President Lamine Diack and General Secretary Pierre Weiss - IAAF Congress (© Getty Images)
The first session of the 46th IAAF Congress opened this morning with the first phase of elections.
With President Lamine Diack (SEN) and Honorary Treasurer Jean Poczobut (FRA) standing unopposed for their positions, the main focus of this morning were the votes for the four positions as IAAF Vice President, and the composition of the rest of the IAAF Council.
Here follows the list of Election Results which took place this morning:
President: vote for
Lamine DIACK (1 seat/s)
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Round: 1
Total Votes: 176 - Total Abstain: 5 - Absolute Majority: 89
NO 9
YES MAJORITY 167
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Vice Presidents(4 seat/s)
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Round: 1
Total Votes: 192 - Total Abstain: 4 - Absolute Majority: 97
FRANCIS Amadeo I.D. (PUR) 81
BUBKA Sergey (UKR) ELECTED 167
HERSH Robert (USA) ELECTED 141
COE Sebastian (GBR) ELECTED 137
AL-HAMAD Dahlan (QAT) ELECTED 129
DIGEL Helmut (GER) 113
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Honorary Treasurer: vote for
Jean POCZOBUT (1 seat/s)
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Round: 1
Total Votes: 183 - Total Abstain: 7 - Absolute Majority: 92
NO 7
YES MAJORITY 176
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Council - Female Individual Members(4 seat/s)
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Round: 1
Total Votes: 194 - Total Abstain: 4 - Absolute Majority: 98
CHEHAB Claire (LIB) 55
EL MOUTAWAKEL Nawal (MAR) ELECTED 174
HOFFMAN Abby (CAN) ELECTED 160
RICCARDI Anna (ITA) ELECTED 149
DAVIS-THOMPSON Pauline (BAH) ELECTED 130
SZEWINSKA Irena (POL) 108
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Council - Individual Members (11 seat/s)
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Round: 1
Total Votes: 195 - Total Abstain: 3 - Absolute Majority: 98
SIMOHAMED Jamel (ALG) 97
FRANCIS Amadeo I.D. (PUR) 96
CHEHAB Claire (LIB) 71
KOUKODIMOS Konstantinos (GRE) 60
JOSEPH Keith (VIN) 54
LUVSANVANDAN Bold (MGL) 31
TANAKA Katsuyuki (JPN) ELECTED 170
BALAKHNICHEV Valentin (RUS) ELECTED 166
DIGEL Helmut (GER) ELECTED 163
JUANTORENA DANGER Alberto (CUB) ELECTED 161
KANERVA Ilkka (FIN) ELECTED 158
ODRIOZOLA Jose Maria (ESP) ELECTED 150
PARK Jung-Ki (KOR) ELECTED 148
LUO Chaoyi (CHN) ELECTED 143
KIPLAGAT Isaiah F. (KEN) ELECTED 143
MORENO BRAVO Cesar (MEX) ELECTED 119
CHUENE Leonard (RSA) ELECTED 112
SZEWINSKA Irena (POL) 103
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Technical Committee Chairperson: vote for
Jorge SALCEDO (1 seat/s)
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Round: 1
Total Votes: 193 - Total Abstain: 5 - Absolute Majority: 97
NO 7
YES MAJORITY 186
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Technical Committee - Female Members (3 seat/s)
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Round: 1
Total Votes: 183 - Total Abstain: 13 - Absolute Majority: 92
MELANDER Madeleine (SWE) ELECTED 183
RICCARDI Anna (ITA) ELECTED 183
SISSOKO Fatou (SEN) ELECTED 183
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Technical Committee - Members(12 seat/s)
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Round: 1
Total Votes: 191 - Total Abstain: 3 - Absolute Majority: 96
GUY Al (IRL) 93
PAPAPOSTOLOU Evangelos (GRE) 90
MAHGOUB Saeed Mahgoub (SUD) 88
SYME Rod (NZL) 87
ABDULLA AL-MEER Khalid (QAT) 76
AL ZAWAWI Suhail Q. (KSA) 71
SUPPIAH Chinetamby (MAS) 62
AL BASRI Abbas (KUW) 56
KARAMATA Ozren (SRB) 39
MENEZES DA TRINDADE Antonio (STP) 25
