# 1989 European Cup "A" Final

These are the full results of the 1989 European Cup "A" Final in athletics which was held on 5 and 6 August 1989 at the Gateshead International Stadium in Gateshead, United Kingdom.

## Team standings

Men :
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Great Britain | 115 |
| 2 | East Germany | 103 |
| 3 | Soviet Union | 101 |
| 4 | Italy | 95 |
| 5 | France | 95 |
| 6 | West Germany | 91 |
| 7 | Czechoslovakia | 63 |
| 8 | Spain | 54 |
Women :
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | East Germany | 120 |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 95 |
| 3 | Great Britain | 84 |
| 4 | West Germany | 79 |
| 5 | Romania | 72 |
| 6 | Poland | 56 |
| 7 | Bulgaria | 43 |
| 8 | Czechoslovakia | 26 |
East and West Germany competed separately for the last time being replaced by the unified German team from the 1991 edition. As a result, only one team had to be relegated from the "A" Final and two teams were promoted from the "B" Final.

## Men's results
### 100 metres

5 August Wind: -1.8 m/s
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Points |
| 1 | 2 | Linford Christie | Great Britain | 10.33 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | Daniel Sangouma | France | 10.39 | 7 |
| 3 | 3 | Vladimir Krylov | Soviet Union | 10.43 | 6 |
| 4 | 4 | Stefano Tilli | Italy | 10.48 | 5 |
| 5 | 8 | Sven Matthes | East Germany | 10.51 | 4 |
| 6 | 5 | Jiří Valík | Czechoslovakia | 10.53 | 3 |
| 7 | 6 | Andreas Maul | West Germany | 10.63 | 2 |
| 8 | 7 | José Javier Arqués | Spain | 10.72 | 2 |

### 200 metres

6 August Wind: +0.1 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Points |
| 1 | John Regis | Great Britain | 20.62 | 8 |
| 2 | Stefano Tilli | Italy | 20.66 | 7 |
| 3 | Daniel Sangouma | France | 20.83 | 6 |
| 4 | Vladimir Krylov | Soviet Union | 20.97 | 5 |
| 5 | Jiří Valík | Czechoslovakia | 21.23 | 4 |
| 6 | Steffen Schwabe | East Germany | 21.25 | 3 |
| 7 | Miguel Ángel Gómez | Spain | 21.57 | 2 |
| 8 | Wolfgang Haupt | West Germany | 21.61 | 1 |

### 400 metres

5 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Points |
| 1 | Edgar Itt | West Germany | 45.43 | 8 |
| 2 | Jens Carlowitz | East Germany | 45.44 | 7 |
| 3 | Cayetano Cornet | Spain | 45.82 | 6 |
| 4 | Roberto Ribaud | Italy | 46.00 | 5 |
| 5 | Brian Whittle | Great Britain | 46.19 | 4 |
| 6 | Luboš Balošák | Czechoslovakia | 46.30 | 3 |
| 7 | Olivier Noirot | France | 46.54 | 2 |
| 8 | Vyacheslav Kocheryagin | Soviet Union | 46.89 | 1 |

### 800 metres

6 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Points |
| 1 | Tom McKean | Great Britain | 1:46.94 | 8 |
| 2 | Peter Braun | West Germany | 1:47.53 | 7 |
| 3 | Hauke Fuhlbrügge | East Germany | 1:48.20 | 6 |
| 4 | Hervé Phélippeau | France | 1:48.28 | 5 |
| 5 | Tonino Viali | Italy | 1:48.36 | 4 |
| 6 | Tomás de Teresa | Spain | 1:48.58 | 3 |
| 7 | Andrey Sudnik | Soviet Union | 1:49.38 | 2 |
| 8 | Marcel Theer | Czechoslovakia | 1:51.20 | 1 |

### 1500 metres

5 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Points |
| 1 | Pascal Thiébaut | France | 3:48.05 | 8 |
| 2 | Sergey Afanasyev | Soviet Union | 3:48.35 | 7 |
| 3 | Gennaro Di Napoli | Italy | 3:48.61 | 6 |
| 4 | Jens-Peter Herold | East Germany | 3:48.70 | 5 |
| 5 | Tony Morrell | Great Britain | 3:48.85 | 4 |
| 6 | Pavel Šourek | Czechoslovakia | 3:51.35 | 3 |
| 7 | José Luis González | Spain | 4:26.20 | 2 |
| | Dieter Baumann | West Germany | DQ | 0 |

