Athletics at the 1994 Goodwill Games

At the 1994 Goodwill Games, the athletics events were held in July at the Petrovsky Stadium in Saint Petersburg, Russia. A total of 44 events were contested, of which 22 were by male and 22 by female athletes. The marathon event was dropped for the 1994 edition and racewalking events took place on the track, making the entire athletics programme a track and field-only affair. The United States won the most gold medals (18) in the athletics competition, but Russia had the greatest total medal haul, winning 41 medals, 10 of which were gold. Cuba, Great Britain and Kenya were the next best achievers in the medal count.

Athletics at the 1994 Goodwill Games
The 28,000-capacity Petrovsky Stadium provided the venue for the athletics competition.
DatesJuly 1994
Host citySt. Petersburg, Russia
VenuePetrovsky Stadium
Participation372 athletes from
46 nations
Records set1 world record
15 Games records

1994 Goodwill Games

The competition remained invitation-only and each event was contested in a single final format.[1] Fifteen Goodwill Games records were equalled or improved at the competition, and Marina Pluzhnikova achieved a world record in the little-contested 2000 metres steeplechase (although the IAAF does not ratify world records for that distance). The United States completed medal sweeps in the men's 100 metres, long jump, decathlon and women's 400 metres. Noureddine Morceli's winning time of 3:48.67 in the mile run was a games record and the fastest of 1994.[2] In spite of appearances from prominent athletes such as Sergey Bubka, Irina Privalova and Carl Lewis, the stadium failed to reach much more than half of its 28,000 capacity over the five-day competition.[3]

Gwen Torrence completed a 100/200 metres double and added the 4×100 metres relay for a third gold of the competition. Irina Privalova was runner-up to Torrence in both the individual sprints. Russia's Yelena Romanova retained her 5000 metres crown and also won the 3000 metres race. Jackie Joyner-Kersee won her third consecutive heptathlon title, having dominated the event since the games' inception.[4] Two American men retained their titles won four years previously at the 1990 Goodwill Games: Michael Johnson in the 200 metres and Kenny Harrison in the triple jump. The performances of former champions Bubka and Lewis did not meet expectations; Bubka, representing Ukraine, managed only 5.70 m for the bronze in the pole vault while Lewis's run of 10.23 seconds in the 100 m left him in fourth place.[5]

Records
Name Event Country Record Type
Marina Pluzhnikova2000 metres steeplechase Russia6:11.84WR
Key:0000WR — World record  • AR — Area record  • GR — Games record  • NR — National record

Medal summary
For full event details see Athletics at the 1994 Goodwill Games – Results

