Athletics at the 1979 Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR explained

1979 Soviet Spartakiad
Colour:	E0ECF8
Host City:	Moscow, Russian SFSR
Dates:	21 – 29 July 1979
Stadium:	Central Lenin Stadium
Level:	Senior
Type:	Outdoor
Previous:	1975 Moscow
Next:	1983 Moscow

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.

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

Men's events

100 m		10.30		10.39		10.41
200 m		20.84		21.05		21.20
400 m		45.70		46.05		46.15
800 m		1:47.2		1:47.4		1:47.5
1500 m		3:38.6		3:38.9		3:39.1
5000 m		13:20.8		13:21.1		13:21.7
10,000 m		27:44.2		27:47.4		27:50.7
Marathon		2:13:19.6^[1]		2:13:19.8		2:13:20
20 km walk		1:22:29.0		1:22:39.2		1:23:06.3
50 km walk		3:46:25		3:46:57		3:47:55
110 m hurdles		13.68		13.76		13.94
400 m hurdles		49.11		50.23		50.85
3000 m SC		8:28.1		8:28.6		8:29.7
4 × 100 m relay		39.33		39.48		39.57
4 × 400 m relay		3:03.7		3:03.9		3:05.2
High jump		2.24		2.24		2.21
Pole vault		5.55		5.50		5.45
Long jump		8.25		8.12		8.04
Triple jump		17.21		16.84		16.76
Shot put		20.58		20.39		20.38
Discus throw		63.06		62.68		62.14
Hammer throw		77.08		75.42		75.10
Javelin throw		87.46		86.80		85.68
Decathlon		8166		8111		8086

Women's events

100 m		11.19		11.32		11.39
200 m		22.66		23.06		23.45
400 m		49.77		50.42		50.49
800 m		1:57.2		1:57.5		1:57.8
1500 m		3:58.8		4:00.5		4:01.1
3000 m		8:46.0		8:46.5		8:49.1
100 m hurdles		12.90		12.94		13.10
400 m hurdles		54.78		55.08		55.64
4 × 100 m relay		43.74		44.07		44.47
4 × 400 m relay		3:26.1		3:26.2		3:32.9
High jump		1.91		1.89		1.89
Long jump		6.66		6.39		6.37
Shot put		21.52		21.45		21.23
Discus throw		64.90		63.74		62.16
Javelin throw		63.08		62.30		60.08
Pentathlon		4770		4629		4554

References

• Soviet Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2019-07-16.

Notes and References

1. Web site: World Marathon Rankings for 1979 . . 10 March 2015.