At the 1998 Goodwill Games

1998 Goodwill Games

The 1998 Goodwill Games was the fourth edition of the international sports competition, created by Ted Turner in reaction to the political troubles surrounding the Olympic Games of the 1980s. The competition was held in New York, United States from July 19 to August 2, 1998.-Medal table:-References:*...

, the athletics events were held at the Mitchel Athletic Complex

Mitchel Athletic Complex

The Mitchel Athletic Complex is part of the Mitchel Field complex, located in Uniondale, New York, in the United States. Mitchel Athletic Complex was built in 1984 and renovated in 1997; it hosted track and field events during the 1998 Goodwill Games....

 in Uniondale

Uniondale, New York

Uniondale is a hamlet as well as a suburb of New York City in Nassau County, New York, United States, on Long Island, in the Town of Hempstead. The population was 24,759 at the 2010 United States Census.-Geography:...

, New York

New York

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, United States

United States

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 from 19 to 22 July. The programme consisted of 44 track and field

Track and field

Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...

 events, of which 22 were contested by male athletes and 22 by female athletes. With the introduction of the women's hammer throw

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...

 and mile run

Mile run

The mile run is a middle-distance foot race which is among the more popular events in track running.The history of the mile run event began in England, where it was used as a distance for gambling races...

, 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 medal

Gold medal

A gold medal is typically the medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture...

s and 55 medals in total. Russia

Russia

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 were the next best performing nation, with 11 golds and 21 medals. Kenya

Kenya

Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...

, Cuba

Cuba

The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...

 and Jamaica

Jamaica

Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...

 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. Significant prize money was available to athletes, with some event winners receiving US$40,000, and world record breaking performances were worth $120,000. One world record was broken at the competition – an American team comprising Jerome Young

Jerome Young

Jerome Young in Clarendon, Jamaica, attended high school in Hartford, Connecticut at Prince Technical, is a sprint athlete. He was caught doping in 1999, which cast suspicious shadows over his entire track & field career....

, Antonio Pettigrew

Antonio Pettigrew

Antonio Pettigrew was an American sprinter who specialized in the 400 meters. He was born in Macon, Georgia....

, Tyree Washington

Tyree Washington

Tyree Washington is a retired American sprinter.He attended both La Sierra High School and San Bernardino Valley College....

 and Michael Johnson

Michael Johnson (athlete)

Michael Duane Johnson is a retired American sprinter. He won four Olympic gold medals and eight world championship gold medals. Johnson currently holds the world and Olympic records in the 400 m and 4 x 400 meters relay. He formerly held the world and Olympic record in the 200 m, and the world...

 improved the 4×400 metres relay record. Sixteen Goodwill Games records were set over the course of the four-day competition. Athletes from the USA filled the podium in five separate events: the women's heptathlon and the men's 400 m, 110 metres hurdles

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...

, 400 metres hurdles

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...

 and 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....

.

Marion Jones

Marion Jones

Marion Lois Jones , also known as Marion Jones-Thompson, is a former world champion track and field athlete, and a former professional basketball player for Tulsa Shock in the WNBA...

 won the women's 100 metres

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...

 and 200 metres

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...

 in Games record time, beating Zhanna Pintusevich on both occasions. Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Jacqueline "Jackie" Joyner-Kersee is a retired American athlete, ranked among the all-time greatest athletes in the women's heptathlon as well as in the women's long jump. She won three gold, one silver, and two bronze Olympic medals, in those four different events...

 won a fourth consecutive 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:...

 title at the Goodwill Games in what was the last competitive outing of her career. Jearl Miles Clark took two silver medal

Silver medal

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s in the 400 metres

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...

 and 800 metres

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...

. Tyree Washington won 200 and 400 m silvers before breaking the world record in the relay. Dan O'Brien

Dan O'Brien

Daniel Dion O'Brien is a former American decathlete. He was deemed one of the best decathlon athletes of the 1990s, winning an Olympic gold medal after winning three consecutive world titles....

, completing his first 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...

 since his 1996 Olympic gold

Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, 44 events in athletics were contested, 24 by men and 20 by women. There were a total number of 2053 participating athletes from 191 countries.-Men:...

, won the event with a games record score.

