1998 IAAF World Cup

1998 IAAF World Cup
Dates	11–13 September 1998
Host city	Johannesburg, South Africa
Venue	Johannesburg Stadium
Events	39
Participation	? athletes
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The 8th IAAF World Cup in Athletics were held 11–13 September 1998 at the Johannesburg Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Overall results

Men 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 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

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Obadele Thompson (BAR) Americas	9.87 (NR)	Seun Ogunkoya (NGR) Africa	9.92	Dwain Chambers (GBR) Great Britain	10.03
200 metres	Frankie Fredericks (NAM) Africa	19.97	Gentry Bradley (USA) United States	20.38	Troy Douglas (NED) Europe	20.40
400 metres	Iwan Thomas (GBR) Great Britain	45.33	Jerome Young (USA) United States	45.37	Troy McIntosh (BAH) Americas	45.45
800 metres	Nils Schumann (GER) Germany	1:48.66	Mark Everett (USA) United States	1:48.73	Norberto Téllez (CUB) Americas	1:48.92
1500 metres	Laban Rotich (KEN)} Africa	3:40.87	Rui Silva (POR) Europe	3:40.95	Anthony Whiteman (GBR) Great Britain	3:40.99
3000 metres	Dieter Baumann (GER)} Germany	7:56.24	Isaac Viciosa (ESP) Europe	7:56.47	Tom Nyariki (KEN) Africa	7:59.46
5000 metres	Daniel Komen (KEN) Africa	13:46.57	Shaun Creighton (AUS) Oceania	13:53.66	Dieter Baumann (GER)} Germany	13:58.40
110 metre hurdles	Falk Balzer (GER) Germany	13.10	Colin Jackson (GBR) Great Britain	13.11	Anier García (CUB) Americas	13.14
400 metre hurdles	Samuel Matete (ZAM) Africa	48.08	Mubarak Al-Nubi (QAT) Asia	48.17	Dinsdale Morgan (JAM) Americas	48.40
3000 metre steeplechase	Damian Kallabis (GER) Germany	8:31.25	Bernard Barmasai (KEN) Africa	8:31.85	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	Charles Austin (USA) United States	2.31	Javier Sotomayor (CUB) Americas	2.28	Sergey Klyugin (RUS) Europe	2.28
Pole vault	Maksim Tarasov (RUS) Europe	5.85	Tim Lobinger (GER) Germany	5.80	Jeff Hartwig (USA) United States	5.70
Long jump	Iván Pedroso (CUB) Americas	8.37	Jai Taurima (AUS) Oceania	8.32	Hatem Mersal (EGY) Africa	8.26
Triple jump	Charles Friedek (GER) Germany	17.42	Denis Kapustin (RUS) Europe	17.32	Yoelbi Quesada (CUB) Americas	17.25
Shot put	John Godina (USA) United States	21.48	Oleksandr Bagach (UKR) Europe	20.45	Oliver-Sven Buder (GER) Germany	20.42
Discus throw	Virgilijus Alekna (LTU) Europe	69.66	Lars Riedel (GER) Germany	67.47	Frantz Kruger (RSA) Africa	65.73
Hammer throw	Tibor Gécsek (HUN) Europe	82.68	Heinz Weis (GER) Germany	80.13	Andrey Abduvaliyev (UZB) Asia	79.40
Javelin throw	Steve Backley (GBR) Great Britain	88.71	Sergey Makarov (RUS) Europe	86.96	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

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Marion Jones (USA) United States	10.65	Chandra Sturrup (BAH) Americas	10.97	Mary Onyali (NGR) Africa	11.05
200 metres	Marion Jones (USA) United States	21.62	Falilat Ogunkoya (NGR) Africa	22.25	Zhanna Pintusevich (UKR) Europe	22.35
400 metres	Falilat Ogunkoya (NGR) Africa	49.52	Grit Breuer (GER) Germany	49.86	Sandie Richards (JAM) Americas	50.33
800 metres	Maria Mutola (MOZ) Africa	1:59.88	Yelena Afanasyeva (RUS) Russia	2:00.20	Letitia Vriesde (SUR) Americas	2:00.56
1500 metres	Svetlana Masterkova (RUS) Russia	4:09.41	Jackline Maranga (KEN) Africa	4:10.30	Carla Sacramento (POR) Europe	4:11.66
3000 metres	Gabriela Szabo (ROU) Europe	9:00.54	Zahra Ouaziz (MAR) Africa	9:01.35	Regina Jacobs (USA) United States	9:11.15
5000 metres	Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL) Europe	16:24.52	Regina Jacobs (USA) United States	16:26.24	Berhane Adere (ETH) Africa	16:38.81
100 metre hurdles	Glory Alozie (NGR) Africa	12.58	Angie Vaughn (USA) United States	12.67	Irina Korotya (RUS) Russia	12.77
400 metre hurdles	Nezha Bidouane (MAR) Africa	52.96	Deon Hemmings (JAM) Americas	53.03	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	Monica Dinescu (ROU) Europe	1.98	Hestrie Storbeck (RSA) Africa	1.96	Tisha Waller (USA) United States	1.93
Long jump	Heike Drechsler (GER) Germany	7.07	Marion Jones (USA) United States	7.00	Guan Yingnan (CHN) Asia	6.74
Triple jump	Olga Vasdeki (GRE) Europe	14.64	Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS) Russia	14.36	Yamilé Aldama (CUB) Americas	14.29
Shot put	Vita Pavlysh (UKR) Europe	20.59	Irina Korzhanenko (RUS) Russia	19.04	Connie Price-Smith (USA) United States	18.79
Discus throw	Franka Dietzsch (GER) Germany	67.07	Nicoleta Grasu (ROU) Europe	66.25	Natalya Sadova (RUS) Russia	64.38
Javelin throw	Joanna Stone (AUS) Oceania	69.85	Sonia Bisset (CUB) Americas	65.50	Mikaela Ingberg (FIN) Europe	64.24

Results

Further information: 1998 IAAF World Cup results

References

• IAAF homepage with Results
• Full Results by IAAF