Track & Field

Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff

Men

100 Meters

  Time 
1Donovan Bailey, CAN9.84WR
2Frank Fredericks, NAM9.89 
3Ato Boldon, TRI9.90 
Top 10 USA—4th Dennis Mitchell (9.99); 5th Michael Marsh (10.00).

200 meters

  Time 
1Michael Johnson, USA19.32WR
2Frank Fredericks, NAM19.68 
3Ato Boldon, TRI19.80 
Other Top 10 USA—5th Jeff Williams (20.17); 8th Michael Marsh (20.48).

400 meters

  Time 
1Michael Johnson, USA43.49OR
2Roger Black, GBR44.41 
3Davis Kamoga, UGA44.53 
Other Top 10 USA—4th Alvin Harrison (44.62)

800 meters

  Time 
1Vebjoern Rodal, NOR1:42.58OR
2Hezekiel Sepeng, S. Afr1:42.74 
3Fred Onyancha, KEN1:42.79 
Top 10 USA—7th Johnny Gray (1:44.21).

1500 meters

  Time
1Noureddine Morceli, ALG3:35.78
2Fermin Cacho, SPA3:36.40
3Stephen Kipkorir, KEN3:36.72

5000 meters

  Time
1Venuste Niyongabo, BUR13:07.96
2Paul Bitok, KEN13:08.16
3Khalid Boulami, MOR13:08.37

10,000 meters

  Time 
1Haile Gebrselassie, ETH27:07.34OR
2Paul Tergat, KEN27:08.17 
3Salah Hissou, MOR27:24.67 

Marathon

  Time
1Josia Thugwane, S. Afr2:12:36
2Lee Bong-Ju, S.KOR2:12:39
3Eric Wainaina, KEN2:12:44
Top USA—28th Keith Brantly (2:18:17); 31st Bob Kempainen (2:18:38); 41st Mark Coogan (2:20:27).

4x100-meter Relay

  Time
1Canada37.69
2United States38.05
3Brazil38.41
CAN—Donovan Bailey, Robert Esmie, Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin, Carlton Chambers; USA—Tim Harden, Jon Drummond, Michael Marsh, Dennis Mitchell, Tim Montgomery; BRA—Edson Ribeiro, Arnaldo Silva, Andre Silva, Robson da Silva.

4x400-meter Relay

  Time
1United States2:55.99
2Great Britain2:56.60
3Jamaica2:59.42
USA—Anthuan Maybank, Derek Mills, LaMont Smith, Alvin Harrison, Jason Rouser; GBR—Jamie Baulch, Mark Hylton, Du'aine Ladejo, Mark Richardson, Iwan Thomas, Roger Black; JAM—Dennis Blake, Davian Clarke; Roxbert Martin, Michael McDonald, Greg Haughton, Garth Robinson.

110-meter Hurdles

  Time 
1Allen Johnson, USA12.95OR
2Mark Crear, USA13.09 
3Florian Schwarthoff, GER13.17 
Other Top 10 USA—6th Eugene Swift (13.23).

400-meter Hurdles

  Time
1Derrick Adkins, USA47.54
2Samuel Matete, ZAM47.78
3Calvin Davis, USA47.96

3000-meter Steeplechase

  Time
1Joseph Keter, KEN8:07.12
2Moses Kiptanui, KEN8:08.33
3Alessandro Lambruschini, ITA8:11.28
USA Top 12—5th Mark Croghan (8:17.84); 12th Marc Davis (9:51.96)

20-kilometer Walk

  Time
1Jefferson Perez, ECU1:20:07
2Ilya Markov, RUS1:20:16
3Bernardo Segura, MEX1:20:23
Top USA—50th Curt Clausen (1:31:30).

50-kilometer Walk

  Time
1Robert Korzeniowski, POL3:43:30
2Mikhail Shchennikov, RUS3:43:46
3Valentin Massana, SPA3:44:19
Top USA—24th Allen James (4:01:18).

High Jump

  Distance 
1Charles Austin, USA7-10OR
2Artur Partyka, POL7-91/4 
3Steve Smith, GBR7-81/2 

Pole Vault

  Distance 
1Jean Galfione, FRA19-51/4OR
2Igor Trandenkov, RUS19-51/4OR
3Andrei Tivontchik, GER19-51/4OR
Note: All three cleared the same height, order of finish was decided by number of misses.
Top 10 USA—8th Lawrence Johnson (18-81/4).

Long Jump

  Distance
1Carl Lewis, USA27-103/4
2James Beckford, JAM27-21/2
3Joe Greene, USA27-01/2
Other Top 10 USA—5th Mike Powell (26-93/4)

Triple Jump

  Distance 
1Kenny Harrison, USA59-41/4OR
2Jonathan Edwards, GBR58-8 
3Yoelbi Quesada, CUB57-23/4 
Other Top 10 USA—4th Mike Conley (57-1); 8th Robert Howard (55-51/2)

Shot Put

  Distance
1Randy Barnes, USA70-111/4
2John Godina, USA68-21/2
3Oleksandr Bagach, UKR68-1
Other Top 10 USA—7th C.J. Hunter (66-103/4).

