1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics

The 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Lisbon

Lisbon

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, the capital city of Portugal

Portugal

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Men

100 m 100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...	Deji Aliu Deji Aliu Deji Aliu is a Nigerian sprinter. He won the 100 metres event at the 2003 All-Africa Games. He also took fourth place in the event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.... Nigeria	10.21	Jason Gardener Jason Gardener Jason Carl Gardener is a retired British sprint athlete, and former World Indoor Champion. Gardener was educated at Beechen Cliff School and the City of Bath College, and went on to graduate from Bath Spa University.-Athletics career:Gardener started his career at the World Junior Championships in... United Kingdom	10.25	Deworski Odom United States	10.26
200 m 200 metres A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...	Tony Wheeler United States	20.62	Deji Aliu Deji Aliu Deji Aliu is a Nigerian sprinter. He won the 100 metres event at the 2003 All-Africa Games. He also took fourth place in the event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.... Nigeria	20.88	Ian Mackie United Kingdom	20.95
400 m 400 metres The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a common sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 . On a standard outdoor running track, it is exactly one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and...	Michael McDonald Michael McDonald (athlete) Michael L. McDonald was a Jamaican athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.He competed for Jamaica at the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta, United States where he won the bronze medal in the men's 4 x 400 metre relay with his team mates Roxbert Martin, Greg Haughton and Davian Clarke.A... Jamaica	45.83	Ramon Clay Ramon Clay Ramon Clay is a retired American sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.He was born in Memphis, Tennessee. He won a silver medal at the 1994 World Junior Championships, finished fourth at the 2002 IAAF World Cup and seventh at the 2003 IAAF World Athletics Final. He became US Outdoor champion... United States	46.13	Shaun Farrell Shaun Farrell Shaun Richard Farrell was a sprinter/middle distance runner who competed for New Zealand. He participated at the 1994 and 1998 Commonwealth Games competing in the 400m and 800m. He is the current New Zealand record holder over 400m.-Personal bests:-References:... New Zealand	46.31
800 m 800 metres The 800 meter race is a common track running event. It is the shortest common middle distance track event. The 800 meter is run over two laps of the track and has always been an Olympic event. During indoor track season the event is usually run on a 200 meter track, therefore requiring four laps...	Paul Byrne Paul Byrne (athlete) Grovedale born Paul Byrne was a junior 800m prodigy from Australia, who won a gold medal at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics, held in Lisbon. However, Byrne never managed to live up to his potential as a senior athlete... Australia	1:47.42	Japheth Kimutai Japheth Kimutai Japheth Kimutai is a Kenyan middle distance runner who specialized in 800 metres.In 1998 he won the gold medal at the Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games in a time of 1:43.82. In the same year he won the African Championships 800 metres in Dakar, Senegal... Kenya	1:48.22	Alain Miranda Cuba	1:48.24
1500 m 1500 metres The 1,500-metre run is the premier middle distance track event.Aerobic endurance is the biggest factor contributing to success in the 1500 metres but the athlete also requires significant sprint speed.In modern times, the 1,500-metre run has been run at a pace faster than the average person could...	Julius Achon Julius Achon Julius Achon is an Ugandan middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.Achon currently hold the 800m American Collegiate Record with a time of 1:44.55 set back in 1996 as a student at George Mason University.... Uganda	3:39.78	André Bucher André Bucher André Bucher is a retired Swiss 800 metres runner. He is best known for winning the gold medal at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton in his event. Bucher also won the indoor bronze that same year.... Switzerland	3:40.46	Philip Mosima Philip Mosima Philip Mosima is a Kenyan professional runner who specialises in middle distance and long distance running.He was a promising junior cross country runner, winning the junior men's race at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in 1993... Kenya	3:41.09
