1981 IAAF World Cup – Results

These are the full results of the 1981 IAAF World Cup which was held between 4 and 6 September 1981 at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy.

Results 100 m Men 4 SeptemberWind: +0.2 m/s Rank Athlete Team Time Points Notes 1 Allan Wells (GBR) Europe 10.20 9 2 Ernest Obeng (GHA) Africa 10.21 8 3 Frank Emmelmann East Germany 10.31 7 4 Nikolay Sidorov Soviet Union 10.41 6 5 Colin Bradford (JAM) Americas 10.44 5 6 Pierfrancesco Pavoni Italy 10.51 4 7 Gerrard Keating (AUS) Oceania 10.70 3 8 Suchart Chairsuvaparb (THA) Asia 10.73 2 9 Carl Lewis United States 10.96 1  Women 5 SeptemberWind: +0.1 m/s Rank Athlete Team Time Points Notes 1 Evelyn Ashford United States 11.02 9 2 Kathy Smallwood (GBR) Europe 11.10 8 3 Marlies Göhr East Germany 11.13 7 4 Angella Taylor (CAN) Americas 11.18 6 5 Natalya Bochina Soviet Union 11.38 5 6 Marisa Masullo Italy 11.53 4 7 Helen Edwards (AUS) Oceania 11.58 3 8 Nawal El Moutawakel (MAR) Africa 11.92 2 9 Yukiko Osako (JPN) Asia 12.14 1

200 m Men 6 SeptemberWind: +0.1 m/s Rank Athlete Team Time Points Notes 1 Mel Lattany United States 20.21 9 2 Allan Wells (GBR) Europe 20.53 8 3 Frank Emmelmann East Germany 20.57 7 4 Don Quarrie (JAM) Americas 20.66 6 5 Giovanni Bongiorni Italy 21.11 5 6 Yuriy Naumenko Soviet Union 21.13 4 7 Degnan Kablan (CIV) Africa 21.20 3 8 Toshio Toyota (JPN) Asia 21.39 2 9 Peter Van Miltenburg (AUS) Oceania 21.88 1  Women 4 SeptemberWind: +0.7 m/s Rank Athlete Team Time Points Notes 1 Evelyn Ashford United States 22.18 9 2 Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH) Europe 22.31 8 3 Bärbel Wöckel East Germany 22.41 7 4 Angella Taylor (CAN) Americas 22.67 6 5 Natalya Bochina Soviet Union 23.05 5 6 Marisa Masullo Italy 23.22 4 7 Helen Edwards (AUS) Oceania 23.68 3 8 Hannah Afriyie (GHA) Africa 24.63 2 9 Emiko Konishi (JPN) Asia 24.82 1

400 m Men 5 September Rank Athlete Team Time Points Notes 1 Cliff Wiley United States 44.88 9 2 Mauro Zuliani Italy 45.26 8 3 Bert Cameron (JAM) Americas 45.27 7 4 Hartmut Weber (FRG) Europe 45.52 6 5 Viktor Markin Soviet Union 45.78 5 6 Andreas Knebel East Germany 45.86 4 7 Hassan El Kashief (SUD) Africa 45.96 3 8 Gary Minihan (AUS) Oceania 46.85 2 9 Takevuki Isobe (JPN) Asia 47.71 1  Women 6 September Rank Athlete Team Time Points Notes 1 Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH) Europe 48.61 9 2 Marita Koch East Germany 49.27 8 3 Jackie Pusey (JAM) Americas 51.48 7 4 Denean Howard United States 51.76 6 5 Erica Rossi Italy 52.50 5 6 Irina Nazarova Soviet Union 53.21 4 7 Leanne Evans (AUS) Oceania 53.44 3 8 Ruth Atuti (KEN) Africa 55.58 2 9 Junko Yoshida (JPN) Asia 56.00 1

