Athletics at the 1979 Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR

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1979 Soviet Spartakiad
Dates21 – 29 July 1979
Host city Moscow, Russian SFSR
Venue Central Lenin Stadium
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor

The athletics events of the final stage of the 7th Summer Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR were held in the Central Lenin (Luzhniki) Stadium in Moscow between 21 July and 29 July 1979.

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One world record was broken, by Marina Makeyeva in the women's 400 m hurdles.

Men's events

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 mFlag of Cuba.svg  Silvio Leonard  (CUB)10.30Flag of the United States.svg  Houston McTear  (USA)10.39Flag of Cuba.svg  Osvaldo Lara  (CUB)10.41
200 mFlag of the United States.svg  Wardell Gilbreath  (USA)20.84Flag of the United States.svg  Don Coleman  (USA)21.05Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Nikolay Sidorov  (URS)21.20
400 mFlag of the United States.svg  Stan Vinson  (USA)45.70Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Nikolay Chernetskiy  (URS)46.05Flag of Nigeria.svg  Dele Udo  (NGR)46.15
800 mFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Anatoliy Reshetnyak  (URS)1:47.2Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Vladimir Podolyako  (URS)1:47.4Flag of East Germany.svg  Detlef Wagenknecht  (GDR)1:47.5
1500 mFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Vladimir Ponomaryov  (URS)3:38.6Flag of the United States.svg  Craig Masback  (USA)3:38.9Flag of East Germany.svg  Andreas Busse  (GDR)3:39.1
5000 mFlag of Ethiopia.svg  Miruts Yifter  (ETH)13:20.8Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Yohannes Mohamed  (ETH)13:21.1Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Valeriy Abramov  (URS)13:21.7
10,000 mFlag of Ethiopia.svg  Miruts Yifter  (ETH)27:44.2Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Aleksandras Antipovas  (URS)27:47.4Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Gerard Barrett  (AUS)27:50.7
MarathonFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Leonid Moseyev  (URS)2:13:19.6 [1] Flag of Japan.svg  Shigeru So  (JPN)2:13:19.8Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Viktor Zubov  (URS)2:13:20
20 km walkFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Nikolay Vinnichenko  (URS)1:22:29.0Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Anatoliy Solomin  (URS)1:22:39.2Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Boris Yakovlev  (URS)1:23:06.3
50 km walkFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Viktor Dorovskikh  (URS)3:46:25Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Vladimir Rezayev  (URS)3:46:57Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Vyacheslav Fursov  (URS)3:47:55
110 m hurdlesFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Aleksandr Puchkov  (URS)13.68Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Andrey Prokofyev  (URS)13.76Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Andrey Korostelev  (URS)13.94
400 m hurdlesFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Vasyl Arkhypenko  (URS)49.11Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Dmitriy Stukalov  (URS)50.23Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Valeriy Mashkovskiy  (URS)50.85
3000 m SCFlag of the United States.svg  Henry Marsh  (USA)8:28.1Flag of Romania.svg  Paul Copu  (ROM)8:28.6Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Vladimir Lisovskiy  (URS)8:29.7
4 × 100 m relayFlag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Cliff Wiley
Rich Edwards
Wardell Gilbreath
Don Coleman
39.33Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Moscow  (URS)
Semyon Vakhanelov
Andrey Shlyapnikov
Aleksandr Cherkashin
Nikolay Sidorov
39.48Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Leningrad  (URS)
Yevgeniy Kovalyov
Yuriy Naumenko
Aleksandr Aksinin
Nikolay Kolesnikov
39.57
4 × 200 m relayFlag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Carl Lewis
Don Coleman
Wardell Gilbreath
Rich Edwards
1:22.0Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Leningrad  (URS)
Mikhail Kravtsov
Aleksandr Stasevich
Ivan Babenko
Sergey Vladimirtsev
1:22.5Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Moscow  (URS)
Andrey Shlyapnikov
Nikolay Sidorov
Aleksandr Cherkashin
Aleksandr Yagudin
1:23.2
4 × 400 m relayFlag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA) [2]
Cliff Wiley
Ronnie Harris
Fred Taylor
Stan Vinson
3:03.7Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Moscow  (URS)
Leonid Korolev
Mikhail Linge
Dmitry Stukalov
Nikolay Chernetsky
3:03.9Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Ukraine  (URS)
Vladimir Belokon
Pawel Roschtschin
Valeriy Moshkovskiy
Viktor Burakov
3:05.2
4 × 800 m relayFlag of Belarus.svg  Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic  (BLR)
Mikhail Starovoitov
Pavel Troshchilo
Vladimir Podolyako
Nikolay Kirov
7:11.1Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Leningrad  (URS)
Vladimir Ponomaryov
Viktor Anokhin
Vladimir Malozemlin
Nikolay Shirokov
7:12.7Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Ukraine  (URS)
Valeriy Liskov
Sergey Shapovalov
Vitaliy Tyshchenko
Anatoliy Reshetnyak
7:13.1
High jumpFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Aleksandr Grigoryev  (URS)2.24Flag of the United States.svg  Benn Fields  (USA)2.24Flag of Germany.svg  Gerd Nagel  (FRG)2.21
Pole vaultFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Konstantin Volkov  (URS)5.55Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Vladimir Trofimenko  (URS)5.50Flag of Finland.svg  Antti Kalliomäki  (FIN)5.45
Long jumpFlag of East Germany.svg  Frank Paschek  (GDR)8.25Flag of Cuba.svg  David Giralt  (CUB)8.12Flag of the United States.svg  Carl Lewis  (USA)8.04
Triple jumpFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Gennadiy Valyukevich  (URS)17.21Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Jaak Uudmäe  (URS)16.84Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Anatoliy Piskulin  (URS)16.76
Shot putFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Valeriy Voykin  (URS)20.58Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Vladimir Kiselyov  (URS)20.39Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Anatoliy Yarosh  (URS)20.38
Discus throwFlag of the United States.svg  John Powell  (USA)63.06Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Velko Velev  (BUL)62.68Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Pyotr Mikhailov  (URS)62.14
Hammer throwFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Sergey Litvinov  (URS)77.08Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Aleksey Malyukov  (URS)75.42Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Aleksandr Buneyev  (URS)75.10
Javelin throwFlag of East Germany.svg  Detlef Michel  (GDR)87.46Flag of East Germany.svg  Karl Heller  (GDR)86.80Flag of Finland.svg  Arto Härkönen  (FIN)85.68
DecathlonFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Aleksandr Grebenyuk  (URS)8166Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Konstantin Akhapkin  (URS)8111Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Yuriy Kutsenko  (URS)8086

