1979 Military Friendship Athletics Championships
The 1979 Military Friendship Athletics Championships was an international men's outdoor track and field competition between military athletes from states of the Eastern Bloc, including the Soviet Union, East Germany, Poland, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Romania and Cuba. The competition was held in Potsdam, East Germany from 30 August to 1 September.
Poland's Marian Woronin claimed a sprint double in the 100 metres and 200 metres while East Germany's Jürgen Straub did the middle-distance equivalent in the 800 metres and 1500 metres. The most prominent athlete at the competition was the reigning 1976 Olympic hammer throw champion Yuriy Sedykh, who comfortably won his event by several metres. East German Ronald Weigel's win in the 20 kilometres race walk was also a standout performance, as the future world champion finished over two minutes ahead of his rivals.
Results[]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres |  Marian Woronin (POL) |
10.38 |  Klaus-Dieter Kurrat (GDR) |
10.46 |  (TCH) |
10.35 |
| 200 metres | Marian Woronin (POL) |
20.87 | Zenon Licznerski (POL) |
20.97 | Klaus Thiele (GDR) |
21.09 |
| 400 metres | Ryszard Podlas (POL) |
46.37 |  (BUL) |
46.65 | Frank Schaffer (GDR) |
46.79 |
| 800 metres | Jürgen Straub (GDR) |
1:46.9 | (TCH) |
1:47.8 |  Vladimir Ponomaryov (URS) |
1:48.0 |
| 1500 metres | Jürgen Straub (GDR) |
3:33.7 | (URS) |
3:37.4 | Jozef Plachý (TCH) |
3:37.6 |
| 5000 metres | (POL) |
13:45.1 | (URS) |
13:46.4 | (TCH) |
13:50.7 |
| 10,000 metres | (URS) |
28:37.1 | (GDR) |
28:41.4 | (POL) |
29:38.0 |
| 110 m hurdles | (BUL) |
13.96 | Július Ivan (TCH) |
14.04 | (URS) |
14.05 |
| 400 m hurdles | (URS) |
50.56 | Dmitry Stukalov (URS) |
50.99 | Yanko Bratanov (BUL) |
51.07 |
| 3000 m s'chase | Bogusław Mamiński (POL) |
8:31.1 | (URS) |
8:31.9 | (POL) |
8:33.7 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Poland (POL) Zenon Licznerski Marian Woronin |
40.10 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) Vardas |
40.50 | East Germany (GDR) Ingo Voge Klaus-Dieter Kurrat |
40.52 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Poland (POL) Ryszard Podlas Andrzej Stępień |
3:08.51 | East Germany (GDR) Klaus Thiele Frank Schaffer |
3:09.55 | Soviet Union (URS) Dmitry Stukalov |
3:09.91 |
| 20 km walk | Ronald Weigel (GDR) |
1:28:29.4 | (URS) |
1:30:31.9 | (TCH) |
1:32:31.2 |
| Pole vault | Mariusz Klimczyk (POL) |
5.45 | (URS) |
5.30 | Atanas Tarev (BUL) |
5.30 |
| High jump |  Adrian Proteasa (ROM) |
2.19 | (POL) |
2.19 | (ROM) |
2.13 |
| Long jump | Jan Leitner (TCH) |
7.78 | (BUL) |
7.69 |  (CUB) |
7.66 |
| Triple jump | Anatoliy Piskulin (URS) |
16.84 | (ROM) |
16.25 | Karel Hradil (TCH) |
16.17 |
| Shot put | Jaroslav Brabec (TCH) |
19.71 | Mikhail Kyoshev (BUL) |
19.61 | (POL) |
19.02 |
| Discus throw | Velko Velev (BUL) |
63.92 | Stanisław Wołodko (POL) |
60.68 | Iosif Naghi (ROM) |
59.90 |
| Hammer throw | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) |
75.24 | Igor Nikulin (URS) |
70.92 | (TCH) |
69.24 |
| Javelin throw | (URS) |
80.44 | (TCH) |
78.64 | (POL) |
78.62 |
| Decathlon | (URS) |
7898 pts | (GDR) |
7739 pts | Luděk Pernica (TCH) |
7223 pts |
References[]
- Michał Wróblewski, Ludwik Biegański, Marek Łuczyński, Maciej Petruczenko, Maciej Wawrzykowski: 60 lat PZLA – Rocznik PZLA 1979 (in Polish) (60 years of the Polish Athletic Association – 1979). Polish Athletic Association. Warsaw, 1981.
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