1979 European Cup (athletics)

The 1979 European Cup was the seventh edition of the European Cup of athletics.[1]

1979 European Cup
Host cityTurin, Italy
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
Events33

The "A" Finals were held in Turin, Italy. The first two teams qualified for the 1979 IAAF World Cup.

"A" Final

Held in Turin on 4 and 5 August.[2]

Team standings
Men
Pos. Nation Points
1  East Germany 125
2  Soviet Union 114
3  West Germany 110
4  Poland 90
5  Great Britain 82
6  Italy 79
7  France 70.5
8  Yugoslavia 49.5
Women
Pos. Nation Points
1  East Germany 102
2  Soviet Union 100
3  Bulgaria 76
4  Great Britain 62
5  Romania 58
 West Germany 58
7  Poland 55
8  Italy 29

Men's events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m
(Wind: +1.3 m/s)		 Pietro Mennea
 Italy		10.15 Marian Woronin
 Poland		10.16 Allan Wells
 Great Britain		10.19
200 m
(Wind: +2.2 m/s)		 Allan Wells
 Great Britain		20.29w Pietro Mennea
 Italy		20.31w Marian Woronin
 Poland		20.43w
400 m Harald Schmid
 West Germany		45.31 Mauro Zuliani
 Italy		45.35 Andreas Knebel
 East Germany		45.76
800 m Sebastian Coe
 Great Britain		1:47.28 Dragan Životić
 Yugoslavia		1:48.03 Willi Wülbeck
 West Germany		1:48.11
1500 m Jürgen Straub
 East Germany		3:36.27
CR		 Thomas Wessinghage
 West Germany		3:36.40 Graham Williamson
 Great Britain		3:38.34
5000 m Hansjörg Kunze
 East Germany		14:12.88 Aleksandr Fedotkin
 Soviet Union		14:13.97 Mike McLeod
 Great Britain		14:15.91
10,000 m Brendan Foster
 Great Britain		28:22.86 Aleksandras Antipovas
 Soviet Union		28:40.32 Frank Zimmermann
 West Germany		28:42.09
3000 m steeplechase Mariano Scartezzini
 Italy		8:22.74 Michael Karst
 West Germany		8:23.75 Anatoliy Dimov
 Soviet Union		8:25.87
110 m hurdles
(Wind: +1.3 m/s)		 Thomas Munkelt
 East Germany		13.37
CR		 Aleksandr Puchkov
 Soviet Union		13.56 Jan Pusty
 Poland		13.74
400 m hurdles Harald Schmid
 West Germany		47.85
CR, AR, NR		 Vasiliy Arkhipenko
 Soviet Union		48.35 Volker Beck
 East Germany		48.58
4 × 100 m  Poland
Krzysztof Zwoliński
Zenon Licznerski
Leszek Dunecki
Marian Woronin		38.47
CR		  East Germany
Klaus-Dieter Kurrat
Eugen Ray
Olaf Prenzler
Alexander Thieme		38.70  France
Patrick Barré
Pascal Barré
Lucien Sainte-Rose
Hermann Panzo		38.71
4 × 400 m  West Germany
Lothar Krieg
Franz-Peter Hofmeister
Hartmut Weber
Harald Schmid		3:01.91  East Germany
Udo Bauer
Frank Schaffer
Frank Richter
Volker Beck		3:02.15  Soviet Union
Viktor Burakov
Remigijus Valiulis
Vyacheslav Dotsenko
Nikolay Chernetskiy		3:02.35
High jump Dietmar Mögenburg
 West Germany		2.32
CR		 Rolf Beilschmidt
 East Germany		2.30 Aleksandr Grigoryev
 Soviet Union		2.24
Pole vault Konstantin Volkov
 Soviet Union		5.60 Patrick Abada
 France		5.60 Władysław Kozakiewicz
 Poland		5.55
Long jump Lutz Dombrowski
 East Germany		8.31
CR		 Grzegorz Cybulski
 Poland		8.03 Valeriy Podluzhniy
 Soviet Union		7.95
Triple jump Bernard Lamitié
 France		16.94 Roberto Mazzucato
 Italy		16.92 Anatoliy Piskulin
 Soviet Union		16.91
Shot put Udo Beyer
 East Germany		21.13 Ralf Reichenbach
 West Germany		20.27 Aleksandr Baryshnikov
 Soviet Union		20.25
Discus throw Wolfgang Schmidt
 East Germany		66.76 Alwin Wagner
 West Germany		62.96 Ihor Duhinets
 Soviet Union		62.72
Hammer throw Karl-Hans Riehm
 West Germany		78.66 Sergey Litvinov
 Soviet Union		76.90 Roland Steuk
