1979 World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships

Host City Eschborn
Country GER
Held 29 – 30 September 1979
Competitors 21
Countries 6

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
20 km Walk Men — Medal 3 2
50 km Walk Men — Medal 3 2
Combined Walk Team Men — Medal 12 3
5,000 m Walk Women — Medal 3 2
5,000 m Walk Team Women — Medal 9 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Mexico MEX 3 1 0 4
2 Great Britain GBR 2 1 0 3
3 Soviet Union URS 0 2 2 4
4 Sweden SWE 0 1 0 1
5 Norway NOR 0 0 2 2
6 East Germany GDR 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
20 km Walk, Men Daniel Bautista MEX Boris Yakovlev URS Nikolay Vinnichenko URS
50 km Walk, Men Martín Bermúdez MEX Enrique Vera MEX Viktor Dorovskikh URS
Combined Walk Team, Men Mexico MEX Soviet Union URS East Germany GDR
5,000 m Walk, Women Marion Fawkes GBR Carol Tyson GBR Thorill Gylder NOR
5,000 m Walk Team, Women Great Britain GBR Sweden SWE Norway NOR