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Jenner, 1976 decathlon champion. He could
not be talking about anyone but Jackie Joyner-
Kersee, who defended her heptathlon title in
style with 7,044 points, leading from day one,
when she had easy first places in the 110m
hurdles and the long jump, in which she specializes,
one of the rare athletes to be able to
do so in either the decathlon or the heptath-
Ion. She is one of a select few women who
have won medals at three Games, with a silver
in Los Angeles behind Glynis Nunn
(AUS). Only one other woman has ever won
more than 7,000 points, the Russian Larisa
Nikitina in 1989. Joyner-Kersee has five
marks above this barrier.
The women’s marathon was the closest
ever at the Games, the Russian Valentina
Yegorova eight seconds ahead of Yuko Arimori
of Japan in 2h 32’41, with Lorraine Mary
Moller of New Zealand taking the bronze.
* Hauteur, high jump, salto de altura
1. Heike Henkel (GER) 2.02
2. Galina Astafei (ROM) 2.00
3. Joanet Quintero Alvarez (CUB) 1.97
4. Stefka G. Kostadinova (BUL) 1.94
5. Sigrid Kirchmann (AUT) 1.94
6. Silvia Costa Acosta (CUB) 1.94
7. Megumi Sato (JPN) 1.91
8. Alison lnverarity (AUS) 1.91
* Longueur, long jump, salto de longitud
1. Heike Drechsler (GER) 7.14
2. lnessa Kravets (UKR) 7.12
3. Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) 7.07
4. Nijole Medvedeva (LTU) 6.76
5. Mirela Dulgheru (ROM) 6.71
6. lrina Muchailova (RUS) 6.68
7. Sharon Couch (USA) 6.66
8. Sheila Echols (USA) 6.62
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