Liberty Bell Classic – Results

These are the results of the Liberty Bell Classic, an alternative to the 1980 Summer Olympics for the boycotting countries. It took place on July 16 and July 17, 1980, in Philadelphia, United States at the Franklin Field.[1]

Men's results

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100 meters

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200 meters

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400 meters

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800 meters

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Don Paige   United States 1:47.19
  Omer Khalifa   Sudan 1:47.27
  Randy Wilson   United States 1:48.03
4 Mike Watson   Bermuda 1:48.41
5 James Maina Boi   Kenya 1:48.50
6 Peter Lemashon   Kenya 1:49.26
7 Ali Figio Oshia   Sudan 1:49.50
8 Christian Molina   Chile 1:50.50
9 Pin Kal-Kat   Thailand 1:51.06
Felipe Mascaró   Chile ?:??.??

1500 meters

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Steve Scott   United States 3:40.19
  Omer Khalifa   Sudan 3:40.34
  Mike Durkin   United States 3:41.40
4 Wilson Waigwa   Kenya 3:41.60
5 John Gregorek   United States 3:41.82
6 Justin Gloden   Luxembourg 3:43.43
7 Sermet Timurlenk   Turkey 3:44.46
8 Craig Masback   United States 3:47.04
9 Emilio Ulloa   Chile 3:51.67
10 Luis Palma   Chile 3:54.99
11 Louis Meleboko   Central African Republic 4:07.45

5000 meters

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Kip Rono   Kenya 13:37.52
  Hillary Tuwei   Kenya 13:39.72
  Greg Duhaime   Canada 13:45.77
4 Matt Centrowitz   United States 13:46.43
5 Alberto Salazar   United States 13:46.52
6 Dick Buerkle   United States 13:51.37
7 Rod Dixon   New Zealand 14:04.17
8 Alfred Nyasani   Kenya 14:13.77
9 Greg Fredericks   United States 14:31.14
10 Ahmet Altun   Turkey 14:39.06
11 Kangni Folivi   Togo 14:51.73
12 Sam Hlawe   Swaziland 14:56.90
13 John Kimatin   Kenya 15:05.99
14 Isaac Slhiohgonyane   Swaziland 15:29.65
Nzimbu   Zaire ??:??.??

110 meters hurdles

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17 July
Wind: +2.7 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Renaldo Nehemiah   United States 13.31
  Tonie Campbell   United States 13.68
  Hans-Gerd Klein   West Germany 13.94
4 Phillip Sang   Kenya 14.10
5 Pat Fogarty   Canada 14.11
6 Dieter Gebhard   West Germany 14.24
7 Fatwell Kimaiyo   Kenya 14.35
8 Mark McKoy   Canada 14.42

400 meters hurdles

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17 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  James Walker   United States 48.6
  David Lee   United States 49.1
  Bart Williams   United States 50.0
4 Daniel Kimaiyo   Kenya 50.6
5 Lloyd Guss   Canada 51.2
6 Giorgio Ballati   Italy 51.3

4 × 100 metres relay

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Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
    United States Mel Lattany, Harvey Glance, James Butler, Carl Lewis 38.61
    Canada Tony Sharpe, Desai Williams, Marvin Nash, Ben Johnson 39.54 [2]
    Thailand 41.29
4   Barbados 41.62
5   Gambia 42.50
6   Central African Republic 43.68

4 × 400 metres relay

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Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
    United States Walter McCoy, Fred Taylor, David Lee, Herman Frazier 3:03.20
    Kenya James Atuti, Billy Konchellah, James Maina Boi, Daniel Kimaiyo 3:05.72 [3]
    Sudan 3:09.06
4   Canada 3:09.17

High jump

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July 17

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
  Benn Fields   United States 2.26
  Nat Page   United States 2.26
  Dietmar Mögenburg   West Germany 2.22
  Carlo Thränhardt   West Germany 2.22

