1979 European Cup "A" Final
These are the full results of the 1979 European Cup "A" Final in athletics which was held at the Stadion Maksimir on 4 and 5 August 1979 in Turin, Italy.[1][2]
Team standings
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Men's results
100 metres
4 August
Wind: +1.3 m/s
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | Points | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Pietro Mennea |  Italy | 10.15 | NR | 8 | 
| 2 | 8 | Marian Woronin | .svg.png) Poland | 10.16 | NR | 7 | 
| 3 | 7 | Allan Wells |  Great Britain | 10.19 | 6 | |
| 4 | 2 | Eugen Ray |  East Germany | 10.39 | 5 | |
| 5 | 1 | Philippe Le Joncour |  France | 10.44 | 4 | |
| 6 | 3 | Fritz-Werner Heer |  West Germany | 10.45 | 3 | |
| 7 | 4 | Andrey Shlyapnikov |  Soviet Union | 10.46 | 2 | |
| 8 | 6 | Dragan Zarić | .svg.png) Yugoslavia | 10.70 | 1 | 
200 metres
5 August
Wind: +2.2 m/s
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | Points | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | Allan Wells |  Great Britain | 20.29 | 8 | |
| 2 | 7 | Pietro Mennea |  Italy | 20.31 | 7 | |
| 3 | 1 | Marian Woronin | .svg.png) Poland | 20.43 | 6 | |
| 4 | 3 | Olaf Prenzler |  East Germany | 20.53 | 5 | |
| 5 | 2 | Pascal Barré |  France | 20.64 | 4 | |
| 6 | 4 | Franz-Peter Hofmeister |  West Germany | 20.68 | 3 | |
| 7 | 5 | Viktor Burakov |  Soviet Union | 20.98 | 2 | |
| 8 | 6 | Dragan Zarić | .svg.png) Yugoslavia | 21.29 | 1 | 
400 metres
4 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | Points | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harald Schmid |  West Germany | 45.31 | 8 | |
| 2 | Nikolay Chernetskiy |  Soviet Union | 45.70 | NR | 7 | 
| 3 | Ryszard Podlas | .svg.png) Poland | 46.11 | 6 | |
| 4 | Udo Bauer |  East Germany | 46.15 | 5 | |
| 5 | Francis Demarthon |  France | 46.33 | 4 | |
| 6 | Josip Alebić | .svg.png) Yugoslavia | 46.54 | 3 | |
| 7 | Steve Wymark |  Great Britain | 46.66 | 2 | |
| 8 | Flavio Borghi |  Italy | 47.42 | 1 | 
800 metres
5 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | Points | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian Coe |  Great Britain | 1:47.28 | 8 | |
| 2 | Dragan Životić | .svg.png) Yugoslavia | 1:48.03 | 7 | |
| 3 | Willi Wülbeck |  West Germany | 1:48.11 | 6 | |
| 4 | Anatoliy Reshetnyak |  Soviet Union | 1:48.18 | 5 | |
| 5 | Olaf Beyer |  East Germany | 1:48.35 | 4 | |
| 6 | Roger Milhau |  France | 1:48.70 | 3 | |
| 7 | Carlo Grippo |  Italy | 1:49.47 | 2 | |
| 8 | Andrzej Baron | .svg.png) Poland | 1:50.20 | 1 | 
1500 metres
4 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | Points | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jürgen Straub |  East Germany | 3:36.27 | CR | 8 | 
| 2 | Thomas Wessinghage |  West Germany | 3:36.40 | 7 | |
| 3 | Graham Williamson |  Great Britain | 3:38.34 | 6 | |
| 4 | Valeriy Abramov |  Soviet Union | 3:38.48 | 5 | |
| 5 | Vittorio Fontanella |  Italy | 3:39.66 | 4 | |
| 6 | Bogusław Mamiński | .svg.png) Poland | 3:40.62 | 3 | |
| 7 | Philippe Dien |  France | 3:44.12 | 2 | |
| 8 | Dragan Zdravković | .svg.png) Yugoslavia | 3:46.45 | 1 | 
5000 metres
