Volume 7, No. 48 August 27, 2008 Version ii

— Men —

BEIJING, — By-Nation Medal Chart — AUGUST 15–24

Nation...... Men Women ...... Overall G S B Total G S B Total ATTENDANCE ...... 4 5 5 14 3 4 2 9...... 23 The 91,000-seat National Stadium (the “Bird’s Nest”) had all tickets ...... 2 1 3 6 4 4 4 12...... 18 sold for all sessions. All evening sessions were “full”; morning ses- Kenya...... 3 2 4 9 2 3 0 5...... 14 sions were generally about three-quarters full. ...... 3 0 0 3 3 3 2 8...... 11 WEATHER ...... 0 2 2 4 1 1 1 3...... 7 Official temperature—both C and F—and humidity readings are given Ethiopia...... 2 1 1 4 2 0 1 3...... 7 for the start of each event (and the range if there were heats/sections). ...... 1 0 2 3 0 2 0 2...... 5 Most sessions were in the 80s. ...... 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 4...... 5 ...... 1 1 1 3 0 1 0 1...... 4 EXPLAINING THE TYPOGRAPHY ...... 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 2...... 4 Paragraph breaks in the preliminary rounds of events indicate Bahamas...... 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0...... 2 the separation between qualifiers and non-qualifiers. ...... 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2...... 2 COLOR CODING China...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2...... 2 All medalists appear in blue ink; all Americans are in bold face and ...... 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1...... 2 italics (if in multiple rounds, only in the final round in which they com- ...... 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1...... 2 peted); field-event/multi medalists appear in either blue (gold medal), ...... 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1...... 2 red (silver) or green (bronze) in the progression charts. Nigeria...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2...... 2 ...... 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1...... 2 SPLIT TIMES ...... 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0...... 2 Times in 10ths were mostly taken by the official timer, Omega, by a new Trinidad...... 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0...... 2 system with transponders in the athlete bibs and a wiring system under ...... 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2...... 2 the track (the T&FN split crew also did some video analysis); times in Bahrain...... 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0...... 1 100ths are eyebeam times from Omega (* for first two legs of 4x4 are ...... 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1...... 1 start-line times extrapolated for handoffs on 3-turn stagger). Cameroon...... 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1...... 1 FIELD CHARTS ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1...... 1 In the by-round field charts (all throws, horizontal jumps), the athlete’s ...... 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1...... 1 best of the day is underlined. The asterisked marks represent the ...... 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1...... 1 progression of the lead. This includes those with subsequent drug ...... 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0...... 1 DQs, since the intent is to demonstrate how the event played out in ...... 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0...... 1 its proper historical perspective. ...... 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0...... 1 ...... 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0...... 1 NOTE THAT THIS IS VERSION ii ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1...... 1 There are dozens of changes—most of them small and typographic ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1...... 1 in nature, but others statistically significant—in this update of the ...... 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0...... 1 original Olympic results. If you find a discrepancy between the two ...... 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0...... 1 versions, this one is the one to use. Hopefully we won't need to go as far as Version iii! ...... 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0...... 1 ...... 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0...... 1 ...... 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0...... 1 Romania...... 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1...... 1 Slovenia...... 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0...... 1 © 2008 Track & Field News. All rights reserved. ...... 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0...... 1 This newsletter may not be reprinted or retransmitted Sudan...... 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0...... 1 in any form without express written permission...... 24 24 24 72 23 24 22 69...... 141 www.trackandfieldnews.com

-290- August 27, 2008 VI(0.9)–1. Tyrone Edgar (GB) 10.13; 2. — 100 METERS — Patton 10.25; 3. (Fra) 10.26; — 200 meters — 4. Kai Hu (Chn) 10.39; FINAL 5. Abdullah Al-Sooli (Oma) 10.53 PR; 6. final (August 16; wind 0.0) Desislav Gunev (Bul) 10.66; 7. Ali Shareef (August 20; wind –0.9) (temperature 82/28; humidity 39%) (MDV) 11.11 NR; 8. Souksavanh Tonsack- (temperature 81/27; humidity 66%) 1. (Jamaica)...... 9.69 theva (Lao) 11.51 PR. 1. Usain Bolt (Jamaica)...... 19.30 WR (old WR 9.72 Bolt ’08) VII(-1.4)–1. (Por) 10.25; WR, OR (old WR, OR OR (old OR 9.84 Bailey [Can] ’96) 2. Obinna Metu (Ngr) 10.34; 3. Dix 10.35; 4. 19.32 Johnson [US] ’96) (first Jamaican gold) Anson Henry (Can) 10.37; (9.96/9.34) 2. Richard Thompson (Trinidad)...... 9.89 5. Dmytro Hlushchenko (Ukr) 10.57; 6. 2. Shawn Crawford (US)...... 19.96 PR (=e-s CR Padgett [Clem] ’08) Calvin Kang Li Loong (Sin) 10.73; 7. Jesse (defending champ) (=6, =8 OG) Tamangrow (Pau) 11.38 PR; 8. Reginaldo 3. (US)...... 19.98 3. Walter Dix (US)...... 9.91 Micha Ndong (EqG) 11.61. 4. Brian Dzingai (Zim) 20.22; 5. Christian PR (=9, x A; =10, x OG) VIII(-0.1)–1. (Bah) 10.28; Malcolm (GB) 20.40 (finalist in ’00); 4. (NA) 9.93 NR (first NA 2. Andrey Yepishin (Rus) 10.34; 3. Jaysuma 6. (StK) 20.59;…dq[lane]—[2] placer ever, all events); 5. (Jam) Saidy Ndure (Nor) 10.37; 4. Uchenna Emedolu Churandy Martina (NAn) [19.82], [3]Wallace 9.95 (repeat finalist); 6. (Jam) (Ngr) 10.46; Spearmon (US) [19.95]. 9.97; 7. (Tri) 10.01; 8. Darvis 5. Su Wai’bou Sanneh (Gam) 10.52; (lanes: 2. Collins; 3. Malcolm; 4. Crawford; Patton (US) 10.03. 6. Sandro Viana (Bra) 10.60; 7. Chun Ho 5. Bolt; 6. Dzingai; 7. Martina; 8. Dix; 9. (best-ever mark-for-place 1, 7–8; OG-mark- Lai (HK) 10.63; 8. Mohamed Abu Abdullah Spearmon) (Ban) 11.07 PR. for-place 1, 6–8) (reaction times: Martina 0.144, Dix 0.151, IX(-1.7)–1. Samuel Francis (Qat) 10.40; (joins Tokyo ’91 WC with 6 sub-10s) Collins 0.165, Spearmon 0.167, Bolt 0.182, 2. Burns 10.46; 3. Matic Osovnikar (Slo) (lanes: 2. Frater; 3. Patton; 4. Bolt; 5. Thomp- Dzingai 0.185, Crawford 0.210, Malcolm 10.46; son; 6. Dix; 7. Powell; 8. Burns; 9. Martina) 0.212) 4. (Hon) 10.49; 5. (reaction times: 0.133 Dix & Thompson, Pow- Ruslan Abbasov (Aze) 10.58; 6. Sébastien heats ell 0.134, Patton 0.142, Burns 0.145, Frater Gattuso (Mon) 10.70; 7. Jack Howard (Mic) (August 18; qualify 3+8) 0.147, Bolt 0.165, Martina 0.169) 11.03; 8. Gordon Heather (COK) 11.41 PR. (temperature 77–81/25–27; heats X(-1.3)–1. Martina 10.35; 2. Naoki Tsuka- humidity 60–53%) (August 15; qualify 3+10) hara (Jpn) 10.39; 3. (GB) I(0.1)–1. Crawford 20.61; 2. Marcin Je- (temperature 75–81/24–27; 10.42; 4. (Ger) 10.46; drusinski (Pol) 20.64; 3. Stéphan Buckland humidity 76–53%) 5. Franklin Nazareno (Ecu) 10.60; 6. (Mri) 20.98; I(-0.2)–1. Bolt 10.20; 2. (Ant) Wilfried Bingangoye (Gab) 10.87; 7. Moumi 4. Jirí Vojtík (CzR) 21.05; 5. Fanuel 10.24; 3. Vicente de (Bra) 10.26; 4. Sèbergue (Cha) 11.14; 8. Okilani Tinilau (Tuv) Kenosi (Bot) 21.09; 6. Adam Harris (Guy) Henry Vizcaíno (Cub) 10.28; 11.48 NR, NJR. 21.36; 7. Khalil Al-Hanahneh (Jor) 21.55; 8. 5. (Ita) 10.49; 6. Jurgen The- Solomon Bayoh (SL) 22.16 PR. quarters men (Sur) 10.61 PR; 7. Moses Kamut (Van) II(0.0)–1. Dzingai 20.25; 2. Malcolm 20.42; (August 15; qualify 3+1) 10.81; 8. Francis Manioru (SOL) 11.09. 3. Chris Williams (Jam) 20.53; 4. Shinji (temperature 84/29; humidity 39%) II(0.0)–1. Powell 10.16; 2. Kim Collins (StK) Takahira (Jpn) 20.58; 5. Amr Ibrahim Mo- I(-0.1)–1. Martina 9.99 NR; 2. Frater 10.09; 10.17 (record-tieing fourth OG); 3. Craig stafa Seoud (Egy) 20.75; 6. Thuso Mpuang 3. Tsukahara 10.23; Pickering (GB) 10.21; 4. (Col) (SA) 20.87; 4. Williamson 10.32; 5. Vizcaíno 10.33; 10.35; 5. Dariusz Kuc (Pol) 10.44; 7. Daniel Grueso (Col) 21.15; 8. Arnaldo 6. Browne 10.36; 7. Kuc 10.46; 8. Brown 6. Béranger Bossé (CAf) 10.51; 7. Aisea Abrantes (Por) 21.46. 10.93. Tohi (TGA) 11.17; 8. Roman Cress (MSH) III(-0.4)–1. (GB) 20.49; II(0.0)–1. Thompson 9.99; 2. Gay 10.09; 11.18. 2. Collins 20.55; 3. (Jam) 3. Mbandjock 10.16; III(0.0)–1. Thompson 10.24; 2. Martial 20.85; 4. Matic Osovnikar (Slo) 20.89; 4. Fasuba 10.21; 5. Hinds 10.25; 6. Mbandjock (Fra) 10.26; 3. (Ita) 5. Chris Lloyd (Dmn) 20.90; 6. Heber Moreira 10.32; 7. Collio 10.33; 8. Grueso 10.32; 4. (Gha) 10.34; 5. Andrew Viera (Uru) 20.93; 7. Cristián Reyes (Chl) 10.37. Hinds (Bar) 10.35; 21.20; 8. Franklin Nazareno (Ecu) 21.26. III(-0.2)–1. Burns 10.05; 2. Collins 10.07; 6. Suryo Agung Wibowo (Ina) 10.46; 7. IV(-1.1)–1. (Rus) 20.76; 2. 3. Edgar 10.10; 4. Francis 10.11; Jared Lewis (StV) 11.00; 8. Rabangaki Nawai Dix 20.77; 3. Rolando Palacios (Hon) 20.81; 5. Pognon 10.21; 6. Osovnikar 10.24; 7. (Kyr) 11.29. 4. Ángel David Rodríguez (Spa) 20.87; Unger 10.36; 8. Asahara 10.37. IV(0.2)–1. Frater 10.15; 2. Pierre Browne IV(0.1)–1. Bolt 9.92 (=8, =10 OG); 2. Patton (Can) 10.22; 3. Darrel Brown (Tri) 10.22; 4. 10.04; 3. Obikwelu 10.09; (Jpn) 10.25; 4. Ndure 10.14; 5. Pickering 10.18; 6. I(-0.1)–1. Bolt 9.85 (=2, =2 OG; fastest 5. Holder da Silva (GBi) 10.58; 6. Id- Metu 10.27; 7. Henry 10.33; 8. Rodríguez OG prelim); 2. Dix 9.95; 3. Burns 9.97; 4. rissa Sanou (Bur) 10.63; 7. Ghyd-Kermeliss 10.35. Frater 10.01; Olonghot (Con) 11.01; 8. Massoud Azizi V(-0.1)–1. Powell 10.02; 2. Dix 10.08; 3. 5. Collins 10.05 (=fastest non-qualifier (Afg) 11.45. Atkins 10.14; 4. Bailey 10.23; [Henderson ’96 OT]); 6. Atkins 10.13; 7. V(0.7)–1. (US) 10.22; 2. Olusoji 5. Zakari 10.24; 6. Yepishin 10.25; 7. de Edgar 10.18; 8. Francis 10.20. Fasuba (Ngr) 10.29; 3. José Carlos Moreira Lima 10.31; 8. Hu 10.40. (cont) II(0.3)–1. Powell 9.91 (9, x OG); 2. (Bra) 10.29; 4. Ángel David Rodríguez (Spa) Thompson 9.93 =PR; 3. Martina 9.94 NR; 10.34; semis 4. Patton 10.03; 5. Lukás Milo (CzR) 10.52; 6. Yous- (August 16; qualify 4) 5. Gay 10.05 (=fastest non-Q); 6. souf Mhadjoub (Com) 10.62 NJR; 7. Danny (temperature 84/29; humidity 34%) Obikwelu 10.10; 7. Tsukahara 10.16; 8. D’Souza (Sey) 11.00; 8. Shanahan Sanitoa Mbandjock 10.18. (AmS) 12.60 PR.

