1981 IAAF World Cup – Results

Last updated

These are the full results of the 1981 IAAF World Cup which was held between 4 and 6 September 1981 at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy.

Contents

Results

100 m

Men

4 September
Wind: +0.2 m/s

RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes
1 Allan Wells (GBR)Europe10.209
2 Ernest Obeng (GHA)Africa10.218
3 Frank Emmelmann East Germany10.317
4 Nikolay Sidorov Soviet Union10.416
5 Colin Bradford (JAM)Americas10.445
6 Pierfrancesco Pavoni Italy10.514
7 Gerrard Keating (AUS)Oceania10.703
8 Suchart Chairsuvaparb (THA)Asia10.732
9 Carl Lewis United States10.961
 

Women

5 September
Wind: +0.1 m/s

RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes
1 Evelyn Ashford United States11.029
2 Kathy Smallwood (GBR)Europe11.108
3 Marlies Göhr East Germany11.137
4 Angella Taylor (CAN)Americas11.186
5 Natalya Bochina Soviet Union11.385
6 Marisa Masullo Italy11.534
7 Helen Edwards (AUS)Oceania11.583
8 Nawal El Moutawakel (MAR)Africa11.922
9 Yukiko Osako (JPN)Asia12.141

200 m

Men

6 September
Wind: +0.1 m/s

RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes
1 Mel Lattany United States20.219
2 Allan Wells (GBR)Europe20.538
3 Frank Emmelmann East Germany20.577
4 Don Quarrie (JAM)Americas20.666
5 Giovanni Bongiorni Italy21.115
6 Yuriy Naumenko Soviet Union21.134
7 Degnan Kablan (CIV)Africa21.203
8 Toshio Toyota (JPN)Asia21.392
9 Peter Van Miltenburg (AUS)Oceania21.881
 

Women

4 September
Wind: +0.7 m/s

RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes
1 Evelyn Ashford United States22.189
2 Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH)Europe22.318
3 Bärbel Wöckel East Germany22.417
4 Angella Taylor (CAN)Americas22.676
5 Natalya Bochina Soviet Union23.055
6 Marisa Masullo Italy23.224
7 Helen Edwards (AUS)Oceania23.683
8 Hannah Afriyie (GHA)Africa24.632
9 Emiko Konishi (JPN)Asia24.821

400 m

Men

5 September

RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes
1 Cliff Wiley United States44.889
2 Mauro Zuliani Italy45.268
3 Bert Cameron (JAM)Americas45.277
4 Hartmut Weber (FRG)Europe45.526
5 Viktor Markin Soviet Union45.785
6 Andreas Knebel East Germany45.864
7 Hassan El Kashief (SUD)Africa45.963
8 Gary Minihan (AUS)Oceania46.852
9 Takevuki Isobe (JPN)Asia47.711
 

Women

6 September

RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes
1 Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH)Europe48.619
2 Marita Koch East Germany49.278
3 Jackie Pusey (JAM)Americas51.487
4 Denean Howard United States51.766
5 Erica Rossi Italy52.505
6 Irina Nazarova Soviet Union53.214
7 Leanne Evans (AUS)Oceania53.443
8 Ruth Atuti (KEN)Africa55.582
9 Junko Yoshida (JPN)Asia56.001

800 m

Men

4 September

RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes
1 Sebastian Coe (GBR)Europe1:46.169
2 James Robinson United States1:47.318
3 Detlef Wagenknecht East Germany1:47.497
4 Mike Hillardt (AUS)Oceania1:47.596
5 Omer Khalifa (SUD)Africa1:47.635
6 Joaquim Cruz (BRA)Americas1:47.774
7 Carlo Grippo Italy1:47.793
8 Nikolay Kirov Soviet Union1:48.152
9 Abraham Rajan (IND)Asia1:53.211
 

Women

5 September

RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes
1 Lyudmila Veselkova Soviet Union1:57.489
2 Martina Steuk East Germany1:58.318
3 Jolanta Januchta (POL)Europe1:58.327
4 Gabriella Dorio Italy1:59.436
5 Terri-Anne Cater (AUS)Oceania2:00.565
6 Madeline Manning United States2:01.794
7 Brit McRoberts (CAN)Americas2:02.193
8 Mary Chemweno (KEN)Africa2:05.732
9 Geeta Zutshi (IND)Asia2:09.561