5 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | Points | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hansjörg Kunze |  East Germany | 14:12.88 | 8 | |
| 2 | Aleksandr Fedotkin |  Soviet Union | 14:13.97 | 7 | |
| 3 | Mike McLeod |  Great Britain | 14:15.91 | 6 | |
| 4 | Jerzy Kowol | .svg.png) Poland | 14:16.27 | 5 | |
| 5 | Francis Gonzalez |  France | 14:16.89 | 4 | |
| 6 | Karl Fleschen |  West Germany | 14:18.80 | 3 | |
| 7 | Antonio Selvaggio |  Italy | 14:19.89 | 2 | |
| 8 | Stanko Lisec | .svg.png) Yugoslavia | 14:32.35 | 1 | 
10,000 metres
4 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | Points | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brendan Foster |  Great Britain | 28:22.86 | 8 | |
| 2 | Aleksandras Antipovas |  Soviet Union | 28:40.32 | 7 | |
| 3 | Frank Zimmermann |  West Germany | 28:42.09 | 6 | |
| 4 | Werner Schildhauer |  East Germany | 28:57.68 | 5 | |
| 5 | Ryszard Kopijasz | .svg.png) Poland | 29:23.78 | 4 | |
| 6 | Luigi Zarcone |  Italy | 29:41.53 | 3 | |
| 7 | Radhouane Bouster |  France | 30:20.99 | 2 | |
| 8 | Dušan Janićijević | .svg.png) Yugoslavia | 30:51.45 | 1 | 
110 metres hurdles
5 August
Wind: +1.3 m/s
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | Points | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Thomas Munkelt |  East Germany | 13.47 | 8 | |
| 2 | 8 | Aleksandr Puchkov |  Soviet Union | 13.56 | 7 | |
| 3 | 4 | Jan Pusty | .svg.png) Poland | 13.74 | 6 | |
| 4 | 3 | Mark Holtom |  Great Britain | 13.91 | 5 | |
| 5 | 1 | Giuseppe Buttari |  Italy | 13.94 | 4 | |
| 6 | 7 | Dieter Gebhard |  West Germany | 13.94 | 3 | |
| 7 | 2 | Borislav Pisić | .svg.png) Yugoslavia | 13.98 | 2 | |
| 8 | 5 | Emile Raybois |  France | 14.15 | 1 | 
400 metres hurdles
4 August
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | Points | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | Harald Schmid |  West Germany | 47.85 | AR | 8 | 
| 2 | 1 | Vasiliy Arkhipenko |  Soviet Union | 48.34 | NR | 7 | 
| 3 | 7 | Volker Beck |  East Germany | 48.58 | NR | 6 | 
| 4 | 3 | Rok Kopitar | .svg.png) Yugoslavia | 50.20 | 5 | |
| 5 | 4 | Gary Oakes |  Great Britain | 50.83 | 4 | |
| 6 | 2 | Fulvio Zorn |  Italy | 51.20 | 3 | |
| 7 | 5 | Leszek Rzepakowski | .svg.png) Poland | 51.36 | 2 | |
| 8 | 6 | Jean-Claude Curtil |  France | 53.16 | 1 | 
3000 metres steeplechase
5 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | Points | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mariano Scartezzini |  Italy | 8:22.74 | 8 | |
| 2 | Michael Karst |  West Germany | 8:23.75 | 7 | |
| 3 | Anatoliy Dimov |  Soviet Union | 8:25.87 | 6 | |
| 4 | Krzysztof Wesołowski | .svg.png) Poland | 8:30.66 | 5 | |
| 5 | Hagen Melzer |  East Germany | 8:34.15 | 4 | |
| 6 | Jean-Luc Lemire |  France | 8:35.64 | 3 | |
| 7 | Petar Svet | .svg.png) Yugoslavia | 8:46.95 | 2 | |
| 8 | Julian Marsay |  Great Britain | 8:55.89 | 1 | 
4 × 100 metres relay
4 August
| Rank | Nation | Athletes | Time | Note | Points | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | .svg.png) Poland | Krzysztof Zwoliński, Leszek Dunecki, Zenon Licznerski, Marian Woronin | 38.47 | CR, NR | 8 | 
