Sporting Digest: Athletics
INTERNATIONAL MEETING (Salamanca, Sp) Men 400m hurdles: 1 S Matete (Zam) 48.70secs; 2 A Dia Ba (Sen) 49.87; 3 O Pitillas (Sp) 50.80. Long jump: 1 M Powell (US) 8.70m; 2 I Pedroso (Cuba) 8.27; 3 A Fernandez (Sp) 8.06. High jump: 1 J Sotomayor (Cuba) 2.45 (world record); 2 T Kemp (Baham) 2.26; G Dakob (Bul) 2.26. Triple jump: 1 T Fashino (GB) 17.21; 2 D Osorio (Cuba) 16.68; 3 A Kovalenko (Rus) 16.64. 100m: 1 D Ezinwa (Nigeria) 10.14; 2 R Stewart (Jam) 10.17; 3 C Imoh (Nigeria) 10.24. 1500m: 1 N Venuste (B Fas) 3:39.71; 2 I Viciosa (Sp) 3:40.34; 3 V Rojas (Sp) 3:40.48. 110m hurdles: 1 E Valle (Cuba) 13.41; 2 A Blake (US) 13.50; 3 F Schwarthoff (Ger) 13.52. Discus: 1 R Moya (Cuba) 64.08; 2 L Delis (Cuba) 62.74; 3 A Elizalde (Cuba) 62.38. 400m: 1 S Bada (Nigeria) 45.26; 2 R Hernandez (Cuba) 46.15; 3 C Cornet (Sp) 46.53. 800m: 1 J L Barbosa (Bra) 1:44.18; 2 C Nkazamyampu (B Fas) 1:44.24; 3 L J Gonzalez (Sp) 1:44.84. 200m: 1 J Hendrix (US) 20.47; 2 S Telles (Bra) 20.79; 3 P P Nolet (Sp) 20.91.
Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this article
Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today.
Join our commenting forum
Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies