Overview of the events of 1979 in the sport of athletics
This article contains an overview of the year 1979 in athletics.
Major events
World
Regional
World records
Men
Women
Event
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Athlete
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Nation
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Performance
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Meeting
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Place
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Date
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200 m
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Marita Koch
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East Germany
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22.02
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Leipzig, East Germany
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3 June
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200 m
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Marita Koch
|
East Germany
|
21.71
|
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Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany
|
10 June
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400 m
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Marita Koch
|
East Germany
|
48.89
|
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Potsdam, East Germany
|
29 July
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400 m
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Marita Koch
|
East Germany
|
48.60
|
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Turin, Italy
|
4 August
|
Mile
|
Natalia Mărășescu
|
Romania
|
4:22.1
|
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Auckland, New Zealand
|
27 January
|
100 m hurdles
|
Grażyna Rabsztyn
|
Poland
|
12.48[1]
|
|
Warsaw, Poland
|
18 June
|
400 m hurdles
|
Marina Styepanova
|
Russia
|
54.78
|
|
Moscow, Russia
|
27 July
|
Javelin throw
|
Ruth Fuchs
|
East Germany
|
69.52 m
|
|
Dresden, East Germany
|
13 June
|
4 × 100 metres relay
|
Marita Koch Romy Müller Ingrid Auerswald Marlies Göhr
|
East Germany
|
42.10
|
|
Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany
|
10 June
|
4 × 100 metres relay
|
Christina Lathan Romy Müller Ingrid Auerswald Marlies Göhr
|
East Germany
|
42.09
|
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Turin, Italy
|
4 August
|
4 × 200 metres relay
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Raisa Makhova Nina Zyuskova Tatyana Prorochenko Maria Kulchunova
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Soviet Union
|
1:30.74[2]
|
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Moscow, Soviet Union
|
29 July
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Season's bests
Notes
- ^ This time did not set a new world record. Rather, it equaled Rabsztyn's existing world record.
- ^ This team represented Ukraine, at the time a part of the Soviet Union.
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