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.
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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. Categories :
1979 Military Friendship Athletics Championships
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