Liberty Bell Classic – Results

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These are the results of the Liberty Bell Classic, an alternative to the 1980 Summer Olympics for the boycotting countries. It took place on July 16 and July 17, 1980, in Philadelphia, United States at the Franklin Field.[1]

Men's results[edit]

100 meters[edit]

200 meters[edit]

400 meters[edit]

800 meters[edit]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Don Paige  United States 1:47.19
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Omer Khalifa  Sudan 1:47.27
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Randy Wilson  United States 1:48.03
4 Mike Watson  Bermuda 1:48.41
5 James Maina Boi  Kenya 1:48.50
6 Peter Lemashon  Kenya 1:49.26
7 Ali Figio Oshia  Sudan 1:49.50
8 Christian Molina  Chile 1:50.50
9 Pin Kal-Kat  Thailand 1:51.06
Felipe Mascaró  Chile ?:??.??

1500 meters[edit]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Steve Scott  United States 3:40.19
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Omer Khalifa  Sudan 3:40.34
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mike Durkin  United States 3:41.40
4 Wilson Waigwa  Kenya 3:41.60
5 John Gregorek  United States 3:41.82
6 Justin Gloden  Luxembourg 3:43.43
7 Sermet Timurlenk  Turkey 3:44.46
8 Craig Masback  United States 3:47.04
9 Emilio Ulloa  Chile 3:51.67
10 Luis Palma  Chile 3:54.99
11 Louis Meleboko  Central African Republic 4:07.45

5000 meters[edit]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kip Rono  Kenya 13:37.52
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Hillary Tuwei  Kenya 13:39.72
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Greg Duhaime  Canada 13:45.77
4 Matt Centrowitz  United States 13:46.43
5 Alberto Salazar  United States 13:46.52
6 Dick Buerkle  United States 13:51.37
7 Rod Dixon  New Zealand 14:04.17
8 Alfred Nyasani  Kenya 14:13.77
9 Greg Fredericks  United States 14:31.14
10 Ahmet Altun  Turkey 14:39.06
11 Kangni Folivi  Togo 14:51.73
12 Sam Hlawe  Swaziland 14:56.90
13 John Kimatin  Kenya 15:05.99
14 Isaac Slhiohgonyane  Swaziland 15:29.65
Nzimbu  Zaire ??:??.??

110 meters hurdles[edit]

17 July
Wind: +2.7 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Renaldo Nehemiah  United States 13.31
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tonie Campbell  United States 13.68
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Hans-Gerd Klein  West Germany 13.94
4 Phillip Sang  Kenya 14.10
5 Pat Fogarty  Canada 14.11
6 Dieter Gebhard  West Germany 14.24
7 Fatwell Kimaiyo  Kenya 14.35
8 Mark McKoy  Canada 14.42

400 meters hurdles[edit]

17 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) James Walker  United States 48.6
2nd place, silver medalist(s) David Lee  United States 49.1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bart Williams  United States 50.0
4 Daniel Kimaiyo  Kenya 50.6
5 Lloyd Guss  Canada 51.2
6 Giorgio Ballati  Italy 51.3

4 × 100 metres relay[edit]

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States Mel Lattany, Harvey Glance, James Butler, Carl Lewis 38.61
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Canada Tony Sharpe, Desai Williams, Marvin Nash, Ben Johnson 39.54 [2]
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Thailand 41.29
4  Barbados 41.62
5  Gambia 42.50
6  Central African Republic 43.68

4 × 400 metres relay[edit]

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States Walter McCoy, Fred Taylor, David Lee, Herman Frazier 3:03.20
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Kenya James Atuti, Billy Konchellah, James Maina Boi, Daniel Kimaiyo 3:05.72 [3]
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Sudan 3:09.06
4  Canada 3:09.17

High jump[edit]

July 17

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Benn Fields  United States 2.26
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Nat Page  United States 2.26
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dietmar Mögenburg  West Germany 2.22
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Carlo Thränhardt  West Germany 2.22

Pole vault[edit]

