1998 IAAF Grand Prix Final

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

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.

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

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Overall File:Flag of the United States.svg Marion Jones (USA) 130 File:Flag of Russia.svg Svetlana Masterkova (RUS) 107 File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Falilat Ogunkoya (NGR) 101
100 metres File:Flag of the United States.svg Marion Jones (USA) 10.83 File:Flag of the Bahamas.svg Savatheda Fynes (BAH) 11.10 File:Flag of the United States.svg Inger Miller (USA) 11.15
400 metres File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Falilat Ogunkoya (NGR) 49.73 File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Charity Opara (NGR) 50.09 File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Sandie Richards (JAM) 50.44
1500 metres File:Flag of Russia.svg Svetlana Masterkova (RUS) 4:03.79  Kutre Dulecha (ETH) 4:04.72 File:Flag of Portugal (official).svg Carla Sacramento (POR) 4:05.82
3000 metres  Gete Wami (ETH) 8:40.11 File:Flag of Morocco.svg Zahra Ouaziz (MAR) 8:40.45 File:Flag of Russia.svg Mariya Pantyukhova (RUS) 8:47.77
100 m hurdles File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Michelle Freeman (JAM) 12.56 File:Flag of the United States.svg Melissa Morrison (USA) 12.63 File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Glory Alozie (NGR) 12.72
Long jump File:Flag of the United States.svg Marion Jones (USA) 7.13 m File:Flag of Germany.svg Heike Drechsler (GER) 6.99 m File:Flag of Italy.svg Fiona May (ITA) 6.89 m
Discus throw File:Flag of Russia.svg Natalya Sadova (RUS) 68.50 m File:Flag of Germany.svg Franka Dietzsch (GER) 65.24 m File:Flag of Romania.svg Nicoleta Grasu (ROM) 65.10 m
Javelin throw File:Flag of Germany.svg Tanja Damaske (GER) 68.40 m File:Flag of Russia.svg Tatyana Shikolenko (RUS) 67.84 m File:Flag of Norway.svg 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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