1500 m

Men

5 September

RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes
1 Steve Ovett (GBR)Europe3:34.959
2 John Walker (NZL)Oceania3:35.498
3 Olaf Beyer East Germany3:35.587
4 Mike Boit (KEN)Africa3:35.736
5 Sydney Maree United States3:36.565
6 Nikolay Kirov Soviet Union3:38.054
7 Claudio Patrignani Italy3:39.413
8 John Craig (CAN)Americas3:39.862
9 Takahashi Ishii (JPN)Asia3:40.931
 

Women

4 September

RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes
1 Tamara Sorokina Soviet Union4:03.339
2 Gabriella Dorio Italy4:03.758
3 Ulrike Bruns East Germany4:04.677
4 Anna Bukis (POL)Europe4:06.726
5 Jan Merrill United States4:08.985
6 Brit McRoberts (CAN)Americas4:09.664
7 Mary Chemweno (KEN)Africa4:10.493
8 Dianne Rodger (NZL)Oceania4:19.982
9 Zhang Xiuyun (CHN)Asia4:26.971

5000/3000 m

Men

6 September

RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes
1 Eamonn Coghlan (IRL)Europe14:08.399
2 Hansjörg Kunze East Germany14:08.548
3 Vittorio Fontanella Italy14:09.067
4 Valeriy Abramov Soviet Union14:09.856
5 Tolossa Kotu (ETH)Africa14:11.145
6 Matt Centrowitz United States14:11.144
7 Gopal Singh Saini (IND)Asia14:14.883
8 Paul Williams (CAN)Americas14:24.212
9 Peter Renner (NZL)Oceania14:31.671
 

Women

6 September

RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes
1 Angelika Zauber East Germany8:54.899
2 Maricica Puică (ROM)Europe8:55.808
3 Silvana Cruciata Italy8:57.107
4 Tatyana Pozdnyakova Soviet Union9:02.956
5 Brenda Webb United States9:13.105
6 Justina Chepchirchir (KEN)Africa9:18.804
7 Barbara Moore (NZL)Oceania9:18.833
8 Akemi Masuda (JPN)Asia9:58.072
9 Angelita Lind (PUR)Americas10:20.921

10,000 m

Men

4 September

RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes
1 Werner Schildhauer East Germany27:38.439NR
2 Mohamed Kedir (ETH)Africa27:39.448
3 Alberto Salazar United States27:40.697
4 Venanzio Ortis Italy27:42.706
5 Martti Vainio (FIN)Europe27:48.625
6 Toomas Turb Soviet Union27:54.184
7 Kunimitsu Itō (JPN)Asia28:35.953
8 Steve Austin (AUS)Oceania28:51.702
9 Peter Butler (CAN)Americas29:47.051

110/100 m hurdles

Men

6 September
Wind: -0.2 m/s

RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes
1 Greg Foster United States13.329
2 Alejandro Casañas (CUB)Americas13.368
3 Július Ivan (TCH)Europe13.667
4 Andreas Schlißke East Germany13.726
5 Yuriy Chervanyov Soviet Union13.765
6 Daniele Fontecchio Italy13.904
7 Tim Soper (NZL)Oceania14.313
8 Yoshifumi Fujimori (JPN)Asia14.312
9 Charles Kokoyo (KEN)Africa14.631
 

Women

5 September
Wind: +0.1 m/s

RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes
1 Tatyana Anisimova Soviet Union12.859
2 Kerstin Knabe East Germany12.918
3 Lucyna Langer (POL)Europe12.977
4 Stephanie Hightower United States13.096
5 Penny Gillies (AUS)Oceania13.595
6 Patrizia Lombardo Italy13.684
7 Grisel Machado (CUB)Americas13.763
8 Emi Akimoto (JPN)Asia13.972
9 Cécile Ngambi (CMR)Africa14.161

400 m hurdles

Men

4 September

RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes
1 Edwin Moses United States47.379
2 Volker Beck East Germany49.168
3 Harry Schulting (NED)Europe49.697
4 Vasiliy Arkhipenko Soviet Union49.856
5 António Ferreira (BRA)Americas50.455
6 Garry Brown (AUS)Oceania50.594
7 Saverio Gellini Italy50.693
8 Takashi Nagao (JPN)Asia51.952
9 Jackson Melly (KEN)Africa52.901
 

