1996 IAAF Grand Prix Final

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The 1996 IAAF Grand Prix Final was the twelfth edition of the season-ending competition for the IAAF Grand Prix track and field circuit, organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations. It was held on 7 September at the Arena Civica in Milan, Italy.

Daniel Komen (5000 metres) and Ludmila Engquist (high jump) were the overall points winners of the tournament. A total of 18 athletics events were contested, ten for men and eight for women.

Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Overall	Daniel Komen (KEN)	103	Jonathan Edwards (GBR)	99	Dennis Mitchell (USA)	95
100 metres	Dennis Mitchell (USA)	9.91	Donovan Bailey (CAN)	9.95	Osmond Ezinwa (NGR)	10.05
400 metres	Michael Johnson (USA)	44.53	Anthuan Maybank (USA)	45.19	Derek Mills (USA)	45.24
1500 metres	Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)	3:38.80	Noureddine Morceli (ALG)	3:39.69	Laban Rotich (KEN)	3:39.76
5000 metres	Daniel Komen (KEN)	12:52.38	Salah Hissou (MAR)	12:54.83	Paul Koech (KEN)	13:00.67
400 m hurdles	Derrick Adkins (USA)	48.63	Torrance Zellner (USA)	48.92	Samuel Matete (ZAM)	49.36
High jump	Patrik Sjöberg (SWE)	2.33 m	Steinar Hoen (NOR)	2.30 m	Artur Partyka (POL)	2.30 m
Pole vault	Maksim Tarasov (RUS)	5.90 m	Igor Potapovich (KAZ)	5.85 m	Igor Trandenkov (RUS)	5.80 m
Triple jump	Jonathan Edwards (GBR)	17.59 m	Yoelbi Quesada (CUB)	17.39 m	Kenny Harrison (USA)	17.21 m
Shot put	John Godina (USA)	21.18 m	Randy Barnes (USA)	21.14 m	Paolo Dal Soglio (ITA)	21.13 m
Hammer throw	Lance Deal (USA)	82.52 m	Igor Astapkovich (BLR)	79.84 m	Heinz Weis (GER)	78.38 m

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Overall	Ludmila Engquist (SWE)	93	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	90	Michelle Freeman (JAM)	85
100 metres	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	10.74	Gail Devers (USA)	10.83	Mary Onyali (NGR)	11.00
400 metres	Cathy Freeman (AUS)	49.60	Falilat Ogunkoya (NGR)	49.73	Pauline Davis (BAH)	49.87
1500 metres	Svetlana Masterkova (RUS)	4:11.42	Patricia Djaté (FRA)	4:12.12	Yekaterina Podkopayeva (RUS)	4:12.14
5000 metres	Roberta Brunet (ITA)	14:54.54	Gete Wami (ETH)	14:55.78	Pauline Konga (KEN)	14:56.32
100 m hurdles	Ludmila Engquist (SWE)	12.61	Michelle Freeman (JAM)	12.69	Dawn Bowles (USA)	12.76
Long jump	Inessa Kravets (UKR)	7.07w m	Heike Drechsler (GER)	6.87w m	Fiona May (ITA)	6.86 m
Discus throw	Ilke Wyludda (GER)	64.74 m	Ellina Zvereva (BLR)	64.66 m	Nicoleta Grasu (ROM)	63.64 m
Javelin throw	Tanja Damaske (GER)	66.28 m	Steffi Nerius (GER)	65.76 m	Oksana Ovchinnikova (RUS)	65.30 m

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