| Athletics at the 1998 Goodwill Games | |
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| Host City: | Uniondale, New York, United States  |
| Dates: | 19–22 July 1998 |
| Stadium: | Mitchel Athletic Complex |
| Nations Participating: | 38 |
| Athletes Participating: | 354 |
| Events: | 44 |
| Records Set: | 1 world record 16 Games records |
| Previous: | 1994 St. Petersburg |
| Next: | 2001 Brisbane |
| Games: | 1998 Goodwill Games |
At the 1998 Goodwill Games, the athletics events were held at the Mitchel Athletic Complex in Uniondale, New York, United States from 19 to 22 July. The programme consisted of 44 track and field events, of which 22 were contested by male athletes and 22 by female athletes. With the introduction of the women's hammer throw and mile run, the men's and women's programmes achieved equivalent parity for the first time. The United States topped the athletics medal table for a third consecutive edition winning 17 gold medals and 55 medals in total. Russia were the next best performing nation, with 11 golds and 21 medals. Kenya, Cuba and Jamaica rounded out the top-five countries.
As in previous editions, the competition was by invitation only and events were contested in a single final format.[1] Significant prize money was available to athletes, with some event winners receiving US$40,000,[2] and world record breaking performances were worth $120,000. One world record was broken at the competition – an American team comprising Jerome Young, Antonio Pettigrew, Tyree Washington and Michael Johnson improved the 4 × 400 metres relay record.[3] Sixteen Goodwill Games records were set over the course of the four-day competition. Athletes from the United States filled the podium in five separate events: the women's heptathlon and the men's 400 m, 110 metres hurdles, 400 metres hurdles and shot put.
Marion Jones won the women's 100 metres and 200 metres in Games record time, beating Zhanna Pintusevich on both occasions. Jackie Joyner-Kersee won a fourth consecutive heptathlon title at the Goodwill Games in what was the last competitive outing of her career. Jearl Miles Clark took two silver medals in the 400 metres and 800 metres. Tyree Washington won 200 and 400 m silvers before breaking the world record in the relay. Dan O'Brien, completing his first decathlon since his 1996 Olympic gold, won the event with a games record score.[4]
See main article: Athletics at the 1998 Goodwill Games – Results.
| 100 metres | 9.96 | 10.00 | 10.25 | ||||
| 200 metres | 20.15 | 20.29 | 20.81 | ||||
| 400 metres | 43.76 GR | 44.43 | |||||
| 800 metres | 1:45.30 | 1:45.92 | 1:46.05 | ||||
| One mile | 3:53.39 | 3:54.05 | 3:54.78 | ||||
| 5000 metres | 13:20.27 | 13:20.66 | 13:23.34 | ||||
| 10,000 metres | 27:49.26 | 27:49.65 | 28:51.02 | ||||
| 110 metres hurdles | 13.06 GR | 13.10 | 13.16 | ||||
| 400 metres hurdles | 47.15 GR | 47.92 | 48.59 | ||||
| 3000 metres steeplechase | 8:14.26 GR | 8:18.04 | 8:20.00 | ||||
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Jon Drummond Tim Harden Dennis Mitchell Maurice Greene | 37.90 GR | Brad McCuaig Glenroy Gilbert Bruny Surin Donovan Bailey | 38.23 | Alfredo García-Baró Misael Ortiz Luis Pérez Anier García | 39.34 | |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Jerome Young Antonio Pettigrew Tyree Washington Michael Johnson | Piotr Rysiukiewicz Tomasz Czubak Piotr Haczek Robert Maćkowiak | 2:58.00 NR | Gregory Haughton Michael McDonald Michael Blackwood Davian Clarke | 2:58.33 | ||
| 20,000 m track walk | 1:23:29.7 | 1:25:52.3 | 1:29:18.4 | ||||
| High jump | 2.33 m | 2.33 m | 2.29 m | ||||
| Pole vault | 6.01 m GR= | 5.80 m | 5.70 m | ||||
| Long jump | 8.54 m | 8.38 m | 8.34 m | ||||
| Triple jump | 17.65 m | 17.27 m | 17.07 m | ||||
| Shot put | 21.45 m | 20.79 m | 20.39 m | ||||
| Discus throw | 64.81 m | 63.97 m | 62.84 m | ||||
| Hammer throw | 80.89 m | 78.13 m | 77.10 m | ||||
| Javelin throw | 84.11 m | 79.86 m | 78.50 m | ||||
| Decathlon | 8755 pts GR | 8576 pts | 8428 pts |
| 100 metres | 10.90 GR | 11.09 | 11.18 | ||||
| 200 metres | 21.80 GR | 22.46 | 22.67 | ||||
| 400 metres | 49.89 GR | 50.43 | 50.98 | ||||
| 800 metres | 1:58.83 | 1:59.08 | 2:00.02 | ||||
| One mile | 4:20.39 GR | 4:20.93 | 4:22.93 | ||||
| 5000 metres | 15:53.05 | 15:54.93 | 16:00.20 | ||||
| 10,000 metres | 32:15.44 | 32:50.16 | 32:59.85 | ||||
| 100 metres hurdles | 12.72 | 12.78 | 12.85 | ||||
| 400 metres hurdles | 54.20 | 54.49 | 54.62 | ||||
| 3000 metres steeplechase | 9:57.62 | 9:58.28 | 10:08.29 | ||||
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Cheryl Taplin Chryste Gaines Angie Vaughn Carlette Guidry | 42.06 GR | Savatheda Fynes Chandra Sturrup Debbie Ferguson Pauline Davis | 42.19 | Yekaterina Leshcheva Galina Malchugina Natalya Voronova Oksana Ekk | 42.62 | |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Charmaine Howell Sandie Richards Tracey Barnes Deon Hemmings | 3:24.76 | Toya Brown Rochelle Stevens Monique Hennagan Kim Graham | 3:24.81 | Tatyana Chebykina Tatyana Sautkina Yekaterina Bakhvalova Irina Rosikhina | 3:25.58 | |
| 10,000 m track walk | 43:51.97 | 44:25.99 | 45:36.92 | ||||
| High jump | 1.97 m | 1.93 m | Not awarded | ||||
| Pole vault | 4.38 m GR | 4.30 m | 4.20 m | ||||
| Long jump | 6.93 m (w) | 6.85 m (w) | 6.84 m (w) | ||||
| Triple jump | 14.76 m GR | 14.14 m | 13.63 m | ||||
| Shot put | 19.94 m | 19.46 m | 19.07 m | ||||
| Discus throw | 65.80 m | 63.03 m | 61.84 m | ||||
| Hammer throw | 72.64 m GR | 70.98 m | 66.33 m | ||||
| Javelin throw | 66.29 m | 63.72 m | 62.64 m | ||||
| Heptathlon | 6502 pts | 6479 pts | 6465 pts | ||||