### 5000 metres

6 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Points |
| 1 | Salvatore Antibo | Italy | 13:43.84 | 8 |
| 2 | Jack Buckner | Great Britain | 13:44.77 | 7 |
| 3 | Mikhail Dasko | Soviet Union | 13:47.56 | 6 |
| 4 | Pascal Thiébaut | France | 14:00.59 | 5 |
| 5 | Alejandro Gómez | Spain | 14:03.98 | 4 |
| 6 | Steffen Brand | West Germany | 14:11.14 | 3 |
| 7 | Hansjörg Kunze | East Germany | 14:25.59 | 2 |
| 8 | Pavel Michálek | Czechoslovakia | 14:56.90 | 1 |

### 10,000 metres

5 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Points |
| 1 | Francesco Panetta | Italy | 28:27.02 | 8 |
| 2 | Tim Hutchings | Great Britain | 28:27.21 | 7 |
| 3 | José Manuel Albentosa | Spain | 28:29.78 | 6 |
| 4 | Jean-Louis Prianon | France | 28:42.71 | 5 |
| 5 | Stephan Freigang | East Germany | 29:28.13 | 4 |
| 6 | Ravil Kashapov | Soviet Union | 29:32.47 | 3 |
| 7 | Martin Vrábeľ | Czechoslovakia | 30:07.64 | 2 |
| 8 | Markus Pingpank | West Germany | 30:28.29 | 1 |

### 110 metres hurdles

6 August Wind: -2.9 m/s
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Points |
| 1 | 6 | Colin Jackson | Great Britain | 13.56 | 8 |
| 2 | 7 | Vladimir Shishkin | Soviet Union | 13.76 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | Florian Schwarthoff | West Germany | 13.88 | 6 |
| 4 | 5 | Philippe Tourret | France | 14.04 | 5 |
| 5 | 4 | Holger Pohland | East Germany | 14.11 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | Carlos Sala | Spain | 14.16 | 3 |
| 7 | 1 | Jiří Hudec | Czechoslovakia | 14.25 | 2 |
| 8 | 8 | Mauro Re | Italy | 14.33 | 1 |

### 400 metres hurdles

5 August
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Points |
| 1 | 7 | Kriss Akabusi | Great Britain | 48.95 | 8 |
| 2 | 3 | Harald Schmid | West Germany | 49.26 | 7 |
| 3 | 8 | Vladimir Budko | Soviet Union | 49.60 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | Jozef Kucej | Czechoslovakia | 50.10 | 5 |
| 5 | 4 | José Alonso | Spain | 50.20 | 4 |
| 6 | 6 | Philippe Gonigam | France | 50.95 | 3 |
| 7 | 5 | Hans-Jürgen Ende | East Germany | 51.04 | 2 |
| 8 | 1 | Fabrizio Mori | Italy | 51.09 | 1 |

### 3000 metres steeplechase

6 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Points |
| 1 | Alessandro Lambruschini | Italy | 8:34.06 | 8 |
| 2 | Hagen Melzer | East Germany | 8:34.90 | 7 |
| 3 | Raymond Pannier | France | 8:35.33 | 6 |
| 4 | Tom Hanlon | Great Britain | 8:35.81 | 5 |
| 5 | Jiří Švec | Czechoslovakia | 8:37.41 | 4 |
| 6 | Valeriy Vandyak | Soviet Union | 8:38.46 | 3 |
| 7 | Jens Volkmann | West Germany | 8:41.99 | 2 |
| 8 | Benito Nogales | Spain | 8:44.73 | 1 |

### 4 × 100 metres relay

5 August
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Points |
| 1 | 8 | Great Britain | Tony Jarrett, John Regis, Marcus Adam, Linford Christie | 38.67 | 8 |
| 2 | 7 | France | Max Morinière, Daniel Sangouma, Gilles Quénéhervé, Bruno Marie-Rose | 38.46 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | Italy | Antonio Ullo, Sandro Floris, Pierfrancesco Pavoni, Stefano Tilli | 38.98 | 6 |
| 4 | 6 | East Germany | Michael Huke, Steffen Bringmann, Steffen Schwabe, Sven Matthes | 39.02 | 5 |
| 5 | 1 | Soviet Union | Andrey Razin, Vladimir Krylov, Andrey Fedoriv, Vitaliy Savin | 39.16 | 4 |
| 6 | 3 | Czechoslovakia | Jiří Hudec, Jiří Mezihorák, Radek Stupka, Jiří Valík | 39.50 | 3 |
| 7 | 5 | Spain | José Javier Arqués, Miguel Ángel García, Valentín Rocandio, Miguel Ángel Gómez | 39.86 | 2 |
| | 4 | West Germany | Volker Westhagemann, Andreas Maul, Peter Klein, Wolfgang Haupt | DNF | 0 |

