Sporting Digest: Athletics
ZURICH GRAND PRIX: Men: 100m: First series: 1 L Burrell (US) 10.02sec; 2 L Christie (GB) 10.03; 3 J Drummond (US) 10.05; 4 C Lewis (US) 10.07. Second series: 1 D Ezinwa (Nig) 10.14; 2 C Imoh (Nig) 10.20; 3 M McKoy (Can) 10.21. 400m: First series: 1 M Johnson (US) 44.22; 2 D Grindley (GB) 44.50; 3 S Lewis (US) 44.54; 4 B Reynolds (US) 44.62; 5 Q Watts (US) 44.65. Second series: 1 K Ochieng (Nig) 44.82; 2 I Morris (Trin) 44.89; 3 A Pettigrew (US) 45.01. 800m: First series: 1 J Gray (US) 1min 44.03sec; 2 A Benenuti (It) 1:44.55; 3 W Tanui (Ken) 1:44.69. Second series: 1 B Konchellah (Ken) 1:44.93; 2 P Ereng (Ken) 1:44.96; 3 S Redwine (US) 1:45.82. 1500m: 1 N Morceli (Alg) 3:30.06; 2 F Cacho (Sp) 3:32.01; 3 A Bile (Som) 3:32.83. 5,000m: 1 K Skah (Mor) 13:04.67; 2 Y Ondieki (Ken) 13:05.09; 3 R Chelimo (Ken) 13:05.14. 110m hurdles: First series: 1 T Dees (US) 13.19; 2 M Crear (US) 13.28; 3 J Pierce (US) 13.31. Second series: 1 I Kasanov (Lat) 13.46; 2 G Boroi (Rom) 13.61; 3 K Vander-Kuyp (Aus) 13.62. 400m hurdles: 1 W Graham (Jam) 47.60; 2 S Matete (Zam) 47.82; 3 K Young (US) 48.08; 5 K Akabusi (GB) 49.15. 3,000m steeplechase: 1 M Kiptanui (Ken) 8:10.29; 2 P Sang (Ken) 8:11.09; 3 J Kariuki (Ken) 8:13.38. High jump: 1 T Kemp (Baham) 2.34m; 2= S Smith (GB), D Grant (GB) 2.34. Pole vault: 1 S Bubka (Ukr) 5.90; 2 G Yegorov (Kaz) 5.80: 3= R Gataullin (Rus), I Trandenkov (Rus) 5.70. Long jump: 1 M Powell (US) 8.43; 2 O Eregbu (Nigeria) 8.16; 3 I Mladenov (Bul) 8.02. Shot: 1 W Guenthor (Swit) 21.49 metres; 2 M Stulce (US) 20.68; 3 J Doehring (US) 20.02. Discus: 1 L Riedel (Ger) 66m; 2 R Ubartas (Lith) 64.24; 3 A Washington (US) 63.92. 4 x 100m relay: 1 US selection 37.99; 2 Santa Monica Track Club 38.19; 3 Cuba 38.75.
Women: 100m 1 M Ottey (Jam) 10.93; 2 G Torrence (US) 10.98; 3 G Devers (US) 11.00. 800m: 1 M Mutola (Moz) 1:55.62; 2 S Masterkova (Rus) 1:56.76; 3 E Kovacs (Rom) 1:57.00; 6 D Modahl (GB) 1:59.00. 3,000m: 1 S O'Sullivan (Irl) 8:30.12; 2 E Meyer (SA) 8:34.62; 3 U Pippig (Den) 8:40.99. 100m hurdles: 1 G Devers (US) 12.57; 2 M Freeman (Jam) 12.85; 3 A Lopez (Cuba) 12.91. 400m hurdles: 1 S Gunnell (GB) 53.52; 2 M Ponomaryova (Rus) 54.32; 3 T Buford (US) 54.60. High jump: 1 S Kostadinova (Bul) 2.00m; 2 G Astafei (Rom) 1.98; 3 S Costa (Cuba) 1.98. Long jump: 1 H Drechsler (Ger) 7.21m; 2 I Muchailowa (Rus) 6.87; 3 R Nielsen (Den) 6.77. Javelin: 1 T Hattestad (Nor) 67.96 metres; 2 N Zikolenko (Belarus) 64.90; 3 S Nerius (Ger) 63.84.
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