Volume 42, No. 36 NEWSLETTER October 31, 1996 ■ MEN'SATHLETE OF THE YEAR PERFORMANCESOF THE YEAR Johnson& Masterkova JohnsonPerfect Score ScoreHere Too Men's Performance Voting: 1. Michael Johnson's 19.32, 193; 2. Daniel Komen's 7:20.67. 136; 3. Salah _.,2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total % Hissou's 26:38.08, 80; 4. Jan Zelezny's 323·1/ 98.48, 71; 5. Donovan Bailey's 9.84, 38; 6. tie, 1. Michael Johnson ......... 39 390 100% Wilson Kipketer's 1:41 .83 & Johnson's 19.66, 21: 8. 2. Wilson Kipketer ........... - 15 10 4 4 3 3 294 75.4% tie, Allen Johnson's 12.92 al Brussels GP & Carl 3. Jan Zelezny .................. - 9 12 6 3 2 3 4 271 69.5% Lewis's 27-10 " ,/8.50 to win fourth straight Olympic LJ gold, 8; 4. Daniel Komen .............. - 12 3 7 5 6 2 2 2 259 66.4% 10. Haile Gebrselassie's 27:07.34, 4; 11. tie, 5. Allen Johnson .............. - 5 6 8 5 3 4 2 1 184 47.2% Charles Austin's 7·10/2.39, Dan O'Brien's 8824 & Lars Riede \'s 233-2/71 .06, 3; 14. lie, Kenny 3 3 2 156 40.0% 6. Frank Fredericks ......... - 2 7 6 6 6 Harrison's 59-4 ",/18.09, Michael Johnson's 43.44 7. Donovan Bailey ........... - 2 4 4 1 3 4 6 4 134 34.4% & Wilson Kipketer's 1:42.17, 2; 17. tie, Lance Deal's 6th-round 266·2/81 .12 for Olympic silver, Frank 8. Lars Riedel ................... - 6 3 8 8 2 3 122 31.3% Fred ericks' 9.86, Freder icks' 9.87 & Michae l 9. Dan O'Brien .................. - 2 2 7 6 5 3 4 118 30.3% Johnson's 43.49 , 1. 10. Noureddine Morceli ... - 4 2 5 8 7 86 22. 1% Women's Performance Voting: 1. Svetlana Mas­ 11. Salah Hissou 64; 12. Jonathan Edwards 23; 13. tie, Charles Austin & Carl Lowis 9; \erkova's 4:12.56, 121; 2. Marie-Jose Perec's 48.25, 15. tie, Randy Barnes & Haile Gebrselassie 7; 17. Kenny Harrison 5; 18. Lance Deal 4; 19. 118: 3. Merlene Ottey's 10.74, 101: 4. Inessa Kra­ vets' 50-3",/ 15.33, 49; 5. Masterkova's 2:28.98, 39; Hicham El Guerrouj 2; 20. Derrick Adkins 1. 6. Deon Hem mings' 52 .82, 23 ; 7. Yelena Nikolayeva's 41 :04, 18; 8. Ghada Shouaa's 6942, 17; 9. Fernanda Ribeiro's 31:01.63, 14; 10. Stefka Kostadinova's 6-831,/2.05, 12; 11. Fa­ tuma Reba's 2:26 :05, 9; 12. Masterkova's 1:57.73, WOMEN'SATHLETE OF THE YEAR 8; 13. Emma George's 14-711,/4.45 , 4; 14. like Wyludda's 228-6 /69 .66, 2; 15. tie, Ludmila Engquist's 12.47, Heli Ran1anen's 222-11/67.94, Ribeiro's 14:41.07, Wang Junxia's 14:59.88 & MasterkovaOver Perec Wang's 31 :02.58, 1. U.S.ATHLETES OF THE YEAR 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total % 1. Svetlana Masterkova .... 31 8 2 404 96.2% Johnson& Devers 2. Marie-Jose Perec ........... 8 29 2 2 376 89.5% U.S. Men's Voting: 1. Michael Johnson 390; 2. Allen Johnson 341; 3. Dan O'Brien 304: 4. Charles 3. Astrid Kumbernuss ....... 3 2 22 5 3 4 301 71.7% Austin 183; 5. Lance Deal 180; 4. Ludmila Engquist ........ - 1 4 13 8 4 4 2 225 53.6% 6. Randy Barnes 177; 7. Derrick Adkins 171; 8. 5. Ghada Shouaa ............. - 3 6 11 3 9 2 3 182 43.3% Kenny Harrison 159; 9. Carl Lewis 92; 10. Bob Kennedy 24: 12. Dennis Mitchell 18; 13. Tom Puk• 2 154 36.7% 6. Stefka Kostadinova ..... - 4 4 6 4 4 4 4 slys 17: 14. John Godina 10; 15. Mark Crear 3. 7. Merlene Ottey ............... - 3 3 4 4 5 4 9 3 142 33.8% U.S. Women's Voting: 1. Gail Devers 340; 2. 