If you missed the earlier posts of men's "results" for a 2004 virtual USA/USSR dual, this is just a fun exercise of looking at how the highly popular dual meets of the 50s and 60s might have turned out, based on personal bests in last year's outdoor season.
United States of America vs. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Dual Meet--2004 Women
(USA vs. Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan)
Two athletes per team for each event, scoring 5-3-2-1.
100 meters:
1. Yuliya Nesterenko BLR 10.92
2. Lauryn Williams USA 10.96
3. LaTasha Colander USA 10.97
4. Yuliya Tabakova RUS 11.10
USA 5, USSR 6
100 meters Hurdles:
1. Joanna Hayes USA 12.37
2. Yelena Kraskova UKR 12.45
3. Gail Devers USA 12.50
4. Mariya Koroteyeva RUS 12.60
USA 7, USSR 4 (After two events: USA 12, USSR 10)
Hammer Throw:
1. Olga Kuzenkova RUS 75.02
2. Olga Tsander BLR 74.72
3. Erin Gilbreath USA 73.12
4. Anna Mahon USA 70.88
USA 3. USSR 8 (After three events: USA 15, USSR 18)
400 meters:
1. Monique Hennegan USA 49.56
2. Natalya Nazarova RUS 49.65
3. Natalya Antyukh RUS 49.85
4. Sayna Richards USA 49.89
USA 6, USSR 5 (After four events: USA 21, USSR 23)
Shot Put:
1. Irina Korzhanenko RUS 20.79
2. Svetlana Krivelyova RUS 20.69
3. Kristin Heaston USA 18.66
4. Laura Gerraghty USA 18.54
USA 3, USSR 8 (After five events: USA 24, USSR 31)
10,000 meters:
1. Lidiya Grigoryeva RUS 31:01.15
2. Jelena Prokopcuka LAT 31:04.10
3. Deena Kastor USA 31:09.65
4. Kate O'Niell USA 31:34.37
USA 3, USSR 8 (After six events: USA 27, USSR 39)
Pole Vault:
1. Yelena Isinbayeva RUS 4.92
2. Svetlana Feofanova RUS 4.88
3. Stacy Dragila USA 4.83
4. Kellie Suttle USA 4.67
USA 3, USSR 8 (After seven events: USA 30, USSR 47)
Long Jump:
1. Tatyana Lebedeva RUS 7.33
2. Irina Simagina RUS 7.27
3. Marion Jones USA 7.11
4. Grace Upshaw USA 6.84
USA 3, USSR 8 (After eight events: USA 33, USSR 55)
20 kilometer Walk:
1. Olimpiada Ivanova RUS 1:26:54
2. Yelena Nikolayeva RUS 1:27:24
3. Michelle Rohl USA 1:34:24
4. Teresa Vaill USA 1:34:32
USA 3, USSR 8 (After nine events: USA 36, USSR 63)
4 x 100m Relay:
1. USA
Lauryn Williams 10.96
LaTasha Colander 10.97
Marion Jones 11.04
Inger Miller 11.05
2. USSR
Yuliya Nesterenko (BLR) 10.92
Yuliya Tabakova (RUS) 11.10
Lyubov Perepelova (UZB) 11.17
Irina Khabarova (RUSP 11.21
USA 5, USSR 3 (After ten events: USA 41, USSR 66)
--End of Day 1--
Unfortunate, that the score wasn't closer at the end of Day 1: The 4 x 100 would have had every fan on his/her feet, screaming. Yes, I do know that teams don't run in the order fastest-slowest, but since the "virtual dual" is all a fantasy anyway, I guess I can run them that way for the fun of it. That would have the USA leading by .04 seconds at the first exchange, obviously from the stands dead even. At the second exchange, the USA lead has increased to .17 seconds: I think that margin, too, can't be seen, given the stagger. Jones boosts the lead another .13, and it's only in the run at the tape, with Inger gaining another sixth of a second over Khabarova, that the U.S. margin of victory, less than half a second, becomes apparent.
