European Athletics Junior Championships 1979

5th European Junior Athletics Championships
city	Bydgoszcz , Poland
Stadion	Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium
participating countries
Participating athletes
Competitions	36
opening	August 16, 1979
Closing ceremony	19th August 1979
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The 5th European Junior Athletics Championships took place from August 16-19, 1979 in the Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium in Bydgoszcz ( Poland ).

The competition results can be found under web links.

Medal table

Medal table (final score after 36 decisions)
space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	German Democratic Republic	14th	12	6th	32
2	BR Germany	7th	4th	6th	17th
3	United Kingdom	5	2	4th	11
4th	Soviet Union	4th	12	6th	22nd
5	Czechoslovakia	2	0	0	2
6th	Italy	1	1	2	4th
7th	Poland	1	0	2	3
8th	Finland	1	0	0	1
	Greece	1	0	0	1
10	Belgium	0	2	0	2
	Norway	0	2	0	2
12	Hungary	0	1	0	1
13	Bulgaria	0	0	4th	4th
14th	France	0	0	2	2
	Romania	0	0	2	2
	Switzerland	0	0	2	2
17th	Portugal	0	0	1	1
total		36	36	37	109

Web links

• Competition results on wjah.co.uk, accessed September 17, 2013
• Results (Women) (PDF; 122 kB) Results women on european-athletics.org, accessed September 12, 2013
• Results (Men) (PDF; 132 kB) Results men on european-athletics.org, accessed September 12, 2013