Women

4 September

RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes
1 Ellen Neumann East Germany54.829
2 Genowefa Błaszak (POL)Europe56.208
3 Anna Kastetskaya Soviet Union56.377
4 Lynette Foreman (AUS)Oceania57.516
5 Giuseppina Cirulli Italy58.115
6 Mercedes Mesa (CUB)Americas59.534
7 Sandy Myers United States59.953
8 Yumiko Aoi (JPN)Asia1:01.722
9 Célestine N'Drin (CIV)Africa1:04.681

3000 m steeplechase

Men

5 September

RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes
1 Bogusław Mamiński (POL)Europe8:19.899
2 Mariano Scartezzini Italy8:19.938
3 Masanari Shintaku (JPN)Asia8:23.647
4 Ralf Pönitzsch East Germany8:24.136
5 Gregory Duhaime (CAN)Americas8:25.125
6 Sergey Yepishin Soviet Union8:28.784
7 Eshetu Tura (ETH)Africa8:35.233
8 Peter Larkins (AUS)Oceania8:39.632
Henry Marsh United StatesDQ0 [1]

4 × 100 m relay

Men

5 September

RankTeamAthletesTimePointsNotes
1Europe Krzysztof Zwoliński (POL), Zenon Licznerski (POL), Leszek Dunecki (POL), Marian Woronin (POL)38.739
2East Germany Frank Hollender, Detlef Kübeck, Bernhard Hoff, Frank Emmelmann 38.798
3United States Mel Lattany, Anthony Ketchum, Stanley Floyd, Steve Williams 38.857
4Soviet Union Yuriy Naumenko, Nikolay Sidorov, Aleksandr Aksinin, Vladimir Muravyov 39.046
5Americas Desai Williams (CAN), Colin Bradford (JAM), Don Quarrie (JAM), Ben Johnson (CAN)39.135
6Italy Pierfrancesco Pavoni, Giovanni Bongiorni, Diego Nodari, Carlo Simionato 39.674
7Asia Toshio Toyota (JPN), Hideyuki Arikawa (JPN), Hideki Ikeda (JPN), Hirohito Yamazaki (JPN) 40.073
8Oceania Gerrard Keating (AUS), Shane Downey (NZL), James Kelly (AUS), Peter Van Miltenberg (AUS)40.852
Africa Amadou Meité (CIV), Théophile Nkounkou (CGO), Degnan Kablan (CIV), Ernest Obeng (GHA)DQ0
 

Women

6 September

RankTeamAthletesTimePointsNotes
1East Germany Kirsten Siemon, Bärbel Wöckel, Gesine Walther, Marlies Göhr 42.229
2United States Alice Brown, Jeanette Bolden, Florence Griffith, Evelyn Ashford 42.828
3Soviet Union Olga Zolotaryova, Olga Nasonova, Lyudmila Kondratyeva, Natalya Bochina 43.017
4Americas Leleith Hodges (JAM), Jackie Pusey (JAM), Angela Bailey (CAN), Angella Taylor (CAN) 43.066
5Oceania Wendy Brown (NZL), Kerrie Waite (AUS), Penny Gillies (AUS), Helen Edwards (AUS)44.995
6Italy Antonella Capriotti, Carla Mercurio, Patrizia Lombardo, Marisa Masullo 45.014
7Africa Nawal El Moutawakel (MAR), Cécile Ngambi (CMR), Alice Adala (KEN), Hannah Afriyie (GHA)46.153
8Asia Tomi Osako (JPN), Yukiko Osako (JPN), Emiko Konishi (JPN), Emi Akimoto (JPN) 46.452
Europe Wendy Hoyte (GBR), Kathy Smallwood (GBR), Beverley Callender (GBR), Shirley Thomas (GBR)DNF0 [2]

4 × 400 m relay

Men

6 September

RankTeamAthletesTimePointsNotes
1United States Walter McCoy, Cliff Wiley, Willie Smith, Tony Darden 2:59.129WL
2Europe Eric Josjö (SWE), Fons Brijdenbach (BEL), Koen Gijsbers (NED), Hartmut Weber (FRG) 3:01.478
3Americas Héctor Daley (PAN), Colin Bradford (JAM), Mike Paul (TRI), Bert Cameron (JAM) 3:02.017
4Soviet Union Pavel Roshchin, Viktor Burakov, Vitaliy Fyodotov, Viktor Markin 3:02.936
5Italy Stefano Malinverni, Roberto Tozzi, Alfonso Di Guida, Mauro Zuliani 3:03.235
6East Germany Frank Schaffer, Carsten Petters, Volker Beck, Andreas Knebel 3:03.634
7Africa Brahim Ammour (ALG), Degnan Kablan (CIV), Sammy Koskei (KEN), James Atuti (KEN) 3:05.553
8Oceania Gary Minihan (AUS), John Fleming (AUS), Peter Van Miltenberg (AUS), Michael Willis (AUS)3:07.112
9Asia Eiji Natori (JPN), Takayuki Isobe (JPN), Shigenobu Omori (JPN), Takashi Nagao (JPN) 3:09.931
 

