1998 IAAF World Cup

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1998 IAAF World Cup
File:1998 IAAF World Cup logo.jpg
Dates11–13 September 1998
Host cityJohannesburg, South Africa
VenueJohannesburg Stadium
Events39
Participation? athletes

The 8th IAAF World Cup in Athletics were held 11–13 September 1998 at the Johannesburg Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Overall results

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Pos. Team Result
1 Africa 110
2 Europe 109
3 Germany 102
4 Americas 97
5 United States 94
6 Great Britain 89
7 Asia 64
8 Oceania 53
 

Women

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Pos. Team Result
1 United States 96
2 Europe 94
3 Africa 88
4 Russia 87
5 Americas 81
6 Germany 75
7 Asia 45
8 Oceania 42

Medal summary

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres File:Flag of Barbados.svg Obadele Thompson (BAR)
Americas
9.87
(NR)
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Seun Ogunkoya (NGR)
Africa
9.92 File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dwain Chambers (GBR)
Great Britain
10.03
200 metres File:Flag of Namibia.svg Frankie Fredericks (NAM)
Africa
19.97 File:Flag of the United States.svg Gentry Bradley (USA)
United States
20.38 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Troy Douglas (NED)
Europe
20.40
400 metres File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Iwan Thomas (GBR)
Great Britain
45.33 File:Flag of the United States.svg Jerome Young (USA)
United States
45.37 File:Flag of the Bahamas.svg Troy McIntosh (BAH)
Americas
45.45
800 metres File:Flag of Germany.svg Nils Schumann (GER)
Germany
1:48.66 File:Flag of the United States.svg Mark Everett (USA)
United States
1:48.73 File:Flag of Cuba.svg Norberto Téllez (CUB)
Americas
1:48.92
1500 metres File:Flag of Kenya.svg Laban Rotich (KEN)}
Africa
3:40.87 File:Flag of Portugal (official).svg Rui Silva (POR)
Europe
3:40.95 File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Anthony Whiteman (GBR)
Great Britain
3:40.99
3000 metres File:Flag of Germany.svg Dieter Baumann (GER)}
Germany
7:56.24 File:Flag of Spain.svg Isaac Viciosa (ESP)
Europe
7:56.47 File:Flag of Kenya.svg Tom Nyariki (KEN)
Africa
7:59.46
5000 metres File:Flag of Kenya.svg Daniel Komen (KEN)
Africa
13:46.57 File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Shaun Creighton (AUS)
Oceania
13:53.66 File:Flag of Germany.svg Dieter Baumann (GER)}
Germany
13:58.40
110 metre hurdles File:Flag of Germany.svg Falk Balzer (GER)
Germany
13.10 File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Colin Jackson (GBR)
Great Britain
13.11 File:Flag of Cuba.svg Anier García (CUB)
Americas
13.14
400 metre hurdles File:Flag of Zambia.svg Samuel Matete (ZAM)
Africa
48.08 File:Flag of Qatar.svg Mubarak Al-Nubi (QAT)
Asia
48.17 File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Dinsdale Morgan (JAM)
Americas
48.40
3000 metre steeplechase File:Flag of Germany.svg Damian Kallabis (GER)
Germany
8:31.25 File:Flag of Kenya.svg Bernard Barmasai (KEN)
Africa
8:31.85 File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saad Shaddad Al-Asmari (KSA)
Asia
8:39.69
4 × 100 metre relay Great Britain
Allyn Condon
Marlon Devonish
Julian Golding
Dwain Chambers
38.09 United States
Jonathan Carter
Curtis Perry
Allen Johnson
Tim Harden
38.25 Africa
Seun Ogunkoya
Leonard Myles-Mills
Frankie Fredericks
Eric Nkansah
38.29
4 × 400 metre relay Great Britain
Mark Hylton
Jamie Baulch
Sean Baldock
Iwan Thomas
2:59.711 Americas
Michael McDonald
Troy McIntosh
Alejandro Cárdenas
Roxbert Martin
2:59.77 Africa
Clement Chukwu
Ibrahima Wade
Arnaud Malherbe
Davis Kamoga
3:03.26
High jump File:Flag of the United States.svg Charles Austin (USA)
United States
2.31 File:Flag of Cuba.svg Javier Sotomayor (CUB)
Americas
2.28 File:Flag of Russia.svg Sergey Klyugin (RUS)
Europe
2.28
Pole vault File:Flag of Russia.svg Maksim Tarasov (RUS)
Europe
5.85 File:Flag of Germany.svg Tim Lobinger (GER)
Germany
5.80 File:Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Hartwig (USA)
United States
5.70
Long jump File:Flag of Cuba.svg Iván Pedroso (CUB)
Americas
8.37 File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jai Taurima (AUS)
Oceania
8.32 File:Flag of Egypt.svg Hatem Mersal (EGY)
Africa
8.26
Triple jump File:Flag of Germany.svg Charles Friedek (GER)
Germany
17.42 File:Flag of Russia.svg Denis Kapustin (RUS)
Europe
17.32 File:Flag of Cuba.svg Yoelbi Quesada (CUB)
Americas
17.25
Shot put File:Flag of the United States.svg John Godina (USA)
United States
21.48 File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Oleksandr Bagach (UKR)
Europe
20.45 File:Flag of Germany.svg Oliver-Sven Buder (GER)
Germany
20.42
Discus throw File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)
Europe
69.66 File:Flag of Germany.svg Lars Riedel (GER)
Germany
67.47 File:Flag of South Africa.svg Frantz Kruger (RSA)
Africa
65.73
Hammer throw File:Flag of Hungary.svg Tibor Gécsek (HUN)
Europe
82.68 File:Flag of Germany.svg Heinz Weis (GER)
Germany
80.13 File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Andrey Abduvaliyev (UZB)
Asia
79.40
Javelin throw File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Steve Backley (GBR)
Great Britain
88.71 File:Flag of Russia.svg Sergey Makarov (RUS)
Europe
86.96 File:Flag of Germany.svg Raymond Hecht (GER)
Germany
84.92

