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100 Meters

  Time
1Maurice Greene, USA9.87
2Ato Boldon, TRI9.99
3Obadele Thompson, BAR10.04

200 meters

  Time
1Konstantinos Kenteris, GRE20.09
2Darren Campbell, GBR20.14
3Ato Boldon, TRI20.20
Top USA—7th Coby Miller (20.35); 8th John Capel Jr. (20.49).

400 meters

  Time
1Michael Johnson, USA43.84
2Alvin Harrison, USA44.70
3Gregory Haughton, JAM44.70
Other Top USA—7th Antonio Pettigrew (45.42)

800 meters

  Time
1Nils Schumann, GER1:45.08
2Wilson Kipketer, DEN1:45.14
3Aissa Djabir Said-Guerni, ALG1:45.16

1500 meters

  Time 
1Noah Ngeny, KEN3:32.07OR
2Hicham El Guerrouj, MOR3:32.32 
3Bernard Lagat, KEN3:32.44 

5000 meters

  Time
1Millon Wolde, ETH13:35.49
2Ali Saidi-Sief, ALG13:36.20
3Brahim Lahlafi, MOR13:36.47

10,000 meters

  Time
1Haile Gebrselassie, ETH27:18.20
2Paul Tergat, KEN27:18.29
3Assefa Mezgebu, ETH27:19.75

Marathon

  Time
1Gezahenge Abera, ETH2:10:11
2Eric Wainaina, KEN2:10:31
3Tesfaye Tola, ETH2:11:10
Top USA—69th Rod Dehaven (2:30:46).

4x100-meter Relay

  Time
1United States37.61
2Brazil37.90
3Cuba38.04
USA—Jonathan Drummond, Bernard Williams III, Brian Lewis, Maurice Greene; BRA—Vincente Lima, Edson Ribeiro, Andre Silva, Claudinei da Silva; CUB—Jose Angel Cesar, Luis Alberto, Ivan Garcia, Freddy Mayola.

4x400-meter Relay

  Time
1United States2:56.35
2Nigeria2:58.68
3Jamaica 2:58.78
USA—Alvin Harrison, Antonio Pettigrew, Calvin Harrison, Michael Johnson; NGR—Clement Chukwu, Jude Monye, Sunday Bada, Enefiok Udo-Obong; JAM—Michael Blackwood, Gregory Haughton, Christopher Williams, Danny McFarlane.

110-meter Hurdles

  Time
1Anier Garcia, CUB13.00
2Terrence Trammell, USA13.16
3Mark Crear, USA13.22

400-meter Hurdles

  Time
1Angelo Taylor, USA47.50
2Hadi Souan Somayli, KSA47.53
3Llewellyn Herbert, RSA47.81

3000-meter Steeplechase

  Time
1Reuben Kosgei, KEN8:21.43
2Wilson Boit Kipketer, KEN8:21.77
3Ali Ezzine, MOR8:22.15

20-kilometer Walk

  Time 
1Robert Korzeniowski, POL1:18:59OR
2Noe Hernandez, MEX1:19:03 
3Vladimir Andreyev, RUS1:19:27 
Top USA—40th Timothy Seamen (1:30:32).

50-kilometer Walk

  Time
1Robert Korzeniowski, POL3:42:22
2Aigars Fadejevs, LAT3:43:40
3Joel Sanchez, MEX3:44:36
Top USA—22nd Curt Clausen (3:58:59); 28th Philip Dunn (4:03.05); 31st Andrew Hermann (4:07:18).

High Jump

  Height
1Sergey Kliugin, RUS7-81/2
2Javier Sotomayor, CUB7-71/4
3Abderrahmane Hammad, ALG7-71/4

Pole Vault

  Height
1Nick Hysong, USA19-41/4
2Lawrence Johnson, USA19-41/4
3Maksim Tarasov, RUS19-41/4
Note: Hysong won the tiebreak because he failed fewer heights earlier in the competition.

Long Jump

  Distance
1Ivan Pedroso, CUB28-03/4
2Jai Taurima, AUS27-101/4
3Roman Schurenko, UKR27-31/4

Triple Jump

  Distance
1Johathan Edwards, GBR58-11/4
2Yoel Garcia, CUB57-33/4
3Denis Kapustin, RUS57-31/2
Top USA—7th Robert Howard (55-111/4).

Shot Put

  Distance
1Arsi Harju, FIN69-101/4
2Adam Nelson, USA69-7
3John Godina, USA69-63/4
Other Top USA—4th Andrew Bloom (68-53/4).

Discus

  Distance
1Virgilijus Alekna, LIT227-4
2Lars Riedel, GER224-9
3Frantz Kruger, RSA223-8

Hammer Throw

  Distance
1Szymon Ziolkowski, POL262-6
2Nicola Vizzoni, ITA261-3
3Igor Astapkovich, BLR259-9

Javelin

  Distance 
1Jan Zelezny, CZR295-10OR
2Steve Backley, GBR294-9 
3Sergey Makarov, RUS290-11 
Top USA—12th Breaux Greer (262-2).

Decathlon

  Points
1Erki Nool, EST8641
2Roman Sebrle, CZR8606
3Chris Huffins, USA8595

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