jody Scheckter |
Wolf-Ford | 53 | 1:40'11.19 | 11 | 9 |
| 2 | 8 |  Jose Carlos Pace |
Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 53 | + 43.24 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | 12 |  Carlos Reutemann |
Ferrari | 53 | + 46.02 | 7 | 4 |
| 4 | 28 | Emerson Fittipaldi |
Fittipaldi-Ford | 53 | + 55.48 | 16 | 3 |
| 5 | 5 |  Mario Andretti |
Lotus-Ford | 51 | wheel bearing | 8 | 2 |
| 6 | 22 |  Clay Regazzoni |
Ensign-Ford | 51 | + 2 laps | 12 | 1 |
| 7 | 19 |  Vittorio Brambilla |
Surtees-Ford | 48 | out of fuel | 13 | 0 |
| Nc | 16 |  Tom Pryce |
Shadow-Ford | 45 | not classified | 9 | 0 |
| Nc | 26 |  Jacques Laffite |
Ligier-Matra | 37 | not classified | 15 | 0 |
| Ret | 10 | Ian Scheckter |
March-Ford | 45 | electrical | 17 | 0 |
| Ret | 7 | John Watson |
Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 41 | suspension | 2 | 0 |
| Ret | 9 | Alex Ribeiro |
March-Ford | 39 | transmission | 20 | 0 |
| Ret | 4 | Patrick Depailler |
Tyrrell-Ford | 32 | overheating | 3 | 0 |
| Ret | 1 | James Hunt |
McLaren-Ford | 31 | suspension | 1 | 0 |
| Ret | 2 |  Jochen Mass |
McLaren-Ford | 28 | spun off | 5 | 0 |
| Ret | 3 |  Ronnie Peterson |
Tyrrell-Ford | 28 | spun off | 14 | 0 |
| Ret | 29 | Ingo Hoffman |
Fittipaldi-Ford | 22 | engine | 19 | 0 |
| Ret | 11 |  Niki Lauda |
Ferrari | 20 | fuel system | 4 | 0 |
| Ret | 18 | Hans Binder |
Surtees-Ford | 18 | accident | 18 | 0 |
| Ret | 17 | Renzo Zorzi |
Shadow-Ford | 2 | gear box | 21 | 0 |
| Dns | 6 | Gunnar Nilsson |
Lotus-Ford | did not start | 10 | 0 | |