Athletics

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Edmonton)

MEN

400m. -

Final: 1. Avard Moncur (Bahamas) 44.64s; 2. Ingo Schultz (Germany) 44.87s; 3. Gregory Haughton (Jamaica) 44.98s; 4. Antonio Pettigrew (US) 44.99s; 5. Eric Milazar (Mauritius) 45.13s; 6. Hamdan Al-Bishi (Saudi Arabia) 45.23s; 7. Alleyne Francique (Grenada) 46.23s; Robert Mackowiak (Poland) did not finish.

Triple jump. -

Final: 1. Jonathan Edwards (Britain) 17.92m; 2. Christian Olsson (Sweden) 17.47; 3. Igor Spasovkhodskiy (Russia) 17.44; 4. Yoel Garcia (Cuba) 17.40; 5. Walter Davis (US) 17.20; 6. Brian Wellman (Bermuda) 16.81; 7. Onochie Achike (Britain) 16.79; 8. Rostislav Dimitrov (Bulgaria) 16.72; 9. Phillips Idowu (Britain) 16.60; 10. Johan Meriluoto (Finland) 16.54; 11. Paolo Camossi (Italy) 16.18; 12. Konstadinos Zalaggitis (Greece) 16.13.

3000m steeplechase. -

Heat 1 (first 6 in each heat plus 3 fastest losers to final. Q denotes qualifier): 1. Reuben Kosgei (Kenya) 8min 21.96sec Q; 2. Brahim Boulami (Morocco) 8:21.98 q; 3. Luis Miguel Martin (Spain) 8:25.09 q; 4. Eliseo Martin (Spain) 8:26.18 q; 5. Ali Ezzine (Morocco) 8:26.86 q; 6. Joel Bourgeois (Canada) 8:26.92 q; 7. Tim Broe (US) 8:27.26 q; 8. Gael Pencreach (France) 8:28.54 q; 9. Frederic Denis (France) 8:41.66; 10. Yoshitaka Iwamizu (Japan) 8:45.25; 11. Tom Chorny (US) 8:51.74; Simon Vroemen (Netherlands) did not finish.

Heat 2: 1. Antonio Jimenez (Spain) 8:25.37 Q; 2. Raymond Yator (Kenya) 8:25.45 Q; 3. Bernard Barmasai (Kenya) 8:25.65 Q; 4. Khamis Abdullah Saifeldin (Qatar) 8:25.83 Q; 5. Ralf Assmus (Germany) 8:29.52 Q; 6. Bouabdallah Tahri (France) 8:29.71 Q; 7. Christian Beiz (Switzerland) 8:31.57 Q; 8. Elarbi Khattabi (Morocco) 8:32.70; 9. Laid Bessou (Algeria) 8:33.40; 10. Jim Svenoy (Norway) 8:35.71; 11. Anthony Famiglietti (US) 8:44.54; 12. Jose Salvador Miranda (Mexico) 8:49.47; 13. Madan Raj Giri (Nepal) 9:34.97.

WOMEN

100m. -

Final: 1. Zhanna Pintusevich-Block (Ukraine) 10.82s; 2. Marion Jones (US) 10.85; 3. Ekaterini Thanou (Greece) 10.91; 4. Chandra Sturrup (Bahamas) 11.02; 5. Chyrste Gaines (US) 11.06; 6. Debbie Ferguson (Bahamas) 11.13; 7. Kelli White (US) 11.15; 8. Mercy Nku (Nigeria) 11.17.

Pole vault. -

Final: 1. Stacy Dragila (US) 4.75m; 2. Svetlana Feofanova (Russia) 4.75; 3. Monika Pyrek (Poland) 4.55; 4. Tatiana Grigorieva (Australia) 4.55; 5. Gao Shuying (China) 4.50; 6. Thorey Edda Elisdottir (Iceland) 4.45; 7. Yvonne Buschbaum (Germany) 4.45; 8. Pavla Hamackova (Czech Republic) 4.45; 9. Janine Whitlock (Britain) 4.35; 10. Caroline Hingst (Germany) 4.25; 11. Doris Auer (Austria) 4.25; 12. May Sauer (US) 4.25.

Hammer. -

Qualifying round (qualification standard 67m or best 12 to final), group A: 1. Olga Kuzenkova (Russia) 70.43m Q; 2. Manuela Montebrun (France) 67.92 Q; 3. Kirsten Munchow (Germany) 65.69 Q; 4. Melissa Price (US) 65.65 Q; 5. Ivana Brkljacic (Croatia) 65.01 Q; 6. Zhang Wenxiu (China) 64.52 Q; 7. Anna Norgren (US) 63.74; 8. Agnieszka Pogroszewska (Poland) 63.59; 9. Lyudmila Gubkina (Belarus) 63.58; 10. Evdokia Tsamoglou (Greece) 61.97; 11. Martina Danisova (Slovakia) 61.26; 12. Mia Strommer (Finland) 61.04; 13. Lucie Vrbenska (Czech Republic) 60.01; 14. Karyne Perkins-Dimarco (Australia) 59.80; 15. Masumi Aya (Japan) 58.84; 16. Marwa Hussein (Egypt) 58.41; Ester Balassini (Italy) no mark.

