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 100 metresMarian Woronin POL 10.38Klaus-Dieter Kurrat GDR 10.46Roman Lacko TCH 10.35200 metresMarian Woronin POL 20.87Zenon Licznerski POL 20.97Klaus Thiele GDR 21.09400 metresRyszard Podlas POL 46.37Nartsis Popov BUL 1971 46.65Frank Schaffer GDR 46.79800 metresJürgen Straub GDR 1:46.9Josef Vedra TCH 1:47.8Vladimir Ponomaryov URS 1:48.01500 metresJürgen Straub GDR 3:33.7Sergey Chirkov URS 3:37.4Jozef Plachý TCH 3:37.65000 metresDaniel Jańczuk POL 13:45.1Vladimir Lisovskiy URS 13:46.4Jozef Lenčéš TCH 13:50.710,000 metresValeriy Sapon URS 28:37.1Klaus-Dieter Schiemenz GDR 28:41.4Bogusław Kuś POL 29:38.0110 m hurdlesVasko Nedyalkov BUL 1971 13.96Július Ivan TCH 14.04Vyacheslav Naidyenko URS 14.05400 m hurdlesOleg Bulatkin URS 50.56Dmitry Stukalov URS 50.99Yanko Bratanov BUL 1971 51.073000 m s'chaseBogusław Mamiński POL 8:31.1Vladimir Lisovskiy URS 8:31.9Piotr Zgarda POL 8:33.74 × 100 m relayPOLRyszard SadkowskiZenon LicznerskiMirosław KobielskiMarian Woronin 40.10TCHVardasZdenek MazurLadislav LatochaRoman Lacko 40.50GDRIngo VogeChristian NeubertUwe BaruchaKlaus-Dieter Kurrat 40.524 × 400 m relayPOLJerzy WłodarczykRyszard PodlasAndrzej StępieńJerzy Konarski 3:08.51GDRKlaus ThieleFrank LehmannKlaus HauckFrank Schaffer 3:09.55URSVladimir KonovalovOleg BulatkinValeriy MashkovskiyDmitry Stukalov 3:09.9120 km walkRonald Weigel GDR 1:28:29.4Maris Peterson URS 1:30:31.9Stefan Petrix TCH 1:32:31.2High jumpAdrian Proteasa ROM 1965 2.19Jarosław Gwóźdź POL 2.19Daniel Albu ROM 1965 2.13Pole vaultMariusz Klimczyk POL 5.45Aleksandr Dolgov URS 5.30Atanas Tarev BUL 1971 5.30Long jumpJan Leitner TCH 7.78Kazimir Vilkanov BUL 1971 7.69Ramón Díaz Rodríguez CUB 7.66Triple jumpAnatoliy Piskulin URS 16.84Adrian Ghioroaie ROM 1965 16.25Karel Hradil TCH 16.17Shot putJaroslav Brabec TCH 19.71Mikhail Kyoshev BUL 1971 19.61Andrzej Bembnista POL 19.02Discus throwVelko Velev BUL 1971 63.92Stanisław Wołodko POL 60.68Iosif Naghi ROM 1965 59.90Hammer throwYuriy Sedykh URS 75.24Igor Nikulin URS 70.92František Vrbka TCH 69.24Javelin throwAleksandr Zaytsev URS 80.44Tomáš Babiak TCH 78.64Czesław Uhl POL 78.62DecathlonVladimir Buryakov URS 7898 ptsWolfgang Linder GDR 7739 ptsLuděk Pernica TCH 7223 pts References Michał Wróblewski, Ludwik Biegański, Marek Łuczyński, Maciej Petruczenko, Maciej Wawrzykowski: 60 lat PZLA – Rocznik PZLA 1979 pl (60 years of the Polish Athletic Association – 1979). Polish Athletic Association. Warsaw, 1981. Military Friendship Athletics Championships Military Friendship Athletics Championships Category:International sport of athletics competitions Category:International athletics competitions hosted by East Germany Category:Sport in Potsdam Category:Sports competitions in Brandenburg Category:Military sports competitions Category:Eastern Bloc Category:20th century in Brandenburg Category:1979 in East German sport