Pole vault

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Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
  Tom Hintnaus   United States 5.50
  Steve Lawry   Israel 5.33
  Zhang Cheng   China 5.18
4 Liang Weiqiang   China 5.02
5 Bruce Simpson   Canada 5.02
5 Brian Morrisette   United States Virgin Islands 5.02
Glenn Colivas   Canada NM

Long jump

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July 17

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
  Larry Myricks   United States 8.20
  Larry Doubley   United States 7.95
  Carl Lewis   United States 7.77

Triple jump

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July 17

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
  Zhou Zhenxian   China 16.90
  Greg Caldwell   United States 16.75
  Steve Hanna   Bahamas 16.42

Shot put

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Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
  Youssef Nagui Asaad   Egypt 19.69
  Ian Pyka   United States 19.58
  Gert Weil   Chile 16.17

Discus throw

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Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
  Ben Plucknett   United States 61.46
  Al Oerter   United States 60.76
  Alwin Wagner   West Germany 59.48
4 Borys Chambul   Canada 59.13
5 Bradley Cooper   Bahamas 58.32
6 Heinz-Direck Neu   West Germany 57.12
7 Rob Gray   Canada 54.15
8 John Onkware   Kenya 42.37

Hammer throw

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Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
  Scott Neilson   Canada 72.62
  Boris Djerassi   United States 71.34
  Andy Bessette   United States 69.08
4 John McArdle   United States 68.15
5 Peter Galle   Israel 61.11
6 Uğur Sel   Turkey 55.09

Javelin throw

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Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
  Shen Maomao   China 89.12 AR
  Tom Petranoff   United States 84.56
  Gheorghe Megelea   Canada 79.24
4 Robert Sing   United States 76.10
5 Robert Moulder   Canada 68.45
6 Atchontchon Agbodan   Togo 61.37

Decathlon

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July 17/18

  The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow
Rank Athlete Nationality 100m LJ SP HJ 400m 110m H DT PV JT 1500m Points Notes
  Bobby Coffman   United States 11.05 7.10 15.72 1.98 49.5 14.10 51.87 4.61 49.66 4:46.69 8058
  Lee Palles   United States 10.96 7.50 14.01 2.13 49.2 15.23 41.78 4.50 55.93 4:35.77 8009
  Weng Kangqiang   China 11.56 6.93 12.45 1.92 52.9 17.05 35.71 4.50 66.93 4:56.90 7015
4 Jens Schulze   West Germany 10.81 6.92 14.33 1.98 48.1 14.90 39.24 NM 50.67 4:28.79 6904
5 Zhu Quilin   China 11.93 6.87 12.88 1.92 57.8 16.50 40.16 4.20 50.65 5:20.62 6533
Guido Kratschmer   West Germany 10.91 7.24 15.70 1.89 49.7 14.49 NM DNS DNF
Conrad Mainwaring   Antigua and Barbuda 11.97 ?.?? 8.81 1.70 52.6 DNS DNF
Jürgen Hingsen   West Germany 11.30 7.38 14.26 DNS DNF
Wolfgang Muders   West Germany 11.42 NM 12.56 DNS DNF

Women's results

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100 meters

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200 meters

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400 meters

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Gwen Gardner   United States 52.04
  Charmaine Crooks   Canada 52.33
  Roberta Belle   United States 52.34
4 Ruth Waithera   Kenya 52.70
5 Kim Thomas   United States 53.70
6 Molly Killingbeck   Canada 53.79
7 Oralee Fowler   Bahamas 54.70
8 Freida Nichols   Barbados 57.06
9 Amegnidou Akoua   Togo 1:01.55

800 meters

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Yvonne Mondesire   Canada 2:02.34
  Robin Campbell   United States 2:02.53
  Ann Mackie-Morelli   Canada 2:02.63
4 Mary Chemweno   Kenya 2:04.96
5 Debbie Campbell   Canada 2:06.50
6 Delisa Walton   United States 2:07.56
7 Rose Tata-Muya   Kenya 2:07.66
8 Alejandra Ramos   Chile 2:10.12
Daliwa Weleba   Togo ?:??.??

