1979 IAAF World Cup – Results

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.

Results

100 m

Men 24 August Wind: -0.4 m/s Rank Athlete Team Time Points Notes 1 James Sanford United States 10.17 8 2 Silvio Leonard (CUB) Americas 10.26 7 3 Marian Woronin (POL) Europe 10.28 6 4 Olaf Prenzler East Germany 10.33 5 5 Ernest Obeng (GHA) Africa 10.36 4 6 Richard James (AUS) Oceania 10.49 3 7 Suchart Chairsuvaparb (THA) Asia 10.51 2 8 Nikolay Kolesnikov Soviet Union 11.47 1

Women 25 August Wind: -0.9 m/s Rank Athlete Team Time Points Notes 1 Evelyn Ashford United States 11.06 8 2 Marlies Göhr East Germany 11.17 7 3 Annegret Richter (FRG) Europe 10.28 6 4 Lyudmila Kondratyeva Soviet Union 11.47 5 5 Angella Taylor (CAN) Americas 11.50 4 6 Helen Edwards (AUS) Oceania 11.67 3 7 Oguzoeme Nsenu (NGR) Africa 11.78 2 8 Emiko Konishi (JPN) Asia 12.31 1

200 m

Men 25 August Wind: 0.0 m/s Rank Athlete Team Time Points Notes 1 Silvio Leonard (CUB) Americas 20.34 8 2 Leszek Dunecki (POL) Europe 20.50 7 3 Peter Okodogbe (NGR) Africa 20.69 6 4 Bernhard Hoff East Germany 20.73 5 5 Mel Lattany United States 20.75 4 6 Viktor Burakov Soviet Union 20.96 3 7 Yasuhiro Harada (JPN) Asia 21.14 2 8 Barry Besanko (AUS) Oceania 21.19 1

Women 24 August Wind: -0.2 m/s Rank Athlete Team Time Points Notes 1 Evelyn Ashford United States 21.83 8 2 Marita Koch East Germany 22.02 7 3 Lyudmila Kondratyeva Soviet Union 22.66 6 4 Annegret Richter (FRG) Europe 22.78 5 5 Angella Taylor (CAN) Americas 22.83 4 6 Hannah Afriyie (GHA) Africa 23.61 3 7 Kim Robertson (NZL) Oceania 23.78 2 8 Sumiko Kaihara (JPN) Asia 24.60 1

400 m

Men 25 August Rank Athlete Team Time Points Notes 1 Hassan El Kashief (SUD) Africa 45.39 8 2 Nikolay Chernetskiy Soviet Union 46.06 7 3 Tony Darden United States 46.12 6 4 Franz-Peter Hofmeister (FRG) Europe 46.36 5 5 Frank Schaffer East Germany 46.40 4 6 Colin Bradford (JAM) Americas 46.88 3 7 Jim O'Sullivan (AUS) Oceania 48.20 2 8 Shoichi Handa (JPN) Asia 48.58 1

Women 26 August Rank Athlete Team Time Points Notes 1 Marita Koch East Germany 48.97 8 2 Maria Kulchunova Soviet Union 50.60 7 3 Irena Szewińska (POL) Europe 51.15 6 4 Marita Payne (CAN) Americas 53.01 5 5 Terri-Anne Wangman (AUS) Oceania 53.44 4 6 Ruth Waithera (KEN) Africa 53.60 3 7 Patricia Jackson United States 54.37 2 8 Rita Sen (IND) Asia 57.76 1

800 m

Men 24 August Rank Athlete Team Time Points Notes 1 James Maina Boi (KEN) Africa 1:47.69 8 2 James Robinson United States 1:47.85 7 3 Willi Wülbeck (FRG) Europe 1:47.88 6 4 Olaf Beyer East Germany 1:47.90 5 5 Agberto Guimarães (BRA) Americas 1:48.8 4 6 Anatoliy Reshetnyak Soviet Union 1:49.4 3 7 John Higham (AUS) Oceania 1:50.2 2 8 Faleh Naji (IRQ) Asia 1:55.4 1

Women 25 August Rank Athlete Team Time Points Notes 1 Nikolina Shtereva (BUL) Europe 2:00.52 8 2 Nadezhda Mushta Soviet Union 2:01.09 7 3 Anita Weiß East Germany 2:01.33 6 4 Anne Mackie-Morelli (CAN) Americas 2:02.01 5 5 Charlene Rendina (AUS) Oceania 2:02.62 4 6 Mary Chemweno (KEN) Africa 2:04.49 3 7 Wendy Knudson United States 2:06.06 2 8 Geeta Zutshi (IND) Asia 2:10.31 1