| 2 |  East Germany | Klaus-Dieter Kurrat, Alexander Thieme, Olaf Prenzler, Eugen Ray | 38.70 | 7 | |
| 3 |  France | Patrick Barré, Lucien Sainte-Rose, Pascal Barré, Herman Panzo | 38.71 | 6 | |
| 4 |  Italy | Gianfranco Lazzer, Mauro Zuliani, Luciano Caravani, Pietro Mennea | 38.73 | NR | 5 | 
| 5 |  Great Britain | Allan Wells, Steve Green, Trevor Hoyte, Drew McMaster | 38.95 | NR | 4 | 
| 6 |  West Germany | Fritz-Werner Heer, Dieter Gebhard, Ulrich Haupt, Franz-Peter Hofmeister | 38.98 | 3 | |
| 7 |  Soviet Union | Andrey Prokofyev, Aleksandr Aksinin, Nikolay Kolesnikov, Andrey Shlyapnikov | 38.99 | 2 | |
| 8 | .svg.png) Yugoslavia | Janez Sagadin, Aleksandar Popović, Dragan Zarić, Nenad Milinkov | 40.33 | 1 | 
4 × 400 metres relay
5 August
| Rank | Nation | Athletes | Time | Note | Points | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  West Germany | Lothar Krieg, Franz-Peter Hofrmeister, Hartmut Weber, Harald Schmid | 3:01.91 | 8 | |
| 2 |  East Germany | Udo Bauer, Frank Schaffer, Frank Richter, Volker Beck | 3:02.16 | NR | 7 | 
| 3 |  Soviet Union | Viktor Burakov, Remigius Valyulis, Vyacheslav Dotsenko, Nikolay Chernetskiy | 3:02.35 | NR | 6 | 
| 4 | .svg.png) Poland | Andrzej Stępień, Jerzy Pietrzyk, Zbigniew Jaremski, Ryszard Podlas | 3:03.04 | 5 | |
| 5 |  France | Didier Dubois, Robert Froissard, Gérard Boutier, Francis Demarthon | 3:04.89 | 4 | |
| 6 |  Great Britain | Steve Wymark, Steve Scutt, Alan Bell, Sebastian Coe | 3:05.63 | 3 | |
| 7 | .svg.png) Yugoslavia | Željko Knapić, Milovan Savić, Dragan Životić, Josip Alebić | 3:05.72 | 2 | |
| 8 |  Italy | Roberto Tozzi, Stefano Malinverni, Flavio Borghi, Angelo Bianchi | 3:06.01 | 1 | 
High jump
4 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes | Points | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dietmar Mögenburg |  West Germany | 2.32 | CR, NR | 8 | 
| 2 | Rolf Beilschmidt |  East Germany | 2.30 | 7 | |
| 3 | Aleksandr Grigoryev |  Soviet Union | 2.24 | 6 | |
| 4 | Massimo Di Giorgio |  Italy | 2.24 | 5 | |
| 5 | Janusz Trzepizur | .svg.png) Poland | 2.20 | 4 | |
| 6 | Franck Bonnet |  France | 2.14 | 3 | |
| 7 | Danial Temim | .svg.png) Yugoslavia | 2.14 | 2 | |
| 8 | Tim Foulger |  Great Britain | 2.08 | 1 | 
Pole vault
5 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes | Points | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Konstantin Volkov |  Soviet Union | 5.60 | WJR | 8 | 
| 2 | Patrick Abada |  France | 5.60 | 7 | |
| 3 | Władysław Kozakiewicz | .svg.png) Poland | 5.55 | 6 | |
| 4 | Günther Lohre |  West Germany | 5.50 | 5 | |
| 5 | Brian Hooper |  Great Britain | 5.30 | 4 | |
| 6 | Axel Weber |  East Germany | 5.30 | 3 | |
| 7 | Domenico D'Alisera |  Italy | 5.20 | 2 | |
| 8 | Miran Bizjak | .svg.png) Yugoslavia | 4.80 | 1 | 
Long jump
4 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes | Points | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lutz Dombrowski |  East Germany | x | 8.17 | 8.25 | x | 7.96 | 8.31 | 8.31 | CR, NR | 8 | 
| 2 | Grzegorz Cybulski | .svg.png) Poland | 7.74 | 7.60 | 8.03 | 7.76 | 7.67 | 7.72 | 8.03 | 7 | |
