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Official Results - 100 Metres - Men - Final

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Last Updated: 18:54:02 CET 16/09/2006

Saturday, September 16, 2006 - 19:40 Wind: 1.1 m/s

Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 8 USA Gay Tyson USA 9.88 0.148
2 2 EUR Obikwelu Francis POR 10.09 0.205
3 4 AME Burns Marc TRI 10.14 0.170
4 9 AFR Emedolu Uchenna NGR 10.14 (SB) 0.178
5 3 FRA Pognon Ronald FRA 10.17 0.164
6 7 ASI Yang Yaozu CHN 10.21 (PB) 0.189
7 6 RUS Yepishin Andrey RUS 10.27 0.188
8 1 OCE Johnson Patrick AUS 10.28 0.143
9 5 GRE Goúsis Anastásios GRE 10.34 0.154

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ATHENS, Sept 16 Infostrada Sports - Results from the World Cup on Saturday
MEN
Team Points

  1. Europe 76
  2. U.S. 74
  3. Africa 61
  4. Americas 50
  5. Russia 50
  6. Asia 44
  7. France 35
  8. Oceania 32
  9. Greece 25

4 x 100m Relay Men

  1. U.S. (U.S.) 37.59
  2. Europe (Europe) 38.45
  3. Asia (Asia) 38.51
  4. Russia (Russia) 38.78
  5. Africa (Africa) 38.87
  6. Oceania (Oceania) 39.48
  7. France (France) 39.67
  8. Greece (Greece) 39.84
    . Americas (Americas) DNF
    Hammer Throw Men
  9. Koji Murofushi (Asia) 82.01
  10. Ivan Tikhon (Europe) 80.00
  11. Ilya Konovalov (Russia) 77.14
  12. Alfred Kruger (U.S.) 75.53
  13. Alexandros Papadimitriou (Greece) 74.13
  14. James Steacy (Americas) 74.04
  15. Chris Harmse (Africa) 73.94
  16. Stuart Rendell (Oceania) 71.99
  17. Christophe Epalle (France) 71.43
    Shot Put Men
  18. Ralf Bartels (Europe) 20.67
  19. Reese Hoffa (U.S.) 20.60
  20. Pavel Sofin (Russia) 20.45
  21. Scott Martin (Oceania) 20.25
  22. Dorian Scott (Americas) 20.21
  23. Gaetan Bucki (France) 19.40
  24. Navpreet Singh (Asia) 18.43
  25. Yasser Ibrahim Farag (Africa) 18.23
  26. Andreas Anastasopoulos (Greece) 17.06
    400m Hurdles Men
  27. Kerron Clement (U.S.) 48.12
  28. Louis Van Zyl (Africa) 48.35
  29. Marek Plawgo (Europe) 48.76
  30. Kemel Thompson (Americas) 48.80
  31. Naman Keita (France) 49.53
  32. Aleksandr Derevyagin (Russia) 49.83
  33. Tristan Thomas (Oceania) 50.00
  34. Minas Alozidis (Greece) 51.12
