
1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics
    
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        The 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics was the fourth edition of the international athletics competition for athletes aged 19 years or under. It was held in Seoul
, South Korea
from September 16 to September 20, 1992.
        
    
Seoul
Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...
, South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China  to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China  to the south...
from September 16 to September 20, 1992.
Men
| 100 m 100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896... | Ato Boldon Ato Boldon Ato Jabari Boldon  is a former athlete from Trinidad and Tobago and four-time Olympic medal winner. Only 2 other men in history, Frankie Fredericks and Carl Lewis, have won as many Olympic individual event sprint medals. He is the current national record holder in the 50, 60 and 200 metres events...  Trinidad and Tobago | 10.30 | Darren Campbell Darren Campbell Darren Andrew Campbell MBE  is a former English sprint athlete. He competed in the 100 metres and 200 metres, as well as the 4 × 100 metres relay...  United Kingdom | 10.46 | Tony McCall  United States | 10.49 | 
| 200 m 200 metres A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first... | Ato Boldon Ato Boldon Ato Jabari Boldon  is a former athlete from Trinidad and Tobago and four-time Olympic medal winner. Only 2 other men in history, Frankie Fredericks and Carl Lewis, have won as many Olympic individual event sprint medals. He is the current national record holder in the 50, 60 and 200 metres events...  Trinidad and Tobago | 20.63 | Darren Campbell Darren Campbell Darren Andrew Campbell MBE  is a former English sprint athlete. He competed in the 100 metres and 200 metres, as well as the 4 × 100 metres relay...  United Kingdom | 20.87 | Glen Elferink  South Africa | 21.00 | 
| 400 m 400 metres The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a common sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 . On a standard outdoor running track, it is exactly one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and... | Deon Minor Deon Minor Deon Minor  is an American former track and field athlete who specialized in the 400 meter dash. He won two consecutive gold medals in the relay at the IAAF World Indoor Championships from 1997 to 1999, setting a world record mark of 3:02.83 minutes in the latter competition.-Career:Minor grew up...  United States | 45.75 | Rikard Rasmusson  Sweden | 46.07 | Francis Ogola Francis Ogola Francis Ogola  is a retired Ugandan sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.His personal bests were 21.03 seconds over 200 metres  and 45.47 s over 400 metres .-Achievements:-External links:...  Uganda | 46.16 | 
| 800 m 800 metres The 800 meter race  is a common track running event. It is the shortest common middle distance track event. The 800 meter is run over two laps of the track  and has always been an Olympic event. During indoor track season the event is usually run on a 200 meter track, therefore requiring four laps... | Benson Koech Benson Koech Benson Koech  is a Kenyan middle distance runner best known for his achievements as a young athlete. He won the gold medal at the 1992 World Junior Championships over 800m in a time of 1:44.77 min. He also won a silver medal over 800m at the 1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships. Koech set his...  Kenya | 1:44.77 CR | Lee Jin-Il Lee Jin-Il Lee Jin-Il  is a retired South Korean athlete who competed in the 800 metres. His personal best time is 1.44.14 metres, achieved in June 1994 in Seoul. This is the current South Korean record. It was also the Asian record until it was broken by Yusuf Saad Kamel in 2004.Lee took part in the 1992...  South Korea | 1:46.34 | Brendan Hanigan  Australia | 1:47.26 | 
| 1500 m 1500 metres The 1,500-metre run  is the premier middle distance track event.Aerobic endurance is the biggest factor contributing to success in the 1500 metres but the athlete also requires significant sprint speed.In modern times, the 1,500-metre run has been run at a pace faster than the average person could... | Atoi Boru  Kenya | 3:37.94 CR | Vénuste Niyongabo Vénuste Niyongabo Vénuste Niyongabo  is a middle distance runner from Burundi. In 1996, he became the first  Olympic medalist from Burundi by winning the 5000 metres at the 1996 Summer Olympics...  Burundi | 3:38.59 | Kevin Sullivan Kevin Sullivan (athlete) Kevin Sullivan  is a middle distance runner from Canada. He was born in Brantford, Ontario.-Athletic career:Sullivan competed in 1000 metre, 1500 metre, and mile events and represented Canada. His personal best times are 3:31.71 for the 1500  and 3:50.36 for the mile...  Canada | 3:39.11 | 
