President Lamine Diack in Manaus
28 March 2000 - IAAF President Lamine Diack attended the 10th anniversary celebration of the Olympic City of Manaus which included an international meeting with athletes from 12 countries on 25 March.
The 3rd International Meeting Governo do Amazonas was organised by the Confederacion Brasilera de Atletismo. Many top officials also made the trip to Manaus. Among them was IAAF President Lamine Diack who declared that he was "happy to have the chance to visit part of the Amazon, such an important region for our planet".
On 24 March, Diack was awarded the Order of Merit of the State Government of the Amazonas - the region's highest honour, which is normally onl awarded to heads of state - during a ceremony held at the Teatro Amazonas at 16:00. Diack was also awarded the title of Honorary Member of the South American Confederation of Athletics (CONSUDATLE).
During the CONSUDATLE Council, its President, Roberto Gesta de Melo, who is also President of the Brazilian Athletic Federation and an IAAF Council Member, announced that his Confederation would support the re-election of Diack for the IAAF Presidency. The election will take place in August 2001 in Edmonton, Canada prior to the IAAF World Championships in Athletics.
Among other officials present were two IAAF Council Members: Leonard Chuene (RSA) and Neville McCook (JAM). Chuene is the IAAF Area Representative for Africa while McCook is the IAAF Representative for NACAC. The President of the Ibero-American Association of Athletics, Juan Manuel de Hoz (ESP) also accompanied Diack to Brazil.
Select Results from the 3rd International Meeting Governo
do Amazonas
25 March 2000, Manaus, Brazil
Men 100m Fredy Mayolas CUB 10.23 Claudio Roberto Souza BRA 10.24 André Domingos da Silva BRA 10.45
Men 200m Claudinei Quirino da Silva BRA 20.71 André Domingos da Silva BRA 21.00 Sebastian Keitel CHI 21.01
Men 400m
Sanderlei Claro Parrela BRA 45.38
Dany McCray USA 46.13
Anderson Jorge Oliveira dos Santos BRA 46.45
Men 1500m Hudson Santos de Souza BRA 3:38.53 Sammy Mutai KEN 3:39.27 Abdallah Abdelahk MAR 3:41.80
Men 5000m Albert Chepkurui KEN 13:41.64 Elenilson da Silva BRA 14:11.09 Edgar Martins de Oliveira BRA 14:27.07
Men 110m hurdles Joel Hernandez CUB 13.39 Anier Garcia CUB 13.43 Eugene Swift USA 13.69
Men 400m hurdles Eric Thomas USA 49.15 Eronilde Nunes de Araujo BRA 50.12 Cleverson Oliveira da Silva BRA 50.69
Women 100m Aminata Diouf SEN 11.65 Katia Regina Santos de Jesus BRA 11.74 Cleide Amaral BRA 11.77
Women high jump Marina Kouptsova RUS 1.81m Luciane Dambacher BRA 1.78m Orlane Maria Lima dos Santos BRA 1.75m
Women 5000m Irene Gonçalves Aranha BRA 18:51.96 Deise Rodrigues Soares BRA 20:22.18 Geruza Alfaia de Oliveira BRA 20:48.12
Women 200m Lorena Franco Valniesse de Oliveira BRA 23.94 Aminata Diouf SEN 24.02 Cleide Amaral BRA 24.14
Women 100m hurdles Maurren Higa Maggi BRA 13.28 Aliuska Lopez CUB 13.40 Maila de Paula Machado BRA 13.62
Women long jump Shana Williams USA 6.51m Maurren Higa Maggi BRA 6.47m Andrea Avila ARG 6.26m
