1990 IAAF Grand Prix Final

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.

1990 IAAF Grand Prix Final
Host cityAthens, Greece
Events18
Dates7 September
Main venueOlympic Stadium

Medal summary

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres   Leroy Burrell (USA) 10.04   Mark Witherspoon (USA) 10.11   Carl Lewis (USA) 10.12
800 metres   William Tanui (KEN) 1:44.95   Réda Abdenouz (ALG) 1:45.17   Nixon Kiprotich (KEN) 1:45.17
One mile   Noureddine Morceli (ALG) 3:53.28   Jens-Peter Herold (GDR) 3:53.77   Peter Elliott (GBR) 3:53.85
5000 metres   Brahim Boutayeb (MAR) 13:30.54   Khalid Skah (MAR) 13:31.22   Yobes Ondieki (KEN) 13:31.37
3000 metres steeplechase   Julius Kariuki (KEN) 8:24.08   Patrick Sang (KEN) 8:24.77   Julius Korir (KEN) 8:25.19
400 m hurdles   Samuel Matete (ZAM) 47.91   Danny Harris (USA) 47.93   Winthrop Graham (JAM) 48.88
High jump   Sergey Malchenko (URS) 2.34 m   Georgi Dakov (BUL) 2.32 m   Javier Sotomayor (CUB) 2.32 m
Triple jump   Leonid Voloshin (URS) 17.35 m   Marios Hadjiandreou (CYP) 16.91 m   Mike Conley, Sr. (USA) 16.82 m
Shot put   Ulf Timmermann (GDR) 21.00 m   Georg Andersen (NOR) 20.50 m   Ron Backes (USA) 20.30 m
Hammer throw   Yuriy Sedykh (URS) 80.26 m   Tibor Gécsek (HUN) 77.52 m   Tore Gustafsson (SWE) 74.44 m

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
200 metres   Merlene Ottey (JAM) 21.88   Grit Breuer (GDR) 22.58   Galina Malchugina (URS) 22.59
400 metres   Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) 50.31   Fatima Yusuf (NGR) 50.96   Pauline Davis (BAH) 51.00
1500 metres   Sandra Gasser (SUI) 4:06.11   Yvonne Mai (GDR) 4:07.56   Svetlana Kitova (URS) 4:07.88
5000 metres   PattiSue Plumer (USA) 15:14.36   Nadia Dandolo (ITA) 15:14.93   Viorica Ghican (ROM) 15:15.74
100 m hurdles   Gloria Siebert (GDR) 12.74   Lidiya Yurkova (URS) 12.76   Monique Éwanjé-Épée (FRA) 12.86
Long jump   Heike Drechsler (GDR) 6.98 m   Inessa Kravets (URS) 6.82 m   Marieta Ilcu (ROM) 6.78 m
Discus throw   Ilke Wyludda (GDR) 67.08 m   Martina Hellmann (GDR) 63.54 m   Larisa Mikhalchenko (URS) 63.34 m
Javelin throw   Petra Felke (GDR) 66.44 m   Brigitte Graune (FRG) 61.48 m   Dulce García (CUB) 61.24 m

Points leaders

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Overall   Leroy Burrell (USA) 63   Noureddine Morceli (ALG) 61   Danny Harris (USA) 59
100 metres   Leroy Burrell (USA) 63   Mark Witherspoon (USA) 50   Calvin Smith (USA) 46
800 metres   Nixon Kiprotich (KEN) 54   Réda Abdenouz (ALG) 45   William Tanui (KEN) 41
One mile   Noureddine Morceli (ALG) 61   Jens-Peter Herold (GDR) 46   Joe Falcon (USA) 42
5000 metres   Khalid Skah (MAR) 59   Brahim Boutayeb (MAR) 47   Yobes Ondieki (KEN) 46
3000 metres steeplechase   Julius Kariuki (KEN) 56   Patrick Sang (KEN) 49   Julius Korir (KEN) 40
400 m hurdles   Danny Harris (USA) 59   Samuel Matete (ZAM) 56   Winthrop Graham (JAM) 50
High jump   Hollis Conway (USA) 56   Georgi Dakov (BUL) 49   Sergey Malchenko (URS) 48.5
Triple jump   Mike Conley, Sr. (USA) 59   Ján Čado (TCH) 49   Oleg Protsenko (URS) 48
Shot put   Ulf Timmermann (GDR) 54   Georg Andersen (NOR) 50   Ron Backes (USA) 42
Hammer throw   Yuriy Sedykh (URS) 59   Tibor Gécsek (HUN) 49   Heinz Weis (FRG) 48

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Overall   Merlene Ottey (JAM) 63   Heike Drechsler (GDR) 63   Petra Felke (GDR) 63
200 metres   Merlene Ottey (JAM) 63   Grace Jackson (JAM) 53   Galina Malchugina (URS) 49
400 metres   Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) 59   Pauline Davis (BAH) 50   Fatima Yusuf (NGR) 46
1500 metres   Doina Melinte (ROM) 51   Svetlana Kitova (URS) 46   Margareta Keszeg (ROM) 40
5000 metres   PattiSue Plumer (USA) 63   Viorica Ghican (ROM) 45   Nadia Dandolo (ITA) 37
100 m hurdles   Monique Éwanjé-Épée (FRA) 57   Gloria Siebert (GDR) 52   Lidiya Yurkova (URS) 47
Long jump   Heike Drechsler (GDR) 63   Inessa Kravets (URS) 55   Marieta Ilcu (ROM) 49
Discus throw   Ilke Wyludda (GDR) 63   Martina Hellmann (GDR) 28   Tsvetanka Khristova (BUL) 26
Javelin throw   Petra Felke (GDR) 63   Dulce García (CUB) 34   Karen Forkel (GDR) 32

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