-291- August 27, 2008 5. (Bra) 21.15; 6. 7. Yeimer Mosquera (Col) 46.59; 8. Siraj Desislav Gunev (Bul) 21.55; 7. Vyacheslav — 400 meters — Williams (Lbr) 47.89. Muravyov (Kaz) 21.68; 8. Nikolai Portelli VI–1. (GB) 44.94 PR; (Mlt) 22.31. final 2. Quow 45.13; 3. Micheal Mathieu (Bah) V(-0.1)–1. Rondell Sorrillo (Tri) 20.58; 2. (August 21) 45.17 PR; Bolt 20.64; 3. (Bel) 20.69; (temperature 70/21; humidity 87%) 4. Michael Blackwood (Jam) 45.56; 5. 4. Marc Schneeberger (Swi) 20.86; 5. 1. LaShawn Merritt (US)...... 43.75 Tyler Christopher (Can) 45.67; 6. Joel Phillip José Acevedo (Ven) 21.06; 6. Igor Bodrov PR (WL, AL) (5, =17 W, A; 4, 4 OG) (Grn) 46.30; 7. Félix Martínez (PR) 46.46; 8. (Ukr) 21.38; 7. Mohamad Siraj Tamim (Lib) (largest winning margin since 1896) Daniel Dabrowski (Pol) 47.83. 21.80; 8. Oleg Juravlyev (Uzb) 22.31; 9. Juan ([21.1], 9.8 [31.9], 11.9) (21.1/22.7) VII–1. Wariner 45.23; 2. Tabarie Henry Miguel Zeledón (Nic) 23.39. 2. (US)...... 44.74 (VI) 45.36; 3. Cédric Van Branteghem (Bel) VI(-0.5)–1. Spearmon 20.46; 2. Jaysuma (slowest silver since ’80) 45.54; Saidy Ndure (Nor) 20.54; 3. Paul Hession ([21.0], 9.8 [31.8], 12.9) (21.0/23.7) 4. David Gillick (Ire) 45.83; 5. Maksim (Ire) 20.59; 3. David Neville (US)...... 44.80 Dyldin (Rus) 46.03; 6. Myhaylo Knysh (Ukr) 4. Seth Amoo (Gha) 20.91; 5. Ronalds (slowest bronze since ’80) 46.28; 7. Mathieu Gnaligo (Ben) 47.10; 8. Arajs (Lat) 21.22; 6. Jayson Jones (Blz) ([20.8], 10.0 [32.0], 12.8) (20.8/24.0) Naiel d’Almeida (STP) 49.08. 21.54; 7. Nabie Fofanah (Gui) 21.68, Brian (fifth U.S. sweep: ’04, ’68, ’88, ’04) semis Barnett (Can). 4. (Bah) 44.84 (12.5) (first (August 19; qualify 2+2) VII(-0.7)–1. Obinna Metu (Ngr) 20.62; 2. Bahamian top 8; recording tieing third OG); (temperature 84/29; humidity 57%) Ramil Guliyev (Aze) 20.78; 3. Martina 20.78; 5. (Fra) 45.11 (12.4) (repeat I–1. Wariner 44.15; 2. Brown 44.59; 4. Sandro Viana (Bra) 20.84; finalist); 3. J. Borlée 44.88 NR; 4. Brenes 44.94 5. Jamial Rolle (Bah) 20.93; 6. Shingo 6. (GB) 45.12 (12.4); 7. NR; 5. Weigopwa 45.02; 6. Collazo 45.06 PR; Suetsugu (Jpn) 20.93; 7. Omar Juma Bilal Rennie Quow (Tri) 45.22; 8. Johan Wissman 7. Henry 45.19 NR; 8. Licciardello 45.64. Al-Salfa (UAE) 21.00. (Swe) 45.39 (12.5) (first Swedish finalist II–1. Djhone 44.79; 2. Neville 44.91; VIII(-0.3)–1. (Tri) 20.57; since ’20). 3. Milburn 45.06; 4. Chambers 45.09; 5. 2. (Ant) 20.58; 3. Jared (lanes: 2. Quow; 3. Wissman; 4. Merritt; 5. K. Borlée 45.11 PR; 6. Godday 45.24; 7. Bain Connaughton (Can) 20.60; 4. Visa Hongisto Brown; 6. Djhone; 7. Wariner; 8. Rooney; 9. 45.52; 8. Steele 45.59. (Fin) 20.62; Neville) III–1. Merritt 44.12 (9, x OG); 2. Rooney 5. Marco Cribari (Swi) 20.98; 6. James 44.60 PR; 3. Wissman 44.64; 4. Quow Dolphin (NZ) 20.98; 7. Peimeng Zhang (reaction times: Djhone 0.164, Quow 0.201, 44.82 PR; (Chn) 21.06. Rooney 0.208, Wariner 0.209, Wissman 0.218, Brown 0.231, Neville 0.293, Merritt 5. Kikaya 44.94; 6. Mathieu 45.56; 7. quarters 0.318) Wroe 45.56; 8. Van Branteghem 45.81. (August 18; qualify 3+4) (temperature 81/27; humidity 61%) heats I(0.1)–1. Bolt 20.29; 2. Crawford 20.42; (August 18; qualify 3+3) — 800 meters — 3. Collins 20.43; 4. Devonish 20.43; 5. Con- (temperature 73–77/23–25; naughton 20.45; humidity 71–60%) final 6. Seoud 20.55 NR; 7. Palacios 20.87; I–1. Djhone 45.12; 2. Neville 45.22; 3. (August 23) 8. Rodríguez 20.96. (Cub) 45.37; 4. Kevin Borlée (temperature 86/30; humidity 40%) (Bel) 45.43; II(0.2)–1. Dzingai 20.23; 2. Dix 20.27; 3. 1. Wilfred Bungei (Kenya)...... 1:44.65 5. (Rus) 45.52; 6. Williams 20.28; 4. Malcolm 20.30; 5. Buck- (repeat finalist) Young Talkmore Nyongani (Zim) 45.89; 7. land 20.37; (25.1, 28.3 [53.35], 25.82 [1:19.17], 25.48) Éric Milazar (Mri) 46.06; 8. Garologelwane 6. Smirnov 20.62; 7. Takahira 20.63; 8. (53.35/51.30) (12.9); Masheto (Bot) 46.29. Osovnikar 20.95. 2. Ahmad Ismail (Sudan)...... 1:44.70 II–1. Brown 44.79; 2. (Aus) III(0.4)–1. Christian 20.26; 2. Martina 20.42; (repeat finalist) 44.80 PR; 3. Wissman 44.81; 4. Gary Kikaya 3. Beyens 20.50; (25.6, 28.1 [53.7], 25.5 [1:19.2], 25.5) (Con) 44.89; 4. Jedrusinski 20.58; 5. Armstrong 20.58; (53.7/51.0) (12.8); 6. Metu 20.65; 7. Viana 21.07; 8. Schnee- 5. (Jam) 45.66; 6. Arismendy 3. Alfred Kirwa Yego (Kenya)...... 1:44.82 berger 21.48. Peguero (DR) 46.28; 7. Ivano Bucci (SMa) (25.1, 28.4 [53.5], 25.8 [1:19.3], 25.5) IV(0.3)–1. Hession 20.32; 2. Spearmon 48.54; 8. Xiaosheng Liu (Chn) 53.11. (53.5/51.3) (12.5); 20.39; 3. Ndure 20.45; III–1. (CRC) 45.36; 2. James 4. Gary Reed (Can) 1:44.94 4. Sorrillo 20.63; 5. Guliyev 20.66 NR Godday (Ngr) 45.49; 3. Andretti Bain (Bah) (25.5, 28.6 [54.1], 25.8 [1:19.9], 25.0) NJR; 6. Hongisto 20.76; 7. Mpuang 21.04;… 45.96; (54.1/50.8) (12.1); dnf—Anderson. 4. Niko Verekauta (Fij) 46.32; 5. Fernando de Almeida (Bra) 46.60; 6. Lewis Banda (Zim) 5. Youssef Kamel (Bhr) 1:44.95 semis 46.76; 7. Vincent Mumo (Ken) 46.79; 8. Ali (25.4, 28.5 [53.9], 25.8 [1:19.7], 25.2) (August 19; qualify 4) Babiker Nagmeldin (Sud) 47.12. (53.9/51.1) (12.7); (temperature 84/29; humidity 57%) IV–1. Rooney 45.00; 2. (Aus) 6. Yeimán López (Cub) 1:45.88 I(0.1)–1. Martina 20.11 NR; 2. Dzingai 45.17 PR; 3. (Jam) (25.3, 28.4 [53.7], 25.6 [1:19.3], 26.6) 20.17; 3. Dix 20.19; 4. Malcolm 20.25; 45.22; (53.7/52.2) (13.8); 5. Hession 20.38; 6. Williams 20.45; 7. 4. Erison Hurtault (Dmn) 46.10; 5. Andrés 7. Nabil Madi (Alg) 1:45.96 Connaughton 20.58; 8. Beyens 20.69. Silva (Uru) 46.34; 6. Rudolf Götz (CzR) 46.38; (25.4, 28.3 [53.7], 25.9 [1:19.6], 26.4) II(0.1)–1. Bolt 20.09; 2. Crawford 20.12; 3. 7. (Jpn) 46.39. (53.7/52.3) (13.4); Spearmon 20.14; 4. Collins 20.25; V–1. Merritt 44.96; 2. Saul Weigopwa (Ngr) 8. Nadim Mansour (Alg) 1:47.19 5. Christian 20.29; 6. Buckland 20.48; 7. 45.19; 3. (Ita) 45.25 PR; (25.3, 28.6 [53.9], 25.9 [1:19.8], 27.4) Devonish 20.57;… dnc—Saidy Ndure. 4. Jonathan Borlée (Bel) 45.25; (53.9/53.3) (13.9) 5. Ato Stephens (Tri) 45.63 (record tieing (first time with two Algerian finalists). third OG); 6. Alleyne Francique (Grn) 46.15;

-292- August 27, 2008 HEATS II–1. Kirwa Yego 1:44.73 (51.2/53.5); I–1. Baala 3:35.87; 2. Willis 3:36.01; 3. (August 20; qualify 2+8) 2. Ismail 1:44.91 (51.4/53.5); 3. Kamel Bashir 3:36.05; 4. Tarek Boukensa (Alg) (temperature 84/29; humidity 56–54%) 1:44.95 (51.3/53.7); 4. Mansour 1:45.54 3:36.11; 5. Deresse Mekonnen (Eth) 3:36.22; I–1. Bungei 1:44.90; 2. Yuriy Borzakovskiy (51.6/53.9); 6. Leonel Manzano (US) 3:36.67; (Rus) 1:45.15; 3. Mansour 1:45.62; 4. Fabiano 5. Moradi 1:46.08 (51.4/54.7); 6. Mulaudzi 7. Javier Carriqueo (Arg) 3:39.36; 8. Peçanha (Bra) 1:46.54; 1:46.24 (51.3/54.9); 7. Reina 1:46.40; 8. Reyes Estévez (Spa) 3:39.62; 9. Taylor 5. Thomas Chamney (Ire) 1:47.66; 6. Peçanha 1:47.07 (51.02/56.05). Milne (Can) 3:41.56; 10. Youssef Baba (Mor) Lachlan Renshaw (Aus) 1:49.19; 7. Ehsan III–1. Madi 1:45.63 (52.24/53.39); 2. Reed 3:42.13; 11. Vyacheslav Shabunin (Rus) Mohajer Shojaei (Irn) 1:49.25. 1:45.85 (52.6/53.3); 3:42.53. II–1. Abubaker Kaki (Sud) 1:46.98; 2. 3. Lalang 1:45.87 (52.4/53.5); 4. Olmedo II–1. Kiprop 3:41.28; 2. Nate Brannen Mohammed Al-Salhi (Sau) 1:47.02; 1:45.91; 5. Ali 1:46.37; 6. Rimmer 1:48.07; 7. (Can) 3:41.45; 3. Higuero 3:41.70; 4. Bernard 3. Dmitriy Bogdanov (Rus) 1:47.49; Chepkirwok 1:49.16; 8. Kaki 1:49.19. Lagat (US) 3:41.98; 5. Anter Zerguelaine 4. Onalenna Baloyi (Bot) 1:47.89; 5. Josef (Alg) 3:42.30; Repcík (Svk) 1:48.64; 6. Leonardo Price — 1500 meters — 6. Goran Nava (Ser) 3:42.92; 7. Tom (Arg) 1:49.39. Lancashire (GB) 3:43.40; 8. Alistair Cragg III–1. Michael Rimmer (GB) 1:47.61; 2. final (Ire) 3:44.90; 9. Hais Welday (Eri) 3:45.06; 10. Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (SA) 1:47.64; (August 19) Mohamed Othman Shahween (Sau) 3:45.82; 3. Paweł Czapiewski (Pol) 1:47.66; 4. (temperature 84/29; humidity 57%) 11. Mitchell Kealey (Aus) 3:46.31; 12. Isaiah Miguel Quesada (Spa) 1:48.06; 5. Xiangyu Li 1. Rashid Ramzi (Bahrain)...... 3:32.94 Msibi (Swa) 3:51.35 PR. (Chn) 1:48.44; 6. Vitalij Kozlov (Lit) 1:48.96; 7. (first Bahrain top 8 any event) III–1. van Deventer 3:36.32; 2. Arturo Samuel Mwera Chegere (Tan) 1:50.67. (57.0, 59.4 [1:56.4], 57.6 [2:54.0], 38.9) Casado (Spa) 3:36.42; 3. Baddeley 3:36.47; IV–1. Nick Symmonds (US) 1:46.01; 2. (13.2, 25.8, 38.9, 52.8, 1:51.2, 2:50.9) 4. Iguider 3:36.48; 5. Lopez Lomong (US) Kirwa Yego 1:46.04; 3. Antonio Reina (Spa) 3:36.70; 6. Ali 3:36.84; 2. (Kenya)...... 3:33.11 1:46.30; 7. (Bra) 3:37.06; 8. (7, 8 OG) 4. Andy González (Cub) 1:46.59; 5. Bikila Demma (Eth) 3:37.78; 9. Tiidrek Nurme (youngest medalist ever: 19y, 50d) Mohcine Chehibi (Mor) 1:46.75; 6. Eduard (Est) 3:38.59 NR; 10. David Freeman (PR) (56.48, 59.6 [1:56.1], 58.1 [2:54.2], 38.9) Villanueva (Ven) 1:47.64; 7. Dinh Cuong 3:39.70; 11. Nicholas Kemboi (Ken) 3:41.56; (13.1, 25.9, 38.9, 52.9, 1:51.8, 2:51.5) Nguyen (Vie) 1:52.06; 8. Derek Mandell 12. Byron Piedra (Ecu) 3:45.57; 13. Abdallah 3. Nick Willis (New Zealand)...... 3:34.16 (Gum) 1:57.48 PR. Abdelgader (Sud) 3:47.65. (first New Zealand top 8 since Walker ’76) V–1. Manuel Olmedo (Spa) 1:45.78; 2. IV–1. Ramzi 3:32.89 (6, 6 OG) (fastest- (57.1, 59.4 [1:56.5], 58.0 [2:54.5], 39.7) Ismail 1:45.87; 3. Reed 1:46.02; ever of three rounds; only 0.01 off fastest (13.4, 26.6, 39.7, 53.7, 1:52.3, 2:52.1) 4. Dmitrijs Milkevics (Lat) 1:47.12; 5. non-final ever [Morceli ’96 OG]) (55.7, 59.7 4. Mehdi Baala (Fra) 3:34.21 Samson Ngoepe (SA) 1:47.42; 6. Aunese [1:55.4], 58.8 [2:54.2], 38.7) (13.3, 25.5, 38.7, (57.1, 59.6 [1:56.7], 58.2 [2:54.9], 39.3) Curreen (AmS) 1:47.45 NR; 7. Souleymane 52.9, 1:52.6, 2:51.4); (12.9, 25.8, 39.3, 53.8, 1:52.2, 2:52.1) Ould Chebal (Mau) 1:57.43. 2. Mohamed Moustaoui (Mor) 3:34.80 5. Juan Carlos Higuero (Spa) 3:34.44 VI–1. Amine Laâlou (Mor) 1:47.86; 2. (14.3, 27.4, 40.7, 54.9); 3. Choge 3:35.47 (57.4, 59.6 [1:57.0], 57.6 [2:54.6], 39.8) Abraham Chepkirwok (Uga) 1:47.93; (54.79, 59.86 [1:54.65], 59.34 [2:53.99], (13.1, 26.3, 39.8, 53.9, 1:52.2, 2:52.1) 3. Jakub Holusa (CzR) 1:48.19; 4. 41.48) (14.9, 28.0, 41.48, 55.6); 4. Obrist 6. Abdelaati Iguider (Mor) 3:34.66 Christian Smith (US) 1:48.20; 5. Kléberson 3:35.91; 5. Kevin Sullivan (Can) 3:36.05; 6. (56.9, 59.7 [1:56.6], 57.3 [2:53.9], 40.8) Davide (Bra) 1:48.53; 6. Achraf Tadili (Can) Carsten Schlangen (Ger) 3:36.34; 7. Mulugeta (14.0, 27.4, 40.8, 54.7, 1:53.1, 2:52.8) 1:48.87; 7. Fadrique Iglesias (Bol) 1:50.57; 8. Wondimu (Eth) 3:36.67; 7. Juan van Deventer (SA) 3:34.77 Mohammed Al-Yafaee (Yem) 1:54.82. 8. Kamal Ali Thamer (Qat) 3:41.08; 9. (first South Africa top 8) VII–1. Mohamed Mutlak Al-Azimi (Kuw) Mahamoud Farah (Dji) 3:43.62; 10. Chauncy (56.9, 59.4 [1:56.3], 58.0 [2:54.3], 40.5) 1:46.94; 2. Kamel 1:46.94; Master (Maw) 3:44.96; 11. Kamel Boulah- (13.2, 26.8, 40.5, 54.5, 1:53.2, 2:52.9) 3. Robert Lathouwers (Hol) 1:46.94; fane (Alg) 3:45.59; 12. (Aus) 8. Bilal Mansour Ali (Bhr) 3:35.23 4. Andrew Wheating (US) 1:47.05; 5. Ab- 3:53.95. (56.6, 59.7 [1:56.3], 57.6 [2:53.9], 41.3) doulaye Wagné (Sen) 1:47.50; 6. Aldwyn (14.8, 28.1, 41.3, 55.3, 1:53.8, 2:53.6) semis Sappleton (Jam) 1:48.19; 7. Sergey Pakura 9. Andy Baddeley (GB) 3:35.37 (August 17; qualify 5+2) (Kir) 1:50.54. (57.3, 59.5 [1:56.8], 57.6 [2:54.4], 41.0) (temperature 73–72/23–22; VIII–1. López 1:45.66; 2. Boaz Lalang (14.0, 27.5, 41.0, 55.3, 1:53.3, 2:53.2) humidity 72–74%) (Ken) 1:45.72; 3. Madi 1:45.75; 4. Marcin 10. Augustine Choge (Ken) 3:35.50 I–1. Kiprop 3:37.04; 2. Iguider 3:37.21 Lewandowski (Pol) 1:45.89; 5. Bilal Mansour (56.8, 59.3 [1:56.06], 57.61 [2:53.67], 41.8) (2:58.11); 3. Higuero 3:37.31; 4. Obrist Ali (Bhr) 1:45.95; 6. Sadjad Moradi (Irn) (14.7, 28.2, 41.8, 55.7, 1:54.1, 2:53.7) 3:37.47; 5. Ali 3:37.60 (57.81, 62.72 [2:00.53]); 1:46.10; 11. Dahame Najem Bashir (Qat) 3:37.68 6. van Deventer 3:37.75; 7. Bashir 3:37.77; 7. Yassine Bensghir (Mor) 1:46.88; 8. (56.7, 59.7 [1:56.4], 58.2 [2:54.6], 43.1) 8. Schlangen 3:37.94; 9. Brannen Mikko Lahtio (Fin) 1:47.20. (15.3, 29.6, 43.1, 57.4, 1:56.1, 2:56.0) 3:39.10; 10. Wondimu 3:40.16; 11. Zergue- semis 12. (Ita) 3:39.87 laine 3:40.64; 12. Lomong 3:41.00. (August 21; qualify 2+2) (57.5, 59.6 [1:57.1], 58.1 [2:55.2], 44.7) II–1. Ramzi 3:37.11 (53.0); 2. Baala (temperature 70–72/21–22; (15.3, 30.1, 44.7, 58.9, 1:57.5, 2:57.5). 3:37.47 (53.3); 3. Baddeley 3:37.47 (53.2); humidity 86–83%) (no repeat finalists) 4. Choge 3:37.54 (2:57.28) (53.8); 5. Willis I–1. Bungei 1:46.23 (54.32/51.91); 2. López (best-ever OG-mark-for-place: 10–12) 3:37.54 (53.5); 1:46.40 (54.5/51.9); 6. Lagat 3:37.79 (53.5); 7. Mekonnen heats 3. Borzakovskiy 1:46.53 (54.5/52.0) (de- 3:37.85; 8. Boukensa 3:39.73; 9. Sullivan (August 15; qualify 5+4) fending champ); 4. Laâlou 1:46.74 (54.6/52.1); 3:40.30; 10. Moustaoui 3:40.90; 11. Casado (temperature 84/29; humidity 34–39%) 5. Symmonds 1:46.96 (54.9/53.0); 6. Al-Salhi 3:41.57 (60.47, 61.58 [2:02.05]); 12. Manzano 1:47.14; 7. Lewandowski 1:47.24; 8. Al-Azimi 3:50.33 (64.0). 1:47.65.

