1996 IAAF GRAND PRIX FINAL

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