SEKI Yukio (JPN) ELECTED 147
ABAD Gabriel (ESP) ELECTED 139
KATZ David (USA) ELECTED 136
LITTLEWOOD David (GBR) ELECTED 132
DELACOUR Pierre (FRA) ELECTED 131
HARTZ Klaus (GER) ELECTED 123
ROE Brian (AUS) ELECTED 119
SHEN Chunde (CHN) ELECTED 118
WAUHKONEN Kari (FIN) ELECTED 116
ZELICHENOK Vadim (RUS) ELECTED 116
MOLINA HERNANDEZ I. de Jesus (CUB) ELECTED 114
BAYI Filbert (TAN) ELECTED 111
GUNGARAM Vivian (MRI) 103
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Women’s Committee - Chairperson: vote for
Claire CHEHAB (1 seat/s)
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Round: 1
Total Votes: 185 - Total Abstain: 8 - Absolute Majority: 93
YES MAJORITY 175
NO 10
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Women’s Committee Male - Members (2 seat/s)
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Round: 1
Total Votes: 192 - Total Abstain: 5 - Absolute Majority: 97
MONTCHO Théophile (BEN) 64
MENEZES DA TRINIDADE Antonio (STP) 54
KARAMARINOV Dobromirov (BUL) ELECTED 136
SNOUSSI Mourad (TUN) ELECTED 130
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Women’s Committee - Members (8 seat/s)
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Round: 1
Total Votes: 191 - Total Abstain: 3 - Absolute Majority: 96
SWITZER Maureen (CAN) 87
COLON RUENES Maria Caridad (CUB) 83
JENSEN Dee (USA) 81
WARD Gwenda Mary (GBR) 74
LAURENT Annie (FRA) 69
BLOCK Zhanna (UKR) 65
ROUSSEAU Giovanna (SEY) 65
CASTREJANA Carlota (ESP) 59
ODOGWU-NWAJEI Violet Obiamaka (NGR) 58
NUNN-CEARNS Glynis (AUS) 45
SHEIKH AHMAD Rajemah (MAS) 41
AL-NAYEM Lubna Hassan (BRN) 36
DOUGHOZ Rajaa (SYR) 34
MISTOUL KINGBO Odette (GAB) 31
MONTCHO Théophile (BEN) 28
MENEZES DA TRINIDADE Antonio (STP) 23
ARIMORI Yuko (JPN) ELECTED 123
JACKSON Grace (JAM) ELECTED 113
PRIVALOVA Irina (RUS) ELECTED 105
DRECHSLER Heike (GER) ELECTED 103
BOULMERKA Hassiba (ALG) ELECTED 103
SZABO Gabriela (ROM) ELECTED 102
Round: 2
Total Votes: 194 - Total Abstain: 3 - Simple Majority
MISTOUL KINGBO Odette (GAB) 8
MENEZES DA TRINIDADE Antonio (STP) 8
BLOCK Zhanna (UKR) ELECTED 45
COLON RUENES Maria Caridad (CUB) ELECTED 45
JENSEN Dee (USA) 44
SWITZER Maureen (CAN) 34
ROUSSEAU Giovanna (SEY) 33
LAURENT Annie (FRA) 33
ODOGWU-NWAJEI Violet Obiamaka (NGR) 28
WARD Gwenda Mary (GBR) 23
NUNN-CEARNS Glynis (AUS) 22
CASTREJANA Carlota (ESP) 22
SHEIKH AHMAD Rajemah (MAS) 18
DOUGHOZ Rajaa (SYR) 13
AL-NAYEM Lubna Hassan (BRN) 12
MONTCHO Théophile (BEN) 0
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Race Walking Committee - Chairperson (1 seat/s)
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Round: 1
Total Votes: 195 - Total Abstain: 3 - Absolute Majority: 98
DAMILANO Maurizio (ITA) 90
ROLDAN OLVERA Gabriel (MEX) 53
BOWMAN Robert (USA) 52
Round: 2
Total Votes: 195 - Total Abstain: 3 - Simple Majority
ROLDAN OLVERA Gabriel (MEX) 55
BOWMAN Robert (USA) 40
DAMILANO Maurizio (ITA) ELECTED 100
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Race Walking Committee - Female Members (2 seat/s)
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Round: 1
Total Votes: 183 - Total Abstain: 11 - Absolute Majority: 92
SAVILLE Jane (AUS) ELECTED 183
ESSAYAH Sari (FIN) ELECTED 183
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Race Walking Committee - Members (8 seat/s)
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Round: 1
Total Votes: 195 - Total Abstain: 3 - Absolute Majority: 98
VEGIYATHUMAN Suppermaniam (MAS) 92
MULLER Rolf (GER) 89
OCHIENG Joseph (KEN) 85
DIAS Luis (POR) 85
KRYNICKI Janusz (POL) 71
APACEIRO FERNANDEZ Roberto Mario (CUB) 68
LANE Michael (IRL) 54
AL AZEMI Fahad (KUW) 47
