The 5th IAAF World Cup in Athletics was an international track and field sporting event sponsored by the International Association of Athletics Federations, held on September 8–10, 1989, at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in Barcelona, Spain.

Overall results

Men[edit] Pos. Team Result 1  United States 133 2 Europe 127 3  Great Britain 119 4  East Germany 116,5 5 Africa 107 6 America 97 7 Asia 68,5 8  Spain 64,5 8 Oceania 64,5

Women[edit] Pos. Team Result 1  East Germany 124 2  Soviet Union 106 3 Americas 94 4 Europe 89 5  United States 84,5 6 Asia 67,5 7 Africa 58 8  Spain 48 9 Oceania 40

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Linford Christie (GBR) Great Britain	10.10	Leroy Burrell (USA) United States	10.15	Daniel Sangouma (FRA) Europe	10.17
200 metres	Robson da Silva (BRA) Americas	20.00	Floyd Heard (USA) United States	20.36	Olapade Adeniken (NGR) Africa	20.38
400 metres	Roberto Hernández (CUB) Americas	44.58	Jens Carlowitz (GDR) East Germany	44.86	Gabriel Tiacoh (CIV) Africa	44.97
800 metres	Tom McKean (GBR) Great Britain	1:44.95	Jens-Peter Herold (GDR) East Germany	1:45.04	Nixon Kiprotich (KEN) Africa	1:45.08
1500 metres	Abdi Bile (SOM)} Africa	3:35.56	Sebastian Coe (GBR) Great Britain	3:35.79	Jens-Peter Herold (GDR) East Germany	3:35.87
5000 metres	Saïd Aouita (MAR) Africa	13:23.14	John Doherty (IRL) Europe	13:25.39	José Luis Carreira (ESP) Spain	13:25.94
10,000 metres	Salvatore Antibo (ITA) Europe	28:05.26	Addis Abebe (ETH) Africa	28:06.43	Antonio Prieto (ESP) Spain	28:07.42
110 metre hurdles	Roger Kingdom (USA) United States	12.87	Colin Jackson (GBR) Great Britain	12.95	Emilio Valle (CUB) Americas	13.21
400 metre hurdles	David Patrick (USA) United States	48.74	Henry Amike (NGR) Africa	49.24	Kriss Akabusi (GBR) Great Britain	49.42
3000 metre steeplechase	Julius Kariuki (KEN) Africa	8:20.84	Alessandro Lambruschini (ITA) Europe	8:21.75	Hagen Melzer (GDR) East Germany	8:23.21
4×100 metre relay	United States Andre Cason Tony Dees Daron Council Slip Watkins	38.29	Great Britain Clarence Callender John Regis Marcus Adam Linford Christie	38.34	Europe Max Morinière Gilles Quénéhervé Bruno Marie-Rose Daniel Sangouma	38.47
4×400 metre relay	Americas Lázaro Martínez Sérgio Menezes Howard Burnett Roberto Hernández	3:00.65	United States Clarence Daniel Oliver Bridges Raymond Pierre Antonio Pettigrew	3:00.99	Africa Simeon Kipkemboi Lucas Sang David Kitur Gabriel Tiacoh	3:01.88
High jump	Patrik Sjöberg (SWE) Europe	2.34	Dalton Grant (GBR) Great Britain	2.31	Javier Sotomayor (CUB) Americas	2.25
Pole vault	Philippe Collet (FRA) Europe	5.75	Tim Bright (USA) United States	5.70	Uwe Langhammer (GDR) East Germany	5.55
Long jump	Larry Myricks (USA) United States	8.29	Yusuf Alli (NGR) Africa	8.00	Stewart Faulkner (GBR) Great Britain	7.84
Triple jump	Mike Conley (USA) United States	17.49	Volodymyr Inozemtsev (URS) Soviet Union	17.31	Jonathan Edwards (GBR) Great Britain	17.28
Shot put	Ulf Timmermann (GDR) East Germany	21.68	Werner Günthör (SUI) Europe	21.40	Randy Barnes (USA) United States	21.10
Discus throw	Jürgen Schult (GDR) East Germany	67.12	Luis Delís (CUB) Americas	66.72	Rolf Danneberg (FRG) Europe	65.30
Hammer throw	Heinz Weis (FRG) Europe	77.68	Lance Deal (USA) United States	76.38	Ralf Haber (GDR) East Germany	76.28
Javelin throw	Steve Backley (GBR) Great Britain	85.90	Kazuhiro Mizoguchi (JPN) Asia	82.56	Volker Hadwich (GDR) East Germany	80.30

