World Junior Athletics Championships 1990

3rd World Junior Athletics Championships
city	Plovdiv , Bulgaria
Stadion	Deveti Septemvri Stadium
participating countries	87
Participating athletes	987 (606 men) (381 women)
Competitions	41
opening	August 8, 1990
Final day	August 12, 1990
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The 3rd World Athletics Championships took place from August 8 to 12, 1990 in Plovdiv , Bulgaria .

Men

100 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Davidson Ezinwa	NGR	10.17 CR
2	Jason Livingston	GBR	10.25
3	Rodney Bridges	United States	10.37
4th	Jason John	GBR	10.40
5	Donovan Powell	JAM	10.44
6th	Damien Marsh	OUT	10.46
7th	Innocent Asonze	NGR	10.50
8th	Edgar Chourio	VEN	10.59

200 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Alexander Goremykin	URS	20.47 CR
2	Davidson Ezinwa	NGR	20.75
3	James Stallworth	United States	20.81
4th	Osmond Ezinwa	NGR	21.06
5	Peter Ogilvie	CAN	21.08
6th	Martin Kock	FRG	21.18
7th	Paul Henderson	OUT	21.24
8th	Mark Smith	GBR	21.25

400 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Chris Nelloms	United States	45.43 CR
2	Rico songs	GDR	46.28
3	Mark Richardson	GBR	46.33
4th	Dimitri Golowastov	URS	46.43
5	Derek Mills	United States	46.44
6th	Ibrahim Ismail	QAT	46.52
7th	Du'aine Thorne-Ladejo	GBR	47.53
	Amar Hecini	ALG	DNF

800 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Desta Asgedom	ETH	1: 44.77 CR
2	Jonah Birri	KEN	1: 46.61
3	Norberto Téllez	CUB	1: 47.33
4th	Wilson Kipketer	KEN	1: 48.13
5	Andrew Lill	GBR	1: 48.54
6th	Václav Hrích	TCH	1: 49.36
7th	Dian Petkow	BUL	1: 49.69
8th	Mark Holcombe	OUT	1: 49.88

1500 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Moses Kiptanui	KEN	3: 38.32 CR
2	Alemayehu Roba	ETH	3: 41.71
3	Desta Asgedom	ETH	3: 42.38
4th	Mirco Döring	GDR	3: 43.97
5	Denes Balázs	HUN	3: 44.30
6th	Andrei Loginow	URS	3: 44.79
7th	Nigel Adkin	OUT	3: 45.07
8th	Jason Bunston	CAN	3: 45.09

5000 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Fita Bayisa	ETH	13: 42.59 CR
2	Abreham Assefa	ETH	13: 44.63
3	Francesco Bennici	ITA	13: 47.10
4th	Meta Petro	TAN	13: 48.91
5	Paul Patrick	OUT	13: 51.52
6th	Stefano Baldini	ITA	13: 54.38
7th	Jan Pešava	TCH	13: 55.02
8th	Juma Ninga	TAN	13: 55.52

10,000 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Richard Chelimo	KEN	28: 18.57 CR
2	Ismael Kirui	KEN	28: 40.77
3	Juma Ninga	TAN	28: 41.90
4th	Abraham Assefa	ETH	28: 43.22
5	Christian Leuprecht	ITA	28: 51.80
6th	Tesgie Legesse	ETH	29: 01.61
7th	Vincenzo Modica	ITA	29: 09.06
8th	Mike Mykytok	United States	29: 29.45

20 km road run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Cosmas Nedeti	KEN	59:42
2	Juma Ninga	TAN	60:30
3	Dagane Dabela	ETH	61:02
4th	Bedaso Turbe	ETH	62:52
5	Giacomo Leone	ITA	63:01
6th	Robinson Semolini	BRA	63:09
7th	Meta Petro	TAN	63:37
8th	Kamal Kohil	ALG	63:42

10 km walking

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Ilya Markov	URS	39: 55.52
2	Alberto Cruz	MEX	39: 56.49
3	Jefferson Perez	ECU	40: 08.23
4th	Ignacio Zamudio	MEX	41: 26.29
5	Sergio Roca	ESP	41: 36.14
6th	Fernando Vázquez	ESP	41: 51.50
7th	Markus Pauly	GDR	42: 27.38
8th	Steven Beecroft	OUT	42: 33.12

