1998 IAAF World Cup

Template:Nofootnotes Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use South African English Template:Infobox Athletics Championships The 8th IAAF World Cup in Athletics were held 11–13 September 1998 at the Johannesburg Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Overall results

Men 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 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

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Template:Flagathlete Americas	9.87 (NR)	Template:Flagathlete Africa	9.92	Template:Flagathlete Great Britain	10.03
200 metres	Template:Flagathlete Africa	19.97	Template:Flagathlete United States	20.38	Template:Flagathlete Europe	20.40
400 metres	Template:Flagathlete Great Britain	45.33	Template:Flagathlete United States	45.37	Template:Flagathlete Americas	45.45
800 metres	Template:Flagathlete Germany	1:48.66	Template:Flagathlete United States	1:48.73	Template:Flagathlete Americas	1:48.92
1500 metres	Template:Flagathlete} Africa	3:40.87	Template:Flagathlete Europe	3:40.95	Template:Flagathlete Great Britain	3:40.99
3000 metres	Template:Flagathlete} Germany	7:56.24	Template:Flagathlete Europe	7:56.47	Template:Flagathlete Africa	7:59.46
5000 metres	Template:Flagathlete Africa	13:46.57	Template:Flagathlete Oceania	13:53.66	Template:Flagathlete} Germany	13:58.40
110 metre hurdles	Template:Flagathlete Germany	13.10	Template:Flagathlete Great Britain	13.11	Template:Flagathlete Americas	13.14
400 metre hurdles	Template:Flagathlete Africa	48.08	Template:Flagathlete Asia	48.17	Template:Flagathlete Americas	48.40
3000 metre steeplechase	Template:Flagathlete Germany	8:31.25	Template:Flagathlete Africa	8:31.85	Template:Flagathlete 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	Template:Flagathlete United States	2.31	Template:Flagathlete Americas	2.28	Template:Flagathlete Europe	2.28
Pole vault	Template:Flagathlete Europe	5.85	Template:Flagathlete Germany	5.80	Template:Flagathlete United States	5.70
Long jump	Template:Flagathlete Americas	8.37	Template:Flagathlete Oceania	8.32	Template:Flagathlete Africa	8.26
Triple jump	Template:Flagathlete Germany	17.42	Template:Flagathlete Europe	17.32	Template:Flagathlete Americas	17.25
Shot put	Template:Flagathlete United States	21.48	Template:Flagathlete Europe	20.45	Template:Flagathlete Germany	20.42
Discus throw	Template:Flagathlete Europe	69.66	Template:Flagathlete Germany	67.47	Template:Flagathlete Africa	65.73
Hammer throw	Template:Flagathlete Europe	82.68	Template:Flagathlete Germany	80.13	Template:Flagathlete Asia	79.40
Javelin throw	Template:Flagathlete Great Britain	88.71	Template:Flagathlete Europe	86.96	Template:Flagathlete 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

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Template:Flagathlete United States	10.65	Template:Flagathlete Americas	10.97	Template:Flagathlete Africa	11.05
200 metres	Template:Flagathlete United States	21.62	Template:Flagathlete Africa	22.25	Template:Flagathlete Europe	22.35
400 metres	Template:Flagathlete Africa	49.52	Template:Flagathlete Germany	49.86	Template:Flagathlete Americas	50.33
800 metres	Template:Flagathlete Africa	1:59.88	Template:Flagathlete Russia	2:00.20	Template:Flagathlete Americas	2:00.56
1500 metres	Template:Flagathlete Russia	4:09.41	Template:Flagathlete Africa	4:10.30	Template:Flagathlete Europe	4:11.66
3000 metres	Template:Flagathlete Europe	9:00.54	Template:Flagathlete Africa	9:01.35	Template:Flagathlete United States	9:11.15
5000 metres	Template:Flagathlete Europe	16:24.52	Template:Flagathlete United States	16:26.24	Template:Flagathlete Africa	16:38.81
100 metre hurdles	Template:Flagathlete Africa	12.58	Template:Flagathlete United States	12.67	Template:Flagathlete Russia	12.77
400 metre hurdles	Template:Flagathlete Africa	52.96	Template:Flagathlete Americas	53.03	Template:Flagathlete 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	Template:Flagathlete Europe	1.98	Template:Flagathlete Africa	1.96	Template:Flagathlete United States	1.93
Long jump	Template:Flagathlete Germany	7.07	Template:Flagathlete United States	7.00	Template:Flagathlete Asia	6.74
Triple jump	Template:Flagathlete Europe	14.64	Template:Flagathlete Russia	14.36	Template:Flagathlete Americas	14.29
Shot put	Template:Flagathlete Europe	20.59	Template:Flagathlete Russia	19.04	Template:Flagathlete United States	18.79
Discus throw	Template:Flagathlete Germany	67.07	Template:Flagathlete Europe	66.25	Template:Flagathlete Russia	64.38
Javelin throw	Template:Flagathlete Oceania	69.85	Template:Flagathlete Americas	65.50	Template:Flagathlete Europe	64.24

References

• IAAF homepage with Results
• Full Results by IAAF