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tom Hintnaus  United States 5.50
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Steve Lawry  Israel 5.33
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Zhang Cheng  China 5.18
4 Liang Weiqiang  China 5.02
5 Bruce Simpson  Canada 5.02
5 Brian Morrisette  United States Virgin Islands 5.02
Glenn Colivas  Canada NM

Long jump[edit]

July 17

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Larry Myricks  United States 8.20
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Larry Doubley  United States 7.95
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Carl Lewis  United States 7.77

Triple jump[edit]

July 17

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Zhou Zhenxian  China 16.90
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Greg Caldwell  United States 16.75
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Steve Hanna  Bahamas 16.42

Shot put[edit]

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Youssef Nagui Asaad  Egypt 19.69
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ian Pyka  United States 19.58
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Gert Weil  Chile 16.17

Discus throw[edit]

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ben Plucknett  United States 61.46
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Al Oerter  United States 60.76
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Alwin Wagner  West Germany 59.48
4 Borys Chambul  Canada 59.13
5 Bradley Cooper  Bahamas 58.32
6 Heinz-Direck Neu  West Germany 57.12
7 Rob Gray  Canada 54.15
8 John Onkware  Kenya 42.37

Hammer throw[edit]

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Scott Neilson  Canada 72.62
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Boris Djerassi  United States 71.34
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Andy Bessette  United States 69.08
4 John McArdle  United States 68.15
5 Peter Galle  Israel 61.11
6 Uğur Sel  Turkey 55.09

Javelin throw[edit]

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Shen Maomao  China 89.12 AR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tom Petranoff  United States 84.56
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Gheorghe Megelea  Canada 79.24
4 Robert Sing  United States 76.10
5 Robert Moulder  Canada 68.45
6 Atchontchon Agbodan  Togo 61.37

Decathlon[edit]

July 17/18

  The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow
Rank Athlete Nationality 100m LJ SP HJ 400m 110m H DT PV JT 1500m Points Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Bobby Coffman  United States 11.05 7.10 15.72 1.98 49.5 14.10 51.87 4.61 49.66 4:46.69 8058
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lee Palles  United States 10.96 7.50 14.01 2.13 49.2 15.23 41.78 4.50 55.93 4:35.77 8009
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Weng Kangqiang  China 11.56 6.93 12.45 1.92 52.9 17.05 35.71 4.50 66.93 4:56.90 7015
4 Jens Schulze  West Germany 10.81 6.92 14.33 1.98 48.1 14.90 39.24 NM 50.67 4:28.79 6904
5 Zhu Quilin  China 11.93 6.87 12.88 1.92 57.8 16.50 40.16 4.20 50.65 5:20.62 6533
Guido Kratschmer  West Germany 10.91 7.24 15.70 1.89 49.7 14.49 NM DNS – – DNF
Conrad Mainwaring  Antigua and Barbuda 11.97 ?.?? 8.81 1.70 52.6 DNS – – – – DNF
Jürgen Hingsen  West Germany 11.30 7.38 14.26 DNS – – – – – – DNF
Wolfgang Muders  West Germany 11.42 NM 12.56 DNS – – – – – – DNF

Women's results[edit]

100 meters[edit]

200 meters[edit]

400 meters[edit]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gwen Gardner  United States 52.04
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Charmaine Crooks  Canada 52.33
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Roberta Belle  United States 52.34
4 Ruth Waithera  Kenya 52.70
5 Kim Thomas  United States 53.70
6 Molly Killingbeck  Canada 53.79
7 Oralee Fowler  Bahamas 54.70
8 Freida Nichols  Barbados 57.06
9 Amegnidou Akoua  Togo 1:01.55

800 meters[edit]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yvonne Mondesire  Canada 2:02.34
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Robin Campbell  United States 2:02.53
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ann Mackie-Morelli  Canada 2:02.63
4 Mary Chemweno  Kenya 2:04.96
5 Debbie Campbell  Canada 2:06.50
6 Delisa Walton  United States 2:07.56
7 Rose Tata-Muya  Kenya 2:07.66
8 Alejandra Ramos  Chile 2:10.12
Daliwa Weleba  Togo ?:??.??