-293- August 27, 2008 heats — steeple — — 5000 meters — (August 20; qualify 4+3) (temperature 84–82/29–28; humidity 60%) final final 1–1. Tegenkamp 13:37.36; 2. Kipchoge (August 18) (August 23) 13:37.50; 3. T. Bekele 13:37.63; 4. Tadesse (temperature 81/27; humidity 63%) (temperature 86/30; humidity 44%) 13:37.72; 5. Bezabeh 13:37.88; 6. Cragg (inside water jump; 396m laps) 1. (Ethiopia).....12:57.82 13:38.57; 7. Barrios 13:42.39; 1. (Kenya)...... 8:10.34 OR (old OR 13:05.59 Aouita [Mor] ’04) 8. Anas Selmouni (Mor) 13:43.70; 9. (first repeat medalist since Malinowski 1976–80) (2:45.6, 2:36.9 [5:22.5], 2:38.4 [8:00.85], Adam Ismail Khamis (Bhr) 13:44.76; 10. (13.5, 28.1, 58.2) 2:31.6 [10:32.52], 2:25.3) Collis (Aus) 13:44.90; 11. 2. Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad (France) (14.1, 27.7, 54.0, 1:54.7, 2:55.7, 3:57.0, Geoffrey Kusuro (Uga) 13:50.50; 12. Sultan 4:57.0) ...... 8:10.49 Khamis Zaman (Qat) 13:53.38; 13. Takayuki PR (13.6, 28.4, 59.2) 2. (Kenya)...... 13:02.80 Matsumiya (Jpn) 14:20.24; 14. Thu Soe Min 3. Richard Matelong (Kenya)...... 8:11.01 (2, 2 OG) (repeat finalist) (Mya) 15:50.56. (14.2, 29.2, 59.8) 3. Edwin Soi (Kenya)...... 13:06.22 II–1. Soi 13:46.41; 2. Kipsiro 13:46.58; 3. 4. Yakob Jarso (Eth) 8:13.47 NR (15.6, (4, 4 OG) Cherkos 13:47.60; 4. España 13:48.88; 32.1, 62.0); 5. Bob Tahri (Fra) 8:14.79 (repeat 4. Moses Kipsiro (Uga) 13:10.56; 5. 5. Ali Abdalla Afringi (Eri) 13:49.68; 6. top 8) (15.4, 31.1, 62.3); 6. (Aus) Abreham Cherkos (Eth) 13:16.46; 6. Tariku Mo Farah (GB) 13:50.95; 7. Adrian Blincoe 8:16.36 PR (14.8, 30.2, 61.7); Bekele (Eth) 13:19.06 (2:45.69, 2:46.60 (NZ) 13:55.27; 8. Abderrahim Maarouf (Mor) 7. Ezekiel Kemboi (Ken) 8:16.38 (defending [5:22.29]); 14:00.76; 9. Ian Dobson (US) 14:05.47; champ) (18.9, 34.4, 65.3); 8. Ali Abubaker 7. Juan Luis Barrios (Mex) 13:19.79; 8. 10. Tonny Wamulwa (Zam) 14:06.96; 11. Kamal (Qat) 8:16.59 (64.8); 9. Benjamin James Kwalia (Qat) 13:23.48; 9. Bernard Kevin Sullivan (Can) 14:09.16; 12. Ali Saïdi- Kiplagat (Uga) 8:20.27; Lagat (US) 13:26.89; Sief (Alg) 14:15.00; 13. Nader Al-Massri (Pal) 10. Mustafa Mohamed (Swe) 8:20.69 10. Kidane Tadesse (Eri) 13:28.40; 11. 14:41.10. (repeat finalist) (5:33.84); 11. Tareq Mubarak Alemayehu Bezabeh (Spa) 13:30.48; 12. III–1. Lagat 13:39.70; 2. Kwalia 13:39.96; Taher (Bhr) 8:21.59; 12. Ion Luchianov (Mol) Thomas Longosiwa (Ken) 13:31.34; 3. K. Bekele 13:40.13; 4. Longosiwa 8:27.82; 13. Matt Tegenkamp (US) 13:33.13 (first 13:41.30; 13. Anthony Famiglietti (US) 8:31.21 final with two U.S. since ’64); 14. Jesús 5. (Aus) 13:44.39; 6. (70.0); 14. (SA) 8:34.58 España (Spa) 13:55.94;… dnf—Alistair Cragg Moukhled Al-Outaibi (Sau) 13:47.00; 7. Ken- (2:46.97); 15. Abdelkader Hachlaf (Mor) (Ire) (repeat finalist). suke Takezawa (Jpn) 13:49.42; 8. Monder 9:02.06. (best-ever OG-mark-for-place: 1–3) Rizki (Bel) 13:54.41; 9. Alberto García (Spa) 13:58.20; 10. heats Philipp Bandi (Swi) 13:59.68; 11. Aziz Naji (August 16; qualify 4+3) El Idrissi (Mor) 14:05.30; 12. Abdinasir Said (temperature 77–82/25–28; Ibrahim (Som) 14:21.58 PR. humidity 55–45%) I–1. Tahri 8:23.42; 2. Kipruto 8:23.53; 3. Hachlaf 8:23.62; 4. Taher 8:23.66; 5. Nahom Mesfin (Eth) 8:23.82; 6. Ildar Minshin (Rus) 8:26.85; 7. Tomasz Szym- kowiak (Pol) 8:29.37; 8. Rabia Makhloufi (Alg) 8:29.74; 9. Yoshitaka Iwamizu (Jpn) 8:29.80; 10. Valerijs Zolnerovics (Lat) 8:37.65; 11. Alberto Paulo (Por) 8:39.11; 12. Rubén Palomeque (Spa) 8:58.50… dnf— (Ita). II–1. Jarso 8:16.88; 2. Mekhissi-Benabbad 8:16.95; 3. Famiglietti 8:17.34 PR; 4. Kemboi 8:17.55; 5. Mohamed 8:17.80; 6. Abdi 8:17.97; 7. Luchianov 8:18.97 NR; 8. Brahim Taleb (Mor) 8:23.09; 9. An- drew Lemoncello (GB) 8:36.06; 10. Billy Nelson (US) 8:36.66; 11. José Luis Blanco (Spa) 8:37.37; 12. Ali Ahmed Al-Amri (Sau) 9:09.73;… dq—Boštjan Buć (Slo). III–1. Ramolefi 8:19.86 PR; 2. Matelong 8:19.87; 3. Kiplagat 8:20.22; 4. Kamal 8:21.85; 5. Eliseo Martín (Spa) 8:23.19; 6. Hamid Ezzine (Mor) 8:27.45; 7. Vincent Zouaoui Dandrieux (Fra) 8:27.91; 8. Roba Gari (Eth) 8:28.27; 9. Josh McAdams (US) 8:33.26; 10. Pavel Potapovich (Rus) 8:36.29; 11. (Bel) 8:37.99; 12. Halil Akkas (Tur) 8:44.70; 13. Itai Maggidi (Isr) 9:05.02.

-294- August 27, 2008 (15.3, 30.9, 62.3, 2:09.0, 3:16.7, 4:24.2) II(0.1)–1. Oliver 13.30; 2. Quiñónez 13.41; — 10,000 meters — 14. Dickson Marwa Mkami (Tan) 3. Shamar Sands (Bah) 13.45; 4. Gregory 27:48.03; Sedoc (Hol) 13.50; 5. Jung-Joon Lee (SK) results 15. Abdi Abdirahman (US) 27:52.53 13.65; 6. Mikel Thomas (Tri) 13.69; 7. Damjan (August 17) (third final) Zlatnar (Slo) 13.84. (temperature 70/21; humidity 78%) (13:49.7/14:02.8) III(0.2)–1. Paulo Villar (Col) 13.37; 2. Ryan 1. Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia).....27:01.17 (16.4, 32.6, 66.6, 2:16.1, 3:26.2, 4:34.8); Brathwaite (Bar) 13.38 NR; 3. Petr Svoboda OR (old OR 27:05.10 Bekele ’04) 16. Abdellah Falil (Mor) 27:53.14; 17. Juan (CzR) 13.43; 4. Dongpeng Shi (Chn) 13.53; (defending champ) Carlos de la Ossa (Spa) 27:54.20; 18. Hasan 5. Ronald Forbes (Cay) 13.59 NR; 6. Héctor (67.6, 69.6 [2:17.2], 63.7 [3:20.9], 62.2 [4:23.1], Mahboob Ali (Bhr) 27:55.14; 19. Dieudonné Cotto (PR) 13.72; 7. Dudley Dorival (Hai) 64.7 [5:27.8], 64.4 [6:32.2], 66.4 [7:38.6], 65.1 Disi (Rwa) 27:56.74; 13.78; [8:43.7], 68.8 [9:52.5], 67.9 [11:00.4], 68.7 20. Essa Rashed (Qat) 27:58.67; 21. 8. Abdul Rasheed (Pak) 14.52. [12:09.1], 66.5 [13:15.6], 66.8 [14:22.4], 66.1 Samwel Shauri (Tan) 28:06.26; 22. Felix IV(-1.1)–1. Payne 13.42; 2. Doucouré [15:28.5], 65.9 [16:34.4], 66.1 [17:40.5], 65.0 Kibore (Qat) 28:11.92; 23. Carles Castillejo 13.52; 3. Selim Nurudeen (Ngr) 13.58 PR; [18:45.5], 61.3 [19:46.8], 63.9 [20:50.7], 63.5 (Spa) 28:13.68; 24. (Spa) 4. Wignall 13.61; [21:54.2], 64.4 [22:58.6], 63.4 [24:02.0], 64.8 28:13.73; 5. Maksim Lynsha (Blr) 13.86; 6. Stan- [25:06.8], 61.0 [26:07.8], 53.4) 25. Jorge Torres (US) 28:13.93 islav Sajdok (CzR) 13.89; 7. Masato Naito (2:50.5, 2:37.3 [5:27.8], 2:42.7 [8:10.5], 2:49.9 (13:52.0/14:21.9) (Jpn) 13.96. [11:00.4], 2:48.1 [13:48.5], 2:45.9 [16:34.4], (15.1, 30.5, 62.7, 2:11.1, 3:20.4, 4:30.0) V(-0.1)–1. Noga 13.53; 2. Igor Peremota 2:40.9 [19:15.3], 2:38.9 [21:54.2], 2:40.2 26. Surendra Singh Kumar (Ind) 28:13.97; (Rus) 13.59; 3. Dániel Kiss (Hun) 13.61; 4. [24:34.4], 2:26.8) 27. Günther Weidlinger (Aut) 28:14.38; 28. Anselmo Gomes da Silva (Bra) 13.81; 5. (13:48.5/13:12.7) Kensuke Takezawa (Jpn) 28:23.28; 29. Juan Joseph Berlioz Randriamihaja (Mol) 13.91;… (13.7, 26.2, 53.4, 1:54.4, 2:59.2, 4:02.6) Carlos Romero (Mex) 28:26.57; dnf— (US). 2. Sileshi Sihine (Ethiopia)...... 27:02.77 30. Sergey Ivanov (Rus) 28:34.72; 31. Ta- VI(-0.1)–1. Konstadínos Douvalídis (Gre) (2, 2 OG) kayuki Matsumiya (Jpn) 28:39.77; 32. Tekle- 13.49 =PR; 2. Marcel van der Westen (Hol) (repeat silver) mariam Medhin Weldeslasie (Eri) 28:54.33; 13.54; 3. Allan Scott (GB) 13.56; 4. Samuel (third time repeat 1–2) 33. Eric Gillis (Can) 29:08.10; Coco-Viloin (Fra) 13.60; 5. Mohammed Aissa (13:48.7/13:14.1) 34. Rui Pedro Silva (Por) 29:09.03; 35. Al-Thawadi (Qat) 13.64; 6. David Ilariani (14.1, 27.4, 54.8, 1:55.8, 3:00.6, 4:04.0) Alejandro Suárez (Mex) 29:24.78;… dnf—Mo- (Geo) 13.75; 3. Micah Kogo (Kenya)...... 27:04.11 hamed El Hachimi (Mor), David Galván (Mex) … dnf—Xiang Liu (Chn) (sat through a (3, 3 OG) (third final), Cuthbert Nyasango (Zim). not his, then withdrew; originally (13:49.7/13:14.4) (best-ever mark-for-place: 19; OG-mark- listed as dnc) (defending champ). for-place: 1–35) (14.2, 28.2, 55.8, 1:57.5, 3:02.1, 4:06.1); Quarters 4. Moses Masai (Ken) 27:04.11 (=3, 3 (August 19; qualify 3+4) OG); —110 hurdles — (temperature 84/29; humidity 53–57%) (13:49.3/13:14.8) I(0.1)–1. Payne 13.24; 2. Svoboda 13.41; (13.1, 27.0, 55.5, 1:57.3, 3:02.3, 4:05.0); final 3. Shi 13.42; 4. Douvalídis 13.46 NR; 5. 5. Zersenay Tadese (Eri) 27:05.11 (5, 6 (August 21; wind +0.1) Phillips 13.48; OG) (repeat top 8) (temperature 70/21; humidity 87%) 6. Thomas 13.62 PR; 7. Peremota 13.70; (13:48.9/13:16.2) 1. (Cuba)...... 12.93 8. Cotto 13.73. (14.6, 28.7, 56.6, 1:57.9, 3:02.7, 4:06.7); (2, 2 OG) II(0.0)–1. Robles 13.19; 2. Noga 13.36; 3. 6. (Eth) 27:06.68 (6, 2. David Payne (US)...... 13.17 Sedoc 13.43; 4. Coco-Viloin 13.51; 7 OG) (record fourth final/top 8; record-tieing 5. Turner 13.53; 6. Lee 13.55 NR; 7. fourth OG 3. David Oliver (US)...... 13.18 4. Ladji Doucouré (Fra) 13.24 (repeat Sands 13.55; 8. Ilariani 13.74. (13:49.1/13:17.6) III(0.0)–1. Wignall 13.36; 2. Brathwaite (14.9, 30.0, 58.4, 1:59.7, 3:04.5, 4:08.6); finalist); 5. Artur Noga (Pol) 13.36 (first Polish finalist since ’80); 13.44; 3. Villar 13.46; 4. van der Westen 7. Martin Mathathi (Ken) 27:08.25 PR 13.48; (8, 10 OG); 6. Maurice Wignall (Jam) 13.46 (repeat finalist); 7. Richard Phillips (Jam) 13.60 (first 5. Kiss 13.63; 6. Scott 13.66; 7. Dorival (13:48.5/13:19.8) 13.71;… dq—Al-Thawadi. (15.3, 29.5, 58.8, 2:01.0, 3:05.2, 4:08.8); final with two Jamaica); 8. Jackson Quiñónez (Spa) 13.69. IV(0.1)–1. Oliver 13.16 (=10, x OG); 2. 8. Abdullah Hassan (Qat) 27:23.75 Doucouré 13.39; 3. Quiñónez 13.47; (lanes: 2. Wignall; 3. Phillips; 4. Noga; 5. (13:48.2/13:35.5) 4. Nurudeen 13.66; 5. Forbes 13.72; 6. Payne; 6. Robles; 7. Oliver; 8. Doucouré; 9. (14.2, 29.0, 60.5, 2:07.3, 3:14.8, 4:22.3); Ji 13.80; 7. Gomes da Silva 13.84;… dnc— Quiñónez) 9. Fabiano Naasi (Tan) 27:25.33 Zlatnar. (13:49.4/13:35.9) (reaction times: Phillips 0.154, Oliver 0.158, (15.2, 30.3, 61.8, 2:08.8, 3:16.3, 4:24.2); Wignall 0.163, Noga 0.169, Doucouré 0.170, Semis 10. Boniface Kiprop (Uga) 27:27.28 Payne 0.175, Robles 0.183, Quiñónez (August 20; qualify 4) (13:49.5/13:37.8) 0.187) (temperature 81/27; humidity 66%) (15.3, 31.3, 63.6, 2:11.0, 3:18.4, 4:26.3); I(-0.4)–1. Robles 13.12 (=9, =9 OG); 2. HEATS 11. Selim Bayrak (Tur) 27:29.33 NR; 12. Payne 13.21; 3. Doucouré 13.22; 4. Phillips (August 18; qualify 4+8) Kidane Tadesse (Eri) 27:36.11 (13:48.00); 13.43; (temperature 81/27; humidity 53–51%) 13. (US) 27:36.99 5. Douvalídis 13.55; 6. Sedoc 13.60; 7. I(0.3)–1. Robles 13.39; 2. Andy Turner (2:52.2, 2:39.1 [5:31.3], 2:42.9 [8:14.2], 2:47.7 Svoboda 13.60; 8. Villar 13.85. (GB) 13.56; 3. Wei Ji (Chn) 13.57; 4. Phil- [11:01.9], 2:47.9 [13:49.8], 2:45.7 [16:35.5], II(-0.4)–1. Oliver 13.31; 2. Noga 13.34 PR; lips 13.60; 2:42.9 [19:18.4], 2:46.8 [22:05.2], 2:48.9 3. Quiñónez 13.40; 4. Wignall 13.40; 5. Yevgeniy Borisov (Rus) 13.90; 6. Oleg [24:54.1], 2:42.9) 5. Shi 13.42; 6. van der Westen 13.45; 7. Normatov (Uzb) 14.00; 7. Jurica Grabusic (13:49.8/13:47.2) Brathwaite 13.59; 8. Coco-Viloin 13.65. (Cro) 14.18.

