# 1990 IAAF Grand Prix Final

The 1990 IAAF Grand Prix Final was the sixth 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 Olympic Stadium (Athens) in Athens, Greece. Leroy Burrell (100 metres) and Merlene Ottey (200 metres) were the overall points winners of the tournament. This was Ottey's second series win (having previously won in 1987) and made her the second woman to win the honour twice, after Paula Ivan. The number of athletics events in the programme reached eighteen for the first time, with ten for men and eight for women.

## Medal summary
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Leroy Burrell (USA) | 10.04 | Mark Witherspoon (USA) | 10.11 | Carl Lewis (USA) | 10.12 |
| 800 metres | William Tanui (KEN) | 1:44.95 | Réda Abdenouz (ALG) | 1:45.17 | Nixon Kiprotich (KEN) | 1:45.17 |
| One mile | Noureddine Morceli (ALG) | 3:53.28 | Jens-Peter Herold (GDR) | 3:53.77 | Peter Elliott (GBR) | 3:53.85 |
| 5000 metres | Brahim Boutayeb (MAR) | 13:30.54 | Khalid Skah (MAR) | 13:31.22 | Yobes Ondieki (KEN) | 13:31.37 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Julius Kariuki (KEN) | 8:24.08 | Patrick Sang (KEN) | 8:24.77 | Julius Korir (KEN) | 8:25.19 |
| 400 m hurdles | Samuel Matete (ZAM) | 47.91 | Danny Harris (USA) | 47.93 | Winthrop Graham (JAM) | 48.88 |
| High jump | Sergey Malchenko (URS) | 2.34 m | Georgi Dakov (BUL) | 2.32 m | Javier Sotomayor (CUB) | 2.32 m |
| Triple jump | Leonid Voloshin (URS) | 17.35 m | Marios Hadjiandreou (CYP) | 16.91 m | Mike Conley, Sr. (USA) | 16.82 m |
| Shot put | Ulf Timmermann (GDR) | 21.00 m | Georg Andersen (NOR) | 20.50 m | Ron Backes (USA) | 20.30 m |
| Hammer throw | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) | 80.26 m | Tibor Gécsek (HUN) | 77.52 m | Tore Gustafsson (SWE) | 74.44 m |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 200 metres | Merlene Ottey (JAM) | 21.88 | Grit Breuer (GDR) | 22.58 | Galina Malchugina (URS) | 22.59 |
| 400 metres | Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) | 50.31 | Fatima Yusuf (NGR) | 50.96 | Pauline Davis (BAH) | 51.00 |
| 1500 metres | Sandra Gasser (SUI) | 4:06.11 | Yvonne Mai (GDR) | 4:07.56 | Svetlana Kitova (URS) | 4:07.88 |
| 5000 metres | PattiSue Plumer (USA) | 15:14.36 | Nadia Dandolo (ITA) | 15:14.93 | Viorica Ghican (ROM) | 15:15.74 |
| 100 m hurdles | Gloria Siebert (GDR) | 12.74 | Lidiya Yurkova (URS) | 12.76 | Monique Éwanjé-Épée (FRA) | 12.86 |
| Long jump | Heike Drechsler (GDR) | 6.98 m | Inessa Kravets (URS) | 6.82 m | Marieta Ilcu (ROM) | 6.78 m |
| Discus throw | Ilke Wyludda (GDR) | 67.08 m | Martina Hellmann (GDR) | 63.54 m | Larisa Mikhalchenko (URS) | 63.34 m |
| Javelin throw | Petra Felke (GDR) | 66.44 m | Brigitte Graune (FRG) | 61.48 m | Dulce García (CUB) | 61.24 m |

## Points leaders
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Overall | Leroy Burrell (USA) | 63 | Noureddine Morceli (ALG) | 61 | Danny Harris (USA) | 59 |
| 100 metres | Leroy Burrell (USA) | 63 | Mark Witherspoon (USA) | 50 | Calvin Smith (USA) | 46 |
| 800 metres | Nixon Kiprotich (KEN) | 54 | Réda Abdenouz (ALG) | 45 | William Tanui (KEN) | 41 |
| One mile | Noureddine Morceli (ALG) | 61 | Jens-Peter Herold (GDR) | 46 | Joe Falcon (USA) | 42 |
| 5000 metres | Khalid Skah (MAR) | 59 | Brahim Boutayeb (MAR) | 47 | Yobes Ondieki (KEN) | 46 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Julius Kariuki (KEN) | 56 | Patrick Sang (KEN) | 49 | Julius Korir (KEN) | 40 |
| 400 m hurdles | Danny Harris (USA) | 59 | Samuel Matete (ZAM) | 56 | Winthrop Graham (JAM) | 50 |
| High jump | Hollis Conway (USA) | 56 | Georgi Dakov (BUL) | 49 | Sergey Malchenko (URS) | 48.5 |
| Triple jump | Mike Conley, Sr. (USA) | 59 | Ján Čado (TCH) | 49 | Oleg Protsenko (URS) | 48 |
| Shot put | Ulf Timmermann (GDR) | 54 | Georg Andersen (NOR) | 50 | Ron Backes (USA) | 42 |
| Hammer throw | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) | 59 | Tibor Gécsek (HUN) | 49 | Heinz Weis (FRG) | 48 |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Overall | Merlene Ottey (JAM) | 63 | Heike Drechsler (GDR) | 63 | Petra Felke (GDR) | 63 |
| 200 metres | Merlene Ottey (JAM) | 63 | Grace Jackson (JAM) | 53 | Galina Malchugina (URS) | 49 |
| 400 metres | Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) | 59 | Pauline Davis (BAH) | 50 | Fatima Yusuf (NGR) | 46 |
| 1500 metres | Doina Melinte (ROM) | 51 | Svetlana Kitova (URS) | 46 | Margareta Keszeg (ROM) | 40 |
| 5000 metres | PattiSue Plumer (USA) | 63 | Viorica Ghican (ROM) | 45 | Nadia Dandolo (ITA) | 37 |
| 100 m hurdles | Monique Éwanjé-Épée (FRA) | 57 | Gloria Siebert (GDR) | 52 | Lidiya Yurkova (URS) | 47 |
| Long jump | Heike Drechsler (GDR) | 63 | Inessa Kravets (URS) | 55 | Marieta Ilcu (ROM) | 49 |
| Discus throw | Ilke Wyludda (GDR) | 63 | Martina Hellmann (GDR) | 28 | Tsvetanka Khristova (BUL) | 26 |
| Javelin throw | Petra Felke (GDR) | 63 | Dulce García (CUB) | 34 | Karen Forkel (GDR) | 32 |