1979 Military Friendship Athletics Championships

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The 1979 Military Friendship Athletics Championships was an international men's outdoor track and field competition between military athletes from states of the Eastern Bloc, including the Soviet Union, East Germany, Poland, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Romania and Cuba. The competition was held in Potsdam, East Germany from 30 August to 1 September.

Poland's Marian Woronin claimed a sprint double in the 100 metres and 200 metres while East Germany's Jürgen Straub did the middle-distance equivalent in the 800 metres and 1500 metres. The most prominent athlete at the competition was the reigning 1976 Olympic hammer throw champion Yuriy Sedykh, who comfortably won his event by several metres. East German Ronald Weigel's win in the 20 kilometres race walk was also a standout performance, as the future world champion finished over two minutes ahead of his rivals.

Results

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 metresFlag of Poland.svg  Marian Woronin  (POL)10.38Flag of East Germany.svg  Klaus-Dieter Kurrat  (GDR)10.46Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Roman Lacko  (TCH)10.35
200 metresFlag of Poland.svg  Marian Woronin  (POL)20.87Flag of Poland.svg  Zenon Licznerski  (POL)20.97Flag of East Germany.svg  Klaus Thiele  (GDR)21.09
400 metresFlag of Poland.svg  Ryszard Podlas  (POL)46.37Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Nartsis Popov  (BUL)46.65Flag of East Germany.svg  Frank Schaffer  (GDR)46.79
800 metresFlag of East Germany.svg  Jürgen Straub  (GDR)1:46.9Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Josef Vedra  (TCH)1:47.8Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Vladimir Ponomaryov  (URS)1:48.0
1500 metresFlag of East Germany.svg  Jürgen Straub  (GDR)3:33.7Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Sergey Chirkov  (URS)3:37.4Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jozef Plachý  (TCH)3:37.6
5000 metresFlag of Poland.svg  Daniel Jańczuk  (POL)13:45.1Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Vladimir Lisovskiy  (URS)13:46.4Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jozef Lenčéš  (TCH)13:50.7
10,000 metresFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Valeriy Sapon  (URS)28:37.1Flag of East Germany.svg  Klaus-Dieter Schiemenz  (GDR)28:41.4Flag of Poland.svg  Bogusław Kuś  (POL)29:38.0
110 m hurdlesFlag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Vasko Nedyalkov  (BUL)13.96Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Július Ivan  (TCH)14.04Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Vyacheslav Naidyenko  (URS)14.05
400 m hurdlesFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Oleg Bulatkin  (URS)50.56Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Dmitry Stukalov  (URS)50.99Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Yanko Bratanov  (BUL)51.07
3000 m s'chaseFlag of Poland.svg  Bogusław Mamiński  (POL)8:31.1Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Vladimir Lisovskiy  (URS)8:31.9Flag of Poland.svg  Piotr Zgarda  (POL)8:33.7
4 × 100 m relayFlag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)
Ryszard Sadkowski
Zenon Licznerski
Mirosław Kobielski
Marian Woronin
40.10Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia  (TCH)
Vardas
Zdenek Mazur
Ladislav Latocha
Roman Lacko
40.50Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany  (GDR)
Ingo Voge
Christian Neubert
Uwe Barucha
Klaus-Dieter Kurrat
40.52
4 × 400 m relayFlag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)
Jerzy Włodarczyk
Ryszard Podlas
Andrzej Stępień
Jerzy Konarski
3:08.51Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany  (GDR)
Klaus Thiele
Frank Lehmann
Klaus Hauck
Frank Schaffer
3:09.55Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)
Vladimir Konovalov
Oleg Bulatkin
Valeriy Mashkovskiy
Dmitry Stukalov
3:09.91
20 km walkFlag of East Germany.svg  Ronald Weigel  (GDR)1:28:29.4Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Maris Peterson  (URS)1:30:31.9Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Stefan Petrix  (TCH)1:32:31.2
High jumpFlag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Adrian Proteasa  (ROM)2.19Flag of Poland.svg  Jarosław Gwóźdź  (POL)2.19Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Daniel Albu  (ROM)2.13
Pole vaultFlag of Poland.svg  Mariusz Klimczyk  (POL)5.45Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Aleksandr Dolgov  (URS)5.30Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Atanas Tarev  (BUL)5.30
Long jumpFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jan Leitner  (TCH)7.78Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Kazimir Vilkanov  (BUL)7.69Flag of Cuba.svg  Ramón Díaz Rodríguez  (CUB)7.66
Triple jumpFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Anatoliy Piskulin  (URS)16.84Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Adrian Ghioroaie  (ROM)16.25Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Karel Hradil  (TCH)16.17
Shot putFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jaroslav Brabec  (TCH)19.71Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Mikhail Kyoshev  (BUL)19.61Flag of Poland.svg  Andrzej Bembnista  (POL)19.02
Discus throwFlag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Velko Velev  (BUL)63.92Flag of Poland.svg  Stanisław Wołodko  (POL)60.68Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Iosif Naghi  (ROM)59.90
Hammer throwFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Yuriy Sedykh  (URS)75.24Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Igor Nikulin  (URS)70.92Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  František Vrbka  (TCH)69.24
Javelin throwFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Aleksandr Zaytsev  (URS)80.44Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Tomáš Babiak  (TCH)78.64Flag of Poland.svg  Czesław Uhl  (POL)78.62
DecathlonFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Vladimir Buryakov  (URS)7898 ptsFlag of East Germany.svg  Wolfgang Linder  (GDR)7739 ptsFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Luděk Pernica  (TCH)7223 pts

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