1998 IAAF Grand Prix Final

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1998 IAAF Grand Prix Final
Host city Moscow, Russia
Events18
Dates5 September
Main venue Luzhniki Stadium

The 1998 IAAF Grand Prix Final was the fourteenth edition of the season-ending competition for the IAAF Grand Prix track and field circuit, organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations. It was held on 5 September at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia.

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Hicham El Guerrouj (1500 metres) and Marion Jones (100 metres and long jump) were the overall points winners of the tournament. A total of 18 athletics events were contested, ten for men and eight for women.

The event served as the final competition of the newly created 1998 IAAF Golden League. This was the only time that the Grand Prix Final served as the jackpot-deciding competition of that series. [1] [2]

Medal summary

Men

EventGoldSilverBronze
OverallFlag of Morocco.svg  Hicham El Guerrouj  (MAR)136Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Haile Gebrselassie  (ETH)114Flag of the United States.svg  Bryan Bronson  (USA)97
100 metresFlag of Namibia.svg  Frankie Fredericks  (NAM)10.11Flag of Barbados.svg  Obadele Thompson  (BAR)10.11Flag of the United States.svg  Tim Harden  (USA)10.12
400 metresFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Mark Richardson  (GBR)44.88Flag of the United States.svg  Jerome Young  (USA)44.96Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Iwan Thomas  (GBR)44.96
1500 metresFlag of Morocco.svg  Hicham El Guerrouj  (MAR)3:32.03Flag of Kenya.svg  Laban Rotich  (KEN)3:33.04Flag of Kenya.svg  William Tanui  (KEN)3:33.30
3000 metresFlag of Ethiopia.svg  Haile Gebrselassie  (ETH)7:50.00Flag of Kenya.svg  Luke Kipkosgei  (KEN)7:50.87Flag of Kenya.svg  Julius Gitahi  (KEN)7:51.49
400 m hurdlesFlag of France.svg  Stéphane Diagana  (FRA)48.30Flag of Jamaica.svg  Dinsdale Morgan  (JAM)48.60Flag of Zambia.svg  Samuel Matete  (ZAM)48.73
High jumpFlag of Cuba.svg  Javier Sotomayor  (CUB)2.31 mFlag of Sweden.svg  Staffan Strand  (SWE)2.28 mFlag of the United States.svg  Charles Austin  (USA)2.28 m
Pole vaultFlag of Russia.svg  Maksim Tarasov  (RUS)5.95 mFlag of France.svg  Jean Galfione  (FRA)5.90 mFlag of Germany.svg  Danny Ecker  (GER)5.80 m
Triple jumpFlag of Germany.svg  Charles Friedek  (GER)17.33 mFlag of Russia.svg  Denis Kapustin  (RUS)17.01 mFlag of Belarus.svg  Aleksandr Glavatskiy  (BLR)16.98 m
Shot putFlag of the United States.svg  John Godina  (USA)21.21 mFlag of Ukraine.svg  Yuriy Bilonog  (UKR)20.62 mFlag of Germany.svg  Oliver-Sven Buder  (GER)20.53 m
Hammer throwFlag of Hungary.svg  Tibor Gécsek  (HUN)81.21 mFlag of Hungary.svg  Balázs Kiss  (HUN)79.71 mFlag of Uzbekistan.svg  Andrey Abduvaliyev  (UZB)78.30 m

Women

EventGoldSilverBronze
OverallFlag of the United States.svg  Marion Jones  (USA)130Flag of Russia.svg  Svetlana Masterkova  (RUS)107Flag of Nigeria.svg  Falilat Ogunkoya  (NGR)101
100 metresFlag of the United States.svg  Marion Jones  (USA)10.83Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Savatheda Fynes  (BAH)11.10Flag of the United States.svg  Inger Miller  (USA)11.15
400 metresFlag of Nigeria.svg  Falilat Ogunkoya  (NGR)49.73Flag of Nigeria.svg  Charity Opara  (NGR)50.09Flag of Jamaica.svg  Sandie Richards  (JAM)50.44
1500 metresFlag of Russia.svg  Svetlana Masterkova  (RUS)4:03.79Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Kutre Dulecha  (ETH)4:04.72Flag of Portugal.svg  Carla Sacramento  (POR)4:05.82
3000 metresFlag of Ethiopia.svg  Gete Wami  (ETH)8:40.11Flag of Morocco.svg  Zahra Ouaziz  (MAR)8:40.45Flag of Russia.svg  Mariya Pantyukhova  (RUS)8:47.77
100 m hurdlesFlag of Jamaica.svg  Michelle Freeman  (JAM)12.56Flag of the United States.svg  Melissa Morrison  (USA)12.63Flag of Nigeria.svg  Glory Alozie  (NGR)12.72
Long jumpFlag of the United States.svg  Marion Jones  (USA)7.13 mFlag of Germany.svg  Heike Drechsler  (GER)6.99 mFlag of Italy.svg  Fiona May  (ITA)6.89 m
Discus throwFlag of Russia.svg  Natalya Sadova  (RUS)68.50 mFlag of Germany.svg  Franka Dietzsch  (GER)65.24 mFlag of Romania.svg  Nicoleta Grasu  (ROM)65.10 m
Javelin throwFlag of Germany.svg  Tanja Damaske  (GER)68.40 mFlag of Russia.svg  Tatyana Shikolenko  (RUS)67.84 mFlag of Norway.svg  Trine Hattestad  (NOR)67.26 m

References

  1. ↑ IAAF Golden League – The New Vision of Athletics. IAAF (1998-03-20). Retrieved on 2014-01-11.
  2. ↑ IAAF Grand Prix Final. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-01-11.
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