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Sheila Echols (USA) United States	11.18	Mary Onyali (NGR) Africa	11.23	Silke Möller (GDR) East Germany	11.24
200 metres	Silke Möller (GDR) East Germany	22.46	Mary Onyali (NGR) Africa	22.82	Grace Jackson (JAM) Americas	22.87
400 metres	Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) Americas	50.60	Grit Breuer (GDR) East Germany	50.67	Falilat Ogunkoya (NGR) Africa	51.67
800 metres	Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) Americas	1:54.44	Sigrun Wodars (GDR) East Germany	1:55.70	Doina Melinte (ROU) Europe	1:56.55
1500 metres	Paula Ivan (ROU) Europe	4:18.60	Yekaterina Podkopayeva (URS) Soviet Union	4:19.44	Yvonne Mai (GDR) East Germany	4:20.30
3000 metres	Yvonne Murray (GBR) Europe	8:44.32	Tatyana Pozdnyakova (URS) Soviet Union	8:49.42	PattiSue Plumer (USA) United States	8:54.33
10,000 metres	Kathrin Ullrich (GDR) East Germany	31:33.92	Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) Europe	31:42.01	Natalya Sorokivskaya (URS) Soviet Union	32:15.53
100 metre hurdles	Cornelia Oschkenat (GDR) East Germany	12.60	Lyudmila Narozhilenko (URS) Soviet Union	12.80	Lynda Tolbert (USA) United States	12.86
400 metre hurdles	Sandra Farmer-Patrick (USA) United States	53.84	Tatyana Ledovskaya (URS) Soviet Union	54.86	Sally Gunnell (GBR) Europe	55.25
4×100 metre relay	East Germany Kerstin Behrendt Sabine Günther Silke Möller Cornelia Oschkenat	42.21	Soviet Union Natalya Kovtun Galina Malchugina Tatyana Papilina Natalya Voronova	42.76	United States Sheila Echols Esther Jones Dawn Sowell Wenda Vereen	42.83
4×400 metre relay	Americas Charmaine Crooks Pauline Davis Grace Jackson Ana Fidelia Quirot	3:23.05	East Germany Annett Hesselbarth Katrin Schreiter Christine Wachtel Grit Breuer	3:23.97	Soviet Union Lyudmila Dzhigalova Yelena Golesheva Marina Shmonina Yelena Ruzina	3:26.15
High jump	Silvia Costa (CUB) Americas	2.04	Tamara Bykova (URS) Soviet Union	1.97	Alina Astafei (ROU) Europe	1.94
Long jump	Galina Chistyakova (URS) Soviet Union	7.10	Marieta Ilcu (ROU) Europe	6.71	Nicole Boegman (AUS) Oceania	6.64
Shot put	Huang Zhihong (CHN) Asia	20.73	Heike Hartwig (GDR) East Germany	20.62	Claudia Losch (FRG) Europe	20.10
Discus throw	Ilke Wyludda (GDR) East Germany	71.54	Hou Xuemei (CHN) Asia	66.04	Maritza Martén (CUB) Americas	65.40
Javelin throw	Petra Felke (GDR) East Germany	70.32	Zhang Li (CHN) Asia	61.50	Laverne Eve (BAH) Americas	60.32