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1979 European Athletics Indoor Championships
Host venue (shown in 2007)
Dates24–25 February 1979
Host cityVienna
Austria Austria
VenueFerry Dusika Halle
Events19
Participation210 athletes from
24 nations
Records set2 AR, 6 CR
1978 Milan 1980 Sindelfingen

The 1979 European Athletics Indoor Championships were held in Vienna, the capital city in Austria, on 24 and 25 February 1979. It was the second time the championships had been held in that city.

Medal summary

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
60 metres
details
 Marian Woronin (POL) 6.57 =AR, CR  Leszek Dunecki (POL) 6.62  Petar Petrov (BUL) 6.63
400 metres
details
 Karel Kolář (TCH) 46.21 CR  Stefano Malinverni (ITA) 46.59  Horia Toboc (ROM) 46.86
800 metres
details
 Antonio Páez (ESP) 1:47.4a  Binko Kolev (BUL) 1:47.8a  András Paróczai (HUN) 1:48.2a
1500 metres
details
 Eamonn Coghlan (IRL) 3:41.8a  Thomas Wessinghage (FRG) 3:42.2a  John Robson (GBR) 3:42.8a
3000 metres
details
 Markus Ryffel (SUI) 7:44.43 CR  Christoph Herle (FRG) 7:45.44  Aleksandr Fedotkin (URS) 7:45.50
60 metres hurdles
details
 Thomas Munkelt (GDR) 7.59 CR  Arto Bryggare (FIN) 7.67  Eduard Pereverzev (URS) 7.70
High jump
details
 Vladimir Yashchenko (URS) 2.26  Gennadiy Belkov (URS) 2.26  Andre Schneider-Laub [de] (FRG) 2.24
Pole vault
details
 Władysław Kozakiewicz (POL) 5.58 AR, CR  Konstantin Volkov (URS) 5.45  Vladimir Trofimenko (URS) 5.45
Long jump
details
 Vladimir Tsepelyov (URS) 7.88  Valeriy Podluzhniy (URS) 7.86  Lutz Franke (GDR) 7.80
Triple jump
details
 Gennadiy Valyukevich (URS) 17.02  Anatoliy Piskulin (URS) 16.97  Jaak Uudmäe (URS) 16.91
Shot put
details
 Reijo Ståhlberg (FIN) 20.47  Geoff Capes (GBR) 20.23  Vladimir Kiselyov (URS) 20.01

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
60 metres
details
 Marlies Göhr (GDR) 7.16  Marita Koch (GDR) 7.19  Lyudmila Storozhkova (URS) 7.22
400 metres
details
 Verona Elder (GBR) 51.80  Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH) 51.81  Karoline Käfer (AUT) 51.90
800 metres
details
 Nikolina Shtereva (BUL) 2:02.6a  Anita Weiß (GDR) 2:02.9a  Fiţa Lovin (ROM) 2:03.1a
1500 metres
details
 Natalia Mărășescu (ROM) 4:03.5a CR  Zamira Zaytseva (URS) 4:03.9a  Svetlana Guskova (URS) 4:07.4a
60 metres hurdles
details
 Danuta Perka (POL) 7.95  Grażyna Rabsztyn (POL) 8.00  Nina Morgulina (URS) 8.09
High jump
details
 Andrea Mátay (HUN) 1.92  Urszula Kielan (POL) 1.85  Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG) 1.80
Long jump
details
 Siegrun Siegl (GDR) 6.70  Jarmila Nygrýnová (TCH) 6.42  Lena Johansson (SWE) 6.27
Shot put
details
 Ilona Slupianek (GDR) 21.01  Marianne Adam (GDR) 20.11  Judy Oakes (GBR) 15.66

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 East Germany (GDR)4318
2 Soviet Union (URS)35816
3 Poland (POL)3306
4 Czechoslovakia (TCH)1203
5 Great Britain (GBR)1124
6 Bulgaria (BUL)1113
7 Finland (FIN)1102
8 Romania (ROU)1023
9 Hungary (HUN)1012
10 Ireland (IRL)1001
 Spain (ESP)1001
 Switzerland (SUI)1001
13 West Germany (FRG)0224
14 Italy (ITA)0101
15 Austria (AUT)0011
 Sweden (SWE)0011
Totals (16 entries)19191957

Participating nations

References

European Athletics Association championships
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