 East Germany		75.76
Javelin throw Wolfgang Hanisch
 East Germany		88.68 Michael Wessing
 West Germany		87.38 Aleksandr Makarov
 Soviet Union		82.26
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Women's events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m
(Wind: +0.3 m/s)		 Marlies Göhr
 East Germany		11.03
CR		 Lyudmila Kondratyeva
 Soviet Union		11.15 Annegret Richter
 West Germany		11.22
200 m
(Wind: +0.2 m/s)		 Lyudmila Kondratyeva
 Soviet Union		22.40
CR		 Marlies Göhr
 East Germany		22.50 Annegret Richter
 West Germany		22.75
400 m Marita Koch
 East Germany		48.60
CR		 Mariya Kulchunova
 Soviet Union		49.63 Irena Szewińska
 Poland		51.27
800 m Nikolina Shtereva
 Bulgaria		1:56.29
CR		 Yekaterina Poryvkina
 Soviet Union		1:57.57 Anita Weiss
 East Germany		1:57.92
1500 m Totka Petrova
 Bulgaria		4:03.13
CR		 Giana Romanova
 Soviet Union		4:03.38 Natalia Mărășescu
 Romania		4:03.74
3000 m Svetlana Guskova
 Soviet Union		8:52.00 Maricica Puica
 Romania		8:52.66 Vesela Yatsinska
 Bulgaria		8:52.89
100 m hurdles
(Wind: -1.1 m/s)		 Tatyana Anisimova
 Soviet Union		12.77
CR		 Grażyna Rabsztyn
 Poland		12.85 Daniela Teneva
 Bulgaria		13.17
400 m hurdles Marina Makeyeva
 Soviet Union		54.82
CR		 Karin Rossley
 East Germany		55.10 Silvia Hollmann
 West Germany		56.74
4 × 100 m  East Germany
Christina Brehmer
Romy Schneider
Ingrid Auerswald
Marlies Göhr		42.09 CR  Soviet Union
Vera Komisova
Vera Anisimova
Tatyana Anisimova
Lyudmila Kondratyeva		42.29  Great Britain
Helen Barnett
Wendy Clarke
Kathy Smallwood
Heather Hunte		43.18
4 × 400 m  East Germany
Gabriele Kotte
Christina Brehmer
Brigitte Köhn
Marita Koch		3:19.62 CR  Soviet Union
Irina Bagryantseva
Nina Zyuskova
Tatyana Prorochenko
Maria Kulchunova		3:20.39  Great Britain
Joslyn Hoyte-Smith
Ruth Kennedy
Verona Elder
Donna Hartley		3:27.89
High jump Rosemarie Ackermann
 East Germany		1.99
CR		 Sara Simeoni
 Italy		1.94 Urszula Kielan
 Poland		1.92
Long jump Brigitte Wujak
 East Germany		6.89 Doina Anton
 Romania		6.60 Lidiya Gusheva
 Bulgaria		6.47
Shot put Ilona Slupianek
 East Germany		20.93 Nunu Abashidze
 Soviet Union		19.75 Ivanka Petrova
 Bulgaria		19.63
Discus throw Evelin Jahl
 East Germany		68.92 Svetlana Melnikova
 Soviet Union		66.06 Svetla Bozhkova
 Bulgaria		62.82
Javelin throw Eva Raduly-Zörgö
 Romania		66.28 Ruth Fuchs
 East Germany		65.46 Tessa Sanderson
 Great Britain		62.38
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

"B" Final

The winners qualified for the "A" final.

Semifinals

Men

All semifinals were held on 30 June and 1 July.[2] First two teams qualified for the "A" final (plus Italy as the host). Places 3–5 qualified for the "B" final.

Women

[2]

First two teams qualified for the "A" final (plus Italy as the host). Places 3–5 qualified for the "B" final.

Preliminary

Men

Preliminary round was held on 16 and 17 June in Luxembourg City. First three teams advanced to the semifinals.

Pos. Nation Points
1  Portugal 74
2  Denmark 65.5
3  Ireland 54
4  Luxembourg 53.5
5  Iceland 51

References
  1. "The SPAR European Cup: Memories of Europe's premier team athletics event". european-athletics.org. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
  2. 2010 Italian almanach Archived 2021-08-28 at the Wayback Machine (p467)
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