The 8th IAAF World Cup in Athletics were held 11–13 September 1998 at the Johannesburg Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa.

1998 IAAF World Cup
Dates11–13 September 1998
Host cityJohannesburg, South Africa
VenueJohannesburg Stadium
Events39
Participation? athletes

Overall results

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Pos. Team Result
1 Africa 110
2 Europe 109
3 Germany 102
4 Americas 97
5 United States 94
6 Great Britain 89
7 Asia 64
8 Oceania 53
 

Women

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Pos. Team Result
1 United States 96
2 Europe 94
3 Africa 88
4 Russia 87
5 Americas 81
6 Germany 75
7 Asia 45
8 Oceania 42

Medal summary

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres   Obadele Thompson (BAR)
Americas
9.87
(NR)
  Seun Ogunkoya (NGR)
Africa
9.92   Dwain Chambers (GBR)
Great Britain
10.03
200 metres   Frankie Fredericks (NAM)
Africa
19.97   Gentry Bradley (USA)
United States
20.38   Troy Douglas (NED)
Europe
20.40
400 metres   Iwan Thomas (GBR)
Great Britain
45.33   Jerome Young (USA)
United States
45.37   Troy McIntosh (BAH)
Americas
45.45
800 metres   Nils Schumann (GER)
Germany
1:48.66   Mark Everett (USA)
United States
1:48.73   Norberto Téllez (CUB)
Americas
1:48.92
1500 metres   Laban Rotich (KEN)}
Africa
3:40.87   Rui Silva (POR)
Europe
3:40.95   Anthony Whiteman (GBR)
Great Britain
3:40.99
3000 metres   Dieter Baumann (GER)}
Germany
7:56.24   Isaac Viciosa (ESP)
Europe
7:56.47   Tom Nyariki (KEN)
Africa
7:59.46
5000 metres   Daniel Komen (KEN)
Africa
13:46.57   Shaun Creighton (AUS)
Oceania
13:53.66   Dieter Baumann (GER)}
Germany
13:58.40
110 metre hurdles   Falk Balzer (GER)
Germany
13.10   Colin Jackson (GBR)
Great Britain
13.11   Anier García (CUB)
Americas
13.14
400 metre hurdles   Samuel Matete (ZAM)
Africa
48.08   Mubarak Al-Nubi (QAT)
Asia
48.17   Dinsdale Morgan (JAM)
Americas
48.40
3000 metre steeplechase   Damian Kallabis (GER)
Germany
8:31.25   Bernard Barmasai (KEN)
Africa
8:31.85   Saad Shaddad Al-Asmari (KSA)
Asia
8:39.69
4 × 100 metre relay Great Britain
Allyn Condon
Marlon Devonish
Julian Golding
Dwain Chambers
38.09 United States
Jonathan Carter
Curtis Perry
Allen Johnson
Tim Harden
38.25 Africa
Seun Ogunkoya
Leonard Myles-Mills
Frankie Fredericks
Eric Nkansah
38.29
4 × 400 metre relay Great Britain
Mark Hylton
Jamie Baulch
Sean Baldock
Iwan Thomas
2:59.711 Americas
Michael McDonald
Troy McIntosh
Alejandro Cárdenas
Roxbert Martin
2:59.77 Africa
Clement Chukwu
Ibrahima Wade
Arnaud Malherbe
Davis Kamoga
3:03.26
High jump   Charles Austin (USA)
United States
2.31   Javier Sotomayor (CUB)
Americas
2.28   Sergey Klyugin (RUS)
Europe
2.28
Pole vault   Maksim Tarasov (RUS)
Europe
5.85   Tim Lobinger (GER)
Germany
5.80   Jeff Hartwig (USA)
United States
5.70
Long jump   Iván Pedroso (CUB)
Americas
8.37   Jai Taurima (AUS)
Oceania
8.32   Hatem Mersal (EGY)
Africa
8.26
Triple jump   Charles Friedek (GER)
Germany
17.42   Denis Kapustin (RUS)
Europe
17.32   Yoelbi Quesada (CUB)
Americas
17.25
Shot put   John Godina (USA)
United States
21.48   Oleksandr Bagach (UKR)
Europe
20.45   Oliver-Sven Buder (GER)
Germany
20.42
Discus throw   Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)
Europe
69.66   Lars Riedel (GER)
Germany
67.47   Frantz Kruger (RSA)
Africa
65.73
Hammer throw   Tibor Gécsek (HUN)
Europe
82.68   Heinz Weis (GER)
Germany
80.13   Andrey Abduvaliyev (UZB)
Asia
79.40
Javelin throw   Steve Backley (GBR)
Great Britain
88.71   Sergey Makarov (RUS)
Europe
86.96   Raymond Hecht (GER)
Germany
84.92