800 m Men 4 September Rank Athlete Team Time Points Notes 1 Sebastian Coe (GBR) Europe 1:46.16 9 2 James Robinson United States 1:47.31 8 3 Detlef Wagenknecht East Germany 1:47.49 7 4 Mike Hillardt (AUS) Oceania 1:47.59 6 5 Omer Khalifa (SUD) Africa 1:47.63 5 6 Joaquim Cruz (BRA) Americas 1:47.77 4 7 Carlo Grippo Italy 1:47.79 3 8 Nikolay Kirov Soviet Union 1:48.15 2 9 Abraham Rajan (IND) Asia 1:53.21 1  Women 5 September Rank Athlete Team Time Points Notes 1 Lyudmila Veselkova Soviet Union 1:57.48 9 2 Martina Steuk East Germany 1:58.31 8 3 Jolanta Januchta (POL) Europe 1:58.32 7 4 Gabriella Dorio Italy 1:59.43 6 5 Terri-Anne Cater (AUS) Oceania 2:00.56 5 6 Madeline Manning United States 2:01.79 4 7 Brit McRoberts (CAN) Americas 2:02.19 3 8 Mary Chemweno (KEN) Africa 2:05.73 2 9 Geeta Zutshi (IND) Asia 2:09.56 1

1500 m Men 5 September Rank Athlete Team Time Points Notes 1 Steve Ovett (GBR) Europe 3:34.95 9 2 John Walker (NZL) Oceania 3:35.49 8 3 Olaf Beyer East Germany 3:35.58 7 4 Mike Boit (KEN) Africa 3:35.73 6 5 Sydney Maree United States 3:36.56 5 6 Nikolay Kirov Soviet Union 3:38.05 4 7 Claudio Patrignani Italy 3:39.41 3 8 John Craig (CAN) Americas 3:39.86 2 9 Takahashi Ishii (JPN) Asia 3:40.93 1  Women 4 September Rank Athlete Team Time Points Notes 1 Tamara Sorokina Soviet Union 4:03.33 9 2 Gabriella Dorio Italy 4:03.75 8 3 Ulrike Bruns East Germany 4:04.67 7 4 Anna Bukis (POL) Europe 4:06.72 6 5 Jan Merrill United States 4:08.98 5 6 Brit McRoberts (CAN) Americas 4:09.66 4 7 Mary Chemweno (KEN) Africa 4:10.49 3 8 Dianne Rodger (NZL) Oceania 4:19.98 2 9 Zhang Xiuyun (CHN) Asia 4:26.97 1

5000/3000 m Men 6 September Rank Athlete Team Time Points Notes 1 Eamonn Coghlan (IRL) Europe 14:08.39 9 2 Hansjörg Kunze East Germany 14:08.54 8 3 Vittorio Fontanella Italy 14:09.06 7 4 Valeriy Abramov Soviet Union 14:09.85 6 5 Tolossa Kotu (ETH) Africa 14:11.14 5 6 Matt Centrowitz United States 14:11.14 4 7 Gopal Singh Saini (IND) Asia 14:14.88 3 8 Paul Williams (CAN) Americas 14:24.21 2 9 Peter Renner (NZL) Oceania 14:31.67 1  Women 6 September Rank Athlete Team Time Points Notes 1 Angelika Zauber East Germany 8:54.89 9 2 Maricica Puică (ROM) Europe 8:55.80 8 3 Silvana Cruciata Italy 8:57.10 7 4 Tatyana Pozdnyakova Soviet Union 9:02.95 6 5 Brenda Webb United States 9:13.10 5 6 Justina Chepchirchir (KEN) Africa 9:18.80 4 7 Barbara Moore (NZL) Oceania 9:18.83 3 8 Akemi Masuda (JPN) Asia 9:58.07 2 9 Angelita Lind (PUR) Americas 10:20.92 1

10,000 m Men 4 September Rank Athlete Team Time Points Notes 1 Werner Schildhauer East Germany 27:38.43 9 NR 2 Mohamed Kedir (ETH) Africa 27:39.44 8 3 Alberto Salazar United States 27:40.69 7 4 Venanzio Ortis Italy 27:42.70 6 5 Martti Vainio (FIN) Europe 27:48.62 5 6 Toomas Turb Soviet Union 27:54.18 4 7 Kunimitsu Itō (JPN) Asia 28:35.95 3 8 Steve Austin (AUS) Oceania 28:51.70 2 9 Peter Butler (CAN) Americas 29:47.05 1

