1997 Oslo GP

Oslo 1997

(Grand Prix I, Golden Four)

July 4, 1997

100m FINAL wind -0.5 1 Frank FREDERICKS 67 NAM 10,11; 2 Linford CHRISTIE 60 GBR 10,17; 3 Dennis MITCHELL 66 USA 10,18; 4 Kareem STREETE-THOMP 73 USA 10,19; 5 Vincent HENDERSON 72 USA 10,20; 6 Darren BRAITHWAITE 69 GBR 10,40

HEAT 1 wind +1.5. 1 Frank FREDERICKS 67 NAM 10,12 q; 2 Geir MOEN 69 NOR 10,20; 3 Kenny BROKENBURR -68 USA 10,23; 4 Patrick JOHNSON AUS 10,50; 5 Torbjörn MÅRTENSSON -72 SWE 10,51; 6 Bjørn Åge SCHEIDE 73 NOR 10,83
HEAT 2 wind +2.0 1 Vincent HENDERSON 72 USA 10,09 q; 2 Linford CHRISTIE 60 GBR 10,11 q; 3 Robert ESMIE 72 CAN 10,24; 4 Deji ALIU 75 NGR 10,24; 5 Osmond EZINWA 71 NGR 10,30; 6 Per Ivar SIVLE 70 NOR 10,31
HEAT 3 wind +2.1. 1 Dennis MITCHELL 66 USA 10,01 q; 2 Kareem STREETE-THOMP 73 USA 10,06 q; 3 Darren BRAITHWAITE -69 GBR 10,19 q; 4 Fernando RAMIREZ 74 NOR 10,28

200m MEN wind +3.0 1 Donovan BAILEY 67 CAN 20,14; 2 Geir MOEN 69 NOR 20,23; 3 Patrick STEVENS 68 BEL 20,40; 4 Kevin LITTLE 68 USA 20,51; 5 Patrick JOHNSON - AUS 20,81; 6 Sergejs INSHAKOVS 71 LAT 20,94

800m MEN 1 Patrick NDURUI - KEN 1.44,90; 2 Vebjørn RODAL 72 NOR 1.44,94; 3 Rich KENAH 70 USA 1.45,00; 4 Benyounes LAHLOU 64 MAR 1.45,02; 5 Marko KOERS 72 NED 1.45,08; 6 Vincent MALAKWEN 74 KEN 1.45,32; 7 Fred ONYANCHA 69 KEN 1.46,08; 8 Norberto TELLEZ 72 CUB 1.47,41; 9 Atle DOUGLAS 68 NOR 1.47,74; 0 Brandon ROCK 72 USA 1.48,18; 11 Johnny GRAY 60 USA 1.48,31; David KIPTOO 65 KEN dnf

800m MEN 20 YEAR OLD 1 Fredrik KJELLBERG 77 SWE 1.50,06; 2 Karl Henrik FELDE 77 NOR 1.51,14; 3 Marius BAKKEN 78 NOR 1.51,19; 4 Martin THEANDER 77 SWE 1.53,09; 5 Morten RØINE 79 NOR 1.53,10; 6 Andreas ROCKAS - FIN 1.53,45; 7 Tero INTTILE -FIN 1.55,05; 8 Hans Martin JOHNSRUD 80 NOR 1.58,04; Brede SAND 77 NOR dnf

MOBIL DREAM MILE 1 Hicham EL GUERROUJ 74 MAR 3.44,90 NR; 2 Laban ROTICH 69 KEN 3.47,65 NR <-- 5th performer all-time; 3 John KIBOWEN KEN 3.47,88 PB; 4 Venuste NIYONGABO 73 BUR 3.48,26 NR; 5 Steve HOLMAN 70 USA 3.50,40 PB; 6 John MAYOCK 70 GBR 3.51,46; 7 Robert ANDERSEN 72 DEN 3.52,39; 8 Reyes ESTEVEZ 76 ESP 3.52,61; 9 Marcus O'SULLIVAN 61 IRL 3.52,63; 0 Elijah MARU 76 KEN 3.57,79; 11 Tor Øivind ØDEGAARD 69 NOR 4.01,47; Graham HOOD 72 CAN dnf; Fermin CACHO 69 ESP dnf; Robert KIBET 65 KEN dnf

3000m 1 Daniel KOMEN -76 KEN 7.30,49; 2 Bob KENNEDY 70 USA 7.31,77; 3 Manuel PANCORBO 66 ESP 7.31,78 ER; 4 Dieter BAUMANN -65 GER 7.31,81 NR; 5 Enrique MOLINA -68 ESP 7.32,32; 6 Smail SGHIR -72 MAR 7.33,39; 7 Paul TERGAT -69 KEN 7.37,68; 8 John KOSGEI 73 KEN 7.38,33; 9 Julius KIPTOO -KEN 7.38,59; 0 Fita BAYISSA 72 ETH 7.44,90; 11 Assefa MEZEGEBU 78 ETH 7.44,92; 12 Jim SVENØY 72 NOR 7.50,34; 13 Barnabas KIPKOECH - KEN 7.54,98; 14 Kimutai KOSGEI - KEN 8.01,15; 15 Claes NYBERG 71 SWE 8.08,05; David CHISANG -KEN ab; Martin KEINO 72 KEN ab