110 m hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Antti Haapakoski	FIN	13.74
2	Alexis Sánchez	CUB	13.75
3	Kyle Vander-Kuyp	OUT	13.85
4th	Phillip Riley	United States	13.94
5	Eliecer Pulgar	VEN	14.02
6th	Mike Fenner	GDR	14.18
7th	José Perez	CUB	14.19
8th	Gaute Gundersen	NOR	14.21

400 m hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Rohan Robinson	OUT	49.73
2	Yoshihiko Saito	JPN	49.99
3	Aleksander Belikov	URS	50.22
4th	Pedro Rodrigues	POR	50.43
5	Pedro Piñera	CUB	50.81
6th	Miro Kocuvan	YUG	50.82
7th	Rick jordan	United States	51.16
8th	Kazuhiko Yamazaki	JPN	51.42

3000 m obstacle

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Matthew Birir	KEN	8: 31.02 CR
2	Francisco Munuera	ESP	8: 41.03
3	Simeon Rono	KEN	8: 42.05
4th	Alastair O'Connor	GBR	8: 44.68
5	Vladimir Golyas	URS	8: 49.68
6th	Joël Bourgeois	CAN	8: 51.80
7th	Seiji Kushibe	JPN	8: 53.86
8th	Yuri Churakov	URS	8: 55.07

4 × 100 m relay

space	country	athlete	Time (s)
1	United States	Chris Nelloms Rodney Bridges Reggie Harris James Stallworth	39.13 CR
2	Soviet Union	Sergejs Insakows Konstantin Gromadsky Vitaliy Semjonow Aleksandr Goremykin	39.58
3	Nigeria	Innocent Asonze Davidson Ezinwa Nnamdi Anusim Osmond Ezinwa	39.68
4th	United Kingdom	Jason Livingston Mark Smith Michael Williams Jason John	39.78
5	BR Germany	Andreas Schofer Marlo Pfeiler Christian Konieczny Marcus Skupin-Alfa	39.88
6th	Italy	Andrea Amici Alessandro Orlandi Paolo Carniel Giorgio Marras	39.92
7th	Jamaica	Norman Morse Raymond Nelson Daniel England Donovan Powell	40.06
8th	Cuba	Leonardo Prevot Joel Lamela Ernesto González Pedro Piñera	40.25

4 × 400 m relay

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	United States	Derek Mills Marvin Samuels Reggie Harris Chris Nelloms	3: 02.26
2	United Kingdom	David Grindley Adrian Patrick Craig Winrow Mark Richardson	3: 03.80
3	Australia	Matthew Burmeister Rohan Robinson Simon Hollingsworth Paul Greene	3: 05.51
4th	Soviet Union	Aleksander Angelow Aleksei Oleynikow Aleksander Belikow Dmitrii Golowastow	3: 05.60
5	Barbados	Terry Harewood Steven Roberts Wayde Payne Ronald Thorne	3: 07.36
6th	German Democratic Republic	Daniel Blochwitz Frank Zerbel Florian Hennig Rico songs	3: 07.39
7th	Japan	Yusuke Horikoshi Masayoshi Kan Yoshihiko Saito Kazuhiko Yamazaki	3: 07.58
8th	Kenya	Kennedy Ochieng Wilson Kipketer Sammy Biwott Joseph Chepsiror Kiptanui	3: 07.86

high jump

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Dragutin Topić	YUG	2.37 WJR
2	Tim Forsyth	OUT	2.29
3	Stevan Zoric	YUG	2.26
4th	Wolf-Hendrik Beyer	FRG	2.23
5	Aleksei Makurin	URS	2.20
6th	Georgi Minkowski	BUL	2.17
7th	Andrew Davis	OUT	2.17
8th	Hirokazu Kasai	JPN	2.14

Pole vault

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Jean Galfione	FRA	5.45
2	Dmitrij Kurkulin	URS	5.40
3	Miroslaw Dukow	BUL	5.40
4th	Gérald Baudouin	FRA	5.30
5	Alberto Manzano	CUB	5.30
6th	Nick Hysong	United States	5.30
7th	Daniel Martí	ESP	5.20
8th	Hristos Pallakis	GRE	5.10

Long jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	James Stallworth	United States	8.12 CR
2	Dion Bentley	United States	8.05
3	Kareem Streete-Thompson	CAY	7.94
4th	Iván Pedroso	CUB	7.81
5	Yasutaka Hattori	JPN	7.63
6th	Anastasios Georgiou	GRE	7.58
7th	Artur Degtyev	URS	7.58
8th	Stanislav Georgiev	BUL	7.49