1 The United States originally won this event in 2:59.28, but were disqualified in 2009 after Antonio Pettigrew admitted to using HGH and EPO between 1997 and 2003.

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres File:Flag of the United States.svg Marion Jones (USA)
United States
10.65 File:Flag of the Bahamas.svg Chandra Sturrup (BAH)
Americas
10.97 File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Mary Onyali (NGR)
Africa
11.05
200 metres File:Flag of the United States.svg Marion Jones (USA)
United States
21.62 File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Falilat Ogunkoya (NGR)
Africa
22.25 File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Zhanna Pintusevich (UKR)
Europe
22.35
400 metres File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Falilat Ogunkoya (NGR)
Africa
49.52 File:Flag of Germany.svg Grit Breuer (GER)
Germany
49.86 File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Sandie Richards (JAM)
Americas
50.33
800 metres File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Maria Mutola (MOZ)
Africa
1:59.88 File:Flag of Russia.svg Yelena Afanasyeva (RUS)
Russia
2:00.20 File:Flag of Suriname.svg Letitia Vriesde (SUR)
Americas
2:00.56
1500 metres File:Flag of Russia.svg Svetlana Masterkova (RUS)
Russia
4:09.41 File:Flag of Kenya.svg Jackline Maranga (KEN)
Africa
4:10.30 File:Flag of Portugal (official).svg Carla Sacramento (POR)
Europe
4:11.66
3000 metres File:Flag of Romania.svg Gabriela Szabo (ROU)
Europe
9:00.54 File:Flag of Morocco.svg Zahra Ouaziz (MAR)
Africa
9:01.35 File:Flag of the United States.svg Regina Jacobs (USA)
United States
9:11.15
5000 metres File:Flag of Ireland.svg Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL)
Europe
16:24.52 File:Flag of the United States.svg Regina Jacobs (USA)
United States
16:26.24 File:Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg Berhane Adere (ETH)
Africa
16:38.81
100 metre hurdles File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Glory Alozie (NGR)
Africa
12.58 File:Flag of the United States.svg Angie Vaughn (USA)
United States
12.67 File:Flag of Russia.svg Irina Korotya (RUS)
Russia
12.77
400 metre hurdles File:Flag of Morocco.svg Nezha Bidouane (MAR)
Africa
52.96 File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Deon Hemmings (JAM)
Americas
53.03 File:Flag of the United States.svg Kim Batten (USA)
United States
53.17
4 × 100 metre relay United States
Cheryl Taplin
Chryste Gaines
Inger Miller
Carlette Guidry
42.00 Americas
Tayna Lawrence
Chandra Sturrup
Beverly McDonald
Philomena Mensah
42.44 Germany
Melanie Paschke
Gabi Rockmeier
Birgit Rockmeier
Andrea Philipp
42.81
4 × 400 metre relay Germany
Anke Feller
Uta Rohländer
Ulrike Urbansky
Grit Breuer
3:24.26 Americas
Norfalia Carabalí
Deon Hemmings
Andrea Blackett
Sandie Richards
3:24.39 Russia
Natalya Khrushcheleva
Svetlana Goncharenko
Yekaterina Bakhvalova
Olga Kotlyarova
3:25.15
High jump File:Flag of Romania.svg Monica Dinescu (ROU)
Europe
1.98 File:Flag of South Africa.svg Hestrie Storbeck (RSA)
Africa
1.96 File:Flag of the United States.svg Tisha Waller (USA)
United States
1.93
Long jump File:Flag of Germany.svg Heike Drechsler (GER)
Germany
7.07 File:Flag of the United States.svg Marion Jones (USA)
United States
7.00 File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guan Yingnan (CHN)
Asia
6.74
Triple jump File:Flag of Greece.svg Olga Vasdeki (GRE)
Europe
14.64 File:Flag of Russia.svg Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS)
Russia
14.36 File:Flag of Cuba.svg Yamilé Aldama (CUB)
Americas
14.29
Shot put File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Vita Pavlysh (UKR)
Europe
20.59 File:Flag of Russia.svg Irina Korzhanenko (RUS)
Russia
19.04 File:Flag of the United States.svg Connie Price-Smith (USA)
United States
18.79
Discus throw File:Flag of Germany.svg Franka Dietzsch (GER)
Germany
67.07 File:Flag of Romania.svg Nicoleta Grasu (ROU)
Europe
66.25 File:Flag of Russia.svg Natalya Sadova (RUS)
Russia
64.38
Javelin throw File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joanna Stone (AUS)
Oceania
69.85 File:Flag of Cuba.svg Sonia Bisset (CUB)
Americas
65.50 File:Flag of Finland.svg Mikaela Ingberg (FIN)
Europe
64.24

Results

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References

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