1979 European Cup (athletics)

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1979 European Cup
Host city Turin, Italy
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
Events33

The 1979 European Cup was the seventh edition of the European Cup of athletics. [1]

Contents

The "A" Finals were held in Turin, Italy. The first two teams qualified for the 1979 IAAF World Cup.

"A" Final

Held in Turin on 4 and 5 August. [2]

Team standings

Results summary

Men's events

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 m
(Wind: +1.3 m/s)
Pietro Mennea
Flag of Italy.svg Italy
10.15 Marian Woronin
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
10.16 Allan Wells
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
10.19
200 m
(Wind: +2.2 m/s)
Allan Wells
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
20.29w Pietro Mennea
Flag of Italy.svg Italy
20.31w Marian Woronin
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
20.43w
400 m Harald Schmid
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
45.31 Mauro Zuliani
Flag of Italy.svg Italy
45.35 Andreas Knebel
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
45.76
800 m Sebastian Coe
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
1:47.28 Dragan Životić
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia
1:48.03 Willi Wülbeck
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
1:48.11
1500 m Jürgen Straub
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
3:36.27
CR
Thomas Wessinghage
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
3:36.40 Graham Williamson
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
3:38.34
5000 m Hansjörg Kunze
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
14:12.88 Aleksandr Fedotkin
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
14:13.97 Mike McLeod
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
14:15.91
10,000 m Brendan Foster
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
28:22.86 Aleksandras Antipovas
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
28:40.32 Frank Zimmermann
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
28:42.09
3000 m steeplechase Mariano Scartezzini
Flag of Italy.svg Italy
8:22.74 Michael Karst
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
8:23.75 Anatoliy Dimov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
8:25.87
110 m hurdles
(Wind: +1.3 m/s)
Thomas Munkelt
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
13.37
CR
Aleksandr Puchkov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
13.56 Jan Pusty
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
13.74
400 m hurdles Harald Schmid
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
47.85
CR, AR , NR
Vasiliy Arkhipenko
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
48.35 Volker Beck
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
48.58
4 × 100 m Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
Krzysztof Zwoliński
Zenon Licznerski
Leszek Dunecki
Marian Woronin
38.47
CR
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Klaus-Dieter Kurrat
Eugen Ray
Olaf Prenzler
Alexander Thieme
38.70Flag of France.svg France
Patrick Barré
Pascal Barré
Lucien Sainte-Rose
Hermann Panzo
38.71
4 × 400 m Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Lothar Krieg
Franz-Peter Hofmeister
Hartmut Weber
Harald Schmid
3:01.91Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Udo Bauer
Frank Schaffer
Frank Richter
Volker Beck
3:02.15Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
Viktor Burakov
Remigijus Valiulis
Vyacheslav Dotsenko
Nikolay Chernetskiy
3:02.35
High jump Dietmar Mögenburg
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
2.32
CR
Rolf Beilschmidt
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
2.30 Aleksandr Grigoryev
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
2.24
Pole vault Konstantin Volkov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
5.60 Patrick Abada
Flag of France.svg France
5.60 Władysław Kozakiewicz
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
5.55
Long jump Lutz Dombrowski
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
8.31
CR
Grzegorz Cybulski
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
8.03 Valeriy Podluzhniy
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
7.95
Triple jump Bernard Lamitié
Flag of France.svg France
16.94 Roberto Mazzucato
Flag of Italy.svg Italy
16.92 Anatoliy Piskulin
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
16.91
Shot put Udo Beyer
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
21.13 Ralf Reichenbach
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
20.27 Aleksandr Baryshnikov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
20.25
Discus throw Wolfgang Schmidt
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
66.76 Alwin Wagner
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
62.96 Ihor Duhinets
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
62.72
Hammer throw Karl-Hans Riehm
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
78.66 Sergey Litvinov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
76.90 Roland Steuk
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
75.76
Javelin throw Wolfgang Hanisch
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
88.68 Michael Wessing
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
87.38 Aleksandr Makarov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
82.26
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Women's events

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 m
(Wind: +0.3 m/s)
Marlies Göhr
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
11.03
CR
Lyudmila Kondratyeva
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
11.15 Annegret Richter
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
11.22
200 m
(Wind: +0.2 m/s)
Lyudmila Kondratyeva
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
22.40
CR
Marlies Göhr
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
22.50 Annegret Richter
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
22.75
400 m Marita Koch
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
48.60
CR
Mariya Kulchunova
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
49.63 Irena Szewińska
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
51.27
800 m Nikolina Shtereva
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria
1:56.29
CR
Yekaterina Poryvkina
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
1:57.57 Anita Weiss
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
1:57.92
1500 m Totka Petrova
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria
4:03.13
CR
Giana Romanova
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
4:03.38 Natalia Mărășescu
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania
4:03.74
3000 m Svetlana Guskova
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
8:52.00 Maricica Puica
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania
8:52.66 Vesela Yatsinska
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria
8:52.89
100 m hurdles
(Wind: -1.1 m/s)
Tatyana Anisimova
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
12.77
CR
Grażyna Rabsztyn
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
12.85 Daniela Teneva
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria
13.17
400 m hurdles Marina Makeyeva
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
54.82
CR
Karin Rossley
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
55.10 Silvia Hollmann
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
56.74
4 × 100 m Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Christina Brehmer
Romy Schneider
Ingrid Auerswald
Marlies Göhr
42.09 CR Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
Vera Komisova
Vera Anisimova
Tatyana Anisimova
Lyudmila Kondratyeva
42.29Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
Helen Barnett
Wendy Clarke
Kathy Smallwood
Heather Hunte
43.18
4 × 400 m Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Gabriele Kotte
Christina Brehmer
Brigitte Köhn
Marita Koch
3:19.62 CR Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
Irina Bagryantseva
Nina Zyuskova
Tatyana Prorochenko
Maria Kulchunova
3:20.39Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
Joslyn Hoyte-Smith
Ruth Kennedy
Verona Elder
Donna Hartley
3:27.89
High jump Rosemarie Ackermann
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
1.99
CR
Sara Simeoni
Flag of Italy.svg Italy
1.94 Urszula Kielan
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
1.92
Long jump Brigitte Wujak
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
6.89 Doina Anton
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania
6.60 Lidiya Gusheva
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria
6.47
Shot put Ilona Slupianek
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
20.93 Nunu Abashidze
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
19.75 Ivanka Petrova
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria
19.63
Discus throw Evelin Jahl
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
68.92 Svetlana Melnikova
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
66.06 Svetla Bozhkova
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria
62.82
Javelin throw Eva Raduly-Zörgö
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania
66.28 Ruth Fuchs
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
65.46 Tessa Sanderson
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
62.38
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

"B" Final

The winners qualified for the "A" final.

Semifinals

Men

All semifinals were held on 30 June and 1 July. [2] First two teams qualified for the "A" final (plus Italy as the host). Places 3–5 qualified for the "B" final.

Women

[2]

First two teams qualified for the "A" final (plus Italy as the host). Places 3–5 qualified for the "B" final.

Preliminary

Men

Preliminary round was held on 16 and 17 June in Luxembourg City. First three teams advanced to the semifinals.

Pos.NationPoints
1Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal74
2Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 65.5
3Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 54
4Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 53.5
5Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 51

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References

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