Liberty Bell Classic – Results

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

100 meters

Heats – July 16 Wind: Heat 1: +0.6 m/s, Heat 4: +1.6 m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Harvey Glance  United States 10.27 2 Mel Lattany  United States 10.39 3 Willie Gault  United States 10.46 4 4 Tony Sharpe  Canada 10.46 5 Desai Williams  Canada 10.49 6 Neville Hodge  United States Virgin Islands 10.51 7 Marvin Nash  Canada 10.60 8 Bernd Sattler  West Germany 10.62 9 Robert Clarke  Barbados 10.74

Final – July 17 Wind: +0.9 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Mel Lattany  United States 10.31 Harvey Glance  United States 10.31 Willie Gault  United States 10.33 4 Desai Williams  Canada 10.37 5 Tony Sharpe  Canada 10.57 6 Marvin Nash  Canada 10.58 7 Bernd Sattler  West Germany 10.66 8 Neville Hodge  United States Virgin Islands 10.79 9 Robert Clarke  Barbados 10.91

200 meters

Heats – July 16 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Desai Williams  Canada 20.81 2 Fred Taylor  United States 20.81 3 Bernd Sattler  West Germany 21.14 4 James Butler  United States 21.16 5 Neville Hodge  United States Virgin Islands 21.17 6 Tony Sharpe  Canada 21.23 7 Frank Van Doorn  Canada 21.31 8 Fabian Whymns  Bahamas 21.44 9 John Mwebi  Kenya 22.53

Final – July 17 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes James Butler  United States 20.65 Fred Taylor  United States 20.66 Desai Williams  Canada 20.92 4 Bernd Sattler  West Germany 21.15 5 Neville Hodge  United States Virgin Islands 21.33 6 Frank Van Doorn  Canada 21.38 7 Tony Sharpe  Canada 21.41 8 Fabian Whymns  Bahamas 21.86 John Mwebi  Kenya ??.??

400 meters

Heats – July 16 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Herman Frazier  United States 46.49 2 Walter McKoy  United States 46.58 3 James Atuti  Kenya 46.76 4 Billy Konchellah  Kenya 46.91 5 Hassan El Kashief  Sudan 47.11 6 Fred Sowerby  Antigua and Barbuda 47.13 7 Bill Green  United States 47.32 8 Brian Saunders  Canada 47.68 9 Hamil Grimes  Barbados 47.74

Final – July 17 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Billy Konchellah  Kenya 45.59 Hassan El Kashief  Sudan 45.60 Bill Green  United States 45.79 4 Walter McKoy  United States 45.80 5 Herman Frazier  United States 45.81 6 James Atuti  Kenya 46.33 7 Fred Sowerby  Antigua and Barbuda 46.62 8 Brian Saunders  Canada 46.92 9 Hamil Grimes  Barbados 48.66

800 meters

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Don Paige	United States	1:47.19
	Omer Khalifa	Sudan	1:47.27
	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

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Steve Scott	United States	3:40.19
	Omer Khalifa	Sudan	3:40.34
	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

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Kip Rono	Kenya	13:37.52
	Hillary Tuwei	Kenya	13:39.72
	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

17 July
Wind: +2.7 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Renaldo Nehemiah	United States	13.31
	Tonie Campbell	United States	13.68
	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

17 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	James Walker	United States	48.6
	David Lee	United States	49.1
	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

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	United States	Mel Lattany, Harvey Glance, James Butler, Carl Lewis	38.61
	Canada	Tony Sharpe, Desai Williams, Marvin Nash, Ben Johnson	39.54	[2]
	Thailand		41.29
4	Barbados		41.62
5	Gambia		42.50
6	Central African Republic		43.68

4 × 400 metres relay

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	United States	Walter McCoy, Fred Taylor, David Lee, Herman Frazier	3:03.20
	Kenya	James Atuti, Billy Konchellah, James Maina Boi, Daniel Kimaiyo	3:05.72	[3]
	Sudan		3:09.06
4	Canada		3:09.17

High jump

July 17

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Benn Fields	United States	2.26
	Nat Page	United States	2.26
	Dietmar Mögenburg	West Germany	2.22
	Carlo Thränhardt	West Germany	2.22

Pole vault

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Tom Hintnaus	United States	5.50
	Steve Lawry	Israel	5.33
	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

