1979 IAAF World Cup
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The 2nd IAAF World Cup in Athletics was an international track and field sporting event sponsored by the International Association of Athletics Federations, held on August 24–26, 1979, at Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Overall results
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! Pos. ! Team ! Result |
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! 1 | align="left" | United States | 119 |
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! 2 | align="left" | Europe | 112 |
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! 3 | align="left" | East Germany | 108 |
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! 4 | align="left" | Soviet Union | 102 |
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! 5 | align="left" | America | 98 |
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! 6 | align="left" | Africa | 84 |
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! 7 | align="left" | Oceania | 58 |
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! 8 | align="left" | Asia | 36 |
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=Women=
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! Pos. ! Team ! Result |
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! 1 | align="left" | East Germany | 106 |
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! 2 | align="left" | Soviet Union | 98 |
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! 3 | align="left" | Europe | 88 |
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! 4 | align="left" | United States | 76 |
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! 5 | align="left" | America | 68 |
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! 6 | align="left" | Oceania | 47 |
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! 7 | align="left" | Africa | 30 |
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! 8 | align="left" | Asia | 26 |
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Medal summary
{{details|1979 IAAF World Cup results}}
=Men=
| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}} | |||
| 100 metres
|{{flagathlete|James Sanford|USA}} | 10.17
|{{flagathlete|Silvio Leonard|CUB}} | 10.26
|{{flagathlete|Marian Woronin|POL}} | 10.28 |
| 200 metres
|{{flagathlete|Silvio Leonard|CUB}} | 20.34
|{{flagathlete|Leszek Dunecki|POL}} | 20.50
|{{flagathlete|Peter Okodogbe|NGR}} | 20.69 |
| 400 metres
|{{flagathlete|Hassan El Kachief|SUD}} | 45.39
|{{flagathlete|Nikolay Chernetskiy|URS}} | 46.06
|{{flagathlete|Tony Darden|USA}} | 46.12 |
| 800 metres
|{{flagathlete|James Maina Boi|KEN}} | 1:47.69
|{{flagathlete|James Robinson|USA}} | 1:47.85
|{{flagathlete|Willi Wülbeck|FRG}} | 1:47.88 |
| 1500 metres
|{{flagathlete|Thomas Wessinghage|FRG}} | 3:46.00
|{{flagathlete|Vladimir Ponomaryov|URS}} | 3:46.13
|{{flagathlete|Jürgen Straub|GDR}} | 3:46.30 |
| 5000 metres
|{{flagathlete|Miruts Yifter|ETH|1975}} | 13:35.9
|{{flagathlete|Valeriy Abramov|URS}} | 13:37.6
|{{flagathlete|Markus Ryffel|SUI}} | 13:38.6 |
| 10,000 metres
|{{flagathlete|Miruts Yifter|ETH|1975}} | 27:53.07
|{{flagathlete|Craig Virgin|USA}} | 27:59.55
|{{flagathlete|Aleksandras Antipovas|URS}} | 28:25.17 |
| 110 metre hurdles
|{{flagathlete|Renaldo Nehemiah|USA}} | 13.39
|{{flagathlete|Thomas Munkelt|GDR}} | 13.42
|{{flagathlete|Alejandro Casañas|CUB}} | 13.44 |
| 400 metre hurdles
|{{flagathlete|Edwin Moses|USA}} | 47.53
|{{flagathlete|Harald Schmid|FRG}} | 48.71
|{{flagathlete|Vasyl Arkhypenko|URS}} | 48.97 |
| 3000 metre steeplechase
|{{flagathlete|Kip Rono|KEN}} | 8:25.97
|{{flagathlete|Ralf Pönitzsch|GDR}} | 8:29.28
|{{flagathlete|Mariano Scartezzini|ITA}} | 8:29.44 |
| 4×100 metre relay
|valign=top| Americas | 38.70
|valign=top| United States | 38.77
|valign=top| Europe | 38.85 |
| 4×400 metre relay
|valign=top| United States | 3:00.70
|valign=top| Europe | 3:00.80
|valign=top| Africa | 3:01.22 |
| High jump
|{{flagathlete|Franklin Jacobs|USA}} | 2.27
|{{flagathlete|Jacek Wszoła|POL}} | 2.27
|{{flagathlete|Aleksandr Grigoryev|URS}} | 2.24 |
| Pole vault
|{{flagathlete|Mike Tully|USA}} | 5.45
|{{flagathlete|Patrick Abada|FRA}} | 5.45
|{{flagathlete|Konstantin Volkov|URS}} | 5.30 |
| Long jump
|{{flagathlete|Larry Myricks|USA}} | 8.52
|{{flagathlete|Lutz Dombrowski|GDR}} | 8.27
|{{flagathlete|David Giralt|CUB}} | 8.22 |
| Triple jump
|{{flagathlete|João Carlos de Oliveira|BRA}} | 17.02
|{{flagathlete|Gennadiy Valyukevich|URS}} | 16.94
|{{flagathlete|Ian Campbell|AUS}} | 16.76 |
| Shot put
|{{flagathlete|Udo Beyer|GDR}} | 20.45
|{{flagathlete|Reijo Ståhlberg|FIN}} | 20.05
|{{flagathlete|Aleksandr Baryshnikov|URS}} | 20.00 |
| Discus throw
|{{flagathlete|Wolfgang Schmidt|GDR}} | 66.02
|{{flagathlete|Mac Wilkins|USA}} | 64.92
|{{flagathlete|Luis Delís|CUB}} | 63.50 |
| Hammer throw
|{{flagathlete|Sergey Litvinov|URS}} | 78.70
|{{flagathlete|Karl-Hans Riehm|FRG}} | 75.88
|{{flagathlete|Roland Steuk|GDR}} | 74.82 |
| Javelin throw
|{{flagathlete|Wolfgang Hanisch|GDR}} | 86.48
|{{flagathlete|Mike O'Rourke|NZL}} | 85.80
|{{flagathlete|Antonio González|CUB}} | 83.44 |
=Women=
| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}} | |||
| 100 metres
|{{flagathlete|Evelyn Ashford|USA}} | 11.06
|{{flagathlete|Marlies Göhr|GDR}} | 11.17
|{{flagathlete|Annegret Richter|FRG}} | 11.36 |
| 200 metres
|{{flagathlete|Evelyn Ashford|USA}} | 21.83
|{{flagathlete|Marita Koch|GDR}} | 22.02
|{{flagathlete|Lyudmila Kondratyeva|URS}} | 22.66 |
| 400 metres
|{{flagathlete|Marita Koch|GDR}} | 48.97
|{{flagathlete|Mariya Kulchunova|URS}} | 50.60
|{{flagathlete|Irena Szewińska|POL}} | 51.15 |
| 800 metres
|{{flagathlete|Nikolina Shtereva|BUL|1971}} | 2:00.52
|{{flagathlete|Nadezhda Mushta|URS}} | 2:01.09
|{{flagathlete|Anita Weiß|GDR}} | 2:01.33 |
| 1500 metres
|{{flagathlete|Christiane Wartenberg|GDR}} | 4:06.881
|{{flagathlete|Giana Romanova|URS}} | 4:08.73
|{{flagathlete|Francie Larrieu|USA}} | 4:09.16 |
| 3000 metres
|{{flagathlete|Svetlana Ulmasova|URS}} | 8:36.34
|{{flagathlete|Grete Waitz|NOR}} | 8:38.59
|{{flagathlete|Francie Larrieu|USA}} | 8:53.02 |
| 100 metre hurdles
|{{flagathlete|Grażyna Rabsztyn|POL}} | 12.67
|{{flagathlete|Tatyana Anisimova|URS}} | 12.75
|{{flagathlete|Kerstin Claus|GDR}} | 13.03 |
| 400 metre hurdles
|{{flagathlete|Bärbel Klepp|GDR}} | 55.83
|{{flagathlete|Marina Makeyeva|URS}} | 56.02
|{{flagathlete|Debbie Esser|USA}} | 56.75 |
| 4×100 metre relay
|valign=top| Europe | 42.19
|valign=top| East Germany | 42.32
|valign=top| Soviet Union | 42.52 |
| 4×400 metre relay
|valign=top| East Germany | 3:20.37
|valign=top| Soviet Union | 3:23.04
|valign=top| United States | 3:27.36 |
| High jump
|{{flagathlete|Debbie Brill|CAN}} | 1.96
|{{flagathlete|Sara Simeoni|ITA}} | 1.94
|{{flagathlete|Nina Serbina|URS}} | 1.90 |
| Long jump
|{{flagathlete|Anita Stukane|URS}} | 6.64
|{{flagathlete|Brigitte Wujak|GDR}} | 6.55
|{{flagathlete|Kathy McMillan|USA}} | 6.31 |
| Shot put
|{{flagathlete|Ilona Slupianek|GDR}} | 20.98
|{{flagathlete|Helena Fibingerová|TCH}} | 19.74
|{{flagathlete|Svetlana Krachevskaya|URS}} | 19.70 |
| Discus throw
|{{flagathlete|Evelin Jahl|GDR}} | 65.18
|{{flagathlete|Svetlana Melnikova|URS}} | 65.14
|{{flagathlete|María Cristina Betancourt|CUB}} | 62.84 |
| Javelin throw
|{{flagathlete|Ruth Fuchs|GDR}} | 66.10
|{{flagathlete|Éva Ráduly-Zörgő|ROU|1965}} | 65.82
|{{flagathlete|María Caridad Colón|CUB}} | 63.50 |
1 Totka Petrova of Europe originally won the 1500m with 4:06.47, but she was disqualified after it was found that she had failed a doping test at the Balkan Games.
External links
- [http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/wp.htm World Cup Results]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20121026100106/http://www.iaaf.org/mm/document/competitions/competition/05/79/40/20100809103225_httppostedfile_split2010_21818.pdf Full Results by IAAF]
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