Athletics at the 1979 Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR
| 1979 Soviet Spartakiad | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 21 – 29 July 1979 |
| Host city | Moscow, Russian SFSR |
| Venue | Central Lenin Stadium |
| Level | Senior |
| Type | Outdoor |
1983 Moscow → | |
The athletics events of the final stage of the 7th Summer Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR were held in the Central Lenin (Luzhniki) Stadium in Moscow between 21 July and 29 July 1979.
One world record was broken, by Marina Makeyeva in the women's 400 m hurdles.
Men's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m |  Silvio Leonard (CUB) |
10.30 |  Houston McTear (USA) |
10.39 | Osvaldo Lara (CUB) |
10.41 |
| 200 m | Wardell Gilbreath (USA) |
20.84 | Don Coleman (USA) |
21.05 |  Nikolay Sidorov (URS) |
21.20 |
| 400 m | Stan Vinson (USA) |
45.70 | Nikolay Chernetskiy (URS) |
46.05 |  Dele Udo (NGR) |
46.15 |
| 800 m | Anatoliy Reshetnyak (URS) |
1:47.2 | Vladimir Podolyako (URS) |
1:47.4 |  Detlef Wagenknecht (GDR) |
1:47.5 |
| 1500 m | Vladimir Ponomaryov (URS) |
3:38.6 | Craig Masback (USA) |
3:38.9 | Andreas Busse (GDR) |
3:39.1 |
| 5000 m |  Miruts Yifter (ETH) |
13:20.8 | Yohannes Mohamed (ETH) |
13:21.1 | Valeriy Abramov (URS) |
13:21.7 |
| 10,000 m | Miruts Yifter (ETH) |
27:44.2 | Aleksandras Antipovas (URS) |
27:47.4 | .svg.png){kind=small} Gerard Barrett (AUS) |
27:50.7 |
| Marathon | Leonid Moseyev (URS) |
2:13:19.6[1] |  Shigeru So (JPN) |
2:13:19.8 | Viktor Zubov (URS) |
2:13:20 |
| 20 km walk | Nikolay Vinnichenko (URS) |
1:22:29.0 | Anatoliy Solomin (URS) |
1:22:39.2 | Boris Yakovlev (URS) |
1:23:06.3 |
| 50 km walk | Viktor Dorovskikh (URS) |
3:46:25 | Vladimir Rezayev (URS) |
3:46:57 | Vyacheslav Fursov (URS) |
3:47:55 |
| 110 m hurdles | Aleksandr Puchkov (URS) |
13.68 | Andrey Prokofyev (URS) |
13.76 | Andrey Korostelev (URS) |
13.94 |
| 400 m hurdles | Vasyl Arkhypenko (URS) |
49.11 | Dmitriy Stukalov (URS) |
50.23 | Valeriy Mashkovskiy (URS) |
50.85 |
| 3000 m SC | Henry Marsh (USA) |
8:28.1 |  Paul Copu (ROM) |
8:28.6 | Vladimir Lisovskiy (URS) |
8:29.7 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | United States (USA) Cliff Wiley Rich Edwards Wardell Gilbreath Don Coleman |
39.33 | Moscow (URS) Semyon Vakhanelov Andrey Shlyapnikov Aleksandr Cherkashin Nikolay Sidorov |
39.48 | Leningrad (URS) Yevgeniy Kovalyov Yuriy Naumenko Aleksandr Aksinin Nikolay Kolesnikov |
39.57 |
| 4 × 200 m relay | United States (USA) Carl Lewis Don Coleman Wardell Gilbreath Rich Edwards |
1:22.0 | Leningrad (URS) Mikhail Kravtsov Aleksandr Stasevich Ivan Babenko Sergey Vladimirtsev |
1:22.5 | Moscow (URS) Andrey Shlyapnikov Nikolay Sidorov Aleksandr Cherkashin Aleksandr Yagudin |
1:23.2 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | United States (USA)[2] Cliff Wiley Ronnie Harris Fred Taylor Stan Vinson |
3:03.7 | Moscow (URS) Leonid Korolev Mikhail Linge Dmitry Stukalov Nikolay Chernetsky |
3:03.9 | Ukraine (URS) Vladimir Belokon Pawel Roschtschin Valeriy Moshkovskiy Viktor Burakov |
3:05.2 |
| 4 × 800 m relay |  Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (BLR)Mikhail Starovoitov Pavel Troshchilo Vladimir Podolyako Nikolay Kirov |