  35. Yevgeniy Meleshenko (Asia) 51.55
    High Jump Men
  36. Tomas Janku (Europe) 2.28
  37. Andrey Silnov (Russia) 2.24
  38. Tora Harris (U.S.) 2.24
  39. Kabelo Kgosimang (Africa) 2.20
  40. Dimitrios Sirrakos (Greece) 2.20
  41. Jesse de Lima (Americas) 2.15
  42. Mustapha Raifak (France) 2.10
  43. Liam Zamel-Paez (Oceania) 2.05
    . Haiqiang Huang (Asia) DNS
    1500m Men
  44. Alex Kipchirchir (Africa) 3:52.60
  45. Ivan Heshko (Europe) 3:53.33
  46. Nicholas Willis (Oceania) 3:54.76
  47. Gabe Jennings (U.S.) 3:55.09
  48. Ramil Aritkulov (Russia) 3:55.11
  49. Nathan Brannen (Americas) 3:55.16
  50. Abdulrahman Suleiman (Asia) 3:55.67
  51. Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad (France) 3:55.89
  52. Panayiotis Ikonomou (Greece) 3:59.00
    Long Jump Men
  53. Irving Saladino (Americas) 8.26
  54. Andrew Howe (Europe) 8.12
  55. Mohamed Salman Al-Khuwalidi (Asia) 8.11
  56. Ignisious Gaisah (Africa) 8.09
  57. Salim Sdiri (France) 8.03
  58. Brian Johnson (U.S.) 7.88
  59. Ruslan Gataullin (Russia) 7.64
  60. Fabrice Lapierre (Oceania) 7.58
    . Louis Tsatoumas (Greece) NoM
    100m Men
  61. Tyson Gay (U.S.) 9.88
  62. Francis Obikwelu (Europe) 10.09
  63. Marc Burns (Americas) 10.14
  64. Uchenna Emedolu (Africa) 10.14
  65. Ronald Pognon (France) 10.17
  66. Yaozu Yang (Asia) 10.21
  67. Andrey Yepishin (Russia) 10.27
  68. Patrick Johnson (Oceania) 10.28
  69. Anastasios Gousis (Greece) 10.34
    400m Men
  70. LaShawn Merritt (U.S.) 44.54
  71. Gary Kikaya (Africa) 44.66
  72. Dimitrios Regas (Greece) 45.11
  73. Alleyne Francique (Americas) 45.30
  74. Daniel Dabrowski (Europe) 45.61
  75. Vladislav Frolov (Russia) 45.76
  76. Marc Raquil (France) 46.26
  77. Clinton Hill (Oceania) 46.41
  78. Rohan Pradeep Kumara (Asia) 47.35
    5000m Men
  79. Saif Saaeed Shaheen (Asia) 13:35.30
  80. Mike Kigen (Africa) 13:36.19
  81. Matt Tegenkamp (U.S.) 13:36.83
  82. Jan Fitschen (Europe) 13:45.38
  83. Marilson dos Santos (Americas) 13:47.15
  84. Khalid Zoubaa (France) 13:49.44
  85. Sergey Ivanov (Russia) 13:50.16
  86. Adrian Blincoe (Oceania) 14:03.29
  87. Padeleimon Savvopoulos (Greece) 14:26.62