Heat 2: 1. Bromwyn Eagles (Australia) 68.35 Q; 2. Kamila Skolimowska (Poland) 67.43 Q; 3. Yipsi Moreno (Cuba) 66.60 Q; 4. Florence Ezeh (France) 65.71 Q; 5. Olga Tsander (Belarus) 65.18 Q; 6. Lorraine Shaw (Britain) 64.37 Q; 7. Dawn Ellerbe (US) 64.34; 8. Susanne Kiel (Germany) 64.06; 9. Tasha Williams (NZ) 63.83; 10. Sini Poyry (Finland) 63.76; 11. Lisa Misipeka (American Samoa) 63.34; 12. Cecilia Nilsson (Sweden) 61.53; 13. Caroline Wittrin (Canada) 59.30; 14. Vania Silva (Portugal) 58.91; 15. Nancy Guillen (El Salvador) 57.96; 16. Karina Moya (Argentina) 57.01; 17. Marketa Hajdu (Czech Republic) 55.77.

400m hurdles. -

Semifinals (first 4 in each heat to final), heat one: 1. Daimi Pernia (Cuba) 53.81 seconds Q; 2. Nezha Bidouane (Morocco) 53.85 Q; 3. Debbie-Ann Parris (Jamaica) 53.88 Q; 4. Sandra Glover (US) 55.04 Q; 5. Malgorzata Pskit (Poland) 55.28; 6. Karlene Haughton (Canada) 55.68; 7. Monika Niederstatter (Italy) 56.37; 8. Natalya Torshina (Kazakhstan) 56.45.

Heat two: 1. Yuliya Nosova (Russia) 54.03 Q; 2. Tonja Buford-Bailey (US) 54.15 Q; 3. Deon Hemmings (Jamica) 54.47 Q; 4. Ionela Tirlea (Romania) 54.92 Q; 5. Anna Olichwierczuk (Poland) 55.64; 6. Brenda Taylor (US) 56.52; 7. Yvonne Harrison (Puerto Rico) 56.70; 8. Sinead Dudgeon (Britain) 56.92.

400m. -

Semifinals (first 2 in each heat plus 2 fastest losers to final), heat one: 1. Grit Breuer (Germany) 50.32s Q; 2. Olesya Zykina (Russia) 50.99 Q; 3. Mireille Nguimgo (Cameroon) 50.71 Q; 4. Demetria Washington (US) 51.26; 5. Natalya Sologub (Belarus) 51.43; 6. Karen Shinkins Ireland) 51.66; 7. Damayanthi Dharsha (Sri Lanka) 51.83; 8. Grazyna Prokopek (Poland) 52.28.

Heat two: 1. Amy Mbacke Thiam (Senegal) 50.21 Q; 2. Kaltouma Nadjina (Chad) 50.38 Q; 3. Falilat Ogunkoya (Nigeria) 50.50 Q; 4. Heide Seyerling (South Africa) 50.87; 5. Monique Hennegan (US) 50.98; 6. Sandie Richards (Jamaica) 51.40; 7. Claudia Marx (Germany) 51.75; 8. Mathews Beenamol (India) 52.68.

Heat three: 1. Ana Guevara (Mexico) 50.58 Q; 2. Lorraine Fenton (Jamaica) 50.61 Q; 3. Michelle Collins (US) 51.22; 4. Florence Ekpo-Umoh (Germany) 51.47; 5. Anastasiya Kapachinskaya (Russia) 51.68; 6. Donna Fraser (Britain) 51.77; 7. Aliann Pompey (Guyana) 51.96; 8. Anna Kozak (Belarus) 52.13.

Javelin. -

Final: 1. Osleidys Menendez (Cuba) 69.53m; 2. Mirela Manjani-Tzelili (Greece) 65.78; 3. Sonia Bisset (Cuba) 64.69; 4. Nikola Tomeckova (Czech Republic) 63.11; 5. Steffi Nerius (Germany) 62.08; 6. Mikaela Ingberg (Finland) 61.94; 7. Xiomara Rivero (Cuba) 61.60; 8. Aggeliki Tsiolakoudi (Greece) 61.01; 9. Tatyana Shikolenko (Russia) 60.91; 10. Wei Jianhua (China) 58.45; 11. Claudia Coslovich (Italy) 57.27; 12. Taina Kolkkala (Finland) 57.21.