Records

Name	Event	Country	Record	Type
Jerome Young Jerome Young Jerome Young in Clarendon, Jamaica, attended high school in Hartford, Connecticut at Prince Technical, is a sprint athlete. He was caught doping in 1999, which cast suspicious shadows over his entire track & field career.... Antonio Pettigrew Antonio Pettigrew Antonio Pettigrew was an American sprinter who specialized in the 400 meters. He was born in Macon, Georgia.... Tyree Washington Tyree Washington Tyree Washington is a retired American sprinter.He attended both La Sierra High School and San Bernardino Valley College.... Michael Johnson Michael Johnson (athlete) Michael Duane Johnson is a retired American sprinter. He won four Olympic gold medals and eight world championship gold medals. Johnson currently holds the world and Olympic records in the 400 m and 4 x 400 meters relay. He formerly held the world and Olympic record in the 200 m, and the world...	4×400 metres relay		2:54.20	WR
Key:WR — World record AR — Area record GR — Games record NR — National record

Note: The IAAF announced on 12 August 2008 that they had rescinded this record after Antonio Pettigrew admitted to using human growth hormone and EPO between 1997 and 2003. Jerome Young tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in 2004.

Men

100 metres		9.96		10.00		10.25
200 metres		20.15		20.29		20.81
400 metres		43.76 GR		44.43		44.78
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	United States Jon Drummond Jon Drummond Jonathan A. Drummond is an American athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics.... Tim Harden Tim Harden Tim Harden is a former American athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. Tim graduated from Northeast High School in Kansas City, Missouri in 1992... Dennis Mitchell Dennis Mitchell Dennis Allen Mitchell is a former American college and international track and field athlete, whose team won the gold medal in the 4 x 100 meters relay race at the 1992 Summer Olympics.- Athletic career :... Maurice Greene Maurice Greene (athlete) Maurice Greene is a retired American track and field sprinter who specialized in the 100 meters and 200 meters. He is a former 100 m world record holder with a time of 9.79 seconds. During the height of his career he won four Olympic medals and was a five-time World Champion...	37.90	Canada Brad McCuaig Glenroy Gilbert Glenroy Gilbert Glenroy John Gilbert is a Canadian former athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics.... Bruny Surin Bruny Surin Bruny Surin is a Canadian athlete, winner of a gold medal in the 4x100 m relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics. In 2008 he was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame as part of the 1996 Summer Olympics 4x100 relay team.-Career:... Donovan Bailey Donovan Bailey Donovan Bailey is a retired Canadian sprinter, who once held the world record for the 100 metres race following his gold medal performance in the 1996 Olympic Games. He was the first Canadian to legally break the 10-second barrier in the 100 m...	38.23	Cuba Alfredo García-Baró Alfredo García-Baró Alfredo García-Baró is a Cuban sprinter specializing in the 100 metres.He finished fourth with the Cuban 4 x 100 metres relay team at the 1997 and 1999 World Championships. 2000 Olympic relay bronze medalists Iván García and Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda were part of the team on both... Misael Ortiz Misael Ortíz Misael Ortiz in Pinar del Rio, is a Cuban sprinter specializing in the 200 metres.He finished fourth with the Cuban 4 x 100 metres relay team, which consisted of Alfredo García-Baró, Ortíz, Iván García and Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda, at the 1997 World Championships... Luis Pérez Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda is a former sprinter from Cuba who won an Olympic bronze medal in 4 x 100 metres relay in Sydney 2000. His personal best of 10.18 was set in 1997.-References:*... Anier García Anier García Anier Octavio García Ortiz is a Cuban athlete, winner of the 110 m hurdles at the 2000 Summer Olympics.Born in Santiago de Cuba, Anier García established his credentials early, by winning the 1995 Pan American Junior Championships...	39.34
4×400 metres relay	United States Jerome Young Jerome Young Jerome Young in Clarendon, Jamaica, attended high school in Hartford, Connecticut at Prince Technical, is a sprint athlete. He was caught doping in 1999, which cast suspicious shadows over his entire track & field career.... Antonio Pettigrew Antonio Pettigrew Antonio Pettigrew was an American sprinter who specialized in the 400 meters. He was born in Macon, Georgia.... Tyree Washington Tyree Washington Tyree Washington is a retired American sprinter.He attended both La Sierra High School and San Bernardino Valley College.... Michael Johnson Michael Johnson (athlete) Michael Duane Johnson is a retired American sprinter. He won four Olympic gold medals and eight world championship gold medals. Johnson currently holds the world and Olympic records in the 400 m and 4 x 400 meters relay. He formerly held the world and Olympic record in the 200 m, and the world...	2:54.20 GR WR	Poland Piotr Rysiukiewicz Piotr Rysiukiewicz Piotr Grzegorz Rysiukiewicz is a Polish sprinter who has won various medals for the Polish 4 x 400 metres relay team. He was a member of the best Polish relay 4 x 400 in the 1990s... Tomasz Czubak Tomasz Czubak Tomasz Czubak is a former 400 metres runner from Poland. He won a silver medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1998 European Championships and the 1999 World Championships in Athletics. Running in the 1999 individual contest, he set a personal best and a national record, with 44.62-External links:... Piotr Haczek Piotr Haczek Piotr Haczek is a Polish athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres. An outdoor and indoor world champion in the 4 x 400 metres relay, his success came mainly in relay, his best individual performance being a gold medal at the 1999 European Under 23 Championships.-Personal bests:*100 metres -... Robert Maćkowiak Robert Mackowiak Robert Maćkowiak is a Polish sprinter. Together with Tomasz Czubak, Jacek Bocian and Piotr Haczek he won the gold medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics...	2:58.00 NR Polish records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Poland maintained by its national athletics federation: Polski Związek Lekkiej Atletyki .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:# = not recognised by federation-External links:* * * * *...	Jamaica Gregory Haughton 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... Michael Blackwood Michael Blackwood Michael Blackwood is a male track and field athlete from Jamaica, who specializes in 400 Metres, his personal best being 44.60 set in Madrid in 2002. He is the brother of Catherine Scott.-Achievements:... Davian Clarke Davian Clarke Davian Clarke is a Jamaican athlete, who mainly competes in the 400 metres. He won the bronze medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1996 Olympics, and many relay medals followed, before he won his first individual medal at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships.-Achievements:-External links:*...	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

