# 1979 IAAF World Cup

The 2nd IAAF World Cup in Athletics was an international track and field sporting event sponsored by the International Association of Athletics Federations, held on August 24–26, 1979, at Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

## Overall results

| Men Pos. Team Result 1 United States 119 2 Europe 112 3 East Germany 108 4 Soviet Union 102 5 America 98 6 Africa 84 7 Oceania 58 8 Asia 36 | Women Pos. Team Result 1 East Germany 106 2 Soviet Union 98 3 Europe 88 4 United States 76 5 America 68 6 Oceania 47 7 Africa 30 8 Asia 26 |

## Medal summary
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | James Sanford (USA) United States | 10.17 | Silvio Leonard (CUB) Americas | 10.26 | Marian Woronin (POL) Europe | 10.28 |
| 200 metres | Silvio Leonard (CUB) Americas | 20.34 | Leszek Dunecki (POL) Europe | 20.50 | Peter Okodogbe (NGR) Africa | 20.69 |
| 400 metres | Hassan El Kachief (SUD) Africa | 45.39 | Nikolay Chernetskiy (URS) Soviet Union | 46.06 | Tony Darden (USA) United States | 46.12 |
| 800 metres | James Maina Boi (KEN) Africa | 1:47.69 | James Robinson (USA) United States | 1:47.85 | Willi Wülbeck (FRG) Europe | 1:47.88 |
| 1500 metres | Thomas Wessinghage (FRG) Europe | 3:46.00 | Vladimir Ponomaryov (URS) Soviet Union | 3:46.13 | Jürgen Straub (GDR) East Germany | 3:46.30 |
| 5000 metres | Miruts Yifter (ETH) Africa | 13:35.9 | Valeriy Abramov (URS) Soviet Union | 13:37.6 | Markus Ryffel (SUI) Europe | 13:38.6 |
| 10,000 metres | Miruts Yifter (ETH) Africa | 27:53.07 | Craig Virgin (USA) United States | 27:59.55 | Aleksandras Antipovas (URS) Soviet Union | 28:25.17 |
| 110 metre hurdles | Renaldo Nehemiah (USA) United States | 13.39 | Thomas Munkelt (GDR) East Germany | 13.42 | Alejandro Casañas (CUB) Americas | 13.44 |
| 400 metre hurdles | Edwin Moses (USA) United States | 47.53 | Harald Schmid (FRG) Europe | 48.71 | Vasyl Arkhypenko (URS) Soviet Union | 48.97 |
| 3000 metre steeplechase | Kip Rono (KEN) Africa | 8:25.97 | Ralf Pönitzsch (GDR) East Germany | 8:29.28 | Mariano Scartezzini (ITA) Europe | 8:29.44 |
| 4×100 metre relay | Americas Osvaldo Lara Nelson dos Santos Silvio Leonard Altevir de Araújo | 38.70 | United States Mike Roberson Harvey Glance Mel Lattany Steve Riddick | 38.77 | Europe Jerzy Brunner Leszek Dunecki Zenon Licznerski Marian Woronin | 38.85 |
| 4×400 metre relay | United States Herman Frazier Bill Green Willie Smith Tony Darden | 3:00.70 | Europe Ryszard Podlas Franz-Peter Hofmeister Harry Schulting Harald Schmid | 3:00.80 | Africa Billy Konchellah Dele Udo James Atuti Hassan El Kachief | 3:01.22 |
| High jump | Franklin Jacobs (USA) United States | 2.27 | Jacek Wszoła (POL) Europe | 2.27 | Aleksandr Grigoryev (URS) Soviet Union | 2.24 |
| Pole vault | Mike Tully (USA) United States | 5.45 | Patrick Abada (FRA) Europe | 5.45 | Konstantin Volkov (URS) Soviet Union | 5.30 |
| Long jump | Larry Myricks (USA) United States | 8.52 | Lutz Dombrowski (GDR) East Germany | 8.27 | David Giralt (CUB) Americas | 8.22 |
| Triple jump | João Carlos de Oliveira (BRA) Americas | 17.02 | Gennadiy Valyukevich (URS) Soviet Union | 16.94 | Ian Campbell (AUS) Oceania | 16.76 |
