1979 IAAF World Cup – Results

These are the full results of the 1979 IAAF World Cup which was held between 24 and 26 August 1979 at the Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Canada.

Results

100 m

Men

24 August
Wind: -0.4 m/s

RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes
1James SanfordUnited States10.178
2Silvio Leonard (CUB)Americas10.267
3Marian Woronin (POL)Europe10.286
4Olaf PrenzlerEast Germany10.335
5Ernest Obeng (GHA)Africa10.364
6Richard James (AUS)Oceania10.493
7Suchart Chairsuvaparb (THA)Asia10.512
8Nikolay KolesnikovSoviet Union11.471
 

Women

25 August
Wind: -0.9 m/s

RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes
1Evelyn AshfordUnited States11.068
2Marlies GöhrEast Germany11.177
3Annegret Richter (FRG)Europe10.286
4Lyudmila KondratyevaSoviet Union11.475
5Angella Taylor (CAN)Americas11.504
6Helen Edwards (AUS)Oceania11.673
7Oguzoeme Nsenu (NGR)Africa11.782
8Emiko Konishi (JPN)Asia12.311

200 m

Men

25 August
Wind: 0.0 m/s

RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes
1Silvio Leonard (CUB)Americas20.348
2Leszek Dunecki (POL)Europe20.507
3Peter Okodogbe (NGR)Africa20.696
4Bernhard HoffEast Germany20.735
5Mel LattanyUnited States20.754
6Viktor BurakovSoviet Union20.963
7Yasuhiro Harada (JPN)Asia21.142
8Barry Besanko (AUS)Oceania21.191
 

Women

24 August
Wind: -0.2 m/s

RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes
1Evelyn AshfordUnited States21.838
2Marita KochEast Germany22.027
3Lyudmila KondratyevaSoviet Union22.666
4Annegret Richter (FRG)Europe22.785
5Angella Taylor (CAN)Americas22.834
6Hannah Afriyie (GHA)Africa23.613
7Kim Robertson (NZL)Oceania23.782
8Sumiko Kaihara (JPN)Asia24.601

400 m

Men

25 August

RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes
1Hassan El Kashief (SUD)Africa45.398
2Nikolay ChernetskiySoviet Union46.067
3Tony DardenUnited States46.126
4Franz-Peter Hofmeister (FRG)Europe46.365
5Frank SchafferEast Germany46.404
6Colin Bradford (JAM)Americas46.883
7Jim O'Sullivan (AUS)Oceania48.202
8Shoichi Handa (JPN)Asia48.581
 

Women

26 August

RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes
1Marita KochEast Germany48.978
2Maria KulchunovaSoviet Union50.607
3Irena Szewińska (POL)Europe51.156
4Marita Payne (CAN)Americas53.015
5Terri-Anne Wangman (AUS)Oceania53.444
6Ruth Waithera (KEN)Africa53.603
7Patricia JacksonUnited States54.372
8Rita Sen (IND)Asia57.761

800 m

Men

24 August

RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes
1James Maina Boi (KEN)Africa1:47.698
2James RobinsonUnited States1:47.857
3Willi Wülbeck (FRG)Europe1:47.886
4Olaf BeyerEast Germany1:47.905
5Agberto Guimarães (BRA)Americas1:48.84
6Anatoliy ReshetnyakSoviet Union1:49.43
7John Higham (AUS)Oceania1:50.22
8Faleh Naji (IRQ)Asia1:55.41
 

Women

25 August

RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes
1Nikolina Shtereva (BUL)Europe2:00.528
2Nadezhda MushtaSoviet Union2:01.097
3Anita WeißEast Germany2:01.336
4Anne Mackie-Morelli (CAN)Americas2:02.015
5Charlene Rendina (AUS)Oceania2:02.624
6Mary Chemweno (KEN)Africa2:04.493
7Wendy KnudsonUnited States2:06.062
8Geeta Zutshi (IND)Asia2:10.311

