title: 1981 IAAF World Cup – Results
text: # 1981 IAAF World Cup – Results
  
  These are the full results of the 1981 IAAF World Cup which was held between 4 and 6 September 1981 at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy.
  
  ## Results
  
  ### 100 m
  
  | Men 4 September Wind: +0.2 m/s RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes 1Allan Wells (GBR)Europe10.209 2Ernest Obeng (GHA)Africa10.218 3Frank EmmelmannEast Germany10.317 4Nikolay SidorovSoviet Union10.416 5Colin Bradford (JAM)Americas10.445 6Pierfrancesco PavoniItaly10.514 7Gerrard Keating (AUS)Oceania10.703 8Suchart Chairsuvaparb (THA)Asia10.732 9Carl LewisUnited States10.961 | Women 5 September Wind: +0.1 m/s RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes 1Evelyn AshfordUnited States11.029 2Kathy Smallwood (GBR)Europe11.108 3Marlies GöhrEast Germany11.137 4Angela Taylor (CAN)Americas11.186 5Natalya BochinaSoviet Union11.385 6Marisa MasulloItaly11.534 7Helen Edwards (AUS)Oceania11.583 8Nawal El Moutawakel (MAR)Africa11.922 9Yukiko Osako (JPN)Asia12.141 |
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  ### 200 m
  
  | Men 6 September Wind: +0.1 m/s RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes 1Mel LattanyUnited States20.219 2Allan Wells (GBR)Europe20.538 3Frank EmmelmannEast Germany20.577 4Don Quarrie (JAM)Americas20.666 5Giovanni BongiorniItaly21.115 6Yuriy NaumenkoSoviet Union21.134 7Degnan Kablan (CIV)Africa21.203 8Toshio Toyota (JPN)Asia21.392 9Peter Van Miltenburg (AUS)Oceania21.881 | Women 4 September Wind: +0.7 m/s RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes 1Evelyn AshfordUnited States22.189 2Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH)Europe22.318 3Bärbel WöckelEast Germany22.417 4Angela Taylor (CAN)Americas22.676 5Natalya BochinaSoviet Union23.055 6Marisa MasulloItaly23.224 7Helen Edwards (AUS)Oceania23.683 8Hannah Afriyie (GHA)Africa24.632 9Emiko Konishi (JPN)Asia24.821 |
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  ### 400 m
  
  | Men 5 September RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes 1Cliff WileyUnited States44.889 2Mauro ZulianiItaly45.268 3Bert Cameron (JAM)Americas45.277 4Hartmut Weber (FRG)Europe45.526 5Viktor MarkinSoviet Union45.785 6Andreas KnebelEast Germany45.864 7Hassan El Kashief (SUD)Africa45.963 8Gary Minihan (AUS)Oceania46.852 9Takevuki Isobe (JPN)Asia47.711 | Women 6 September RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes 1Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH)Europe48.619 2Marita KochEast Germany49.278 3Jackie Pusey (JAM)Americas51.487 4Denean HowardUnited States51.766 5Erica RossiItaly52.505 6Irina NazarovaSoviet Union53.214 7Leanne Evans (AUS)Oceania53.443 8Ruth Atuti (KEN)Africa55.582 9Junko Yoshida (JPN)Asia56.001 |
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  ### 800 m
  
  | Men 4 September RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes 1Sebastian Coe (GBR)Europe1:46.169 2James RobinsonUnited States1:47.318 3Detlef WagenknechtEast Germany1:47.497 4Mike Hillardt (AUS)Oceania1:47.596 5Omer Khalifa (SUD)Africa1:47.635 6Joaquim Cruz (BRA)Americas1:47.774 7Carlo GrippoItaly1:47.793 8Nikolay KirovSoviet Union1:48.152 9Abraham Rajan (IND)Asia1:53.211 | Women 5 September RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes 1Lyudmila VeselkovaSoviet Union1:57.489 2Martina SteukEast Germany1:58.318 3Jolanta Januchta (POL)Europe1:58.327 4Gabriella DorioItaly1:59.436 5Terri-Anne Cater (AUS)Oceania2:00.565 6Madeline ManningUnited States2:01.794 7Brit McRoberts (CAN)Americas2:02.193 8Mary Chemweno (KEN)Africa2:05.732 9Geeta Zutshi (IND)Asia2:09.561 |
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  ### 1500 m
  
