1979 IAAF World Cup – Results
# 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 RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes 1James SanfordUnited States10.178 2Silvio Leonard (CUB)Americas10.267 3Marian Woronin (POL)Europe10.286 4Olaf PrenzlerEast Germany10.335 5Ernest Obeng (GHA)Africa10.364 6Richard James (AUS)Oceania10.493 7Suchart Chairsuvaparb (THA)Asia10.512 8Nikolay KolesnikovSoviet Union11.471 | Women 25 August Wind: -0.9 m/s RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes 1Evelyn AshfordUnited States11.068 2Marlies GöhrEast Germany11.177 3Annegret Richter (FRG)Europe10.286 4Lyudmila KondratyevaSoviet Union11.475 5Angella Taylor (CAN)Americas11.504 6Helen Edwards (AUS)Oceania11.673 7Oguzoeme Nsenu (NGR)Africa11.782 8Emiko Konishi (JPN)Asia12.311 |
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### 200 m

| Men 25 August Wind: 0.0 m/s RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes 1Silvio Leonard (CUB)Americas20.348 2Leszek Dunecki (POL)Europe20.507 3Peter Okodogbe (NGR)Africa20.696 4Bernhard HoffEast Germany20.735 5Mel LattanyUnited States20.754 6Viktor BurakovSoviet Union20.963 7Yasuhiro Harada (JPN)Asia21.142 8Barry Besanko (AUS)Oceania21.191 | Women 24 August Wind: -0.2 m/s RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes 1Evelyn AshfordUnited States21.838 2Marita KochEast Germany22.027 3Lyudmila KondratyevaSoviet Union22.666 4Annegret Richter (FRG)Europe22.785 5Angella Taylor (CAN)Americas22.834 6Hannah Afriyie (GHA)Africa23.613 7Kim Robertson (NZL)Oceania23.782 8Sumiko Kaihara (JPN)Asia24.601 |
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### 400 m

| Men 25 August RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes 1Hassan El Kashief (SUD)Africa45.398 2Nikolay ChernetskiySoviet Union46.067 3Tony DardenUnited States46.126 4Franz-Peter Hofmeister (FRG)Europe46.365 5Frank SchafferEast Germany46.404 6Colin Bradford (JAM)Americas46.883 7Jim O'Sullivan (AUS)Oceania48.202 8Shoichi Handa (JPN)Asia48.581 | Women 26 August RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes 1Marita KochEast Germany48.978 2Maria KulchunovaSoviet Union50.607 3Irena Szewińska (POL)Europe51.156 4Marita Payne (CAN)Americas53.015 5Terri-Anne Wangman (AUS)Oceania53.444 6Ruth Waithera (KEN)Africa53.603 7Patricia JacksonUnited States54.372 8Rita Sen (IND)Asia57.761 |
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### 800 m

| Men 24 August RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes 1James Maina Boi (KEN)Africa1:47.698 2James RobinsonUnited States1:47.857 3Willi Wülbeck (FRG)Europe1:47.886 4Olaf BeyerEast Germany1:47.905 5Agberto Guimarães (BRA)Americas1:48.84 6Anatoliy ReshetnyakSoviet Union1:49.43 7John Higham (AUS)Oceania1:50.22 8Faleh Naji (IRQ)Asia1:55.41 | Women 25 August RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes 1Nikolina Shtereva (BUL)Europe2:00.528 2Nadezhda MushtaSoviet Union2:01.097 3Anita WeißEast Germany2:01.336 4Anne Mackie-Morelli (CAN)Americas2:02.015 5Charlene Rendina (AUS)Oceania2:02.624 6Mary Chemweno (KEN)Africa2:04.493 7Wendy KnudsonUnited States2:06.062 8Geeta Zutshi (IND)Asia2:10.311 |
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### 1500 m

| Men 25 August RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes 1Thomas Wessinghage (FRG)Europe3:46.008 2Vladimir PonomaryovSoviet Union3:46.137 3Jürgen StraubEast Germany3:46.306 4Steve ScottUnited States3:46.785 5Mike Boit (KEN)Africa3:46.854 6Steve Foley (AUS)Oceania3:47.83 7Paul Craig (CAN)Americas3:48.12 8Rattan Singh (IND)Asia3:52.41 | Women 26 August RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes 1 Totka Petrova (BUL)Europe4:06.47 8 DQ 1Christina WartenbergEast Germany4:06.888 2Giana RomanovaSoviet Union4:08.737 3Francie LarrieuUnited States4:09.166 4Sakina Boutamine (ALG)Africa4:12.135 5Alison Wright (NZL)Oceania4:13.484 6Brit McRoberts (CAN)Americas4:15.333 7Kumiko Kobayashi (JPN)Asia4:47.612 |
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### 5000/3000 m

