# 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.

### 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 |

### Results summary
#### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | 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 | 13.47 | 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 | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | 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 WR | 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 WR | 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.
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Yugoslavia | 195.5 |
| 2 | Romania | 97.5 |
| 3 | Hungary | 97 |
| 4 | Czechoslovakia | 97 |
| 5 | Finland | 96.5 |
| 6 | Bulgaria | 87 |
| 7 | Switzerland | 77.5 |
| 8 | Belgium | 58.5 |
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Romania | 96.5 |
| 2 | Hungary | 86 |
| 3 | France | 83 |
| 4 | Finland | 65 |
| 5 | Switzerland | 59 |
| 6 | Czechoslovakia | 58 |
| 7 | Sweden | 52.5 |
| 8 | Yugoslavia | 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.
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | West Germany | 141 |
| 2 | Poland | 136 |
| 3 | Italy | 101 |
| 4 | Czechoslovakia | 93 |
| 5 | Hungary | 87 |
| 6 | Greece | 70 |
| 7 | Austria | 55 |
| 8 | Denmark | 34 |
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | East Germany | 150 |
| 2 | France | 108 |
| 3 | Switzerland | 95 |
| 4 | Finland | 94 |
| 5 | Yugoslavia | 90 |
| 6 | Spain | 89 |
| 7 | Netherlands | 58 |
| 8 | Ireland | 36 |
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 139 |
| 2 | Great Britain | 106 |
| 3 | Bulgaria | 99 |
| 4 | Romania | 91 |
| 5 | Belgium | 90.5 |
| 6 | Sweden | 83 |
| 7 | Norway | 69 |
| 8 | Portugal | 41 |

### Women

First two teams qualified for the "A" final (plus Italy as the host). Places 3–5 qualified for the "B" final.
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | East Germany | 109.5 |
| 2 | Bulgaria | 102 |
| 3 | Romania | 91 |
| 4 | Switzerland | 57.5 |
| 5 | Finland | 55 |
| 6 | Belgium | 54 |
| 7 | Norway | 44 |
| 8 | Spain | 27 |
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 115 |
| 2 | Poland | 98 |
| 3 | Czechoslovakia | 67 |
| 4 | Sweden | 66 |
| 5 | Italy | 65 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 60 |
| 7 | Ireland | 42 |
| 8 | Portugal | 26 |
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | West Germany | 109 |
| 2 | Great Britain | 105 |
| 3 | Hungary | 90 |
| 4 | France | 69 |
| 5 | Yugoslavia | 61 |
| 6 | Austria | 43 |
| 7 | Denmark | 39 |
| 8 | Iceland | 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 | Portugal | 74 |
| 2 | Denmark | 65.5 |
| 3 | Ireland | 54 |
| 4 | Luxembourg | 53.5 |
| 5 | Iceland | 51 |