  | Men 5 September RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes 1Steve Ovett (GBR)Europe3:34.959 2John Walker (NZL)Oceania3:35.498 3Olaf BeyerEast Germany3:35.587 4Mike Boit (KEN)Africa3:35.736 5Sydney MareeUnited States3:36.565 6Nikolay KirovSoviet Union3:38.054 7Claudio PatrignaniItaly3:39.413 8John Craig (CAN)Americas3:39.862 9Takahashi Ishii (JPN)Asia3:40.931 | Women 4 September RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes 1Tamara SorokinaSoviet Union4:03.339 2Gabriella DorioItaly4:03.758 3Ulrike BrunsEast Germany4:04.677 4Anna Bukis (POL)Europe4:06.726 5Jan MerrillUnited States4:08.985 6Brit McRoberts (CAN)Americas4:09.664 7Mary Chemweno (KEN)Africa4:10.493 8Dianne Rodger (NZL)Oceania4:19.982 9Zhang Xiuyun (CHN)Asia4:26.971 |
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  ### 5000/3000 m
  
  | Men 6 September RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes 1Eamonn Coghlan (IRL)Europe14:08.399 2Hansjörg KunzeEast Germany14:08.548 3Vittorio FontanellaItaly14:09.067 4Valeriy AbramovSoviet Union14:09.856 5Tolossa Kotu (ETH)Africa14:11.145 6Matt CentrowitzUnited States14:11.144 7Gopal Singh Saini (IND)Asia14:14.883 8Paul Williams (CAN)Americas14:24.212 9Peter Renner (NZL)Oceania14:31.671 | Women 6 September RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes 1Angelika ZauberEast Germany8:54.899 2Maricica Puică (ROM)Europe8:55.808 3Silvana CruciataItaly8:57.107 4Tatyana PozdnyakovaSoviet Union9:02.956 5Brenda WebbUnited States9:13.105 6Justina Chepchirchir (KEN)Africa9:18.804 7Barbara Moore (NZL)Oceania9:18.833 8Akemi Masuda (JPN)Asia9:58.072 9Angelita Lind (PUR)Americas10:20.921 |
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  ### 10,000 m
  
  **Men**
  
  4 September
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Team | Time | Points | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Werner Schildhauer | East Germany | 27:38.43 | 9 | NR |
  | 2 | Mohamed Kedir (ETH) | Africa | 27:39.44 | 8 | |
  | 3 | Alberto Salazar | United States | 27:40.69 | 7 | |
  | 4 | Venanzio Ortis | Italy | 27:42.70 | 6 | |
  | 5 | Martti Vainio (FIN) | Europe | 27:48.62 | 5 | |
  | 6 | Toomas Turb | Soviet Union | 27:54.18 | 4 | |
  | 7 | Kunimitsu Itō (JPN) | Asia | 28:35.95 | 3 | |
  | 8 | Steve Austin (AUS) | Oceania | 28:51.70 | 2 | |
  | 9 | Peter Butler (CAN) | Americas | 29:47.05 | 1 | |
  
