Athletics at the 1990 Goodwill Games
At the 1990 Goodwill Games, the athletics events were held in Seattle, Washington, United States between July 22 and 26, 1990. A total of 43 events were contested, of which 23 by male and 20 by female athletes. Athletes from the United States and the Soviet Union dominated the competition as they had done in the inaugural edition, with United States coming out on top this time with 54 medal won, 20 of them gold. The Soviet Union was a clear second place with 14 golds and 43 medals in total. The Greater Antillean island nations of Cuba and Jamaica had the third- and fourth-greatest medal hauls, respectively.
| Athletics at the 1990 Goodwill Games | |
|---|---|
 Husky Stadium was the athletics venue for the 1990 Games | |
| Dates | July 22–26, 1990 |
| Host city | Seattle, United States  |
| Venue | Husky Stadium |
| Events | 43 |
| Participation | 370 athletes from 28 nations |
| Records set | 1 world record 14 Games records |
The number of competitors in each event was smaller than that of the 1986 Goodwill Games and the invited athletes only had to compete in a single final, rather than the qualification-round model typically found at multi-sport events. Fourteen Games records were beaten in the second edition and one world record was also set at the competition – Nadezhda Ryashkina of the Soviet Union beat the previous best mark in the 10,000 metres track walk with her time of 41:56.23.[1] The 1990 Games saw the athletics competition's first doping infractions, as Tamara Bykova and Larisa Nikitina (both from the Soviet Union) lost their silver medals after testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs.[2]
Ana Fidelia Quirot of Cuba became the first athlete to win two individual gold medals at a single edition of the Games as she won the 400 metres and 800 metres races. The United States took clean sweeps in both the men's and women's 100 metres events, and the Soviet Union completed the same feat in the men's hammer throw and women's marathon competitions. Addis Abebe finished as runner-up in the 5000 and 10,000 metres to win Ethiopia's only medals of the entire Games. Sheila Echols left the Games with one medal of each colour, having won the 4×100 m relay gold, 100 m silver, and long jump bronze. Among the other notable multiple medallists, Carl Lewis won the 100 m silver and the long jump gold.
Records
| Name | Event | Country | Record | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nadezhda Ryashkina | 10,000 metres track walk |  | 41:56.23 | WR |
| Key:WR — World record • AR — Area record • GR — Games record • NR — National record | ||||
Medal summary
- For full event details see Athletics at the 1990 Goodwill Games – Results
Men
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres | | 10.05 | | 10.08 | | 10.17 |
| 200 metres | | 20.54 | .svg.png){kind=small} | 20.77 | | 20.89 |
| 400 metres |  | 44.79 GR | | 45.05 | | 45.46 |
| 800 metres | | 1:45.10 GR | | 1:45.80 | | 1:45.81 |
| 1500 metres | | 3:39.97 |  | 3:40.13 |  | 3:40.58 |
| 5000 metres | .svg.png){kind=small} | 13:33.52 GR | .svg.png){kind=small} | 13:35.67 | | 13:36.44 |
| 10,000 metres |  | 27:26.43 GR | | 27:42.65 | | 27:42.95 |
| 110 metres hurdles | | 13.47 | | 13.48 | | 13.53 |
| 400 metres hurdles |  | 48.78 | | 49.00 | | 49.17 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | | 8:32.24 | | 8:33.76 | | 8:34.18 |
| 4×100 metres relay | Mike Marsh Daron Council Andre Cason Dennis Mitchell | 38.45 | Andrés Simón Leandro Peñalver Félix Stevens Joel Isasi | 38.49 | Viktor Bryzgin Vladimir Krylov Oleg Fatun Pavel Galkin | 38.96 |