1500 m

Men 25 August Rank Athlete Team Time Points Notes 1 Thomas Wessinghage (FRG) Europe 3:46.00 8 2 Vladimir Ponomaryov Soviet Union 3:46.13 7 3 Jürgen Straub East Germany 3:46.30 6 4 Steve Scott United States 3:46.78 5 5 Mike Boit (KEN) Africa 3:46.85 4 6 Steve Foley (AUS) Oceania 3:47.8 3 7 Paul Craig (CAN) Americas 3:48.1 2 8 Rattan Singh (IND) Asia 3:52.4 1

Women 26 August Rank Athlete Team Time Points Notes 1 Totka Petrova (BUL) Europe 4:06.47 8 DQ[1] 1 Christina Wartenberg East Germany 4:06.88 8 2 Giana Romanova Soviet Union 4:08.73 7 3 Francie Larrieu United States 4:09.16 6 4 Sakina Boutamine (ALG) Africa 4:12.13 5 5 Alison Wright (NZL) Oceania 4:13.48 4 6 Brit McRoberts (CAN) Americas 4:15.33 3 7 Kumiko Kobayashi (JPN) Asia 4:47.61 2

5000/3000 m

Men 26 August Rank Athlete Team Time Points Notes 1 Miruts Yifter (ETH) Africa 13:35.9 8 2 Valeriy Abramov Soviet Union 13:37.6 7 3 Markus Ryffel (SUI) Europe 13:38.6 6 4 Hansjörg Kunze East Germany 13:39.8 5 5 Rodolfo Gómez (MEX) Americas 13:40.6 4 6 Matt Centrowitz United States 13:42.0 3 7 David Fitsimmons (AUS) Oceania 13:45.1 2 8 Gopal Singh Saini (IND) Asia 14:26.8 1

Women 25 August Rank Athlete Team Time Points Notes 1 Svetlana Ulmasova Soviet Union 8:36.34 8 2 Grete Waitz (NOR) Europe 8:38.59 7 3 Francie Larrieu United States 8:53.02 6 4 Ursula Sauer East Germany 9:13.27 5 5 Barbara Moore (NZL) Oceania 9:19.65 4 6 Shauna Miller (CAN) Americas 9:20.28 3 7 Sakina Boutamine (ALG) Africa 9:30.73 2 8 Tashiko Kumagai (JPN) Asia 9:52.95 1

10,000 m

Men

24 August

Rank	Athlete	Team	Time	Points	Notes
1	Miruts Yifter (ETH)	Africa	27:53.07	8
2	Craig Virgin	United States	27:59.55	7
3	Aleksandr Antipov	Soviet Union	28:25.17	6
4	Gerard Barratt (AUS)	Oceania	28:29.76	5
5	Peter Butler (CAN)	Americas	28:40.83	4
6	Werner Schildhauer	East Germany	29:15.52	3
7	John Treacy (IRL)	Europe	29:25.30	2
8	Edward Vincent (IND)	Asia	29:26.50	1

110/100 m hurdles

Men 26 August Wind: 0.0 m/s Rank Athlete Team Time Points Notes 1 Renaldo Nehemiah United States 13.39 8 2 Thomas Munkelt East Germany 13.42 7 3 Alejandro Casañas (CUB) Americas 13.44 6 4 Aleksandr Puchkov Soviet Union 13.74 5 5 Jan Pusty (POL) Europe 13.88 4 6 Godwin Obasogie (NGR) Africa 14.18 3 7 Michael Wilson (AUS) Oceania 14.59 2 Yoshifumi Fujimori (JPN) Asia DNF 0

Women 25 August Wind: -0.1 m/s Rank Athlete Team Time Points Notes 1 Grażyna Rabsztyn (POL) Europe 12.67 8 2 Tatyana Anisimova Soviet Union 12.75 7 3 Kerstin Claus East Germany 13.03 6 4 Debbie LaPlante United States 13.23 5 5 Sharon Lane (CAN) Americas 13.63 4 6 Penny Gillies (AUS) Oceania 13.88 3 7 Judy Bell-Gam (NGR) Africa 13.93 2 8 Emi Akimoto (JPN) Asia 14.28 1

400 m hurdles

Men 24 August Rank Athlete Team Time Points Notes 1 Edwin Moses United States 47.53 8 2 Harald Schmid (FRG) Europe 48.71 7 3 Vasiliy Arkhipenko Soviet Union 48.97 6 4 Volker Beck East Germany 49.66 5 5 Peter Grant (AUS) Oceania 50.20 4 6 António Ferreira (BRA) Americas 50.54 3 7 Daniel Kimaiyo (KEN) Africa 50.55 2 Hassan Kadhum (IRQ) Asia DNS 1

