At the 1990 Goodwill Games

1990 Goodwill Games

The 1990 Goodwill Games was the second edition of the international multi-sport event created by Ted Turner, which was held between July 20 and August 5, 1990. Following an inaugural edition in Moscow, the second games took place in Seattle, United States, highlighting the competition's role in...

, the athletics events were held in Seattle, Washington, United States

United States

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 between July and August 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

Soviet Union

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 dominated the competition as they had done in the inaugural edition

Athletics at the 1986 Goodwill Games

At the 1986 Goodwill Games, the athletics competition was held in July 1986 at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Soviet Union. A total of 42 events were contested, of which 23 by male and 19 by female athletes. Keeping in line with the tone of the competition, the United States and Soviet Union were...

, 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

Greater Antilles

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 island nation

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s of Cuba

Cuba

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 and Jamaica

Jamaica

Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...

 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

1986 Goodwill Games

The 1986 Goodwill Games was the inaugural edition of the international multi-sport event created by Ted Turner, which was held from 5 – 20 July 1986. The main stadium was the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Soviet Union...

 and the invited athletes only had to compete in a single final, rather than the qualification-round model typically found at multi-sport event

Multi-sport event

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s. Fourteen Games records were beaten in the second edition and one world record was also set at the competition – Nadezhda Ryashkina

Nadezhda Ryashkina

Nadezhda Ryashkina is a retired female race walker from Russia. She set the world record in the women's 10 km race walk event on July 25, 1990, clocking 41:56.23, in Seattle at the 1990 Goodwill Games. Ryashkina equalled Liu Hongyu's world record in the 20 km event with a total time of 1:27:30,...

 of the Soviet Union beat the previous best mark in the 10,000 metres track walk with her time of 41:56.23. The 1990 Games saw the athletics competition's first doping infractions, as Tamara Bykova

Tamara Bykova

Tamara Vladimirovna Bykova is a former Russian track and field athlete and Olympic medal winner. She was born in Rostov on Don, Rostov Oblast, Russian SFSR.-Biography:Bykova had a long and successful sport career with three world records in the high jump...

 and Larisa Nikitina both lost silver medal

Silver medal

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s after testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs

Performance-enhancing drugs

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.

Ana Fidelia Quirot

Ana Fidelia Quirot

Ana Fidelia Quirot is a female athlete from Cuba, who specialised in the 800 m but was also successful over 400 m....

 of Cuba became the first athlete to win two individual gold medal

Gold medal

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s at a single edition of the Games as she won the 400 metres

400 metres

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 and 800 metres

800 metres

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 races. The United States took clean sweeps in both the men's and women's 100 metres

100 metres

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 events, and the Soviet Union completed the same feat in the men's hammer throw

Hammer throw

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 and women's marathon

Marathon

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 competitions. Addis Abebe

Addis Abebe

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 finished as runner-up in the 5000

5000 metres

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 and 10,000 metres to win Ethiopia

Ethiopia

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's only medals of the entire Games. Sheila Echols

Sheila Echols

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 left the Games with one medal of each colour, having won the 4×100 m relay gold, 100 m silver, and long jump

Long jump

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 bronze. Among the other notable multiple medallists, Carl Lewis

Carl Lewis

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 won the 100 m silver and the long jump gold.

Records

Name	Event	Country	Record	Type
Nadezhda Ryashkina Nadezhda Ryashkina Nadezhda Ryashkina is a retired female race walker from Russia. She set the world record in the women's 10 km race walk event on July 25, 1990, clocking 41:56.23, in Seattle at the 1990 Goodwill Games. Ryashkina equalled Liu Hongyu's world record in the 20 km event with a total time of 1:27:30,...	10,000 metres track walk		41:56.23	WR
Key:WR — World record AR — Area record GR — Games record NR — National record

