1998 IAAF Grand Prix Final

The 1998 IAAF Grand Prix Final was the fourteenth edition of the season-ending competition for the IAAF Grand Prix track and field circuit, organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations. It was held on 5 September at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia.

1998 IAAF Grand Prix Final
Host cityMoscow, Russia
Events18
Dates5 September
Main venueLuzhniki Stadium

Hicham El Guerrouj (1500 metres) and Marion Jones (100 metres and long jump) were the overall points winners of the tournament. A total of 18 athletics events were contested, ten for men and eight for women.

The event served as the final competition of the newly created 1998 IAAF Golden League. This was the only time that the Grand Prix Final served as the jackpot-deciding competition of that series.[1][2]

Medal summary

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Overall   Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) 136   Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) 114   Bryan Bronson (USA) 97
100 metres   Frankie Fredericks (NAM) 10.11   Obadele Thompson (BAR) 10.11   Tim Harden (USA) 10.12
400 metres   Mark Richardson (GBR) 44.88   Jerome Young (USA) 44.96   Iwan Thomas (GBR) 44.96
1500 metres   Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) 3:32.03   Laban Rotich (KEN) 3:33.04   William Tanui (KEN) 3:33.30
3000 metres   Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) 7:50.00   Luke Kipkosgei (KEN) 7:50.87   Julius Gitahi (KEN) 7:51.49
400 m hurdles   Stéphane Diagana (FRA) 48.30   Dinsdale Morgan (JAM) 48.60   Samuel Matete (ZAM) 48.73
High jump   Javier Sotomayor (CUB) 2.31 m   Staffan Strand (SWE) 2.28 m   Charles Austin (USA) 2.28 m
Pole vault   Maksim Tarasov (RUS) 5.95 m   Jean Galfione (FRA) 5.90 m   Danny Ecker (GER) 5.80 m
Triple jump   Charles Friedek (GER) 17.33 m   Denis Kapustin (RUS) 17.01 m   Aleksandr Glavatskiy (BLR) 16.98 m
Shot put   John Godina (USA) 21.21 m   Yuriy Bilonog (UKR) 20.62 m   Oliver-Sven Buder (GER) 20.53 m
Hammer throw   Tibor Gécsek (HUN) 81.21 m   Balázs Kiss (HUN) 79.71 m   Andrey Abduvaliyev (UZB) 78.30 m

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Overall   Marion Jones (USA) 130   Svetlana Masterkova (RUS) 107   Falilat Ogunkoya (NGR) 101
100 metres   Marion Jones (USA) 10.83   Savatheda Fynes (BAH) 11.10   Inger Miller (USA) 11.15
400 metres   Falilat Ogunkoya (NGR) 49.73   Charity Opara (NGR) 50.09   Sandie Richards (JAM) 50.44
1500 metres   Svetlana Masterkova (RUS) 4:03.79   Kutre Dulecha (ETH) 4:04.72   Carla Sacramento (POR) 4:05.82
3000 metres   Gete Wami (ETH) 8:40.11   Zahra Ouaziz (MAR) 8:40.45   Mariya Pantyukhova (RUS) 8:47.77
100 m hurdles   Michelle Freeman (JAM) 12.56   Melissa Morrison (USA) 12.63   Glory Alozie (NGR) 12.72
Long jump   Marion Jones (USA) 7.13 m   Heike Drechsler (GER) 6.99 m   Fiona May (ITA) 6.89 m
Discus throw   Natalya Sadova (RUS) 68.50 m   Franka Dietzsch (GER) 65.24 m   Nicoleta Grasu (ROM) 65.10 m
Javelin throw   Tanja Damaske (GER) 68.40 m   Tatyana Shikolenko (RUS) 67.84 m   Trine Hattestad (NOR) 67.26 m

References

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  1. ^ IAAF Golden League – The New Vision of Athletics. IAAF (1998-03-20). Retrieved on 2014-01-11.
  2. ^ IAAF Grand Prix Final. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-01-11.
Medalists
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