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1979 European Cup (athletics)

Field	Value
Name	1979 European Cup
Size
Host city	Turin, Italy
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
Events	33
Previous	1977 Helsinki
Next	1981 Zagreb

The 1979 European Cup was the seventh edition of the European Cup of athletics.

The "A" Finals were held in Turin, Italy. The first two teams qualified for the 1979 IAAF World Cup.

"A" Final

Main article: 1979 European Cup "A" Final

Held in Turin on 4 and 5 August.

Team standings

Pos.	Nation	Points
1		125
2		114
3		110
4	Poland	90
5	Great Britain	82
6	Italy	79
7	France	70.5
8		49.5

Pos.	Nation	Points
1		102
2		100
3	Bulgaria	76
4	Great Britain	62
5	Romania	58
		58
7	Poland	55
8	Italy	29

Results summary

Men's events

Women's events

"B" Final

The winners qualified for the "A" final. Men

Held on 21 and 22 July in Karlovac, Yugoslavia

Pos.	Nation	Points
1		195.5
2	Romania	97.5
3		97
4		97
5		96.5
6	Bulgaria	87
7	Switzerland	77.5
8	Belgium	58.5

Women

Held on 21 July in Antony, France

Pos.	Nation	Points
1	Romania	96.5
2		86
3	France	83
4		65
5	Switzerland	59
6		58
7	Sweden	52.5
8		40

Semifinals

Men

All semifinals were held on 30 June and 1 July. First two teams qualified for the "A" final (plus Italy as the host). Places 3–5 qualified for the "B" final. Semifinal 1

Held in Lüdenscheid, West Germany

Pos.	Nation	Points
1		141
2	Poland	136
3	Italy	101
4		93
5		87
6		70
7		55
8		34

Semifinal 2

Held in Geneva, Switzerland

Pos.	Nation	Points
1		150
2	France	108
3	Switzerland	95
4		94
5		90
6	Spain	89
7	Netherlands	58
8		36

Semifinal 3

Held in Malmö, Sweden

Pos.	Nation	Points
1		139
2	Great Britain	106
3	Bulgaria	99
4	Romania	91
5	Belgium	90.5
6	Sweden	83
7		69
8	Portugal	41

Women

First two teams qualified for the "A" final (plus Italy as the host). Places 3–5 qualified for the "B" final. Semifinal 1

Held in Sofia, Bulgaria, on 30 June

Pos.	Nation	Points
1		109.5
2	Bulgaria	102
3	Romania	91
4	Switzerland	57.5
5		55
6	Belgium	54
7		44
8	Spain	27

Semifinal 2

Held in Sittard, Netherlands, on 1 July

Pos.	Nation	Points
1		115
2	Poland	98
3		67
4	Sweden	66
5	Italy	65
6	Netherlands	60
7		42
8	Portugal	26

Semifinal 3

Held in Cwmbran, United Kingdom, on 1 July

Pos.	Nation	Points
1		109
2	Great Britain	105
3		90
4	France	69
5		61
6		43
7		39
8		23

Preliminary

Men

Preliminary round was held on 16 and 17 June in Luxembourg City. First three teams advanced to the semifinals.

Pos.	Nation	Points
1	Portugal	74
2		65.5
3		54
4		53.5
5		51

References

European Cup results (Men) from GBR Athletics
European Cup results (Women) from GBR Athletics

References

"The SPAR European Cup: Memories of Europe's premier team athletics event". european-athletics.org.
[http://asdpedaggio-castiglionetorinese.com/files/annuario-fidal.pdf 2010 Italian almanach] {{Webarchive. link. (2021-08-28 (p467))

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