### 4 × 400 metres relay

6 August
| Rank | Nation | Athletes | Time | Points |
| 1 | Great Britain | Peter Crampton, Kriss Akabusi, Todd Bennett, Brian Whittle | 3:03.16 | 8 |
| 2 | West Germany | Klaus Just, Mark Henrich, Carsten Köhrbrück, Ralf Lubke | 3:03.33 | 7 |
| 3 | East Germany | Torsten Odebrett, Thomas Miethig, Jens Carlowitz, Thomas Schönlebe | 3:04.21 | 6 |
| 4 | France | Olivier Noirot, Jean-Claude Lauret, Aldo Canti, Jacques Farraudière | 3:04.32 | 5 |
| 5 | Spain | Antonio Sánchez, Cayetano Cornet, José Alonso, Moisés Hernández | 3:04.71 | 4 |
| 6 | Italy | Andrea Montanari, Marcello Pantone, Riccardo Cardone, Roberto Ribaud | 3:06.03 | 3 |
| 7 | Soviet Union | Aleksey Bazarov, Valeriy Starodubtsev, Vyacheslav Kocheryagin, Aleksandr Kurochkin | 3:06.78 | 2 |
| 8 | Czechoslovakia | Jiří Janoušek, Luboš Balošák, Miroslav Vavák, Jozef Kucej | 3:10.50 | 1 |

### High jump

5 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 2.05 | 2.10 | 2.15 | 2.20 | 2.23 | 2.26 | 2.29 | 2.32 | 2.35 | Result | Points |
| 1 | Dalton Grant | Great Britain | – | – | – | o | – | o | o | o | xxx | 2.32 | 8 |
| 2 | Rudolf Povarnitsyn | Soviet Union | – | – | o | o | o | o | o | xo | xxx | 2.32 | 7 |
| 3 | Róbert Ruffíni | Czechoslovakia | – | o | o | o | o | o | xo | xx– | x | 2.29 | 6 |
| 4 | Gerd Wessig | East Germany | – | o | o | o | o | o | x– | xx | | 2.26 | 5 |
| 5 | Arturo Ortiz | Spain | – | o | o | xo | o | xx– | x | | | 2.23 | 4 |
| 6 | Ralf Sonn | West Germany | – | o | o | o | xxo | xxx | | | | 2.23 | 3 |
| 7 | Marcello Benvenuti | Italy | – | o | xxo | o | xxo | xxx | | | | 2.23 | 2 |
| 8 | Jean-Charles Gicquel | France | o | – | xo | o | xxx | | | | | 2.20 | 1 |

### Pole vault

6 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 4.80 | 5.00 | 5.10 | 5.20 | 5.30 | 5.40 | 5.50 | 5.60 | 5.70 | 5.90 | Result | Points |
| 1 | Rodion Gataullin | Soviet Union | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | o | xxx | 5.70 | 8 |
| 2 | Bernhard Zintl | West Germany | – | – | – | – | o | – | o | xxx | | | 5.50 | 7 |
| 3 | Uwe Langhammer | East Germany | – | – | – | o | – | o | xxx | | | | 5.40 | 6 |
| 4 | Philippe Collet | France | – | – | – | – | – | xo | | xxx | | | 5.40 | 5 |
| 5 | Zdeněk Lubenský | Czechoslovakia | – | – | – | xo | – | xxo | | xxx | | | 5.40 | 4 |
| 6 | Javier García | Spain | – | – | – | – | o | – | xxx | | | | 5.30 | 3 |
| 7 | Marco Andreini | Italy | – | xo | – | o | o | xxx | | | | | 5.30 | 2 |
| 8 | Mike Edwards | Great Britain | o | – | o | xxx | | | | | | | 5.10 | 1 |