Triple jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Sergei Bykov	URS	16.98 CR
2	Yoelbi Quesada	CUB	16.62
3	Nikolai Raew	BUL	16.22
4th	Tosi Fasinro	GBR	16.17
5	Sergei Arzamasov	URS	16.15
6th	Rene Baarck	GDR	16.06
7th	Jairo Venâncio	BRA	15.92
8th	Paweł Twardowski	POLE	15.71

Shot put

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Viktor Bulat	URS	19.21 CR
2	Xie Shenying	CHN	19.57
3	Yuri Ivanov	URS	18.13
4th	Victor Roca	ESP	17.70
5	Joe Bailey	United States	17.20
6th	Bilal Saad Mubarak	QAT	16.85
7th	Wenzislav Velichkov	BUL	16.83
8th	Arpad Konyi	HUN	16.66

Discus throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Ilian Lliew	BUL	58.60
2	Frank Biset	CUB	57.10
3	Jan Engelmann	GDR	56.82
4th	Anton Ellansky	URS	56.56
5	Gennady Barsegjan	URS	54.90
6th	Jaroslav Žitnanský	TCH	54.40
7th	Miroslav Menc	TCH	53.28
8th	Alessandro Urlando	ITA	51.84

Hammer throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Andrei Debely	URS	70.60
2	Savvas Saritzoglou	GRE	70.32
3	Andrei Kudykin	URS	69.36
4th	Karsten Kobs	FRG	67.66
5	Kai Maybach	FRG	67.24
6th	Zsolt Németh	HUN	64.00
7th	Jürgen Rückborn	GDR	62.60
8th	David Chaussinand	FRA	62.38

Javelin throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Tommi Viskari	FIN	73.88
2	Dariusz Trafas	POLE	72.76
3	Jarkko Heimonen	FIN	72.30
4th	Marco Badura	GDR	71.30
5	Christian Benninger	FRG	70.80
6th	Konstandinos Gatsioudis	GRE	69.90
7th	Yasuo Nakamura	JPN	69.60
8th	Johan Helge	SWE	69.18

Decathlon

space	athlete	country	Points
1	Eric Kaiser	FRG	7762
2	Jarkko Finni	FIN	7698
3	David Bigham	GBR	7488
4th	Vitaly Kolpakov	URS	7384
5	Andreas Hensse	GDR	7323
6th	Dusán Kovács	HUN	7232
7th	Sebastian Chmara	POLE	7211
8th	Paul Meier	FRG	7198

Women

100 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Andrea Philipp	GDR	11.36
2	Nikole Mitchell	JAM	11.47
3	Lucrécia Jardim	POR	11.52
4th	Zundra Feagin	United States	11.55
5	Merlene Frazer	JAM	11.64
6th	Diane Smith	GBR	11.70
	Katja Seidel	FRG	11.70
8th	Katharine Merry	GBR	11.71

200 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Diane Smith	GBR	23.10 CR
2	Zundra Feagin	United States	23.13
3	Lucrécia Jardim	POR	23.26
4th	Revolie Campbell	JAM	23.42
5	Cathy Freeman	OUT	23.61
6th	Chandra Sturrup	BAH	23.81
7th	Angela Burnham	United States	23.82
8th	Julia Duporty	CUB	23.91

400 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Fatima Yusuf	NGR	50.62 CR
2	Charity Opara	NGR	51.28
3	Manuela Derr	GDR	51.95
4th	Susan Andrews	OUT	52.23
5	Julia Merino	ESP	53.48
6th	Nancy McLeón	CUB	53.58
7th	Marina Vasarmidou	GRE	53.58
8th	Anja Rücker	GDR	54.16

800 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Liu Li	CHN	2: 03.95
2	Magdalena Nedelcu	ROU	2: 04.52
3	Aurica Rautu	ROU	2: 04.78
4th	Carla Sacramento	POR	2: 04.83
5	Larisa Popova	URS	2: 05.65
6th	Qu Yunxia	CHN	2: 06.60
7th	Fabia Trabaldo	ITA	2: 06.95
8th	Patricia Djaté	FRA	2: 09.26

1500 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Qu Yunxia	CHN	4: 13.67
2	Claudia Bertoi	ROU	4: 14.19
3	Malin Ewerlöf	SWE	4: 14.61
4th	Carla Sacramento	POR	4: 15.29
5	Liu Li	CHN	4: 17.81
6th	Celine Martin	FRA	4: 18.04
7th	Jelena Mostovaya	URS	4: 18.10
8th	Suzy Walsham	OUT	4: 19.23

