Track and Field Roundup : ‘Tired’ Johnson Still Easy Winner in London

World record-holder Ben Johnson remained unbeaten in the 100-meter dash in 1987, winning easily in 10.29 seconds in the McVitie’s Challenge track and field meet Sunday at rain-drenched Crystal Palace in London.

American Tonie Campbell, who beat Greg Foster in the Mobil Grand Prix 110-meter high hurdles at Brussels Friday, won the rarely run 200-meter hurdles, beating Renaldo Nehemiah. But he failed to get near a 28-year-old world mark.

Campbell was clocked in 23.17 to Nehemiah’s 23.53, leaving the hand-timed 22.5 of West German Martin Lauer still in the record books.

Foster won the 110 hurdles, holding off a late challenge by Britain’s Colin Jackson. Foster clocked 13.54 to Jackson’s 13.56, with Canadian Mark McKoy third in 13.79.

Edwin Moses cruised to victory in the 400-meter intermediate hurdles in 48.89. Amadou Dia Ba of Senegal was second in 49.15.

In the 100, which was run into a headwind, Johnson quickly moved ahead of American Mel Lattany, who finished second in 10.47.

He said the World Championships in Rome, in which he beat American rival Carl Lewis, took a lot out of him.

“That 9.83 is still in my system. I feel tired,” Johnson said.

He said he plans four more 100-meter races in Europe before taking a five-week vacation in Hawaii.

Then, he said, he will begin preparations for next year’s Olympic Games.

“Everything has gone perfectly for me this year. But I can still improve,” he said. “I want more acceleration between 30 and 60 meters.”

At Padua, Italy, Fatima Aouam of Morocco set a world record in the women’s two-mile run, an event that is rarely run.

Aouam was timed in 9 minutes 38.44 seconds, breaking by nearly eight seconds the mark of 9:46.40 set by Jan Merrill of the United States in 1979.

World record-holder Pietro Mennea of Italy won the men’s 200 meters in 20.76, beating Wallace Spearmon of the United States, timed in 20.88. Mennea set the record of 19.72 at Mexico City in 1979.

In other events, Morocco’s Said Aouita, the world champion at 5,000 meters, won the 1,000 in 2:16.44; world record-holder Alessandro Andrei of Italy took the shotput at 69-2, and Italy’s Giovanni Evangelisti won the long jump at 26-0.

Also, world record-holder Stefka Kostadinova of Bulgaria won the women’s high jump at 6-8 3/4.