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.

Results

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100 m

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ Doping
Competition results