1990 IAAF Grand Prix Final

1990 IAAF Grand Prix Final Athens, Greece 7 September Olympic Stadium 18 1989 Monaco 1991 Barcelona The 1990 IAAF Grand Prix Final was the sixth 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 7 September at the Olympic Stadium (Athens) in Athens, Greece. Leroy Burrell (100 metres) and Merlene Ottey (200 metres) were the overall points winners of the tournament. This was Ottey's second series win (having previously won in 1987) and made her the second woman to win the honour twice, after Paula Ivan. The number of athletics events in the programme reached eighteen for the first time, with ten for men and eight for women. Medal summary Men 100 metresLeroy Burrell USA 10.04Mark Witherspoon USA 10.11Carl Lewis USA 10.12800 metresWilliam Tanui KEN 1:44.95Réda Abdenouz ALG 1:45.17Nixon Kiprotich KEN 1:45.17One mileNoureddine Morceli ALG 3:53.28Jens-Peter Herold GDR 3:53.77Peter Elliott GBR 3:53.855000 metresBrahim Boutayeb MAR 13:30.54Khalid Skah MAR 13:31.22Yobes Ondieki KEN 13:31.373000 metres steeplechaseJulius Kariuki KEN 8:24.08Patrick Sang KEN 8:24.77Julius Korir KEN 8:25.19400 m hurdlesSamuel Matete ZAM 47.91Danny Harris USA 47.93Winthrop Graham JAM 48.88High jumpSergey Malchenko URS 2.34 mGeorgi Dakov BUL 2.32 mJavier Sotomayor CUB 2.32 mTriple jumpLeonid Voloshin URS 17.35 mMarios Hadjiandreou CYP 16.91 mMike Conley, Sr. USA 16.82 mShot putUlf Timmermann GDR 21.00 mGeorg Andersen NOR 20.50 mRon Backes USA 20.30 mHammer throwYuriy Sedykh URS 80.26 mTibor Gécsek HUN 77.52 mTore Gustafsson SWE 74.44 m Women 200 metresMerlene Ottey JAM 21.88Grit Breuer GDR 22.58Galina Malchugina URS 22.59400 metresAna Fidelia Quirot CUB 50.31Fatima Yusuf NGR 50.96Pauline Davis BAH 51.001500 metresSandra Gasser SUI 4:06.11Yvonne Mai GDR 4:07.56Svetlana Kitova URS 4:07.885000 metresPattiSue Plumer USA 15:14.36Nadia Dandolo ITA 15:14.93Viorica Ghican ROM 15:15.74100 m hurdlesGloria Siebert GDR 12.74Lidiya Yurkova URS 12.76Monique Éwanjé-Épée FRA 12.86Long jumpHeike Drechsler GDR 6.98 mInessa Kravets URS 6.82 mMarieta Ilcu ROM 6.78 mDiscus throwIlke Wyludda GDR 67.08 mMartina Hellmann GDR 63.54 mLarisa Mikhalchenko URS 63.34 mJavelin throwPetra Felke GDR 66.44 mBrigitte Graune FRG 61.48 mDulce García CUB 61.24 m Points leaders Men OverallLeroy Burrell USA 63Noureddine Morceli ALG 61Danny Harris USA 59100 metresLeroy Burrell USA 63Mark Witherspoon USA 50Calvin Smith USA 46800 metresNixon Kiprotich KEN 54Réda Abdenouz ALG 45William Tanui KEN 41One mileNoureddine Morceli ALG 61Jens-Peter Herold GDR 46Joe Falcon USA 425000 metresKhalid Skah MAR 59Brahim Boutayeb MAR 47Yobes Ondieki KEN 463000 metres steeplechaseJulius Kariuki KEN 56Patrick Sang KEN 49Julius Korir KEN 40400 m hurdlesDanny Harris USA 59Samuel Matete ZAM 56Winthrop Graham JAM 50High jumpHollis Conway USA 56Georgi Dakov BUL 49Sergey Malchenko URS 48.5Triple jumpMike Conley, Sr. USA 59Ján Čado TCH 49Oleg Protsenko URS 48Shot putUlf Timmermann GDR 54Georg Andersen NOR 50Ron Backes USA 42Hammer throwYuriy Sedykh URS 59Tibor Gécsek HUN 49Heinz Weis FRG 48 Women OverallMerlene Ottey JAM 63Heike Drechsler GDR 63Petra Felke GDR 63200 metresMerlene Ottey JAM 63Grace Jackson JAM 53Galina Malchugina URS 49400 metresAna Fidelia Quirot CUB 59Pauline Davis BAH 50Fatima Yusuf NGR 461500 metresDoina Melinte ROM 51Svetlana Kitova URS 46Margareta Keszeg ROM 405000 metresPattiSue Plumer USA 63Viorica Ghican ROM 45Nadia Dandolo ITA 37100 m hurdlesMonique Éwanjé-Épée FRA 57Gloria Siebert GDR 52Lidiya Yurkova URS 47Long jumpHeike Drechsler GDR 63Inessa Kravets URS 55Marieta Ilcu ROM 49Discus throwIlke Wyludda GDR 63Martina Hellmann GDR 28Tsvetanka Khristova BUL 26Javelin throwPetra Felke GDR 63Dulce García CUB 34Karen Forkel GDR 32 References IAAF Grand Prix Final. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-01-17. External links IAAF Grand Prix Final archive from IAAF Grand Prix Final Grand Prix Final Category:Athletics competitions in Athens Category:1990s in Athens Category:IAAF Grand Prix Final Category:International athletics competitions hosted by Greece Category:September 1990 sports events in Europe