3000 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Simona Staicu	ROU	9: 09.57
2	Liu Shixiang	CHN	9: 10.54
3	Hatsumi Matsumoto	JPN	9: 11.92
4th	Andrea Whitcombe	GBR	9: 13.81
5	Andrea Sollárová	TCH	9: 16.44
6th	Azumi Miyazaki	JPN	9: 16.76
7th	Lydia Tanui	KEN	9: 18.02
8th	Brynhild Synstnes	NOR	9: 19.40

10,000 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Derartu Tulu	ETH	32: 56.26
2	Rika Ota	JPN	33: 06.85
3	Lydia Cheromei	KEN	33: 20.83
4th	Natalja Galuschko	URS	33: 57.17
5	Claudia Dreher	GDR	34: 11.20
6th	Maria Silvia Pili	ITA	34: 49.04
7th	Christelle Fuseau	FRA	34: 51.52
8th	Paola Cabrera	MEX	34: 52.90

5 km walking

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Susana Feitór	POR	21: 44.30 CR
2	Tatiana Shchastnaya	URS	22: 28.74
3	Simone Thust	GDR	22: 44.65
4th	Miriam Ramón	ECU	22: 51.10
5	Vicky Lupton	GBR	22: 51.86
6th	Kamila Holpuchová	TCH	23: 04.67
7th	Mioara Papuc	ROU	23: 13.92
8th	Jantien Salts	OUT	23: 15.26

100 m hurdles

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Gillian Russel	JAM	13.31
2	Keri Maddox	GBR	13.38
3	Ilka Rönisch	GDR	13.41
4th	Oraidis Ramírez	CUB	13.54
5	Monifa Taylor	United States	13.58
6th	Natalia Shekhodanova	URS	13.71
7th	Jelena Alistratenko	URS	13.73
8th	Lauraine Cameron	GBR	13.77

400 m hurdles

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Nelli Voronkova	URS	55.84
2	Marjana Luzar	YUG	56.74
3	Omolade Akinremi	NGR	56.97
4th	Carmen Nistor	ROU	57.78
5	Carole Nelson	FRA	57.98
6th	Maria-João Valamatos	POR	58.56
7th	Irina Skvarchevskaya	URS	58.57
8th	Ane Skak	THE	58.63

4 × 100 m relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	Jamaica	Gillian Russell Revolie Campbell Merlene Frazer Nikole Mitchell	43.82
2	United Kingdom	Annabel Soper Diane Smith Donna Fraser Katharine Merry	44.16
3	United States	Monifa Taylor Tisha Prather Angela Burnham Zundra Feagin	44.50
4th	Soviet Union	Dina Makarenko Jana Burtasenkowa Jelena Dubtsowa Jelena Fyodorowitsch	44.86
5	Australia	Rebecca Foreman Melinda Gainsford Cathy Freeman Fiona Blair	45.01
6th	Bulgaria	Galina Dikowa Petya Pendarewa Dessislawa Dimitrova Ilana Ivanova	45.64
7th	New Zealand	Briar Toop Yvette McCausland Anna Shattky Heather Shanks	46.47
	BR Germany	Silke Lichtenhagen Gabi Rockmeier Birgit Rockmeier Katja Seidel	DNF

4 × 400 m relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	Australia	Sophie Scamps Renée Poetschka Kylie Hanigan Susan Andrews	3: 30.38
2	Jamaica	Claudine Williams Winsome Cole Inez Turner Catherine Scott	3: 31.09
3	Cuba	Yojani Casanova Julia Duporty Odalmis Limonta Nancy McLeón	3: 31.81
4th	German Democratic Republic	Manuela Derr Berit Junker Anja Rücker Wiebke Steffen	3: 32.37
5	Soviet Union	Natalja Sniga Larisa Popova Irina Skwartschewskaja Nelli Voronkowa	3: 33.33
6th	United States	Roslyn Mack Indira Hamilton Barbara Selkridge Steffanie Smith	3: 35.49
7th	BR Germany	Heike Oppermann Silvia Steimle Tanja Schnabel Sandra Kuschmann	3: 38.66
	Nigeria	Charity Opara Omolade Akinremi Rita Onyebuchi Fatima Yusuf	DSQ

high jump

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Svetlana Lavrowa	URS	1.91
2	Katja Kilpi	FIN	1.88
3	Lea Haggett	GBR	1.88
4th	Ioamnet Quintero	CUB	1.85
5	Hajnalka Véghová	TCH	1.85
6th	Erzsebet Fazekas	HUN	1.81
	Šárka Nováková	TCH	1.81
8th	Desislawa Angeloway	BUL	1.81
	Antonella Bevilacqua	ITA	1.81

