1979 European Cup (athletics)

The 1979 European Cup was the seventh edition of the European Cup of athletics.

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.2010 Italian almanach (p467)

Team standings

MenPos. NationPoints 1 125 2 114 3 110 4 90 5 82 6 79 7 70.5 8 49.5

Women Pos. Nation Points 1 102 2 100 3 76 4 62 5 58 58 7 55 8 29

Results summary Men's events 100 m(Wind: +1.3 m/s) Pietro Mennea10.15 Marian Woronin10.16 Allan Wells10.19200 m(Wind: +2.2 m/s) Allan Wells20.29w Pietro Mennea20.31w Marian Woronin20.43w400 m Harald Schmid45.31 Mauro Zuliani45.35 Andreas Knebel45.76800 m Sebastian Coe1:47.28 Dragan Životić1:48.03 Willi Wülbeck1:48.111500 m Jürgen Straub3:36.27CR Thomas Wessinghage3:36.40 Graham Williamson3:38.345000 m Hansjörg Kunze14:12.88 Aleksandr Fedotkin14:13.97 Mike McLeod14:15.9110,000 m Brendan Foster28:22.86 Aleksandras Antipovas28:40.32 Frank Zimmermann28:42.093000 m steeplechase Mariano Scartezzini8:22.74 Michael Karst8:23.75 Anatoliy Dimov8:25.87110 m hurdles(Wind: +1.3 m/s) Thomas Munkelt13.47 Aleksandr Puchkov13.56 Jan Pusty13.74400 m hurdles Harald Schmid47.85CR, AR, NR Vasiliy Arkhipenko48.35 Volker Beck48.584 × 100 m Krzysztof ZwolińskiZenon LicznerskiLeszek DuneckiMarian Woronin38.47CR Klaus-Dieter KurratEugen RayOlaf PrenzlerAlexander Thieme38.70 Patrick BarréPascal BarréLucien Sainte-RoseHermann Panzo38.714 × 400 m Lothar KriegFranz-Peter HofmeisterHartmut WeberHarald Schmid3:01.91 Udo BauerFrank SchafferFrank RichterVolker Beck3:02.15 Viktor BurakovRemigijus ValiulisVyacheslav DotsenkoNikolay Chernetskiy3:02.35High jump Dietmar Mögenburg2.32CR Rolf Beilschmidt2.30 Aleksandr Grigoryev2.24Pole vault Konstantin Volkov5.60 Patrick Abada5.60 Władysław Kozakiewicz5.55Long jump Lutz Dombrowski8.31CR Grzegorz Cybulski8.03 Valeriy Podluzhniy7.95Triple jump Bernard Lamitié16.94 Roberto Mazzucato16.92 Anatoliy Piskulin16.91Shot put Udo Beyer21.13 Ralf Reichenbach20.27 Aleksandr Baryshnikov20.25Discus throw Wolfgang Schmidt66.76 Alwin Wagner62.96 Ihor Duhinets62.72Hammer throw Karl-Hans Riehm78.66 Sergey Litvinov76.90 Roland Steuk75.76Javelin throw Wolfgang Hanisch88.68 Michael Wessing87.38 Aleksandr Makarov82.26

Women's events 100 m(Wind: +0.3 m/s) Marlies Göhr11.03CR Lyudmila Kondratyeva11.15 Annegret Richter11.22200 m(Wind: +0.2 m/s) Lyudmila Kondratyeva22.40CR Marlies Göhr22.50 Annegret Richter22.75400 m Marita Koch48.60WR Mariya Kulchunova49.63 Irena Szewińska51.27800 m Nikolina Shtereva1:56.29CR Yekaterina Poryvkina1:57.57 Anita Weiss1:57.921500 m Totka Petrova4:03.13CR Giana Romanova4:03.38 Natalia Mărășescu4:03.743000 m Svetlana Guskova8:52.00 Maricica Puica8:52.66 Vesela Yatsinska8:52.89100 m hurdles(Wind: -1.1 m/s) Tatyana Anisimova12.77CR Grażyna Rabsztyn12.85 Daniela Teneva13.17400 m hurdles Marina Makeyeva54.82CR Karin Rossley55.10 Silvia Hollmann56.744 × 100 m Christina BrehmerRomy SchneiderIngrid AuerswaldMarlies Göhr42.09 WR Vera KomisovaVera AnisimovaTatyana AnisimovaLyudmila Kondratyeva42.29 Helen BarnettWendy ClarkeKathy SmallwoodHeather Hunte43.184 × 400 m Gabriele KotteChristina BrehmerBrigitte KöhnMarita Koch3:19.62 Irina BagryantsevaNina ZyuskovaTatyana ProrochenkoMaria Kulchunova3:20.39 Joslyn Hoyte-SmithRuth KennedyVerona ElderDonna Hartley3:27.89High jump Rosemarie Ackermann1.99CR Sara Simeoni1.94 Urszula Kielan1.92Long jump Brigitte Wujak6.89 Doina Anton6.60 Lidiya Gusheva6.47Shot put Ilona Slupianek20.93 Nunu Abashidze19.75 Ivanka Petrova19.63Discus throw Evelin Jahl68.92 Svetlana Melnikova66.06 Svetla Bozhkova62.82Javelin throw Eva Raduly-Zörgö66.28 Ruth Fuchs65.46 Tessa Sanderson62.38

"B" Final The winners qualified for the "A" final.

Men Held on 21 and 22 July in Karlovac, Yugoslavia Pos. Nation Points 1 195.5 2 97.5 3 97 4 97 5 96.5 6 87 7 77.5 8 58.5

Women Held on 21 July in Antony, France Pos. Nation Points 1 96.5 2 86 3 83 4 65 5 59 6 58 7 52.5 8 40

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

Semifinal 1 Held in Lüdenscheid, West Germany Pos. Nation Points 1 141 2 136 3 101 4 93 5 87 6 70 7 55 8 34

Semifinal 2 Held in Geneva, Switzerland Pos. Nation Points 1 150 2 108 3 95 4 94 5 90 6 89 7 58 8 36

Semifinal 3 Held in Malmö, Sweden Pos. Nation Points 1 139 2 106 3 99 4 91 5 90.5 6 83 7 69 8 41

Women

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

Semifinal 1 Held in Sofia, Bulgaria, on 30 June Pos. Nation Points 1 109.5 2 102 3 91 4 57.5 5 55 6 54 7 44 8 27

Semifinal 2 Held in Sittard, Netherlands, on 1 July Pos. Nation Points 1 115 2 98 3 67 4 66 5 65 6 60 7 42 8 26

Semifinal 3 Held in Cwmbran, United Kingdom, on 1 July Pos. Nation Points 1 109 2 105 3 90 4 69 5 61 6 43 7 39 8 23

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 74 2 65.5 3 54 4 53.5 5 51

References

European Cup results (Men) from GBR Athletics European Cup results (Women) from GBR Athletics