1500 m

Men

25 August

RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes
1Thomas Wessinghage (FRG)Europe3:46.008
2Vladimir PonomaryovSoviet Union3:46.137
3Jürgen StraubEast Germany3:46.306
4Steve ScottUnited States3:46.785
5Mike Boit (KEN)Africa3:46.854
6Steve Foley (AUS)Oceania3:47.83
7Paul Craig (CAN)Americas3:48.12
8Rattan Singh (IND)Asia3:52.41
 

Women

26 August

RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes
1 Totka Petrova (BUL)Europe4:06.47 8 DQ[1]
1Christina WartenbergEast Germany4:06.888
2Giana RomanovaSoviet Union4:08.737
3Francie LarrieuUnited States4:09.166
4Sakina Boutamine (ALG)Africa4:12.135
5Alison Wright (NZL)Oceania4:13.484
6Brit McRoberts (CAN)Americas4:15.333
7Kumiko Kobayashi (JPN)Asia4:47.612

5000/3000 m

Men

26 August

RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes
1Miruts Yifter (ETH)Africa13:35.98
2Valeriy AbramovSoviet Union13:37.67
3Markus Ryffel (SUI)Europe13:38.66
4Hansjörg KunzeEast Germany13:39.85
5Rodolfo Gómez (MEX)Americas13:40.64
6Matt CentrowitzUnited States13:42.03
7David Fitsimmons (AUS)Oceania13:45.12
8Gopal Singh Saini (IND)Asia14:26.81
 

Women

25 August

RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes
1Svetlana UlmasovaSoviet Union8:36.348
2Grete Waitz (NOR)Europe8:38.597
3Francie LarrieuUnited States8:53.026
4Ursula SauerEast Germany9:13.275
5Barbara Moore (NZL)Oceania9:19.654
6Shauna Miller (CAN)Americas9:20.283
7Sakina Boutamine (ALG)Africa9:30.732
8Tashiko Kumagai (JPN)Asia9:52.951

10,000 m

Men

24 August

RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes
1Miruts Yifter (ETH)Africa27:53.078
2Craig VirginUnited States27:59.557
3Aleksandr AntipovSoviet Union28:25.176
4Gerard Barratt (AUS)Oceania28:29.765
5Peter Butler (CAN)Americas28:40.834
6Werner SchildhauerEast Germany29:15.523
7John Treacy (IRL)Europe29:25.302
8Edward Vincent (IND)Asia29:26.501

110/100 m hurdles

Men

26 August
Wind: 0.0 m/s

RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes
1Renaldo NehemiahUnited States13.398
2Thomas MunkeltEast Germany13.427
3Alejandro Casañas (CUB)Americas13.446
4Aleksandr PuchkovSoviet Union13.745
5Jan Pusty (POL)Europe13.884
6Godwin Obasogie (NGR)Africa14.183
7Michael Wilson (AUS)Oceania14.592
Yoshifumi Fujimori (JPN)AsiaDNF0
 

Women

25 August
Wind: -0.1 m/s

RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes
1Grażyna Rabsztyn (POL)Europe12.678
2Tatyana AnisimovaSoviet Union12.757
3Kerstin ClausEast Germany13.036
4Debbie LaPlanteUnited States13.235
5Sharon Lane (CAN)Americas13.634
6Penny Gillies (AUS)Oceania13.883
7Judy Bell-Gam (NGR)Africa13.932
8Emi Akimoto (JPN)Asia14.281

400 m hurdles

Men

24 August

RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes
1Edwin MosesUnited States47.538
2Harald Schmid (FRG)Europe48.717
3Vasiliy ArkhipenkoSoviet Union48.976
4Volker BeckEast Germany49.665
5Peter Grant (AUS)Oceania50.204
6António Ferreira (BRA)Americas50.543
7Daniel Kimaiyo (KEN)Africa50.552
Hassan Kadhum (IRQ)AsiaDNS1
 