| 3 | Valeriy Podluzhniy |  Soviet Union | 7.91 | 7.78 | 7.83 | 7.95 | x | 7.90 | 7.95 | 6 | |
| 4 | Nenad Stekić | .svg.png) Yugoslavia | 7.75 | 7.61 | 7.75 | 7.80 | 7.90 | 7.85 | 7.90 | 5 | |
| 5 | Philippe Deroche |  France | 7.80 | 7.59 | 7.63 | 7.35 | x | x | 7.80 | 4 | |
| 6 | Carlo Arrighi |  Italy | 7.43 | 7.44 | 7.15 | 7.47 | 7.78 | 6.16 | 7.78 | 3 | |
| 7 | Jochen Verschl |  West Germany | 7.60 | 7.50 | 7.74 | 7.34 | x | 7.76 | 7.76 | 2 | |
| 8 | Roy Mitchell |  Great Britain | 7.41 | 7.36 | 7.58 | 7.36 | 5.91 | x | 7.58 | 1 | 
Triple jump
5 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes | Points | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bernard Lamitié |  France | 16.77 | x | 16.94 | x | 16.47 | 16.73 | 16.94 | NR | 8 | 
| 2 | Roberto Mazzucato |  Italy | 16.78 | x | 16.69 | 16.34 | 16.35 | 16.92 | 16.92 | 7 | |
| 3 | Anatoliy Piskulin |  Soviet Union | 16.67 | x | 16.21 | x | 16.91 | 16.89 | 16.91 | 6 | |
| 4 | Lothar Gora |  East Germany | 16.65 | 16.76 | x | 16.64 | 14.68 | x | 16.76 | 5 | |
| 5 | Milan Spasojević | .svg.png) Yugoslavia | x | 16.10 | 16.67 | x | x | ? | 16.67 | 4 | |
| 6 | Aston Moore |  Great Britain | x | 16.60 | 14.42 | x | 14.89 | 15.97 | 16.60 | 3 | |
| 7 | Eugeniusz Biskupski | .svg.png) Poland | 16.43 | 16.34 | 16.45 | x | 16.53 | x | 16.53 | 2 | |
| 8 | Douglas Henderson |  West Germany | 16.40 | x | x | x | 13.40 | 15.60 | 16.40 | 1 | 
Shot put
4 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes | Points | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Udo Beyer |  East Germany | 20.78 | 21.13 | 21.12 | 20.59 | 20.81 | 21.01 | 21.13 | 8 | |
| 2 | Ralf Reichenbach |  West Germany | 19.20 | x | 20.27 | 19.22 | x | – | 20.27 | 7 | |
| 3 | Aleksandr Baryshnikov |  Soviet Union | 19.14 | 19.77 | x | 20.25 | 19.29 | 19.90 | 20.25 | 6 | |
| 4 | Vladimir Milić | .svg.png) Yugoslavia | 19.78 | 19.38 | 19.75 | x | x | 19.87 | 19.87 | 5 | |
| 5 | Geoff Capes |  Great Britain | 18.08 | 19.61 | 19.67 | 19.45 | 19.75 | x | 19.75 | 4 | |
| 6 | Angelo Groppelli |  Italy | 18.70 | 18.82 | 19.46 | x | x | 19.04 | 19.46 | 3 | |
| 7 | Władysław Komar | .svg.png) Poland | 18.50 | x | 18.22 | x | – | – | 18.50 | 2 | |
| 8 | Arnjolt Beer |  France | 18.04 | 18.05 | 18.13 | 18.14 | 18.04 | x | 18.14 | 1 | 
Discus throw
5 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes | Points | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wolfgang Schmidt |  East Germany | 59.10 | 66.76 | 63.34 | x | 64.10 | x | 66.76 | 8 | |
| 2 | Alwin Wagner |  West Germany | x | x | 58.82 | 62.96 | x | 61.58 | 62.96 | 7 | |
| 3 | Igor Duginyets |  Soviet Union | 62.72 | x | 60.18 | 61.06 | x | 60.66 | 62.72 | 6 | |
| 4 | Armando De Vincentiis |  Italy | 57.28 | 60.14 | 60.48 | 59.86 | 60.32 | 58.84 | 60.48 | 5 | |
| 5 | Stanisław Wołodko | .svg.png) Poland | 59.70 | x | 58.12 | 55.52 | 54.02 | 56.26 | 59.70 | 4 | |
| 6 | Frédéric Piette |  France | 54.76 | 55.88 | 56.26 | ? | 54.02 | 55.52 | 56.26 | [3] | 3 | 
| 7 | Richard Slaney |  Great Britain | 55.42 | 2 | |||||||
| 8 | Dmitar Marčeta | .svg.png) Yugoslavia | 52.74 | 49.08 | 50.68 | x | x | 50.02 | 52.74 | 1 | 
Hammer throw
