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.
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 41:56.23.1990 and Seattle . Goodwill Games. Retrieved on 2010-06-28. 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.Athletics results . Goodwill Games. Retrieved on 2010-06-24.
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 NameEventCountryRecordTypeNadezhda Ryashkina 10,000 metres track walk 41:56.23 WRKey:WR — World record AR — Area record GR — Games record NR — National record
Medal summary
Men 100 metres 10.05 10.08 10.17200 metres 20.54 20.77 20.89400 metres 44.79 GR 45.05 45.46800 metres 1:45.10 GR 1:45.80 1:45.811500 metres 3:39.97 3:40.13 3:40.585000 metres 13:33.52 GR 13:35.67 13:36.4410,000 metres 27:26.43 GR 27:42.65 27:42.95110 metres hurdles 13.47 13.48 13.53400 metres hurdles 48.78 49.00 49.173000 metres steeplechase 8:32.24 8:33.76 8:34.184×100 metres relay Mike MarshDaron CouncilAndre CasonDennis Mitchell38.45 Andrés SimónLeandro PeñalverFélix StevensJoel Isasi38.49 Viktor BryzginVladimir KrylovOleg FatunPavel Galkin38.964×400 metres relay Clarence DanielAndrew ValmonAntonio PettigrewTim Simon2:59.54 GR Seymour FaganDevon MorrisHoward BurnettPatrick O'Connor3:00.45 Juan MartínezFélix StevensHéctor HerreraRoberto Hernández3:03.35 Marathon 2:14:50 2:16:28 2:17:1620,000 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 100 metres 11.03 11.05 11.05200 metres 22.64 22.88 22.96400 metres 50.34 51.38 51.54800 metres 1:57.42 GR 1:57.52 1:58.211500 metres 4:09.48 4:09.91 4:10.723000 metres 8:51.59 8:51.79 8:52.345000 metres 15:02.23 GR 15:27.77 15:38.8710,000 metres 32:01.17 GR 32:05.40 32:05.76100 metres hurdles 12.70 12.88 12.89400 metres hurdles 55.16 55.65 57.334×100 metres relay Carlette GuidrySheila EcholsMichelle FinnEvelyn Ashford42.46 Yelena BykovaGalina MalchuginaNatalya KovtunIrina Sergeyeva42.67 Michelle FreemanJuliet CampbellLayphane CarnagieEthlyn Tate44.124×400 metres relay "A" Yelena VinogradovaMarina ShmoninaYelena RuzinaLyudmyla Dzhyhalova3:23.70 Natasha KaiserRochelle StevensLillie LeatherwoodMaicel Malone3:24.53 "B" Nadezhda LoboykoTatyana GrebenchukNadiya OlizarenkoLiliya Nurutdinova3:30.60 Marathon 2:34:38 2:36:25 2:37:4110,000 m track walk 41:56.23 WR GR 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
Participation
References
Results Goodwill Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-06-24. Athletics results (archived). Goodwill Games. Retrieved on 2010-06-24.
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