7:11.1 | Leningrad (URS) Vladimir Ponomaryov Viktor Anokhin Vladimir Malozemlin Nikolay Shirokov |
7:12.7 | Ukraine (URS) Valeriy Liskov Sergey Shapovalov Vitaliy Tyshchenko Anatoliy Reshetnyak |
7:13.1 |
| High jump | Aleksandr Grigoryev (URS) |
2.24 | Benn Fields (USA) |
2.24 |  Gerd Nagel (FRG) |
2.21 |
| Pole vault | Konstantin Volkov (URS) |
5.55 | Vladimir Trofimenko (URS) |
5.50 |  Antti Kalliomäki (FIN) |
5.45 |
| Long jump | Frank Paschek (GDR) |
8.25 | David Giralt (CUB) |
8.12 | Carl Lewis (USA) |
8.04 |
| Triple jump | Gennadiy Valyukevich (URS) |
17.21 | Jaak Uudmäe (URS) |
16.84 | Anatoliy Piskulin (URS) |
16.76 |
| Shot put | Valeriy Voykin (URS) |
20.58 | Vladimir Kiselyov (URS) |
20.39 | Anatoliy Yarosh (URS) |
20.38 |
| Discus throw | John Powell (USA) |
63.06 |  Velko Velev (BUL) |
62.68 | Pyotr Mikhailov (URS) |
62.14 |
| Hammer throw | Sergey Litvinov (URS) |
77.08 | Aleksey Malyukov (URS) |
75.42 | Aleksandr Buneyev (URS) |
75.10 |
| Javelin throw | Detlef Michel (GDR) |
87.46 | Karl Heller (GDR) |
86.80 | Arto Härkönen (FIN) |
85.68 |
| Decathlon | Aleksandr Grebenyuk (URS) |
8166 | Konstantin Akhapkin (URS) |
8111 | Yuriy Kutsenko (URS) |
8086 |
Women's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m | Lyudmila Kondratyeva (URS) |
11.19 | Karen Hawkins (USA) |
11.32 | Vera Anisimova (URS) |
11.39 |
| 200 m | Lyudmila Kondratyeva (URS) |
22.66 | Karen Hawkins (USA) |
23.06 | Marina Sidorova (URS) |
23.45 |
| 400 m | Mariya Kulchunova (URS) |
49.77 | Nina Zyuskova (URS) |
50.42 | Tatyana Goyshchik (URS) |
50.49 |
| 800 m | Yekaterina Poryvkina (URS) |
1:57.2 | Nadezhda Mushta (URS) |
1:57.5 | Olga Mineyeva (URS) |
1:57.8 |
| 1500 m | Natalia Mărășescu (ROM) |
3:58.8 | Giana Romanova (URS) |
4:00.5 | Valentina Ilyinykh (URS) |
4:01.1 |
| 3000 m | Svetlana Ulmasova (URS) |
8:46.0 | Valentina Ilyinykh (URS) |
8:46.5 | Lyubov Kopeykina (URS) |
8:49.1 |
| 100 m hurdles | Tatyana Anisimova (URS) |
12.90 | Vera Komisova (URS) |
12.94 | Nina Morgulina (URS) |
13.10 |
| 400 m hurdles | Marina Makeyeva (URS) |
54.78 WR | Tatyana Storozheva (URS) |
55.08 | Tatyana Zelentsova (URS) |
55.64 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Moscow (URS) Vera Anisimova Lyudmila Storozhkova Olga Korotkova Irina Litovchenko |
43.74 | Leningrad (URS) Vera Komisova Tatyana Anisimova Galina Dyachenko Tatyana Savchenko |
44.07 | Ukraine (URS) Larisa Sivokon Elena Potrebenko Raisa Makhova Victoria Dashchenko |
44.47 |
| 4 × 200 m relay | Ukraine (URS) Raisa Makhova Nina Zyuskova Tatyana Prorochenko Mariya Pinigina |
1:30.8 | Moscow (URS) Irina Galchenkova Irina Nazarova Olga Korotkova Vera Anisimova |
1:31.6 | Russian SFSR (URS) Vera Akchurina Lyudmila Chernova Nadezhda Aldoshina Tatyana Goyshchik |
1:32.3 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Ukraine (URS) Irina Olkhovnikova Nina Zyuskova Tatyana Prorochenko Mariya Pinigina |
3:26.1 | Russian SFSR (URS) Tatyana Goyshchik Olga Mineyeva Marina Stepanova Nadezhda Olizarenko |
3:26.2 | Moscow (URS) Natalya Ivanova Svetlana Styrkina Vera Gracheva Irina Nazarova |
3:32.9 |