4 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes | Points | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karl-Hans Riehm |  West Germany | 78.08 | 78.66 | 77.46 | 77.28 | 77.04 | 76.10 | 78.66 | 8 | |
| 2 | Sergey Litvinov |  Soviet Union | x | 73.68 | x | 74.46 | 76.90 | 73.90 | 76.90 | 7 | |
| 3 | Roland Steuk |  East Germany | 72.98 | 73.88 | x | x | 75.76 | x | 75.76 | 6 | |
| 4 | Giampaolo Urlando |  Italy | x | 72.22 | x | 72.08 | x | x | 72.22 | 5 | |
| 5 | Ireneusz Golda | .svg.png) Poland | 69.62 | 70.16 | 71.14 | x | 71.96 | 72.14 | 72.14 | 4 | |
| 6 | Jacques Accambray |  France | 63.52 | x | x | x | 65.46 | 67.24 | 67.24 | 3 | |
| 7 | Srećko Štiglić | .svg.png) Yugoslavia | 64.16 | 64.52 | 63.96 | 63.32 | 62.98 | 63.98 | 64.52 | 2 | |
| 8 | Paul Buxton |  Great Britain | 63.34 | 64.00 | x | 62.76 | 62.54 | x | 64.00 | 1 | 
Javelin throw
5 August – Old model
| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes | Points | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wolfgang Hanisch |  East Germany | 81.82 | 88.68 | 86.86 | x | 77.42 | 84.64 | 88.68 | 8 | |
| 2 | Michael Wessing |  West Germany | 80.16 | x | x | 75.62 | 87.38 | x | 87.38 | 7 | |
| 3 | Aleksandr Makarov |  Soviet Union | 73.90 | 82.26 | 80.36 | 79.14 | 76.94 | 74.86 | 82.26 | 6 | |
| 4 | David Ottley |  Great Britain | 78.60 | 76.08 | 80.40 | 74.88 | x | 77.46 | 80.40 | 5 | |
| 5 | Penitio Lutui |  France | 75.32 | x | x | x | 76.20 | 79.40 | 79.40 | 4 | |
| 6 | Piotr Bielczyk | .svg.png) Poland | x | 76.48 | 76.84 | 77.34 | 79.30 | x | 79.30 | 3 | |
| 7 | Miran Globevnik | .svg.png) Yugoslavia | x | 76.80 | x | x | 70.70 | x | 76.80 | 2 | |
| 8 | Agostino Ghesini |  Italy | 66.62 | 1 | 
Women's results
100 metres
4 August
Wind: +0.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | Points | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marlies Göhr |  East Germany | 11.03 | CR | 8 | 
| 2 | Lyudmila Kondratyeva |  Soviet Union | 11.15 | 7 | |
| 3 | Annegret Richter |  West Germany | 11.22 | 6 | |
| 4 | Heather Hunte |  Great Britain | 11.31 | 5 | |
| 5 | Lilyana Panayotova | .svg.png) Bulgaria | 11.36 | 4 | |
| 6 | Irena Szewińska | .svg.png) Poland | 11.39 | 3 | |
| 7 | Laura Miano |  Italy | 11.52 | 2 | |
| 8 | Gabriela Ionescu | .svg.png) Romania | 11.83 | 1 | 
200 metres
5 August
Wind: +0.2 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | Points | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lyudmila Kondratyeva |  Soviet Union | 22.40 | CR | 8 | 
| 2 | Marlies Göhr |  East Germany | 22.50 | 7 | |
| 3 | Annegret Richter |  West Germany | 22.75 | 6 | |
| 4 | Kathy Smallwood |  Great Britain | 22.84 | 5 | |
| 5 | Irena Szewińska | .svg.png) Poland | 22.94 | 4 | |
| 6 | Lilyana Panayotova | .svg.png) Bulgaria | 22.97 | 3 | |
| 7 | Laura Miano |  Italy | 23.46 | 2 | |
| 8 | Niculina Chiricuţă | .svg.png) Romania | 24.00 | 1 | 
400 metres
4 August
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | Points | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | Marita Koch |  East Germany | 48.60 | WR | 8 | 
| 2 | 4 | Mariya Kulchunova |  Soviet Union | 49.63 | NR | 7 | 
