Liberty Bell Classic – Results

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These are the results of the Liberty Bell Classic, an alternative to the 1980 Summer Olympics for the boycotting countries. It took place on July 16 and July 17, 1980, in Philadelphia, United States at the Franklin Field. [1]

Contents

Men's results

100 meters

200 meters

400 meters

800 meters

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Don Paige Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 1:47.19
Silver medal icon.svg Omer Khalifa Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 1:47.27
Bronze medal icon.svg Randy Wilson Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 1:48.03
4 Mike Watson Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda 1:48.41
5 James Maina Boi Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1:48.50
6 Peter Lemashon Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1:49.26
7 Ali Figio Oshia Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 1:49.50
8 Christian Molina Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 1:50.50
9 Pin Kal-Kat Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 1:51.06
Felipe Mascaró Flag of Chile.svg  Chile ?:??.??

1500 meters

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Steve Scott Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 3:40.19
Silver medal icon.svg Omer Khalifa Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 3:40.34
Bronze medal icon.svg Mike Durkin Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 3:41.40
4 Wilson Waigwa Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 3:41.60
5 John Gregorek Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 3:41.82
6 Justin Gloden Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 3:43.43
7 Sermet Timurlenk Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 3:44.46
8 Craig Masback Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 3:47.04
9 Emilio Ulloa Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 3:51.67
10 Luis Palma Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 3:54.99
11 Louis Meleboko Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic 4:07.45

5000 meters

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Kip Rono Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 13:37.52
Silver medal icon.svg Hillary Tuwei Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 13:39.72
Bronze medal icon.svg Greg Duhaime Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 13:45.77
4 Matt Centrowitz Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 13:46.43
5 Alberto Salazar Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 13:46.52
6 Dick Buerkle Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 13:51.37
7 Rod Dixon Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 14:04.17
8 Alfred Nyasani Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 14:13.77
9 Greg Fredericks Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 14:31.14
10 Ahmet Altun Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 14:39.06
11 Kangni Folivi Flag of Togo (3-2).svg  Togo 14:51.73
12Sam HlaweFlag of Eswatini.svg Swaziland 14:56.90
13 John Kimatin Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 15:05.99
14 Isaac Slhiohgonyane Flag of Eswatini.svg Swaziland 15:29.65
Nzimbu Flag of Zaire (1971-1997).svg  Zaire ??:??.??

110 meters hurdles

17 July
Wind: +2.7 m/s

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Renaldo Nehemiah Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 13.31
Silver medal icon.svg Tonie Campbell Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 13.68
Bronze medal icon.svg Hans-Gerd Klein Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 13.94
4 Phillip Sang Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 14.10
5 Pat Fogarty Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 14.11
6 Dieter Gebhard Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 14.24
7 Fatwell Kimaiyo Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 14.35
8 Mark McKoy Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 14.42

400 meters hurdles

17 July

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg James Walker Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 48.6
Silver medal icon.svg David Lee Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 49.1
Bronze medal icon.svg Bart Williams Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 50.0
4 Daniel Kimaiyo Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 50.6
5 Lloyd Guss Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 51.2
6 Giorgio Ballati Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 51.3

4 × 100 metres relay

RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Mel Lattany, Harvey Glance, James Butler, Carl Lewis 38.61
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Tony Sharpe, Desai Williams, Marvin Nash, Ben Johnson 39.54 [2]
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 41.29
4Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 41.62
5Flag of The Gambia.svg  Gambia 42.50
6Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic 43.68

4 × 400 metres relay

RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Walter McCoy, Fred Taylor, David Lee, Herman Frazier 3:03.20
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Kenya.svg  Kenya James Atuti, Billy Konchellah, James Maina Boi, Daniel Kimaiyo 3:05.72 [3]
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 3:09.06
4Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3:09.17

High jump

July 17

RankNameNationalityResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Benn Fields Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2.26
Silver medal icon.svg Nat Page Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2.26
Bronze medal icon.svg Dietmar Mögenburg Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 2.22
Bronze medal icon.svg Carlo Thränhardt Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 2.22