Men

100 metres		10.05		10.08		10.17
200 metres		20.54		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		13:33.52 GR		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	United States Mike Marsh Daron Council Andre Cason Andre Cason Andre Cason is an American former sprinter. He was a member of the US 4 x 100 meters relay team that won the gold medal at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo with a world record time of 37.50 seconds... Dennis Mitchell Dennis Mitchell Dennis Allen Mitchell is a former American college and international track and field athlete, whose team won the gold medal in the 4 x 100 meters relay race at the 1992 Summer Olympics.- Athletic career :...	38.45	Cuba Andrés Simón Andrés Simón Andrés Simón Gómez is a former sprinter from Cuba who won an Olympic bronze medal in 4 x 100 metres relay in Barcelona 1992. He also participated in the relay at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. He specialized in the 60 meters and 100 metres events. His personal best for the 100m is 10.06, set in... Leandro Peñalver Leandro Peñalver Leandro Peñalver is a retired Cuban athlete who competed in the sprints. His personal best is 10.06 seconds, achieved in Caracas in 1983.-External links:... Félix Stevens Félix Stevens Félix Stevens is a retired male sprinter from Cuba, who competed in the 1980s and the early 1990s for his native country. He set is personal best in the men's 200 metres event on July 7, 1989 at a meet in Sofia, Bulgaria.... Joel Isasi Joel Isasi Joel Isasi González is a former sprinter from Cuba who won an Olympic bronze medal in 4 x 100 metres relay in Barcelona 1992 and a silver medal at the 4 x 100 relay at the 1990 Goodwill Games. His personal best of 10.22 and 21.64 was both set during 1995.-External links:...	38.49	Soviet Union Viktor Bryzgin Viktor Bryzgin Viktor Arkadyevich Bryzhin is a former Soviet athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1988 Summer Olympics.Viktor Bryzhin trained at Dynamo in Voroshilovgrad. He made his debut in the international championships at the first World Championships, where he reached to the quarterfinal... Vladimir Krylov Vladimir Krylov Vladimir Valentinovich Krylov is a former Soviet athlete. He was Soviet 100, 200 and 400 metres champion, and also Soviet indoor 200 metres in 1989.... Oleg Fatun Pavel Galkin	38.96
4×400 metres relay	United States Clarence Daniel Antonio Pettigrew Antonio Pettigrew Antonio Pettigrew was an American sprinter who specialized in the 400 meters. He was born in Macon, Georgia.... Andrew Valmon Andrew Valmon Andrew Orlando Valmon is an American former 400 meters runner.Valmon was born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in Manchester Township, New Jersey. He attended college at Seton Hall University and graduated in 1987 with a degree in communications.Valmon won the silver medal at the World Indoor... Tim Simon	2:59.54 GR	Jamaica Seymour Fagan Seymour Fagan Seymour Fagan is a retired male track and field sprinter from Jamaica who specializes in the 400 metres. He won a bronze medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1991 World Championships, together with teammates Patrick O'Connor, Devon Morris and Winthrop Graham.-Achievements:-References:... Devon Morris Devon Morris Devon Morris is a retired Jamaican sprinter who mainly competed over 400 metres. He won this distance at the 1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships, and his personal best time was 45.49 s, achieved during the 1987 World Championships. At the 1988 Summer Olympics he won a silver medal with the... Howard Burnett Howard Burnett (athlete) Howard McNeal Burnett is a retired male sprinter from Jamaica, who mainly competed in the men's 400 metres during his career. He is a one-time Olympian, making his only appearance in 1988 , when he won the silver medal with the men's 4x400 m relay team. Burnett only ran in the qualifying... Patrick O'Connor Patrick O'Connor (athlete) Patrick Earl O'Connor is a retired Jamaican sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. He won a bronze medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1991 World Championships, together with teammates Seymour Fagan, Devon Morris and Winthrop Graham.-Achievements:-References:*...	3:00.45	Cuba Juan Martínez Félix Stevens Félix Stevens Félix Stevens is a retired male sprinter from Cuba, who competed in the 1980s and the early 1990s for his native country. He set is personal best in the men's 200 metres event on July 7, 1989 at a meet in Sofia, Bulgaria.... Héctor Herrera Héctor Herrera Héctor Herrera Ortiz is a retired 800 metres runner from Cuba who won an Olympic silver medal in 4 x 400 metres relay in Barcelona 1992, together with teammates Lázaro Martínez, Norberto Téllez and Roberto Hernández.... 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