Men
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Dennis Mitchell (USA)10.07  Leroy Burrell (USA)10.11  Jon Drummond (USA)10.12
200 metres  Michael Johnson (USA)20.10 GR  Frankie Fredericks (NAM)20.17  John Regis (GBR)20.31
400 metres  Quincy Watts (USA)45.21  Du'aine Ladejo (GBR)45.21  Derek Mills (USA)45.29
800 metres  Andrey Loginov (RUS)1:46.65  Stanley Redwine (USA)1:46.84  Paul Ruto (KEN)1:47.01
One mile  Noureddine Morceli (ALG)3:48.67 GR  Abdi Bile (SOM)3:52.28  Steve Holman (USA)3:52.77
5000 metres  Moses Kiptanui (KEN)13:10.76 GR  Paul Bitok (KEN)13:24.41  Jon Brown (GBR)13:24.79
10,000 metres  Hammou Boutayeb (MAR)28:10.89  Oleg Strizhakov (RUS)28:27.69  Kipyego Kororia (KEN)28:28.56
110 metres hurdles  Colin Jackson (GBR)13.29  Tony Jarrett (GBR)13.33  Emilio Valle (CUB)13.35
400 metres hurdles  Derrick Adkins (USA)47.86 GR  Samuel Matete (ZAM)47.98  Winthrop Graham (JAM)49.13
3000 metres steeplechase  Marc Davis (USA)8:14.30 GR  Mark Croghan (USA)8:21.85  Joseph Keter (KEN)8:23.13
4×100 metres relay  United States (USA)
Mike Marsh
Leroy Burrell
Sam Jefferson
Carl Lewis		38.30  Cuba (CUB)
Andrés Simón
Joel Lamela
Iván García
Leonardo Prevost		38.76  Russia (RUS)
Andrey Fedoriv
Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy
Oleg Fatun
Andrey Grigoryev		38.92
4×400 metres relay  United States (USA)
Derek Mills
Andrew Valmon
Jason Rouser
Michael Johnson		2:59.42 GR=  Cuba (CUB)
Omar Mena
Iván García
Jorge Crusellas
Norberto Téllez		3:01.87  Russia (RUS)
Dmitry Golovastov
Mikhail Vdovin
Dmitry Bei
Dmitry Kosov		3:02.70
20,000 m track walk  Bernardo Segura (MEX)1:23:28.88  Ruslan Shafikov (RUS)1:23:28.90  Jiao Baozhong (CHN)1:24:07.60
High jump  Javier Sotomayor (CUB)2.40 m GR  Hollis Conway (USA)2.28 m  Leonid Pumalainen (RUS)2.28 m
Pole vault  Igor Trandenkov (RUS)5.90 m  Maksim Tarasov (RUS)5.80 m  Sergey Bubka (UKR)5.70 m
Long jump  Mike Powell (USA)8.45 m (w)  Erick Walder (USA)8.39 m  Kareem Streete-Thompson (USA)8.29 m
Triple jump  Kenny Harrison (USA)17.43 m  Mike Conley (USA)17.25 m  Oleg Sakirkin (KAZ)17.05 m
Shot put  C. J. Hunter (USA)20.35 m  Randy Barnes (USA)20.22 m  Sergey Nikolayev (RUS)20.11 m
Discus throw  Dmitry Shevchenko (RUS)64.68 m  Sergey Lyakhov (RUS)62.22 m  Attila Horváth (HUN)61.70 m
Hammer throw  Lance Deal (USA)80.20 m  Vasiliy Sidorenko (RUS)80.12 m  Yuriy Sedykh (RUS)77.24 m
Javelin throw  Andrey Shevchuk (RUS)82.90 m  Mārcis Štrobinders (LAT)80.92 m  Yuriy Rybin (RUS)80.38 m
Decathlon  Dan O'Brien (USA)8715 pts GR  Steve Fritz (USA)8177 pts  Kip Janvrin (USA)7908 pts