Women 24 August Rank Athlete Team Time Points Notes 1 Bärbel Klepp East Germany 55.83 8 2 Marina Makeyeva Soviet Union 56.02 7 3 Debbie Esser United States 56.75 6 4 Christine Warden (GBR) Europe 57.20 5 5 Lynette Young (AUS) Oceania 58.80 4 6 Francine Gendron (CAN) Americas 60.91 3 7 Yumiko Aoi (JPN) Asia 61.02 2 8 Fatima El Faquir (MAR) Africa 67.42 1

3000 m steeplechase

Men

25 August

Rank	Athlete	Team	Time	Points	Notes
1	Kip Rono (KEN)	Africa	8:25.97	8
2	Ralf Pönitzsch	East Germany	8:29.28	7
3	Mariano Scartezzini (ITA)	Europe	8:29.44	6
4	Henry Marsh	United States	8:30.09	5
5	Masanari Shintaku (JPN)	Asia	8:40.00	4
6	Anatoliy Dimov	Soviet Union	8:46.23	3
7	Philippe Lahuerte (CAN)	Americas	8:54.68	2
8	Howard Healey (AUS)	Oceania	9:15.06	1

4 × 100 m relay

Men 25 August Rank Team Athletes Time Points Notes 1 Americas Osvaldo Lara (CUB), Nelson dos Santos (BRA), Silvio Leonard (CUB), Altevir de Araújo (BRA) 38.70 8 2 United States Mike Roberson, Harvey Glance, Mel Lattany, Steve Riddick 38.77 7 3 Europe Jerzy Brunner (POL), Leszek Dunecki (POL), Zenon Licznerski (POL), Marian Woronin (POL) 38.85 6 4 East Germany Klaus-Dieter Kurrat, Detlef Kübeck, Olaf Prenzler, Alexander Thieme 38.86 5 5 Africa Ernest Obeng (GHA), Edward Ofili (NGR), Théophile Nkounkou (CGO), Peter Okodogbe (NGR) 39.02 4 6 Soviet Union Valeriy Pidluzhnyy, Andrey Shlyapnikov, Aleksandr Aksinin, Vladimir Ignatenko 39.52 3 7 Oceania James Kelly (AUS), Richard James (AUS), Barry Besanko (AUS), Colin O'Sullivan (AUS) 39.85 2 8 Asia Suchart Chairsuvaparb (THA), Mohammed Al-Malki (OMA), Akira Harada (JPN), Shunzo Shito (JPN) 40.09 1

Women 26 August Rank Team Athletes Time Points Notes 1 Europe Linda Haglund (SWE), Chantal Réga (FRA), Annegret Richter (FRG), Heather Hunte (GBR) 42.19 8 2 East Germany Christina Brehmer, Romy Schneider, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr 42.32 7 3 Soviet Union Vera Anisimova, Olga Korotkova, Marina Sidorova, Lyudmila Kondratyeva 42.32 6 4 United States Evelyn Ashford, Karen Hawkins, Dollie Fleetwood, Valerie Boyer 43.53 5 5 Americas Lilieth Hodges (JAM), Rosie Allwood (JAM), Silvia Chivás (CUB), Angella Taylor (CAN) 43.99 4 6 Oceania Helen Edwards (AUS), Debbie Wells (AUS), Janeen Faithfull (AUS), Kim Robertson (NZL) 44.62 3 7 Africa Nzaeli Kyomo (TAN), Grace Bakari (GHA), Hannah Afriyie (GHA), Oguzoeme Nsenu (NGR) 44.83 2 8 Asia Yumiko Aoi (JPN), Usanee Lopinkarn (THA), Mo Hyung-hee (KOR), Ying Yaping (CHN) 46.19 1

4 × 400 m relay

Men 26 August Rank Team Athletes Time Points Notes 1 United States Herman Frazier, Bill Green, Willie Smith, Tony Darden 3:00.70 8 2 Europe Ryszard Podlas (POL), Franz-Peter Hofmeister (FRG), Harry Schulting (NED), Harald Schmid (FRG) 3:00.80 7 3 Africa Billy Konchellah (KEN), Dele Udo (NGR), James Atuti (KEN), Hassan El Kachief (SUD) 3:01.22 6 4 Soviet Union Viktor Burakov, Vasiliy Arkhipyenko, Remigijus Valiulis, Nikolay Chernetskiy 3:02.24 5 5 Americas Ian Stapleton (JAM), Colin Bradford (JAM), Brian Saunders (JAM), Clyde Edwards (BAR) 3:02.39 4 6 East Germany Frank Richter, Udo Bauer, Frank Schaffer, Manfred Konow 3:05.27 3 7 Oceania Peter Grant (AUS), Jim O'Sullivan (AUS), John Higham (AUS), Peter Pearless (NZL) 3:06.19 2 8 Asia Fahim Al-Sada (IRQ), Uday Krishna Pradhu (IND), Ramashwany Gnanasekaran (IND), Shoichi Handa (JPN) 3:12.49 1