### Long jump

5 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Points |
| 1 | Vladimir Ratushkov | Soviet Union | 7.93 | x | x | 7.77 | x | 8.09 | 8.09 | 8 |
| 2 | Christian Thomas | West Germany | 5.70 | 7.80 | x | x | 8.05 | x | 8.05 | 7 |
| 3 | Stewart Faulkner | Great Britain | 7.57 | 7.88 | 7.97 | x | x | 7.84 | 7.97 | 6 |
| 4 | Giovanni Evangelisti | Italy | 7.96 | x | 7.81 | 7.95 | 7.79 | 7.95 | 7.96 | 5 |
| 5 | Marco Delonge | East Germany | 7.78 | 7.71 | 7.80 | 7.73 | 7.86 | x | 7.86 | 4 |
| 6 | Norbert Brige | France | 7.57 | 7.74 | 7.57 | 7.30 | 7.43 | 7.40 | 7.74 | 3 |
| 7 | Antonio Corgos | Spain | 7.58 | x | x | 7.70 | 7.69 | – | 7.70 | 2 |
| 8 | Milan Gombala | Czechoslovakia | 7.65 | x | 7.35 | 7.65 | 7.54 | x | 7.65 | 1 |

### Triple jump

6 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Points |
| 1 | Oleg Sakirkin | Soviet Union | 16.73 | 16.99 | 17.18 | – | 16.76 | 17.01 | 17.18 | 8 |
| 2 | Wolfgang Zinser | West Germany | 16.17 | 16.45 | 16.21 | x | 16.46 | 16.71 | 16.71 | 7 |
| 3 | Dario Badinelli | Italy | 15.86 | 16.32 | 16.27 | 16.38 | x | 16.50 | 16.50 | 6 |
| 4 | Dirk Gamlin | East Germany | 16.31 | 16.21 | 16.45 | 16.40 | 15.56 | 16.17 | 16.45 | 5 |
| 5 | Pierre Camara | France | 15.86 | x | 16.41 | x | x | x | 16.41 | 4 |
| 6 | Jaroslav Mrštík | Czechoslovakia | 16.29 | x | x | 16.31 | x | x | 16.31 | 3 |
| 7 | Vernon Samuels | Great Britain | 16.02 | x | x | 16.11 | 15.84 | 16.24 | 16.24 | 2 |
| 8 | Iñaki González | Spain | x | x | x | x | 15.01 | 14.54 | 15.01 | 1 |

### Shot put

5 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes | Points |
| 1 | Ulf Timmermann | East Germany | 20.96 | 21.51 | 21.42 | 21.36 | 21.56 | 21.72 | 21.72 | | 8 |
| 2 | Karsten Stolz | West Germany | 19.91 | 20.45 | 20.08 | x | 19.58 | 19.85 | 20.45 | | 7 |
| | Aleksandr Bagach | Soviet Union | 19.79 | x | 19.80 | 20.08 | 20.08 | x | 20.08 | D, doping | 0 |
| 3 | Alessandro Andrei | Italy | 19.35 | 20.03 | 19.73 | 19.53 | 19.65 | 19.53 | 20.03 | | 6 |
| 4 | Luc Viudès | France | 18.10 | 18.43 | 18.06 | 18.21 | 19.26 | x | 19.26 | | 5 |
| 5 | Remigius Machura | Czechoslovakia | 17.92 | 18.07 | 18.46 | x | 18.28 | x | 18.46 | | 4 |
| 6 | Simon Williams | Great Britain | 17.79 | 17.72 | x | 17.79 | 18.26 | 17.96 | 18.26 | | 3 |
| 7 | Martín Vara | Spain | 15.68 | x | x | 15.68 | x | x | 15.68 | | 2 |

### Discus throw

6 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Points |
| 1 | Jürgen Schult | East Germany | 65.56 | 64.08 | 64.94 | 66.44 | 65.42 | 66.54 | 66.54 | 8 |
| 2 | Romas Ubartas | Soviet Union | 63.22 | 62.00 | 61.60 | 63.52 | x | 63.98 | 63.98 | 7 |
| 3 | Rolf Danneberg | West Germany | 63.12 | 61.38 | 62.64 | 62.98 | x | 61.48 | 63.12 | 6 |
| 4 | Luciano Zerbini | Italy | x | 56.92 | 57.50 | 58.52 | x | 61.38 | 61.38 | 5 |
| 5 | Géjza Valent | Czechoslovakia | 61.08 | 60.08 | 60.44 | 60.44 | 60.92 | x | 61.08 | 4 |
| 6 | Patrick Journoud | France | 56.34 | 55.80 | x | 58.04 | 57.58 | 60.00 | 60.00 | 3 |
| 7 | David Martínez | Spain | 55.00 | 57.40 | x | 56.24 | x | 59.42 | 59.42 | 2 |
| 8 | Paul Mardle | Great Britain | 57.96 | 55.48 | x | 56.24 | 56.52 | 56.44 | 57.96 | 1 |