KARAIOSIFOGLU Leonidas (ROM) 45
KRASNOV Vyacheslav (RUS) ELECTED 129
ROLDAN OLVERA Gabriel (MEX) ELECTED 129
YANG Shande (CHN) ELECTED 116
IMAMURA Fumio (JPN) ELECTED 115
BOWMAN Robert (USA) ELECTED 110
SALADIE Luis (ESP) ELECTED 109
MARLOW Peter (GBR) ELECTED 108
AMARA Khaled (TUN) ELECTED 108
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Cross Country Committee - Chairperson: vote for
Otto KLAPPERT (1 seat/s)
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Round: 1
Total Votes: 186 - Total Abstain: 6 - Absolute Majority: 94
NO 9
YES MAJORITY 177
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Cross Country Committee - Female Members (2 seat/s)
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Round: 1
Total Votes: 189 - Total Abstain: 6 - Absolute Majority: 95
LORD Anne (AUS) ELECTED 98
WRIGHT Thelma (CAN) ELECTED 98
TIMMONS Anne E. (USA) 94
AYIKORU Beatrice (UGA) 88
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Cross Country Committee - Members (8 seat/s)
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Round: 1
Total Votes: 194 - Total Abstain: 3 - Absolute Majority: 98
AYIKORU Beatrice (UGA) 77
TIMMONS Anne E. (USA) 76
IBRAHIM Siddig (SUD) 73
GHOZALI Mohamed (ALG) 70
VELD Roelof (NED) 70
FRANCIS Alfred (JAM) 63
VAN ROY Jos (BEL) 61
TAIB Mohammed Ahmed (QAT) 61
RAJKARNIKAR Rabi (NEP) 57
SNOUSSI Mourad (TUN) 55
PINNEWALE Prema (SRI) 50
NIKOLIC Dejan (SRB) 37
ALMASRI Ahmad (JOR) 37
ABU SCHIEBAH Khalifah (KUW) 32
MUTHUSAMY Iyaru (MAS) 32
ASKAR Abdurrahman Sadeq (BRN) 23
OKEYO David (KEN) ELECTED 131
IMAM A.K.M. Ali (BAN) 13
SAWAKI Keisuke (JPN) ELECTED 115
BEDFORD David (GBR) ELECTED 113
CARDOSO Carlos (POR) ELECTED 106
LANDA Luis Miguel (ESP) ELECTED 100
MAGNANI Massimo (ITA) ELECTED 100
Round: 2
Total Votes: 194 - Total Abstain: 3 - Simple Majority
MUTHUSAMY Iyaru (MAS) 8
ALMASRI Ahmad (JOR) 8
ABU SCHIEBAH Khalifah (KUW) 7
IBRAHIM Siddig (SUD) ELECTED 59
AYIKORU Beatrice (UGA) ELECTED 54
ASKAR Abdurrahman Sadeq (BRN) 5
TIMMONS Anne E. (USA) 43
IMAM A.K.M. Ali (BAN) 4
VELD Roelof (NED) 32
VAN ROY Jos (BEL) 31
RAJKARNIKAR Rabi (NEP) 29
TAIB Mohammed Ahmed (QAT) 24
PINNEWALE Prema (SRI) 23
FRANCIS Alfred (JAM) 23
GHOZALI Mohamed (ALG) 16
NIKOLIC Dejan (SRB) 11
SNOUSSI Mourad (TUN) 11
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Masters’ Committee - Chairperson: vote for
Cesar MORENO BRAVO (1 seat/s)
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Round: 1
Total Votes: 190 - Total Abstain: 5 - Absolute Majority: 96
NO 6
YES MAJORITY 184
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Masters’ Committee - Female Members (2 seat/s)
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Round: 1
Total Votes: 190 - Total Abstain: 4 - Absolute Majority: 96
CUSHEN Bridget (GBR) ELECTED 145
HOERNECKE-GIL Marina (ESP) ELECTED 134
ETONG Léonie Paulette (CMR) 101
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Masters’ Committee - Members (8 seat/s)
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Round: 1
Total Votes: 193 - Total Abstain: 3 - Absolute Majority: 97
MARSHEV Vadim (RUS) ELECTED 99
ABBADI Mustafa (SUD) 97
BELAID Abderrahmane (ALG) 91
PERKINS Stan (AUS) 77
KOUKODIMOS Konstantinos (GRE) 76
ETONG Léonie Paulette (CMR) 74
PSAVKIN Levy (ISR) 68
BEJJANI Neemtallah (LIB) 55
AL KHAYAT Khaled (BRN) 50
ABBAS Mohsein (SYR) 50
AL DOWAILA Jasem (KUW) 42
MUROFUSHI Shigenobu (JPN) ELECTED 126
WANG Dawei (CHN) ELECTED 117
DANIELS Danny (CAN) ELECTED 110
HARVEY Rex (USA) ELECTED 106
MASSIN Dieter (GER) ELECTED 103
MIGLIORINI Pierluigi (ITA) ELECTED 102
BLAIR Jim (NZL) ELECTED 101
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