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SYDNEY, Australia (AP) — Results Saturday from the track and field competition at the Summer Olympics:

Men

400 Relay

Final

1. United States (Jonathan Drummond, Philadelphia; Bernard Williams III, Baltimore; Brian Lewis, Chesapeake, Va.; Maurice Greene, Kansas City, Kan.), 37.61.

2. Brazil (Vicente Lima; Edson Ribeiro; Andre Silva; Claudinei Silva), 37.90.

3. Cuba (Jose Angel Cesar; Luis Alberto Perez; Ivan Garcia; Freddy Mayola), 38.04.

4. Jamaica (Lindel Frater; Dwight Thomas; Christopher Williams; Llewelyn Bredwood), 38.20.

5. France (Frederic Krantz; David Patros; Christophe Cheval; Needdy Guims), 38.49.

6. Japan (Shigeyuki Kojima; Koji Ito; Shingo Suetsugu; Nobuharu Asahara), 38.66.

7. Italy (Francesco Scuderi; Alessandro Cavallaro; Maurizio Checcucci; Andrea Colombo), 38.67.

8. Poland (Marcin Nowak; Marcin Urbas; Piotr Balcerzak; Ryszard Pilarczyk), 38.96.

1600 Relay

Final

1. United States (Alvin Harrison, Orlando, Fla.; Antonio Pettigrew, Macon, Ga.; Calvin Harrison, Orlando, Fla.; Michael Johnson, Dallas), 2:56.35.

2. Nigeria (Clement Chukwu; Jude Monye; Sunday Bada; Enefiok Udo-Obong), 2:58.68.

3. Jamaica (Michael Blackwood; Gregory Haughton; Christopher Williams; Danny McFarlane), 2:58.78.

4. Bahamas (Avard Moncur; Troy McIntosh; Carl Oliver; Christopher Brown), 2:59.23.

5. France (Emmanuel Front; Marc Foucan; Ibrahima Wade; Marc Raquil), 3:01.02.

6. Britain (Jared Deacon; Daniel Caines; Iwan Thomas; Jamie Baulch), 3:01.22.

7. Poland (Piotr Rysiukiewicz; Robert Mackowiak; Piotr Dlugosielski; Piotr Haczek), 3:03.22.

8. Australia (Brad Jamieson; Blair Young; Patrick Dwyer; Michael Hazel), 3:03.91.

Women

400 Relay

Final

1. Bahamas (Sevatheda Fynes; Chandra Sturrup; Pauline Davis-Thompson; Debbie Ferguson), 41.95.

2. Jamaica (Tanya Lawrence; Veronica Campbell; Beverly McDonald; Merlene Ottey), 42.13.

3. United States (Chryste Gaines, San Leandro, Calif.; Torri Edwards, Los Angeles; Nanceen Perry, Fairfield, Texas; Marion Jones, Los Angeles), 42.20.

4. France (Linda Ferga; Muriel Hurtis; Fabe Dia; Christine Arron), 42.42.

5. Russia (Natalya Ignatova; Marina Trandenkova; Irina Khabarova; Natalya Voronova), 43.02.

6. Germany (Gabi Rockmeier; Sabrina Mulrain; Andrea Philipp; Marion Wagner), 43.11.

7. Nigeria (Gloria Alozie; Benedicta Ajudua; Mercy Nku; Mary Onyali-Omagbemi), 44.05.

8. China (Zeng Xiujun; Liu Xiaomei; Qin Wangping; Li Xuemei), 44.87.

1600 Relay

Final

1. United States (Jearl Miles-Clark, Gainesville, Fla.; Monique Hennagan, Columbia, S.C.; Marion Jones, Los Angeles; La Tasha Colander-Richardson, Portsmouth, Va.), 3:22.62.

2. Jamaica (Sandie Richards; Catherine Scott-Pomales; Deon Hemmings; Lorraine Graham), 3:23.25.

3. Russia (Yulia Sotnikova; Svetlana Gontcharenko; Olga Kotlyarova; Irina Privalova), 3:23.46.

4. Nigeria (Olabisi Afolabi; Charity Opara; Rosemary Okafor; Falilat Ogunkoya), 3:23.80.

5. Australia (Nova Peris-Kneebone; Tamsyn Lewis; Melinda Gainsford-Taylor; Cathy Freeman), 3:23.81.

6. Britain (Natasha Danvers; Donna Fraser; Allison Curbishley; Katharine Merry), 3:25.67.

7. Czech Republic (Jitka Burianova; Hana Benesova; Lenka Fickova; Helena Fuchsova), 3:29.17.

8. Cuba (Zulia Calatayud; Julia Duporty; Idalmis Bonne; Daimi Pernia), 3:29.47.

High Jump

Final

1. Yelena Yelesina, Russia, (2.01), 6-7.

2. Hestrie Cloete, South Africa, (2.01), 6-7.

3. Kajsa Bergqvist, Sweden, (1.99), 6-6 1-4.

3. Oana Manuela Pantelimon, Romania, (1.99), 6-6 1-4.

5. Inga Babakova, Ukraine, (1.96), 6-5.

6. Svetlana Zalevskaya, Kazakstan, (1.96), 6-5.

7. Vita Palamar, Ukraine, (1.96), 6-5.

8. Amewu Mensah, Germany, (1.93), 6-4.

Javelin

Final

1. Trine Hattestad, Norway, (68.91), 226-1.

2. Mirella Maniani-Tzelili, Greece, (67.51), 221-6.

3. Osleidys Menendez, Cuba, (66.18), 217-1.

4. Steffi Nerius, Germany, (64.84), 212-8.

5. Sonia Bisset, Cuba, (63.26), 207-6.

6. Xiomara Rivero, Cuba, (62.92), 206-5.

7. Tatiana Shikolenko, Russia, (62.91), 206-4.

8. Nikola Tomeckova, Czech Republic, (62.10), 203-9.