### Hammer throw

6 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Points |
| 1 | Heinz Weis | West Germany | 78.10 | 77.52 | 79.86 | 78.90 | 79.24 | 77.38 | 79.86 | 8 |
| 2 | Igor Astapkovich | Soviet Union | 77.26 | 77.58 | 76.04 | 79.68 | 76.94 | 78.62 | 79.68 | 7 |
| 3 | Ralf Haber | East Germany | 76.26 | x | 77.48 | 77.76 | 75.44 | 74.22 | 77.76 | 6 |
| 4 | Raphaël Piolanti | France | x | 69.88 | 72.50 | 71.76 | x | x | 72.50 | 5 |
| 5 | Enrico Sgrulletti | Italy | x | x | 67.10 | 72.22 | x | 69.62 | 72.22 | 4 |
| 6 | Shane Peacock | Great Britain | 65.88 | 67.32 | 69.14 | 67.82 | x | 67.22 | 69.14 | 3 |
| 7 | František Vrbka | Czechoslovakia | 66.66 | 67.40 | 68.94 | x | x | 66.78 | 68.94 | 2 |
| 8 | Raúl Jimeno | Spain | 62.84 | x | 61.06 | 63.56 | 62.92 | x | 63.56 | 1 |

### Javelin throw

5 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Points |
| 1 | Steve Backley | Great Britain | 79.62 | 80.22 | 77.18 | 82.92 | 82.56 | x | 82.92 | 8 |
| 2 | Jan Železný | Czechoslovakia | 79.44 | x | x | 76.08 | – | x | 79.44 | 7 |
| 3 | Volker Hadwich | East Germany | 74.46 | 79.34 | 79.38 | 77.24 | 77.68 | 76.56 | 79.38 | 6 |
| 4 | Pascal Lefèvre | France | 76.40 | 77.36 | 74.66 | 72.56 | 72.74 | 71.48 | 77.36 | 5 |
| 5 | Viktor Zaytsev | Soviet Union | 77.02 | 74.88 | 73.38 | 77.24 | 75.36 | 76.38 | 77.24 | 4 |
| 6 | Fabio De Gaspari | Italy | 76.52 | x | 72.50 | 74.08 | 71.58 | – | 76.52 | 3 |
| 7 | Klaus-Peter Schneider | West Germany | 75.02 | 75.98 | 73.98 | x | x | 71.60 | 75.98 | 2 |
| 8 | Enric Bassols | Spain | 63.70 | 61.92 | 62.30 | 61.34 | 62.86 | 63.22 | 63.70 | 1 |

## Women's results
### 100 metres

5 August
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Katrin Krabbe | East Germany | 11.14 | 8 |
| 2 | 8 | Paula Dunn | Great Britain | 11.24 | 7 |
| 3 | 5 | Irina Sergeyeva | Soviet Union | 11.26 | 6 |
| 4 | 7 | Ulrike Sarvari | West Germany | 11.29 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | Joanna Smolarek | Poland | 11.64 | 4 |
| 6 | 4 | Nadezhda Georgieva | Bulgaria | 11.70 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 | Monika Špičková | Czechoslovakia | 11.77 | 2 |
| 8 | 6 | Liliana Năstase | Romania | 11.85 | 1 |

### 200 metres

6 August Wind: -1.8 m/s
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Points |
| 1 | 2 | Silke Möller | East Germany | 23.00 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | Paula Dunn | Great Britain | 23.45 | 7 |
| 3 | 3 | Ewa Kasprzyk | Poland | 23.72 | 6 |
| 4 | 8 | Andrea Thomas | West Germany | 23.74 | 5 |
| 5 | 6 | Irina Sergeyeva | Soviet Union | 23.85 | 4 |
| 6 | 7 | Iolanda Oanță | Romania | 23.93 | 3 |
| 7 | 5 | Nadezhda Georgieva | Bulgaria | 24.27 | 2 |
| 8 | 4 | Monika Špičková | Czechoslovakia | 24.47 | 1 |

### 400 metres

5 August
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Points |
| 1 | 3 | Grit Breuer | East Germany | 50.52 | 8 |
| 2 | 2 | Linda Keough | Great Britain | 51.66 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | Helga Arendt | West Germany | 51.80 | 6 |
| 4 | 7 | Marina Shmonina | Soviet Union | 51.93 | 5 |
| 5 | 6 | Milena Zaracheva | Bulgaria | 53.10 | 4 |
| 6 | 4 | Elżbieta Kilińska | Poland | 53.60 | 3 |
| 7 | 8 | Daniela Gamalie | Romania | 53.87 | 2 |
| 8 | 5 | Taťána Slaninová | Czechoslovakia | 54.50 | 1 |