Pole vault

RankNameNationalityResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Tom Hintnaus Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 5.50
Silver medal icon.svg Steve Lawry Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 5.33
Bronze medal icon.svg Zhang Cheng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 5.18
4 Liang Weiqiang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 5.02
5 Bruce Simpson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 5.02
5 Brian Morrisette Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  United States Virgin Islands 5.02
Glenn Colivas Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada NM

Long jump

July 17

RankNameNationalityResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Larry Myricks Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 8.20
Silver medal icon.svg Larry Doubley Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 7.95
Bronze medal icon.svg Carl Lewis Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 7.77

Triple jump

July 17

RankNameNationalityResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Zhou Zhenxian Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 16.90
Silver medal icon.svg Greg Caldwell Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 16.75
Bronze medal icon.svg Steve Hanna Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 16.42

Shot put

RankNameNationalityResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Youssef Nagui Asaad Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Egypt 19.69
Silver medal icon.svg Ian Pyka Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 19.58
Bronze medal icon.svg Gert Weil Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 16.17

Discus throw

RankNameNationalityResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Ben Plucknett Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 61.46
Silver medal icon.svg Al Oerter Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 60.76
Bronze medal icon.svg Alwin Wagner Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 59.48
4 Borys Chambul Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 59.13
5 Bradley Cooper Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 58.32
6 Heinz-Direck Neu Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 57.12
7 Rob Gray Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 54.15
8 John Onkware Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 42.37

Hammer throw

RankNameNationalityResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Scott Neilson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 72.62
Silver medal icon.svg Boris Djerassi Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 71.34
Bronze medal icon.svg Andy Bessette Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 69.08
4 John McArdle Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 68.15
5 Peter Galle Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 61.11
6 Uğur Sel Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 55.09

Javelin throw

RankNameNationalityResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Shen Maomao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 89.12 AR
Silver medal icon.svg Tom Petranoff Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 84.56
Bronze medal icon.svg Gheorghe Megelea Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 79.24
4 Robert Sing Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 76.10
5 Robert Moulder Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 68.45
6 Atchontchon Agbodan Flag of Togo (3-2).svg  Togo 61.37

Decathlon

July 17/18

  The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow
RankAthleteNationality100mLJSPHJ400m110m HDTPVJT1500mPointsNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Bobby Coffman Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 11.057.1015.721.9849.514.1051.874.6149.664:46.698058
Silver medal icon.svg Lee Palles Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 10.967.5014.012.1349.215.2341.784.5055.934:35.778009
Bronze medal icon.svg Weng Kangqiang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 11.566.9312.451.9252.917.0535.714.5066.934:56.907015
4 Jens Schulze Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 10.816.9214.331.9848.114.9039.24NM50.674:28.796904
5 Zhu Quilin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 11.936.8712.881.9257.816.5040.164.2050.655:20.626533
Guido Kratschmer Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 10.917.2415.701.8949.714.49NMDNSDNF
Conrad Mainwaring Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda 11.97?.??8.811.7052.6DNSDNF
Jürgen Hingsen Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 11.307.3814.26DNSDNF
Wolfgang Muders Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 11.42NM12.56DNSDNF

Women's results

100 meters

200 meters

400 meters

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Gwen Gardner Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 52.04
Silver medal icon.svg Charmaine Crooks Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 52.33
Bronze medal icon.svg Roberta Belle Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 52.34
4 Ruth Waithera Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 52.70
5 Kim Thomas Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 53.70
6 Molly Killingbeck Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 53.79
7 Oralee Fowler Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 54.70
8 Freida Nichols Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 57.06
9 Amegnidou Akoua Flag of Togo (3-2).svg  Togo 1:01.55

800 meters

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Yvonne Mondesire Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:02.34
Silver medal icon.svg Robin Campbell Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2:02.53
Bronze medal icon.svg Ann Mackie-Morelli Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:02.63
4 Mary Chemweno Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:04.96
5 Debbie Campbell Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:06.50
6 Delisa Walton Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2:07.56
7 Rose Tata-Muya Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:07.66
8 Alejandra Ramos Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 2:10.12
Daliwa Weleba Flag of Togo (3-2).svg  Togo ?:??.??

