HENGELO (Netherlands), June 3: Ethiopia’s Haile Gebrselassie had to abandon a tilt at the world one-hour record at an international meeting Sunday because of a calf injury.

Gebrselassie was leading the race and on course to break the record of 21.1 kms set by Mexican Arturo Barrios in 1991 when he was forced to give up with 20 minutes to go.

Kenyan Reuben Kosgei had planned to attack the world record for the 3,000 metres steeplechase, but his time of eight minutes 05.87 seconds was well outside the 7:55.28 set by Moroccan Brahim Boulami in Brussels last August.

Leading results:

MEN’S:

3,000 metres: 1. Richard Limo (Kenya) 7 minutes 41.38 seconds; 2. Philip Mosima (Kenya) 7:42.76; 3. Gert-Jan Liefers (Netherlands) 7:42.95.

Pole vault: 1. Alex Averbukh (Israel) 5.60 metres; 2. Denis Yurchenko (Ukraine) 5.50; 3. Kevin Rans (Belgium) 5.50.

Shot put: 1. Yuriy Belonog (Ukraine) 20.94 metres; 2. Rutger Smith (Netherlands) 20.39; 3. Andy Bloom (US) 20.09.

200 metres: 1. Caimin Douglas (Netherlands Antilles) 20.92 seconds; 2. Christian Malcolm (Britain) 21.00; 3. Troy Douglas (Netherlands) 21.00.

3,000 metres steeplechase: 1. Reuben Kosgei (Kenya) 8:05.87; 2. Paul Koech (Kenya) 8:05.91; 3. Damian Kallabis (Germany) 8:27.70.

800 metres: 1. Hezekiel Sepeng (South Africa) 1:44.89; 2. Glody Dube (Botswana) 1:45.40; 3. Werner Botha (South Africa) 1:45.52.

110 metres hurdles: 1. Duane Ross (US) 13.65; 2. Zhivko Videnov (Bulgaria) 13.68; 3. Andrea Giaconi (Italy) 13.69.

WOMEN’S:

400 metres hurdles: 1. Sandra Glover (US) 55.70; 2. Anna Olichwierczuk (Poland) 56.14; 3. Yekaterina Bakhvalova (Russia) 56.25.

100 metres: 1. Endurance Ojokolo (Nigeria) 11.45; 2. Juliet Campbell (Jamaica) 11.56; 3. Kim Gevaert (Belgium) 11.58.

1,500 metres: 1. Kelly Holmes (Britain) 4:03.93; 2. Irina Lishchinska (Ukraine) 4:04.67; 3. Lidia Chojecka (Poland) 4:06.17.

800 metres: 1. Sandra Stals (Belgium) 2:01.32; 2. Elisabeth Grousselle (France) 2:01.74; 3. Stella Jongmans (Netherlands) 2:02.00.

Long jump: 1. Lyudmila Galkina (Russia) 6.66 metres; 2. Tatyana Ter-Mesrobyan (Russia) 6.59; 3. Jackie Edwards (Bahrain) 6.54.

5,000 metres: 1. Hewan Abeylegesse (Turkey) 15:00.49; 2. Katalin Szentgyorgyi (Hungary) 15:02.00; 3. Isabella Ochichi (Kenya) 15:04.34.

Discus: 1. Natalya Sadova (Russia) 63.75 metres; 2. Beatrice Faumuina (New Zealand) 61.66; 3. Irina Yatchenko (Belarus) 61.16.—Reuters