Sporting Digest: Athletics

NICE GRAND PRIX: MEN: 200m: 1 F Fredericks (Nam) 20.41sec; 2 D Capobianco (Aus) 20.47; 3 D Effiong (Nig) 20.48. 400m: 1 S Kitur (Ken) 44.98; 2 A Valmon (US) 45.43; 3 S Bada (Nig) 45.76. 5 M Richardson (GB) 46.96. 800m: 1 W Tanui (Ken) 1min 46.12sec; 2 C Nkazamyampi (Bur) 1:46.68; 3 M Haida (Mor) 1:46.72. 1500m: 1 S Doyle (Aus) 3:34.39; 2 M O'Sullivan (Irl) 3:35.13; 3 M Kiptanui (Ken) 3:35.44. 3,000m: 1 M Issangar (Mor) 7:41.06; 2 B Jabour (Mor) 7:41.41; 3 P Bitok (Ken) 7:41.95. 110m hurdles: 1 C Jackson (GB) 13.12; 2 M McKoy (Can) 13.31; 3 T Dees (US) 13.32. 3,000m steeplechase: 1 J Keter (Ken) 8:21.04; 2 T Hanlon (GB) 8:21.58; 3 S Creighton (Aus) 8:27.17. Pole vault: 1 S Bubka (Ukr) 5.93; 2 I Potapovich (Kaz) 5.80; 3 M Tarasov (Rus) 5.70. Javelin: 1 J Zelezny (Cz Rep) 90.68; 2 V Sasimovich (Bela) 83.98; 3 J Laukkanen (Fin) 82.98.

WOMEN: 100m: 1 M-J Perec (Fr) 11.12sec; 2 J Cuthbert (Jam) 11.32; 3 T Malcom (Jam) 11.43. 200m: 1 P Davis (Bah) 23.04; 2 D Duhaney (Jam) 23.12; 3 B McDonald (Jam) 23.28. 400m: 1 S Richards (Jam) 51.40sec; 2 X Restrepo (Col) 51.47; 3 C R Williams (Jam) 51.77. 800m: 1 T Paulino (Moz) 1min 57.48sec; 2 S Masterkova (Rus) 1:58.00; 3 L Gurina (Rus) 1:58.34. 1500m: 1 S O'Sullivan (Irl)4:04.36; 2 L Kremlyova (Rus) 4:04.88; 3 M Mutola (Moz) 4:04.97; 5 A Wyeth (GB) 4:05.31. 3,000m: 1 M Keszeg (Rom) 8:53.00; 2 E Fidatov (Rom) 8:53.49; 3 G Griffiths (SA) 8:53.64. 100m hurdles: 1 M Azyabila (Rus) 12.78; 2 E Sokolova (Rus) 12.88; 3 A Lopez (Cuba) 12.93. 400m hurdles: 1 S Gunnell (GB) 54.29; 2 T Buford (US) 55.73; 3 R Edeh (Can) 56.01; 6 J Parker (GB) 57.54. High jump: 1 G Astafei (Rom) 1.97m; 2 S Kostadinova (Bul) 1.94; 3 I Quintero (Cuba) 1.94. Triple jump: 1 I Kravets (Ukr) 14.70; 2 I Lasovskaya (Rus) 14.44; 3 I Mushailova (Rus) 14.24.