1500 meters

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Mary Decker Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 4:00.87
Silver medal icon.svg Julie Brown Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 4:10.37
Bronze medal icon.svg Francie Larrieu Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 4:10.39
4 Rose Thomsen Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 4:18.23
5 Mary Purcell Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 4:18.30
6 Elizabeth Onyambu Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 4:24.94
7 Eunice Kae Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 4:27.18
8 Nesi Gettin Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 4:36.39
9 Agbonato Adjoa Flag of Togo (3-2).svg  Togo 5:14.97

100 meters hurdles

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Stephanie Hightower Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 13.08
Silver medal icon.svg Benita Fitzgerald Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 13.17
Bronze medal icon.svg Esther Rot Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 13.20
4 Candy Young Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 13.57
5 Sharon Lane Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 13.61
6 Cecilia Branch Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 13.88
7 Ayşe İşkol Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 14.30
Dai Jianhua Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China ??.??

4 × 100 metres relay

RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Chandra Cheeseborough, Karen Hawkins, Kathy McMillan, Jeanette Bolden 44.57
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Germany.svg  West Germany 45.26
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 46.90

4 × 400 metres relay

RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Kim Thomas, Delisa Walton, Robin Campbell, Roberta Belle 3:32.69
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3:33.50

High jump

RankNameNationalityResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Zheng Dazhen Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1.92
Silver medal icon.svg Brigitte Reid Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1.84
Bronze medal icon.svg Paula Girven Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 1.80
4 Ge Ping Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1.79
Wanipa Sangsavang Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand NM

Long jump

RankNameNationalityResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Kathy McMillan Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 6.65
Silver medal icon.svg Carol Lewis Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 6.60
Bronze medal icon.svg Shonel Ferguson Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 6.48
4 Heike Schmidt Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 6.47
5 Anke Weigt Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 6.45
6 Karin Hänel Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 6.37
7 Jill Ross Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 6.07
8 Diane Konihowski Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 6.06
9 Wu Feng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 6.06
10 Esther Otieno Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 5.67
11 Ruperta Charles Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda 5.52
12 Ayşe İşkol Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 5.15

Shot put

RankNameNationalityResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Shen Lijuan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 17.09
Silver medal icon.svg Ann Turbyne Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 16.24
Bronze medal icon.svg Lu Cheng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 15.98
4 Diane Konihowski Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 15.82
5 Lorna Griffin Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 14.66
6 Karen Page Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 12.31

Discus throw

RankNameNationalityResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Xie Jianhua Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 56.56
Silver medal icon.svg Lucette Moreau Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 55.20
Bronze medal icon.svg Lorna Griffin Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 53.52
4 Zhu Junfang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 52.27
5 Lynne Winbigler-Anderson Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 52.15

Javelin throw

RankNameNationalityResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Laurie Kern Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 57.42
Silver medal icon.svg Tang Guoli Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 55.30
Bronze medal icon.svg Li Baolian Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 54.94
4 Patty Kearney Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 53.52
5 Sonia Smith Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda 52.30
6 Ulrike Strauss Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 50.19
7 Mary Osborne Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 48.59
8 Eunice Luswell Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 38.23

Pentathlon

July 17

  The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow
RankAthleteNationality100m HSPHJLJ800mPointsNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Diane Konihowski Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 14.2714.861.866.192:12.604640
Silver medal icon.svg Marlene Harmon Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 13.8310.151.746.252:10.174346
Bronze medal icon.svg Linda Waltman Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 13.8210.501.746.012:10.374314
4 Ye Peisu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 15.1612.481.805.582:40.993882
5 Karen Page Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 14.8412.471.685.87DNF3309
Cornelia Sulek Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 14.1914.751.836.28DNSDNF
Marilyn King Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 14.46DNSDNF

References

  1. "Liberty Bell results". The Spokesman-Review . July 17, 1980. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  2. "4x100 m relay year list" . Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  3. "4x400 m relay year list" . Retrieved 20 May 2019.