| Shot put | Udo Beyer (GDR) East Germany | 20.45 | Reijo Ståhlberg (FIN) Europe | 20.05 | Aleksandr Baryshnikov (URS) Soviet Union | 20.00 |
| Discus throw | Wolfgang Schmidt (GDR) East Germany | 66.02 | Mac Wilkins (USA) United States | 64.92 | Luis Delís (CUB) Americas | 63.50 |
| Hammer throw | Sergey Litvinov (URS) Soviet Union | 78.70 | Karl-Hans Riehm (FRG) Europe | 75.88 | Roland Steuk (GDR) East Germany | 74.82 |
| Javelin throw | Wolfgang Hanisch (GDR) East Germany | 86.48 | Mike O'Rourke (NZL) Oceania | 85.80 | Antonio González (CUB) Americas | 83.44 |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Evelyn Ashford (USA) United States | 11.06 | Marlies Göhr (GDR) East Germany | 11.17 | Annegret Richter (FRG) Europe | 11.36 |
| 200 metres | Evelyn Ashford (USA) United States | 21.83 | Marita Koch (GDR) East Germany | 22.02 | Lyudmila Kondratyeva (URS) Soviet Union | 22.66 |
| 400 metres | Marita Koch (GDR) Europe | 48.97 | Mariya Kulchunova (URS) Soviet Union | 50.60 | Irena Szewińska (POL) Europe | 51.15 |
| 800 metres | Nikolina Shtereva (BUL) Europe | 2:00.52 | Nadezhda Mushta (URS) Soviet Union | 2:01.09 | Anita Weiß (GDR) East Germany | 2:01.33 |
| 1500 metres | Christiane Wartenberg (GDR) East Germany | 4:06.88$^1$ | Giana Romanova (URS) Soviet Union | 4:08.73 | Francie Larrieu (USA) United States | 4:09.16 |
| 3000 metres | Svetlana Ulmasova (URS) Soviet Union | 8:36.34 | Grete Waitz (NOR) Europe | 8:38.59 | Francie Larrieu (USA) United States | 8:53.02 |
| 100 metre hurdles | Grażyna Rabsztyn (POL) Europe | 12.67 | Tatyana Anisimova (URS) Soviet Union | 12.75 | Kerstin Claus (GDR) East Germany | 13.03 |
| 400 metre hurdles | Bärbel Klepp (GDR) East Germany | 55.83 | Marina Makeyeva (URS) Soviet Union | 56.02 | Debbie Esser (USA) United States | 56.75 |
| 4×100 metre relay | Europe Linda Haglund Chantal Réga Annegret Richter Heather Hunte | 42.19 | East Germany Christina Brehmer Romy Schneider Ingrid Auerswald Marlies Göhr | 42.32 | Soviet Union Vera Anisimova Olga Korotkova Marina Sidorova Lyudmila Kondratyeva | 42.52 |
| 4×400 metre relay | East Germany Gabriele Kotte Christina Brehmer Brigitte Köhn Marita Koch | 3:20.37 | Soviet Union Irina Bagryantseva Tatyana Prorochenko Nina Zyuskova Mariya Kulchunova | 3:23.04 | United States Sharon Dabney Rosalyn Bryant Patricia Jackson Sherri Howard | 3:27.36 |
| High jump | Debbie Brill (CAN) Americas | 1.96 | Sara Simeoni (ITA) Europe | 1.94 | Nina Serbina (URS) Soviet Union | 1.90 |
| Long jump | Anita Stukane (URS) Soviet Union | 6.64 | Brigitte Wujak (GDR) East Germany | 6.55 | Kathy McMillan (USA) United States | 6.31 |
| Shot put | Ilona Slupianek (GDR) East Germany | 20.98 | Helena Fibingerová (TCH) Europe | 19.74 | Svetlana Krachevskaya (URS) Soviet Union | 19.70 |
| Discus throw | Evelin Jahl (GDR) East Germany | 65.18 | Svetlana Melnikova (URS) Soviet Union | 65.14 | María Cristina Betancourt (CUB) Americas | 62.84 |
| Javelin throw | Ruth Fuchs (GDR) East Germany | 66.10 | Éva Ráduly-Zörgő (ROU) Europe | 65.82 | María Caridad Colón (CUB) Americas | 63.50 |
$^1$ Totka Petrova of Europe originally won the 1500m with 4:06.47, but she was disqualified after it was found that she had failed a doping test at the Balkan Games.