-295- August 27, 2008 Goumri (Mor) 2:15:00; 21. Aleksey Sokolov — 400 hurdles — — — (Rus) 2:15:57; 22. Brian Sell (US) 2:16:07 (1:06:14/ final results 1:09:53); 23. (Ita) 2:16:10; (August 18) (August 24; point-to-point course from Tienan- 24. Dan Robinson (GB) 2:16:14; 25. Haiyang (temperature 81/27; humidity 63%) men Square to Bird’s Nest) Deng (Chn) 2:16:17; 1. Angelo Taylor (US)...... 47.25 (temperature 75/24 & humidity 52% at start; 26. Abderrahim Bouramdane (Mor) 2:17:42; PR (WL) (=7, =11 W; 5, 9 A; 4, 4 OG) temperature rose during race) 27. Vasyl Matviychuk (Ukr) 2:17:50; 28. Bong- 2. Kerron Clement (US)...... 47.98 1. Sammy Wanjiru (Kenya)...... 2:06:32 Ju Lee (SK) 2:17:56 (record-tieing fourth OG); 3. (US)...... 48.06 OR (old OR 2:09:21 Lopes [Por] ’84) 29. Oleg Kulkov (Rus) 2:18:11; 30. Paulo (fifth U.S. sweep; first since ’60) (first Kenyan gold) Gomes (Por) 2:18:15; 4. Danny McFarlane (Jam) 48.30 (repeat (14:52, 14:34 [29:26], 15:11 [44:37], 14:33 31. Alex Malinga (Uga) 2:18:26; 32. Carlos finalist); 5. LJ van Zyl (SA) 48.42; 6. Marek [59:10], 14:48 [1:13:58], 15:16 [1:29:14], 15:23 Cordero (Mex) 2:18:40; 33. Kum Song Ri (NK) Plawgo (Pol) 48.52 (repeat finalist; third [1:44:37], 15:17 [1:59:54], 6:38) 2:19:08; 34. Henryk Szost (Pol) 2:19:43; 35. straight Polish 6th); 7. Markino Buckley (Jam) (1:02:34/1:03:58); José Amado García (Gua) 2:20:15; 48.60 (first final with two Jamaica); 8. Periklís 2. Jaouad Gharib (Morocco)...... 2:07:16 36. Yonas Kifle (Eri) 2:20:23; 37. Saeed Iakovákis (Gre) 49.96. (2, 2 OG; first Morocco medal since ’60) Nasar Sakar (Bhr) 2:20:24; 38. José de (lanes: 2. Iakovákis; 3. Plawgo; 4. Clement; (14:53, 14:33 [29:26], 15:11 [44:37], 14:33 Souza (Bra) 2:20:25; 39. Kamiel Maase (Hol) 5. McFarlane; 6. Taylor; 7. Jackson; 8. Van [59:10], 14:48 [1:13:58], 15:20 [1:29:18], 15:20 2:20:30; 40. Song Chol Pak (NK) 2:21:16; Zyl; 9. Buckley) [1:44:38], 15:34 [2:00:12], 7:04) 41. Iaroslav Musinschi (Mol) 2:21:18; 42. (1:02:34/1:04:42); Il Nam Kim (NK) 2:21:51; 43. Juan Carlos (reaction times: Jackson 0.145, Taylor 0.164, Cardona (Col) 2:21:57; 44. Hendrick Ramaala Iakovákis 0.195, McFarlane 0.213, Plawgo 3. Tsegaye Kebede (Ethiopia)...... 2:10:00 (SA) 2:22:43; 0.226, van Zyl 0.253, Buckley 0.264, Clem- (7, 7 OG) 45. Arjun Kumar Basnet (Nep) 2:23:09; 46. ent 0.265) (14:54, 14:38 [29:32], 15:05 [44:37], 14:56 [59:33], 15:10 [1:14:43], 15:42 [1:30:25], 16:04 Hélder Ornelas (Por) 2:23:20; 47. Procopio heats [1:46:29], 16:08 [2:02:37], 7:23) Franco (Mex) 2:23:24; 48. Nelson Cruz (CPV) (August 15; qualify 3+4) (1:02:50/1:07:10); 2:23:47; (temperature 82/28; humidity 44%) 4. Deribe Merga (Eth) 2:10:21 (9, 9 OG) 49. Roberto Echeverría (Chl) 2:23:54; 50. I–1. Jackson 49.20; 2. Pieter de Villiers (14:52, 14:33 [29:25], 15:12 [44:37], 14:33 Yi-Yong Kim (SK) 2:23:57; 51. Zhuhong Li (SA) 49.24; 3. Mahau Suguimati (Bra) 49.45; [59:10], 14:48 [1:13:58], 15:16 [1:29:14], 15:23 (Chn) 2:24:08; 52. Ser-Od Bat-Ochir (Mgl) 4. Jonathan Williams (Blz) 49.61; [1:44:37], 17:14 [2:01:51], 8:30) 2:24:19; 53. Norman Dlomo (SA) 2:24:28; 5. Kenji Narisako (Jpn) 49.63; 6. Edivaldo (1:02:34/1:07:47); 54. Arkadiusz Sowa (Pol) 2:24:48; 55. Monteiro (Por) 49.89; 7. Harouna Garba 5. Martin Lel (Ken) 2:10:24 (10, 10 OG) Samson Ramadhani (Tan) 2:25:03; 56. Ndabili (Nig) 55.14. (first time two Kenya top 8) Bashingili (Bot) 2:25:11; 57. Simon Munyutu II–1. Taylor 48.67; 2. McFarlane 48.86; 3. (14:52, 14:33 [29:25], 15:11 [44:36], 14:34 (Fra) 2:25:50; Alwyn Myburgh (SA) 48.92; 4. Bayano Ka- [59:10], 14:48 [1:13:58], 15:25 [1:29:23], 16:44 58. Toni Bernadó (And) 2:26:29; 59. Wen- mani (Pan) 49.05; 5. Aleksandr Derevyagin [1:46:07], 16:51 [2:02:58], 7:26) Chien Wu (Tai) 2:26:55; 60. Lee Troop (Aus) (Rus) 49.19; (1:02:34/1:07:50); 2:27:17; 61. Constantino León (Per) 2:28:04; 6. Ibrahima Maïga (Mli) 50.57. 6. Viktor Röthlin (Swi) 2:10:35 62. Goran Stojiljkovic (MNE) 2:28:14; III–1. Buckley 48.65; 2. van Zyl 48.86; 3. (14:53, 14:51 [29:44], 15:13 [44:57], 15:26 63. Alfredo Arévalo (Gua) 2:28:26; 64. Plawgo 49.17; 4. Javier Culson (PR) 49.60; [1:00:23], 15:31 [1:15:54], 15:44 [1:31:38], Youssef Othman Qader (Qat) 2:28:40; 65. 5. Yan Meng (Chn) 49.73; 6. Aleksey 16:19 [1:47:57], 15:57 [2:03:54], 6:41) Franklin Tenorio (Ecu) 2:29:05; 66. Francisco Pogorelov (Kir) 51.47. (1:03:49/1:06:46); Bautista (Mex) 2:29:28; IV–1. Clement 49.42; 2. Iakovákis 49.50; 7. Asfaws Gashaw Melese (Eth) 2:10:52 67. Roman Kejzar (Slo) 2:29:37; 68. 3. Isa Phillips (Jam) 49.55; (1:03:50/1:07:02); Joachim Nshimirimana (Bur) 2:29:55; 69. 4. Dai Tamesue (Jpn) 49.82; 5. Félix 8. Yared Asmeron (Eri) 2:11:11 Ayele Setegne (Isr) 2:30:07; 70. Takhir Ma- Sánchez (DR) 51.10 (defending champ); 6. (1:02:50/1:08:21); mashayev (Kaz) 2:30:26; Mowen Boino (PNG) 51.47;… dnf—Yevgeniy 9. Dathan Ritzenhein (US) 2:11:59 71. Abdil Ceylan (Tur) 2:31:43; 72. José Meleshenko (Kaz). (14:59, 14:59 [29:58], 15:13 [45:11], 15:19 Ríos (Spa) 2:32:35; 73. Bunting Hem (Cam) semis [1:00:30], 15:27 [1:15:57], 15:50 [1:31:47], 2:33:32; 74. Marcel Tschopp (Lie) 2:35:06; (August 16; qualify 4) 16:36 [1:48:23], 16:27 [2:04:50], 7:09) 75. Pavel Loskutov (Est) 2:39:01; 76. Atsushi (temperature 82/28; humidity 37%) (1:03:54/1:08:05); Sato (Jpn) 2:41:08; I–1. Taylor 47.94; 2. Jackson 48.02; 3. van 10. Ryan Hall (US) 2:12:33 … .. DNFs [after listed 5K checkpoints]— Zyl 48.57; 4. Plawgo 48.75; (15:03, 15:08 [30:11], 15:21 [45:32], 15:32 [before 5K]—Oleksandr Sitkovskyy (Ukr); 5. Phillips 48.85; 6. Derevyagin 49.23; 7. [1:01:04], 15:39 [1:16:43], 15:52 [1:32:35], [5K]—Clement Lebopo (Les); [10K]—Simon de Villiers 49.44; 8. Culson 49.85. 15:58 [1:48:33], 16:57 [2:05:30], 7:03) Maine (Les); [15K]—Mubarak Shami (Qat); II–1. Clement 48.27; 2. McFarlane 48.33; 3. (1:04:29/1:08:04); [20K]—Getuli Bayo (Tan), Moses Mosuhli Buckley 48.50 PR; 4. Iakovákis 48.69; 11. Mike Fokoroni (Zim) 2:13:17 PR; 12. (Les); [25K]—Franck de Almeida (Bra), 5. Myburgh 49.16; 6. Williams 49.64; 7. (Ita) 2:13:25 (1:06:14/1:07:11) Andrey Gordeyev (Blr), Aleksandr Kozin (Ukr), Suguimati 50.16; 8. Kamani 50.48. (defending champ); 13. Tsuyoshi Ogata (Jpn) Joao Ntyamba (Ang); 2:13:26; [30K]—Luis Fonseca (Ven), Luke Kibet 14. Grigoriy Andreyev (Rus) 2:13:33; 15. (Ken), Abdulhak Zakaria (Bhr); [35K]— (Ita) 2:13:39; 16. José Manuel Martin Fagan (Ire), Mustapha Al Riyadh (Bhr), Martínez (Spa) 2:14:00; 17. Francis Kirwa Marilson dos Santos (Bra), Ali El Zaidi (Lib); (Fin) 2:14:22; [40K]—Tesfayohannes Mesfn (Eri), Julio 18. Myong-Seun Lee (SK) 2:14:37; 19. Rey (Spa). Janne Holmén (Fin) 2:14:44; 20. Abderrahim (best-ever OG-mark-for-place: 1–2, 4–25, 31–32)

