Sporting Digest: Athletics
MONACO GRAND PRIX (Monte Carlo) MEN: 100m: 1 J Drummond (US) 10.13sec; 2 D Bailey (Can) 10.14; 3 O Adeniken (Nig) 10.18. 200m: 1 M Johnson (US) 19.94; 2 J Regis (GB) 20.01, 3 O Adeniken (Nigeria) 20.28. 400m: 1 D Mills (US) 44.73; 2 S Kitur (Ken) 44.94; 3 D Ladejo (GB) 44.94; 4 R Black (GB) 45.08. 800m: 1 W Kipketer (Ken) 1min 43.68sec; 2 A Benvenuti (It) 1:44.08; 3 G d'Urso (It) 1:44.20. 1500m: 1 V Nyongabo (Burundi) 3:32.25; 2 A Bile (Som) 3:33.63; 3 G Di Napoli (It) 3:34.42. 3,000m: 1 N Morceli (Alg) 7min 25.11sec (world record); 2 H Gebresilasie (Eth) 7:37.49; 3 A Behar (Fr) 7:39.29. 5000m: 1 S Chemwoiyo (Ken) 13:07.57; 2 W Sigei (Ken) 13:11.46; 3 P Tergat (Ken) 13:15.86; 8 J Brown (GB) 13.34.37. 3,000m steeplechase: 1 E Bargetuny (Ken) 8:10.84; 2 P Sang (Ken) 8:12.16; 3 W Mutwol (Ken) 8:13.26. 110m hurdles: 1 C Jackson (GB) 13.26; 2 M McKoy (Aut) 13.30; 3 T Jarrett (GB) 13.33. 400m hurdles: 1 S Matete (Zam) 47.90; 2 D Adkins (US) 47.94; 3 O Tverdokhleb (Ukr) 48.54. Pole vault: 1 K Tarpenning (US) 5.80m; 2 D Petushinski (Rus) 5.70; 3= I Tradenkov (Rus), S Bubka (Ukr) 5.70. Triple jump: 1 B Wellman (Berm) 17.24m; 2 O Skirikin (Kaz) 17.21; 3 J Edwards (GB) 17.06m. Javelin: 1 D Wennlund (Swe) 84.36m; 2 I Mustapic (Croa) 81.22; 3 J Laukkanen (Fin) 81.20m.
WOMEN: 100m: 1 G Torrence (US) 10.87sec; 2 I Privalova (Rus) 11.03; 3 L Allen (Cuba) 11.27. 400m: 1 M-J Perec (Fr) 49.95; 2 C Freeman (Aus) 50.18; 3 M Malone (US) 50.57. 1500m: 1 Y Podkopaeva (Rus) 4:00.89; 2 L Kremlyova (Rus) 4:01.05; 3 R Jacobs (US) 4:02.15; 8 A Wyeth (GB) 4:05.65. 100m hurdles: 1 S Dimitrova (Bul) 12.53; 2 Y Grauyn (Rus) 12.63; 3 A Lopez (Cuba) 12.74. 400m hurdles: 1 A Knoroz (Rus) 54.75; 2 H Meissner (Ger) 55.02; 3 D Hemmings (Jam) 55.14. High jump: 1 B Bilac (Sloven) 1.97m; 2 H Haugland (Nor) 1.97; 3 A Inverarity (Aus) 1.92. Long jump: 1 H Drechsler (Ger) 7.15m; 2 L Ninova (Aut) 6.76; 3 F May (It) 6.74. Discus: 1 I Wyludda (Ger) 66.12; 2 D Costian (Aus) 64.94; 3 N Grasu (Rom) 62.54.
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