### 800 metres

5 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Points |
| 1 | Doina Melinte | Romania | 1:58.04 | 8 |
| 2 | Sigrun Wodars | East Germany | 1:58.55 | 7 |
| 3 | Dalia Matusevičienė | Soviet Union | 1:59.74 | 6 |
| 4 | Gabriela Lesch | West Germany | 2:00.21 | 5 |
| 5 | Diane Edwards | Great Britain | 2:01.13 | 4 |
| 6 | Gabriela Sedláková | Czechoslovakia | 2:01.66 | 3 |
| 7 | Nikolina Shtereva | Bulgaria | 2:03.06 | 2 |
| 8 | Dorota Buczkowska | Poland | 2:03.62 | 1 |

### 1500 metres

6 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Points |
| 1 | Doina Melinte | Romania | 4:05.83 | 8 |
| 2 | Yvonne Mai | East Germany | 4:06.50 | 7 |
| 3 | Svetlana Kitova | Soviet Union | 4:07.62 | 6 |
| 4 | Małgorzata Rydz | Poland | 4:08.40 | 5 |
| 5 | Nikolina Shtereva | Bulgaria | 4:08.82 | 4 |
| 6 | Bev Nicholson | Great Britain | 4:09.32 | 3 |
| 7 | Gabriele Schwarzbauer | West Germany | 4:13.55 | 2 |
| 8 | Milena Strnadová | Czechoslovakia | 4:26.88 | 1 |

### 3000 metres

5 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Points |
| 1 | Paula Ivan | Romania | 8:38.48 | 8 |
| 2 | Yvonne Murray | Great Britain | 8:44.34 | 7 |
| 3 | Natalya Artyomova | Soviet Union | 9:03.39 | 6 |
| 4 | Ellen Kiessling | East Germany | 9:04.26 | 5 |
| 5 | Grażyna Kowina | Poland | 9:05.75 | 4 |
| 6 | Sabine Kunkel | West Germany | 9:05.89 | 3 |
| 7 | Radka Naplatanova | Bulgaria | 9:10.09 | 2 |
| 8 | Alena Močáriová | Czechoslovakia | 9:31.25 | 1 |

### 10,000 metres

6 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Points |
| 1 | Kathrin Ullrich | East Germany | 32:17.88 | 8 |
| 2 | Viorica Ghican | Romania | 32:41.34 | 7 |
| 3 | Angela Pain | Great Britain | 32:42.84 | 6 |
| 4 | Natalya Sorokivskaya | Soviet Union | 33:10.86 | 5 |
| 5 | Wanda Panfil | Poland | 33:18.57 | 4 |
| 6 | Kerstin Preßler | West Germany | 33:33.22 | 3 |
| 7 | Alena Peterková | Czechoslovakia | 33:40.31 | 2 |
| 8 | Rumyana Panovska | Bulgaria | 33:55.74 | 1 |

### 100 metres hurdles

6 August Wind: +1.8 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Points |
| 1 | Cornelia Oschkenat | East Germany | 12.74 | 8 |
| 2 | Claudia Zaczkiewicz | West Germany | 12.82 | 7 |
| 3 | Yelizaveta Chernyshova | Soviet Union | 12.85 | 6 |
| 4 | Mihaela Pogăcean | Romania | 13.04 | 5 |
| 5 | Ginka Zagorcheva | Bulgaria | 13.07 | 4 |
| 6 | Kay Morley | Great Britain | 13.19 | 3 |
| 7 | Anna Leszczyńska | Poland | 13.86 | 2 |
| 8 | Blanka Hladká | Czechoslovakia | 14.07 | 1 |

### 400 metres hurdles

5 August
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Points |
| 1 | 8 | Petra Krug | East Germany | 54.72 | 8 |
| 2 | 7 | Sally Gunnell | Great Britain | 54.98 | 7 |
| 3 | 4 | Tatyana Ledovskaya | Soviet Union | 55.35 | 6 |
| 4 | 6 | Ulrike Heinz | West Germany | 55.77 | 5 |
| 5 | 5 | Cristieana Matei | Romania | 56.35 | 4 |
| 6 | 1 | Beata Knapczyk | Poland | 56.99 | 3 |
| 7 | 2 | Zuzana Machotková | Czechoslovakia | 57.71 | 2 |
| 8 | 3 | Teodora Khristova | Bulgaria | 1:01.11 | 1 |