Discus

  Distance
1Lars Riedel, GER227-8
2Vladimir Dubrovshchik, BLR218-6
3Vasiliy Kaptyukh, BLR215-10

Hammer Throw

  Distance
1Balazs Kiss, HUN266-6
2Lance Deal, USA266-2
3Oleksiy Krykun, UKR262-6

Javelin

  Distance
1Jan Zelezny, CZE289-3
2Steve Backley, GBR286-10
3Seppo Raty, FIN285-4

Decathlon

  Points
1Dan O'Brien, USA8824
2Frank Busemann, GER8706
3Tomas Dvorak, CZE8664
Other Top 10 USA—4th Steve Fritz (8644); 10th Chris Huffins (8300).

Women

100 meters

  Time
1Gail Devers, USA10.94
2Merlene Ottey, JAM10.94
3Gwen Torrence, USA10.96

200 meters

  Time
1Marie-Jose Perec, FRA22.12
2Merlene Ottey, JAM22.24
3Mary Onyali, NGR22.38
Top 10 USA—4th Inger Miller (22.41); 8th Carlette Guidry (22.61).

400 meters

  Time 
1Marie-Jose Perec, FRA48.25OR
2Cathy Freeman, AUS48.63 
3Falilat Ogunkoya, NGR49.10 
Top 10 USA—5th Jearl Miles (49.55).

800 meters

  Time
1Svetlana Masterkova, RUS1:57.73
2Ana Quirot, CUB1:58.11
3Maria Mutola, MOZ1:58.71

1500 meters

  Time
1Svetlana Masterkova, RUS4:00.83
2Gabriela Szabo, ROM4:01.54
3Theresia Kiesl, AUT4:03.02
Top 10 USA—10th Regina Jacobs (4:07.21).

5000 meters

  Time
1Wang Junxia, CHN14:59.88
2Pauline Konga, KEN15:03.49
3Roberta Brunet, ITA15:07.52
Top 10 USA—9th Lynn Jennings (15:17.50); 10th Amy Rudolph (15:19.77).

10,000 meters

  Time 
1Fernanda Ribeiro, POR31:01.63OR
2Wang Junxia, CHN31:02.58 
3Gete Wami, ETH31:06.65 

Marathon

  Time
1Fatuma Roba, ETH2:26:05
2Valentina Yegorova, RUS2:28:05
3Yuko Arimori, JPN2:28:39
Top USA—10th Anne Marie Lauck (2:31:30); 31st Linda Somers (2:36:58).

4x100-meter Relay

  Time
1United States41.95
2Bahamas42.14
3Jamaica42.24
USA—Chryste Gaines, Gail Devers, Inger Miller, Gwen Torrence; BAH—Eldece Clarke, Chandra Sturrup, Sevatheda Fynes, Pauline Davis; JAM—Michelle Freeman, Juliet Cuthbert, Nikole Mitchell, Merlene Ottey.

4x400-meter Relay

  Time
1United States3:20.91
2Nigeria3:21.04
3Germany3:21.14
USA—Rochelle Stevens, Maicel Malone, Kim Graham, Jearl Miles, Linetta Wilson; NGR—Bisi Afolabi, Fatima Yusuf, Charity Opara, Falilat Ogunkoya; GER—Uta Rohlaender, Linda Kisabaka, Anja Ruecker, Grit Breuer.

100-meter Hurdles

  Time
1Ludmila Engquist, SWE12.58
2Brigita Bukovec, SLO12.59
3Patricia Girard-Leno, FRA12.65
Top 10 USA—4th Gail Devers (12.66).

400-meter Hurdles

  Time 
1Deon Hemmings, JAM52.82OR
2Kim Batten, USA53.08 
3Tonja Buford-Bailey, USA53.22 

10-kilometer Walk

  Time
1Yelena Ninikolayeva, RUS41:49
2Elisabetta Perrone, ITA42:12
3Wang Yan, CHN42:19
Top USA—14th Michelle Rohl (44:29); 20th Debbie Lawrence (45:32).

High Jump

  Distance 
1Stefka Kostadinova, BUL6-83/4  OR
2Niki Bakogianni, GRE6-80{$} 
3Inha Babakova, UKR6-70{$} 
Top USA—11th Tisha Waller (6-4).

Long Jump

  Distance
1Chioma Ajunwa, NGR23-41/2
2Fiona May, ITA23-01/2
3Jackie Joyner-Kersee, USA22-113/4

Triple Jump

  Distance
1Inessa Kravets, UKR50-31/2
2Inna Lasovskaya, RUS49-13/4
3Sarka Kasparkova, CZE49-13/4
Top USA—11th Sheila Hudson, USA (46-0)

Shot Put

  Distance
1Astrid Kumbernuss, GER67-51/2
2Sui Xinmei, CHN65-23/4
3Irina Khudorozhkina, RUS63-60{$}
Top 10 USA—5th Connie Price-Smith (63-03/4); 9th Ramona Pagel (60-73/4).

Discus

  Distance
1Ilke Wyludda, GER228-6
2Natalya Sadova, RUS218-1
3Elya Zvereva, BLR215-4

Javelin

  Distance
1Heli Rantanen, FIN222-11
2Louise McPaul, AUS215-0
3Trine Hattestad, NOR213-2

Heptathlon

  Points
1Ghada Shouaa, SYR6780
2Natasha Sazanovich, BLR6563
3Denise Lewis, GBR6489
Top 10 USA—8th Kelly Blair (6307); 9th Sharon Hanson (6292).
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