WOMEN

Team Points

  1. Americas 65
  2. Russia 65
  3. Europe 60
  4. Africa 57
  5. U.S. 49
  6. Poland 47
  7. Asia 42
  8. Greece 35
  9. Oceania 26

Discus Throw Women

  1. Franka Dietzsch (Europe) 66.07
  2. Aretha Thurmond (U.S.) 61.83
  3. Aimin Song (Asia) 61.47
  4. Darya Pishchalnikova (Russia) 61.39
  5. Wioletta Potepa (Poland) 60.82
  6. Dani Samuels (Oceania) 59.68
  7. Yania Ferrales (Americas) 58.93
  8. Elizna Naude (Africa) 56.11
  9. Areti Abatzi (Greece) 53.66
    4 x 100m Relay Women
  10. Americas (Americas) 42.26
  11. Russia (Russia) 42.36
  12. Africa (Africa) 43.61
  13. Poland (Poland) 43.91
  14. Oceania (Oceania) 44.26
  15. Asia (Asia) 44.27
  16. Greece (Greece) 44.29
  17. Europe (Europe) 47.61
    . U.S. (U.S.) DSQ
    Triple Jump Women
  18. Tatyana Lebedeva (Russia) 15.13
  19. Hrysopiyi Devetzi (Greece) 15.04
  20. Yamile Aldama (Africa) 14.78
  21. Trecia Smith (Americas) 14.64
  22. Anastasiya Zhuravleva (Asia) 14.54
  23. Olha Saladuha (Europe) 14.16
  24. Shani Marks (U.S.) 13.79
  25. Aleksandra Fila (Poland) 13.34
  26. Linda Allen (Oceania) 12.95
    Pole Vault Women
  27. Yelena Isinbayeva (Russia) 4.60
  28. Fabiana Murer (Americas) 4.55
  29. Shuying Gao (Asia) 4.50
  30. Martina Strutz (Europe) 4.40
  31. Monika Pyrek (Poland) 4.30
  32. Afroditi Skafida (Greece) 4.15
  33. Syrine Balti (Africa) 4.00
    . Jennifer Stuczynski (U.S.) NoM
    . Kym Howe (Oceania) NoM
    400m Hurdles Women
  34. Yuliya Pechonkina (Russia) 53.88
  35. Lashinda Demus (U.S.) 54.06
  36. Anna Jesien (Poland) 54.48
  37. Tatyana Tereshchuk (Europe) 54.55
  38. Daimi Pernia (Americas) 54.60
  39. Xiaoxiao Huang (Asia) 55.06
  40. Janet Wienand (Africa) 56.31
  41. Hristina Hantzi-Naeg (Greece) 56.35
  42. Lauren Boden (Oceania) 58.22
    3000m Women
  43. Tirunesh Dibaba (Africa) 8:33.78
  44. Lidia Chojecka (Poland) 8:39.69
  45. Kara Goucher (U.S.) 8:41.42
  46. Eloise Wellings (Oceania) 8:41.78
  47. Kayoko Fukushi (Asia) 8:44.58
  48. Krisztina Papp (Europe) 8:51.15
  49. Yuliya Chizhenko (Russia) 8:59.67
  50. Maria Protopappa (Greece) 9:00.15
  51. Megan Metcalfe (Americas) 9:04.90
    100m Women
  52. Sherone Simpson (Americas) 10.97
  53. Torri Edwards (U.S.) 11.19
  54. Vida Anim (Africa) 11.21
  55. Kim Gevaert (Europe) 11.24
  56. Yuliya Gushchina (Russia) 11.39
  57. Yeoryia Kokloni (Greece) 11.40
  58. Guzel Khubbieva (Asia) 11.43
  59. Sally McLellan (Oceania) 11.44
  60. Daria Onysko (Poland) 11.49
    Javelin Throw Women
  61. Steffi Nerius (Europe) 63.37
  62. Sonia Bisset (Americas) 61.74
  63. Justine Robbeson (Africa) 61.38
  64. Barbara Madejczyk (Poland) 59.63
  65. Kim Mickle (Oceania) 58.52
  66. Savva Lika (Greece) 58.36
  67. Lada Chernova (Russia) 58.29
  68. Kim Kreiner (U.S.) 54.34
  69. Ning Ma (Asia) 52.54
    400m Women
  70. Sanya Richards (U.S.) 48.70
  71. Vanya Stambolova (Europe) 50.09
  72. Novlene Williams (Americas) 50.24
  73. Tatyana Veshkurova (Russia) 50.50
  74. Fani Halkia (Greece) 50.94
  75. Amy Mbacke Thiam (Africa) 51.39
  76. Olga Tereshkova (Asia) 52.57
  77. Grazyna Prokopek (Poland) 53.29
  78. Rosemary Hayward (Oceania) 54.01
    800m Women
  79. Zulia Calatayud (Americas) 2:00.06
  80. Janeth Jepkosgei (Africa) 2:00.09
  81. Olga Kotlyarova (Russia) 2:00.84
  82. Rebecca Lyne (Europe) 2:00.97
  83. Aneta Lemiesz (Poland) 2:01.53
  84. Hazel Clark (U.S.) 2:01.83
  85. Pinki Parmanik (Asia) 2:03.28
  86. Eleni Filandra (Greece) 2:05.14
  87. Libby Allen (Oceania) 2:07.31
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New Zealand’s Commonwealth champion Nick Willis (OCE) found himself in the lead at the start, and no-one seemed interested in taking it from him. So the first 400 metres went in 1:07.34, with Ivan Heshko (EUR-UKR) and Ramil Aritkulova (RUS) just behind him and the rest just jogging along. The second 400 was even slower (!), with Willis passing 800 metres in 2:19.20 and (need it be said), the rest of the field close.