### 4 × 100 metres relay

5 August
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Points |
| 1 | 6 | East Germany | Silke Möller, Katrin Krabbe, Kerstin Behrendt, Sabine Günther | 41.87 | 8 |
| 2 | 2 | Soviet Union | Nadezhda Rashchupkina, Galina Malchugina, Natalya Kovtun, Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova | 42.85 | 7 |
| 3 | 4 | West Germany | Andrea Hagen, Ulrike Sarvari, Andrea Thomas, Karin Janke | 43.64 | 6 |
| 4 | 5 | Great Britain | Stephi Douglas, Louise Stuart, Sallyanne Short, Paula Dunn | 44.08 | 5 |
| 5 | 7 | Poland | Małgorzata Skotowska, Urszula Jaros, Joanna Smolarek, Ewa Kasprzyk | 44.12 | 4 |
| 6 | 1 | Bulgaria | Krasimira Pencheva, Tsvetanka Ilieva, Nadezhda Georgieva, Katya Ilieva | 44.62 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 | Romania | Iolanda Oanță, Liliana Năstase, Mihaela Pogăcean, Marieta Ilcu | 44.72 | 2 |
| | 8 | Czechoslovakia | Monika Špičková, Daniela Weegerová, Renata Černochová, Andrea Zsideková | DNF | 2 |

### 4 × 400 metres relay

6 August
| Rank | Nation | Athletes | Time | Points |
| 1 | East Germany | Sigrun Wodars, Kathrin Schreiter, Christine Wachtel, Grit Breuer | 3:24.08 | 8 |
| 2 | Soviet Union | Marina Shmonina, Lyudmila Dzhigalova, Yelena Golesheva, Yelena Ruzina | 3:24.75 | 7 |
| 3 | Great Britain | Linda Keough, Jennifer Stoute, Angela Piggford, Sally Gunnell | 3:26.54 | 6 |
| 4 | West Germany | Karin Janke, Andrea Thomas, Gabriela Lesch, Helga Arendt | 3:26.56 | 5 |
| 5 | Poland | Karin Janke, Renata Sosin, Barbara Grzywocz, Beata Knapczyk, Elżbieta Kilińska | 3:30.76 | 4 |
| 6 | Romania | Cristieana Matei, Violeta Beclea, Daniela Gamalie, Iolanda Oanță | 3:32.56 | 3 |
| 7 | Bulgaria | Daniela Spasova, Yuliana Marinova, Yordanka Stoyanova, Milena Zaracheva | 3:33.83 | 2 |
| 8 | Czechoslovakia | Daniela Weegerová, Helena Dziurová, Zuzana Machotková, Naděžda Tomšová | 3:34.92 | 1 |

### High jump

6 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1.70 | 1.75 | 1.80 | 1.85 | 1.88 | 1.91 | 1.94 | 1.97 | 2.00 | 2.03 | Result | Points |
| 1 | Alina Astafei | Romania | – | o | o | o | o | o | o | xo | o | xxx | 2.00 | 8 |
| 2 | Tamara Bykova | Soviet Union | – | – | o | o | o | o | xo | o | xxx | | 1.97 | 7 |
| 3 | Heike Balck | East Germany | – | o | xo | o | o | xo | o | xxx | | | 1.94 | 6 |
| 4 | Jolanta Komsa | Poland | – | o | o | o | xxx | | | | | | 1.85 | 3 |
| 4 | Heike Henkel | West Germany | – | – | o | o | xxx | | | | | | 1.85 | 3 |
| 4 | Jayne Barnetson | Great Britain | o | o | o | o | xxx | | | | | | 1.85 | 3 |
| 7 | Dimitrinka Borislavova | Bulgaria | – | o | o | xo | xxx | | | | | | 1.85 | 2 |
| 8 | Šárka Nováková | Czechoslovakia | o | xo | xxo | xxo | xxx | | | | | | 1.85 | 1 |