| Men 26 August RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes 1Miruts Yifter (ETH)Africa13:35.98 2Valeriy AbramovSoviet Union13:37.67 3Markus Ryffel (SUI)Europe13:38.66 4Hansjörg KunzeEast Germany13:39.85 5Rodolfo Gómez (MEX)Americas13:40.64 6Matt CentrowitzUnited States13:42.03 7David Fitsimmons (AUS)Oceania13:45.12 8Gopal Singh Saini (IND)Asia14:26.81 | Women 25 August RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes 1Svetlana UlmasovaSoviet Union8:36.348 2Grete Waitz (NOR)Europe8:38.597 3Francie LarrieuUnited States8:53.026 4Ursula SauerEast Germany9:13.275 5Barbara Moore (NZL)Oceania9:19.654 6Shauna Miller (CAN)Americas9:20.283 7Sakina Boutamine (ALG)Africa9:30.732 8Tashiko Kumagai (JPN)Asia9:52.951 |
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### 10,000 m

**Men**

24 August

| Rank | Athlete | Team | Time | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes 1Renaldo NehemiahUnited States13.398 2Thomas MunkeltEast Germany13.427 3Alejandro Casañas (CUB)Americas13.446 4Aleksandr PuchkovSoviet Union13.745 5Jan Pusty (POL)Europe13.884 6Godwin Obasogie (NGR)Africa14.183 7Michael Wilson (AUS)Oceania14.592 Yoshifumi Fujimori (JPN)AsiaDNF0 | Women 25 August Wind: -0.1 m/s RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes 1Grażyna Rabsztyn (POL)Europe12.678 2Tatyana AnisimovaSoviet Union12.757 3Kerstin ClausEast Germany13.036 4Debbie LaPlanteUnited States13.235 5Sharon Lane (CAN)Americas13.634 6Penny Gillies (AUS)Oceania13.883 7Judy Bell-Gam (NGR)Africa13.932 8Emi Akimoto (JPN)Asia14.281 |
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### 400 m hurdles

| Men 24 August RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes 1Edwin MosesUnited States47.538 2Harald Schmid (FRG)Europe48.717 3Vasiliy ArkhipenkoSoviet Union48.976 4Volker BeckEast Germany49.665 5Peter Grant (AUS)Oceania50.204 6António Ferreira (BRA)Americas50.543 7Daniel Kimaiyo (KEN)Africa50.552 Hassan Kadhum (IRQ)AsiaDNS1 | Women 24 August RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes 1Bärbel KleppEast Germany55.838 2Marina MakeyevaSoviet Union56.027 3Debbie EsserUnited States56.756 4Christine Warden (GBR)Europe57.205 5Lynette Young (AUS)Oceania58.804 6Francine Gendron (CAN)Americas60.913 7Yumiko Aoi (JPN)Asia61.022 8Fatima El Faquir (MAR)Africa67.421 |
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### 3000 m steeplechase