| 3 | 5 | Irena Szewińska | .svg.png) Poland | 51.27 | 6 | |
| 4 | 3 | Donna Hartley |  Great Britain | 51.85 | 5 | |
| 5 | 6 | Elke Decker |  West Germany | 52.02 | 4 | |
| 6 | 2 | Svobodka Damyanova | .svg.png) Bulgaria | 52.23 | 3 | |
| 7 | 7 | Maria Samungi | .svg.png) Romania | 53.42 | 2 | |
| 8 | 1 | Erica Rossi |  Italy | 55.03 | 1 | 
800 metres
4 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | Points | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nikolina Shtereva | .svg.png) Bulgaria | 1:56.29 | CR | 8 | 
| 2 | Yekaterina Poryvkina |  Soviet Union | 1:57.57 | 7 | |
| 3 | Anita Weiß |  East Germany | 1:57.92 | 6 | |
| 4 | Jolanta Januchta | .svg.png) Poland | 1:58.81 | 5 | |
| 5 | Fița Lovin | .svg.png) Romania | 1:58.97 | 4 | |
| 6 | Christina Boxer |  Great Britain | 1:59.05 | 3 | |
| 7 | Ursula Hook |  West Germany | 2:00.72 | 2 | |
| 8 | Agnese Possamai |  Italy | 2:08.03 | 1 | 
1500 metres
5 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | Points | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Totka Petrova | .svg.png) Bulgaria | 4:03.13 | CR | 8 | 
| 2 | Giana Romanova |  Soviet Union | 4:03.38 | 7 | |
| 3 | Natalia Mărășescu | .svg.png) Romania | 4:03.74 | 6 | |
| 4 | Christiane Stoll |  East Germany | 4:04.31 | 5 | |
| 5 | Christine Benning |  Great Britain | 4:04.68 | 4 | |
| 6 | Brigitte Kraus |  West Germany | 4:05.15 | 3 | |
| 7 | Gabriella Dorio |  Italy | 4:06.03 | 2 | |
| 8 | Anna Bukis | .svg.png) Poland | 4:11.11 | 1 | 
3000 metres
5 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | Points | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Svetlana Guskova |  Soviet Union | 8:52.00 | 8 | |
| 2 | Maricica Puică | .svg.png) Romania | 8:52.66 | 7 | |
| 3 | Vesela Yatsinska | .svg.png) Bulgaria | 8:52.89 | NR | 6 | 
| 4 | Ulla Sauer |  West Germany | 8:57.59 | 5 | |
| 5 | Celina Sokołowska | .svg.png) Poland | 8:59.90 | 4 | |
| 6 | Margherita Gargano |  Italy | 9:01.36 | 3 | |
| 7 | Paula Fudge |  Great Britain | 9:18.86 | 2 | |
| 8 | Charlotte Teske |  West Germany | 9:23.31 | 1 | 
100 metres hurdles
5 August
Wind: -1.1 m/s
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | Points | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Tatyana Anisimova |  Soviet Union | 12.77 | CR | 8 | 
| 2 | 7 | Grażyna Rabsztyn | .svg.png) Poland | 12.85 | 7 | |
| 3 | 4 | Daniela Teneva | .svg.png) Bulgaria | 13.17 | 6 | |
| 4 | 1 | Mihaela Dumitrescu | .svg.png) Romania | 13.36 | 5 | |
| 5 | 8 | Sylvia Kempin |  West Germany | 13.50 | 4 | |
| 6 | 5 | Lorna Boothe |  Great Britain | 13.57 | 3 | |
| 7 | 3 | Patrizia Lombardo |  Italy | 13.95 | 2 | |
| 8 | 2 | Gudrun Berend |  East Germany | 14.88 | 1 | 
400 metres hurdles
4 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | Points | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marina Makeyeva |  Soviet Union | 54.82 | CR | 8 | 
| 2 | Karin Roßley |  East Germany | 55.10 | 7 | |
| 3 | Silvia Hollmann |  West Germany | 56.74 | 6 | |
| 4 | Christine Warden |  Great Britain | 57.24 | 5 | |
| 5 | Adriana Stancu | .svg.png) Romania | 57.45 | 4 | |
| 6 | Bonka Dimova | .svg.png) Bulgaria | 58.12 | 3 | |