  ### 110/100 m hurdles
  
  | Men 6 September Wind: -0.2 m/s RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes 1Greg FosterUnited States13.329 2Alejandro Casañas (CUB)Americas13.368 3Július Ivan (TCH)Europe13.667 4Andreas SchlißkeEast Germany13.726 5Yuriy ChervanyovSoviet Union13.765 6Daniele FontecchioItaly13.904 7Tim Soper (NZL)Oceania14.313 8Yoshifumi Fujimori (JPN)Asia14.312 9Charles Kokoyo (KEN)Africa14.631 | Women 5 September Wind: +0.1 m/s RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes 1Tatyana AnisimovaSoviet Union12.859 2Kerstin KnabeEast Germany12.918 3Lucyna Langer (POL)Europe12.977 4Stephanie HightowerUnited States13.096 5Penny Gillies (AUS)Oceania13.595 6Patrizia LombardoItaly13.684 7Grisel Machado (CUB)Americas13.763 8Emi Akimoto (JPN)Asia13.972 9Cécile Ngambi (CMR)Africa14.161 |
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  ### 400 m hurdles
  
  | Men 4 September RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes 1Edwin MosesUnited States47.379 2Volker BeckEast Germany49.168 3Harry Schulting (NED)Europe49.697 4Vasiliy ArkhipenkoSoviet Union49.856 5António Ferreira (BRA)Americas50.455 6Garry Brown (AUS)Oceania50.594 7Saverio GelliniItaly50.693 8Takashi Nagao (JPN)Asia51.952 9Jackson Melly (KEN)Africa52.901 | Women 4 September RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes 1Ellen NeumannEast Germany54.829 2Genowefa Błaszak (POL)Europe56.208 3Anna KastetskayaSoviet Union56.377 4Lynette Foreman (AUS)Oceania57.516 5Giuseppina CirulliItaly58.115 6Mercedes Mesa (CUB)Americas59.534 7Sandy MyersUnited States59.953 8Yumiko Aoi (JPN)Asia1:01.722 9Célestine N'Drin (CIV)Africa1:04.681 |
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  ### 3000 m steeplechase
  
  **Men**
  
  5 September
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Team | Time | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Bogusław Mamiński (POL) | Europe | 8:19.89 | 9 |
  | 2 | Mariano Scartezzini | Italy | 8:19.93 | 8 |
  | 3 | Masanari Shintaku (JPN) | Asia | 8:23.64 | 7 |
  | 4 | Ralf Pönitzsch | East Germany | 8:24.13 | 6 |
  | 5 | Gregory Duhaime (CAN) | Americas | 8:25.12 | 5 |
  | 6 | Sergey Yepishin | Soviet Union | 8:28.78 | 4 |
  | 7 | Eshetu Tura (ETH) | Africa | 8:35.23 | 3 |
  | 8 | Peter Larkins (AUS) | Oceania | 8:39.63 | 2 |
  | | Henry Marsh | United States | DQ | 0 |
  
  ### 4 × 100 m relay
  
  | Men 5 September RankTeamAthletesTimePointsNotes 1EuropeKrzysztof Zwoliński (POL), Zenon Licznerski (POL), Leszek Dunecki (POL), Marian Woronin (POL)38.739 2East GermanyFrank Hollender, Detlef Kübeck, Bernhard Hoff, Frank Emmelmann38.798 3United StatesMel Lattany, Anthony Ketchum, Stanley Floyd, Steve Williams38.857 4Soviet UnionYuriy Naumenko, Nikolay Sidorov, Aleksandr Aksinin, Vladimir Muravyov39.046 5AmericasDesai Williams (CAN), Colin Bradford (JAM), Don Quarrie (JAM), Ben Johnson (CAN)39.135 6ItalyPierfrancesco Pavoni, Giovanni Bongiorni, Diego Nodari, Carlo Simionato 39.674 7AsiaToshio Toyota (JPN), Hideyuki Arikawa (JPN), Hideki Ikeda (JPN), Hirohito Yamazaki (JPN) 40.073 8OceaniaGerrard Keating (AUS), Shane Downey (NZL), James Kelly (AUS), Peter Van Miltenberg (AUS)40.852 AfricaAmadou Meité (CIV), Théophile Nkounkou (CGO), Degnan Kablan (CIV), Ernest Obeng (GHA)DQ0 | Women 6 September RankTeamAthletesTimePointsNotes 1East GermanyKirsten Siemon, Bärbel Wöckel, Gesine Walther, Marlies Göhr 42.229 2United StatesAlice Brown, Jeanette Bolden, Florence Griffith, Evelyn Ashford42.828 3Soviet UnionOlga Zolotaryova, Olga Nasonova, Lyudmila Kondratyeva, Natalya Bochina 43.017 4AmericasLeleith Hodges (JAM), Jackie Pusey (JAM), Angela Bailey (CAN), Angela Taylor (CAN) 43.066 5OceaniaWendy Brown (NZL), Kerrie Waite (AUS), Penny Gillies (AUS), Helen Edwards (AUS)44.995 6ItalyAntonella Capriotti, Carla Mercurio, Patrizia Lombardo, Marisa Masullo 45.014 7AfricaNawal El Moutawakel (MAR), Cécile Ngambi (CMR), Alice Adala (KEN), Hannah Afriyie (GHA)46.153 8AsiaTomi Osako (JPN), Yukiko Osako (JPN), Emiko Konishi (JPN), Emi Akimoto (JPN) 46.452 EuropeWendy Hoyte (GBR), Kathy Smallwood (GBR), Beverley Callender (GBR), Shirley Thomas (GBR)DNF0 |
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  ### 4 × 400 m relay
  