| 4×400 metres relay | Clarence Daniel Andrew Valmon Antonio Pettigrew Tim Simon | 2:59.54 GR | Seymour Fagan Devon Morris Howard Burnett Patrick O'Connor | 3:00.45 | Juan Martínez Félix Stevens Héctor Herrera Roberto Hernández | 3:03.35 |
| Marathon | | 2:14:50 | | 2:16:28 | | 2:17:16 |
| 20,000 m track walk |  | 1:23:13.12 GR | | 1:23:22.34 |  | 1:23:29.61 |
| High jump | | 2.33 m | | 2.30 m | | 2.30 m |
| Pole vault | | 5.92 m | | 5.87 m | | 5.77 m |
| Long jump | | 8.38 m | | 8.34 m | | 8.23 m |
| Triple jump | | 17.72 m GR | | 17.48 m | | 17.06 m |
| Shot put | | 21.44 m | | 21.12 m | | 20.70 m |
| Discus throw | | 67.14 m GR | | 65.50 m | | 62.06 m |
| Hammer throw | | 84.12 m | | 82.20 m | | 82.14 m |
| Javelin throw | | 84.16 m GR | | 80.84 m |  | 77.36 m |
| Decathlon | | 8403 pts GR | | 8358 pts | | 8330 pts |
Women
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres | | 11.03 | | 11.05 | | 11.05 |
| 200 metres | | 22.64 |  | 22.88 | | 22.96 |
| 400 metres | | 50.34 | | 51.38 | | 51.54 |
| 800 metres | | 1:57.42 GR | | 1:57.52 | | 1:58.21 |
| 1500 metres | | 4:09.48 | | 4:09.91 | | 4:10.72 |
| 3000 metres | | 8:51.59 | | 8:51.79 | | 8:52.34 |
| 5000 metres | | 15:02.23 GR |  | 15:27.77 | | 15:38.87 |
| 10,000 metres |  | 32:01.17 GR | | 32:05.40 | | 32:05.76 |
| 100 metres hurdles | | 12.70 | | 12.88 | | 12.89 |
| 400 metres hurdles | | 55.16 | | 55.65 | | 57.33 |
| 4×100 metres relay | Carlette Guidry Sheila Echols Michelle Finn Evelyn Ashford | 42.46 | Yelena Bykova Galina Malchugina Natalya Kovtun Irina Sergeyeva | 42.67 | Michelle Freeman Juliet Campbell Layphane Carnagie Ethlyn Tate | 44.12 |
| 4×400 metres relay | Yelena Vinogradova Marina Shmonina Yelena Ruzina Lyudmyla Dzhyhalova | 3:23.70 | Natasha Kaiser Rochelle Stevens Lillie Leatherwood Maicel Malone | 3:24.53 | Nadezhda Loboyko Tatyana Grebenchuk Nadiya Olizarenko Liliya Nurutdinova | 3:30.60 |
| Marathon | | 2:34:38 | | 2:36:25 | | 2:37:41 |
| 10,000 m track walk | | 41:56.23 WR GR | .svg.png){kind=small} | 41:57.22 | | 42:48.51 |
| High jump † | | 2.02 m | | 1.92 m | | 1.89 m |
| Long jump | | 6.93 m | | 6.61 m | | 6.51 m |
| Shot put | | 20.60 m |  | 20.50 m | | 18.98 m |
| Discus throw | | 68.08 m | | 67.04 m | | 65.46 m |
| Javelin throw | | 61.62 m | | 59.06 m | | 58.94 m |
| Heptathlon †† | | 6783 pts | | 6128 pts | | 5963 pts |
- † = Tamara Bykova of the Soviet Union initially won the high jump silver medal with a jump of 1.92 m, but was later disqualified for ephedrine usage
- †† = Larisa Nikitina of the Soviet Union initially won the heptathlon silver medal with 6236 points, but was later disqualified after testing positive for banned amphetamines
Medal table
* Host nation (United States)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | 20 | 16 | 18 | 54 |
| 2 | | 14 | 16 | 13 | 43 |
| 3 | | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 | | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 |  | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 13 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 17 | | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (18 nations) | 43 | 43 | 43 | 129 | |
Participation
References
- 1990 and Seattle Archived 2012-02-24 at the Wayback Machine. Goodwill Games. Retrieved on 2010-06-28.
- Athletics results Archived 2006-11-04 at the Wayback Machine. Goodwill Games. Retrieved on 2010-06-24.
- Results
- Goodwill Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-06-24.
- Athletics results (archived). Goodwill Games. Retrieved on 2010-06-24.