-296- August 27, 2008 7. Yuki Yamazaki (Jpn) 3:45:47 (first Ja- — 20K walk — — 50K walk — pan top 8) (1:51:1August 1:54:29); 8. Rafal Fedaczynski (Pol) 3:46:51 PR; 9. Grzegorz results results Sudol (Pol) 3:47:18 (1:51:1August 1:56:00); (August 16; start & finish in stadium with 2K (August 22; start & finish in stadium with 2K 10. (Aus) 3:47:45 PR; 11. loop outside) (temperature 84/29; humidity loop outside) António Pereira (Por) 3:48:12 NR; 12. André 45%) (temperature 66/19; humidity 97%) Höhne (Ger) 3:49:52; 13. Mikel Odriozola 1. Valeriy Borchin (Russia)...... 1:19:01 1. (Italy)...... 3:37:09 (Spa) 3:51:30; 14. Jianbo Li (Chn) 3:52:20; (2, 2 OG) OR (old OR 3:38:29 Ivanenko [SU] ’88) 15. Jarkko Kinnunen (Fin) 3:52:25 PR; (8:15, 8:09 [16:24], 8:06 [24:30], 8:09 [32:39], (x, 12 W) 16. Igors Kazakevics (Lat) 3:52:38 PR; 17. 8:04 [40:43], 7:54 [48:37], 7:52 [56:29], (22:40, 22:00 [44:40], 21:28 [1:06:08], 21:31 Tianfeng Si (Chn) 3:52:58; 18. Jesús Sánchez 7:36 [1:04:05], 7:27 [1:11:32], 7:29) [1:27:39], 21:21 [1:49:00], 21:39 [2:10:39], (Mex) 3:52:58; (40:43/38:18); 22:00 [2:32:39], 21:57 [2:54:36], 21:21 19. (Ita) 3:54:47; 20. Antti 2. Jefferson Pérez (Ecuador)...... 1:19:15 [3:15:57], 21:12) Kempas (Fin) 3:55:19 PR; 21. Chengliang (4, 4 OG) (1:49:00/1:48:09); Zhao (Chn) 3:56:47; 22. Luis García (Gua) (8:14, 8:09 [16:23], 8:06 [24:29], 8:10 [32:39], 2. (Australia)...... 3:39:27 3:56:58; 8:03 [40:42], 7:55 [48:37], 7:52 [56:29], PR (5, 5 OG) (first Australia medal) 23. Mario Iván Flores (Mex) 3:58:04; 24. 7:36 [1:04:05], 7:30 [1:11:35], 7:40) (22:50, 21:50 [44:40], 21:28 [1:06:08], 21:31 Serhiy Budza (Ukr) 3:58:21 PR; 25. Fausto (40:42/38:33); [1:27:39], 21:21 [1:49:00], 21:38 [2:10:38], Quinde (Ecu) 3:59:28 PR; 26. Santiago Pérez 3. Jared Tallent (Australia)...... 1:19:42 22:02 [2:32:40], 21:56 [2:54:36], 22:01 (Spa) 3:59:41; (7, 7 OG) [3:16:37], 22:50) 27. Oleksiy Shelest (Ukr) 3:59:46; 28. Eddy (40:43/38:59); (1:49:00/1:50:27); Riva (Fra) 4:00:49; 29. Takayuki Tani (Jpn) 4. Hao Wang (Chn) 1:19:47 PR (40:43/ 3. Denis Nizhegorodov (Russia)...3:40:14 4:01:37; 30. Nenad Filipovic (Ser) 4:02:16 PR; 39:04); 5. (Ita) 1:19:51 (de- (7, 7 OG) (repeat medalist) 31. Dong-Young Kim (SK) 4:02:32; fending champ) (40:42/39:09); 6. Luke Adams (22:51, 21:48 [44:39], 21:28 [1:06:07], 21:31 32. Tadas Suskevicius (Lit) 4:02:45; 33. (Aus) 1:19:57 (40:42/39:15); [1:27:38], 21:23 [1:49:01], 21:38 [2:10:39], Hatem Ghoula (Tun) 4:03:47; 34. Rodrigo 7. Francisco Fernández (Spa) 1:20:32 (third 22:01 [2:32:40], 21:56 [2:54:36], 22:02 Moreno (Col) 4:03:52; 35. Milos Bátovsky top 8) (40:42/39:50); 8. Robert Heffernan [3:16:38], 23:36) (Svk) 4:06:30; (Ire) 1:20:36 (40:42/39:54); 9. Luis Fernando (1:49:01/1:51:13); 36. Xavier Moreno (Ecu) 4:07:04; 37. López (Col) 1:20:59; 4. Jesús García (Spa) 3:44:08 Konstadínos Stefanópoulos (Gre) 4:07:53; 10. Yafei Chu (Chn) 1:21:17; 11. Yuki (record tieing fifth OG) 38. Tim Berrett (Can) 4:08:18 (record-tieing Yamazaki (Jpn) 1:21:18; 12. Juan Manuel (23:35, 22:37 [46:12], 22:22 [1:08:34], 22:27 fifth OG); 39. Phillip Dunn (US) 4:08:32 Molina (Spa) 1:21:25; 13. Benjamín Sánchez [1:31:01], 22:17 [1:53:18], 22:18 [2:15:36], (2:04:0August 2:04:24); (Spa) 1:21:38; 21:57 [2:37:33], 22:03 [2:59:36], 22:16 40. Augusto Cardoso (Por) 4:09:00; 41. 14. José Alessandro Bagio (Bra) 1:21:43 [3:21:52], 22:16) Mário José dos Santos (Bra) 4:10:25; 42. PR; 15. Eder Sánchez (Mex) 1:21:53; 16. (1:53:1August 1:50:50); Ingus Janevics (Lat) 4:12:45; 43. Andrei Koichiro Morioka (Jpn) 1:21:57; 17. Ilya 5. Erik Tysse (Nor) 3:45:08 PR Stsepanchuk (Blr) 4:14:09; Markov (Rus) 1:22:02; (23:41, 22:55 [46:36], 22:36 [1:09:12], 22:34 44. Jamie Costin (Ire) 4:15:16; 45. Roman 18. (Ita) 1:22:11; 19. David [1:31:46], 22:14 [1:54:00], 22:16 [2:16:16], Bílek (CzR) 4:18:32; 46. Zóltan Czukor (Hun) Kimutai (Ken) 1:22:21; 20. Rolando Saquipay 22:09 [2:38:25], 21:54 [3:00:19], 22:07 4:20:07; 47. Kazimír Verkin (Svk) 4:21:26; (Ecu) 1:22:32; 21. Erik Tysse (Nor) 1:22:43; [3:22:26], 22:42) ... DNFs [after 5K checkpoints]— 22. Ivan Trotski (Blr) 1:22:55; (1:53:60/1:51:08); [10K]--Peter Korcok (Svk), 23. Hyun-Sub Kim (SK) 1:22:57; 24. Andriy 6. Horacio Nava (Mex) 3:45:21 PR (Aus). Kovenko (Ukr) 1:22:59; 25. André Höhne (23:01, 22:29 [45:30], 22:45 [1:08:15], 22:47 [20K]--Sergey Kirdyapkin (Rus) (Ger) 1:23:13; 26. Matej Tóth (Svk) 1:23:17; [1:31:02], 22:16 [1:53:18], 22:17 [2:15:35], (1:31:25). 27. Hatem Ghoula (Tun) 1:23:44; 21:58 [2:37:33], 22:23 [2:59:56], 22:36 [25K]—Donatas Skarnulis (Lit). 28. Dzianis Simanovich (Blr) 1:23:53; [3:22:32], 22:49) [30K]--Yohan Diniz (Fra) (1:27:46), Trond 29. Rafal Augustyn (Pol) 1:24:25; 30. Jimin (1:53:1August 1:52:03); Nymark (Nor) (1:31:05). Dong (Chn) 1:24:34; 31. James Rendón (Col) [35K]—Oleksiy Kazanin (Ukr). 1:24:41; 32. João Vieira (Por) 1:25:05; ... DQs— 33. Chil-Sung Park (SK) 1:25:07; 34. Has- [5K]--Darius Skarnulis (Lit). sanine Sbaï (Tun) 1:25:23; 35. Marius Ziukas [15K]—Artur Brzozowski (Pol), Diego (Lit) 1:25:36; 36. David Mejia (Mex) 1:26:45; Cafagna (Ita), Colin Griffin (Ire). 37. Jean-Jacques Nkouloukidi (Ita) 1:26:53; [20K]—Salvador Mira (ElS). 38. Andrés Chocho (Ecu) 1:27:09; 39. Al- lan Segura (CRC) 1:27:10; 40. Juan Manuel Cano (Arg) 1:27:17; 41. Predrag Filipovic (Ser) 1:28:15; 42. Rustam Kuvatov (Kaz) 1:28:25; 43. Kevin Eastler (US) 1:28:44; 44. Siarhei Charnou (Blr) 1:29:38; 45. Sérgio Vieira (Por) 1:29:51; 46. Jakub Jelonek (Pol) 1:30:37; 47. Feodosii Ciumacenco (Mol) 1:31:37; 48. Mohamed Ameur (Alg) 1:32:21; 49. Recep Çelik (Tur) 1:32:54;… dq— (Aus), Takayuki Tani (Jpn). (best-ever OG-mark-for-place: 4–35, 37–40)

-297- August 27, 2008 II–1. Jamaica 38.31 (, HEATS — 4 x 100 — Michael Frater, , Asafa Powell); (August 22; qualify 3+2) 2. Canada 38.77; 3. Germany 38.93; 4. (temperature 84/29; humidity 60%) final China 39.13; I–1. United States 2:59.98 (Neville 44.92*, (August 22) 5. 39.40 (Apinan Sukaphai, Kerron Clement 44.50*, Reggie Witherspoon (temperature 82/28; humidity 60%) Siriroj Darasuriyong, Sompote Suwannarang- 44.63, Taylor 45.93); 1. Jamaica...... 37.10 sri, ); 6. France 39.53 2. Russia 3:00.14 NR (Dyldin 45.58*, Frolov WR, OR (old WR 37.40 United States (Yannick Lesourd, , Manuel 44.88*, Kokorin 45.42, Alekseyev 44.26); ’92 & ’93; old OR United States ’92) Reynaert, Samuel Coco-Viloin); 3. Belgium 3:00.67 (Van Branteghem (first-ever gold) …DQs— 45.52*, J. Borlée 44.74*, Ghislain 46.16, K. (Nesta Carter 10.41, Michael Frater 9.01, Great Britain (Simeon Williamson, Tyrone Borlée 44.25); Usain Bolt 8.98, Asafa Powell 8.70); Edgar, Marlon Devonish, ), 4. Australia 3:00.68 (Milburn 44.96*, 2. Trinidad...... 38.06 Italy (Fabio Cerutti, Simone Collio, Emanu- Mark Ormrod 45.39*, Steffensen 45.46, Hill (first medal) ele Di Gregorio, ). 44.87); (, Marc Burns, 5. Poland 3:00.74 (Plawgo 45.90*, Klim- Emmanuel Callander, Richard Thompson); czak 44.47*, Kedzia 45.95, Wieruszewski 3. Japan...... 38.15 — 4 x 400 — 44.42); (first medal) 6. South Africa 3:01.26 (Pieter Smith (, , final 45.74*, Ofentse Mogawane 45.12*, Alwyn , Nobuharu Asahara) (August 23) Myburgh 46.05, LJ van Zyl 44.35); 7. Cuba (record-tieing third final for Suetsugu & (temperature 86/30; humidity 44%) 3:02.24 (Yuniel Pérez 45.95*, Yunior Díaz Asahara); 1. United States...... 2:55.39 45.92*, William Collazo 46.01, Omar Cis- 4. Brazil 38.24 OR (old OR 2:55.74 U.S. ’92) neros 44.36); (, Sandro Viana, Bruno de (WL, AL) (2 W, A) (average 43.85) 8. France 3:03.19 (Teddy Venel 46.38*, Barros, José Carlos Moreira) (LaShawn Merritt 44.35*, Angelo Taylor 43.70*, Idrissa M’Barke 45.69*, 45.59, (record-tieing third final for de Lima); David Neville 44.16, Jeremy Wariner 43.18) Richard Maunier 45.53). 5. Germany 38.58 2. Bahamas...... 2:58.03 II–1. Great Britain 2:59.33 (Steele 45.28*, (Tobias Unger, Till Helmke, (No. 3 OG nation) Tobin 45.08*, Bingham 44.50, Rooney , Martin Keller); (Andretti Bain 45.92*, Micheal Mathieu 44.04*, 44.47); 6. Canada 38.66 44.02, Chris Brown 44.05) 2. Bahamas 2:59.88 (Mathieu 45.59*, (Hank Palmer, Anson Henry, (record-tieing third final for Brown) 44.94*, Ramon Miller 45.10, Jared Connaughton, Pierre Browne); 3. Russia...... 2:58.06 Williams 44.25); dq[7]—Holland [45.81] NR (No. 6 nation; No. 4 OG nation) 3. Jamaica 3:00.09 (Blackwood 45.34*, (, , ( 45.52*, 44.64*, 45.14*, Ayre 45.01, Cham- , ); Anton Kokorin 44.34, Denis Alekseyev 43.56) bers 44.60); … dnf—China 4. Great Britain 2:58.81 4. Germany 3:03.49 (Simon Kirch 46.85*, (Yongyi Wen, Peimeng Zhang, (Andrew Steele 45.69*, 44.78*, 44.41*, Ruwen Faller 45.61, Bin Lu, Kai Hu). 44.61, Martyn Rooney 43.73) Bastian Swillims 46.62); 5. Trinidad 3:04.12 (lanes: 2. China; 3. Brazil; 4. Trinidad; 5. Ja- 5. Belgium 2:59.37 NR (Ato Stephens 45.17*, Jovan Toppin 45.92*, maica; 6. Canada; 7. Japan; 8. (Kevin Borlée 45.43*, Jonathan Borlée 43.62*, Cowin Mills 46.60, Stann Waithe 46.43); 6. Holland; 9. Germany. Cédric Van Branteghem 44.44, Japan 3:04.18 (Mitsuhiro Abiko 46.70*, Dai Arnaud Ghislain 45.88) Tamesue 46.53*, Yoshihiro Horigome 45.33, (reaction times: Brazil 0.151, China 0.159, 6. Australia 3:00.02 Kenji Narisako 45.62); Trinidad 0.171, Holland 0.174, (Sean Wroe 46.07*, 45.26*, 7. Greece 3:04.30 Canada 0.188, Japan 0.196, Jamaica 0.202, 44.41, Joel Milburn 44.28) (Stilianós Dimótsios 46.86*, Dimítrios Gráva- Germany 0.204) 7. Poland 3:00.32 los 45.66*, Padeleímon Melahrinoúdis 45.15, heats (Rafal Wieruszewski 46.02*, 44.54*, Konstadínos Anastasíou 46.63); 8. Dominican (August 21; qualify 3+2) Piotr Kedzia 45.10, 44.66) Republic 3:04.31 (Carlos Santa 46.50*, Aris- (temperature 72–70/22–21; 8. Jamaica 3:01.45 mendy Peguero 45.71*, Pedro Mejía 46.31, humidity 83–87%) (Michael Blackwood 45.60*, Yoel Tapia 45.79). I–1. Trinidad 38.26 (Keston Bledman, Marc Ricardo Chambers 44.47*, Sanjay Ayre 44.86, Burns, Aaron Armstrong, Richard Thompson); 46.52) 2. Japan 38.52; 3. Holland 38.87; 4. Brazil (best-ever mark-for-place: 4–8; OG-mark- 39.01 (José Carlos Moreira, Bruno de Barros, for-place 1, 3–8) Vicente de Lima, Sandro Viana); (lanes: 2. Australia; 3. Poland; 4. Russia; 5. … DNFs— Bahamas; 6. Great Britain; 7. Poland (Marcin Nowak, Lukasz Chyla, United States; 8. Belgium; 9. Jamaica) Marcin Jedrusinski, Dariusz Kuc), Nigeria (Onyeabor Ngwagogu, Obinna (reaction times: Belgium 0.166, Poland 0.180, Metu, Chinedu Oriala, Uchenna Emedolu), Jamaica 0.196, Australia 0.212, South Africa (, , Russia 0.220, Great Britain 0.246, Bahamas Kagisho Kumbane, Thuso Mpuang), 0.297, United States 0.336) United States (Rodney Martin, Tra- vis Padgett, [missed pass] Tyson Gay).