Women

4 September

RankTeamAthletesTimePointsNotes
1East Germany Dagmar Rübsam, Martina Steuk, Bärbel Wöckel, Marita Koch 3:20.629
2Europe Michelle Scutt (GBR), Verona Elder (GBR), Joslyn Hoyte-Smith (GBR), Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH) 3:23.038
3Americas Charmaine Crooks (CAN), Jackie Pusey (JAM), Marita Payne (CAN), June Griffith (GUY) 3:26.427
4Soviet Union Nadyezhda Lyalina, Irina Baskakova, Tatyana Litvinova, Irina Nazarova 3:26.926
5United States Delisa Walton, Lorna Forde, Arlise Emerson, Denean Howard 3:30.725
6Italy Patrizia Lombardo, Morena Pistrino, Giuseppina Cirulli, Erica Rossi 3:36.504
7Oceania Leanne Evans (AUS), Lynette Foreman (AUS), Gail Millar (AUS), Marian O'Shaughnessy (AUS) 3:37.273
8Asia Lydia de Vega (PHI), Junko Yoshida (JPN), Gao Yanqing (CHN), Saik Oik Cum (MAS) 3:47.642
9Africa Marième Boye (SEN), Célestine N'Drin (CIV), Regine Dramiga (UGA), Ruth Atuki (KEN) 3:49.131

High jump

Men

6 September

RankAthleteTeamResultPointsNotes
1 Tyke Peacock United States2.289
2 Gerd Nagel (FRG)Europe2.268
3 Jörg Freimuth East Germany2.247
4 Valeriy Sereda Soviet Union2.186
5 Milton Ottey (CAN)Americas2.155
6 Massimo Di Giorgio Italy2.154
7 Amadou Dia Ba (SEN)Africa2.153
8 David Hoyle (AUS)Oceania2.102
9 Zhu Jianhua (CHN)Asia2.101
 

Women

4 September

RankAthleteTeamResultPointsNotes
1 Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG)Europe1.969
2 Tamara Bykova Soviet Union1.968
3 Pam Spencer United States1.927
4 Christine Stanton (AUS)Oceania1.866
5 Alessandra Fossati Italy1.864.5
5 Jutta Kirst East Germany1.864.5
7 Hisayo Fukumitsu (JPN)Asia1.833
8 Silvia Costa (CUB)Americas1.832
9 Kawther Akrémi (TUN)Africa1.601

Pole vault

Men

5 September

RankAthleteTeamResultPointsNotes
1 Konstantin Volkov Soviet Union5.709
2 Jean-Michel Bellot (FRA)Europe5.558
3 Billy Olson United States5.507
4 Tomomi Takahashi (JPN)Asia5.406
5 Axel Weber East Germany5.305
6 Mauro Barella Italy5.204
7 Rubén Camino (CUB)Americas5.203
8 Kieran McKee (NZL)Oceania4.702
9 Mohammed Ben Saad (ALG)Africa4.501

Long jump

Men

4 September

RankAthleteTeamResultPointsNotes
1 Carl Lewis United States8.159
2 Gary Honey (AUS)Oceania8.118 NR
3 Shamil Abbyasov Soviet Union7.957
4 Liu Yuhuang (CHN)Asia7.896
5 Uwe Lange East Germany7.715
6 Giovanni Evangelisti Italy7.674
7 László Szalma (HUN)Europe7.653
8 Charlton Ehizuelen (NGR)Africa7.472
9 Ubaldo Duany (CUB)Americas5.371
 

Women

6 September

RankAthleteTeamResultPointsNotes
1 Sigrid Ulbricht East Germany6.809
2 Jodi Anderson United States6.618
3 Anna Włodarczyk (POL)Europe6.597
4 Tatyana Skachko Soviet Union6.496
5 Shonel Ferguson (BAH)Americas6.345
6 Linda Garden (AUS)Oceania6.104
7 Barbara Norello Italy6.013
8 Wu Feng (CHN)Asia5.762
9 Jeanette Yawson (GHA)Africa5.701