  | Men 6 September RankTeamAthletesTimePointsNotes 1United StatesWalter McCoy, Cliff Wiley, Willie Smith, Tony Darden 2:59.129WL 2EuropeEric Josjö (SWE), Fons Brijdenbach (BEL), Koen Gijsbers (NED), Hartmut Weber (FRG) 3:01.478 3AmericasHéctor Daley (PAN), Colin Bradford (JAM), Mike Paul (TRI), Bert Cameron (JAM) 3:02.017 4Soviet UnionPavel Roshchin, Viktor Burakov, Vitaliy Fyodotov, Viktor Markin 3:02.936 5ItalyStefano Malinverni, Roberto Tozzi, Alfonso Di Guida, Mauro Zuliani 3:03.235 6East GermanyFrank Schaffer, Carsten Petters, Volker Beck, Andreas Knebel 3:03.634 7AfricaBrahim Ammour (ALG), Degnan Kablan (CIV), Sammy Koskei (KEN), James Atuti (KEN) 3:05.553 8OceaniaGary Minihan (AUS), John Fleming (AUS), Peter Van Miltenberg (AUS), Michael Willis (AUS)3:07.112 9AsiaEiji Natori (JPN), Takayuki Isobe (JPN), Shigenobu Omori (JPN), Takashi Nagao (JPN) 3:09.931 | Women 4 September RankTeamAthletesTimePointsNotes 1East GermanyDagmar Rübsam, Martina Steuk, Bärbel Wöckel, Marita Koch3:20.629 2EuropeMichelle Scutt (GBR), Verona Elder (GBR), Joslyn Hoyte-Smith (GBR), Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH) 3:23.038 3AmericasCharmaine Crooks (CAN), Jackie Pusey (JAM), Marita Payne (CAN), June Griffith (GUY) 3:26.427 4Soviet UnionNadyezhda Lyalina, Irina Baskakova, Tatyana Litvinova, Irina Nazarova 3:26.926 5United StatesDelisa Walton, Lorna Forde, Arlise Emerson, Denean Howard 3:30.725 6ItalyPatrizia Lombardo, Morena Pistrino, Giuseppina Cirulli, Erica Rossi 3:36.504 7OceaniaLeanne Evans (AUS), Lynette Foreman (AUS), Gail Millar (AUS), Marian O'Shaughnessy (AUS) 3:37.273 8AsiaLydia de Vega (PHI), Junko Yoshida (JPN), Gao Yanqing (CHN), Saik Oik Cum (MAS) 3:47.642 9AfricaMarième Boye (SEN), Célestine N'Drin (CIV), Regine Dramiga (UGA), Ruth Atuki (KEN) 3:49.131 |
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  ### High jump
  