-298- August 27, 2008 [6-10¾/2.10]—Konstadínos Baniótis (Gre), qualifying — — Oleksandr Nartov (Ukr), Sergey Zasimovich (August 20; auto-qualifier 18-10¼/5.75) (Kaz); (temperature 82/28; humidity 60%) final [nh @ 6-10¾/2.10]—Haiqiang Huang Qualifers: all finalists cleared 18-6½ /5.65. (August 19) (Chn). Non-qualifiers: [18-2½/5.55]—Paul Bur- (temperature 84/29; humidity 53%) gess (Aus), Jeff Hartwig (US), Alhaji Jeng 1. Andrey Silnov (Russia)...... 7-8¾ (2.36) — — (Swe), Mikko Latvala (Fin), Feiliang Liu (Chn), (=4, =4 OG) Tim Lobinger (Ger) (record-tieing fourth OG), 2. Germaine Mason (G Britain)..7-8 (2.34) FINAL Maksym Mazuryk (Ukr), Romain Mesnil (Fra), =PR (August 22) Daichi Sawano (Jpn); 3. (Russia).....7-8 (2.34) (temperature 84/29; humidity 60%) [17-10½/5.45]— Alex Averbukh (Isr), Spas 4. (Swe) 7-7¼ (2.32) (record- 1. (Australia)...19-6½ (5.96) Buhalov (Bul), Fábio da Silva (Bra), Jesper tieing third top 4 & third final); 5. Raul Spank OR (old OR 19-6¼/5.95 Mack [US] ’04) Fritz (Swe), Oleksandr Korchmid (Ukr), Gio- (Ger) 7-7¼ PR; 6. Jaroslav Bába (CzR) 7-6 (previous height x, =6 OG) vanni Lanaro (Mex), (Bel); (first Australia medal) (2.29) (repeat finalist); 7. Tomás Janků (CzR) [17-4½/5.30]—Stepán Janácek (CzR), 7-6; 8. Tom Parsons (GB) 7-4½ (2.25); 2. Yevgeniy Lukyanenko (Russia) Dominic Johnson (StL), Jure Rovan (Slo); 9. Martyn Bernard (GB) 7-4½; 10. tie, Jessé ...... 19-2¼ (5.85) [nh @ 16-10¾/5.15]— Ilian Efremov de Lima (Bra—first finalist since ’56) & Filippo 3. Denys Yurchenko (Ukraine)....18-8¼ (5.70) (Bul); Campioli (Ita) 7-2½ (2.20); 12. Rožle Prezelj 4. Derek Miles (US) 18-8¼ (repeat top 8); 5. [nh @ 17-4½/5.30]—Lázaro Borges (Slo) 7-2½. (Cub), Germán Chiaraviglio (Arg), Yoo-Suk Kim (SK); [nh @ 17-10½/5.45]— Steven 7-½ 7-2 ½ 7-4½ 7-6 7-7¼ 7-8 7-8¾ 7-11¼ Lewis (GB); Spank...... o o o o xxo xxp x — [nh @ 18-6½/5.65]—Brad Mason...... p o o xpp o o xxx — Walker (US). Holm...... p o o o o xpp xx — Jankú...... o o o xpp xx — — — Campioli...... o o xxx — — — — — Baba...... o o o o xpp xp x — Bernard...... o o xo xpp xx — — — Rybakov...... p o o o xxo o xxx — Parsons...... o o o xxx — — — — de Lima...... p o xxx — — — — — Silnov...... p o o o o o o xxx Prezelj...... o xxo xxx — — — — — 2.15 2.20 2.25 2.29 2.32 2.34 2.36 2.42

QUALIFYING Dmitriy Starodubtsev (Rus) 18-8¼; 6. Danny (August 17; auto-qualifier 7-7¼/2.32) Ecker (Ger) 18-8¼ (record-tieing third top 8); (temperature 72/22; humidity 74%) 7. Jérôme Clavier (Fra) 18-4½ (5.60); Qualifiers: Bába, Bernard, de Lima, Holm 8. (Ger) 18-4½; 9. Igor Jank , Mason, Silnov & Spank cleared 7-6 ů Pavlov (Rus) 18-4½ (repeat finalist); 10. Jan (2.29), all other finalists 7-4½ (2.25). Kudlicka (CzR) 17-10½ (5.45); Non-qualifiers [7-4½/2.25]—Andrea Bet- 11. Przemysław Czerwiński (Pol) 17-10½;… tinelli (Ita), Mickaël Hanany (Fra), Kyriakos nh—Leonid Andreyev (Uzb), Giuseppe Ioannou (Cyp), Andra Manson (US), Michael Gibilisco (Ita) (record-tieing third final). Mason (Can), Dragutin Topic (Ser) (record fifth OG), (Rus) & Jesse Williams (US); [7-2½/2.20]—Javier Ber- mejo (Spa), Michal Bieniek 17-10½ 18-4½ 18-8¼ 18-10¼ 19-¼ 19-2¼ 19-4¼ 19-6½ (Pol), Dmytro Demyanyuk (Ukr), Majed Ghazal El Miles...... o xxo xo p xxx — — — Dein (Syr) NR, James Starodubtsev. xxo xxo xo p xxx — — — Grayman (Ant), Wei Lee Pavlov...... p xxo p xxx — — — — Hup (Mas), Dusty Jonas Lukyanenko.p xxo o p o xxo xxx — (US), Kabelo Kgosiemang Czerwinski.... xo xxx — — — — — — (Bot), Niki Palli (Isr), Ales- Kudlicka...... o xxx — — — — — — sandro Talotti (Ita), Don- Andreyev...... xxx — — — — — — — ald Thomas (Bah), Linus Gibilisco...... xxx — — — — — — — Thörnblad (Swe); Ecker...... xo p xxo xxx — — — — [7-½/2.15]— Naoyuki Clavier...... xo o xxx — — — — — Daigo (Jpn), Peter Horák Yurchenko... xxo xo o p (inj) p p p withdrew (Svk), Yuriy Krymarenko Hooker...... p o p p xxo xxo xxo xxo (Ukr), Gerardo Martínez Holzdeppe.... o xo xxx — — — — — (Mex); 5.45 5.60 5.70 5.75 5.80 5.85 5.90 5.96

-299- August 27, 2008 qualifying first 3 rounds — — (August 16; auto-qualifier 26-9/8.15) Karailiev...... 16.48* 16.39 16.38 (temperature 84/29; humidity 34%) Fuentes...... 15.92 f 16.28 final Qualifiers: Tsátoumas 27-1¾ (8.27), Cam- Spasovkh...... 16.79* 16.37 15.63 Gregório...... 17.14* 16.55 13.79 (August 18; winds from –0.4 to +1.0) ejo 27-0 (8.23), Rutherford 26-9¼ (8.16), (temperature 81/27; humidity 61%) Évora...... 17.31* 17.56 f Mokoena 26-8½ (8.14), Badji, Makusha & Kuznyetsov... 16.71 16.87 f 1. (Panama)....27-4½ (8.34) Martínez 26-5¾ (8.07), Al-Sabee 26-4½ Idowu...... 17.51* 17.31 17.62* (=10, x OG) (8.04), Saladino 26‑3½ (8.01), Garenamotse Sands...... 16.91 16.55 17.59 (shortest winner since ’72) & Méliz 26-1 (7.95), Novotný 26-¾ (7.94). Giralt...... 17.27 17.52 17.24 (Panama's first gold, first medal since ’48) Non-qualifiers: Mohamed Al-Khuwalidi Li...... 15.93 16.35 16.77 (f, 26-9¾, 26-11¼, 27-4½, f, f) (Sau) & Stephan Louw (Nam) 26-¼ (7.93), Achike...... 16.74 f 17.17 2. Godfrey Mokoena (S Africa)....27-½ (8.24) Tyrone Smith (Ber) 25-11½ (7.91), Fabrice Oprea...... 17.22 f f (first South Africa medal) Lapierre (Aus) 25-11 (7.90), rounds 4 & 5 (25-9½, f, 26-3¾, 27-½, f, f) Yahya Berrabah (Mor) & Tommi Evilä (Fin) Kuznyetsov... 16.81 16.48 Gregório...... 16.83 16.78 3. Ibrahim Camejo (Cuba)...... 26-11 (8.20) 25-10¼ (7.88), Trevell Quinley (US) 25-10 Achike...... f 17.04 (7.87), (Ita) & Salim Sdiri (Fra) (26-¾, 26-6½, 26-6¼, 25-10¼, 26-¼, 26-11) Oprea...... f f 4. Ngoni Makusha (Zim) 26-10½ (8.19) 25‑7½ (7.81), Giralt...... 17.48 f (first Zimbabwe top 8) Brian Johnson (US) 25-6¾ (7.79), Sebas- Évora...... 17.67* 17.24 (26-10½, 26-5½, 26-5, 26-7, 26-5, 21-3¼) tian Bayer (Ger), Hugo Chila (Ecu) & Andriy Sands...... 17.26 17.32 5. Wilfredo Martínez (Cub) 26-10½ (8.19) Makarchev (Ukr) 25-6 (7.77), Mauro da Silva Idowu...... f 17.26 (24-11¼, 25-11, f, 26-4½, f, 26-10½) (Bra) 25-5¼ (7.75), Runrun Li (Chn) & Chris last round 6. Ndiss Kaba Badji (Sen) 26-9¼ (8.16) Tomlinson (GB) 25-3¼ (7.70), Kuznyetsov... f (first Sengal top 8) Tareq Bougtaïb (Mor) 25-2¾ (7.69), Herbert Gregório...... 17.20 (26-4¼, f, 26-3¾, 26-9¼, 26-4¼, 26-0) McGregor (Jam) 25-¾ (7.64), Morten Jensen Achike...... f 7. Luis Méliz (Spa) 26-5¾ (8.07) (Den) 25-½ (7.63), Marcin Starzak (Pol) & Oprea...... 16.69 Giralt...... 17.08 (f, 26-3¾, f, f, 26-2¼, 26-5¾) Louis Tristán (Per) 25-0 (7.62), Sands...... f Henry Dagmil (Phi) 24-10½ (7.58), Nikolai 8. Roman Novotný (CzR) 26-3 (8.00) Idowu...... 16.41 (first Czech top 8) Atanasov (Bul) 24-9 (7.54), Julien Fivaz (Swi) Évora...... 16.52 (25-10, 25-5¼, 26-3, f, 25-8, 26-¾) 24-8½ (7.53), Vladimir Malyavin (Rus) 24‑1½ 9. Gable Garenamotse (Bot) 25-9¼ (7.85) (7.35), Miguel Pate (US) 24-1 (7.34) (f, 24-1, qualifying (f, 25-9¼, f) f) (f, 7.34, f);… nm—Can Zhou (Chn). (August 18; auto-qualifier 56-1¼/17.10) 10. (GB) 25-8¾ (7.84) (temperature 77/25; humidity 5%) (f, 17-¾, 25-8¾) Qualifiers: Idowu 57-2¾ (17.44), Évora 11. Hussein Al-Sabee (Sau) 25-7¼ (7.80) — — 56‑10¾ (17.34), Giralt & Li 56-9¼ (17.30) (25-7¼, f, f); (Li PR), Giralt 56-9¼ (17.30), Sands 56-7¼ … 3f—Loúis Tsátoumas (Gre). final (17.25), Spasovkhodskiy 56-6½ (17.23), Achike 56-4½ (17.18), Oprea 56-4 (17.17), Gregório first 3 rounds (August 21; winds from –0.7 to +1.6) (temperature 70/21; humidity 80%) 56-3¼ (17.15), Fuentes 56-2¾ (17.14), Kara- Tsátoumas.... f f f iliev 56-2 (17.12), Kuznyetsov 56-1¾ (17.11). 1. Nelson Évora (Portugal).... 57-11¾ (17.67) Novotný...... *7.87 7.75 8.00 Non-qualifiers: Alexis Copello (Cub) 56-1 (out WL, as was second jump) (4, 9 OG) Al-Sabee...... 7.80 f f (17.09) (farthest-ever non-qualifier), Dmitrij (56-9½, 57-7½, f, 57-11¾, 56-6¾, 54-2½) Garenamotse. f 7.85 f Va ukevi (Svk) 56-½ (17.08), Randy Lewis 2. Phillips Idowu (G Britain).. 57-9¾ (17.62) ľ č Saladino...... f 8.17 *8.21 (Grn) 55-11¾ (17.06), Mykola Savolaynen (out WL at time) (third straight final) Martínez...... 7.60 7.90 f (Ukr) 55-9¼ (17.00), (57-5½, 56-9½, 57-9¾, f, 56-7½, 53-10¼) Méliz...... f *8.02 f Aleksandr Petrenko (Rus) 55-8¼ (16.97), Mokoena...... 7.86 f 8.02 3. Leevan Sands (Bahamas)... 57-8½ (17.59) Rafeeq Curry (US) & Deok-Hyung Kim (SK) Camejo...... 7.94 8.09 8.08 (9, x OG) 55-4¾ (16.88), Nathan Douglas (GB) 54-10¼ Rutherford..... f 5.20 7.84 NR (55-5¾, 54-3¾, 57-8½, 56-7½, 56-10, f) (16.72), Makusha...... *8.19 8.06 8.05 4. (Cub) 57-5¾ (17.52) PR (Ita) 54-9½ (16.70), Danila Badji...... 8.03 f 8.02 (56-8, 57-5¾, 56-6¾, 57-4¼, f, 56-½) Burkenya (Rus) 54-9¼ (16.69), Dimítrios rounds 4 & 5 5. Marian Oprea (Rom) 56-6 (17.22) Tsiámis (Gre) 54-7½ (16.65), Vladimir Letnicov Martínez...... 8.04 f (56-6, f, f, f, f, 54-9¼) (repeat top 8) (Mol) 54-6½ (16.62), Novotný...... f 7.82 6. Jadel Gregório (Bra) 56-5¼ (17.20) (US) 54-3¾ (16.55), Viktor Yas- Mokoena...... *8.24 f (56-2¾, 54-3¾, 45-3, 55-2¾, 55-¾, 56‑5¼) trebov (Ukr) 54-2½ (16.52), Dzmitry Platnitski Méliz...... f 7.98 (repeat top 8) (Blr) 54-2 (16.51), Jefferson Sabino (Bra) 53- Badji...... 8.16 8.03 7. Larry Achike (GB) 56-4 (17.17) 11¾ (16.45), Camejo...... 7.88 7.93 (54-11¼, f, 56-4, f, 55-11, f) (repeat top 8) Colomba Fofana (Fra) 53-10½ (16.42), Makusha...... 8.10 8.05 8. Viktor Kuznyetsov (Ukr) 55-4¼ (16.87) Roman Valiyev (Kaz) 53-1¾ (16.20), Ibrahim Saladino...... *8.34 f (54-10, 55-4¼, f, 55-2, 54-1, f) Aboubaker (Qat) 52-7¼ (16.03), Hugo Mamba 9. Igor Spasovkhodskiy (Rus) 55-1 (16.79) last round (Cam) 52-6½ (16.01), (55-1, 53-8½, 51-3½) Novotný...... 7.94 Aarik Wilson (US) 52-4¾ (15.97) (ongoing 10. Yanxi Li (Chn) 55-¼ (16.77) Méliz...... 8.07 stress fractures), Junjie Gu (Chn) 52-3¾ (52-3¼, 53-7¾, 55-¼) Martínez...... 8.19 (15.94), Renjith Maheswary (Ind) 51-9 (15.77), 11. Momchil Karailiev (Bul) 54-1 (16.48) Camejo...... 8.20 Minwei Zhong (Chn) 51-1¾ (15.59), (54-1, 53-9¼, 53-9); Badji...... 7.92 Redzhep Selman (Mac) 50-2 (15.29);… 12. Héctor Fuentes (Cub) 53-5 (16.28) Makusha...... 6.48 nm—Ndiss Kaba Badji (Sen), Tareq Boug- (52-2¾, f, 53-5). Mokoena...... f taïb (Mor). (best-ever OG-mark-for-place: 3-4) Saladino...... f (best-ever mark-for-place: 8–17; best-ever OG-mark-for-place: 6–29)

