Athletics at the 1979 Summer Universiade

Athletics events were contested at the 1979 Summer Universiade in Mexico City, Mexico between 8 and 13 September.

Athletics at the X Summer Universiade
The host stadium for the events
Dates8–13 September 1979
Host cityMexico City, Mexico
VenueEstadio Olimpico Universitario
LevelUniversity
Events34
Records set1 WR, 12 UR


Medal summary

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
(wind: 0.0 m/s)
 Mike Roberson (USA)10.19  Leszek Dunecki (POL)10.30  Ainsley Bennett (GBR)10.38
200 metres
(wind: +1.8 m/s)
 Pietro Mennea (ITA)19.72 WR  Leszek Dunecki (POL)20.24  Ainsley Bennett (GBR)20.42
400 metres
 Harald Schmid (FRG)44.98  Franz-Peter Hofmeister (FRG)45.12  Walter McCoy (USA)45.90
800 metres
 Evans White (USA)1:48.87  Garry Cook (GBR)1:49.50  Hans-Peter Ferner (FRG)1:49.77
1500 metres
 Graham Williamson (GBR)3:45.37  Pierre Délèze (SUI)3:45.8  Richie Harris (USA)3:46.4
5000 metres
 Ilie Floroiu (ROM)14:12.9  José Gómez (MEX)14:15.4  Enrique Aquino (MEX)14:18.0
10,000 metres
 Ilie Floroiu (ROM)29:56.1  Enrique Aquino (MEX)30:16.4  Samuel Nyariki (KEN)30:49.1
110 metres hurdles
(wind: +0.3 m/s)
 Andrey Prokofyev (URS)13.50  Thomas Munkelt (GDR)13.50  Aleksandr Puchkov (URS)13.55
400 metres hurdles
 Harry Schulting (NED)48.44 UR  Vasyl Arkhypenko (URS)48.60  James Walker (USA)48.88
3000 metres steeplechase
 Paul Copu (ROM)8:57.7  Mariano Scartezzini (ITA)8:58.1  Michele Cina (ITA)9:08.7
4 × 100 metres relay
 Italy (ITA)
Gianfranco Lazzer
Luciano Caravani
Giovanni Grazioli
Pietro Mennea
38.42 UR  Ivory Coast (CIV)
Patrice Ouré
Amadou Meïté
Avognan Nogboum
Georges Kablan Degnan
38.73  France (FRA)
Jean Gracia
Pierrick Thessard
Gabriel Brothier
Pascal Barré
39.07
4 × 400 metres relay
 United States (USA)
Fred Taylor
Leslie Kerr
Ronnie Harris
Walter McCoy
3:00.98  Netherlands (NED)
Hugo Pont
Koen Gijsbers
Marcel Klarenbeek
Harry Schulting
3:03.18  Italy (ITA)
Stefano Malinverni
Alfonso Di Guida
Flavio Borghi
Roberto Tozzi
3:03.80
High jump
 Gerd Nagel (FRG)2.28 UR  Rolf Beilschmidt (GDR)2.28 UR  Holger Marten (FRG)2.26
Pole vault
 Władysław Kozakiewicz (POL)5.60  Philippe Houvion (FRA)5.60  Patrick Abada (FRA)5.55
Long jump
 Valeriy Pidluzhnyy (URS)8.16  Junichi Usui (JPN)8.05  LaMonte King (USA)7.99
Triple jump
 Willie Banks (USA)17.23  Jaak Uudmäe (URS)17.20  Roberto Mazzucato (ITA)16.87
Shot put
 Udo Beyer (GDR)20.49  Reijo Ståhlberg (FIN)19.96  Nikolai Khristov (BUL)19.60
Discus throw
 Wolfgang Schmidt (GDR)60.78  Markku Tuokko (FIN)59.82  Antonín Wybraniec (TCH)58.32
Hammer throw
 Klaus Ploghaus (FRG)75.74 UR  Manfred Hüning (FRG)75.68  Yuriy Sedykh (URS)75.54
Javelin throw
 Helmut Schreiber (FRG)88.68 UR  Arto Härkönen (FIN)87.10  Heino Puuste (URS)82.62
Decathlon
 Sepp Zeilbauer (AUT)8203 UR  Jürgen Hingsen (FRG)8033  Heinz Antretter (FRG)7868

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
(wind: 0.0 m/s)
 Marlies Göhr (GDR)11.00 UR  Kathy Smallwood (GBR)11.27  Beverley Goddard (GBR)11.32
200 metres
(wind: +1.9 m/s)
 Marita Koch (GDR)21.91 UR  Kathy Smallwood (GBR)22.70  Beverley Goddard (GBR)22.76
400 metres
 Mariya Kulchunova (URS)50.35 UR  Rosalyn Bryant (USA)51.35  Christina Brehmer (GDR)51.59
800 metres
 Nadezhda Mushta (URS)2:00.50  Olga Dvirna (URS)2:00.77  Fiţa Lovin (ROM)2:00.81
1500 metres
 Natalia Mărăşescu (ROM)4:13.9  Olga Dvirna (URS)4:14.5  Valentina Ilyinykh (URS)4:14.6
100 metres hurdles
(wind: 0.0 m/s)
 Lucyna Langer (POL)12.62 UR  Danuta Perka (POL)12.66  Vera Komisova (URS)12.90
4 × 100 metres relay
 Soviet Union (URS)
Vera Komisova
Vera Anisimova
Tatyana Prorochenko
Olga Korotkova
43.14  Great Britain (GBR)
Yvette Wray
Kathy Smallwood
Ruth Kennedy
Bev Goddard
43.26  France (FRA)
Odile Madkaud
Jacqueline Curtet
Marie-Pierre Philippe
Chantal Réga
43.94
High jump
 Andrea Mátay (HUN)1.94  Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG)1.92  Sara Simeoni (ITA)1.92
Long jump
 Anita Stukāne (URS)6.80  Jodi Anderson (USA)6.67  Tatyana Skachko (URS)6.57
Shot put
 Ilona Slupianek (GDR)19.98  Helma Knorscheidt (GDR)19.56  Mihaela Loghin (ROM)19.41
Discus throw
 Svetlana Melnikova (URS)63.54  Evelin Jahl (GDR)63.00  Florenţa Ţacu (ROM)59.28
Javelin throw
 Éva Ráduly-Zörgő (ROM)67.20  Ivanka Vancheva (BUL)63.04  Mayra Vila (CUB)60.98
Pentathlon
 Yekaterina Smirnova (URS)4497  Sylvia Barlag (NED)4306  Ina Losch (FRG)4272

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union (URS)84618
2 East Germany (GDR)54110
3 Romania (ROM)5038
4 West Germany (FRG)44412
5 United States (USA)42410
6 Poland (POL)2305
7 Italy (ITA)2147
8 Great Britain (GBR)1449
9 Netherlands (NED)1203
10 Austria (AUT)1001
 Hungary (HUN)1001
12 Finland (FIN)0303
13 Mexico (MEX)0213
14 France (FRA)0134
15 Bulgaria (BUL)0112
16 Ivory Coast (CIV)0101
 Japan (JPN)0101
  Switzerland (SUI)0101
19 Cuba (CUB)0011
 Czechoslovakia (TCH)0011
 Kenya (KEN)0011
Totals (21 nations)343434102

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