| 5000 m 5000 metres The 5000 metres  is a popular running distance also known as 5 km or  5K  in American English.  It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics.  "5000 metres" refers to racing on a track and "5K" usually refers to a roadrace or cross country event... | Haile Gebrselassie Haile Gebrselassie Haile Gebrselassie  is an Ethiopian long-distance track and road running athlete. He won two Olympic gold medals over 10,000 metres and four World Championship titles in the event. He won the Berlin Marathon four times consecutively and also had three straight wins at the Dubai Marathon...  Ethiopia | 13:36.06 CR | Ismael Kirui Ismael Kirui Ismael Kirui  is a former Kenyan long distance runner who won gold medals over 5000 metres at the 1993 and 1995 World Championships in Athletics....  Kenya | 13:36.11 | Hicham El Guerrouj Hicham El Guerrouj Hicham El Guerrouj "King of the Mile"  is a Moroccan former middle distance runner...  Morocco | 13:46.79 | 
| 10 000 m | Haile Gebrselassie Haile Gebrselassie Haile Gebrselassie  is an Ethiopian long-distance track and road running athlete. He won two Olympic gold medals over 10,000 metres and four World Championship titles in the event. He won the Berlin Marathon four times consecutively and also had three straight wins at the Dubai Marathon...  Ethiopia | 28:03.99 CR | Josphat Ndeti  Kenya | 28:46.95 | Yasuyuki Watanabe  Japan | 28:52.89 | 
| 110 m H 110 metres hurdles The 110 metres hurdles is a hurdling track and field event for men.  It is incuded in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metre hurdles. As part of a racing event, ten hurdles of 1.067 metres  in height are evenly spaced along a straight... | Yevgeniy Pechonkin | 13.87 | Sven Göhler  Germany | 13.98 | Igor Pintusevich-Babichev | 14.08 | 
| 400 m H 400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is an Olympic athletics event in track and field. On a standard outdoor track 400 metres is the length of the inside lane once around the stadium.  Runners stay in their lane the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten hurdles that are evenly... | Ashraf Saber Ashraf Saber Ashraf Saber  is an Italian athlete who competes in the 400 metres and 400 metres hurdles.-Achievements:-External links:*...  Italy | 50.02 | Sammy Biwot  Kenya | 50.75 | William Porter  United States | 51.37 | 
| 3000 m St. | Mwangangi Muindi  Kenya | 8:31.62 | Ayele Mezgebu Ayele Mezgebu Ayele Mezgebu  is a retired Ethiopian long-distance runner who specialized in cross-country running.He is the older brother of Assefa Mezgebu.-Achievements:-External links:...  Ethiopia | 8:32.43 | Stephen Chepseba  Kenya | 8:32:48 | 
| 10000 m track walk Race walking Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance athletic event. Although it is a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times... | Jefferson Pérez Jefferson Pérez Jefferson Leonardo Pérez Quezada  is a retired Ecuadorian race walker. He specializes in the 20 km event, in which he has won the only two medals his country has ever achieved in the Olympic Games....  Ecuador | 40:42.66 | Jacek Müller  Poland | 40:50.82 | Grzegorz Müller  Poland | 41:12.28 | 
| 4 X 100 m Relay race During a relay race, members of a team take turns running, orienteering, swimming, cross-country skiing, biathlon, or ice skating  parts of a circuit or performing a certain action. Relay races take the form of professional races and amateur games... |  United Kingdom | 39.21 |  United States | 39.59 |  Nigeria | 39.88 | 
| 4 X 400 m Relay race During a relay race, members of a team take turns running, orienteering, swimming, cross-country skiing, biathlon, or ice skating  parts of a circuit or performing a certain action. Relay races take the form of professional races and amateur games... |  United States | 3:06.11 |  Jamaica | 3:06.58 |  Japan | 3:06.66 | 
| High jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years.... | Steve Smith  United Kingdom | 2.37 =CR | Tim Forsyth Tim Forsyth Tim Forsyth  is a retired Australian three-time Olympic  high jumper.His first success on the international scene came in 1990 with a silver medal at the World Junior Championships. In 1992 the 19-year-old Forsyth won an Olympic bronze medal, equalling his current personal best height of 2.34m...  Australia | 2.31 | Takahiro Kimino  Japan | 2.29 | 
| Pole vault Pole vault Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole  as an aid to leap over a bar.  Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts... | Laurens Looije Laurens Looije Laurens Christiaan Looije  is a Dutch pole vaulter, who represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia....  Netherlands | 5.45 | Daniel Martí Daniel Martí Daniel Martí Lluch  is a retired Spanish pole vaulter. His personal best jump was 5.70 metres, achieved in June 1994 in Lisbon.-Achievements:-References:*...  Spain | 5.40 | Okkert Brits Okkert Brits Okkert Brits  is a South African athlete competing in the pole vault. His current personal best of 6.03m, set in 1995, is also the African record. He has won numerous medals at international events. He has competed in the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games finishing 7th in 2000...  South Africa | 5.40 | 
| Long jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point... | Neil Chance  United States | 7.89 | Robert Thomas  United States | 7.84 | Ivaylo Mladenov  Kingdom of Bulgaria | 7.68 | 
