Sport in Short: Athletics
IAAF MEETING (Lausanne, Swit) MEN: 100m (first series): 1 O Adeniken (Nig) 10.06sec; 2 L Christie (GB) 10.07; 3 B Surin (Can) 10.12. 6 J Regis (GB) 10.32. (second series): 1 B Marie-Rose (Fr) 10.30; 2 M Green (Jam) 10.50; 3 T Viscusi (Swit) 10.93. 200m: 1 M Johnson (US) 20.10; 2 O Adeniken (Nig) 20.11; 3 Regis 20.30. 5 Christie 20.41. 400m hurdles, (first series): 1 K Young (US) 47.97; 2 S Matete (Zambia) 48.18; 3 K Akabusi (GB) 48.30. (second series): 1 S Nylander (Swe) 48.75; 2 N Page (US) 49.40; 3 A Belikov (CIS) 49.47. 800m (first series): 1 W Tanui (Ken) 1min 43.62sec; 2 J Gray (US) 1:44.19; 3 R Kibet (Ken) 1:44.32. (second series): 1 A Douglas (Nor) 1:45.62; 2 T Baltus (Neth) 1:46.00; 3 L Haan (Neth) 1:46.07. 1500m (first series): 1 N Morceli (Alg) 3:34.16; 2 J Spivey (US) 3:34.18; 3 W Kemei (Ken) 3:34.31. (second series): 1 M Mourhit (Mor) 3:40.06; 2 A Geissbuhler (Swit) 3:40.38; 3 J Fourie (SA) 3:41.45. 5,000m: 1 Y Ondieki (Ken) 13:03.58; 2 W Omwoyo (Ken) 13:13.84; 3 R Chelimo (Ken) 13:19.23. Pole vault: 1 S Bubka (CIS) 5.90m; 2 G Yegorov (CIS) 5.80; 3 I Potapovitch (CIS) 5.80. Triple jump: 1 L Voloshin (CIS) 17.36; 2 M Conley (US) 17.35; 3 C Simpkins (US) 17.18. Hammer: 1 I Astapkovich (CIS) 82.34; 2 I Nikulin (CIS) 80.70; 3 A Abduvaliyev (CIS) 80.66. Shot: 1 W Gunthor (Swit) 21.61; 2 A Klimenko (CIS) 20.09.
WOMEN: 200m: 1 M Ottey (Jam) 22.18; 2 J Cuthbert (Jam) 22.35; 3 E Ashford (US) 22.65. 400m: 1 S Richards (Jam) 50.43; 2 J Miles (US) 50.64; 3 X Restrepo (Col) 50.85. 100m hurdles (first series): 1 L Tolbert (US) 12.71; 2 L Martin (US) 12.80; 3 J Baumann (Swit) 12.93. (second series): 1 O Adams (Cuba) 13.11sec; 2 A Myricks (US) 13.25; 3 A Hammel (Swit) 13.76. Javelin: 1 T Hattestad (Nor) 69.48; 2 N Shikolenko (CIS) 69.34; 3 T Sanderson (GB) 63.80. High jump: 1 S Kostadinova (Bul) 2.01; 2 H Henkel (Ger) 1.98; 3 G Astafei (Rom) 1.95
GREAT BRITAIN TEAM (for European Under-23 Cup, Gateshead, 18 and 19 July): MEN: 100m: J Livingston (Shaftesbury). 200m S Gookey (Rowntrees). 400m: D Grindley (Wigan). 800m: C Robb (Liverpool H). 1500m: J Mayock (Barnsley); 5000m: J Brown (Sheffield). 110m hurdles: J Hazel (Wolverhampton). 400m hurdles: N Levy (Blackheath). 3000m steeplechase: K Cullen (Chelmsford). 4 x 100m relay (from): Livingston, J John (Newham), Gookey, D Campbell (Sale), A Fugallo (Highgate), J Fergus (Brentwood). 4 x 400m relay (from): Grindley, C Winrow (Wigan), D Ladejo (Belgrave), M Richardson (Windsor), D McKenzie (Shaftesbury), C Southam (Leicester). Long jump: S Phillips (Birchfield). High jump: S Smith (Liverpool H). Triple jump: J Golley (Thames Valley). Pole vault: N Winter (Shaftesbury). Shot: M Simson (Thurrock). Javelin: M Cottrell (Belgrave). Discus: G Smith (Solihull). Hammer: J Byrne (West London).
WOMEN: 100m: A McGillivary (Edinburgh WM). 200m: K Merry (Birchfield). 400m: C Raven (Coventry). 800m: U English (Havering). 1500m: L York (Leicester). 3000m: P Radcliffe (Bedford). 100m hurdles: K Maddox (Cannock). 400m hurdles: L Fraser (Trafford). 4 x 100m relay (from): McGillivary, Merry, M Richardson (Windsor), P Cohen (Trafford), G McLeod (Birchfield), D Myhill (Western). 4 x 400m relay (from): Raven, M Thomas (Coventry), Fraser, N Crowther (Milton Keynes), H Frost (Leicester); V Rhodes (Hallamshire). Long jump: Y Idowu (Oxford). High jump: L Haggett (Croydon). Triple jump: A Hansen (Ilford). Shot: A Grey (Edinburgh AC); Javelin: A Liverton (Exeter). Discus: E Merry (Coventry).
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