| Athletics at the 1990 Goodwill Games | |
|---|---|
 Husky Stadium was the athletics venue for the 1990 Games | |
| Dates | July 22–26, 1990 |
| Host city | Seattle,United States  |
| Venue | Husky Stadium |
| Events | 43 |
| Participation | 370 athletes from 28 nations |
| Records set | 1world record 14Games records |
At the1990 Goodwill Games, theathletics events were held inSeattle,Washington, United States 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 theSoviet Union dominated the competition as they had done in theinaugural 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. TheGreater Antilleanisland nations ofCuba andJamaica had the third- and fourth-greatest medal hauls, respectively.
The number of competitors in each event was smaller than that of the1986 Goodwill Games and the invited athletes only had to compete in a single final, rather than the qualification-round model typically found atmulti-sport events. FourteenGames records were beaten in the second edition and oneworld record was also set at the competition –Nadezhda Ryashkina of the Soviet Union beat the previous best mark in the10,000 metres track walk with her time of 41:56.23.[1] The 1990 Games saw the athletics competition's first doping infractions, asTamara Bykova andLarisa Nikitina (both from the Soviet Union) lost theirsilver medals after testing positive forperformance-enhancing drugs.[2]
Ana Fidelia Quirot of Cuba became the first athlete to win two individualgold medals at a single edition of the Games as she won the400 metres and800 metres races. The United States took clean sweeps in both the men's and women's100 metres events, and the Soviet Union completed the same feat in the men'shammer throw and women'smarathon competitions.Addis Abebe finished as runner-up in the5000 and10,000 metres to winEthiopia's only medals of the entire Games.Sheila Echols left the Games with one medal of each colour, having won the4×100 m relay gold, 100 m silver, andlong jump bronze. Among the other notable multiple medallists,Carl Lewis won the 100 m silver and the long jump gold.
| Name | Event | Country | Record | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nadezhda Ryashkina | 10,000 metres track walk |  Soviet Union | 41:56.23 | WR |
| Key:WR — World record • AR — Area record • GR — Games record • NR — National record | ||||
* Host nation (United States)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States* | 20 | 16 | 18 | 54 |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 14 | 16 | 13 | 43 |
| 3 |  Cuba | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 |  Jamaica | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 |  East Germany | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 |  Canada | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 |  Mexico | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Morocco | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Poland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 |  Ethiopia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 |  Brazil | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Kenya | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 13 |  Australia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Bahamas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 China | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Romania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 17 |  Japan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 |  Ireland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (18 entries) | 43 | 43 | 43 | 129 | |
Algeria (2) Australia (4) Bahamas (2) Brazil (3) Canada (19) China (4)
Colombia (2) Cuba (17) East Germany (5)
Ecuador (1)Ethiopia (6)
France (3)
Greece (1)
Iceland (1) Ireland (2)
Italy (3) Jamaica (19) Japan (5) Kenya (3) Morocco (4) Mexico (10)
Nigeria (5) Poland (1) Romania (5) Soviet Union (103)
Tanzania (2)
United States (136)
West Germany (2)