1500 meters

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Mary Decker   United States 4:00.87
  Julie Brown   United States 4:10.37
  Francie Larrieu   United States 4:10.39
4 Rose Thomsen   Kenya 4:18.23
5 Mary Purcell   Ireland 4:18.30
6 Elizabeth Onyambu   Kenya 4:24.94
7 Eunice Kae   Kenya 4:27.18
8 Nesi Gettin   Turkey 4:36.39
9 Agbonato Adjoa   Togo 5:14.97

100 meters hurdles

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Stephanie Hightower   United States 13.08
  Benita Fitzgerald   United States 13.17
  Esther Rot   Israel 13.20
4 Candy Young   United States 13.57
5 Sharon Lane   Canada 13.61
6 Cecilia Branch   Canada 13.88
7 Ayşe İşkol   Turkey 14.30
Dai Jianhua   China ??.??

4 × 100 metres relay

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Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
    United States Chandra Cheeseborough, Karen Hawkins, Kathy McMillan, Jeanette Bolden 44.57
    West Germany 45.26
    Thailand 46.90

4 × 400 metres relay

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Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
    United States Kim Thomas, Delisa Walton, Robin Campbell, Roberta Belle 3:32.69
    Canada 3:33.50

High jump

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Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
  Zheng Dazhen   China 1.92
  Brigitte Reid   Canada 1.84
  Paula Girven   United States 1.80
4 Ge Ping   China 1.79
Wanipa Sangsavang   Thailand NM

Long jump

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Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
  Kathy McMillan   United States 6.65
  Carol Lewis   United States 6.60
  Shonel Ferguson   Bahamas 6.48
4 Heike Schmidt   West Germany 6.47
5 Anke Weigt   West Germany 6.45
6 Karin Hänel   West Germany 6.37
7 Jill Ross   Canada 6.07
8 Diane Konihowski   Canada 6.06
9 Wu Feng   China 6.06
10 Esther Otieno   Kenya 5.67
11 Ruperta Charles   Antigua and Barbuda 5.52
12 Ayşe İşkol   Turkey 5.15

Shot put

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Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
  Shen Lijuan   China 17.09
  Ann Turbyne   United States 16.24
  Lu Cheng   China 15.98
4 Diane Konihowski   Canada 15.82
5 Lorna Griffin   United States 14.66
6 Karen Page   New Zealand 12.31

Discus throw

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Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
  Xie Jianhua   China 56.56
  Lucette Moreau   Canada 55.20
  Lorna Griffin   United States 53.52
4 Zhu Junfang   China 52.27
5 Lynne Winbigler-Anderson   United States 52.15

Javelin throw

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Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
  Laurie Kern   Canada 57.42
  Tang Guoli   China 55.30
  Li Baolian   China 54.94
4 Patty Kearney   United States 53.52
5 Sonia Smith   Bermuda 52.30
6 Ulrike Strauss   West Germany 50.19
7 Mary Osborne   United States 48.59
8 Eunice Luswell   Kenya 38.23

Pentathlon

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July 17

  The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow
Rank Athlete Nationality 100m H SP HJ LJ 800m Points Notes
  Diane Konihowski   Canada 14.27 14.86 1.86 6.19 2:12.60 4640
  Marlene Harmon   United States 13.83 10.15 1.74 6.25 2:10.17 4346
  Linda Waltman   United States 13.82 10.50 1.74 6.01 2:10.37 4314
4 Ye Peisu   China 15.16 12.48 1.80 5.58 2:40.99 3882
5 Karen Page   New Zealand 14.84 12.47 1.68 5.87 DNF 3309
Cornelia Sulek   West Germany 14.19 14.75 1.83 6.28 DNS DNF
Marilyn King   United States 14.46 DNS DNF

References

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  1. ^ "Liberty Bell results". The Spokesman-Review. July 17, 1980. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  2. ^ "4x100 m relay year list". Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  3. ^ "4x400 m relay year list". Retrieved 20 May 2019.