-300- August 27, 2008 first 3 rounds QUALIFYING — shot — Mikhnevich.. 20.73* 21.05* f (August 15; auto-qualifier 66-11¼/20.40) Belov...... 20.06 f f (temperature 79/26; humidity 64%) final Yushkov...... 19.67 19.55 f Qualifiers: Majewski 69-½ (21.04); Nelson (August 15) Belonog...... 20.63 f 20.53 67-5½ (20.56); Mikhnevich 67-2¼ (20.48), (temperature 82/28; humidity 44%) Hoffa...... f 19.81 20.53 Cantwell 67-2¼ (20.48), Armstrong 67-½ 1. Tomasz Majewski (Poland)... 70-7 (21.51) Smith...... 20.41 f 20.30 (20.43), Hoffa 66-11½ (20.41), Lyzhyn 66-9¾ PR Nelson...... f f f (20.36), Sofyin 66-7 (20.29), Bilonoh 66-1¾ (68-3, 67-2, 69-7, 70-7, f, 67-¾) Lyzhyn...... 20.33 20.15 20.98 (20.16), Smith 66-½ (20.13), Bialou 66-¼ 2. Christian Cantwell (US)...69-2½ (21.09) Cantwell...... 20.39 20.98 20.88 (20.12), Yushkov 65-8¼ (20.02). (66-10¾, 68-10, 68-6, 68-5¼, 67-10¾, 69‑2½) Sofyin...... 20.42 f f Non-qualifiers: Peter Sack (Ger) & Andriy 3. Andrey Mikhnevich (Belarus)....69-¾ (21.05) Majewski...... 20.80* 20.47 *21.21 Semenov (Ukr) 65-7¾ (20.01), Dorian Scott (first Belarus medal) Armstrong... 20.62 21.04 f (Jam) 65-5 (19.94), (Aus) (68-¼, 69-¾, f, 68-2¼, 67-6, 68-8) rounds 4 & 5 65-4 (19.91), 4. Dylan Armstrong (Can) 69-½ (21.04) Sofyin...... f f Hamza Alić (Bos) & Anton Lyuboslavskiy NR (first Canada top 8) Hoffa...... 20.38 f (Rus) 65-2¼ (19.87), Manuel Martínez (Spa) (67-8, 69-½, f, f, 67-2, f) Belonog...... 20.46 20.31 & Miran Vodovnik (Slo) 65-0 (19.81), Scott 5. Pavel Lyzhyn (Blr) 68-10 (20.98) PR Lyzhyn...... 20.98 20.40 Martin (Aus) 64-9¾ (19.75), (66-8½, 66-1½, 68-10, 68-10, 66-11¼, f) Cantwell...... 20.86 20.69 Joachim Olsen (Den) 64-9¼ (19.74), Yves 6. Yuriy Belonog (Ukr) 67-8¼ (20.63) Armstrong... f 20.47 Niaré (Fra) 64-8¾ (19.73), Carlos Véliz (Cub) (67-8¼, f, 67-4¼, 67-1½, 66-7¾, f) Mikhnevich.. 20.78 20.57 64-3 (19.58), Taavi Peetre (Est) & Maris Urtans 7. Reese Hoffa (US) 67-4¼ (20.53) Majewski...... 21.51* f (Lat) 64-2½ (19.57), (f, 65-0, 67-4¼, 66-10½, f, f) last round Sultan Al-Hebshi (Sau) 64-¼ (19.51), 8. Pavel Sofyin (Rus) 67-0 (20.42) Sofyin...... f Petr Stehlík (CzR) 63-8¼ (19.41), Nedzad (67-0, f, f) Hoffa...... f Mulabegović (Cro) 63-6 (19.35), 9. Rutger Smith (Hol) 66-11½ (20.41) Belonog...... f Haborák (Svk) 63-4¾ (19.32), (66-11½, f, 66-7¼) Cantwell...... 21.09 Reynaldo Proenza (Cub) 63-0 (19.20), 10. Yuriy Belov (Blr) 65-9¾ (20.06) Lyzhyn...... f Germán Lauro (Arg) 62-6¾ (19.07), Asmir (65-9¾, f, f) Armstrong... f Kolasinać (Ser) 62-4½ (19.01), Lajos Kürthy 11. Ivan Yushkov (Rus) 64-6½ (19.67) Mikhnevich.. 20.93 (Hun) 61-5¾ (18.74), (64-6½, 64-1¾, f) Majewski...... 20.44 Ivan Emilianov (Mol) 61-2 (18.64), Mihaíl …3f—Adam Nelson (US). Stamatóyiannis (Gre) 60-6½ (18.45), Yasser (third finals for Mikhnevich, Belonog & Ibrahim (Egy) 60-5¼ (18.42), Marco Fortes Nelson) (Por) 59-2¾ (18.05), (best-ever OG-mark-for-place: 7–9) Marco Verni (Chl) 58-11¼ (17.96), Ming- Huang Chang (Tai) 57-2¼ (17.43);… 3f— Robert Häggblom (Fin), Georgi Ivanov (Bul), Amin Nikfar (Irn), Alexis Paumier (Cub).

-301- August 27, 2008 QUALIFYING 10. Andras Haklits (Cro) 251-3 (76.58) — DISCUS — (August 16; auto-qualifier 211-7/64.50) (f, 248-7, 251-3) (temperature 86/30; humidity 41–36%) 11. Dilshod Nazarov (Tjk) 251-1 (76.54) FINAL Qualifiers—Małachowski 216-4 (65.94), (239-5, 251-1) (August 19) Alekna 216-0 (65.84), Smith 215-4 (65.65), 12. Jim Steacy (Can) 248-5 (75.72) (temperature 84/29; humidity 57%) Casañas 213-2 (64.99), Kanter 212-2 (64.66), (248-5, 247-10, 243-0). 1. Gerd Kanter (Estonia)...... 225-9 (68.82) Pishchalnikov 211-11 (64.60), Pestano 211‑4 (best-ever OG-mark-for-place: 3–9) (3, =6 OG) (64.42), Harting 210-7 (64.19), Al-Dosari 209‑5 first 3 rounds (208-2, 217-9, 205-10, 225-9, f, 216-6) (63.83), Tammert 207-0 (63.10), Fazekas 205-6 Charfreitag.... f 77.62 76.83 2. Piotr Małachowski (Poland)... 222-6 (67.82) (62.64), Kruger 205-0 (62.48); Karjalainen.... 77.92* 79.59 78.99 (first Poland medal) Non-qualifiers: Gábor Máté (Hun) 204‑10 Nazarov...... 72.97 76.54 f (218-0, 222-6, 219-9, 209-8, 215-10, f) (62.44), Märt Israel (Est) 203-4 (61.98), Dzmitry Tikhon...... 78.49* 80.56 79.59 3. Virgilijus Alekna (Lithuania)... 222-5 (67.79) Sivakou (Blr) 202-7 (61.75), Michael Robertson Murofushi...... 79.47* 80.71 79.94 (record-tieing fourth top 8/OG) (US) 202-3 (61.64), Haklits...... f 75.78 76.58 (f, 215-9, 211-4, 222-5, f, 220-5) Ehsan Hadadi (Irn) 201-3 (61.34), Gerhard Ziółkowski..... 75.92 79.22 79.07 4. Robert Harting (Ger) 220-1 (67.09) Mayer (Aut) 201-2 (61.32), Casey Malone Devyatovskiy.79.00 81.61* f (215-2, 212-9, 220-1, f, f, 218-2) (US) 201-0 (61.26), Ercüment Olgundeniz (Tur) Kozmus...... 80.75* 82.02* 80.79 5. Frank Casañas (Spa) 218-1 (66.49) 199-7 (60.83), Steacy...... 75.72 75.54 74.06 (195-4, 203-11, 211-6, 210-4, 213-2, 218-1) Zoltán Kövágó (Hun) 199-5 (60.79), Vikas Esser...... 74.56 f 77.10 6. Bogdan Pishchalnikov (Rus) 216-2 (65.88) Gowda (Ind) 199-1 (60.69), Omar El-Ghazaly Pars...... 78.05 80.96 f PR (210-3, 210-9, 200-6, 216-2, f, f) (Egy) 197-8 (60.24), Oleksiy Semenov (Ukr) rounds 4 & 5 7. Rutger Smith (Hol) 214-6 (65.39) 197-5 (60.18), Charfreitag.... 77.26 78.65 (211-11, 214-3, 211-2, 210-9, f, 214-6) Ian Waltz (US) 196-11 (60.02), Abbas Samimi Ziółkowski..... 79.04 76.16 8. Róbert Fazekas (Hun) 208-1 (63.43) (Irn) 196-7 (59.92), Jorge Fernández (Cub) 195-6 Karjalainen.... f 78.88 (204-2, 208-1, 205-0, f, f, 194-8) (59.60), Jan Marcell (CzR) 195‑3 (59.52), Tikhon...... 78.89 81.51 9. Mario Pestano (Spa) 208-1 (63.42) Martin Marić (Cro) 194-4 (59.25), Jorge Murofushi...... 77.96 78.22 (198-4, 206-2, 208-1, f, f, f) Balliengo (Arg) 193-0 (58.82), Pars...... 80.16 80.11 10. Rasheed Al-Dosari (Qat) 205-2 (62.55) (Aus) 192-1 (58.55), Niklas Arrhenius (Swe) Devyatovskiy.f 80.86 (195-7, f, 205-2) 191-0 (58.22), Kozmus...... 80.64 80.98 11. Frantz Kruger (Fin) 203-4 (61.98) (Ita) 185-2 (56.44), Sultan (203-4, 202-9, 199-2) (repeat finalist) Mubarak Al-Dawoodi (Sau) 184-8 (56.29), Vadim last round 12. Aleksander Tammert (Est) 201-4 (61.38) Hranovschi (Mol) 184-4 (56.19), Haidar Nasser Charfreitag.... f (repeat finalist; record-tieing fourth OG) Abdul Shaheed (Irq) 177-9 (54.19); Eric Matthias Ziółkowski..... f (f, 201-2, 201-4). (BVI) 174-3 (53.11). Karjalainen.... f Murofushi...... 77.26 first 3 rounds Pars...... 79.83 Kruger...... 61.98* 61.80 60.71 — hammer — Tikhon...... 80.87 Pishchalnikov.. 64.09 64.25 61.13 Devyatovskiy.f Al-Dosari...... 59.62 f 62.55 final Kozmus...... 80.85 Alekna...... f 65.77 64.42 (August 17) Tammert...... f 61.32 61.38 (temperature 73/23; humidity 71%) qualifying Fazekas...... 62.25 63.43 62.49 1. Primož Kozmus (Slovenia)....269-1 (82.02) (August 15; auto-qualifier 255-11/78.00) Małachowski. 66.45* 67.82* 66.98 (5, x OG) (Slovenia’s first men’s medal, (temperature 81–86/27–30; humidity 53–35%) Pestano...... 60.46 62.84 63.42 first gold overall) (repeat top 8 Qualifiers: Pars 262-8 (80.07), Ziółkowski Casañas...... 59.54 62.16 64.46 (264-11, 269-1, 265-0, 264-7, 265-8, 265-3) 261-0 (79.55), Kozmus 260-7 (79.44), Tikhon 260-0 (79.26), Murofushi 256-5 (78.16), Harting...... 65.58 64.84 67.09 2. Vadim Devyatovskiy (Belarus) Esser 254-7 (77.60), Haklits 253-0 (77.12), Kanter...... 63.44 66.38 62.75 ...... 267-9 (81.61) Karjalainen 252-10 (77.07), Devyatovskiy 252‑5 Smith...... 64.61 65.31 64.36 (7, x OG) (repeat top 8) (76.95), Charfreitag 251-4 (76.61), Steacy 250- rounds 4 & 5 (259-2, 267-9, f, f, 265-3, f) 5 (76.32), Nazarov 247-2 (75.34). Fazekas...... f f 3. Ivan Tikhon (Belarus)...... 267-5 (81.51) Non-qualifiers: (Ita) 246-1 Pishchalnikov.. 65.88 f (8, x OG) (repeat medalist, third top 8) (75.01), Yevhen Vynohradov (Ukr) 244-4 Casañas...... 64.11 64.97 (257-6, 264-4, 261-1, 258-10, 267-5, 265‑4) (74.49), Artem Rubanko (Ukr) 244-4 (74.47), Smith...... 64.25 f 4. Krisztián Pars (Hun) 265-7 (80.96) E ref Apak (Tur) 244-3 (74.45), Alekna...... 67.79 f (repeat top 8) ş Valeriy Svyatokho (Blr) 244-1 (74.41), Aléx- Kanter...... 68.82* f (256-1, 265-7, f, 263-0, 262-10, 261-11) andros Papadimitríou (Gre) 243-10 (74.33) Harting...... f f 5. Koji Murofushi (Jpn) 264-9 (80.71) (record-tieing fourth OG), Igors Sokolovs (Lat) Małachowski.63.91 65.78 (defending champ; third final) 241-10 (73.72), last round (260-8, 264-9, 262-3, 255-9, 256-7, 253-6) Mohamed Ali Al-Zankawi (Kuw) 241-6 Fazekas...... 59.34 6. Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (Fin) 261-1 (79.59) (73.62), Kirill Ikonnikov (Rus) 237-3 (72.33), Casañas...... 66.49 (255-8, 261-1, 259-2, f, 258-9, f) Igor Vinichenko (Rus) 236-4 (72.05), Miloslav Smith...... 65.39 7. Szymon Ziółkowski (Pol) 259-11 (79.22) Konopka (Svk) 236-1 (71.96), Pishchalnikov.. f (’00 champ; record-tieing fourth OG) Ihor Tuhay (Ukr) 235-10 (71.89), Bergur Harting...... 66.51 (249-1, 259-11, 259-5, 259-4, 249-10, f) Ingi Pétursson (Ice) 235-0 (71.63), Roman Alekna...... 67.18 8. Libor Charfreitag (Svk) 258-0 (78.65) Rozna (Mol) 234-0 (71.33), A.G. Kruger (US) Małachowski.f (repeat top 8) 233-7 (71.21), Kanter...... 65.98 (f, 254-8, 252-0, 253-6, 258-0, f) Dorian Collaku (Alb) 232-10 (70.98), Lukás 9. Markus Esser (Ger) 252-11 (77.10) Melich (CzR) 231-6 (70.56), Juan Ignacio (244-7, f, 252-11) (repeat finalist) Cerra (Arg) 230-2 (70.16);… 3f—Mohsen Anani (Egy), Amanmurad Hommadov (Tkm), (Ita). -302- August 27, 2008 first 3 rounds qualifying — javelin — Vesely...... f f 76.76 (August 21; auto-qualifier 270-8/ 82.50) Kovals...... 79.45* 82.63 82.28 (temperature 70/21; humidity 90%; final Vasilevskis.... 76.75 f 81.32 rainy with slick runway) (August 23) Pitkämäki..... 83.75* f 80.69 Qualifiers: Vasilevskis 273-11 (83.51), (temperature 86/30; humidity 44%) Korotkov...... 82.54 f 76.84 Korotkov 273-4 (83.33), Pitkämäki 271-0 1. Andreas Thorkildsen (Norway) Russell...... 80.90 78.02 f (82.61), Järvenpää 270-2 (82.34), Vesely ...... 297-1 (90.57) Wirkkala...... f 73.90 83.46 266-5 (81.20) PR, Russell 263-10 (80.42), OR (old OR 295-10/90.17 Zelezný [CzR] ’00) Järvenpää.... 83.95 f f Kovals 262-11 (80.15), Kazlou 262-8 (80.06), (third throw 5, x OG) (WL) Kozlov...... 82.06 77.57 74.09 Thorkildsen 261-11 (79.85), Bannister & (defending champ) Thorkildsen.84.72* 85.91* 87.93* Wirkkala 261-9 (79.79), Arvidsson 261-6 (277-11, 281-10, 288-6, 279-3, 297-1, f) Arvidsson...... 79.85 79.57 80.16 (79.70). Bannister...... 83.45 80.59 82.20 2. Ainārs Kovals (Latvia)...... 284-3 (86.64) Non-qualifiers: Eriks Rags (Lat) 260-3 PR (10, x OG) rounds 4 & 5 (79.33), Aleksandr Ivanov (Rus) 260-1 (260-8, 271-1, 269-11, 259-1, 264-7, 284-3) Kozlov...... f f (79.27), Yukifumi Murakami (Jpn) 256-7 3. Tero Pitkämäki (Finland)... 282-8 (86.16) Korotkov...... 82.15 f (78.21), Igor Janik (Pol) 254-8 (77.63), (274-9, f, 264-8, 281-7, f, 282-8) Kovals...... 78.98 80.65 Jae-Myong Park (SK) 251-5 (76.63), Leigh (repeat top 8) Bannister...... f f Smith (US) 251-1 (76.55) (f, 243-4, 251-1) 4. Tero Järvenpää (Fin) 275-5 (83.95) Wirkkala...... f f (f, 74.18, 76.55), Robert Oosthuizen (SA) (275-5, f, f, f, f, 274-4) Pitkämäki..... 85.83 f 249-10 (76.16), 5. Teemu Wirkkala (Fin) 273-10 (83.46) Järvenpää.... f f Stuart Farquhar (NZ) 249-10 (76.14), Mih- (f, 242-5, 273-10, f, f, 256-8) Thorkildsen.85.13 90.57* kel Kukk (Est) 247-11 (75.56), Breaux Greer 6. (Aus) 273-9 (83.45) last round (US) 241-9 (73.68) (241-9, p, p) (73.68, p, p), (273-9, 264-5, 269-8, f, f, f) Kozlov...... 75.36 Qi Chen (Chn) 241-2 (73.50), 7. Ilya Korotkov (Rus) 272-9 (83.15) Korotkov...... 83.15 Ignacio Guerra (Chl) 239-7 (73.03), Mike (270-9, f, 252-1, 269-6, f, 272-9) Kovals...... 86.64 Hazle (US) 238-8 (72.75) (f, 238-8, 235-2) (f, 8. Vladimir Kozlov (Blr) 269-3 (82.06) PR Bannister...... f 72.75, 71.69), Sergey Makarov (Rus) 237-9 (269-3, 254-6, 243-1, f, f, 247-3) Wirkkala...... 78.23 (72.47) (fourth OG), 9. Vadims Vasilevskis (Lat) 266-9 (81.32) Järvenpää.... 83.63 Ioánnis Smaliós (Gre) 235-9 (71.87), Aniel (251-9, f, 266-9) (repeat finalist) Pitkämäki..... 86.16 Boué (Cub) 235-8 (71.85), Roman Avramenko 10. Scott Russell (Can) 265-5 (80.90) Thorkildsen.f (Ukr) 235-0 (71.64), Víctor Fatecha (Par) (265-5, 256-0, f) 234-10 (71.58), 11. Magnus Arvidsson (Swe) 263-0 (80.16) Matija Kranjc (Slo) 232-11 (71.00), Stephan (261-11, 261-0, 263-0) Steding (Ger) 229-10 (70.05), Bobur Shokir- 12. Vítezslav Vesely (CzR) 251-10 (76.76) jonov (Uzb) 228-2 (69.54), Pablo Pietrobelli (f, f, 251-10). (Arg) 226-8 (69.09), Alexander Vieweg (Ger) 221-5 (67.49), Kolyo Neshev (Bul) 216-6 (66.00), Melik Janoyan (Arm) 211-6 (64.47);… 3f—Csongor Olteán (Hun).

