1979 IAAF World Cup – Results

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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.

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Results

100 m

Men

24 August
Wind: -0.4 m/s

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

Women

25 August
Wind: -0.9 m/s

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

200 m

Men

25 August
Wind: 0.0 m/s

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

Women

24 August
Wind: -0.2 m/s

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

400 m

Men

25 August

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

Women

26 August

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

800 m

Men

24 August

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

Women

25 August

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

1500 m

Men

25 August

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

Women

26 August

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

5000/3000 m

Men

26 August

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

Women

25 August

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

10,000 m

Men

24 August

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

110/100 m hurdles

Men

26 August
Wind: 0.0 m/s

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

Women

25 August
Wind: -0.1 m/s

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

400 m hurdles

Men

24 August

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

Women

24 August

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

3000 m steeplechase

Men

25 August

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

4 × 100 m relay

Men

25 August

RankTeamAthletesTimePointsNotes
1Americas Osvaldo Lara (CUB), Nelson dos Santos (BRA), Silvio Leonard (CUB), Altevir de Araújo (BRA)38.708
2United States Mike Roberson, Harvey Glance, Mel Lattany, Steve Riddick 38.777
3Europe Jerzy Brunner (POL), Leszek Dunecki (POL), Zenon Licznerski (POL), Marian Woronin (POL) 38.856
4East Germany Klaus-Dieter Kurrat, Detlef Kübeck, Olaf Prenzler, Alexander Thieme 38.865
5Africa Ernest Obeng (GHA), Edward Ofili (NGR), Théophile Nkounkou (CGO), Peter Okodogbe (NGR) 39.024
6Soviet Union Valeriy Pidluzhnyy, Andrey Shlyapnikov, Aleksandr Aksinin, Vladimir Ignatenko 39.523
7Oceania James Kelly (AUS), Richard James (AUS), Barry Besanko (AUS), Colin O'Sullivan (AUS) 39.852
8Asia Suchart Chairsuvaparb (THA), Mohammed Al-Malki (OMA), Akira Harada (JPN), Shunzo Shito (JPN) 40.091
 

Women

26 August

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

4 × 400 m relay

Men

26 August

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

Women

24 August

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

High jump

Men

25 August

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

Women

26 August

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

Pole vault

Men

25 August

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

Long jump

Men

26 August

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

Women

24 August

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

Triple jump

Men

25 August

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

Shot put

Men

26 August

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

Women

24 August

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

Discus throw

Men

24 August

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

Women

26 August

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

Hammer throw

Men

25 August

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

Javelin throw

Men

25 August

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

Women

24 August

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

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