| Triple jump Triple jump The triple jump  is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a... | Yoelbi Quesada Yoelbi Quesada Yoelbi Luis Quesada Fernández  is a Cuban athlete competing mostly in triple jump. He has an Olympic bronze medal, and became world champion in 1997 with a personal best jump of 17.85m.- Major achievements :...  Cuba | 17.04 CR | Osiris Mora  Cuba | 17.03 | Ndabazinhle Mdhlongwa Ndabazinhle Mdhlongwa Ndabazinhle Mdhlongwa  is a retired Zimbabwean triple jumper. He was the African record holder with 17.34 metres from 1998 to 2007....  Zimbabwe | 16.57 | 
| Shot put Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting"  a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting  action.... | Yuriy Bilonog | 18.46 | Manuel Martínez  Spain | 18.14 | Ralf Kahles  Germany | 17.97 | 
| Discus Discus throw The discus throw  is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus... | Brian Milne Brian Milne Brian Fitzsimons Milne  was an American football fullback in the National Football League. Being drafted in the fourth round of the 1996 NFL Draft by the Indianapolis Colts...  United States | 58.28 | Frits Potgieter  South Africa | 56.28 | Marek Bílek Marek Bílek Marek Bílek  is a retired Czech discus thrower.He was born in Prague and represented the club Dukla Prague. He won the bronze medal at the 1992 World Junior Championships and competed at the 1996 Olympic Games without reaching the final...  Czechoslovakia | 54.86 | 
| Javelin Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon... | Aki Parviainen Aki Parviainen Aki Uolevi Parviainen  is a Finnish Javelin thrower, who won the gold medal at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics and a silver medal at the 2001 World Championships. His best throw is 93.09 in 1999. His best Olympic placing is 5th in 2000...  Finland | 76.34 | Boris Henry Boris Henry Boris Henry  is a German javelin thrower.  He has won the bronze medal in the World Championships twice, in 1995 and again in 2003....  Germany | 76.04 | Kostas Gatsioudis  Greece | 75.92 | 
| Hammer Hammer throw The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown... | Vadym Hrabovoyy Vadym Hrabovoyy Vadym Hrabovoyy  is a retired male hammer thrower from Ukraine. He set his personal best  on May 15, 2002 at a meet in Bila Tserkva.-Achievements:-References:*... | 73.00 CR | Alberto Sánchez  Cuba | 69.78 | Andrey Yevgenyev | 69.24 | 
| Decathlon Decathlon The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word decathlon is of Greek origin . Events are held over two consecutive days and the winners are determined by the combined performance in all. Performance is judged on a points system in each event, not... | Raúl Duany Raúl Duany Raúl Bueno Duany  is a Cuban decathlete, who holds the current Cuban record. After retiring he joined the coaching staff of the Cuban national athletics team.-Achievements:-References:...  Cuba | 7403 | Bernhard Floder  Germany | 7397 | Remco van Veldhuizen  Netherlands | 7313 | 
Women
| 100 m 100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896... | Nikole Mitchell  Jamaica | 11.30 | Jacqueline Poelman Jacqueline Poelman Helina Jacomina  Poelman  is a former Dutch sprinter.Poelman was born and raised in Leek and trained at an athletics club in Roden. Her first major international tournament were the 1991 European Junior Championships in Thessaloniki, where she did not reach the final on the 100 nor the 200 m...  Netherlands | 11.44 | Merlene Frazer Merlene Frazer Merlene Frazer  is a retired female track and field sprinter from Jamaica who specialized in the 200 metres. She also competed on the successful Jamaican 4 x 100 metres relay team, and was on the Olympic silver medal team in 2000 .-Achievements:-Personal bests:*100 metres - 11.20 s *200 metres -...  Jamaica | 11.49 | 
| 200 m 200 metres A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first... | Hu Ling  Mainland China | 23.14 | Cathy Freeman Cathy Freeman Catherine Astrid Salome "Cathy" Freeman, OAM  is former Australian sprinter, who specialised in the 400 metres event. She became the Olympic champion for the women's 400 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics, at which she lit the Olympic Flame.Freeman was the first ever Aboriginal...  Australia | 23.25 | Merlene Frazer Merlene Frazer Merlene Frazer  is a retired female track and field sprinter from Jamaica who specialized in the 200 metres. She also competed on the successful Jamaican 4 x 100 metres relay team, and was on the Olympic silver medal team in 2000 .-Achievements:-Personal bests:*100 metres - 11.20 s *200 metres -...  Jamaica | 23.29 | 
| 400 m 400 metres The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a common sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 . On a standard outdoor running track, it is exactly one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and... | Magdalena Nedelcu  Kingdom of Romania | 51.84 | Claudine Williams  Jamaica | 52.03 | Ionela Târlea  Kingdom of Romania | 52.13 | 