### Long jump

6 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Points |
| 1 | Galina Chistyakova | Soviet Union | 6.98 | 7.07 | 6.81 | 7.10w | 6.74 | 6.66 | 7.10 | 8 |
| 2 | Helga Radtke | East Germany | 6.59 | 6.89 | x | 6.59 | 6.82 | 6.71 | 6.89 | 7 |
| 3 | Fiona May | Great Britain | 6.88w | x | 6.80 | 6.68 | 6.45 | x | 6.88w | 6 |
| 4 | Marieta Ilcu | Romania | 6.74 | 6.87 | 6.83 | 6.81 | x | 6.54 | 6.87 | 5 |
| 5 | Agata Karczmarek | Poland | 6.52 | 6.48 | x | 4.50 | 6.28 | x | 6.52 | 4 |
| 6 | Sabine Braun | West Germany | 4.33 | x | 6.38 | 2.83 | 5.70 | x | 6.38 | 3 |
| 7 | Tsetska Kancheva | Bulgaria | 6.07w | 5.89 | 6.13 | 6.12 | 5.99 | 5.99 | 6.13 | 2 |
| 8 | Marcela Podracká | Czechoslovakia | 5.82 | 5.65 | 5.83 | 5.73w | 3.83 | 5.70 | 5.83 | 1 |

### Shot put

6 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Points |
| 1 | Heike Hartwig | East Germany | 20.59 | x | 19.90 | 19.97 | 19.82 | 20.06 | 20.59 | 8 |
| 2 | Claudia Losch | West Germany | 20.17 | 18.38 | 19.92 | 19.61 | 19.85 | 19.46 | 20.17 | 7 |
| 3 | Larisa Peleshenko | Soviet Union | 18.80 | 19.32 | x | 19.14 | x | 19.23 | 19.32 | 6 |
| 4 | Judy Oakes | Great Britain | 18.22 | 18.39 | x | 18.29 | x | 18.39 | 18.39 | 5 |
| 5 | Soňa Vašíčková | Czechoslovakia | 17.39 | 17.91 | x | x | x | x | 17.91 | 4 |
| 6 | Svetla Mitkova | Bulgaria | 17.43 | 17.20 | x | x | 17.61 | 16.89 | 17.61 | 3 |
| 7 | Livia Mehes | Romania | 17.25 | 17.13 | 17.25 | x | x | 17.06 | 17.25 | 2 |
| 8 | Małgorzata Wolska | Poland | x | 16.06 | x | 16.29 | x | 16.55 | 16.55 | 1 |

### Discus throw

5 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Points |
| 1 | Ilke Wyludda | East Germany | 71.64 | 71.70 | 68.76 | 71.34 | 71.24 | 73.04 | 73.04 | 8 |
| 2 | Tsvetanka Khristova | Bulgaria | 62.26 | 60.44 | x | 59.46 | 61.38 | 60.18 | 62.26 | 7 |
| 3 | Dagmar Galler | West Germany | 60.46 | x | 56.60 | 54.76 | 57.44 | 58.56 | 60.46 | 6 |
| 4 | Olga Davydova | Soviet Union | 58.04 | 58.74 | x | 59.62 | x | x | 59.62 | 5 |
| 5 | Elisabeta Neamțu | Romania | 55.50 | x | 57.92 | 54.80 | x | 55.68 | 57.92 | 4 |
| 6 | Renata Katewicz | Poland | 56.60 | 54.08 | 55.24 | 56.18 | x | x | 56.60 | 3 |
| 7 | Martina Polišenská | Czechoslovakia | 56.60 | 54.52 | 54.64 | 52.74 | 53.70 | 55.68 | 56.60 | 2 |
| 8 | Jackie McKernan | Great Britain | 51.78 | x | x | x | 52.52 | 49.40 | 52.52 | 1 |

### Javelin throw

6 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Points |
| 1 | Petra Felke | East Germany | 66.90 | x | 66.92 | x | 59.50 | 62.94 | 66.92 | 8 |
| 2 | Brigitte Graune | West Germany | 62.04 | 59.30 | 59.80 | – | – | 58.02 | 62.04 | 7 |
| 3 | Tessa Sanderson | Great Britain | 56.60 | x | x | 58.08 | 59.72 | 58.76 | 59.72 | 6 |
| 4 | Natalya Shikolenko | Soviet Union | 54.54 | 59.14 | 57.76 | x | x | 56.92 | 59.14 | 5 |
| 5 | Mariola Dankiewicz | Poland | 55.22 | 54.16 | 58.56 | x | x | 55.94 | 58.56 | 4 |
| 6 | Elena Révayová | Czechoslovakia | 51.94 | 47.60 | 51.40 | 55.60 | 52.52 | 54.02 | 55.60 | 3 |
| 7 | Aurica Bujnița | Romania | 44.98 | x | 53.40 | x | x | 53.40 | 53.40 | 2 |
| 8 | Sonya Radicheva | Bulgaria | 50.56 | 52.08 | 50.76 | 52.14 | 51.96 | x | 52.14 | 1 |