| 4 × 800 m relay | Russian SFSR (URS) Olga Mineyeva Maria Enkina Nadezhda Olizarenko Yekaterina Podkopayeva |
7:59.6 | Ukraine (URS) Tamara Koba Svetlana Popova Lyubov Smolka Olga Vakhrusheva |
8:03.2 | Leningrad (URS) Natalya Kuznetsova Tatyana Kazankina Olga Dvirna Lyudmila Veselkova |
8:04.9 |
| High jump | Yelena Goloborodko (URS) |
1.91 | Nataliya Litvinenko (URS) |
1.89 | Tatyana Denisova (URS) |
1.89 |
| Long jump | Anita Stukane (URS) |
6.66 | Nadezhda Karyakina (URS) |
6.39 | Lyudmila Khaustova (URS) |
6.37 |
| Shot put | Ilona Slupianek (GDR) |
21.52 | Margitta Pufe (GDR) |
21.45 |  Helena Fibingerová (TCH) |
21.23 |
| Discus throw | Svetlana Melnikova (URS) |
64.90 | Margitta Pufe (GDR) |
63.74 | Lyudmila Isayeva (URS) |
62.16 |
| Javelin throw | Saida Gunba (URS) |
63.08 | María Caridad Colón (CUB) |
62.30 | Ute Hommola (GDR) |
60.08 |
| Pentathlon | Yekaterina Smirnova (URS) |
4770 | Olga Kuragina (URS) |
4629 | Nadezhda Karyakina (URS) |
4554 |
References
- ^ "World Marathon Rankings for 1979". Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
- ^ "Wiley's Cross-World Jaunt Pays: Wiley Jumped at Chance to Compete in Spartakiade, Other European Meets". The Washington Post. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
- Results
- Soviet Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
- Track and Field. (Russian: Лёгкая атлетика. Справочник) Handbook / Compiled by R. V. Orlov . - M .: "Physical Education and Sport", 1983. - pg. 392
- Panorama of the sports year (Russian: Панорама спортивного года) - 1979 / Compiled by A. N. Korolkov. - M .: Physical Education and Sport , 1980. - pg. 91-95.
- Seventh All-People's (Russian: Седьмая всенародная) // Track and Field: magazine. - 1979. - No. 9. - pg. 1-3.
- Friendship Festival (Russian: Праздник дружбы) // Track and Field: magazine. - 1979. - No. 10. - pg. 2.
- Balakhnichev V., Maslakov V., Chevychalov G. From the Spartakiad to the Olympics (Russian: От Спартакиады к Олимпиаде) // Track and Field: magazine. - 1979. - No. 10 . - pg. 3-10.
- Aptekman B., Leonenko I., Borisov V., Morozov A., Fruktov A., Kulichenko V., Källe U. Courage is the key to records (Russian: Смелость — ключ к рекордам) // Track and Field: magazine. - 1979. - No. 10 . - pg. 11-21.
- Strizhak A., Yagodin V., Ter-Ovanesyan I., Kreer V. To the main start - in the best shape (Russian: главному старту — в лучшей форме) // Track and Field: magazine. - 1979. - No. 10 . - pg. 22-28.
- Krasnov I., Bukhantsov K., Bondarchuk A., Lusis Ya. Is the role of the avant-garde possible? (Russian: Под силу ли роль авангарда?) // Track and Field: magazine. - 1979. - No. 10. - pg. 29-32.
- Elfimov A., Seropegin D. Good experience (Russian: Хороший опыт) // Track and Field: magazine. - 1979. - No. 11. - pg. 4-5.
- At the stadiums of the country and the world. USSR Cross-Country Championship (Russian: На стадионах страны и мира. Чемпионат СССР по кроссу) // Track and Field: magazine. — 1979. — No. 5. — pg. 24.
- Final of the XVIII All-Union Cross-Country Race for the Prizes of the Pravda Newspaper (Russian: Финал XVIII Всесоюзного кросса на призы газеты «Правда») // Track and Field: Magazine. — 1979. — No. 6. — pg. 21.