| 800 m 800 metres The 800 meter race  is a common track running event. It is the shortest common middle distance track event. The 800 meter is run over two laps of the track  and has always been an Olympic event. During indoor track season the event is usually run on a 200 meter track, therefore requiring four laps... | Lu Yi Lu Yi (athlete) Lu Yi  is a retired Chinese middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 and 1500 metres.-Achievements:-References:...  Mainland China | 2:02.91 | Chen Yumei  Mainland China | 2:03.14 | Kati Kovacs Kati Kovács Kati Kovács is a Hungarian singer and actress.She became first famous nationally in 1965 when she won the seminal TV talent show in Hungary “Who Knows What?”...  Germany | 2:03.81 | 
| 1500 m 1500 metres The 1,500-metre run  is the premier middle distance track event.Aerobic endurance is the biggest factor contributing to success in the 1500 metres but the athlete also requires significant sprint speed.In modern times, the 1,500-metre run has been run at a pace faster than the average person could... | Liu Dong Liu Dong Liu Dong  is a retired Chinese middle distance runner. She holds the current Asian record over 800 metres with 1:55.54 minutes. Her personal best over 1500 metres was 3:56.31 minutes.-Achievements:-References:...  Mainland China | 4:05.14 CR | Jackline Maranga Jackline Maranga Jackline Maranga  is a retired Kenyan middle distance runner. She won a silver medal at the World Junior Championships at the age of 15, and also won silver medals in the two following Championships, being the only athlete to do so.She is perhaps best known for winning the 1500 metres gold at the...  Kenya | 4:08.79 | Li Ying  Mainland China | 4:09.04 | 
| 3000 m 3000 metres The 3000 metres is a popular amateur middle distance track event  where 7.5 laps are completed around a 400 metre track. This event is generally classified as middle distance, but it could be classed as a long distance event in many high schools, since they do not promote races such as the 5000 and... | Zhang Linli Zhang Linli Zhang Linli  is a retired Chinese long-distance runner who set world class times in events ranging from 1500m up to the Marathon. She broke the world record in the woman's 3000 metres on September 12, 1993.-Achievements:-Personal bests:...  Mainland China | 8:46.86 CR | Gabriela Szabo Gabriela Szabo Gabriela Szabo  is a Romanian track and field athlete, winner of the gold medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics in 5000 m and winner of bronze and silver medals in 1996 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics in 1500 m, respectively....  Kingdom of Romania | 8:48.28 | Zhang Lirong Zhang Lirong Zhang Lirong  is a retired Chinese runner. A dynamic middle and long distance runner, she set world class times in events ranging from the 1500m all the way up the marathon. She won the bronze medal in the 3000 m at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart.-Achievements:-Personal bests:-External...  Mainland China | 8:48.45 | 
| 10 000 m | Wang Junxia Wang Junxia Wang Junxia  is a Chinese former long-distance runner.-Career:Wang was coached by Ma Junren until 1995 and by Mao Dezhen from 1995 to her retirement after the 1996 Atlanta Olympics....  Mainland China | 32:29.90 | Gete Wami Gete Wami Getenesh  Wami  is a female Ethiopian cross country and track runner....  Ethiopia | 32:41.57 | Sally Barsosio Sally Barsosio Sally Barsosio  is a Kenyan distance runner. , Barsosio is the youngest ever medallist at the World Junior Championships in Athletics...  Kenya | 32:41.76 | 
| 100 m H 100 metres hurdles The 100 m hurdles are an Olympic track and field athletics discipline run by women . For the race ten hurdles of a height of 83.8 cm  are placed evenly spaced along a straight course of 100 meters. They are positioned so that they will fall over if bumped into by the runner... | Gillian Russell Gillian Russell Gillian Russell  is a Jamaican athlete who specializes in the 100 metres hurdles. In her early career she won four gold medals at the World Junior Championships, which is a record.-Achievements:...  Jamaica | 13.21 | Damaris Anderson  Cuba | 13.43 | Svetlana Laukhova | 13.55 | 
| 400 m H 400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is an Olympic athletics event in track and field. On a standard outdoor track 400 metres is the length of the inside lane once around the stadium.  Runners stay in their lane the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten hurdles that are evenly... | Georgeta Petra  Kingdom of Romania | 58.03 | Erica Peterson  Canada | 58.09 | Wynsome Cole  Jamaica | 58.15 | 
| 5000 m track walk Race walking Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance athletic event. Although it is a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times... | Gao Hongmiao Gao Hongmiao Gao Hongmiao  is a retired Chinese race walker.-Achievements:-External links:...  Mainland China | 21:20.03 CR | Jane Saville Jane Saville Jane Kara Saville  is an Australian race walker who won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She was born in Sydney....  Australia | 21:58.64 | Mika Ikatura  Japan | 22:25.58 | 