Women

24 August

RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes
1Bärbel KleppEast Germany55.838
2Marina MakeyevaSoviet Union56.027
3Debbie EsserUnited States56.756
4Christine Warden (GBR)Europe57.205
5Lynette Young (AUS)Oceania58.804
6Francine Gendron (CAN)Americas60.913
7Yumiko Aoi (JPN)Asia61.022
8Fatima El Faquir (MAR)Africa67.421

3000 m steeplechase

Men

25 August

RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes
1Kip Rono (KEN)Africa8:25.978
2Ralf PönitzschEast Germany8:29.287
3Mariano Scartezzini (ITA)Europe8:29.446
4Henry MarshUnited States8:30.095
5Masanari Shintaku (JPN)Asia8:40.004
6Anatoliy DimovSoviet Union8:46.233
7Philippe Lahuerte (CAN)Americas8:54.682
8Howard Healey (AUS)Oceania9:15.061

4 × 100 m relay

Men

25 August

RankTeamAthletesTimePointsNotes
1AmericasOsvaldo Lara (CUB), Nelson dos Santos (BRA), Silvio Leonard (CUB), Altevir de Araújo (BRA)38.708
2United StatesMike Roberson, Harvey Glance, Mel Lattany, Steve Riddick 38.777
3EuropeJerzy Brunner (POL), Leszek Dunecki (POL), Zenon Licznerski (POL), Marian Woronin (BRA) 38.856
4East GermanyKlaus-Dieter Kurrat, Detlef Kübeck, Olaf Prenzler, Alexander Thieme38.865
5AfricaErnest Obeng (GHA), Edward Ofili (NGR), Théophile Nkounkou (CGO), Peter Okodogbe (NGR) 39.024
6Soviet UnionValeriy Pidluzhnyy, Andrey Shlyapnikov, Aleksandr Aksinin, Vladimir Ignatenko 39.523
7OceaniaJames Kelly (AUS), Richard James (AUS), Barry Besanko (AUS), Colin O'Sullivan (AUS) 39.852
8AsiaSuchart Chairsuvaparb (THA), Mohammed Al-Malki (OMA), Akira Harada (JPN), Shunzo Shito (JPN) 40.091
 

Women

26 August

RankTeamAthletesTimePointsNotes
1EuropeLinda Haglund (SWE), Chantal Réga (FRA), Annegret Richter (FRG), Heather Hunte (GBR) 42.198
2East GermanyChristina Brehmer, Romy Schneider, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr 42.327
3Soviet UnionVera Anisimova, Olga Korotkova, Marina Sidorova, Lyudmila Kondratyeva 42.326
4United StatesEvelyn Ashford, Karen Hawkins, Dollie Fleetwood, Valerie Boyer 43.535
5AmericasLilieth Hodges (JAM), Rosie Allwood (JAM), Silvia Chivás (CUB), Angella Taylor (CAN) 43.994
6OceaniaHelen Edwards (AUS), Debbie Wells (AUS), Janeen Faithfull (AUS), Kim Robertson (NZL) 44.623
7AfricaNzaeli Kyomo (TAN), Grace Bakari (GHA), Hannah Afriyie (GHA), Oguzoeme Nsenu (NGR) 44.832
8AsiaYumiko Aoi (JPN), Usanee Lopinkarn (THA), Mo Hyung-hee (KOR), Ying Yaping (CHN) 46.191

4 × 400 m relay

Men

26 August

RankTeamAthletesTimePointsNotes
1United StatesHerman Frazier, Bill Green, Willie Smith, Tony Darden 3:00.708
2EuropeRyszard Podlas (POL), Franz-Peter Hofmeister (FRG), Harry Schulting (NED), Harald Schmid (FRG) 3:00.807
3AfricaBilly Konchellah (KEN), Dele Udo (NGR), James Atuti (KEN), Hassan El Kachief (SUD) 3:01.226
4Soviet UnionViktor Burakov, Vasiliy Arkhipyenko, Remigijus Valiulis, Nikolay Chernetskiy 3:02.245
5AmericasIan Stapleton (JAM), Colin Bradford (JAM), Brian Saunders (JAM), Clyde Edwards (BAR) 3:02.394
6East GermanyFrank Richter, Udo Bauer, Frank Schaffer, Manfred Konow 3:05.273
7OceaniaPeter Grant (AUS), Jim O'Sullivan (AUS), John Higham (AUS), Peter Pearless (NZL) 3:06.192
8AsiaFahim Al-Sada (IRQ), Uday Krishna Pradhu (IND), Ramashwany Gnanasekaran (IND), Shoichi Handa (JPN) 3:12.491
 

