EDMONTON - With gold-medal performances by the Team USA men's 4x100 and 4x400-meter relays Sunday at Commonwealth Stadium, the United States again topped the charts at the IAAF World Track and Field Championships.

Team USA finished with nine gold, five silver and five bronze medals for a total of 19, the highest medal tally for the Americans since winning 19 at the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. Russia, which had only 13 medals at the 1999 World Championships, also had 19 in Edmonton but had only six gold (seven silver and six bronze) and fewer points on IAAF scoring tables that award points for the top eight places. Kenya was third in medals with seven (three gold, three silver, one bronze).

Marion Jones and Maurice Greene were named Team USA's Xerox Athletes of the Meet and will receive a Xerox WorkCentre M940, which includes a color flatbed printer, copier, scanner and PC fax. Jones won the 200, anchored the 4x100m relay team to victory and was second in the 100. Greene won his third world title in the 100m with the third-fastest time in history (9.82), while running the final meters of his race with a severely injured leg.

In Sunday action, the men's 4x400m relay team of Leonard Byrd, Antonio Pettigrew, Derrick Brew and Angelo Taylor ran 3:57.54 to win over the Bahamas, second in 2:58.19. Jamaica was third in 3:58.39.

The race was largely even until Pettigrew handed off to Brew with a very slight lead. Brew extended the lead a meter or two, and Taylor, the Olympic gold medalist in the 400m hurdles who was ill with sinus and stomach problems earlier in the week, broke the race open.

The men's 4x100m relay team overcame a near exchange-zone violation between Dennis Mitchell and Tim Montgomery in the semifinals to blow away the field in the final. Mickey Grimes led off, handing off to 100m bronze medalist Bernard Williams, who put the U.S. in the lead. Mitchell, Team USA's longtime third-leg runner who is retiring, extended the lead and Montgomery, the 100m silver medalist, widened the gap at the tape. Team USA was timed in 37.96, with South Africa second in 38.47 and Trinidad and Tobago third in 38.58.

The women's 4x400m relay team of Jearl Miles-Clark, Monique Hennagan, Michelle Collins and Suziann Reid were leading by 5 meters, but Reid dropped the baton while switching it from her left to right hand a step or two after receiving it from Reid. Jamaica went on to win in 3:20.65.

Breaux Greer threw his ninth personal best of the 2001 season to take fourth place in the men's javelin with a throw of 87.00m/285-5, just five inches off Tom Pukstys' American record. Olympic champion Jan Zelezny of the Czech Republic won his third world champs title with a throw of 92.80m/304-5. Aki Parviainen of Finland was second at 91.31/299-6 and Konstadinos Gatsioudis of Greece was third at 89.95/295-1.

In other finals, Amy Acuff was 10th in the women's high jump with a clearance of 1.90m/6-2.75. The event was won by Hestrie Cloete of South Africa at 2.00m/6-6.75. Inha Babakova of Ukraine was second at 2.00m, and World Indoor champion Kajsa Bergqvist of Sweden was third at 1.97m/6-5.5.

Paul McMullen finished 11th in a men's 1,500m race that went out at blazing speed. McMullen's time was 3:39.95. World record holder Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco won his third world title in 3:30.68, with Bernard Lagat of Kenya second (3:31.10) and Driss Maazouzi of France third (3:31.54).

In the women's marathon, Jill Gaitenby was 32nd for Team USA in 2:39:20. Michelle Simonaitis was 41st (2:46:20), Rosa Gutierrez was 42nd (2:49:08) and Rachel Cook was 45th (2:54:12). Jennifer Tonkin did not finish. Lidia Simon of Romania won the race in 2:26:01, with Reiko Tosa of Japan second in 2:26:06 and Svetlana Zakharova of Russia third in 2:26:18.

Amy Acuff and Angelo Taylor were named Xerox Athletes of the Day. For complete Team USA quotes, visit www.usatf.org. For complete results, visit www.iaaf.org.