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	United States Carlette Guidry Sheila Echols Sheila Echols Sheila Ann Echols is a retired track and field athlete from the United States, who won the gold medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea, alongside team mates Alice Brown, 100 m gold medalist Florence Griffith Joyner and 100 m silver medalist Evelyn... Michelle Finn Michelle Finn Michelle Finn is an American former sprint athlete from Orlando, Florida. She graduated from Oak Ridge High School in Orlando. She set the Florida State University record for the 100 meters which has lasted over 18 years into the 2006 season. She won a gold medal at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics as... Evelyn Ashford Evelyn Ashford Evelyn Ashford is a retired American athlete, the 1984 Olympic champion in the 100 m. She has run under the 11 second barrier over 30 times and was the first to run under 11 seconds in an Olympic Games.As a 19-year-old, Ashford finished 5th in the 100 m event at the 1976 Summer Olympics...	42.46	Soviet Union Yelena Bykova Galina Malchugina Galina Malchugina Galina Malchugina is a retired sprinter from Russia. Competing for the Soviet relay team, she won medals at the 1988 and 1992 Olympics... Natalya Kovtun Natalya Kovtun Natalya Kovtun is an athlete who represented the Soviet Union and later Russia. She specialized in the short sprints and also ran relay races, winning the silver medal in 4 x 100 m relay at the 1991 World Championships.-Achievements:-External links:... Irina Sergeyeva Irina Privalova Irina Anatoljewna Privalova is a Russian athlete.She first competed in the sprint events, winning two Olympic medals in the 100 m and 200 m in 1992 whilst representing the Unified Team. Irina Privalova had been a formidable competitor during most of the 1990s but had not yet won an...	42.67	Jamaica Michelle Freeman Michelle Freeman Michelle Freeman is a former Jamaican track & field athlete who was an Olympic bronze medalist.Freeman was born in Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica... Juliet Campbell Juliet Campbell Juliet Jean Campbell is a retired Jamaican sprinter who specialized in the 200 and 400 metres. She also competed on the successful Jamaican team in both 4 x 100 metres relay and 4 x 400 metres relay.-Achievements:... Layphane Carnagie Ethlyn Tate	44.12
4×400 metres relay	Soviet Union "A" Yelena Vinogradova Yelena Vinogradova Yelena Vinogradova is a female track and field athlete who represented the Soviet Union. She specialized in the 200 metres and often ran relay races, winning the silver medal in the 4 x 100 m relay and placing eighth in the 200 m at the 1991 World Championships. She won a gold medal in the... Marina Shmonina Marina Shmonina Marina Shmonina is an athlete who represented the Soviet Union and later Uzbekistan. She specialized in the 400 metres and 4 x 400 metres relay.... Yelena Ruzina Yelena Ruzina Yelena Ivanovna Ruzina is a retired athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres. She represented the Soviet Union.... Lyudmila Dzhigalova Lyudmila Dzhigalova Lyudmyla Stanislavivna Dzhyhalova is a retired athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres...	3:23.70	United States Natasha Kaiser Natasha Kaiser Natasha Kaiser-Brown is an American sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres, and is the current Drake University track and field coach.... Rochelle Stevens Rochelle Stevens Rochelle Stevens was a 1996 Olympic gold medalist for the United States in the women's 4x400-meter relay... Lillie Leatherwood Lillie Leatherwood Lillie Mae Leatherwood is an American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.She competed for the United States in the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, U.S... Maicel Malone	3:24.53	Soviet Union "B" Nadezhda Loboyko Tatyana Grebenchuk Nadezhda Olizarenko Nadezhda Olizarenko Nadezhda Fyodorovna Olizarenko is a retired athlete, who competed mainly in the 800 metres. She represented the Soviet Union.Olizarenko competed for Soviet Union in the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, Russia in the 800 metres, where she won the gold medal ahead of country women Olga Mineyeva... 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		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
  Tamara Bykova
  Tamara Vladimirovna Bykova is a former Russian track and field athlete and Olympic medal winner. She was born in Rostov on Don, Rostov Oblast, Russian SFSR.-Biography:Bykova had a long and successful sport career with three world records in the high jump...
  
   of the Soviet Union initially won the high jump silver medal with a jump of 1.92 m, but was later disqualified for ephedrine
  Ephedrine
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   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 amphetamine
  Amphetamine
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Medal table

Key:

1	United States	20	16	18	54
2	Soviet Union	14	16	13	43
3	Cuba	3	2	2	7
4	Jamaica	1	1	2	4
5	German Democratic Republic	1	0	2	3
6	Canada	1	0	1	2
7=	Mexico	1	0	0	1
7=	Morocco	1	0	0	1
7=	Poland	1	0	0	1
10	Ethiopia	0	2	0	2
11=	Brazil	0	1	1	2
11=	Kenya	0	1	1	2
13=	Australia	0	1	0	1
13=	The Bahamas	0	1	0	1
13=	People's Republic of China	0	1	0	1
13=	Romania	0	1	0	1
17	Japan	0	0	2	2
18	Republic of Ireland	0	0	1	1
Total		43	43	43	129

External links

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