10000m 1 Haile GEBRSELASSIE -73 ETH 26.31,32 WR; 2 Mohammed MOURHIT -70 BEL 27.17,09 NR; 3 Dominic KIRUI - KEN 27.31,10; 4 Laban CHEGE -70 KEN 27.33,28; 5 Domingos CASTRO -63 POR 27.41,75; 6 Khalid SKAH -67 MAR 27.44,33; 7 Toshinari TAKAOKA 70 JPN 27.53,03; 8 Elijah KORIR -78 KEN 27.57,94; 9 Todd WILLIAMS -69 USA 27.58,13; 0 James MOIBEN 77 KEN 28.01,21; 11 Julio REY -72 ESP 28.09,04; 12 Dionisio CASTRO -63 POR 28.09,56; 13 Darren WILSON -68 AUS 28.21,03; 14 Jeff SCHIEBLER -73 CAN 28.36,69; 15 Alberto JUZDADO -66 ESP 29.08,23; Habte JIFAR -76 ETH dnf; Worku BIKILA 68 ETH dnf'; Reuben REINA -67 USA dnf; Branko ZORKO -67 CRO dnf; Stephan PLÄTZER -GER dnf; Julius GITAHI -78 KEN dns. Should be interesting to anyone; Gebrselassie's (mostly unofficial) lap times 4th July 1997 in Oslo. Taken from TV (leader's times, not always Geb's). Note that Haile didn't have to run alone the four last laps because Domingos Castro, who was one lap behind, helped him.

110m HURDLES Wind 0.0. 1 Allen JOHNSON -71 USA 13,14 MR; 2 Florian SCHWARTHOFF -68 GER 13,21; 3 Tony JARRETT 68 GBR 13,30; 4 Colin JACKSON -67 GBR 13,34; 5 Mark CREAR -68 USA 13,36; 6 Igor KOVAC -69 SVK 13,37

HIGH JUMP 1 Steinar HOEN NOR 2.33; 2 Tim FORSYTH AUS 2.30; 3 Brian BROWN USA 2.25; Jon S UTGÅRDSLØKKEN NOR 0.00

POLE VAULT 1 Maksim TARASOV RUS 5.90 MR; 2 Okkert BRITS RSA 5.90 MR; 3 Riaan BOTHA RSA 5.80; 4 Jeff HARTWIG USA 5.80; 5 Igor POTAPOVICH KZK 5.70; 6 Yevgeniy SMIRYAGIN RUS 5.70; 7 Pat MANSON USA 5.70; 8 Trond BARTHEL NOR 5.60; 9 Dmitriy MARKOV BLR 5.60; 10 Danny ECKER GER 5.40; 0 Kory TARPENNING USA 5.40; 12 Scott HUFFMAN USA 5.40; Tim LOBINGER GER 0.00; Scott HENNIG USA 0.00; Dean STARKEY USA 0.00

TRIPLE JUMP 1 Kenny HARRISON 65 USA 17.51 +1.4; 2 Yoelvis QUESADA 73 CUB 17.44 +0.9; 3 Denis KAPUSTIN 70 RUS 17.20 +0.3; 4 Brian WELLMAN 67 BER 17.07 +1.6; 5 Jerome ROMAIN 71 DMN 16.96 +0.2; 6 Charles FRIEDEK 71 GER 16.81 0.0; 7 Robert HOWARD 75 USA 16.81 +0.2; 8 Ketill HANSTVEIT 73 NOR 16.16 +2.2; 9 Andrew MURPHY 69 AUS 15.49 +2.5

JAVELIN 1 Jan ZELEZNY 66 CZE 88.46; 2 Boris HENRY 73 GER 87.22; 3 Sergey MAKAROV 73 RUS 86.60; 4 Tom PUKSTYS 68 USA 84.32; 5 Patrik BODEN 67 SWE 83.34; 6 Harri HAKKARAINEN 69 FIN 82.48; 7 Peter BLANK 62 GER 80.92; 8 Juha LAUKKANEN 69 FIN 80.44; 9 Kimmo KINNUNEN 68 FIN 80.20

100m wind 0.0 1 Marion JONES -75 USA 11,06; 2 Gail DEVERS -66 USA 11,08; 3 Zhanna PINTUSEVICH -72 UKR 11,15; 4 Melanie PASCHKE -70 GER 11,45; 5 Sevatheda FYNES -74 BAH 11,47; Juliet CAMPBELL -70 JAM dns

