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Joyner-Kersee Wins Heptathlon.
With her knee throbbing once again, Joyner-Kersee taped up for the javelin throw. Her toss of 45.35 m (149 ft 9.5 in) was about 3 m (10 ft) short of her personalaverage, dropping her another 86 points off of the record pace. “It was disgusting,” she told Sports Illustrated. ”The knee was sore. I wasn't using the legs. I was just arming it.” One event remained: the 800 meters, the most demanding of the heptathlon's seven tests. It was also the event that had cost Joyner-Kersee the gold meda...
- Jackie Joyner-Kersee Jackie Joyner-Kersee, born in 1962, American track-and-field athlete, who won the heptathlon event (an all-around event) at the Olympic Games in 1988 and 1992.
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Joyner Breaks World Records.
track. In the 200 meters Griffith Joyner set an Olympic record with a time of 21.76 seconds in the quarterfinals; broke the world record in the semifinals with a time of21.56 seconds; and then, 100 minutes later, again broke the record with a time of 21.34 seconds in the finals. She added another gold medal as a member of the U.S.4 x 100 relay team and a silver medal as part of the 4 x 400 relay team. Her three gold medals and one silver made her one of the stars of the U.S. team. Microso...
- Jackie Joyner-Kersee.
- Florence Griffith-Joyner - Sport.
- Jackie Joyner-Kersee - Sport.
- Joyner-Kersee, Jackie - sport.
- Florence Griffith Joyner.
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1996 Summer Olympics.
jump, the first African woman ever to win an Olympic field event. In the first Olympic women's soccer competition, the United States returned to world prominence with a 2-1 gold medal victory over China before more than 76,000spectators—believed to be the largest crowd in history for a women's sporting event. The U.S. team won the first women's World Cup in 1991, defeating Norway inthe final match, but had failed to defend the title in 1995 when they lost to the Norwegians in the semifinals...
- Martha Norelius Violet Percy Florence Griffith-Joyner
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Le dopage ruine la fascination qu'exercent les jeux Olympiques
La sprinteuse Florence Griffith-Joyner. passionnée de mode, ne fait pas seulement parler d'elle à cause de ses succès sportifs. Le dopa ge ruine la fasci nation qu' exer cent les jeux Olympi ques Apr ès Tokyo en 1964, l'Asie accue ille pour la deuxième fois les jeux Olympiques d'été qui se dér oulent en 1988 à Séou l. le gouv ernement utilise la man ifestation pour la Corée du Sud com me un pays ""'"._ ... .,.. .. E n politique intérieu re, le prési...
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Associated Press Athletes of the Year.
1961 Wilma Rudolph track and field 1962 Dawn Fraser swimming 1963 Mickey Wright golf 1964 Mickey Wright golf 1965 Kathy Whitworth golf 1966 Kathy Whitworth golf 1967 Billie Jean King tennis 1968 Peggy Fleming skating 1969 Debbie Meyer swimming 1970 Chi Cheng track and field 1971 Evonne Goolagong tennis 1972 Olga Korbut gymnastics 1973 Billie Jean King tennis 1974 Chris Evert tennis 1975 Chris Evert tennis 1976 Nadia Comaneci gymnastics 1977 Chris Evert tennis 1978 Nancy Lopez golf 1979 Tracy Aus...
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Associated Press Athletes of the Year
This award was first presented in 1931.
1961 Wilma Rudolph track and field 1962 Dawn Fraser swimming 1963 Mickey Wright golf 1964 Mickey Wright golf 1965 Kathy Whitworth golf 1966 Kathy Whitworth golf 1967 Billie Jean King tennis 1968 Peggy Fleming skating 1969 Debbie Meyer swimming 1970 Chi Cheng track and field 1971 Evonne Goolagong tennis 1972 Olga Korbut gymnastics 1973 Billie Jean King tennis 1974 Chris Evert tennis 1975 Chris Evert tennis 1976 Nadia Comaneci gymnastics 1977 Chris Evert tennis 1978 Nancy Lopez golf 1979 Tracy Aus...
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Leichtathletik: Weltrekorde.
Sprung- undWurfdisziplinen Hochsprung 2,09 Meter Stefka Kostadinova, Bulgarien 30. August 1987 Rom Stabhochsprung 5,01 Meter Jelena Isinbajewa, Russland 12. August 2005 Helsinki Weitsprung 7,52 Meter Galina Tschistjakowa, UdSSR 11. Juni 1988 Leningrad Dreisprung 15,50 Meter Inessa Krawets, Ukraine 10. August 1995 Göteborg Kugelstoßen 22,63 Meter Natalia Lissowskaja, UdSSR 7. Juni 1987 Moskau Diskuswerfen 76,80 Meter Gabriele Reinsch, DDR 9. Juli 1988 Neubrandenburg Speerwerfen 71,70 Meter Oslei...
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World Track and Field Records.
Women's Records: Hurdles.Event Record Holder Country Date 100 m 12.21 sec Yordanka Donkova Bulgaria Aug. 20, 1988 400 m 52.34 sec Yuliya Pechonkina Russia Aug. 8, 2003 . Women's Records: Relay Races.Event Record Holder Country Date 400 m(4 x 100) 41.37 sec National team (Gladisch,Rieger, Auerswald, Göhr) East Germany Oct. 6, 1985 800 m(4 x 200) 1 min, 27.46 sec National team 'Blue' (Jenkins,Colander-Richardson, Perry,Jones) United States April 29, 2000 1,600 m(4 x 400) 3 min, 15.17 sec Nation...
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World Track and Field Records.
Women's Records: HurdlesEvent Record Holder Country Date 100 m 12.21 sec Yordanka Donkova Bulgaria Aug. 20, 1988 400 m 52.34 sec Yuliya Pechonkina Russia Aug. 8, 2003 . Women's Records: Relay RacesEvent Record Holder Country Date 400 m(4 x 100) 41.37 sec National team (Gladisch,Rieger, Auerswald, Göhr) East Germany Oct. 6, 1985 800 m(4 x 200) 1 min, 27.46 sec National team 'Blue' (Jenkins,Colander-Richardson, Perry,Jones) United States April 29, 2000 1,600 m(4 x 400) 3 min, 15.17 sec National...
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Track and Field.
VI RUNNING EVENTS Running events are competitions that test athletes’ quickness, speed, and endurance. Athletes win running races by completing the distance or course in the leastamount of time. A Sprints The shortest running events, called sprints or dashes, are the premier events at a track-and-field meet. The outdoor sprints consist of the 100-meter, 200-meter, and400-meter events. Sprints contested at indoor meets include the 50-meter, 60-meter, 200-meter, and 400-meter events. Past champ...