| 7 | Giuseppina Cirulli |  Italy | 59.60 | 2 | |
| 8 | Elżbieta Katolik | .svg.png) Poland | 59.69 | 1 | 
4 × 100 metres relay
4 August
| Rank | Nation | Athletes | Time | Note | Points | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  East Germany | Christina Brehmer, Romy Schneider, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr | 42.09 | WR | 8 | 
| 2 |  Soviet Union | Vera Komisova, Vera Anisimova, Tatyana Anisimova, Lyudmila Kondratyeva | 42.49 | NR | 7 | 
| 3 |  Great Britain | Helen Barnett, Wendy Clarke, Kathy Smallwood, Heather Hunte | 43.18 | 6 | |
| 4 | .svg.png) Bulgaria | Sofka Popova, Maria Shishkova, Liliana Panayotova, Ivanka Valkova | 43.32 | NR | 5 | 
| 5 |  West Germany | Petra Sharp, Dagmar Schenten, Annegret Richter, Elke Vollmer | 43.58 | 4 | |
| 6 | .svg.png) Poland | Elżbieta Rabsztyn, Zofia Bielczyk, Elżbieta Stachurska, Grażyna Rabsztyn | 43.73 | 3 | |
| 7 |  Italy | Patrizia Lombardo, Marisa Masullo, Paola Castellani, Laura Miano | 45.09 | 2 | |
| 8 | .svg.png) Romania | Niculina Chiricuţă, Doina Ciolan, Otilia Șomănescu, Georgeta Tutunaru | 45.34 | 1 | 
4 × 400 metres relay
5 August
| Rank | Nation | Athletes | Time | Note | Points | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  East Germany | Gabriele Kotte, Christina Brehmer, Brigitte Kohn, Marita Koch | 3:19.7 | CR | 8 | 
| 2 |  Soviet Union | Irina Bragyantseva, Nina Zyuskova, Tatyana Prorochenko, Maria Kulchunova | 3:20.4 | NR | 7 | 
| 3 |  Great Britain | Joslyn Hoyte-Smith, Verona Elder, Ruth Kennedy, Donna Hartley | 3:27.9 | 6 | |
| 4 | .svg.png) Bulgaria | Violeta Tsvetkova, Totka Petrova, Svobodka Damianova, Nikolina Shtereva | 3:28.3 | 5 | |
| 5 |  West Germany | Silke Rasch, Silvia Hollmann, Elke Decker, Gaby Bußmann | 3:30.7 | 4 | |
| 6 | .svg.png) Poland | Barbara Kwietniewska, Jolanta Januchta, Grażyna Oliszewska, Irena Szewińska | 3:31.2 | 3 | |
| 7 | .svg.png) Romania | Ibolya Korodi, Niculina Lazarciuc, Elena Tărîță, Adriana Stancu | 3:32.9 | 2 | |
| 8 |  Italy | Giuliana Bargioni, Daniela Porcelli, Marina Favaro, Erica Rossi | 3:42.9 | 1 | 
High jump
5 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes | Points | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rosemarie Ackermann |  East Germany | 1.99 | CR | 8 | 
| 2 | Sara Simeoni |  Italy | 1.94 | 7 | |
| 3 | Urszula Kielan | .svg.png) Poland | 1.92 | NR | 6 | 
| 4 | Tatyana Denisova |  Soviet Union | 1.92 | 5 | |
| 5 | Yordanka Blagoyeva | .svg.png) Bulgaria | 1.84 | 4 | |
| 6 | Petra Wziontek |  West Germany | 1.84 | 3 | |
| 7 | Barbara Simmonds |  Great Britain | 1.84 | 2 | |
| 8 | Cornelia Popa | .svg.png) Romania | 1.82 | 1 | 
Long jump
5 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes | Points | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brigitte Wujak |  East Germany | 6.75 | x | 6.89 | – | x | – | 6.89 | 8 | |
| 2 | Doina Anton | .svg.png) Romania | 6.50 | 6.26 | 6.60 | 6.59 | x | 6.20 | 6.60 | 7 | |
| 3 | Lidia Gusheva | .svg.png) Bulgaria | 6.20 | 6.44 | x | 6.47 | 6.22 | 6.36 | 6.47 | 6 | |
| 4 | Anke Weigt |  West Germany | x | 6.25 | x | x | x | 6.46 | 6.46 | 5 | |
| 5 | Sue Reeve |  Great Britain | x | 6.25 | x | 6.42 | x | x | 6.45 | 4 | |