— Leaders After Each Event — 110H 100 1. Clay 5505; 2. Kravchenko 5381; 3. Hardee 5377; 4. Kasyanov 1. Clay 989; 2. Hardee 970; 3. Kasyanov 968; 4. García 942; 5. 5335; 5. Suárez 5252; 6. Pogorelov 5198; 7. Šebrle 5197; 8. García Addy 915; 6. Schrader 906; 7. Smith 894; 8. Raja 885; 9. tie, Abele 5196; 9. Smith 5181; 10. Schrader 5164. & Suárez 883; 11. Kravchenko 870;… 18. Pogorelov 845. Discus Long Jump 1. Clay 6455; 2. Kasyanov 6172; 3. Kravchenko 6139; 4. Hardee 1. Clay 1994; 2. Hardee 1960; 3. Kasyanov 1918; 4. Schrader 1891; 6114; 5. Smith 6070; 6. Pogorelov 6069; 7. Suárez 6008; 8. Šebrle 5. Kravchenko 1832; 6. Addy 1820; 7. Šebrle 1794; 8. Suárez 1776; 5974; 9. Addy 5875; 10. Pahapill 5847. 9. García 1772; 10. Raja 1768;… 11. Pogorelov 1748. Pole Vault Shot 1. Clay 7365; 2. Kravchenko 7049; 3. Pogorelov 6979; 4. Kasyanov 1. Clay 2862; 2. Kasyanov 2717; 3. Hardee 2657; 4. Pogorelov 2632; 6874; 5. Smith 6860; 6. Suárez 6827; 7. Šebrle 6823; 8. Niklaus 5. García 2612; 6. Addy 2604; 7. Schrader 2599; 8. Drozdov 2592; 6753; 9. Drozdov 6705; 10. Pahapill 6696. 9. Kravchenko 2584; 10. Šebrle 2570;… 12. Suárez 2534. Javelin High Jump 1. Clay 8269; 2. Kravchenko 7790; 3. Pogorelov 7777; 4. Suárez 1. Clay 3656; 2. Pogorelov 3510; 3. Hardee 3507; 4. Kravchenko 7777; 5. Šebrle 7620; 6. Pahapill 7541; 7. Barras 7504; 8. Raja 3490; 5. Kasyanov 3484; 6. Šebrle 3476; 7. Drozdov 3414; 8. 7497; 9. Niklaus 7494; 10. Kasyanov 7486. Schrader 3393; 9. Suárez 3384; 10. García 3379.

400 1. Clay 4521; 2. Kravchenko 4433; 3. Hardee 4428; 4. Kasyanov 4408; 5. Šebrle 4312; 6. Suárez 4297; 7. Pogorelov 4283; 8. Schrader 4279; 9. Addy 4229; 10. Smith 4217.

-303- August 27, 2008 18. Haifeng Qi (Chn) 7835 — decathlon — (11.15, 23-8¼/7.22, 43-11¾/13.40, 6-4/1.93, 49.39 [3968—22], 14.60, 152-5/46.46, 14-1¼/4.30, 207-0/63.09, 4:39.32 [3867]); results 19. Massimo Bertocchi (Can) 7714 (August 21–22) (11.00, 23-1¾/7.05, 46-3¼/14.10, 6-2¾/1.90, 48.72 [4010—18], (temperature 70/21; humidity 90% for first heat of 100) 14.32, 147-4/44.91, 15-5/4.70, 148-8/45.33, 4:42.26 [3704]); (temperature 70/21; humidity 87% for shot & high jump) 20. Jangy Addy (Lbr) 7665 NR (temperature 70/21; humidity 87% for shot) (10.76, 24-2½/7.38, 48-11/14.91, 6-4/1.93, 48.51 [4229—9], (temperature 70/21; humidity 86% for last heat of 400) 14.31, 138-9/42.30, 13-9¼/4.20, 172-3/52.50, 5:12.22 [3436]); (temperature 70/21; humidity 86% for first heat of hurdles) 21. Daniel Awde (GB) 7516 (temperature 90/32; humidity 42% for start of vault) (11.06, 23-4½/7.12, 39-5¾/12.03, 5-10/1.78, 47.16 [3857—26], (temperature 82/28; humidity 60% for last heat of 1500) 14.69, 121-9/37.12, 16-¾/4.90, 174-6/53.18, 4:44.80 [3659]); 1. Bryan Clay (US)...... 8791 22. Hadi Sepehrzad (Irn) 7483 (x, 8 A; non-O’Brien x, 3 A; x, 5 OG) (10.92, 22-3¾/6.80, 52-6¾/16.02, 6-2¾/1.90, 50.75 [3991—20], (10.44, 25-6¼/7.78, 53-4½/16.27, 6-6¼/1.99, 48.92 [4521—1], 14.64, 165-1/50.32, 13-1½/4.00, 162-7/49.56, 5:06.67 [3492]); 13.93, 176-5/53.79, 16-4¾/5.00, 232-10/70.97, 5:06.59 [4270]); 23. Damjan Sitar (Slo) 7336 2. Andrey Kravchenko (Belarus)...... 8551 (11.21, 23-9½/7.25, 40-8¾/12.41, 6-8¾/2.05, 50.10 [3979—21], (10.96, 24-11¾/7.61, 47-2½/14.39, 6-11/2.11, 47.30 [4433—2], 15.03, 128-9/39.25, 13-1½/4.00, 154-11/47.23, 4:37.37 [3357]); 14.21, 146-3/44.58, 16-4¾/5.00, 197-7/60.23, 4:27.47 [4118]); 24. Slaven Dizdarevič (Svk) 7021 3. Leonel Suárez (Cuba)...... 8527 (11.16, 23-½/7.02, 45-10/13.97, 6-5/1.96, 52.02 [3861—25], NR (first Cuban top 8) 15.61, 130-9/39.86, 13-1½/4.00, 143-0/43.58, 4:51.42 [3160]); (10.90, 24-¾/7.33, 47-6½/14.49, 6-8¾/2.05, 47.91 [4297—6], 25. David Gómez (Spa) 6876 14.15, 145-10/44.45, 15-5/4.70, 242-8/73.98, 4:29.17 [4230]); (11.12, 22-5¾/6.85, 44-6¾/13.58, 5-11¼/1.81, 49.27 [3800—29], 4. Aleksandr Pogorelov (Rus) 8328 14.61, 131-9/40.17, nh, 204-1/62.22, 4:30.74 [3076]); (11.07, 24-2¼/7.37, 54-2¾/16.53, 6-9¾/2.08, 50.91 [4283—7], 26. Mikko Halvari (Fin) 6486 14.47, 164-2/50.04, 16-4¾/5.00, 210-0/64.01, 5:01.56 [4045]); (11.18, 22-7/6.88, 45-¼/13.72, 6-4/1.93, 50.60 [3844—27], 5. (Fra) 8253 16.25, 156-6/47.71, nh, 180-9/55.11, 5:20.26 [2642]); (11.26, 23-2¾/7.08, 50-7¼/15.42, 6-5/1.96, 49.51 [4057—17], … DNFs— 14.21, 148-2/45.17, 16-4¾/5.00, 214-7/65.40, 4:29.29 [4196]); (US) 6114 (8) 6. Roman Šebrle (CzR) 8241 (10.52, 25-4/7.72, 44-3¼/13.49, 6-8¾/2.05, 47.75 [4428—3], (record tieing third top 8) 14.20, 142-10/43.55, nh [1686]); (11.21, 25-2½/7.68, 48-6/14.78, 6-11/2.11, 49.54 [4312—5], Gonzalo Barroilhet (Chl) 5502 (8) 14.71, 149-3/45.50, 15-9/4.80, 209-9/63.93, 4:49.63 [3929]); (11.33, 23-2¾/7.08, 43-5/13.23, 6-4/1.93, 51.91 [3772—30], 7. (Ukr) 8238 PR 14.26, 151-1/46.07, nh [1730]); (10.53, 24-9¾/7.56, 49-8½/15.15, 6-5/1.96, 47.70 [4408—4], Janis Karlivans (Lat) 5414 (7) 14.37, 158-9/48.39, 14-1¼/4.30, 169-3/51.59, 4:28.94 [3830]); (11.36, 23-10/7.26, 48-8¾/14.85, 6-½/1.84, 51.61 [3841—28], 15.28, 8. André Niklaus (Ger) 8220 146-1/44.54 [1573]); (11.12, 23-11/7.29, 43-5/13.23, 6-8¾/2.05, 49.65 [4079—16], Aleksey Sysoyev (Rus) 4118 (6) 14.37, 148-11/45.39, 17-¾/5.20, 197-6/60.21, 4:32.90 [4141]); (11.03, 22-2½/6.77, 50-7¼/15.42, 6-11/2.11, 50.71 [4118—14], 9. Maurice Smith (Jam) 8205 dnf); (10.85, 23-1¼/7.04, 49-6¼/15.09, 6-6¼/1.99, 47.96 [4217—10], Carlos Eduardo Chinin (Bra) 3307 (5) 14.08, 167-0/50.91, 15-1/4.60, 169-0/51.52, 4:31.62 [3988]); (10.99, 22-9¼/6.94, nm, 6-6¼/1.99, 49.21 [3307—31]); 10. Michael Schrader (Ger) 8194 Pavel Andreyev (Uzb) 3016 (5) (10.80, 25-3¼/7.70, 44-10¼/13.67, 6-6¼/1.99, 48.47 [4279—8], (11.47, 21-8¾/6.62, 46-5¼/14.15, 6-6¼/1.99, dnf); 14.71, 132-7/40.41, 15-9/4.80, 197-9/60.27, 4:26.77 [3915]); Frédéric Xhonneux (Bel) 3012 (5) 11. Mikk Pahapill (Est) 8178 PR (11.41, 22-9¼/6.94, 45-10¾/13.99, 6-2¾/1.90, dnf [3012—33]); (11.15, 23-1¼/7.04, 47-1½/14.36, 6-11/2.11, 50.90 [4080—15], (Ger) 2989 (4) 14.51, 161-11/49.35, 15-9/4.80, 220-0/67.07, 4:47.03 [4098]); (10.90, 21-2¾/6.47, 44-5½/13.55, 6-2¾/1.90); 12. Aleksey Drozdov (Rus) 8154 (Bel) 2950 (4) (11.02, 23-8¾/7.23, 53-4¼/16.26, 6-7½/2.02, 51.56 [4158—13], (11.28, 21-6/6.55, 48-9/14.86, 6-½/1.84); 15.51, 155-7/47.43, 16-8¾/5.10, 205-3/62.57, 4:41.34 [3996]); Victor Covalenco (Mol) 2704 (5) 13. Andres Raja (Est) 8118 PR (11.87, 21-4/6.50, 44-1¼/13.44, 5-11¼/1.81, dnf [2704—34]); (10.89, 23-11/7.29, 48-6¼/14.79, 6-5/1.96, 48.98 [4174—12], (US) 1747 (2) 14.06, 130-8/39.83, 15-9/4.80, 220-4/67.16, 4:49.60 [3944]); (11.12, 24-3¾/7.41); 14. Eugène Martineau (Hol) 8055 Vitaliy Smirnov (Uzb) 1438 (3) (11.19, 23-7¼/7.19, 45-2½/13.78, 6-6¼/1.99, 49.99 [4002—19], (11.56, nm, 44-4/13.51); 14.73, 144-8/44.09, 15-5/4.70, 234-4/71.44, 4:37.96 [4053]); (Kaz) 685 (1) 15. Yordaní García (Cub) 7992 (11.83); (10.64, 23-2½/7.07, 51-11/15.82, 6-5/1.96, 49.66 [4209—11], Attila Zsivóczky (Hun) 679 (2) 13.90, 120-6/36.73, 15-5/4.70, 215-3/65.60, 5:00.49 [3783]); (11.86, nm). 16. Nikolay Shubenok (Blr) 7906 (11.31, 22-6¼/6.86, 48-10/14.88, 6-6¼/1.99, 50.02 [3964—23], 14.52, 150-3/45.80, 15-1/4.60, 203-9/62.10, 4:38.14 [3942]); 17. Aleksandr Parkhomenko (Blr) 7838 in the next eNewsletter: (11.29, 22-11¼/6.99, 50-10/15.49, 6-4/1.93, 50.71 [3950—24], 15.06, 148-6/45.27, 15-5/4.70, 211-11/64.60, 4:45.17 [3888]); Olympic Games women’s results

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