110/100 m hurdles Men 6 SeptemberWind: -0.2 m/s Rank Athlete Team Time Points Notes 1 Greg Foster United States 13.32 9 2 Alejandro Casañas (CUB) Americas 13.36 8 3 Július Ivan (TCH) Europe 13.66 7 4 Andreas Schlißke East Germany 13.72 6 5 Yuriy Chervanyov Soviet Union 13.76 5 6 Daniele Fontecchio Italy 13.90 4 7 Tim Soper (NZL) Oceania 14.31 3 8 Yoshifumi Fujimori (JPN) Asia 14.31 2 9 Charles Kokoyo (KEN) Africa 14.63 1  Women 5 SeptemberWind: +0.1 m/s Rank Athlete Team Time Points Notes 1 Tatyana Anisimova Soviet Union 12.85 9 2 Kerstin Knabe East Germany 12.91 8 3 Lucyna Langer (POL) Europe 12.97 7 4 Stephanie Hightower United States 13.09 6 5 Penny Gillies (AUS) Oceania 13.59 5 6 Patrizia Lombardo Italy 13.68 4 7 Grisel Machado (CUB) Americas 13.76 3 8 Emi Akimoto (JPN) Asia 13.97 2 9 Cécile Ngambi (CMR) Africa 14.16 1

400 m hurdles Men 4 September Rank Athlete Team Time Points Notes 1 Edwin Moses United States 47.37 9 2 Volker Beck East Germany 49.16 8 3 Harry Schulting (NED) Europe 49.69 7 4 Vasiliy Arkhipenko Soviet Union 49.85 6 5 António Ferreira (BRA) Americas 50.45 5 6 Garry Brown (AUS) Oceania 50.59 4 7 Saverio Gellini Italy 50.69 3 8 Takashi Nagao (JPN) Asia 51.95 2 9 Jackson Melly (KEN) Africa 52.90 1  Women 4 September Rank Athlete Team Time Points Notes 1 Ellen Neumann East Germany 54.82 9 2 Genowefa Błaszak (POL) Europe 56.20 8 3 Anna Kastetskaya Soviet Union 56.37 7 4 Lynette Foreman (AUS) Oceania 57.51 6 5 Giuseppina Cirulli Italy 58.11 5 6 Mercedes Mesa (CUB) Americas 59.53 4 7 Sandy Myers United States 59.95 3 8 Yumiko Aoi (JPN) Asia 1:01.72 2 9 Célestine N'Drin (CIV) Africa 1:04.68 1

3000 m steeplechase Men 5 September Rank Athlete Team Time Points Notes 1 Bogusław Mamiński (POL) Europe 8:19.89 9 2 Mariano Scartezzini Italy 8:19.93 8 3 Masanari Shintaku (JPN) Asia 8:23.64 7 4 Ralf Pönitzsch East Germany 8:24.13 6 5 Gregory Duhaime (CAN) Americas 8:25.12 5 6 Sergey Yepishin Soviet Union 8:28.78 4 7 Eshetu Tura (ETH) Africa 8:35.23 3 8 Peter Larkins (AUS) Oceania 8:39.63 2 Henry Marsh United States DQ 0 Marsh had originally won with 8:19.63 but was disqualified for not clearing the final water jump.

4 × 100 m relay Men 5 September Rank Team Athletes Time Points Notes 1 Europe Krzysztof Zwoliński (POL), Zenon Licznerski (POL), Leszek Dunecki (POL), Marian Woronin (POL) 38.73 9 2 East Germany Frank Hollender, Detlef Kübeck, Bernhard Hoff, Frank Emmelmann 38.79 8 3 United States Mel Lattany, Anthony Ketchum, Stanley Floyd, Steve Williams 38.85 7 4 Soviet Union Yuriy Naumenko, Nikolay Sidorov, Aleksandr Aksinin, Vladimir Muravyov 39.04 6 5 Americas Desai Williams (CAN), Colin Bradford (JAM), Don Quarrie (JAM), Ben Johnson (CAN) 39.13 5 6 Italy Pierfrancesco Pavoni, Giovanni Bongiorni, Diego Nodari, Carlo Simionato 39.67 4 7 Asia Toshio Toyota (JPN), Hideyuki Arikawa (JPN), Hideki Ikeda (JPN), Hirohito Yamazaki (JPN) 40.07 3 8 Oceania Gerrard Keating (AUS), Shane Downey (NZL), James Kelly (AUS), Peter Van Miltenberg (AUS) 40.85 2 Africa Amadou Meité (CIV), Théophile Nkounkou (CGO), Degnan Kablan (CIV), Ernest Obeng (GHA) DQ 0  Women 6 September Rank Team Athletes Time Points Notes 1 East Germany Kirsten Siemon, Bärbel Wöckel, Gesine Walther, Marlies Göhr 42.22 9 2 United States Alice Brown, Jeanette Bolden, Florence Griffith, Evelyn Ashford 42.82 8 3 Soviet Union Olga Zolotaryova, Olga Nasonova, Lyudmila Kondratyeva, Natalya Bochina 43.01 7 4 Americas Leleith Hodges (JAM), Jackie Pusey (JAM), Angela Bailey (CAN), Angella Taylor (CAN) 43.06 6 5 Oceania Wendy Brown (NZL), Kerrie Waite (AUS), Penny Gillies (AUS), Helen Edwards (AUS) 44.99 5 6 Italy Antonella Capriotti, Carla Mercurio, Patrizia Lombardo, Marisa Masullo 45.01 4 7 Africa Nawal El Moutawakel (MAR), Cécile Ngambi (CMR), Alice Adala (KEN), Hannah Afriyie (GHA) 46.15 3 8 Asia Tomi Osako (JPN), Yukiko Osako (JPN), Emiko Konishi (JPN), Emi Akimoto (JPN) 46.45 2 Europe Wendy Hoyte (GBR), Kathy Smallwood (GBR), Beverley Callender (GBR), Shirley Thomas (GBR) DNF 0 Dropped the baton at the last changeover