| 6 | Teresa Marciniak | .svg.png) Poland | 6.28 | 6.23 | 6.42 | x | x | 6.41 | 6.42 | 3 | |
| 7 | Lyudmila Khaustova |  Soviet Union | 6.16 | 6.08 | 6.36 | x | 6.42 | x | 6.42 | 2 | |
| 8 | Barbara Norello |  Italy | 5.99 | x | 6.00 | x | 6.17 | 5.91 | 6.17 | 1 | 
Shot put
5 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes | Points | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ilona Slupianek |  East Germany | 20.40 | 20.74 | 20.62 | 20.45 | 20.93 | 20.89 | 20.93 | 8 | |
| 2 | Nunu Abashidze |  Soviet Union | 19.10 | 19.75 | 19.09 | 19.49 | 19.63 | 19.34 | 19.75 | 7 | |
| 3 | Ivanka Petrova | .svg.png) Bulgaria | 19.56 | x | 19.13 | 19.32 | x | 19.63 | 19.63 | 6 | |
| 4 | Eva Wilms |  West Germany | 18.39 | x | 18.55 | 18.94 | 19.08 | 18.48 | 19.08 | 5 | |
| 5 | Mihaela Loghin | .svg.png) Romania | 17.05 | 17.56 | 15.74 | 17.37 | 17.72 | 17.79 | 17.79 | 4 | |
| 6 | Beata Habrzyk | .svg.png) Poland | 15.91 | 15.94 | 15.79 | 17.15 | 16.72 | 17.12 | 17.16 | 3 | |
| 7 | Judy Oakes |  Great Britain | 16.08 | 15.94 | 15.80 | 16.24 | 15.77 | 15.75 | 16.24 | 2 | |
| 8 | Cinzia Petrucci |  Italy | 16.09 | 16.05 | 16.09 | 15.58 | 16.07 | 15.69 | 16.09 | 1 | 
Discus throw
4 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes | Points | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Evelin Jahl |  East Germany | x | 63.84 | 63.92 | 65.18 | 68.92 | 67.08 | 68.92 | 8 | |
| 2 | Svetlana Melnikova |  Soviet Union | 63.70 | x | 65.78 | 66.06 | 63.48 | 64.44 | 66.06 | 7 | |
| 3 | Svetla Bozhkova | .svg.png) Bulgaria | 62.66 | x | x | x | 62.18 | 62.82 | 62.82 | 6 | |
| 4 | Florența Țacu | .svg.png) Romania | 59.34 | 61.62 | 60.46 | 60.04 | 59.98 | 56.24 | 61.62 | 5 | |
| 5 | Meg Ritchie |  Great Britain | x | 53.16 | 58.62 | 57.30 | 57.40 | x | 58.62 | 4 | |
| 6 | Ingra Manecke |  West Germany | 56.78 | x | 54.48 | 54.44 | x | x | 56.78 | 3 | |
| 7 | Danuta Majewska | .svg.png) Poland | 56.30 | 54.74 | 54.18 | 51.70 | 51.50 | 52.14 | 56.30 | 2 | |
| 8 | Maristella Bano |  Italy | 50.88 | 48.88 | 47.46 | x | x | 48.46 | 50.88 | 1 | 
Javelin throw
4 August – Old model
| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes | Points | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eva Raduly | .svg.png) Romania | 65.54 | x | x | 64.84 | 66.28 | x | 66.28 | NR | 8 | 
| 2 | Ruth Fuchs |  East Germany | 65.46 | x | x | 65.06 | 60.20 | 59.86 | 65.46 | 7 | |
| 3 | Tessa Sanderson |  Great Britain | 62.38 | 56.74 | x | 53.60 | x | x | 62.38 | 6 | |
| 4 | Saida Gunba |  Soviet Union | 61.32 | 56.74 | 61.30 | 62.08 | x | 61.50 | 62.08 | 5 | |
| 5 | Bernadetta Blechacz | .svg.png) Poland | 61.32 | 56.74 | 61.30 | 62.08 | x | 61.50 | 62.08 | 4 | |
| 6 | Ivanka Vancheva | .svg.png) Bulgaria | 59.16 | 57.02 | x | 55.94 | 59.24 | x | 59.24 | 3 | |
| 7 | Eva Helmschmidt |  West Germany | 57.96 | 57.58 | 56.10 | 53.62 | 58.80 | x | 58.80 | 2 | |
| 8 | Fausta Quintavalla |  Italy | x | x | 53.98 | 52.84 | x | 52.58 | 53.98 | 1 | 
References
- ^ Results (archived)
- ^ Results at Tilastopaja
- ^ L'Athletisme (August 1979, p21)
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