1998 IAAF Grand Prix Final

1998 IAAF Grand Prix Final Moscow, Russia 5 September Luzhniki Stadium 18 1997 Fukuoka 1999 Munich 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.IAAF Golden League – The New Vision of Athletics. IAAF (1998-03-20). Retrieved on 2014-01-11.IAAF Grand Prix Final. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-01-11. Medal summary Men OverallHicham El Guerrouj MAR 136Haile Gebrselassie ETH 114Bryan Bronson USA 97100 metresFrankie Fredericks NAM 10.11Obadele Thompson BAR 10.11Tim Harden USA 10.12400 metresMark Richardson GBR 44.88Jerome Young USA 44.96Iwan Thomas GBR 44.961500 metresHicham El Guerrouj MAR 3:32.03Laban Rotich KEN 3:33.04William Tanui KEN 3:33.303000 metresHaile Gebrselassie ETH 7:50.00Luke Kipkosgei KEN 7:50.87Julius Gitahi KEN 7:51.49400 m hurdlesStéphane Diagana FRA 48.30Dinsdale Morgan JAM 48.60Samuel Matete ZAM 48.73High jumpJavier Sotomayor CUB 2.31 mStaffan Strand SWE 2.28 mCharles Austin USA 2.28 mPole vaultMaksim Tarasov RUS 5.95 mJean Galfione FRA 5.90 mDanny Ecker GER 5.80 mTriple jumpCharles Friedek GER 17.33 mDenis Kapustin RUS 17.01 mAleksandr Glavatskiy BLR 16.98 mShot putJohn Godina USA 21.21 mYuriy Bilonog UKR 20.62 mOliver-Sven Buder GER 20.53 mHammer throwTibor Gécsek HUN 81.21 mBalázs Kiss HUN 79.71 mAndrey Abduvaliyev UZB 78.30 m Women OverallMarion Jones USA 130Svetlana Masterkova RUS 107Falilat Ogunkoya NGR 101100 metresMarion Jones USA 10.83Savatheda Fynes BAH 11.10Inger Miller USA 11.15400 metresFalilat Ogunkoya NGR 49.73Charity Opara NGR 50.09Sandie Richards JAM 50.441500 metresSvetlana Masterkova RUS 4:03.79Kutre Dulecha ETH 4:04.72Carla Sacramento POR 4:05.823000 metresGete Wami ETH 8:40.11Zahra Ouaziz MAR 8:40.45Mariya Pantyukhova RUS 8:47.77100 m hurdlesMichelle Freeman JAM 12.56Melissa Morrison USA 12.63Glory Alozie NGR 12.72Long jumpMarion Jones USA 7.13 mHeike Drechsler GER 6.99 mFiona May ITA 6.89 mDiscus throwNatalya Sadova RUS 68.50 mFranka Dietzsch GER 65.24 mNicoleta Grasu ROM 65.10 mJavelin throwTanja Damaske GER 68.40 mTatyana Shikolenko RUS 67.84 mTrine Hattestad NOR 67.26 m References Medalists IAAF Grand Prix Final. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-01-17. External links IAAF Grand Prix Final archive from IAAF Grand Prix Final Category:International athletics competitions hosted by Russia Category:Sports competitions in Moscow Category:1998 in Russian sport Category:September 1998 sports events in Europe Category:1998 in Moscow Category:IAAF Grand Prix Final Category:Athletics in Moscow Category:IAAF Golden League Category:September 1998 in Russia