5000 m 5000 metres The 5000 metres is a popular running distance also known as 5 km or 5K in American English. It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics. "5000 metres" refers to racing on a track and "5K" usually refers to a roadrace or cross country event...	Daniel Komen Daniel Komen Daniel Kipngetich Komen is a Kenyan middle- and long-distance runner. Remembered for his rivalry with Haile Gebrselassie, Komen's most notable achievements came in a two-year period between 1996 and 1998, during which he broke a string of world records... Kenya	13:45.37	Habte Jifar Habte Jifar Habte Jifar is an Ethiopian middle distance runner. He has a total of three medals in the All-African Games. His best performance in a global event was a sixth place at the 1999 World Championships. He currently specializes in the marathon race.-Achievements:- External links :... Ethiopia	13:49.70	Giuliano Battocletti Italy	13:51.16
10 000 m	Daniel Komen Daniel Komen Daniel Kipngetich Komen is a Kenyan middle- and long-distance runner. Remembered for his rivalry with Haile Gebrselassie, Komen's most notable achievements came in a two-year period between 1996 and 1998, during which he broke a string of world records... Kenya	28:29.74	Kenji Takao Japan	28:55.24	Michitane Noda Japan	29:00.55
20 km Road race Road running Road running is the sport of running on a measured course over an established road . These events would be classified as long distance according to athletics terminology, with distances typically ranging from 5 kilometers to 42.2 kilometers in the marathon. They may involve large numbers of runners...	Clodoaldo da Silva Brazil	1:03:21	Carlos García Carlos García Carlos Jesús García Guerrero is a former Major League Baseball second baseman and right-handed batter who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates , Toronto Blue Jays , Anaheim Angels and San Diego Padres .-Playing career:García signed as an amateur free agent with the Pirates in 1987... Spain	1:03:38	Antonello Landi Italy	1:03:40
110 m H 110 metres hurdles The 110 metres hurdles is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is incuded in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metre hurdles. As part of a racing event, ten hurdles of 1.067 metres in height are evenly spaced along a straight...	Frank Busemann Frank Busemann Frank Busemann is a former German decathlete.Busemann started his career as a 110 m hurdler and was junior world champion in this discipline in 1994. After his surprising decathlon silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics with his personal best of 8706 points he became one of Germany's most... Germany	13.47	Dudley Dorival Dudley Dorival Dudley Dorival is a Haitian hurdler. He was born in Elizabeth, United States.Dorival attended and competed at the University of Connecticut... United States	13.65	Darius Pemberton United States	13.93
400 m H 400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is an Olympic athletics event in track and field. On a standard outdoor track 400 metres is the length of the inside lane once around the stadium. Runners stay in their lane the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten hurdles that are evenly...	Gennadiy Gorbenko Ukraine	50.56	Miklós Róth Hungary	50.85	Noel Levy United Kingdom	50.94
3000 m St.	Paul Chemase Kenya	8:31.51	Julius Chelule Kenya	8:33.64	Yarba Lakhal Morocco	8:34.42
10000 m track walk Race walking Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance athletic event. Although it is a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times...	Jorge Segura Mexico	40:26.93	Yevgeniy Shmalyuk Russia	40:32.72	Artur Meleshkevich Artur Meleshkevich Artur Meleshkevich is a retired male race walker from Belarus. He set his personal best in the men's 20 km event on March 10, 2001 in Brest, Belarus.-Achievements:-References:*... Belarus	40:35.52
4 X 100 m Relay race During a relay race, members of a team take turns running, orienteering, swimming, cross-country skiing, biathlon, or ice skating parts of a circuit or performing a certain action. Relay races take the form of professional races and amateur games...	United Kingdom	39.60	United States	39.76	Canada	39.90
4 X 400 m Relay race During a relay race, members of a team take turns running, orienteering, swimming, cross-country skiing, biathlon, or ice skating parts of a circuit or performing a certain action. Relay races take the form of professional races and amateur games...	United States	3:03.32	Jamaica	3:04.12		3:06.59
High jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....	Jagan Hames Jagan Hames Jagan Hames is a retired decathlete from Australia, who won the gold medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia setting a personal best . He started his career as a high jumper and has an official PB of 2.30m in this event.-Achievements:-References:* *... Australia	2.23	Antoine Burke Antoine Burke Antoine Burke is a retired Irish athlete born in Limerick. Burke attended University College Dublin on an athletics scholarship and also studied at the University of Limerick. He had an eclectic athletic career representing Ireland as a senior athlete at the high jump, long jump, 400 metres and... Republic of Ireland	2.20	Mika Polku Mika Polku Mika Petteri Polku is a retired Finnish high jumper.He was born in Virrat and represented the club Virtain Urheilijat. He won the bronze medal at the 1994 World Junior Championships and finished eighth at the 1996 European Indoor Championships. He competed at the 2000 Olympic Games and the 2001... Finland	2.20
Pole vault Pole vault Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts...	Viktor Chistyakov Russia	5.60	Dmitriy Markov Belarus	5.50	Taoufik Lachheb Early Modern France	5.30
Long jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...	Gregor Cankar Gregor Cankar Gregor Cankar is a Slovenian athlete competing in long jump who won the bronze medal at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics. He finished sixth at the 1996 Summer Olympics.... Slovenia	8.04	Bogdan Tarus Bogdan Tarus Gabriel Bogdan Ţăruş was a Romanian athlete who competed in long jump. According to the IAAF, he jumped an exceptional 7.53 at the age of twelve . He has, however, not had much success in World Championships or Olympic Games. His personal best is 8.29 metres, achieved in 1996... Kingdom of Romania	8.01	Shigeru Tagawa Japan	7.85
Triple jump Triple jump The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...	Onochie Achike Onochie Achike Onochie Achike is an English athlete of Nigerian origin. He was born in Islington, London.A former rugby player, Achike eventually specialized in triple jump and won the gold medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games... United Kingdom	16.67	Leonard Cobb United States	16.65	Ronald Servius Ronald Servius Ronald Servius is a French athlete who specialises in the long jump. Servius competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics- References :... Early Modern France	16.55
Shot put Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....	Adam Nelson Adam Nelson Adam Nelson is an elite American shotputter. A 1997 graduate of Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, Nelson has competed in two Olympic Games... United States	18.34	Andreas Gustafsson Sweden	17.95	Ville Tiisanoja Ville Tiisanoja Ville Johannes Tiisanoja is a 192-cm tall Finnish shot putter who weighs 119 kg and competes for Kenttäurheilijat-58 in Vantaa. His personal best in the men's shot put currently stands at 21.09 m, which he put on July 28, 2002 in the Elite Games in Kuortane, Finland. He is coached by... Finland	17.90
Discus Discus throw The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...	Frantz Kruger Frantz Kruger Frantz Kruger is a South African born Finnish discus thrower who won the Olympic bronze medal in 2000. He is also a double African champion... South Africa	58.22	Julio Piñero Argentina	57.80	Timo Sinervo Finland	56.76
Javelin Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...	Marius Corbett Marius Corbett Marius Corbett is a South African javelin thrower. He won a surprise gold medal at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics, improving his personal best with 4.50 m during the contest... South Africa	77.98	Matti Närhi Matti Närhi Juha Matti Närhi is a Finnish javelin thrower.His personal best throw is 88.24 metres, achieved in July 1997 in Soini.World indoor best holder at javelin; March 3, 1996 he threw 85.78 in Kajaani, Finland.-Achievements:... Finland	74.92	Isbel Luaces Isbel Luaces Isbel Luaces McKullock is a Cuban javelin thrower. His personal best throw is 83.63 metres, which he achieved in July 2002 in Havana.-Achievements:-References:*... Cuba	72.82
Hammer Hammer throw The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown...	Szymon Ziółkowski Poland	70.44	Igor Tugay Ukraine	70.08	Sergey Vasilyev Russia	66.14
Decathlon Decathlon The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word decathlon is of Greek origin . Events are held over two consecutive days and the winners are determined by the combined performance in all. Performance is judged on a points system in each event, not...	Benjamin Jensen Benjamin Jensen Benjamin Jensen is a Norwegian decathlete. He represented Mandal og Halse IL, IK Tjalve and IL Norna-Salhus during his active career. His personal best in decathlon is 8160 points, achieved in August 1999 in Roskilde. This is the Norwegian record. -Achievements:-References:... Norway	7676	Klaus Isekenmeier Klaus Isekenmeier Klaus Isekenmeier is a retired German decathlete. His personal best score was 8310 points, achieved in June 1997 in Ratingen.-Achievements:-References:... Germany	7298	Glenn Lindqvist Finland	7288