4 × 400 m relay Men 6 September Rank Team Athletes Time Points Notes 1 United States Walter McCoy, Cliff Wiley, Willie Smith, Tony Darden 2:59.12 9 WL 2 Europe Eric Josjö (SWE), Fons Brijdenbach (BEL), Koen Gijsbers (NED), Hartmut Weber (FRG) 3:01.47 8 3 Americas Héctor Daley (PAN), Colin Bradford (JAM), Mike Paul (TRI), Bert Cameron (JAM) 3:02.01 7 4 Soviet Union Pavel Roshchin, Viktor Burakov, Vitaliy Fyodotov, Viktor Markin 3:02.93 6 5 Italy Stefano Malinverni, Roberto Tozzi, Alfonso Di Guida, Mauro Zuliani 3:03.23 5 6 East Germany Frank Schaffer, Carsten Petters, Volker Beck, Andreas Knebel 3:03.63 4 7 Africa Brahim Ammour (ALG), Degnan Kablan (CIV), Sammy Koskei (KEN), James Atuti (KEN) 3:05.55 3 8 Oceania Gary Minihan (AUS), John Fleming (AUS), Peter Van Miltenberg (AUS), Michael Willis (AUS) 3:07.11 2 9 Asia Eiji Natori (JPN), Takayuki Isobe (JPN), Shigenobu Omori (JPN), Takashi Nagao (JPN) 3:09.93 1  Women 4 September Rank Team Athletes Time Points Notes 1 East Germany Dagmar Rübsam, Martina Steuk, Bärbel Wöckel, Marita Koch 3:20.62 9 2 Europe Michelle Scutt (GBR), Verona Elder (GBR), Joslyn Hoyte-Smith (GBR), Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH) 3:23.03 8 3 Americas Charmaine Crooks (CAN), Jackie Pusey (JAM), Marita Payne (CAN), June Griffith (GUY) 3:26.42 7 4 Soviet Union Nadyezhda Lyalina, Irina Baskakova, Tatyana Litvinova, Irina Nazarova 3:26.92 6 5 United States Delisa Walton, Lorna Forde, Arlise Emerson, Denean Howard 3:30.72 5 6 Italy Patrizia Lombardo, Morena Pistrino, Giuseppina Cirulli, Erica Rossi 3:36.50 4 7 Oceania Leanne Evans (AUS), Lynette Foreman (AUS), Gail Millar (AUS), Marian O'Shaughnessy (AUS) 3:37.27 3 8 Asia Lydia de Vega (PHI), Junko Yoshida (JPN), Gao Yanqing (CHN), Saik Oik Cum (MAS) 3:47.64 2 9 Africa Marième Boye (SEN), Célestine N'Drin (CIV), Regine Dramiga (UGA), Ruth Atuki (KEN) 3:49.13 1

High jump Men 6 September Rank Athlete Team Result Points Notes 1 Tyke Peacock United States 2.28 9 2 Gerd Nagel (FRG) Europe 2.26 8 3 Jörg Freimuth East Germany 2.24 7 4 Valeriy Sereda Soviet Union 2.18 6 5 Milton Ottey (CAN) Americas 2.15 5 6 Massimo Di Giorgio Italy 2.15 4 7 Amadou Dia Ba (SEN) Africa 2.15 3 8 David Hoyle (AUS) Oceania 2.10 2 9 Zhu Jianhua (CHN) Asia 2.10 1  Women 4 September