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WOMEN

100 meters

		Time
1	Marion Jones, USA	10.75
2	Ekaterini Thanou, GRE	11.12
3	Tanya Lawrence, JAM	11.18

200 meters

		Time
1	Marion Jones, USA	21.84
2	Pauline Davis-Thompson, BAH	22.27
3	Susanthika Jayasinghe, SRI	22.28

400 meters

		Time
1	Cathy Freeman, AUS	49.11
2	Lorraine Graham, JAM	49.58
3	Katharine Merry, GBR	49.72

800 meters

		Time
1	Maria Mutola, MOZ	1:56.15
2	Stephanie Graf, AUT	1:56.64
3	Kelly Holmes, GBR	1:56.80

Top USA—7th Hazel Clark (1:58.75).

1500 meters

		Time
1	Nouria Merah-Benida, ALG	4:05.10
2	Violeta Szekely, ROM	4:05.15
3	Gabriela Szabo, ROM	4:05.27

Top USA—8th Marla Runyan (4:08.30).

5000 meters

		Time
1	Gabriela Szabo, ROM	14:40.79	OR
2	Sonia O'Sullivan, IRE	14:41.02
3	Gete Wami, ETH	14:42.23

10,000 meters

		Time
1	Derartu Tulu, ETH	30:17.49	OR
2	Gete Wami, ETH	30:22.48
3	Fernanda Ribeiro, POR	30:22.88

Marathon

		Time
1	Naoko Takahashi, JPN	2:23:14
2	Lidia Simon, ROM	2:23:22
3	Joyce Chepchumba, KEN	2:24.45

Top USA—19th Christine Clark (2:31:35).

4x100-meter Relay

		Time
1	Bahamas	41.95
2	Jamaica	42.13
3	United States	42.20

BAH—Sevatheda Fynes, Chandra Sturrup, Pauline Davis-Thompson, Debbie Ferguson; JAM—Tanya Lawrence, Veronica Campbell, Beverly McDonald, Merlene Ottey; USA—Chryste Gaines, Torri Edwards, Nanceen Perry, Marion Jones.

4x400-meter Relay

		Time
1	United States	3:22.62
2	Jamaica	3:23.25
3	Russia	3:23.46

USA—Jearl Miles-Clark, Monique Hennagan, Marion Jones, La Tasha Colander-Richardson; JAM—Sandie Richards, Catherine Scott-Pomales, Deon Hemmings, Lorraine Graham; RUS—Yulia Sotnikova, Svetlana Gontcharenko, Olga Kotlyarova, Irina Privalova.

100-meter Hurdles

		Time
1	Olga Shishigina, KAZ	12.65
2	Glory Alozie, NGR	12.68
3	Melissa Morrison, USA	12.76

400-meter Hurdles

		Time
1	Irina Privalova, RUS	53.02
2	Deon Hemmings, JAM	53.45
3	Nouzha Bidouane, MOR	53.57

20-kilometer Walk

		Time
1	Wang Liping, CHN	1:29:05	OR
2	Kjersti Plaetzer, NOR	1:29:33
3	Maria Vasco, SPA	1:30:23

Top USA—17th Michelle Rohl (1:34:26).

High Jump

		Height
1	Yelena Yelesina, RUS	6-7
2	Hestrie Cloete, RSA	6-7
3	Kajsa Bergqvist, SWE	6-6¹/4

Long Jump

		Distance
1	Heike Drechsler, GER	22-11¹/4
2	Fiona May, ITA	22-8¹/2
3	Marion Jones, USA	22-8¹/2

Triple Jump

		Distance
1	Tereza Marinova, BUL	49-10¹/2
2	Tatyana Lebedeva, RUS	49-2¹/2
3	Olena Hovorova, UKR	49-1

Pole Vault

		Height
1	Stacy Draglia, USA	15-1	OR
2	Tatiana Grigorieva, AUS	14-11
3	Vala Flosadottir, ICE	14-9

Shot Put

		Distance
1	Yanina Korolchik, BLR	67-5¹/2
2	Larisa Peleshenko, RUS	65-4¹/4
3	Astrid Kumbernuss, GER	64-4¹/2

Discus

		Distance
1	Ellina Zvereva, BLR	224-5
2	Anastasia Kelesidou, GRE	215-7
3	Irina Yatchenko, BLR	213-11

Top USA—10th Seilala Sua (196-4).

Hammer Throw

		Distance
1	Kamila Skolimowska, POL	233-5³/4	OR
2	Olga Kuzenkova, RUS	228-11
3	Kirsten Muenchow, GER	227-3³/4

Top USA—7th Dawn Ellerbe (219-2); 8th Amy Palmer (217-0¹/2).

Javelin

		Distance
1	Trine Hattestad, NOR	226-1	OR
2	Mirella Maniani-Tzelili, GRE	221-6
3	Osleidys Menendez, CUB	217-1

Heptathlon

		Points
1	Denise Lewis, GBR	6584
2	Yelena Prokhorova, RUS	6531
3	Natalya Sazanovich, BLR	6527

Top USA—9th Dedee Nathan (6150).

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