Sporting Digest: Athletics
BISLETT GAMES (Oslo) MEN: 100m: 1 D Mitchell (US) 9.94sec; 2 J Drummond (US) 9.99; 3 O Adeniken (Nigeria) 10.07. 200m: 1 G Moen (Nor) 20.40; 2 D Marsh (Aus) 20.49; 3 S Brimacombe (Aus) 20.89. 800m: 1 W Kipketer (Ken) 1min 43.29sec; 2 V Rodal (Nor) 1:43.50; 3 J Gray (US) 1:43.89. Mile: 1 V Niyongabo (Bur) 3:48.94; 2 A Bile (Som) 3:50.67; 3 S Holman (US) 3:50.91; 7 K McKay (GB) 3:53.64; 9 N Bruton (Irl) 3:54.30; 10 D Strang (GB) 3:55.10. 5,000m: 1 K Skah (Mor) 13:1.89; 2 B Kennedy (US) 13:02.93; 3 B Lahlafi (Mor) 13:03.36. 10,000m: 1 W Sigei (Ken) 26min 52.23sec (world record); 2 W Kiptum (Ken) 27:17.20; 3 A Quintanilla (Mex) 27:18.59. 110m hurdles: 1 C Jackson (GB) 13.22; 2 T Jarrett (GB) 13.35; 3 M McKoy (Aut) 13.43. 400m hurdles: 1 D Adkins (US) 47.93; 2 W Graham (Jam) 48.33; 3 G Cadogan (GB) 49.07. Long jump: 1 M Powell (US) 8.37m; 2 K Streete-Thompson (US) 8.31; 3 D Haaf (Ger) 8.10. High jump: 1 S Hoen (Nor) 2.35; 2 L Pumalaynen (Rus) 2.28; 3 T Barton (US) 2.24; 5 B Reilly (GB) 2.20. Javelin: 1 P Boden (Swe) 83.38; 2 V Sasimovitch (Rus) 83.14; 3 H Hakkarainen (Fin) 81.98; 4 M Hill (GB) 81.627; 7 S Backley (GB) 80.98. Pole vault: 1 V Chistyakov (Rus) 5.60; 2 D Markov (Bela) 5.50; 3 T Lacheeb (Fr) 5.30.
WOMEN: 200m: 1 G Torrence (US) 21.94; 2 I Privalova (Rus) 22.19; 3 C Freeman (Aus) 22.32. Mile: 1 S O'Sullivan (Irl) 4:17.25; 2 Y Murray (GB) 4:22.64; 3 R Jacobs (US) 4:27.78. 100m hurdles: 1 Y Donkova (Bul) 12.76; 2 T Reshetnikova (Rus) 12.86; 3 A Lopez (Cuba) 12.93. 5 J Agyepong (GB) 13.12. High jump: 1 H Haugland (Nor) 1.97m; 2 A Bradburn (US) 1.93; 3 Y Panikarovskikh (Rus) 1.93; 8 D Marti (GB) 1.80. Long jump: 1 J Joyner-Kersee (US) 7.33m; 2 H Drechsler (Ger) 7.29; 3 R Nielsen (Den) 6.79. Javelin: 1 T Hattestad (Nor) 71.32m; 2 K Forkel (Ger) 69.20; 3 N Shikolenko (Bela) 68.16.
WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS (Lisbon): MEN: 400m: 1 M McDonald (Jam) 45.83sec; 2 R Clay (US) 46.13; 3 S Farrell (NZ) 46.31. 800m: 1 P Byrne (Aus) 1min 47.42sec; 2 J Kimutai (Ken) 1:48.22; 3 A Miranda (Cuba) 1:48.24. 110m hurdles: 1 F Busemann (Ger) 13.47; 2 D Dorival (US) 13.65; 3 D Pemberton (US) 13.93. 400m hurdles: 1 G Gorbenko (Ukr) 50.57; 2 M Roth (Hung) 50.85; 3 N Levy (GB) 50.94. Pole vault: 1 V Chistyakov (Rus) 5.60m; 2 D Markov (Bela) 5.50; 3 T Lacheeb (Fr) 5.30.
WOMEN: 400m: 1 O Afolabi (Nigeria) 51.97; 2 M Hennagan (US) 52.25; 3 H Benesova (Cze) 52.60. 800m: 1 M Cosulianu (Rom) 2:04.95; 2 J Maranga (Ken) 2:05.05; 3 W Kutre (Eth) 2:05.17. 3,000m: 1 G Szabo (Rom) 8:47.40; 2 S Power (Aus) 8:56.93; 3 S Barsosio (Ken) 8:59.34. 100m hurdles: 1 K Bolm (Ger) 13.26; 2 L Colander (US) 13.30; 3 D Allahgreen (GB) 13.31. 400m hurdles: 1 I Tirlea (Rom) 56.25; 2 V De Angeli (It) 56.93; 3 E Holmqvist (Swe) 57.23.
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