Sporting Digest: Athletics
WELTKLASSE GRAND PRIX (Cologne, Germany): Men: 100m: 1 D Mitchell (US) 10.13sec; 2 J Drummond (US) 10.17; 3 O Ezinwa (Nigeria) 10.28. 800m: 1 M Everett (US) 1min 44.36sec; 2 J Tengelei (Ken) 1:44.52; 3 N Morceli (Alg) 1:44.89. 1,500m: 1 V Nijongabo (Burun) 3:31.98; 2 M Suleiman (Qat) 3:32.73; 3 A Seddiki (Mor) 3:34.03; 6 M O'Sullivan (Irl) 3:35.64. 3,000m: 1 D Baumann (Ger) 7:34.69; 2 M Kiptanui (Ken) 7:36.21; 3 K Skah (Mor) 7:36.76. 110m hurdles: 1 M Crear (US) 13.13sec; 2 M McKoy (Aut) 13.31; 3 F Schwarthoff (Ger) 13.36. 400m hurdles: 1 S Matete (Zam) 48.20; 2 O Tverdokhleb (Ukr) 48.32; 3 S Nylander (Swe) 48.70. Triple jump: 1 M Conley (US) 17.20m; 2 D Kapustin (Rus) 17.07; 3 M Bruschiks (Lat) 17.02. High jump: 1 J Sotomayor (Cuba) 2.3m; 2 T Kemp (Baham) 2.32; 3 D Topic (Yug) 2.32. Pole vault: 1 R Gataullin (Rus) 5.88m; 2 D Starkey (US) 5.83; 3= S Hufmann (US), P Manson (US) 5.78. Discus: 1 D Shevchenko (Rus) 64.24m; 2 S Lyakhov (Rus) 63.20; 3 V Zinchenko (Ukr) 62.96. Women: 100m: 1 G Torrence (US) 10.95sec; 2 I Privalova (Rus) 11.03; 3 Z Tarnopolskaya (Ukr) 11.14. 800m: 1 M Mutola (Moz) 1min 57.58sec; 2 L Gurina (Rus) 1:58.10; 3 J Clark (US) 1:58.83. 1500m: 1 Y Podkopayeva (Rus) 4:01.58; 2 L Kremlyova (Rus) 4:01.86; 3 O Churbanova (Rus) 4:02.10. 100m hurdles: 1 S Dimitrova (Bul) 12.67sec; 2 Y Graudyn (Rus) 12.73; 3 Y Donkova (Bul) 12.84. 400m hurdles: 1 K Batten (US) 54.57; 2 H Meissner (Ger) 55.13; 3 S Rieger (Ger) 55.36. Long jump: 1 J Joyner-Kersee (US) 7.10m; 2 H Drechsler (Ger) 7.00; 3 I Kravets (Ukr) 6.89. Javelin: 1 T Hattestad (Nor) 70.44m; 2 N Shikolenko (Bela) 68.62; 3 K Forkel (Ger) 64.86.
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