The pace picked up as they went down the back straight for the third time, with favourite African champion Alex Kipchirchir (AFR-KEN) making a quick move and then tucking in behind Willis through the third 400 which went in 56.7. At that point Kipchirchir took the lead, and quickly moved to put the race away; but Heshko wasn’t ready to concede. The Kenyan, however, just had too much and he pulled away to win by 6 metres in a stunning 3:52.60, one of the slowest major 1500 races (3:52.60) and the fastest final 400 metres (49.4), :eek: any one now living has ever seen.

Said Kipchirchir, “It is different when you are running and winning for your continent and not only for Kenya. My next big goal is the World Championship in Osaka.”

World Indoor champion Heshko, whose last 400 was sub-51 and was second in 3:53.33, said, “It was a long season, so I’m getting tired and couldn’t do better.”

James Dunaway

http://www.iaaf.org/WCP06/news/Kind=4/newsId=36274.html

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What happened to Olu? Shouldn’t he run for Africa instead of Emedolu ?

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2006 ATHENS WORLD CUP - DAY 2:

ATHENS, Sept 17 Infostrada Sports - Results from the World Cup on Sunday
Men
Team Points

  1. Europe 140
  2. U.S. 136
  3. Africa 116
  4. Asia 110
  5. Americas 104
  6. Russia 89
  7. France 79
  8. Oceania 78
  9. Greece 44

