1979 IAAF World Cup explained

The 2nd IAAF World Cup in Athletics was an international track and field sporting event sponsored by the International Association of Athletics Federations, held on August 24–26, 1979, at Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Overall results

Men Pos. Team Result 1 United States 119 2 Europe 112 3 East Germany 108 4 Soviet Union 102 5 America 98 6 Africa 84 7 Oceania 58 8 Asia 36

Women Pos. Team Result 1 East Germany 106 2 Soviet Union 98 3 Europe 88 4 United States 76 5 America 68 6 Oceania 47 7 Africa 30 8 Asia 26

Medal summary

Men

100 metres	United States	10.17	Americas	10.26	Europe	10.28
200 metres	Americas	20.34	Europe	20.50	Africa	20.69
400 metres	Africa	45.39	Soviet Union	46.06	United States	46.12
800 metres	Africa	1:47.69	United States	1:47.85	Europe	1:47.88
1500 metres	Europe	3:46.00	Soviet Union	3:46.13	East Germany	3:46.30
5000 metres	Africa	13:35.9	Soviet Union	13:37.6	Europe	13:38.6
10,000 metres	Africa	27:53.07	United States	27:59.55	Soviet Union	28:25.17
110 metre hurdles	United States	13.39	East Germany	13.42	Americas	13.44
400 metre hurdles	United States	47.53	Europe	48.71	Soviet Union	48.97
3000 metre steeplechase	Africa	8:25.97	East Germany	8:29.28	Europe	8:29.44
4×100 metre relay	valign=top	Americas Osvaldo Lara Nelson dos Santos Silvio Leonard Altevir de Araújo	38.70	valign=top	United States Mike Roberson Harvey Glance Mel Lattany Steve Riddick	38.77	valign=top	Europe Jerzy Brunner Leszek Dunecki Zenon Licznerski Marian Woronin	38.85
4×400 metre relay	valign=top	United States Herman Frazier Bill Green Willie Smith Tony Darden	3:00.70	valign=top	Europe Ryszard Podlas Franz-Peter Hofmeister Harry Schulting Harald Schmid	3:00.80	valign=top	Africa Billy Konchellah Dele Udo James Atuti Hassan El Kachief	3:01.22
High jump	United States	2.27	Europe	2.27	Soviet Union	2.24
Pole vault	United States	5.45	Europe	5.45	Soviet Union	5.30
Long jump	United States	8.52	East Germany	8.27	Americas	8.22
Triple jump	Americas	17.02	Soviet Union	16.94	Oceania	16.76
Shot put	East Germany	20.45	Europe	20.05	Soviet Union	20.00
Discus throw	East Germany	66.02	United States	64.92	Americas	63.50
Hammer throw	Soviet Union	78.70	Europe	75.88	East Germany	74.82
Javelin throw	East Germany	86.48	Oceania	85.80	Americas	83.44

Women

100 metres	United States	11.06	East Germany	11.17	Europe	11.36
200 metres	United States	21.83	East Germany	22.02	Soviet Union	22.66
400 metres	Europe	48.97	Soviet Union	50.60	Europe	51.15
800 metres	Europe	2:00.52	Soviet Union	2:01.09	East Germany	2:01.33
1500 metres	East Germany	4:06.88^1	Soviet Union	4:08.73	United States	4:09.16
3000 metres	Soviet Union	8:36.34	Europe	8:38.59	United States	8:53.02
100 metre hurdles	Europe	12.67	Soviet Union	12.75	East Germany	13.03
400 metre hurdles	East Germany	55.83	Soviet Union	56.02	United States	56.75
4×100 metre relay	valign=top	Europe Linda Haglund Chantal Réga Annegret Richter Heather Hunte	42.19	valign=top	East Germany Christina Brehmer Romy Schneider Ingrid Auerswald Marlies Göhr	42.32	valign=top	Soviet Union Vera Anisimova Olga Korotkova Marina Sidorova Lyudmila Kondratyeva	42.52
4×400 metre relay	valign=top	East Germany Gabriele Kotte Christina Brehmer Brigitte Köhn Marita Koch	3:20.37	valign=top	Soviet Union Irina Bagryantseva Tatyana Prorochenko Nina Zyuskova Mariya Kulchunova	3:23.04	valign=top	United States Sharon Dabney Rosalyn Bryant Patricia Jackson Sherri Howard	3:27.36
High jump	Americas	1.96	Europe	1.94	Soviet Union	1.90
Long jump	Soviet Union	6.64	East Germany	6.55	United States	6.31
Shot put	East Germany	20.98	Europe	19.74	Soviet Union	19.70
Discus throw	East Germany	65.18	Soviet Union	65.14	Americas	62.84
Javelin throw	East Germany	66.10	Europe	65.82	Americas	63.50

¹ Totka Petrova of Europe originally won the 1500m with 4:06.47, but she was disqualified after it was found that she had failed a doping test at the Balkan Games.

External links

• World Cup Results
• Full Results by IAAF