Women
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Gwen Torrence (USA)10.95  Irina Privalova (RUS)10.98  Juliet Cuthbert (JAM)11.12
200 metres  Gwen Torrence (USA)22.09 GR  Irina Privalova (RUS)22.23  Carlette Guidry (USA)22.42
400 metres  Jearl Miles (USA)50.60  Maicel Malone (USA)50.60  Natasha Kaiser-Brown (USA)50.73
800 metres  Maria Mutola (MOZ)1:57.63  Lyudmila Rogachova (RUS)1:58.43  Irina Samorokova (RUS)1:59.07
1500 metres  Yekaterina Podkopayeva (RUS)4:04.92 GR  Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL)4:04.97  Lyudmila Rogachova (RUS)4:05.00
3000 metres  Yelena Romanova (RUS)8:41.06  Fernanda Ribeiro (POR)8:42.13  Annette Peters (USA)8:43.65
5000 metres  Yelena Romanova (RUS)15:28.69  Tatyana Pentukova (RUS)15:30.15  Gitte Karlshøj (DEN)15:33.88
10,000 metres  Tegla Loroupe (KEN)31:52.39 GR  Klara Kashapova (RUS)32:05.42  Gwyn Coogan (USA)32:08.77
100 metres hurdles
Wind: 3.8 m/s		  Brigita Bukovec (SLO)12.83 (w)  Aliuska López (CUB)12.88 (w)  Marina Azyabina (RUS)12.99 (w)
400 metres hurdles  Sally Gunnell (GBR)53.51 GR  Kim Batten (USA)54.22  Anna Knoroz (RUS)54.67
2000 metres steeplechase  Marina Pluzhnikova (RUS)6:11.84 GR WR  Svetlana Pospelova (RUS)6:25.19  Lyudmila Kuropatkina (RUS)6:26.76
4×100 metres relay  United States (USA)
Cheryl Taplin
Dannette Young
Michelle Collins
Gwen Torrence		42.98  Cuba (CUB)
Miriam Ferrer
Aliuska López
Julia Duporty
Liliana Allen		43.37  Ukraine (UKR)
Anzhela Kravchenko
Viktoriya Fomenko
Irina Slyusar
Antonina Slyusar		43.86
4×400 metres relay  United States (USA)
Natasha Kaiser-Brown
Maicel Malone
Jearl Miles
Michelle Collins		3:22.27  Russia (RUS)
Yelena Andreyeva
Yelena Golesheva
Yelena Ruzina
Tatyana Zakharova		3:25.00  Cuba (CUB)
Idalmis Bonne
Julia Duporty
Surella Morales
Nancy McLeón		3:26.35
10,000 m track walk  Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS)42:30.31  Yelena Sayko (RUS)42:43.23  Sari Essayah (FIN)42:45.04
High jump  Silvia Costa (CUB)1.95 m  Yelena Topchina (RUS)1.93 m  Olga Bolșova (MDA)1.93 m
Pole vault  Sun Caiyun (CHN)4.00 m GR  Svetlana Abramova (RUS)3.90 m  Andrea Müller (GER)3.90 m
Long jump  Heike Drechsler (GER)7.12 m  Svetlana Moskalets (RUS)6.82 m  Irina Mushailova (RUS)6.77 m
Triple jump  Anna Biryukova (RUS)14.57 m GR  Lyudmila Dubkova (RUS)13.99 m  Sheila Hudson (USA)13.97 m
Shot put  Sui Xinmei (CHN)20.15 m  Huang Zhihong (CHN)20.08 m  Svetla Mitkova (BUL)19.74 m
Discus throw  Bárbara Hechavarría (CUB)64.84 m  Olga Chernyavskaya (RUS)63.82 m  Daniela Costian (AUS)63.72 m
Javelin throw  Trine Hattestad (NOR)65.74 m  Felicia Tilea (ROM)59.48 m  Oksana Yarygina (UZB)59.30 m
Heptathlon  Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)6606 pts  Larisa Turchinskaya (RUS)6492 pts  Ghada Shouaa (SYR)6361 pts

Medal table
Heike Drechsler won the long jump gold for Germany.
Mozambique's sole medal came from 800 metres winner Maria Mutola.
Javier Sotomayor of Cuba set the games record to win the high jump.

  *   Host nation (Russia)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States18101038
2 Russia*10191241
3 Cuba3429
4 Great Britain2226
5 Kenya2136
6 China2114
7 Germany1012
8 Algeria1001
 Mexico1001
 Morocco1001
 Mozambique1001
 Norway1001
 Slovenia1001
14 Ireland0101
 Latvia0101
 Namibia0101
 Portugal0101
 Romania0101
 Somalia0101
 Zambia0101
21 Jamaica0022
 Ukraine0022
23 Australia0011
 Bulgaria0011
 Denmark0011
 Finland0011
 Hungary0011
 Kazakhstan0011
 Moldova0011
 Syria0011
 Uzbekistan0011
Totals (31 nations)444444132

Participation

References
  1. Goodwill Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-06-28.
  2. Yearlists of 1994 (Men) – Mile. Apulanta. Retrieved on 2010-06-28.
  3. Blackistone, Kevin B. (1994-08-02). There's a Good Deal of Apathy Towards Games. The Spokesman-Review (pg.54). Retrieved on 2010-06-28.
  4. The 1994 Games in the "New" Russia Archived May 19, 2000, at the Wayback Machine. Goodwill Games. Retrieved on 2010-06-28.
  5. Athletics results Archived April 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Goodwill Games. Retrieved on 2010-06-28.
Results
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