2 5 8 3 5 2 3 126 30.0% 8. Fernanda Ribeiro ......... - Kim Batten 294; 3. Gwen Torrence 252; 4. Tonja 9. like Wyludda ................ - 5 4 6 3 2 5 99 23.6% Buford-Bailey 208; 5. Jackie Joyner-Kersee 181; 6. Jearl Miles 144; 7. Connie Price-Smith 136: 8. 10. Wang Junxia .............. - 3 4 2 4 4 73 17.4% Inger Miller 125; 9. Regina Jacobs 74; 10. Sheila 11. Inessa Kravets 59; 12. Deon Hemmings 57; 13. Fatuma Roba 43; 14. Gail Devers 38; Hudson 44; 11. tie, Carlette Guidry & Tisha Waller 15. Yelena Nikolayeva 28; 16. Cathy Freeman 2; 17. Hell Rantanen 1. 22: 13. Kelly Blair 16; 14. Maicel Malone 4; 15. tie, Dawn Bowles, Stacy Dragila, Dawn Ellerbe & Lynda Goode 2. VOTING NOTES: John son' s perfect score is for the fir st tim e since '80 ... Zelezny is the only the first men' s since Rono '7 8. Th e last perfect man to make the Top 10 the last 5 yea rs in a - comp lete World Ra11ki11gs011 11exlpag e - wo man was Ottey '90 . .. With Devers only row. The best w omen's streak is Perec at 3 ... 14th, the U.S. is without a w oman in the Top 10 Johnson has mad e 6 of the last 7. ················ . -277· October 31 , 1996 · ·· ·· · ······ · ··· ··· ··· ···· ··· ·· ··· ·· TRIPLE JUMP 1 . ......... Jonathan Edwards (GB) - 1996Men 's WorldRankings - 2 . .............. Kenny Harrison (US) ©T rack & Field News,1996 3 .......... ... Yoelb i Quesada (Cub) 4 ....... ............. Mike Conley (US) 20KWALK 100 METERS STEEPLECHASE 5 ... ............. Brian Wellman (Ber) 1 ............. Donovan Bailey (Can) 1 . ................ Joseph Keter (Ken) 1 . ............ Jefferson Perez (Ecu) 6 . ....... Armen Martirosyan (Arm) 2 .... ...... Frank Fredericks (Nam) 2 ... ........... Moses Kiptanui (Ken) 2 .................... llya Markov (Rus) 7 . .............. Aliacer Urrutia (Cub) 3 . .............. Dennis Mitchell (US) 3 ............. Gideon Chirchir (Ken) 3 ........... Bernardo Segura (Mex) 8 ........... Francis Agyepong (GB) 4 . ...................... Alo Boldon (Tri) 4 ... ............... Patrick Sang (Ken) 4 . ................... Nick A'Hern (Aus) 9 ....... ............. Joel Garcia (Cub) 5 ....... ........ Linford Christie (GB) 5 ........ ........... John Koskei (Ken) 5 .. .... Mikhail Shchennikov (Rus) 1o .............. Ro bert Howard (US) 6 .. ............... Michael Marsh (US) 6 ......... Bernard Barmasai (Ken) 6 . ............ Risha! Shafikov (Rus) SHOT 7 .......... .......... Bruny Surin (Can) 7. Alessandro Lambruschini (Ila) 7 . ............. Aigars Fadejevs (Lat) 1 ..... ............ Randy Barnes (US) 8 . ....... Christopher Koskei (Ken) 8 ....... Robert Korzeniowski (Pol) 8 ....... ........ Michael Green (Jam) 2 ........ ............ John Godina (US) 9 ... ............ Jon Drummond (US) 9 ........... ....... Matthew Birir (Ken) 9 . .......... Yevgeniy Misyulya (Bir) 3 ... ........... Paolo Dal Soglio (l\a) 10 . .................... Carl Lewis (US) 10 ....... ..... Richard Kosgei (Ken) 10 ....... Vladimir Andreyev (Rus) 4 .... ...... Aleksandr Bagach (Ukr) 5 .............. ........ C.J. Hunter (US) 200 METERS 5000 METERS SOK WALK 6 . ...................... Kevin Toth (US) 1 ........ ..... Michae l Johnso n (US) 1 ................ Daniel Komen (Ken) 1 ....... Robert Korzeniowski (Pol) 7 ......... Oliver -Sven Buder (Ger) 2 . ......... Frank Fredericks (Nam) 2 . ................. Salah Hissou (Mor) 2 ...... Mikhail Shchennikov (Rus) 8 ... ......... Roman Virastyuk (Ukr) 9 ..... ............. Dragan Perie (Yug) 3 ........ ............... Alo Boldon (Tri) 3 ........ Venuste Niyongabo (Bur) 3 ............ Valenti Massana (Spa) 10 .............. Corrado Fantini (lta) 4 ............. ....... Jeff Williams (US) 4 ............ ... Khalid Boulami (Mor) 4 ............... Arturo Di Mezza (Ila) 5 . ....... Obadele Thompson (Bar) 5 .. ....... Haile Gebrselassie (Eth) 5 . .................... Viktor Ginko (Bir) DISCUS 6 ........ ....... Patrick Stevens (Bel) 6 ............ ...... Bob Kennedy (US) 6 ........... Ignacio Zamudio (Mex) 1 ..................... Lars Riedel (Ger) 7 ... .............. Michae l Marsh (US) 7 . ................... Paul Koech (Ken) 7 ........... Valentin Kononen (Fin) 2 ....... Anthony Washington (US) 8 . .............. Jon Drummond (US) 8 ............. ...... Tom Nyariki (Ken) 8 . ........ Sergey Korepanov (Kaz) 3 .... Vladi mir Dubrovshchik (Bir) 9 . ................... Ramon Clay (US) 9 ...................... Paul Bitok (Ken) 9 ................ Daniel Garcia (Mex) 4 .............. Vasi liy Kaptyukh (Bir) 10 . .................... Carl Lewis (US) 10 .................. Paul Tergat (Ken) 10 ......... ...... Jesus Garcia (Spa) 5 ............. ... Virgilijus Alekna (Lit) 6 ... .............. Jurgen Schult (Ger) 7 ......... ....... Vital iy Sidorov (Ukr) 400 METERS 10,000 METERS HIGH JUMP 8 . ...... Michae l Mollenbeck (Ger) 1............. Michael Johnson (US) 1 ......... Haile Gebrselass ie (Eth) 1 ................. Charles Austin (US) 9 . ............ Sergey Lyakhov (Rus) 2 . .......... Anthuan Maybank (US) 2 . ................. Salah Hissou (Mor) 2 . .................. Artur Partyka (Pol) 10 ........... Vaclavas Kidykas (Lit) 3 . ................... Roger Black (GB) 3 ....... ............. Paul Tergat (Ken) 3 ............... Dragutin Topic (Yug) 4 ............... Butch Reynolds (US) 4 ........ Josepha! Machuka (Ken) 4 .................. Steinar Hoen (Nor) HAMMER 5 ............. .. Davis Kamoga (Uga) 5 .................... Paul Koech (Ken) 5 . ................... Steve Smith (GB) 1 ......... ............. Lance Deal (US) 6 ...... ................ Derek Mills (US) 6 . .............. William Kiptum (Ken) 6 ............... Patrik Sjoberg (Swe) 2 .................... Balazs Kiss (Hun) 7 . .................... Darnell Hall (US) 7 .............. Aloys Nizigama (Bur) 7 . ................... T;m Forsyth (Aus) 3 .............. Igor Astapkov ich (Bir) 4 ... ........... And rey Skvaruk (Ukr) 8 .... .............. Alvin Harrison (US) 8 . ................... Khalid Skah (Mor) 8 .......... Javier Sotomayor (Cub) 5 ................. .... Heinz Weis (Ger) 9 .................. Lamont Smith (US) 9 ..... Mathias Ntawulikura (Rwa) 9 ..... ................ Lee Jin-taek (SK) 6 ... ........... Aleksey Krykun (Ukr) 10 . ............... lwan Thomas (GB) 10 ........... Stephan Franke (Ger) 10 ... ..... Wolfgang Kreissig (Ger) 7 . .............. llya Konovalov (Rus) 8 ............... ...... Sergey Alay (Bir) 800 METERS 110