Long jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Iwa Prandschewa	BUL	6.53
2	Erica Johansson	SWE	6.50
3	Sandrine Hennart	BEL	6.49
4th	Juliana Yendork	United States	6.48
5	Chioma Ajunwa	NGR	6.46
6th	Yvonne Mathesius	GDR	6.46
7th	Lyudmila Galkina	URS	6.45
8th	Liu Jingmin	CHN	6.25

Shot put

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Qiu Qiaoping	CHN	18.20
2	Li Xiaoyun	CHN	17.74
3	Heike Hopfer	GDR	17.27
4th	Ilona Gersdorff	GDR	16.79
5	Anna Schilofest	URS	16.66
6th	Ekaterina Shischenko	URS	16.05
7th	Marika Tuliniemi	FIN	15.38
8th	Päivi Rikala	FIN	15.26

Discus throw

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Natalja Kaptjuch	URS	61.44
2	Lisa-Marie Vizanari	OUT	60.44
3	Anja Gündler	GDR	59.30
4th	Qiu Qiaoping	CHN	57.86
5	Lyudmila Filimonova	URS	53.20
6th	Nicoleta Gradinaru	ROU	53.10
7th	Ilona Gersdorff	GDR	51.30
8th	Paulina Gugniewicz	POLE	50.92

Javelin throw

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Tanja Damaske	GDR	61.06
2	Oksana Ovchinnikova	URS	57.26
3	Mandy Liverton	GBR	56.68
4th	Hou Lili	CHN	55.96
5	Claudia Isaila	ROU	54.74
6th	Odelmys Palma	CUB	53.94
7th	Yvonne Reichardt	GDR	52.76
8th	Khrysoula Maguina	GRE	52.42

Heptathlon

space	Athlete	country	Points
1	Beatrice Mau	GDR	6166
2	Rita Ináncsi	HUN	5940
3	Joanne Henry	NZL	5728
4th	Nathalie Teppe	FRA	5718
5	Magalys García	CUB	5476
6th	Shanna Budilovskaya	URS	5456
7th	Zita Bálint	HUN	5429
8th	Doina Negrila	ROU	5423

Abbreviations

WR = world record WJR = junior world record OR = Olympic record YOR = Olympic youth record AR = continental record AJR = junior continental record NR = national record NJR = national junior record CR = championship record MR = event record

WB = world best WJB = Junior World Best WYB = youth world best AB = continent best AJB = Junior Continental Best AYB = youth continental best NB = national best NJB = national youth best performance NYB = national youth record

PB = personal best SB = personal season best QB = best qualification WL = world annual best WJL = Junior World Year's Best WYL = youth world annual best DSQ = disqualified (engl. Disqualified ) DNS = competition not started ( Did Not Start ) DNF = competition not finished ( Did Not Finish )

Medal table

Medal table (final result after 41 decisions)
space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
01	Soviet Union	8th	4th	3	15th
02	United States	4th	2	3	9
03	Kenya	4th	2	2	8th
04th	People's Republic of China	3	3	0	6th
05	Ethiopia	3	2	2	7th
06th	German Democratic Republic	3	1	6th	11
07th	Australia	2	2	2	6th
	Nigeria	2	2	2	6th
09	Finland	2	2	1	5
10	Jamaica	2	2	0	4th
11	Bulgaria	2	0	2	4th
12	United Kingdom	1	4th	4th	8th
13	Romania	1	2	1	4th
14th	Yugoslavia	1	1	1	3
15th	Portugal	1	0	2	3
16	BR Germany	1	0	0	1
	France	1	0	0	1
18th	Cuba	0	3	2	5
19th	Japan	0	2	1	2
20th	Tanzania	0	1	1	2
	Sweden	0	1	1	2
22nd	Poland	0	1	0	1
	Mexico	0	1	0	1
	Spain	0	1	0	1
	Hungary	0	1	0	1
	Greece	0	1	0	1
27	Belgium	0	0	1	1
	Cayman Islands	0	0	1	1
	Italy	0	0	1	1
	Ecuador	0	0	1	1
	New Zealand	0	0	1	1
total		41	41	41	123

Web links

• Results on the website GBRathletics.com (English)