Women

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	United States Cheryl Taplin Chryste Gaines Chryste Gaines Chryste Dionne Gaines is an American athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.... Angie Vaughn Carlette Guidry	42.06 GR	The Bahamas Savatheda Fynes Chandra Sturrup Chandra Sturrup Chandra Sturrup is a Bahamian track and field sprint athlete. She is a 100 m specialist and the Bahamian national record holder for the women's 100 meter dash with a personal best of 10.84 seconds set in Lausanne, Switzerland on July 5, 2005... Debbie Ferguson Debbie Ferguson Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie is a Bahamian sprint athlete who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres. She had her first major successes with the Bahamian 4×100 metres relay team, winning gold at the Pan American Games and World Championships in Athletics in 1999, and taking another gold at the Olympic... Pauline Davis	42.19	Russia Yekaterina Leshcheva Galina Malchugina Galina Malchugina Galina Malchugina is a retired sprinter from Russia. Competing for the Soviet relay team, she won medals at the 1988 and 1992 Olympics... Natalya Voronova Oksana Ekk	42.62
4×400 metres relay	Jamaica Charmaine Howell Charmaine Howell Charmaine L. Howell is a retired Jamaican athlete who specialized in the 800 metres.She competed at the 2000 Olympics, being knocked out in the semi final... Sandie Richards Sandie Richards Alexandra Richards is a Jamaican track and field athlete. She was a bronze medalist in the 4x400 m relay at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.... Tracey Barnes Deon Hemmings Deon Hemmings Deon Hemmings is a former female 400 metres hurdler.Hemmings was the first ever Jamaican woman to win an Olympic Gold when she won the 400m Hurdles at the 1996 Olympics breaking the Olympic record which stood to 2004...	3:24.76	United States Toya Brown Rochelle Stevens Rochelle Stevens Rochelle Stevens was a 1996 Olympic gold medalist for the United States in the women's 4x400-meter relay... 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.... Kim Graham Kim Graham Kimberly Elaine Graham is a former American sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres event. She represented the United States at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where she received a gold medal in women's 4x400 metres relay with Rochelle Stevens, Maicel Malone, and Jearl Miles...	3:24.81	Russia Tatyana Chebykina Tatyana Chebykina Tatyana Chebykina is a former Russian athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres. Over the course of her career her greatest success came in relay races.She is married to the race walker Nikolay Matyukhin.-Achievements:-External links:... Tatyana Sautkina Yekaterina Bakhvalova Irina Rosikhina Irina Rosikhina Irina Rosikhina is a Russian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.-Achievements:-External links:...	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

Medal table

Key:

1	United States	17	19	19	55
2	Russia	11	5	5	21
3	Kenya	5	4	4	13
4	Cuba	2	3	2	7
5	Jamaica	1	2	5	8
6	Australia	1	1	1	3
7=	Romania	1	1	0	2
7=	Trinidad and Tobago	1	1	0	2
9	Czech Republic	1	0	1	2
10=	Algeria	1	0	0	1
10=	United Kingdom	1	0	0	1
10=	Mozambique	1	0	0	1
10=	Nigeria	1	0	0	1
14	Ukraine	0	2	0	2
15	Morocco	0	1	1	2
16=	The Bahamas	0	1	0	1
16=	Canada	0	1	0	1
16=	France	0	1	0	1
16=	Germany	0	1	0	1
16=	Mexico	0	1	0	1
16=	Poland	0	1	0	1
22=	Brazil	0	0	1	1
22=	People's Republic of China	0	0	1	1
22=	Ecuador	0	0	1	1
22=	Greece	0	0	1	1
22=	Iceland	0	0	1	1
Total		44	45	43	132

External links

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