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Regional Regional championships · since 1958

1978 USA vs USSR Series

Berkeley, United States of America 7–8 Jul 1978

events: 35
medals awarded: 101
nations on the podium: 2
world records: 0

Podiums

Sprints

100m

Steve Riddick 10.37

Clancy Edwards 10.39

Vladimir Ignatenko 10.49

Sprints

200m

Steve Williams 20.67

Tony Darden 20.68

Aleksandr Aksinin 21.12

Sprints

400m

Stan Vinson 45.94

Maxie Parks 46.36

Nikolay Chernyetskiy 46.67

Middle & long

800m

James Robinson 1:46.9

Vladimir Ponomaryov 1:47.5

Viktor Anokhin 1:48.1

Middle & long

1500m

Steve Scott 3:38.4

Valeriy Abramov 3:38.6

Anatoliy Mamontov 3:38.9

Middle & long

5000m

Marty Liquori 13:53.4

Matthew Centrowitz Sr 13:53.4

Mikhail Ulimov (1951) 13:54.4

Middle & long

10,000m

Leonid Moseyev 28:46.6

Satymkul Dzhumanazarov 28:49.0

Greg Fredericks 28:59.4

Middle & long

3000m steeplechase

Henry Marsh 8:33.8

Jim Johnson 8:36.4

Anatoliy Skripkin 8:38.8

Hurdles

110m hurdles

Greg Foster MR 13.46

Viktor Myasnikov NR 13.47

Kerry Bethel 13.64

Hurdles

400m hurdles

Rick Walker 48.91

Vasiliy Arkhipenko 49.92

Tom Andrews 50.32

Jumps

High jump

Vladimir Yashchenko 2.27

Franklin Jacobs 2.27

Benn Fields 2.22

Jumps

Pole vault

Yevgeniy Tananyka 5.48

Vladimir Trofimenko 5.48

Jeff Taylor 5.38

Jumps

Long jump

Arnie Robinson 8.01

Bob Calhoun 7.80

Valeriy Podluzhniy 7.71

Jumps

Triple jump

Anatoliy Piskulin 16.86

James Butts 16.68

Gennadiy Valyukevich 16.21

Throws

Shot put

Yevgeniy Mironov MR 20.79

Anatoliy Yarosh 19.91

Colin Anderson 19.57

Throws

Discus throw

Mac Wilkins 66.00

Nikolay Vikhor 63.94

Igor Duginets 62.50

Throws

Hammer throw

Yuriy Sedykh 75.18

Aleksey Spiridonov 72.92

Boris Djerassi 68.26

Throws

Javelin throw

Nikolay Grebnyev 87.10

Bob Roggy 82.92

Vasiliy Yershov 82.22

Race walks

20 km race walk

Nikolay Polozov 1:30:04

Todd Scully 1:32:13

Larry Walker 1:34:15

Relays

4x100m

United States of America

Don Coleman Eddie Hart Clancy Edwards Steve Riddick

39.14

Soviet Union

Vladimir Ignatenko Nikolay Kolesnikov Aleksandr Aksinin Valeriy Borzov

39.29

Relays

4x400m

United States of America

Elden Walker James Robinson Stan Vinson Maxie Parks

3:03.8

Soviet Union

Vasiliy Arkhipenko Sergey Lovachov Viktor Burakov Nikolay Chernyetskiy

3:05.1

Medal table

2 nations · 101 medals

#	Nation				Total	Share
1	United States of America USA	20	16	14	50
2	Soviet Union URS	15	19	17	51

Records set

7 MR

MR Greg Foster 110m hurdles · Men 13.46
MR Yevgeniy Mironov Shot put · Men 20.79
MR Evelyn Ashford 100m · Women 11.22
MR Evelyn Ashford 200m · Women 22.69
MR Tatyana Anisimova 100m hurdles · Women 12.96
MR Sherry Calvert Javelin throw · Women 63.38
MR United States of America 4x400m · Women 3:28.2