4 x 400m Relay Men

  1. U.S. (U.S.) 3:00.11

  2. Americas (Americas) 3:00.14

  3. Africa (Africa) 3:00.88

  4. France (France) 3:03.85

  5. Europe (Europe) 3:03.90

  6. Russia (Russia) 3:04.15

  7. Asia (Asia) 3:04.67

  8. Oceania (Oceania) 3:05.54

  9. Greece (Greece) 3:09.68
    Triple Jump Men

  10. Walt Davis (U.S.) 17.54

  11. Jadel Gregorio (Americas) 17.41

  12. Marian Oprea (Europe) 17.05

  13. Yanxi Li (Asia) 16.87

  14. Danila Burkenya (Russia) 16.84

  15. Tarik Bougtaib (Africa) 16.57

  16. Julien Kapek (France) 16.56

  17. Alwyn Jones (Oceania) 16.42
    . Konstadinos Zalaggitis (Greece)
    Discus Throw Men

  18. Virgilijus Alekna (Europe) 67.19

  19. Ehsan Hadadi (Asia) 62.60

  20. Ian Waltz (U.S.) 62.12

  21. Omar El Ghazali (Africa) 61.50

  22. Scott Martin (Oceania) 60.93

  23. Jean-Claude Retel (France) 58.18

  24. Bogdan Pishchalnikov (Russia) 58.17

  25. Stefanos Konstas (Greece) 58.17

  26. Jason Tunks (Americas) 56.92
    Pole Vault Men

  27. Steven Hooker (Oceania) 5.80

  28. Daichi Sawano (Asia) 5.70

  29. German Chiaraviglio (Americas) 5.70

  30. Romain Mesnil (France) 5.60

  31. Russ Buller (U.S.) 5.50
    5_. Okkert Brits (Africa) 5.50
    5_. Alex Averbukh (Europe) 5.50

  32. Stavros Kouroupakis (Greece) 5.40

  33. Dmitriy Starodubtsev (Russia) 5.20
    110m Hurdles Men

  34. Allen Johnson (U.S.) 12.96

  35. Xiang Liu (Asia) 13.03

  36. Dayron Robles (Americas) 13.06

  37. Stanislavs Olijars (Europe) 13.15

  38. Cedric Lavanne (France) 13.56

  39. Igor Peremota (Russia) 13.57

  40. James Mortimer (Oceania) 13.94

  41. Theopistos Mavridis (Greece) 13.96

  42. Aymen Ben Ahmed (Africa) 14.08
    3000m Steeplechase Men

  43. Saif Saaeed Shaheen (Asia) 8:19.09

  44. Paul Kipsiele Koech (Africa) 8:19.37

  45. Bouabdellah Tahri (France) 8:29.06

  46. Jukka Keskisalo (Europe) 8:29.42

  47. Youcef Abdi (Oceania) 8:36.13

  48. Pavel Potapovich (Russia) 8:38.95

  49. Steve Slattery (U.S.) 8:43.15

  50. Fernando Alex Fernandez (Americas) 8:51.33

  51. Arbedo-Alexandros Litsis (Greece) 9:10.83
    3000m Men

  52. Craig Mottram (Oceania) 7:32.19

  53. Kenenisa Bekele (Africa) 7:36.25

  54. Driss Maazouzi (France) 7:47.80

  55. Kevin Sullivan (Americas) 7:47.99

  56. Adam Goucher (U.S.) 7:48.15

  57. Jesus Espana (Europe) 7:50.09

  58. Sergey Ivanov (Russia) 7:52.80

  59. Tareq Mubarak Taher (Asia) 8:03.70

  60. Anastasios Fraggos (Greece) 8:17.30
    Javelin Throw Men

  61. Andreas Thorkildssen (Europe) 87.17

  62. Gerhardus Pienaar (Africa) 83.62

  63. Aleksandr Ivanov (Russia) 81.87

  64. Qi Chen (Asia) 79.20

  65. Yeoryios Iltsios (Greece) 75.74

  66. Stuart Farquhar (Oceania) 74.55

  67. Robert Minnitti (U.S.) 73.40

  68. Berenguer Demerval (France) 67.68

  69. Robinson Pratt Hinton (Americas) 29.02
    200m Men

  70. Wallace Spearmon (U.S.) 19.87

  71. Usain Bolt (Americas) 19.96

  72. Shingo Suetsugu (Asia) 20.30

  73. Francis Obikwelu (Europe) 20.36

  74. Patrick Johnson (Oceania) 20.52

  75. Anastasios Gousis (Greece) 20.69

  76. Ivan Teplykh (Russia) 20.94

  77. Stephan Buckland (Africa) 20.96

  78. Manuel Reynaert (France) 21.87
    800m Men

  79. Youssef Saad Kamel (Asia) 1:44.98

  80. Bram Som (Europe) 1:45.13

  81. Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (Africa) 1:45.14

  82. Gary Reed (Americas) 1:45.54

  83. Dmitriy Bogdanov (Russia) 1:46.31

  84. Khadevis Robinson (U.S.) 1:46.45

  85. Florent Lacasse (France) 1:47.30

  86. Jason Stewart (Oceania) 1:49.01

  87. Efthimios Papadopoulos (Greece) 1:49.45

Women
Team Points

  1. Russia 137
  2. Europe 128
  3. Americas 117
  4. U.S. 101.5
  5. Poland 97
  6. Africa 96.5
  7. Asia 85.5
  8. Oceania 73
  9. Greece 60.5