1 The United States originally won this event in 2:59.28, but were disqualified in 2009 after Antonio Pettigrew admitted to using HGH and EPO between 1997 and 2003.

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres   Marion Jones (USA)
United States
10.65   Chandra Sturrup (BAH)
Americas
10.97   Mary Onyali (NGR)
Africa
11.05
200 metres   Marion Jones (USA)
United States
21.62   Falilat Ogunkoya (NGR)
Africa
22.25   Zhanna Pintusevich (UKR)
Europe
22.35
400 metres   Falilat Ogunkoya (NGR)
Africa
49.52   Grit Breuer (GER)
Germany
49.86   Sandie Richards (JAM)
Americas
50.33
800 metres   Maria Mutola (MOZ)
Africa
1:59.88   Yelena Afanasyeva (RUS)
Russia
2:00.20   Letitia Vriesde (SUR)
Americas
2:00.56
1500 metres   Svetlana Masterkova (RUS)
Russia
4:09.41   Jackline Maranga (KEN)
Africa
4:10.30   Carla Sacramento (POR)
Europe
4:11.66
3000 metres   Gabriela Szabo (ROU)
Europe
9:00.54   Zahra Ouaziz (MAR)
Africa
9:01.35   Regina Jacobs (USA)
United States
9:11.15
5000 metres   Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL)
Europe
16:24.52   Regina Jacobs (USA)
United States
16:26.24   Berhane Adere (ETH)
Africa
16:38.81
100 metre hurdles   Glory Alozie (NGR)
Africa
12.58   Angie Vaughn (USA)
United States
12.67   Irina Korotya (RUS)
Russia
12.77
400 metre hurdles   Nezha Bidouane (MAR)
Africa
52.96   Deon Hemmings (JAM)
Americas
53.03   Kim Batten (USA)
United States
53.17
4 × 100 metre relay United States
Cheryl Taplin
Chryste Gaines
Inger Miller
Carlette Guidry
42.00 Americas
Tayna Lawrence
Chandra Sturrup
Beverly McDonald
Philomena Mensah
42.44 Germany
Melanie Paschke
Gabi Rockmeier
Birgit Rockmeier
Andrea Philipp
42.81
4 × 400 metre relay Germany
Anke Feller
Uta Rohländer
Ulrike Urbansky
Grit Breuer
3:24.26 Americas
Norfalia Carabalí
Deon Hemmings
Andrea Blackett
Sandie Richards
3:24.39 Russia
Natalya Khrushcheleva
Svetlana Goncharenko
Yekaterina Bakhvalova
Olga Kotlyarova
3:25.15
High jump   Monica Dinescu (ROU)
Europe
1.98   Hestrie Storbeck (RSA)
Africa
1.96   Tisha Waller (USA)
United States
1.93
Long jump   Heike Drechsler (GER)
Germany
7.07   Marion Jones (USA)
United States
7.00   Guan Yingnan (CHN)
Asia
6.74
Triple jump   Olga Vasdeki (GRE)
Europe
14.64   Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS)
Russia
14.36   Yamilé Aldama (CUB)
Americas
14.29
Shot put   Vita Pavlysh (UKR)
Europe
20.59   Irina Korzhanenko (RUS)
Russia
19.04   Connie Price-Smith (USA)
United States
18.79
Discus throw   Franka Dietzsch (GER)
Germany
67.07   Nicoleta Grasu (ROU)
Europe
66.25   Natalya Sadova (RUS)
Russia
64.38
Javelin throw   Joanna Stone (AUS)
Oceania
69.85   Sonia Bisset (CUB)
Americas
65.50   Mikaela Ingberg (FIN)
Europe
64.24

Results

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References

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