July 17

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Larry Myricks	United States	8.20
	Larry Doubley	United States	7.95
	Carl Lewis	United States	7.77

Triple jump

July 17

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Zhou Zhenxian	China	16.90
	Greg Caldwell	United States	16.75
	Steve Hanna	Bahamas	16.42

Shot put

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Youssef Nagui Asaad	Egypt	19.69
	Ian Pyka	United States	19.58
	Gert Weil	Chile	16.17

Discus throw

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Ben Plucknett	United States	61.46
	Al Oerter	United States	60.76
	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

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Scott Neilson	Canada	72.62
	Boris Djerassi	United States	71.34
	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

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Shen Maomao	China	89.12	AR
	Tom Petranoff	United States	84.56
	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

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
	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
	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
	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

100 meters

Heats – July 16 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Jeanette Bolden  United States 11.59 2 Chandra Cheeseborough  United States 11.61 3 Karen Hawkins  United States 11.66 4 Angela Bailey  Canada 11.76 5 Diane Williams  United States 11.83 6 Heidi-Elke Gaugel  West Germany 11.86 7 Marita Payne  Canada 12.01 8 Usanee Lopinkarn  Thailand 12.10 9 Elke Vollmer  West Germany 12.17

Final – July 17 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Chandra Cheeseborough  United States 11.27 Jeanette Bolden  United States 11.41 Karen Hawkins  United States 11.43 4 Angela Bailey  Canada 11.44 5 Diane Williams  United States 11.54 6 Heidi-Elke Gaugel  West Germany 11.60 7 Marita Payne  Canada 11.70 8 Usanee Lopinkarn  Thailand 11.87 9 Elke Vollmer  West Germany 11.92

200 meters

Heats – July 16 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Chandra Cheeseborough  United States 23.21 2 Karen Hawkins  United States 23.52 3 Angella Taylor  Canada 23.56 4 Angela Bailey  Canada 23.83 5 Marita Payne  Canada 23.90 6 Alexis Paul MacDonald  Canada 24.47 7 Oralee Fowler  Bahamas 24.49 8 Ruperta Charles  Antigua and Barbuda 24.69 9 Usanee Lopinkarn  Thailand 24.84

Final – July 17 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Angella Taylor  Canada 22.77 Chandra Cheeseborough  United States 22.84 Karen Hawkins  United States 23.41 4 Marita Payne  Canada 23.66 5 Angela Bailey  Canada 23.70 6 Alexis Paul MacDonald  Canada 24.51 7 Ruperta Charles  Antigua and Barbuda 25.18

400 meters

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Gwen Gardner	United States	52.04
	Charmaine Crooks	Canada	52.33
	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

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Yvonne Mondesire	Canada	2:02.34
	Robin Campbell	United States	2:02.53
	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

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Mary Decker	United States	4:00.87
	Julie Brown	United States	4:10.37
	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

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Stephanie Hightower	United States	13.08
	Benita Fitzgerald	United States	13.17
	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

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	United States	Chandra Cheeseborough, Karen Hawkins, Kathy McMillan, Jeanette Bolden	44.57
	West Germany		45.26
	Thailand		46.90

4 × 400 metres relay

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	United States	Kim Thomas, Delisa Walton, Robin Campbell, Roberta Belle	3:32.69
	Canada		3:33.50

High jump

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Zheng Dazhen	China	1.92
	Brigitte Reid	Canada	1.84
	Paula Girven	United States	1.80
4	Ge Ping	China	1.79
	Wanipa Sangsavang	Thailand	NM

Long jump

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Kathy McMillan	United States	6.65
	Carol Lewis	United States	6.60
	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

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Shen Lijuan	China	17.09
	Ann Turbyne	United States	16.24
	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

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Xie Jianhua	China	56.56
	Lucette Moreau	Canada	55.20
	Lorna Griffin	United States	53.52
4	Zhu Junfang	China	52.27
5	Lynne Winbigler-Anderson	United States	52.15

Javelin throw

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Laurie Kern	Canada	57.42
	Tang Guoli	China	55.30
	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

July 17

  The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	100m H	SP	HJ	LJ	800m	Points	Notes
	Diane Konihowski	Canada	14.27	14.86	1.86	6.19	2:12.60	4640
	Marlene Harmon	United States	13.83	10.15	1.74	6.25	2:10.17	4346
	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