1989 IAAF World Cup explained

The 5th IAAF World Cup in Athletics was an international track and field sporting event sponsored by the International Association of Athletics Federations, held on September 8–10, 1989, at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in Barcelona, Spain.

Overall results

Men Pos. Team Result 1 133 2 Europe 127 3 119 4 116,5 5 Africa 107 6 America 97 7 Asia 68,5 8 64,5 8 Oceania 64,5

Women Pos. Team Result 1 124 2 106 3 Americas 94 4 Europe 89 5 84,5 6 Asia 67,5 7 Africa 58 8 48 9 Oceania 40

Medal summary

Men

100 metres	Great Britain	10.10	United States	10.15	Europe	10.17
200 metres	Americas	20.00	United States	20.36	Africa	20.38
400 metres	Americas	44.58	East Germany	44.86	Africa	44.97
800 metres	Great Britain	1:44.95	East Germany	1:45.04	Africa	1:45.08
1500 metres

Africa || 3:35.56|
Great Britain||3:35.79|
East Germany||3:35.87|-|5000 metres|
Africa ||13:23.14 |
Europe||13:25.39|
Spain||13:25.94|-|10,000 metres|
Europe || 28:05.26|
Africa||28:06.43 |
Spain||28:07.42|-|110 metre hurdles|
United States || 12.87|
Great Britain||12.95 |
Americas||13.21 |-|400 metre hurdles|
United States || 48.74|
Africa||49.24 |
Great Britain||49.42|-|3000 metre steeplechase|
Africa || 8:20.84|
Europe||8:21.75|
East Germany||8:23.21|-|4×100 metre relay|valign=top| United States
Andre Cason
Tony Dees
Daron Council
Slip Watkins||38.29 |valign=top| Great Britain
Clarence Callender
John Regis
Marcus Adam
Linford Christie||38.34 |valign=top| Europe
Max Morinière
Gilles Quénéhervé
Bruno Marie-Rose
Daniel Sangouma||38.47 |-|4×400 metre relay|valign=top| Americas
Lázaro Martínez
Sérgio Menezes
Howard Burnett
Roberto Hernández||3:00.65|valign=top| United States
Clarence Daniel
Oliver Bridges
Raymond Pierre
Antonio Pettigrew||3:00.99|valign=top| Africa
Simeon Kipkemboi
Lucas Sang
David Kitur
Gabriel Tiacoh||3:01.88|-| High jump|
Europe || 2.34|
Great Britain||2.31|
Americas||2.25|-| Pole vault|
Europe ||5.75 |
United States||5.70|
East Germany||5.55|-| Long jump|
United States || 8.29|
Africa||8.00|
Great Britain||7.84|-| Triple jump|
United States || 17.49|
Soviet Union||17.31|
Great Britain||17.28|-| Shot put|
East Germany || 21.68|
Europe||21.40|
United States||21.10 |-| Discus throw|
East Germany || 67.12 |
Americas||66.72 |
Europe||65.30 |-| Hammer throw|
Europe || 77.68 |
United States||76.38 |
East Germany||76.28 |-| Javelin throw |
Great Britain || 85.90 |
Asia||82.56 |
East Germany||80.30|}

Women

100 metres	United States	11.18	Africa	11.23	East Germany	11.24
200 metres	East Germany	22.46	Africa	22.82	Americas	22.87
400 metres	Americas	50.60	East Germany	50.67	Africa	51.67
800 metres	Americas	1:54.44	East Germany	1:55.70	Europe	1:56.55
1500 metres	Europe	4:18.60	Soviet Union	4:19.44	East Germany	4:20.30
3000 metres	Europe	8:44.32	Soviet Union	8:49.42	United States	8:54.33
10,000 metres	East Germany	31:33.92	Europe	31:42.01	Soviet Union	32:15.53
100 metre hurdles	East Germany	12.60	Soviet Union	12.80	United States	12.86
400 metre hurdles	United States	53.84	Soviet Union	54.86	Europe	55.25
4×100 metre relay	valign=top	East Germany Kerstin Behrendt Sabine Günther Silke Möller Cornelia Oschkenat	42.21	valign=top	Soviet Union Natalya Kovtun Galina Malchugina Tatyana Papilina Natalya Voronova	42.76	valign=top	United States Sheila Echols Esther Jones Dawn Sowell Wenda Vereen	42.83
4×400 metre relay	valign=top	Americas Charmaine Crooks Pauline Davis Grace Jackson Ana Fidelia Quirot	3:23.05	valign=top		3:23.97	valign=top	Soviet Union Lyudmila Dzhigalova Yelena Golesheva Marina Shmonina Yelena Ruzina	3:26.15
High jump	Americas	2.04	Soviet Union	1.97	Europe	1.94
Long jump	Soviet Union	7.10	Europe	6.71	Oceania	6.64
Shot put	Asia	20.73	East Germany	20.62	Europe	20.10
Discus throw	East Germany	71.54	Asia	66.04	Americas	65.40
Javelin throw	East Germany	70.32	Asia	61.50	Americas	60.32

References

• World Cup Results
• Full Results by IAAF