400m 1 Cathy FREEMAN -73 AUS 49,39; 2 Donna FRASER -72 GBR 50,87; 3 Olabisi AFOLABI -75 NGR 50,99; 4 Adri DE JONGH -70 RSA 52,22; 5 Fatima YUSUF -71 NGR 53,39

800m 1 Ingvill MÅKESTAD -81 NOR 2.05,66; 2 Therese AHLEPIL -76 SWE 2.06,13; 3 Veslemøy HAUSKEN -73 NOR 2.06,21; 4 Trine PILSKOG -72 NOR 2.06,91; 5 Hanne LYNGSTAD -75 NOR 2.09,02; 6 Ann Merete GUNDHUS -79 NOR 2.10,61; 7 Liv THORSENG -69 NOR 2.11,92; 8 Elisabeth KVALSVIK - NOR 2.17,21; 9 Susanne WIGENE -78 NOR 2.18,74; Mari BJONE -70 NOR dnf

5000m 1 Gabriela SZABO -75 ROM 14.42,43; 2 LYDIA CHEROMEI -77 KEN 14.46,93; 3 Gete WAMI -74 ETH 14.55,03; 4 Regina JACOBS -63 USA 14.58,79; 5 Amy RUDOLPH -73 USA 15.03,18; 6 Julia VAQUERO -70 ESP 15.03,81; 7 Kristina da FONESCA- -72 GER 15.04,73; 8 Roberta BRUNET -65 ITA 15.06,17; 9 Marina BASTOS -71 POR 15.07,29; 0 Kate ANDERSON -73 AUS 15.10,78 NR; 11 Harumi HIROYAMA -68 JPN 15.14,71; 12 Cheri GODDARD -70 USA 15.21,72; 13 Michiko SHIMIZU -70 JPN 15.23,42; 4 Kathy BUTLER -73 CAN 15.28,26; 15 Anita WEYERMANN -77 SUI 15.29,13; 16 Elva DRYER -71 USA 15.32,39; 17 Valerie VAUGHAN -66 IRL 15.47,72; 18 Nyla CARROLL -65 NZL 15.50,39; 19 Una ENGLISH -70 IRL 15.59,96; Gunhild HALLE -72 NOR dnf; Ruth WYSOCKI -57 USA dnf; Lyudmila BORISOVA -66 RUS dnf

100m HURDLES +1.0 m/s 1 Michelle FREEMAN -69 JAM 12,74; 2 Gillian RUSSELL -73 JAM 12,91; 3 Dionne ROSE -69 JAM 12,94; 4 Monica GREFSTAD -64 NOR 13,53; 5 Dawn BOWLES -68 USA 15,79; 6 Lacena GOLDING -75 JAM 20,81

400m HURDLES. 1 Deon HEMMINGS -68 JAM 53,18 MR; 2 Tonja BUFORD-BAILEY -70 USA 54,25; 3 Tatyana TERESHCHUK -69 UKR 54,41; 4 Kim BATTEN -69 USA 54,58; 5 Sally GUNNELL -66 GBR 55,53; 6 Rebecca BUCHANAN -70 USA 56,13

HIGH JUMP 1 Hanne HAUGLAND NOR 1.96; 2 Amy ACUFF USA 1.93; 3 Olga KALITURINA RUS 1.93; 4 Monica IAGAR ROM 1.93; 5 Svetlana ZALEVSKAYA KZK 1.93; 6 Viktoriya FYODOROVA RUS 1.93; 7 Pia ZINCK DEN 1.90; 7 Tatyana MOTKOVA RUS 1.90; 9 Debbie MARTI GBR 1.85; 9 Kajsa BERGQVIST SWE 1.85; 11 Britta BILAC SLO 1.85

DISCUS. 1 Beatrice FAUMUINA 74 NZL 68.52 NR+CWR; 2 Franka DIETZSCH 68 GER 65.90; 3 Nicoleta GRASU 71 ROM 63.60; 4 Mette BERGMANN 62 NOR 61.64; 5 Lisa-Marie VIZANIARI 71 AUS 61.40; 6 Jacquel. GOORMACHTIGH 70 NED 59.06

JAVELIN 1 Trine HATTESTAD 66 NOR 69.36; 2 Mikaela INGBERG 74 FIN 66.92; 3 Tanja DAMASKE 71 GER 65.94; 4 Silke RENK 67 GER 65.34; 5 Felicia TILEA 67 ROM 63.62; 6 Heli RANTANEN 70 FIN 63.46; 7 Steffi NERIUS 72 GER 62.54; 8 Oksana OVCHINNIKOVA 71 RUS 60.82; 9 Karen FORKEL 70 GER 59.52