At the 1990 Goodwill Games, the

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events were held in

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between July 22 and 26, 1990. A total of 43 events were contested, of which 23 by male and 20 by female athletes. Athletes from the United States and the

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dominated the competition as they had done in the inaugural edition, with United States coming out on top this time with 54 medal won, 20 of them gold. The Soviet Union was a clear second place with 14 golds and 43 medals in total. The Greater Antillean island nations of

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and

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had the third- and fourth-greatest medal hauls, respectively. The number of competitors in each event was smaller than that of the 1986 Goodwill Games and the invited athletes only had to compete in a single final, rather than the qualification-round model typically found at

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s. Fourteen Games records were beaten in the second edition and one

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was also set at the competition –

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of the Soviet Union beat the previous best mark in the 10,000 metres track walk with her time of 41:56.23. The 1990 Games saw the athletics competition's first doping infractions, as

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and

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(both from the Soviet Union) lost their

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s after testing positive for

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.Athletics results
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of Cuba became the first athlete to win two individual

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s at a single edition of the Games as she won the

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and

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races. The United States took clean sweeps in both the men's and women's

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events, and the Soviet Union completed the same feat in the men's

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and women's

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competitions.

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finished as runner-up in the 5000 and

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to win

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's only medals of the entire Games.

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left the Games with one medal of each colour, having won the 4×100 m relay gold, 100 m silver, and

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bronze. Among the other notable multiple medallists,

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won the 100 m silver and the long jump gold.

Records

Medal summary

Men

Women

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of the Soviet Union initially won the high jump silver medal with a jump of 1.92 m, but was later disqualified for

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of the Soviet Union initially won the heptathlon silver medal with 6236 points, but was later disqualified after testing positive for banned

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Medal table

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Participation

References

;Results
Goodwill Games
GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-06-24.

(archived). Goodwill Games. Retrieved on 2010-06-24.

External links

Official website
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