Triple jump

Men

5 September

RankAthleteTeamResultPointsNotes
1 João Carlos de Oliveira (BRA)Americas17.379
2 Zou Zhenxian (CHN)Asia17.348 AR
3 Willie Banks United States17.047
4 Jaak Uudmäe Soviet Union16.836
5 Béla Bakosi (HUN)Europe16.705
6 Ken Lorraway (AUS)Oceania16.704
7 Lutz Dombrowski East Germany16.333
8 Ajayi Agbebaku (NGR)Africa16.142
9 Paolo Piapan Italy15.381

Shot put

Men

4 September

RankAthleteTeamResultPointsNotes
1 Udo Beyer East Germany21.409
2 Yevgeniy Mironov Soviet Union20.348
3 Dave Laut United States19.907
4 Ralf Reichenbach (FRG)Europe19.186
5 Bishop Dolegiewicz (CAN)Americas18.885
6 Nagui Asaad (EGY)Africa18.764
7 Alessandro Andrei Italy18.373
8 Philip Nettle (AUS)Oceania17.202
Mohamed Al-Zinkawi (KUW)AsiaNM0
 

Women

5 September

RankAthleteTeamResultPointsNotes
1 Ilona Slupianek East Germany20.609
2 Helena Fibingerová (TCH)Europe19.928
3 María Elena Sarría (CUB)Americas19.217
4 Nina Isayeva Soviet Union18.086
5 Cinzia Petrucci Italy17.775
6 Shen Lijuan (CHN)Asia17.094
7 Denise Wood United States16.003
8 Christine Schulz (AUS)Oceania14.382
9 Odette Mistoul (GAB)Africa13.561

Discus throw

Men

4 September

RankAthleteTeamResultPointsNotes
1 Armin Lemme East Germany66.389
2 Luis Delís (CUB)Americas66.268
3 Imrich Bugár (TCH)Europe64.387
4 Dmitry Kovtsun Soviet Union62.826
5 Armando De Vincentiis Italy58.145
6 Mohammed Naguib (EGY)Africa57.944
7 Li Weinan (CHN)Asia54.523
8 Robin Tait (NZL)Oceania53.242
 

Women

6 September

RankAthleteTeamResultPointsNotes
1 Evelin Jahl East Germany66.709
2 Mariya Petkova (BUL)Europe66.308
3 Galina Savinkova Soviet Union63.967
4 Carmen Romero (CUB)Americas61.606
5 Li Xiaohui (CHN)Asia55.705
6 Leslie Deniz United States53.204
7 Maristella Bano Italy50.303
8 Andrina Rovis-Herman (AUS)Oceania45.802
9 Zoubida Laayouni (MAR)Africa45.241

Hammer throw

Men

5 September

RankAthleteTeamResultPointsNotes
1 Yuriy Sedykh Soviet Union77.429
2 Karl-Hans Riehm (FRG)Europe75.608
3 Giampaolo Urlando Italy71.927
4 Scott Neilson (CAN)Americas67.566
5 Dave McKenzie United States66.725
6 Shigenobu Murofushi (JPN)Asia66.644
7 Roland Steuk East Germany65.743
8 Hakim Toumi (ALG)Africa59.802
9 Agostino Puopolo (AUS)Oceania56.181

Javelin throw

Men

4 September

RankAthleteTeamResultPointsNotes
1 Dainis Kula Soviet Union89.749
2 Detlef Michel East Germany89.388
3 Pentti Sinersaari (FIN)Europe83.267
4 Rod Ewaliko United States82.246
5 Agostino Ghesini Italy80.965
6 Mike O'Rourke (NZL)Oceania79.784
7 Shen Maomao (CHN)Asia79.083
8 Justin Arop (UGA)Africa77.762
9 Dionisio Quintana (CUB)Americas77.281
 

Women

6 September

RankAthleteTeamResultPointsNotes
1 Antoaneta Todorova (BUL)Europe70.089
2 Petra Felke East Germany66.608
3 Karin Smith United States63.047
4 Petra Rivers (AUS)Oceania61.546
5 Mayra Vila (CUB)Americas59.005
6 Leolita Blodniece Soviet Union57.064
7 Tang Guoli (CHN)Asia56.663
8 Fausta Quintavalla Italy52.802
9 Agnès Tchuinté (CMR)Africa52.561

References

  1. ↑ Marsh had originally won with 8:19.63 but was disqualified for not clearing the final water jump.
  2. ↑ Dropped the baton at the last changeover
Competition results
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.