| 4 X 100 m Relay race During a relay race, members of a team take turns running, orienteering, swimming, cross-country skiing, biathlon, or ice skating  parts of a circuit or performing a certain action. Relay races take the form of professional races and amateur games... |  Jamaica | 43.96 |  United States | 44.51 |  Germany | 44.52 | 
| 4 X 400 m Relay race During a relay race, members of a team take turns running, orienteering, swimming, cross-country skiing, biathlon, or ice skating  parts of a circuit or performing a certain action. Relay races take the form of professional races and amateur games... |  Kingdom of Romania | 3:31.57 |  Jamaica | 3:32.68 |  Germany | 3:32.72 | 
| High jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years.... | Manuela Aigner Manuela Aigner Manuela Aigner  is a retired German high jumper.She won the 1991 European Junior Championships and the 1992 World Junior Championships, the latter in a career best jump of 1.93 metres. She represented the sports club BSV AOK Leipzig, and won the bronze medal at the German championships in...  Germany | 1.93 | Ina Gliznuta Svetlana Zalevskaya Svetlana Zalevskaya Svetlana Zalevskaya  is a retired female high jumper from Kazakhstan. Her personal best jump is  1.98 metres on 2 March 1996 Samara    .1.97 metres, achieved in June 1996 in Pierre-Bénite.-Achievements:-External links:*... | 1.88 | ||
| Long jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point... | Erica Johansson Erica Johansson Erica Johansson  is a former Swedish athlete who specialized in long jump.She was very promising as a junior long jumper. At the age of 15 she equalled the Swedish record with 6.50 meters. One year later she won the silver medal in the 1990 World Junior Championships, jumping 6.50 again. She won...  Sweden | 6.65 | Nicole Devonish  Canada | 6.43 | Yu Huaxiu  Mainland China | 6.26 | 
| Triple jump Triple jump The triple jump  is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a... | Anja Vokuhl  Germany | 13.47 | Yamina Martínez  Cuba | 13.42 | Olena Hovorova Olena Hovorova Olena Ivanivna Hovorova , also known as Yelena Govorova, is a former Ukrainian track and field athlete who specialised in triple jump competitions. She won the triple jump bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics with her personal best jump of 14.96 metres... | 13.29 | 
| Shot put Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting"  a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting  action.... | Wang Yawen  Mainland China | 18.05 | Zhang Zhiying Zhang Zhiying Zhang Zhiying  is a retired Chinese shot putter.She won the silver medals at the 1992 World Junior Championships and the 1995 Asian Championships.Her personal best throw is 19.23 metres, achieved in May 1992 in Hangzhou.-References:...  Mainland China | 18.03 | Olga Ilyina | 17.20 | 
| Discus Discus throw The discus throw  is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus... | Bao Dongying  Mainland China | 58.34 | Zhang Cuilan  Mainland China | 57.10 | Sabine Fried  Germany | 53.94 | 
| Javelin Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon... | Claudia Isaila  Kingdom of Romania | 63.04 | Yvonne Reichardt  Germany | 61.48 | Heli Tolkkinen  Finland | 60.12 | 
| Heptathlon Heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field athletics combined events contest made up of seven events.  The name derives from the Greek hepta  and athlon . A competitor in a heptathlon is referred to as a heptathlete.-Women's Heptathlon:... | Natalya Sazanovich | 6038 | Kathleen Gutjahr  Germany | 5668 | Regla Cárdenas Regla Cárdenas Regla María Cárdeñas Telo  is a retired Cuban heptathlete.-Achievements:-References:*...  Cuba | 5602 | 
Medal table
| 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 14 | |
| 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
| 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| 7 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | |
| 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | |
| 9= | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 9= | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 15= | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 15= | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 17 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 18 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 20 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 22= | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 22= | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 24 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| 25= | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 25= | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 25= | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 25= | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 25= | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 25= | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 25= | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 41 | 42 | 40 | 123 | |
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