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.

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Overall results

Men

Pos.TeamResult
1 United States 119
2 Europe 112
3 East Germany 108
4 Soviet Union 102
5 America 98
6 Africa 84
7 Oceania 58
8 Asia 36
 

Women

Pos.TeamResult
1 East Germany 106
2 Soviet Union 98
3 Europe 88
4 United States 76
5 America 68
6 Oceania 47
7 Africa 30
8 Asia 26

Medal summary

Men

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 metresFlag of the United States.svg  James Sanford  (USA)
United States		10.17Flag of Cuba.svg  Silvio Leonard  (CUB)
Americas		10.26Flag of Poland.svg  Marian Woronin  (POL)
Europe		10.28
200 metresFlag of Cuba.svg  Silvio Leonard  (CUB)
Americas		20.34Flag of Poland.svg  Leszek Dunecki  (POL)
Europe		20.50Flag of Nigeria.svg  Peter Okodogbe  (NGR)
Africa		20.69
400 metresFlag of Sudan.svg  Hassan El Kachief  (SUD)
Africa		45.39Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Nikolay Chernetskiy  (URS)
Soviet Union		46.06Flag of the United States.svg  Tony Darden  (USA)
United States		46.12
800 metresFlag of Kenya.svg  James Maina Boi  (KEN)
Africa		1:47.69Flag of the United States.svg  James Robinson  (USA)
United States		1:47.85Flag of Germany.svg  Willi Wülbeck  (FRG)
Europe		1:47.88
1500 metresFlag of Germany.svg  Thomas Wessinghage  (FRG)
Europe		3:46.00Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Vladimir Ponomaryov  (URS)
Soviet Union		3:46.13Flag of East Germany.svg  Jürgen Straub  (GDR)
East Germany		3:46.30
5000 metresFlag of Ethiopia (1975-1987).svg  Miruts Yifter  (ETH)
Africa		13:35.9Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Valeriy Abramov  (URS)
Soviet Union		13:37.6Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Markus Ryffel  (SUI)
Europe		13:38.6
10,000 metresFlag of Ethiopia (1975-1987).svg  Miruts Yifter  (ETH)
Africa		27:53.07Flag of the United States.svg  Craig Virgin  (USA)
United States		27:59.55Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Aleksandras Antipovas  (URS)
Soviet Union		28:25.17
110 metre hurdlesFlag of the United States.svg  Renaldo Nehemiah  (USA)
United States		13.39Flag of East Germany.svg  Thomas Munkelt  (GDR)
East Germany		13.42Flag of Cuba.svg  Alejandro Casañas  (CUB)
Americas		13.44
400 metre hurdlesFlag of the United States.svg  Edwin Moses  (USA)
United States		47.53Flag of Germany.svg  Harald Schmid  (FRG)
Europe		48.71Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Vasyl Arkhypenko  (URS)
Soviet Union		48.97
3000 metre steeplechaseFlag of Kenya.svg  Kip Rono  (KEN)
Africa		8:25.97Flag of East Germany.svg  Ralf Pönitzsch  (GDR)
East Germany		8:29.28Flag of Italy.svg  Mariano Scartezzini  (ITA)
Europe		8:29.44
4×100 metre relayAmericas
Osvaldo Lara
Nelson dos Santos
Silvio Leonard
Altevir de Araújo 		38.70United States
Mike Roberson
Harvey Glance
Mel Lattany
Steve Riddick 		38.77Europe
Jerzy Brunner
Leszek Dunecki
Zenon Licznerski
Marian Woronin 		38.85
4×400 metre relayUnited States
Herman Frazier
Bill Green
Willie Smith
Tony Darden 		3:00.70Europe
Ryszard Podlas
Franz-Peter Hofmeister
Harry Schulting
Harald Schmid 		3:00.80Africa
Billy Konchellah
Dele Udo
James Atuti
Hassan El Kachief 		3:01.22
High jumpFlag of the United States.svg  Franklin Jacobs  (USA)
United States		2.27Flag of Poland.svg  Jacek Wszoła  (POL)
Europe		2.27Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Aleksandr Grigoryev  (URS)
Soviet Union		2.24
Pole vaultFlag of the United States.svg  Mike Tully  (USA)
United States		5.45Flag of France.svg  Patrick Abada  (FRA)
Europe		5.45Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Konstantin Volkov  (URS)
Soviet Union		5.30
Long jumpFlag of the United States.svg  Larry Myricks  (USA)
United States		8.52Flag of East Germany.svg  Lutz Dombrowski  (GDR)
East Germany		8.27Flag of Cuba.svg  David Giralt  (CUB)
Americas		8.22
Triple jumpFlag of Brazil.svg  João Carlos de Oliveira  (BRA)
Americas		17.02Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Gennadiy Valyukevich  (URS)
Soviet Union		16.94Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Ian Campbell  (AUS)
Oceania		16.76
Shot putFlag of East Germany.svg  Udo Beyer  (GDR)
East Germany		20.45Flag of Finland.svg  Reijo Ståhlberg  (FIN)
Europe		20.05Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Aleksandr Baryshnikov  (URS)
Soviet Union		20.00
Discus throwFlag of East Germany.svg  Wolfgang Schmidt  (GDR)
East Germany		66.02Flag of the United States.svg  Mac Wilkins  (USA)
United States		64.92Flag of Cuba.svg  Luis Delís  (CUB)
Americas		63.50
Hammer throwFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Sergey Litvinov  (URS)
Soviet Union		78.70Flag of Germany.svg  Karl-Hans Riehm  (FRG)
Europe		75.88Flag of East Germany.svg  Roland Steuk  (GDR)
East Germany		74.82
Javelin throwFlag of East Germany.svg  Wolfgang Hanisch  (GDR)
East Germany		86.48Flag of New Zealand.svg  Mike O'Rourke  (NZL)
Oceania		85.80Flag of Cuba.svg  Antonio González  (CUB)
Americas		83.44