**Men**

25 August

| Rank | Athlete | Team | Time | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 RankTeamAthletesTimePointsNotes 1AmericasOsvaldo Lara (CUB), Nelson dos Santos (BRA), Silvio Leonard (CUB), Altevir de Araújo (BRA)38.708 2United StatesMike Roberson, Harvey Glance, Mel Lattany, Steve Riddick 38.777 3EuropeJerzy Brunner (POL), Leszek Dunecki (POL), Zenon Licznerski (POL), Marian Woronin (POL) 38.856 4East GermanyKlaus-Dieter Kurrat, Detlef Kübeck, Olaf Prenzler, Alexander Thieme38.865 5AfricaErnest Obeng (GHA), Edward Ofili (NGR), Théophile Nkounkou (CGO), Peter Okodogbe (NGR) 39.024 6Soviet UnionValeriy Pidluzhnyy, Andrey Shlyapnikov, Aleksandr Aksinin, Vladimir Ignatenko 39.523 7OceaniaJames Kelly (AUS), Richard James (AUS), Barry Besanko (AUS), Colin O'Sullivan (AUS) 39.852 8AsiaSuchart Chairsuvaparb (THA), Mohammed Al-Malki (OMA), Akira Harada (JPN), Shunzo Shito (JPN) 40.091 | Women 26 August RankTeamAthletesTimePointsNotes 1EuropeLinda Haglund (SWE), Chantal Réga (FRA), Annegret Richter (FRG), Heather Hunte (GBR) 42.198 2East GermanyChristina Brehmer, Romy Schneider, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr 42.327 3Soviet UnionVera Anisimova, Olga Korotkova, Marina Sidorova, Lyudmila Kondratyeva 42.326 4United StatesEvelyn Ashford, Karen Hawkins, Dollie Fleetwood, Valerie Boyer 43.535 5AmericasLilieth Hodges (JAM), Rosie Allwood (JAM), Silvia Chivás (CUB), Angella Taylor (CAN) 43.994 6OceaniaHelen Edwards (AUS), Debbie Wells (AUS), Janeen Faithfull (AUS), Kim Robertson (NZL) 44.623 7AfricaNzaeli Kyomo (TAN), Grace Bakari (GHA), Hannah Afriyie (GHA), Oguzoeme Nsenu (NGR) 44.832 8AsiaYumiko Aoi (JPN), Usanee Lopinkarn (THA), Mo Hyung-hee (KOR), Ying Yaping (CHN) 46.191 |
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### 4 × 400 m relay

| Men 26 August RankTeamAthletesTimePointsNotes 1United StatesHerman Frazier, Bill Green, Willie Smith, Tony Darden 3:00.708 2EuropeRyszard Podlas (POL), Franz-Peter Hofmeister (FRG), Harry Schulting (NED), Harald Schmid (FRG) 3:00.807 3AfricaBilly Konchellah (KEN), Dele Udo (NGR), James Atuti (KEN), Hassan El Kachief (SUD) 3:01.226 4Soviet UnionViktor Burakov, Vasiliy Arkhipyenko, Remigijus Valiulis, Nikolay Chernetskiy 3:02.245 5AmericasIan Stapleton (JAM), Colin Bradford (JAM), Brian Saunders (JAM), Clyde Edwards (BAR) 3:02.394 6East GermanyFrank Richter, Udo Bauer, Frank Schaffer, Manfred Konow 3:05.273 7OceaniaPeter Grant (AUS), Jim O'Sullivan (AUS), John Higham (AUS), Peter Pearless (NZL) 3:06.192 8AsiaFahim Al-Sada (IRQ), Uday Krishna Pradhu (IND), Ramashwany Gnanasekaran (IND), Shoichi Handa (JPN) 3:12.491 | Women 24 August RankTeamAthletesTimePointsNotes 1East GermanyGabriele Kotte, Christina Brehmer, Brigitte Köhn, Marita Koch 3:20.378 2Soviet UnionIrina Bagryantseva, Tatyana Prorochenko, Nina Zyuskova, Mariya Kulchunova 3:23.047 3United StatesSharon Dabney, Rosalyn Bryant, Patricia Jackson, Sherri Howard 3:27.366 4EuropeKaroline Käfer (AUT), Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH), Elke Decker (FRG), Irena Szewińska (POL) 3:27.395 5AmericasAurelia Pentón (CUB), Jackie Pusey (JAM), Marita Payne (CAN), June Griffith (GUY) 3:28.504 6OceaniaMarian O'Shaughnessy (AUS), Terri-Anne Wangman (AUS), Lynnette Young (AUS), Kim Robertson (NZL) 3:35.603 7AfricaGrace Bakari (GHA), Marième Boye (SEN), Mary Chemweno (KEN), Ruth Waithera (KEN) 3:36.242 8AsiaRita Sen (IND), Yumiko Aoi (JPN), Saik Oik Cum (MAS), Chen Juying (CHN) 3:48.751 |
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### High jump

| Men 25 August RankAthleteTeamResultPointsNotes 1Franklin JacobsUnited States2.278 2Jacek Wszoła (POL) Europe2.277 3Aleksandr GrigoryevSoviet Union2.246 4Rolf BeilschmidtEast Germany2.245 5Milton Ottey (CAN) Americas2.104 6Othmane Belfaa (ALG) Africa2.103 7Kazunori Koshikawa (JPN) Asia2.052 8Michael Dick (AUS) Oceania2.001 | Women 26 August RankAthleteTeamResultPointsNotes 1Debbie Brill (CAN) Americas1.968 2Sara Simeoni (ITA) Europe1.947 3Nina SerbinaSoviet Union1.906 4Rosemarie AckermannEast Germany1.875 5Louise RitterUnited States1.874 6Catherine Soanes (AUS) Oceania1.783 7Zheng Dazhen (CHN) Asia1.752 8Kawther Akrémi (TUN) Africa1.651 |
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### Pole vault

