Sport in Short: Athletics
COLOGNE GRAND PRIX: MEN: 100m: 1 O Adeniken (Nig) 10.13sec; 2 L Christie (GB) 10.15; 3 D Mitchell (US) 10.15. 400m: 1 S Kitur (Ken) 44.47; 2 A Valmon (US) 44.51; 3 I Morris (Trinidad) 45.26. 800m: 1 N Kiprotich (Ken) 1min 43.55sec; 2 W Tanui (Ken) 1:44.12; 3 T McKean (GB) 1:44.39. 1,500m: 1 J- P Herold (Ger) 3:35.34; 2 W Kirochi (Ken) 3:35.43; 3 J Chesire (Ken) 3:35.47. 3,000m: 1 M Kiptanui (Ken) 7:28.96 (world record); 2 P Bitok (Ken) 7:33.28; 3 Y Ondieki (Ken) 7:34.18. 110m hurdles: 1 C Jackson (GB) 13.04sec; 2 M McKoy (Can) 13.16; 3 T Jarrett (GB) 13.26. 400m hurdles: 1 K Young (US) 47.42; 2 S Matete (Zam) 48.10; 3 W Graham (Jam) 48.48; 4 K Akabusi (GB) 49.07. Triple jump: 1 M Conley (US) 17.40m; 2 L Woloschin (CIS) 17.31; 3 R Jaros (Ger) 16.88. Hammer: 1 I Astapkovich (CIS) 81.32m; 2 I Nikulin (CIS) 80.20; 3 A Abduvaliyev (CIS) 79.30. Pole vault: 1 R Gataullin (CIS) 5.95m; 2 I Trandenkov (CIS) 5.90; 3 G Yegorov (CIS) 5.80. WOMEN: 200m: 1 I Privalova (CIS) 22.13; 2 G Torrence (US) 22.31; 3 G Maltschugina (CIS) 22.44. 400m: 1 X Restrepo (Col) 50.22; 2 S Richards (Jam) 50.26; 3 R Stevens (US) 50.47. 800m: 1 L Nouroutdinova (CIS) 1:58.83; 2 I Ievseieva (CIS) 1:59.61; 3 E Kovacs (Rom) 1:59.68; 5 D Edwards (GB) 2:01.10. One mile: 1 L Rogatchova (CIS) 4:27.55; 2 M T Zuniga (Sp) 4:28.56; 3 V Beclea (Rom) 4:28.79. 3,000m: 1 E Romanova (CIS) 8:33.72; 2 S O'Sullivan (Irl) 8:37.92; 3 E Meyer (SA) 8:38.45; 6 A Wyeth (GB) 8:46.97. 100m hurdles: 1 G Devers (US) 12.60; 2 L Tolbert (US) 12.84; 3 L Martin (US) 12.88. High jump: 1 S Kostadinova (Bul) 2.00m; 2 H Henkel (Ger) 2.00; 3 I Babakova (CIS) 1.94. Long jump: 1 H Drechsler (Ger) 7.06m; 2 I Kravetz (CIS) 7.05; 3 J Joyner-Kersee (US) 6.94. Javelin: 1 N Schikolenko (CIS) 68.10; 2 S Renk (Ger) 63.68; 3 P Meier (Ger) 62.50; 4 T Sanderson (GB) 60.76.
GRE BRITISH LEAGUE CUP FINALS (Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield) MEN'S GOLD CUP: 100m: J John (Newham) 10.42. 800m: A Lill (Newham) 1:49.32. 10,000m: C Reitz (Newham) 30:34.82. Long jump: F Salle (Belgrave) 7.33. Discus: P Gordon (Haringey) 55.48. Hammer: P Head (Newham) 70.18. 110m hurdles: J Ridgeon (Belgrave) 13.80. 3,000m steeplechase: J Sherban (Shaftesbury) 8:48.92. 400m hurdles: Ridgeon 51.10. 200m: C Callender (Haringey) 21.29. 400m: L Samuels (Belgrave) 47.56. 1500m: J Dullforce (Enfield) 3:58.71. Shot: P Edwards (Belgrave) 18.2. Pole vault: N Winter (Shaftesbury) 5.25. 5000m: R Potts (Birchfield) 14:20.48. High jump: A Hutchinson (Belgrave) 2.10. Triple jump: T Fasinro (Haringey) 15.97. Javelin: C MacKenzie (Newham) 79.42. 4x100m relay: Shaftesbury 41.03. 4x400m relay: Haringey 3:13.46. Final placings: 1 Belgrave 122; 2 Shaftesbury 120; 3 Haringey 98; 4 Birchfield 96.5; 5 Newham 89; 6 Blackheath 82; 7 Woodford Green 75; 8 Enfield 55.5.
WOMEN'S JUBILEE CUP: 100m: G McLeod (Birchfield) 11.62. 800m: S Stanton (Birchfield) 2:10.57. High jump: D Marti (Bromley) 1.89. Javelin: S Holroyd (Sale) 50.54. Shot-put: M Augee (Bromley) 15.62. 400m: L Hanson (Birchfield) 53.83. 3000m: T Dyer (Peterborough) 9:37.56. 100m hurdles: L-A Skeete (Trafford) 13.16. 400m hurdles: J Parker (Essex) 58.55. Long jump: J Wise (Coventry) 6.44. Discus: S Andrews (Essex) 50.60. 200m: K Merry (Birchfield). 4x100m relay: Birchfield 46.18. 4x400m relay: Birchfield 3:45.89. Final placings: 1 Birchfield 103; 2 Sale 83; 3 Essex 80; 4= Bromley, Coventry 73; 6 Trafford 71; 7 Derby 38; 8 Peterborough 33.
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