  | Men 6 September RankAthleteTeamResultPointsNotes 1Tyke PeacockUnited States2.289 2Gerd Nagel (FRG)Europe2.268 3Jörg FreimuthEast Germany2.247 4Valeriy SeredaSoviet Union2.186 5Milton Ottey (CAN)Americas2.155 6Massimo Di GiorgioItaly2.154 7Amadou Dia Ba (SEN)Africa2.153 8David Hoyle (AUS)Oceania2.102 9Zhu Jianhua (CHN)Asia2.101 | Women 4 September RankAthleteTeamResultPointsNotes 1Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG)Europe1.969 2Tamara BykovaSoviet Union1.968 3Pam SpencerUnited States1.927 4Christine Stanton (AUS)Oceania1.866 5Alessandra FossatiItaly1.864.5 5Jutta KirstEast Germany1.864.5 7Hisayo Fukumitsu (JPN)Asia1.833 8Silvia Costa (CUB)Americas1.832 9Kawther Akrémi (TUN)Africa1.601 |
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  ### Pole vault
  
  **Men**
  
  5 September
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Team | Result | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Konstantin Volkov | Soviet Union | 5.70 | 9 |
  | 2 | Jean-Michel Bellot (FRA) | Europe | 5.55 | 8 |
  | 3 | Billy Olson | United States | 5.50 | 7 |
  | 4 | Tomomi Takahashi (JPN) | Asia | 5.40 | 6 |
  | 5 | Axel Weber | East Germany | 5.30 | 5 |
  | 6 | Mauro Barella | Italy | 5.20 | 4 |
  | 7 | Rubén Camino (CUB) | Americas | 5.20 | 3 |
  | 8 | Kieran McKee (NZL) | Oceania | 4.70 | 2 |
  | 9 | Mohammed Ben Saad (ALG) | Africa | 4.50 | 1 |
  
  ### Long jump
  
  | Men 4 September RankAthleteTeamResultPointsNotes 1Carl LewisUnited States8.159 2Gary Honey (AUS)Oceania8.118NR 3Shamil AbbyasovSoviet Union7.957 4Liu Yuhuang (CHN)Asia7.896 5Uwe LangeEast Germany7.715 6Giovanni EvangelistiItaly7.674 7László Szalma (HUN)Europe7.653 8Charlton Ehizuelen (NGR)Africa7.472 9Ubaldo Duany (CUB)Americas5.371 | Women 6 September RankAthleteTeamResultPointsNotes 1Sigrid UlbrichtEast Germany6.809 2Jodi AndersonUnited States6.618 3Anna Włodarczyk (POL)Europe6.597 4Tatyana SkachkoSoviet Union6.496 5Shonel Ferguson (BAH)Americas6.345 6Linda Garden (AUS)Oceania6.104 7Barbara NorelloItaly6.013 8Wu Feng (CHN)Asia5.762 9Jeanette Yawson (GHA)Africa5.701 |
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  ### Triple jump
  
  **Men**
  
  5 September
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Team | Result | Points | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | João Carlos de Oliveira (BRA) | Americas | 17.37 | 9 | |
  | 2 | Zou Zhenxian (CHN) | Asia | 17.34 | 8 | AR |
  | 3 | Willie Banks | United States | 17.04 | 7 | |
  | 4 | Jaak Uudmäe | Soviet Union | 16.83 | 6 | |
  | 5 | Béla Bakosi (HUN) | Europe | 16.70 | 5 | |
  | 6 | Ken Lorraway (AUS) | Oceania | 16.70 | 4 | |
  | 7 | Lutz Dombrowski | East Germany | 16.33 | 3 | |
  | 8 | Ajayi Agbebaku (NGR) | Africa | 16.14 | 2 | |
  | 9 | Paolo Piapan | Italy | 15.38 | 1 | |
  