**Men**

25 August

| Rank | Athlete | Team | Result | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 RankAthleteTeamResultPointsNotes 1Larry MyricksUnited States8.528 2Lutz DombrowskiEast Germany8.277 3David Giralt (CUB) Americas8.226 4Valeriy PidluzhnyySoviet Union7.885 5Gary Honey (AUS) Oceania7.724 6Grzegorz Cybulski (POL) Europe7.663 7Suresh Babu (IND) Asia7.412 8Kayode Elegbede (NGR) Africa7.361 | Women 24 August RankAthleteTeamResultPointsNotes 1Anita StukāneSoviet Union6.648 2Brigitte WujakEast Germany6.557 3Kathy McMillanUnited States6.316 4Eloína Hechavarría (CUB) Americas6.255 5Doina Anton (ROM) Europe6.094 6Sumie Awara (JPN) Asia5.963 7Lynette Jacenko (AUS) Oceania5.912 8Bella Bellgam (NGR) Africa5.731 |
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### Triple jump

**Men**

25 August

| Rank | Athlete | Team | Result | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 RankAthleteTeamResultPointsNotes 1Udo BeyerEast Germany20.458 2Reijo Ståhlberg (FIN) Europe20.057 3Aleksandr BaryshnikovSoviet Union20.006 4Dave LautUnited States19.425 5Bishop Dolegiewicz (CAN) Americas19.404 6Nagui Asaad (EGY) Africa19.003 7Mohamed Al-Zinkawi (KUW) Asia17.252 8Ray Rigby (AUS) Oceania16.431 | Women 24 August RankAthleteTeamResultPointsNotes 1Ilona SlupianekEast Germany20.988 2Helena Fibingerová (TCH) Europe19.747 3Svetlana KrachevskayaSoviet Union19.706 4Maren SeidlerUnited States18.865 5María Elena Sarría (CUB) Americas18.594 6Shen Lijuan (CHN) Asia17.253 7Bev Francis (AUS) Oceania15.162 8Odette Mistoul (GAB) Africa13.711 |
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### Discus throw

| Men 24 August RankAthleteTeamResultPointsNotes 1Wolfgang SchmidtEast Germany66.028 2Mac WilkinsUnited States64.927 3Luis Delís (CUB) Americas63.506 4Knut Hjeltnes (NOR) Europe63.505 5Ihor DuhinetsSoviet Union59.344 6Robin Tait (NZL) Oceania54.603 7Abderrazak Ben Hassine (TUN) Africa52.822 8Kiyotaka Kawasaki (JPN) Asia52.541 | Women 26 August RankAthleteTeamResultPointsNotes 1Evelin JahlEast Germany65.188 2Svetlana MelnikovaSoviet Union65.147 3María Cristina Betancourt (CUB) Americas62.846 4Svetla Bozhkova (BUL) Europe60.845 5Gael Mulhall (AUS) Oceania56.504 6Li Xiaohui (CHN) Asia55.643 7Lynne WinbiglerUnited States50.062 8Zoubida Laayouni (MAR) Africa46.081 |
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### Hammer throw

**Men**

25 August

| Rank | Athlete | Team | Result | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 RankAthleteTeamResultPointsNotes 1Wolfgang HanischEast Germany86.488 2Mike O'Rourke (NZL) Oceania85.807 3Antonio González (CUB) Americas83.446 4Michael Wessing (FRG) Europe81.065 5Aleksandr MakarovSoviet Union80.764 6Jacques Ayé Abehi (CIV) Africa74.943 7Shen Maomao (CHN) Asia72.702 8Duncan AtwoodUnited States71.061 | Women 24 August RankAthleteTeamResultPointsNotes 1Ruth FuchsEast Germany66.108 2Éva Ráduly-Zörgő (ROM) Europe65.827 3María Caridad Colón (CUB) Americas63.506 4Kate SchmidtUnited States59.985 5Saida GunbaSoviet Union57.004 6Li Xiaohui (CHN) Asia52.503 7Pamela Matthews (AUS) Oceania52.482 8Agnès Tchuinté (CMR) Africa49.641 |
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