1500 meters[edit]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mary Decker  United States 4:00.87
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Julie Brown  United States 4:10.37
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Francie Larrieu  United States 4:10.39
4 Rose Thomsen  Kenya 4:18.23
5 Mary Purcell  Ireland 4:18.30
6 Elizabeth Onyambu  Kenya 4:24.94
7 Eunice Kae  Kenya 4:27.18
8 Nesi Gettin  Turkey 4:36.39
9 Agbonato Adjoa  Togo 5:14.97

100 meters hurdles[edit]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Stephanie Hightower  United States 13.08
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Benita Fitzgerald  United States 13.17
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Esther Rot  Israel 13.20
4 Candy Young  United States 13.57
5 Sharon Lane  Canada 13.61
6 Cecilia Branch  Canada 13.88
7 Ayşe İşkol  Turkey 14.30
Dai Jianhua  China ??.??

4 × 100 metres relay[edit]

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States Chandra Cheeseborough, Karen Hawkins, Kathy McMillan, Jeanette Bolden 44.57
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  West Germany 45.26
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Thailand 46.90

4 × 400 metres relay[edit]

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States Kim Thomas, Delisa Walton, Robin Campbell, Roberta Belle 3:32.69
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Canada 3:33.50

High jump[edit]

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Zheng Dazhen  China 1.92
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Brigitte Reid  Canada 1.84
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Paula Girven  United States 1.80
4 Ge Ping  China 1.79
Wanipa Sangsavang  Thailand NM

Long jump[edit]

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kathy McMillan  United States 6.65
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Carol Lewis  United States 6.60
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Shonel Ferguson  Bahamas 6.48
4 Heike Schmidt  West Germany 6.47
5 Anke Weigt  West Germany 6.45
6 Karin Hänel  West Germany 6.37
7 Jill Ross  Canada 6.07
8 Diane Konihowski  Canada 6.06
9 Wu Feng  China 6.06
10 Esther Otieno  Kenya 5.67
11 Ruperta Charles  Antigua and Barbuda 5.52
12 Ayşe İşkol  Turkey 5.15

Shot put[edit]

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Shen Lijuan  China 17.09
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ann Turbyne  United States 16.24
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lu Cheng  China 15.98
4 Diane Konihowski  Canada 15.82
5 Lorna Griffin  United States 14.66
6 Karen Page  New Zealand 12.31

Discus throw[edit]

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Xie Jianhua  China 56.56
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lucette Moreau  Canada 55.20
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lorna Griffin  United States 53.52
4 Zhu Junfang  China 52.27
5 Lynne Winbigler-Anderson  United States 52.15

Javelin throw[edit]

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Laurie Kern  Canada 57.42
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tang Guoli  China 55.30
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Li Baolian  China 54.94
4 Patty Kearney  United States 53.52
5 Sonia Smith  Bermuda 52.30
6 Ulrike Strauss  West Germany 50.19
7 Mary Osborne  United States 48.59
8 Eunice Luswell  Kenya 38.23

Pentathlon[edit]

July 17

  The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow
Rank Athlete Nationality 100m H SP HJ LJ 800m Points Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Diane Konihowski  Canada 14.27 14.86 1.86 6.19 2:12.60 4640
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Marlene Harmon  United States 13.83 10.15 1.74 6.25 2:10.17 4346
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Linda Waltman  United States 13.82 10.50 1.74 6.01 2:10.37 4314
4 Ye Peisu  China 15.16 12.48 1.80 5.58 2:40.99 3882
5 Karen Page  New Zealand 14.84 12.47 1.68 5.87 DNF 3309
Cornelia Sulek  West Germany 14.19 14.75 1.83 6.28 DNS DNF
Marilyn King  United States 14.46 DNS – – – DNF

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Liberty Bell results". The Spokesman-Review. July 17, 1980. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  2. ^ "4x100 m relay year list". Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  3. ^ "4x400 m relay year list". Retrieved 20 May 2019.
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