Women

24 August

RankTeamAthletesTimePointsNotes
1East GermanyGabriele Kotte, Christina Brehmer, Brigitte Köhn, Marita Koch 3:20.378
2Soviet UnionIrina Bagryantseva, Tatyana Prorochenko, Nina Zyuskova, Mariya Kulchunova 3:23.047
3United StatesSharon Dabney, Rosalyn Bryant, Patricia Jackson, Sherri Howard 3:27.366
4EuropeKaroline Käfer (AUT), Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH), Elke Decker (FRG), Irena Szewińska (POL) 3:27.395
5AmericasAurelia Pentón (CUB), Jackie Pusey (JAM), Marita Payne (CAN), June Griffith (GUY) 3:28.504
6OceaniaMarian O'Shaughnessy (AUS), Terri-Anne Wangman (AUS), Lynnette Young (AUS), Kim Robertson (NZL) 3:35.603
7AfricaGrace Bakari (GHA), Marième Boye (SEN), Mary Chemweno (KEN), Ruth Waithera (KEN) 3:36.242
8AsiaRita Sen (IND), Yumiko Aoi (JPN), Saik Oik Cum (MAS), Chen Juying (CHN) 3:48.751

High jump

Men

25 August

RankAthleteTeamResultPointsNotes
1Franklin JacobsUnited States2.278
2Jacek Wszoła (POL) Europe2.277
3Aleksandr GrigoryevSoviet Union2.246
4Rolf BeilschmidtEast Germany2.245
5Milton Ottey (CAN) Americas2.104
6Othmane Belfaa (ALG) Africa2.103
7Kazunori Koshikawa (JPN) Asia2.052
8Michael Dick (AUS) Oceania2.001
 

Women

26 August

RankAthleteTeamResultPointsNotes
1Debbie Brill (CAN) Americas1.968
2Sara Simeoni (ITA) Europe1.947
3Nina SerbinaSoviet Union1.906
4Rosemarie AckermannEast Germany1.875
5Louise RitterUnited States1.874
6Catherine Soanes (AUS) Oceania1.783
7Zheng Dazhen (CHN) Asia1.752
8Kawther Akrémi (TUN) Africa1.651

Pole vault

Men

25 August

RankAthleteTeamResultPointsNotes
1Mike TullyUnited States5.458
2Patrick Abada (FRA) Europe5.457
3Konstantin VolkovSoviet Union5.306
4Bruce Simpson (CAN) Americas5.205
5Itsuo Takanezawa (JPN) Asia5.004
6Axel WeberEast Germany5.003
7Bob Huddle (AUS) Oceania4.602
Kaddour Rahal (ALG) AfricaNM0

Long jump

Men

26 August

RankAthleteTeamResultPointsNotes
1Larry MyricksUnited States8.528
2Lutz DombrowskiEast Germany8.277
3David Giralt (CUB) Americas8.226
4Valeriy PidluzhnyySoviet Union7.885
5Gary Honey (AUS) Oceania7.724
6Grzegorz Cybulski (POL) Europe7.663
7Suresh Babu (IND) Asia7.412
8Kayode Elegbede (NGR) Africa7.361
 

Women

24 August

RankAthleteTeamResultPointsNotes
1Anita StukāneSoviet Union6.648
2Brigitte WujakEast Germany6.557
3Kathy McMillanUnited States6.316
4Eloína Hechavarría (CUB) Americas6.255
5Doina Anton (ROM) Europe6.094
6Sumie Awara (JPN) Asia5.963
7Lynette Jacenko (AUS) Oceania5.912
8Bella Bellgam (NGR) Africa5.731

