Sport in Short: Athletics

EUROPEAN UNDER-23 CUP (Gateshead): MEN: 100m: 1 J Livingston (GB) 10.72sec; 2 C Koniecznv (Ger) 10.92; 3 A Amici (It) 10.94. 400m: 1 D Grindley (GB) 45.57; 2 F Hennig (Ger) 46.90; 3 J-C Thierry (Fr) 47.19. 1500m: 1 K Chekemany (Fr) 4min 03.64sec; 2 J Schneider (Ger) 4:03.90; 3 A Rota (It) 4:04.30; 5 J Mayock (GB) 4:05.53. 400m hurdles: 1 E Franciosi (It) 50.76sec; 2 I Hameenniemi (Fin) 51.59; 3 A Droguet (Fr) 51.67; 6 N Levy (GB) 52.91. 4x100m relay: 1 GB 39.11; 2 Ger 39.67; 3 Italy 39.96. High jump: 1 S Smith (GB) 2.25m; 2 H Bayer (Ger) 2.25; 3 J Lopez (Sp) 2.15. Long jump: 1 G Ackermann (Ger) 7.94; 2 J-L Poussin (Fr) 7.62; 3 L Passera (It) 7.47; 5 S Phillips (GB) 7.16. Hammer: 1 J Byrne (GB) 71.86; 2 K Kobs (Ger) 70.16; 3 D Chaussinand (Fr) 69.18. Shot: 1 M Koistinen (Fin) 18.65; 2 T Herbrand (Ger) 18.50; 3 M Simson (GB) 18.22. Javelin: 1 M Parviainen (Fin) 77.26; 2 M Cottrell (GB) 71.36; 3 C Benninger (Ger) 71.36. Positions at end of first day: 1 Germany 48pts; 2 Great Britain 44; 3 Italy 34; 4 France 31; 5 Finland 29; 6 Spain 24.

WOMEN: 100m: 1 A McGillivary (GB) 11.65sec; 2 M Paschke (Ger) 11.75; 3 L Gallicani (It) 11.95. 400m: 1 M Derr (Ger) 52.86; 2 J Merino (Sp) 52.91; 3 I Tirlea (Rom) 53.69; 6 C Raven (GB) 55.62. 800m: 1 F Trabaldo (It) 2min 03.91sec; 2 B Bruns (Ger) 2:04.44; 3 L Salageanu (Rom) 2:04.94; 4 U English (GB) 2:05.93. 3,000m: 1 P Radcliffe (GB) 9:07.69; 2 G Szabo (Rom) 9:12.27; 3 A Sollarova (Cz) 9:12.53. 400m hurdles: 1 L Fraser (GB) 56.73sec; 2 G Schmidt (Ger) 56.87; 3 E Manni (It) 57.05. 4x100m relay: 1 Ger 44.08; 2 GB 44.15; 3 Italy 45.50. Triple jump: 1 S Kasparkova (Cz) 14.00m; 2 C Paredes (Sp) 13.78; 3 A Hansen (GB) 13.31. Discus: 1 N Gradinaru (Rom) 62.58; 2 A Gundler (Ger) 58.54; 3 P Juraskova (Cz) 53.40; 6 E Merry (GB) 48.88. Positions at end of first day: 1 Germany 44pts; 2 Great Britain 40; 3 Romania 36; 4 Czechoslovakia 34; 5 Italy 30; 6 Spain 24; 7 Hungary 16.