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1977 Düsseldorf 1981 Rome All 13 editions

Global Global championships · since 1977

1979 IAAF World Cup

Montreal, Canada 24–26 Aug 1979

events: 35
medals awarded: 105
nations on the podium: 7
world records: 0

Podiums

Sprints

100m

wind -0.4

1

James Sanford 10.17

2

Silvio Leonard 10.26

3

Marian Woronin 10.28

Sprints

200m

1

Silvio Leonard 20.34

2

Leszek Dunecki 20.50

3

Peter Okodogbe 20.69

Sprints

400m

1

Hassan El Kashief 45.39

2

Nikolay Chernyetskiy 46.06

3

Tony Darden 46.12

Middle & long

800m

1

James Maina Boi 1:47.69

2

James Robinson 1:47.85

3

Willi Wülbeck 1:47.88

Middle & long

1500m

1

Thomas Wessinghage 3:46.00

2

Vladimir Ponomaryov 3:46.13

3

Jürgen Straub 3:46.30

Middle & long

5000m

1

Miruts Yifter 13:35.9

2

Valeriy Abramov 13:37.6

3

Markus Ryffel 13:38.6

Middle & long

10,000m

1

Miruts Yifter 27:53.07

2

Craig Virgin 27:59.55

3

Aleksandras Antipovas 28:25.17

Middle & long

3000m steeplechase

1

George Kiprotich Rono 8:25.97

2

Ralf Pönitzsch 8:29.28

3

Mariano Scartezzini 8:29.44

Hurdles

110m hurdles

1

Renaldo Nehemiah 13.39

2

Thomas Munkelt 13.42

3

Alejandro Casanas 13.44

Hurdles

400m hurdles

1

Edwin Moses 47.53

2

Harald Schmid 48.71

3

Vasiliy Arkhipenko 48.97

Jumps

High jump

1

Franklin Jacobs 2.27

2

Jacek Wszola 2.27

3

Aleksandr Grigoryev 2.24

Jumps

Pole vault

1

Mike Tully 5.45

2

Patrick Abada 5.45

3

Konstantin Volkov 5.30

Jumps

Long jump

1

Larry Myricks 8.52

2

Lutz Dombrowski 8.27

3

David Giralt (1959) 8.22

Jumps

Triple jump

1

Joao Carlos De Oliveira 17.02

2

Gennadiy Valyukevich 16.94

3

Ian Campbell 16.76

Throws

Shot put

1

Udo Beyer 20.45

2

Reijo Stahlberg 20.05

3

Aleksandr Baryshnikov 20.00

Throws

Discus throw

1

Wolfgang Schmidt 66.02

2

Mac Wilkins 64.92

3

Luis Delis 63.50

Throws

Hammer throw

1

Sergey Litvinov 78.70

2

Karl-Hans Riehm 75.88

3

Roland Steuk 74.82

Throws

Javelin throw

1

Wolfgang Hanisch 86.48

2

Mike O'Rourke 85.80

3

Antonio Gonzalez 83.44

Relays

4x100m

1

American Continent Team 38.70

2

United States of America 38.77

3

European Team 38.85

Relays

4x400m

1

United States of America 3:00.70

2

European Team 3:00.80

3

African Team 3:01.22

Medal table

7 nations · 105 medals

#	Nation				Total	Share
1	Germany DR (1949-89) GDR	10	7	4	21
2	United States of America USA	9	4	6	19
3	African Team AFR	5	0	2	7
4	European Team EUR	4	11	7	22
5	American Continent Team AME	4	1	6	11
6	Soviet Union URS	3	11	9	23
7	Oceania Team OCE	0	1	1	2

Records set

1 AR

AR Evelyn Ashford 200m · Women 21.83

About this edition

♦ TEAM RANKING POINTS (Points distribution by places: 8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1)
MEN
United States 119, Europe 112, East Germany 108, Soviet Union 102, Americas 98, Africa 84, Oceania 58, Asia 36
WOMEN
East Germany 106, Soviet Union 98, Europe 88, United States 76, Americas 68, Oceania 47, Africa 30, Asia 26