Triple jump

Men

25 August

RankAthleteTeamResultPointsNotes
1João Carlos de Oliveira (BRA) Americas17.028
2Gennadiy ValyukevichSoviet Union16.947
3Ian Campbell (AUS) Oceania16.766
4Zou Zhenxian (CHN) Asia16.685
5Willie BanksUnited States16.664
6Lolnar GoraEast Germany16.313
7Ajayi Agbebaku (NGR) Africa16.312
8Bernard Lamitié (FRA) Europe15.861

Shot put

Men

26 August

RankAthleteTeamResultPointsNotes
1Udo BeyerEast Germany20.458
2Reijo Ståhlberg (FIN) Europe20.057
3Aleksandr BaryshnikovSoviet Union20.006
4Dave LautUnited States19.425
5Bishop Dolegiewicz (CAN) Americas19.404
6Nagui Asaad (EGY) Africa19.003
7Mohamed Al-Zinkawi (KUW) Asia17.252
8Ray Rigby (AUS) Oceania16.431
 

Women

24 August

RankAthleteTeamResultPointsNotes
1Ilona SlupianekEast Germany20.988
2Helena Fibingerová (TCH) Europe19.747
3Svetlana KrachevskayaSoviet Union19.706
4Maren SeidlerUnited States18.865
5María Elena Sarría (CUB) Americas18.594
6Shen Lijuan (CHN) Asia17.253
7Bev Francis (AUS) Oceania15.162
8Odette Mistoul (GAB) Africa13.711

Discus throw

Men

24 August

RankAthleteTeamResultPointsNotes
1Wolfgang SchmidtEast Germany66.028
2Mac WilkinsUnited States64.927
3Luis Delís (CUB) Americas63.506
4Knut Hjeltnes (NOR) Europe63.505
5Ihor DuhinetsSoviet Union59.344
6Robin Tait (NZL) Oceania54.603
7Abderrazak Ben Hassine (TUN) Africa52.822
8Kiyotaka Kawasaki (JPN) Asia52.541
 

Women

26 August

RankAthleteTeamResultPointsNotes
1Evelin JahlEast Germany65.188
2Svetlana MelnikovaSoviet Union65.147
3María Cristina Betancourt (CUB) Americas62.846
4Svetla Bozhkova (BUL) Europe60.845
5Gael Mulhall (AUS) Oceania56.504
6Li Xiaohui (CHN) Asia55.643
7Lynne WinbiglerUnited States50.062
8Zoubida Laayouni (MAR) Africa46.081

Hammer throw

Men

25 August

RankAthleteTeamResultPointsNotes
1Sergey LitvinovSoviet Union78.708
2Karl-Hans Riehm (FRG) Europe75.887
3Roland SteukEast Germany74.826
4Peter Farmer (AUS) Oceania71.685
5Armando Orozco (CUB) Americas69.624
6Shigenobu Murofushi (JPN) Asia67.323
7Boris DjerassiUnited States65.202
8Abdallah Boubekeur (ALG) Africa51.661

Javelin throw

Men

25 August

RankAthleteTeamResultPointsNotes
1Wolfgang HanischEast Germany86.488
2Mike O'Rourke (NZL) Oceania85.807
3Antonio González (CUB) Americas83.446
4Michael Wessing (FRG) Europe81.065
5Aleksandr MakarovSoviet Union80.764
6Jacques Ayé Abehi (CIV) Africa74.943
7Shen Maomao (CHN) Asia72.702
8Duncan AtwoodUnited States71.061
 

Women

24 August

RankAthleteTeamResultPointsNotes
1Ruth FuchsEast Germany66.108
2Éva Ráduly-Zörgő (ROM) Europe65.827
3María Caridad Colón (CUB) Americas63.506
4Kate SchmidtUnited States59.985
5Saida GunbaSoviet Union57.004
6Li Xiaohui (CHN) Asia52.503
7Pamela Matthews (AUS) Oceania52.482
8Agnès Tchuinté (CMR) Africa49.641
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References

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