Oslo Norway - In a dazzling night of athletics at the revamped Bislett stadium, the athletes provided 4 sprint finishes out of the 5 Middle to Distance events on display.
The Men's 800m saw Mbulaeni Mulaudzi reverse the Paris result by winning in a sprint finish ahead of the Russian athlete, Yuriy Borzakovskiy, winner of the 800m title at the Athens Olympics in 2004.
The Men's Mile was a stage for all the future stars of the distance with the winner clocking 3:47 leading a further 6 athletes below the magical sub 3:50 barrier.
In the Women's 3000m, another star of the future emerged in the form of the Ethiopian born athlete Maryam Yusuf Jamal who now represents the Burai
The Women's 800m was won by the year's form athlete Tatyana Andrianova of Russia ahead of her compatriots, which assured a clean sweep of the first 3 places.
800m
1 Mulaudzi Mbulaeni RSA 1:44.15
2 Borzakovskiy Yuriy RUS 1:44.18
3 Yego Alfred Kirwa KEN 1:44.45
4 Reed Gary CAN 1:44.54
5 Robinson Khadevis USA 1:44.70
6 Kamel Youssef Saad BRN 1:45.19
7 Bucher André SUI 1:45.20
8 Daehlin Svahlo Adre NOR 1:46.05
9 Laalou Amine MAR 1:46.14
dos Santos Osmar Barbosa BRA DNF
Golden Mile
1 Bashir Daham Najim QAT 3:47.97
2 Lagat Bernard USA 3:48.38
3 Komen Daniel Kipchircir KEN 3:48.49
4 Webb Alan USA 3:48.92
5 Mottram Craig AUS 3:48.98
6 Boukensa Tarek ALG 3:49.95
7 Simotwo Suleiman Kipses KEN 3:50.82
8 de Souza Hudson BRA 3:51.05
9 McCormick Nick GBR 3:52.02
10 Silva Rui POR 3:52.13
11 Willis Nicholas NZL 3:53.43
12 Jansen Joeri BEL 3:55.84
13 Myers Rob USA 3:56.39
Korir Paul KEN DNF
Lelei David KEN DNF
Rotich Laban KEN DNF
5000m
1 Kibowen John KEN 13:07.74
2 Mosop Moses KEN 13:07.81
3 Kipketer Sammy KEN 13:09.16
4 Korir Shadrack KEN 13:09.92
5 Kipyego Bernard Kiprop KEN 13:09.96
6 Broe Tim USA 13:11.77
7 Limo Richard KEN 13:12.53
8 Cheseret Robert Kipkurgat KEN 13:13.23
9 Abdirahman Abdihakem USA 13:13.75
10 Kipsiro Moses UGA 13:13.81
11 Bakken Marius NOR 13:14.90
12 Worku Bado ETH 13:18.08
13 Cheboiywo Boaz KEN 13:19.56
14 Keflezighi Mebrahtom USA 13:20.71
15 Burka Gebo ETH 13:24.86
16 Aggoune Khoudir ALG 13:30.89
17 Lagat Nathan KEN 13:35.03
18 Riley Jonathon USA 14:01.35
Results
Women Oslo 29 July 2005
800m
1 Andrianova Tatyana RUS 1:56.91
2 Kotlyarova Olga RUS 1:57.55
3 Cherkasova Svetlana RUS 1:57.86
4 Clark Hazel USA 1:57.99
5 Klyuka Svetlana RUS 1:58.44
6 Sinclair Kenia JAM 2:00.00
7 Clement Treniere USA 2:00.23
8 Aït Hammou Seltana MAR 2:00.62
9 Samaria Agnes NAM 2:00.70
10 Chumakova Olesya RUS 2:03.06
Lavshuk Natalya RUS DNF
3000m
1 Jamal Maryam Yusuf BRN 8:28.87
2 Ochichi Isabella KEN 8:31.42
3 Pavey Joanne GBR 8:33.79
4 Wami Gete ETH 8:36.22
5 Wigene Susanne NOR 8:41.34
6 Alemu Derbe ETH 8:42.10
7 Chenonge Ines KEN 8:42.38
8 Janowska Wioletta POL 8:44.22
9 Papp Krisztina HUN 8:45.50
10 Mockenhaupt Sabrina GER 8:46.38
11 Rudolph Amy USA 8:49.02
12 Slattery Sara USA 9:19.95
Erkesso Teyba ETH DNF
Komyagina Olga RUS DNF
Mugo Naomi KEN DNF
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