Women 24 August Rank Team Athletes Time Points Notes 1 East Germany Gabriele Kotte, Christina Brehmer, Brigitte Köhn, Marita Koch 3:20.37 8 2 Soviet Union Irina Bagryantseva, Tatyana Prorochenko, Nina Zyuskova, Mariya Kulchunova 3:23.04 7 3 United States Sharon Dabney, Rosalyn Bryant, Patricia Jackson, Sherri Howard 3:27.36 6 4 Europe Karoline Käfer (AUT), Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH), Elke Decker (FRG), Irena Szewińska (POL) 3:27.39 5 5 Americas Aurelia Pentón (CUB), Jackie Pusey (JAM), Marita Payne (CAN), June Griffith (GUY) 3:28.50 4 6 Oceania Marian O'Shaughnessy (AUS), Terri-Anne Wangman (AUS), Lynnette Young (AUS), Kim Robertson (NZL) 3:35.60 3 7 Africa Grace Bakari (GHA), Marième Boye (SEN), Mary Chemweno (KEN), Ruth Waithera (KEN) 3:36.24 2 8 Asia Rita Sen (IND), Yumiko Aoi (JPN), Saik Oik Cum (MAS), Chen Juying (CHN) 3:48.75 1

High jump

Men 25 August Rank Athlete Team Result Points Notes 1 Franklin Jacobs United States 2.27 8 2 Jacek Wszoła (POL) Europe 2.27 7 3 Aleksandr Grigoryev Soviet Union 2.24 6 4 Rolf Beilschmidt East Germany 2.24 5 5 Milton Ottey (CAN) Americas 2.10 4 6 Othmane Belfaa (ALG) Africa 2.10 3 7 Kazunori Koshikawa (JPN) Asia 2.05 2 8 Michael Dick (AUS) Oceania 2.00 1

Women 26 August Rank Athlete Team Result Points Notes 1 Debbie Brill (CAN) Americas 1.96 8 2 Sara Simeoni (ITA) Europe 1.94 7 3 Nina Serbina Soviet Union 1.90 6 4 Rosemarie Ackermann East Germany 1.87 5 5 Louise Ritter United States 1.87 4 6 Catherine Soanes (AUS) Oceania 1.78 3 7 Zheng Dazhen (CHN) Asia 1.75 2 8 Kawther Akrémi (TUN) Africa 1.65 1

Pole vault

Men

25 August

Rank	Athlete	Team	Result	Points	Notes
1	Mike Tully	United States	5.45	8
2	Patrick Abada (FRA)	Europe	5.45	7
3	Konstantin Volkov	Soviet Union	5.30	6
4	Bruce Simpson (CAN)	Americas	5.20	5
5	Itsuo Takanezawa (JPN)	Asia	5.00	4
6	Axel Weber	East Germany	5.00	3
7	Bob Huddle (AUS)	Oceania	4.60	2
	Kaddour Rahal (ALG)	Africa	NM	0

Long jump

Men 26 August Rank Athlete Team Result Points Notes 1 Larry Myricks United States 8.52 8 2 Lutz Dombrowski East Germany 8.27 7 3 David Giralt (CUB) Americas 8.22 6 4 Valeriy Pidluzhnyy Soviet Union 7.88 5 5 Gary Honey (AUS) Oceania 7.72 4 6 Grzegorz Cybulski (POL) Europe 7.66 3 7 Suresh Babu (IND) Asia 7.41 2 8 Kayode Elegbede (NGR) Africa 7.36 1

Women 24 August Rank Athlete Team Result Points Notes 1 Anita Stukāne Soviet Union 6.64 8 2 Brigitte Wujak East Germany 6.55 7 3 Kathy McMillan United States 6.31 6 4 Eloína Hechavarría (CUB) Americas 6.25 5 5 Doina Anton (ROM) Europe 6.09 4 6 Sumie Awara (JPN) Asia 5.96 3 7 Lynette Jacenko (AUS) Oceania 5.91 2 8 Bella Bellgam (NGR) Africa 5.73 1