Women

100 m 100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...	Sabrina Kelly United States	11.36	Aspen Burkett United States	11.40	Philomena Mensah Philomena Mensah Philomena Mensah is a Canadian sprinter. Born in Accra, she previously represented Ghana, but emigrated to Canada following the 1994 Commonwealth Games... Ghana	11.43
200 m 200 metres A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...	Heide Seÿerling South Africa	22.80	LaKeisha Backus United States	22.86	Tatyana Tkalich Ukraine	23.35
400 m 400 metres The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a common sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 . On a standard outdoor running track, it is exactly one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and...	Olabisi Afolabi Olabisi Afolabi Olabisi Afolabi is a retired female track and field athlete from Nigeria, who specialized in the 400 metres during her career. She was a member of the Nigerian team that won the silver medal in the 1996 Olympics 4 x 400 metres relay.She won the World Junior Championships in 1994... Nigeria	51.97	Monique Hennagan Monique Hennagan Monique Hennagan is an American athlete, who mainly competes in the 400 meters. She won her first relay medal at the 1999 World Indoor Championships and her second in 2003.... United States	52.25	Hana Benešová Czech Republic	52.60
800 m 800 metres The 800 meter race is a common track running event. It is the shortest common middle distance track event. The 800 meter is run over two laps of the track and has always been an Olympic event. During indoor track season the event is usually run on a 200 meter track, therefore requiring four laps...	Mioara Cosulianu Kingdom of Romania	2:04.95	Jackline Maranga Jackline Maranga Jackline Maranga is a retired Kenyan middle distance runner. She won a silver medal at the World Junior Championships at the age of 15, and also won silver medals in the two following Championships, being the only athlete to do so.She is perhaps best known for winning the 1500 metres gold at the... Kenya	2:05.05	Kutre Dulecha Kutre Dulecha Kutre Dulecha is a middle distance runner from Ethiopia. She mainly competes in 1500 metres, where she set a world junior record in 1997. She became world indoor champion in 2004, Ethiopia's first ever women's 1500 m medalist at the championships... Ethiopia	2:05.17
1500 m 1500 metres The 1,500-metre run is the premier middle distance track event.Aerobic endurance is the biggest factor contributing to success in the 1500 metres but the athlete also requires significant sprint speed.In modern times, the 1,500-metre run has been run at a pace faster than the average person could...	Anita Weyermann Anita Weyermann Anita Weyermann is a former middle distance runner from Switzerland.She won the 1998 Eurocross meeting. In the 1999 season she began with a win at the Belfast International Cross Country and went on to take the gold at the European Cross Country Championships.Weyermann retired from professional... Switzerland	4:13.97	Marta Domínguez Marta Domínguez Marta Domínguez Azpeleta is a Spanish runner. She was accused of drug dealing and but later acquitted .Dominguez currently competes mainly in 3000 m steeplechase, a distance in which she was the 2009 world champion... Spain	4:14.59	Atsumi Yashima Japan	4:15.84