4 x 400m Relay Women

  1. Americas (Americas) 3:19.84

  2. U.S. (U.S.) 3:20.69

  3. Russia (Russia) 3:21.21

  4. Europe (Europe) 3:22.35

  5. Poland (Poland) 3:27.22

  6. Africa (Africa) 3:27.65

  7. Greece (Greece) 3:35.79

  8. Oceania (Oceania) 3:36.36

  9. Asia (Asia) 3:38.85
    Hammer Throw Women

  10. Kamila Skolimowska (Poland) 75.29

  11. Tatyana Lysenko (Russia) 74.44

  12. Yipsi Moreno (Americas) 73.99

  13. Wenxiu Zhang (Asia) 71.19

  14. Mariya Smolyachkova (Europe) 68.93

  15. Erin Gilreath (U.S.) 67.39

  16. Brooke Krueger-Billett (Oceania) 65.92

  17. Alexandra Papayeoryiou (Greece) 65.22

  18. Marwa Hussein (Africa) 60.23
    Shot Put Women

  19. Valerie Vili (Oceania) 19.87

  20. Olga Ryabinkina (Russia) 19.54

  21. Yumileidi Cumba (Americas) 19.12

  22. Natalya Khoroneko (Europe) 19.06

  23. Ling Li (Asia) 19.05

  24. Jillian Camarena (U.S.) 18.43

  25. Krystyna Zabawska (Poland) 17.74

  26. Vivian Chukwuemeka (Africa) 17.72

  27. Irini Terzoglou (Greece) 16.32
    100m Hurdles Women

  28. Brigitte Foster-Hylton (Americas) 12.67

  29. Susanna Kallur (Europe) 12.77

  30. Virginia Powell (U.S.) 12.90

  31. Sally McLellan (Oceania) 12.95

  32. Aurelia Trywianska (Poland) 12.97

  33. Aleksandra Antonova (Russia) 13.12

  34. Flora Redoumi (Greece) 13.23

  35. Toyin Augustus (Africa) 13.27

  36. Yun Feng (Asia) 13.32
    3000m Steeplechase Women

  37. Alesya Turova (Europe) 9:29.10

  38. Jeruto Kiptum (Africa) 9:31.44

  39. Wioletta Janowska (Poland) 9:35.08

  40. Victoria Mitchell (Oceania) 9:36.34

  41. Tatyana Petrova (Russia) 9:36.50

  42. Korine Hinds (Americas) 9:47.86

  43. Lisa Galaviz (U.S.) 9:49.32

  44. Minori Hayakari (Asia) 9:49.49

  45. Irini Kokkinariou (Greece) 10:35.78
    High Jump Women

  46. Yelena Slesarenko (Russia) 1.97

  47. Tia Hellebaut (Europe) 1.97

  48. Marina Aitova (Asia) 1.94
    3_. Amy Acuff (U.S.) 1.94

  49. Nicole Forrester (Americas) 1.94

  50. Anna Ksok (Poland) 1.87

  51. Persefoni Hatzinakou (Greece) 1.83
    7_. Rene van der Merwe (Africa) 1.83

  52. Angela McKee (Oceania) 1.79
    Long Jump Women

  53. Lyudmila Kolchanova (Russia) 6.78

  54. Naide Gomes (Europe) 6.68

  55. Hrysopiyi Devetzi (Greece) 6.64

  56. Bronwyn Thompson (Oceania) 6.63

  57. Malgorzata Trybanska (Poland) 6.41

  58. Rose Richmond (U.S.) 6.38

  59. Keila Costa (Americas) 6.33

  60. Olga Rypakova (Asia) 6.21

  61. Josephine Mbarga (Africa) 5.87
    200m Women

  62. Sanya Richards (U.S.) 22.23

  63. Kim Gevaert (Europe) 22.72

  64. Vida Anim (Africa) 22.81

  65. Yuliya Gushchina (Russia) 22.96

  66. Monika Bejnar (Poland) 23.21

  67. Guzel Khubbieva (Asia) 23.34

  68. Cydonie Mothersill (Americas) 23.50

  69. Hariklia Bouda (Greece) 23.52

  70. Melanie Kleeberg (Oceania) 23.86
    1500m Women

  71. Maryam Yusuf Jamal (Asia) 4:00.84

  72. Tatyana Tomashova (Russia) 4:02.45

  73. Sarah Jamieson (Oceania) 4:02.82

  74. Daniela Yordanova (Europe) 4:02.97

  75. Lidia Chojecka (Poland) 4:06.52

  76. Carmen Douma-Hussar (Americas) 4:07.36

  77. Nouria Merah-Benida (Algeria) 4:10.25

  78. Treniere Clement (U.S.) 4:13.55

  79. Kalliopi Astropekaki (Greece) 4:40.68
    5000m Women

  80. Meseret Defar (Africa) 14:39.11

  81. Liliya Shobukhova (Russia) 15:05.33

  82. Kayoko Fukushi (Asia) 15:06.69

  83. Kimberley Smith (Oceania) 15:12.15

  84. Lauren Fleshman (U.S.) 15:17.65

  85. Sabrina Mockenhaupt (Europe) 15:34.61

  86. Maria Protopappa (Greece) 15:49.50

  87. Katarzyna Kowalska (Poland) 16:18.35

  88. Lucelia Peres (Americas) 16:23.72