Triple jump

Men

25 August

Rank	Athlete	Team	Result	Points	Notes
1	João Carlos de Oliveira (BRA)	Americas	17.02	8
2	Gennadiy Valyukevich	Soviet Union	16.94	7
3	Ian Campbell (AUS)	Oceania	16.76	6
4	Zou Zhenxian (CHN)	Asia	16.68	5
5	Willie Banks	United States	16.66	4
6	Lolnar Gora	East Germany	16.31	3
7	Ajayi Agbebaku (NGR)	Africa	16.31	2
8	Bernard Lamitié (FRA)	Europe	15.86	1

Shot put

Men 26 August Rank Athlete Team Result Points Notes 1 Udo Beyer East Germany 20.45 8 2 Reijo Ståhlberg (FIN) Europe 20.05 7 3 Aleksandr Baryshnikov Soviet Union 20.00 6 4 Dave Laut United States 19.42 5 5 Bishop Dolegiewicz (CAN) Americas 19.40 4 6 Nagui Asaad (EGY) Africa 19.00 3 7 Mohamed Al-Zinkawi (KUW) Asia 17.25 2 8 Ray Rigby (AUS) Oceania 16.43 1

Women 24 August Rank Athlete Team Result Points Notes 1 Ilona Slupianek East Germany 20.98 8 2 Helena Fibingerová (TCH) Europe 19.74 7 3 Svetlana Krachevskaya Soviet Union 19.70 6 4 Maren Seidler United States 18.86 5 5 María Elena Sarría (CUB) Americas 18.59 4 6 Shen Lijuan (CHN) Asia 17.25 3 7 Bev Francis (AUS) Oceania 15.16 2 8 Odette Mistoul (GAB) Africa 13.71 1

Discus throw

Men 24 August Rank Athlete Team Result Points Notes 1 Wolfgang Schmidt East Germany 66.02 8 2 Mac Wilkins United States 64.92 7 3 Luis Delís (CUB) Americas 63.50 6 4 Knut Hjeltnes (NOR) Europe 63.50 5 5 Ihor Duhinets Soviet Union 59.34 4 6 Robin Tait (NZL) Oceania 54.60 3 7 Abderrazak Ben Hassine (TUN) Africa 52.82 2 8 Kiyotaka Kawasaki (JPN) Asia 52.54 1

Women 26 August Rank Athlete Team Result Points Notes 1 Evelin Jahl East Germany 65.18 8 2 Svetlana Melnikova Soviet Union 65.14 7 3 María Cristina Betancourt (CUB) Americas 62.84 6 4 Svetla Bozhkova (BUL) Europe 60.84 5 5 Gael Mulhall (AUS) Oceania 56.50 4 6 Li Xiaohui (CHN) Asia 55.64 3 7 Lynne Winbigler United States 50.06 2 8 Zoubida Laayouni (MAR) Africa 46.08 1

Hammer throw

Men

25 August

Rank	Athlete	Team	Result	Points	Notes
1	Sergey Litvinov	Soviet Union	78.70	8
2	Karl-Hans Riehm (FRG)	Europe	75.88	7
3	Roland Steuk	East Germany	74.82	6
4	Peter Farmer (AUS)	Oceania	71.68	5
5	Armando Orozco (CUB)	Americas	69.62	4
6	Shigenobu Murofushi (JPN)	Asia	67.32	3
7	Boris Djerassi	United States	65.20	2
8	Abdallah Boubekeur (ALG)	Africa	51.66	1

Javelin throw

Men 25 August Rank Athlete Team Result Points Notes 1 Wolfgang Hanisch East Germany 86.48 8 2 Mike O'Rourke (NZL) Oceania 85.80 7 3 Antonio González (CUB) Americas 83.44 6 4 Michael Wessing (FRG) Europe 81.06 5 5 Aleksandr Makarov Soviet Union 80.76 4 6 Jacques Ayé Abehi (CIV) Africa 74.94 3 7 Shen Maomao (CHN) Asia 72.70 2 8 Duncan Atwood United States 71.06 1

Women 24 August Rank Athlete Team Result Points Notes 1 Ruth Fuchs East Germany 66.10 8 2 Éva Ráduly-Zörgő (ROM) Europe 65.82 7 3 María Caridad Colón (CUB) Americas 63.50 6 4 Kate Schmidt United States 59.98 5 5 Saida Gunba Soviet Union 57.00 4 6 Li Xiaohui (CHN) Asia 52.50 3 7 Pamela Matthews (AUS) Oceania 52.48 2 8 Agnès Tchuinté (CMR) Africa 49.64 1

References

1. Doping

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