3000 m 3000 metres The 3000 metres is a popular amateur middle distance track event where 7.5 laps are completed around a 400 metre track. This event is generally classified as middle distance, but it could be classed as a long distance event in many high schools, since they do not promote races such as the 5000 and...	Gabriela Szabo Gabriela Szabo Gabriela Szabo is a Romanian track and field athlete, winner of the gold medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics in 5000 m and winner of bronze and silver medals in 1996 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics in 1500 m, respectively.... Kingdom of Romania	8:47.40	Susie Power Australia	8:56.93	Sally Barsosio Sally Barsosio Sally Barsosio is a Kenyan distance runner. , Barsosio is the youngest ever medallist at the World Junior Championships in Athletics... Kenya	8:59.34
10 000 m	Yoko Yamazaki Japan	32:34.11	Jackline Okemwa Kenya	33:19.51	Jebiwot Keitany Kenya	33:35.98
100 m H 100 metres hurdles The 100 m hurdles are an Olympic track and field athletics discipline run by women . For the race ten hurdles of a height of 83.8 cm are placed evenly spaced along a straight course of 100 meters. They are positioned so that they will fall over if bumped into by the runner...	Kirsten Bolm Kirsten Bolm Kirsten Bolm is a German hurdler.Her personal best is 12.59 seconds, achieved in July 2005 in the Crystal Palace Grand Prix at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre.... Germany	13.26	LaTasha Colander LaTasha Colander LaTasha Colander is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for United States. She is a 2004 Olympic Trials 100 m Champion; two-time U.S. 400 m champion ; World Record Holder, 4 x 200 m relay; 1994 USA Juniors champion ; 2nd, 1994 World Junior Champs... United States	13.30	Diane Allahgreen Diane Allahgreen Diane Allahgreen is a former British Olympic sprint hurdler.She won a bronze medal in the 60 m hurdles at the 1998 European Indoor Athletics Championships in Valencia and represented Great Britain at the 2000 Summer Olympics and England at the 2002 Commonwealth GamesShe retired from competition in... United Kingdom	13.31
400 m H 400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is an Olympic athletics event in track and field. On a standard outdoor track 400 metres is the length of the inside lane once around the stadium. Runners stay in their lane the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten hurdles that are evenly...	Ionela Târlea Kingdom of Romania	56.25	Virna De Angeli Italy	56.93	Emma Holmqvist Sweden	57.23
5000 m track walk Race walking Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance athletic event. Although it is a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times...	Irina Stankina Irina Stankina Irina Stankina is a Russian race walker. The 1994 World Junior champion and record holder, in 1995 she won the 10 km race at the World Championships as the youngest ever . She later walked the 20 km distance in 1:25:29 hours, the fourth best time ever.-Achievements:-External links:... Russia	21:05.41	Susana Feitor Susana Feitor Susana Paula de Jesus Feitor, DamIH is a Portuguese racewalker. She was born in Alcobertas, Médio Tejo.-Achievements:-References:... Portugal	21:12.87	Natalya Trofimova Russia	21:24.71
4 X 100 m Relay race During a relay race, members of a team take turns running, orienteering, swimming, cross-country skiing, biathlon, or ice skating parts of a circuit or performing a certain action. Relay races take the form of professional races and amateur games...	Jamaica	44.01	Germany	44.78		45.08
4 X 400 m Relay race During a relay race, members of a team take turns running, orienteering, swimming, cross-country skiing, biathlon, or ice skating parts of a circuit or performing a certain action. Relay races take the form of professional races and amateur games...	United States	3:32.08	Kingdom of Romania	3:36.59	Germany	3:36.65
High jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....	Olga Kaliturina Olga Kaliturina Olga Kaliturina is a Russian high jumper. Her personal best jump is 1.98 metres, achieved in August 2004 in Moscow.-Achievements:-References:... Russia	1.88	Kajsa Bergqvist Kajsa Bergqvist Kajsa Margareta Bergqvist is a Swedish former high jumper. She won one bronze medal in the Olympic Games, one gold and two bronze medals in the World Championships in Athletics and one gold and one bronze in the European Championships. Her personal outdoor record of 2.06 m, set in Germany in 2003,... Sweden	1.88	Amy Acuff Amy Acuff Amy Lyn Acuff is a track and field athlete from the United States. A high jump specialist, she competed in the 1996, 2000, 2004, and 2008 Summer Olympics as a member of USA Track and Field... United States Lenka Riháková Slovakia	1.88
Long jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...	Yelena Lysak Russia	6.72	Heli Koivula Finland	6.64	Ingvild Larsen Norway	6.39
Triple jump Triple jump The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...	Yelena Lysak Russia	14.43	Ren Ruiping Ren Ruiping Ren Ruiping is a female Chinese triple jumper. Ren set three world junior records in triple jump, and is a former Asian record holder with 14.66 metres. The record now belongs to Olga Rypakova of Kazakhstan with 15.25 metres.-Achievements:-External links:... Mainland China	14.36	Tatyana Lebedeva Tatyana Lebedeva Tatyana Romanovna Lebedeva is a Russian athlete who competes in both the long jump and triple jump events. She is one of most successful athletes in the disciplines, having won gold medals at Olympic, world and European levels... Russia	13.62
Shot put Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....	Cheng Xiaoyan Cheng Xiaoyan Cheng Xiaoyan is a retired female Chinese shot putter.Her personal best throw is 20.02 metres, achieved in June 1994 in Beijing.-Achievements:-References:... People's Republic of China	18.76	Yumileidi Cumbá Yumileidi Cumbá Yumileidi Cumbá Jay is a Cuban shot putter.Her greatest season was 2004, when she won an Olympic gold medal and achieved a new personal best throw.... Cuba	18.09	Claudia Mues Germany	17.07
Discus Discus throw The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...	Corrie de Bruin Corrie de Bruin Corrie de Bruin is a retired discus thrower and shot putter from the Netherlands, who represented her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia... Netherlands	55.18	Sabine Sievers Germany	54.86	Suzy Powell Suzy Powell Suzanne Powell-Roos is a female discus thrower from the United States., who represented her native country in the women's discus throw event at three Summer Olympics, 1996 , 2000 and 2008 .She is the current American record holder in the Discus Throw, that record of... United States	52.62
Javelin Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...	Taina Uppa Finland	59.02	María Caridad Álvarez Cuba	58.26	Réka Kovács Hungary	55.88
Heptathlon Heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field athletics combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek hepta and athlon . A competitor in a heptathlon is referred to as a heptathlete.-Women's Heptathlon:...	Kathleen Gutjahr Germany	5918	Regla Cárdenas Regla Cárdenas Regla María Cárdeñas Telo is a retired Cuban heptathlete.-Achievements:-References:*... Cuba	5834	Ding Ying People's Republic of China	5785

Medal table

1	5	8	4	17
2	5	1	3	9
3	3	4	3	10
4	3	3	2	8
5	3	2	0	5
6	3	0	0	3
7	2	1	5	8
8=	2	1	0	3
8=	2	1	0	3
10	2	1	0	3
11	1	2	4	7
12	1	1	3	5
13=	1	1	1	3
13=	1	1	1	3
15	1	1	0	2
16	1	0	1	2
17=	1	0	0	1
17=	1	0	0	1
17=	1	0	0	1
17=	1	0	0	1
17=	1	0	0	1
17=	1	0	0	1
23	0	3	2	5
24	0	2	1	3
25	0	2	0	2
26	0	1	2	3
27=	0	1	1	2
27=	0	1	1	2
27=	0	1	1	2
30=	0	1	0	1
30=	0	1	0	1
30=	0	1	0	1
33	0	0	2	2
34=	0	0	1	1
34=	0	0	1	1
34=	0	0	1	1
34=	0	0	1	1
34=	0	0	1	1
34=	0	0	1	1
Total	42	42	43	124

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