Athletics. Milano 1998

International Meeting of Milano 1998

FROM: Kebba Tolbert
MILAN, Italy 5 june 1998

Men

100--1, Donavan Bailey, Canada, 10.16 seconds. 2, Brian Lewis, United States, 10.23. 3, Osmond Ezinwa, Nigeria, 10.23. 4, Colin Jackson, Britain, 10.32. 5, Jason Gardener, Britain, 10.46.

200--1, Alessandro Attene, Italy, 20.71. 2, Allyn Condon, Britain, 20.71. 3, Deji Aliu, Nigeria, 20.88. 4, Andrea Colombo, Italy, 20.93. 5, Tony Wheeler, United States, 21.13.

400 (heat 1)--1, Roxebert Martin, Jamaica, 45.58. 2, Sunday Bada, Nigeria, 45.86. 3, Marco Vaccari, Italy, 46.92. 4, Walter Pirovano, Italy, 46.13. 5, Edoardo Vallet, Italy, 46.39.

400 (heat 2)--1, Alessandro Bracciali, Italy, 46.71. 2, Fabio Grossi, Italy, 46.88. 3, Francesco Cundo, Italy, 47.12. 4, Giambitti, Italy,
47.21. 5, Pietro Pagliara, Italy, 47.48.

800--1, Giuseppe D'Urso, Italy, 1 minute, 44.46 seconds. 2, David Kiptoo, Kenya, 1:45.23. 3, Giacomo Mazzoni, Italy, 1:45.93. 4, Marco Chiavarini, Italy, 1:46.53. 5, Andrea Ceccarelli, Italy, 1:46.56.

2,000--1, Daniel Komen, Kenya, 4:51.30. 2, Luke Kipkoskei, Kenya, 4:53.44. 3, Julius Kiptoo, Kenya, 4:55.21. 4, Paul Mwangi, Kenya, 4:56.96. 5, Steve Hollman, United States, 4:57.14.

110 hurdles--1, Colin Jackson, Britain, 13.18. 2, Courtney Hawkins, United States, 13.40. 3, Florian Schwarthoff, Germany, 13.46. 4, Duane Ross, United States, 13.65. 5, Mauro Rossi, Italy, 13.65.

400 hurdles--1, Fabrizio Mori, Italy, 48.44. 2, Rusian Mashchenko, Russia, 48.51. 3, Eronilde De Araujo, Brazil, 48.90. 4, Regan Nichols, United States, 49.14. 5, Kazuhiko Yamazaki, Japan, 49.39.

3,000 Steeplechase--1, Hicham Bouaouche, Morocco, 8:24.39. 2, Giuseppe Maffei, Italy, 8:24.80. 3, Laid Bessou, Algeria, 8:25.03. 4, Ali Ezzine, Morocco, 8:29.12. 5, Vladimir Pronin, Russia, 8:29.32.

Discus--1, Diego Fortuna, Italy, 203 feet, 3 1/2 inches. 2, Vaclavas Kidikas, Lithuania, 198-3. 3, Cristiano Andrei, Italy, 189-11. 4, Simone Sprogio, Italy, 188-5 1/2. 5, Stefano, Lomater, Italy, 180-6.

Women

100--1, Chryste Gaines, United States, 11.12. 2, Marlene Ottey, Jamaica, 11.18. 3, Beverly Grant, Jamaica, 11.35. 4, Manuela Levorato, 11.35. 5, Zundra Veagin, United States, 11.46.

400--1, Charity Opara, Nigeria, 50.90. 2, Alison Curbishley, Britain, 50.97. 3, Olabisi Afolabi, Nigeria, 51.15. 4, Lorraine Graham, Jamaica, 51.27. 5, Virna De Angeli, Italy, 52.33.

800--1, Steffy Graf, Austria, 2:02.62. 2, Diane Modhal, United States, 2:02.97. 3, Yelena Buzhenko, Ukraine, 2:03.47. 4, Elisabetta Artuso, Italy, 2:04.37. 5, Sara Palmas, Italy, 2:04.78.

3,000--1, Jackline Maranga, Kenya, 8:51.22. 2, Ajelech Worku, Ethiopia, 8:53.58. 3, Yimenashu Taye, Ethiopia, 8:54.79. 4, Florinda Andreucci, Italy, 9:02.02. 5, Workanesh Kidane, Ethiopia, 9:02.40.

2,000 Walk--1, Olga Panforova, Russia, 7:56.58. 2, Elisabetta Perone, Italy, 7:57.14. 3, Erika Alfridi, Italy, 7:59.67. 4, Yelena Nikolayeva, Russia, 8:01.57. 5, Annarita Sidoti, Italy, 8:08.37.

High Jump--1, Yelena Topchina, Russia, 6-4. 2, Victoria Seriogina, Russia, 6-3 1/2. 3, Julia Lyakhova, Russia, 6-3 1/2. 4, Debora
Locatelli, Italy, 6- 3/4. 5, Rosa Bandini, Italy, 5-10 3/4.

Triple Jump--1, Fiona May, Italy, 47- 3/4. 2, Elena Lebedenko, Russia, 46-5 1/4. 3, Costanza Moroni, Italy, 45-4 1/4. 4, Suzette Lee, United States, 45-2 1/2. 5, Adelina Gavrila, Romania, 44-9 3/4.

Pole Vault--1, Emma George, Australia, 14-5 1/4. 2, Stacy Dragila, United States, 14-3 1/2. 3, Anzhela Balakhonova, Ukraine, 13-9 3/4. 4, Zsuzsa Szabo, Hungary, 13-5 3/4. 5, Janine Whitlock, Britain, 13-1 3/4.

Discus--1, Natalia Sadova, Russia, 216-4. 2, Larisa Korotkevich, Russia, 202-3. 3, Marie Lisa Vizaniari, Australia, 198-8 1/2. 4, Agnese Maffeis, Italy, 195-5 1/4. 5, Mara Rosolen, Italy, 179-5.