Women

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 metresFlag of the United States.svg  Evelyn Ashford  (USA)
United States		11.06Flag of East Germany.svg  Marlies Göhr  (GDR)
East Germany		11.17Flag of Germany.svg  Annegret Richter  (FRG)
Europe		11.36
200 metresFlag of the United States.svg  Evelyn Ashford  (USA)
United States		21.83Flag of East Germany.svg  Marita Koch  (GDR)
East Germany		22.02Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Lyudmila Kondratyeva  (URS)
Soviet Union		22.66
400 metresFlag of East Germany.svg  Marita Koch  (GDR)
Europe		48.97Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Mariya Kulchunova  (URS)
Soviet Union		50.60Flag of Poland.svg  Irena Szewińska  (POL)
Europe		51.15
800 metresFlag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Nikolina Shtereva  (BUL)
Europe		2:00.52Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Nadezhda Mushta  (URS)
Soviet Union		2:01.09Flag of East Germany.svg  Anita Weiß  (GDR)
East Germany		2:01.33
1500 metresFlag of East Germany.svg  Christiane Wartenberg  (GDR)
East Germany		4:06.881Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Giana Romanova  (URS)
Soviet Union		4:08.73Flag of the United States.svg  Francie Larrieu  (USA)
United States		4:09.16
3000 metresFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Svetlana Ulmasova  (URS)
Soviet Union		8:36.34Flag of Norway.svg  Grete Waitz  (NOR)
Europe		8:38.59Flag of the United States.svg  Francie Larrieu  (USA)
United States		8:53.02
100 metre hurdlesFlag of Poland.svg  Grażyna Rabsztyn  (POL)
Europe		12.67Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Tatyana Anisimova  (URS)
Soviet Union		12.75Flag of East Germany.svg  Kerstin Claus  (GDR)
East Germany		13.03
400 metre hurdlesFlag of East Germany.svg  Bärbel Klepp  (GDR)
East Germany		55.83Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Marina Makeyeva  (URS)
Soviet Union		56.02Flag of the United States.svg  Debbie Esser  (USA)
United States		56.75
4×100 metre relayEurope
Linda Haglund
Chantal Réga
Annegret Richter
Heather Hunte 		42.19East Germany
Christina Brehmer
Romy Schneider
Ingrid Auerswald
Marlies Göhr 		42.32Soviet Union
Vera Anisimova
Olga Korotkova
Marina Sidorova
Lyudmila Kondratyeva 		42.52
4×400 metre relayEast Germany
Gabriele Kotte
Christina Brehmer
Brigitte Köhn
Marita Koch 		3:20.37Soviet Union
Irina Bagryantseva
Tatyana Prorochenko
Nina Zyuskova
Mariya Kulchunova 		3:23.04United States
Sharon Dabney
Rosalyn Bryant
Patricia Jackson
Sherri Howard 		3:27.36
High jumpFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Debbie Brill  (CAN)
Americas		1.96Flag of Italy.svg  Sara Simeoni  (ITA)
Europe		1.94Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Nina Serbina  (URS)
Soviet Union		1.90
Long jumpFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Anita Stukane  (URS)
Soviet Union		6.64Flag of East Germany.svg  Brigitte Wujak  (GDR)
East Germany		6.55Flag of the United States.svg  Kathy McMillan  (USA)
United States		6.31
Shot putFlag of East Germany.svg  Ilona Slupianek  (GDR)
East Germany		20.98Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Helena Fibingerová  (TCH)
Europe		19.74Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Svetlana Krachevskaya  (URS)
Soviet Union		19.70
Discus throwFlag of East Germany.svg  Evelin Jahl  (GDR)
East Germany		65.18Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Svetlana Melnikova  (URS)
Soviet Union		65.14Flag of Cuba.svg  María Cristina Betancourt  (CUB)
Americas		62.84
Javelin throwFlag of East Germany.svg  Ruth Fuchs  (GDR)
East Germany		66.10Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Éva Ráduly-Zörgő  (ROU)
Europe		65.82Flag of Cuba.svg  María Caridad Colón  (CUB)
Americas		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.

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