Prefontaine Information
DATE: Sunday, May 26, 2002
START TIME: 1:00 p.m.
Gates open at 11:30 a.m.
MEET LENGTH: 2 hours, 15 minutes (approximately)
TELEVISED BY: ESPN2
8:00 p.m. 9:30 p.m. PDT
TIME SCHEDULE:
(as of 5/20/02)
12:50 National Anthem
12:53 High School High-Point Winners Award Introduction
1:00 Pole Vault (W)
1:05 Shot Put (M)
1:07 1500 Meters (W)
1:23 100 Meters (M)
1:32 400 Meters (W)
1:40 100 Meters High Hurdles (W)
1:47 110 Meters High Hurdles (M)
1:50 Discus Throw (W)
1:55 3000 Meters (W)
1:57 High Jump (M)
2:00 Pole Vault (M)
2:10 400 Meters (M)
2:17 100 Meters (W)
2:23 5000 Meters (M)
2:45 Bowerman Mile (M)
3:00 Presentation of Prefontaine Trophy to winner of 5k
TICKET PRICES:
$22.50 Reserved.
$16.50 Adult General Admission.
$12.00 Seniors and Students
(11-17) General Admission.
$2.00 Child (2-10) General Admission.
Children under 2 admitted free.
TICKET SALES: 1-800-WEBFOOT
EVENTS: (subject to change)
Men: 100, 400, Mile, 5000, 110 High Hurdles, High Jump, Pole Vault, Shot Put
Women: 100, 400, 1500, 3000, 100 Hurdles, Pole Vault, Discus Throw
The Record Book
100 Meters (Men)
World: Maurice Greene, USA, 1999 (9.79)
American: Greene
Prefontaine Classic: Coby Miller, USA, 2000 (10.00)*
100 Meters (Women)
World: Florence Griffith-Joyner, USA, 1988 (10.49)
American: Griffith-Joyner
Prefontaine Classic: Gwen Torrance, USA, 1996 (10.96)
400 Meters (Men)
World: Michael Johnson, USA, 1999 (43.18)
American: Johnson
Prefontaine Classic: Johnson, 2000 (43.92)
400 Meters (Women)
World: Marita Koch, East Germany, 1985 (47.60)
American: Valerie Brisco, 1984, (48.83)
Prefontaine Classic: Cathy Freeman, Australia, 1998 (50.02)
1500 Meters (Women)
World: Qu Yunxia, China, 1993 (3:50.46)
American: Mary Slaney, 1983 (3:57.12)
Prefontaine Classic: Gabriela Szabo, Romania, 2000 (4:00.73)
Mile (Men)
World: Hicham El Guerrouj, Morocco, 1998 (3:26.00)*
American: Steve Scott, 1982 (3:47.69)
Prefontaine Classic: El Guerrouj, 2001 (3:49.92)
3000 Meters (Women)
World: Wang Junxia, China, 1993 (8:06.11)
American: Slaney, 1985 (8:25.83)
Prefontaine Classic: Sonia O’Sullivan, Ireland, 1996 (8:39.33)*
5000 Meters (Men)
World: Haile Gebrselassie, Ethiopia, 1998 (12:39.36)
American: Bob Kennedy, 1996 (12:58.21)
Prefontaine Classic: Luke Kipkosgei, Kenya, 1998 (13:07.83)*
100 Meter Hurdles (Women)
World: Yordanka Donkova, Bulgaria, 1988 (12.21)
American: Gail Devers, 2000 (12.33)*
Prefontaine Classic: Devers, 2000 (12.64)
High Jump (Men)
World: Javier Sotomayor, Cuba, 1993 (8-0 1/2)
American: Charles Austin, 1991 (7-10 1/2)*
Prefontaine Classic: Austin, 1996 (7-8)
Pole Vault (Women)
World: Stacy Dragila, USA, 2001 (15-9 1/4)*
American: Dragila
Prefontaine Classic: Dragila, 2001 (15-1 1/2)
Pole Vault (Men)
World: Sergey Bubka, Ukraine, 1994 (20-1 3/4)
American: Jeff Hartwig, 2000 (19-9 1/4)
Prefontaine Classic: Bubka, 1994 (19-6 1/4)
Shot Put (Men)
World: Randy Barnes, USA, 1990 (75-10 1/4)
American: Barnes
Prefontaine Classic: Al Feuerbach, USA, 1974 (70-7 1/2)
Discus Throw (Women)
World: Gabriele Reinsch, East Germany, 1988 (252-0)
American: Suzy Powell, 2002 (227-10)*
Prefontaine Classic: Lisa Marie Vizaniari, Australia, 2000 (214-5)
* 2002 Prefontaine Classic participant