Women's events

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 mFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Lyudmila Kondratyeva  (URS)11.19Flag of the United States.svg  Karen Hawkins  (USA)11.32Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Vera Anisimova  (URS)11.39
200 mFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Lyudmila Kondratyeva  (URS)22.66Flag of the United States.svg  Karen Hawkins  (USA)23.06Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Marina Sidorova  (URS)23.45
400 mFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Mariya Kulchunova  (URS)49.77Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Nina Zyuskova  (URS)50.42Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Tatyana Goyshchik  (URS)50.49
800 mFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Yekaterina Poryvkina  (URS)1:57.2Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Nadezhda Mushta  (URS)1:57.5Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Olga Mineyeva  (URS)1:57.8
1500 mFlag of Romania.svg  Natalia Mărășescu  (ROM)3:58.8Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Giana Romanova  (URS)4:00.5Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Valentina Ilyinykh  (URS)4:01.1
3000 mFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Svetlana Ulmasova  (URS)8:46.0Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Valentina Ilyinykh  (URS)8:46.5Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Lyubov Kopeykina  (URS)8:49.1
100 m hurdlesFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Tatyana Anisimova  (URS)12.90Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Vera Komisova  (URS)12.94Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Nina Morgulina  (URS)13.10
400 m hurdlesFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Marina Makeyeva  (URS)54.78 WR Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Tatyana Storozheva  (URS)55.08Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Tatyana Zelentsova  (URS)55.64
4 × 100 m relay Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Moscow  (URS)
Vera Anisimova
Lyudmila Storozhkova
Olga Korotkova
Irina Litovchenko
43.74Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Leningrad  (URS)
Vera Komisova
Tatyana Anisimova
Galina Dyachenko
Tatyana Savchenko
44.07Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Ukraine  (URS)
Larisa Sivokon
Elena Potrebenko
Raisa Makhova
Victoria Dashchenko
44.47
4 × 200 m relay Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Ukraine  (URS)
Raisa Makhova
Nina Zyuskova
Tatyana Prorochenko
Mariya Pinigina
1:30.8Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Moscow  (URS)
Irina Galchenkova
Irina Nazarova
Olga Korotkova
Vera Anisimova
1:31.6Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Russian SFSR  (URS)
Vera Akchurina
Lyudmila Chernova
Nadezhda Aldoshina
Tatyana Goyshchik
1:32.3
4 × 400 m relay Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Ukraine  (URS)
Irina Olkhovnikova
Nina Zyuskova
Tatyana Prorochenko
Mariya Pinigina
3:26.1Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Russian SFSR  (URS)
Tatyana Goyshchik
Olga Mineyeva
Marina Stepanova
Nadezhda Olizarenko
3:26.2Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Moscow  (URS)
Natalya Ivanova
Svetlana Styrkina
Vera Gracheva
Irina Nazarova
3:32.9
4 × 800 m relay Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Russian SFSR  (URS)
Olga Mineyeva
Maria Enkina
Nadezhda Olizarenko
Yekaterina Podkopayeva
7:59.6Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Ukraine  (URS)
Tamara Koba
Svetlana Popova
Lyubov Smolka
Olga Vakhrusheva
8:03.2Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Leningrad  (URS)
Natalya Kuznetsova
Tatyana Kazankina
Olga Dvirna
Lyudmila Veselkova
8:04.9
High jumpFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Yelena Goloborodko  (URS)1.91Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Nataliya Litvinenko  (URS)1.89Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Tatyana Denisova  (URS)1.89
Long jumpFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Anita Stukane  (URS)6.66Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Nadezhda Karyakina  (URS)6.39Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Lyudmila Khaustova  (URS)6.37
Shot putFlag of East Germany.svg  Ilona Slupianek  (GDR)21.52Flag of East Germany.svg  Margitta Pufe  (GDR)21.45Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Helena Fibingerová  (TCH)21.23
Discus throwFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Svetlana Melnikova  (URS)64.90Flag of East Germany.svg  Margitta Pufe  (GDR)63.74Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Lyudmila Isayeva  (URS)62.16
Javelin throwFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Saida Gunba  (URS)63.08Flag of Cuba.svg  María Caridad Colón  (CUB)62.30Flag of East Germany.svg  Ute Hommola  (GDR)60.08
PentathlonFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Yekaterina Smirnova  (URS)4770Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Olga Kuragina  (URS)4629Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Nadezhda Karyakina  (URS)4554

References

  1. "World Marathon Rankings for 1979". Association of Road Racing Statisticians . Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  2. "Wiley's Cross-World Jaunt Pays: Wiley Jumped at Chance to Compete in Spartakiade, Other European Meets". The Washington Post . Retrieved 10 December 2024.
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