  ### Shot put
  
  | Men 4 September RankAthleteTeamResultPointsNotes 1Udo BeyerEast Germany21.409 2Yevgeniy MironovSoviet Union20.348 3Dave LautUnited States19.907 4Ralf Reichenbach (FRG)Europe19.186 5Bishop Dolegiewicz (CAN)Americas18.885 6Nagui Asaad (EGY)Africa18.764 7Alessandro AndreiItaly18.373 8Philip Nettle (AUS)Oceania17.202 Mohamed Al-Zinkawi (KUW)AsiaNM0 | Women 5 September RankAthleteTeamResultPointsNotes 1Ilona SlupianekEast Germany20.609 2Helena Fibingerová (TCH)Europe19.928 3María Elena Sarría (CAN)Americas19.217 4Nina IsayevaSoviet Union18.086 5Cinzia PetrucciItaly17.775 6Shen Lijuan (CHN)Asia17.094 7Denise WoodUnited States16.003 8Christine Schulz (AUS)Oceania14.382 9Odette Mistoul (GAB)Africa13.561 |
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  ### Discus throw
  
  | Men 4 September RankAthleteTeamResultPointsNotes 1Armin LemmeEast Germany66.389 2Luis Delís (CUB)Americas66.268 3Imrich Bugár (TCH)Europe64.387 4Dmitry KovtsunSoviet Union62.826 5Armando De VincentiisItaly58.145 6Mohammed Naguib (EGY)Africa57.944 7Li Weinan (CHN)Asia54.523 8Robin Tait (NZL)Oceania53.242 | Women 6 September RankAthleteTeamResultPointsNotes 1Evelin JahlEast Germany66.709 2Mariya Petkova (BUL)Europe66.308 3Galina SavinkovaSoviet Union63.967 4Carmen Romero (CUB)Americas61.606 5Li Xiaohui (CHN)Asia55.705 6Leslie DenizUnited States53.204 7Maristella BanoItaly50.303 8Andrina Rovis-Herman (AUS)Oceania45.802 9Zoubida Laayouni (MAR)Africa45.241 |
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  ### Hammer throw
  
  **Men**
  
  5 September
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Team | Result | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Yuriy Sedykh | Soviet Union | 77.42 | 9 |
  | 2 | Karl-Hans Riehm (FRG) | Europe | 75.60 | 8 |
  | 3 | Giampaolo Urlando | Italy | 71.92 | 7 |
  | 4 | Scott Neilson (CAN) | Americas | 67.56 | 6 |
  | 5 | Dave McKenzie | United States | 66.72 | 5 |
  | 6 | Shigenobu Murofushi (JPN) | Asia | 66.64 | 4 |
  | 7 | Roland Steuk | East Germany | 65.74 | 3 |
  | 8 | Hakim Toumi (ALG) | Africa | 59.80 | 2 |
  | 9 | Agostino Puopolo (AUS) | Oceania | 56.18 | 1 |
  
  ### Javelin throw
  
  | Men 4 September RankAthleteTeamResultPointsNotes 1Dainis KulaSoviet Union89.749 2Detlef MichelEast Germany89.388 3Pentti Sinersaari (FIN)Europe83.267 4Rod EwalikoUnited States82.246 5Agostino GhesiniItaly80.965 6Mike O'Rourke (NZL)Oceania79.784 7Shen Maomao (CHN)Asia79.083 8Justin Arop (UGA)Africa77.762 9Dionisio Quintana (CUB)Americas77.281 | Women 6 September RankAthleteTeamResultPointsNotes 1Antoaneta Todorova (BUL)Europe70.089 2Petra FelkeEast Germany66.608 3Karin SmithUnited States63.047 4Petra Rivers (AUS)Oceania61.546 5Mayra Villa (CUB)Americas59.005 6Leolita BlodnieceSoviet Union57.064 7Tang Guoli (CHN)Asia56.663 8Fausta QuintavallaItaly52.802 9Agnès Tchuinté (CMR)Africa52.561 |
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