2001 World Championships in Athletics

8th World Championships in Athletics
Host city	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Nations participating	189
Athletes participating	1677
Dates	August 3–12, 2001
Officially opened by	Prime Minister of Canada Jean Chretien
Main venue	Commonwealth Stadium
	← 1999 Seville 2003 Paris →

The 8th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada between 3 August and 12 August and was the first time the event had visited North America. The music for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies was composed by Canadian composers Jan Randall and Cassius Khan. The ceremonies also featured a 1000 voice choir, and the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra.

Men's Results[]

Track[]

1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m details	Maurice Greene (USA)	9.82 (WL)	Bernard Williams (USA)	9.94² (PB)	Ato Boldon (TRI)	9.98
200 m details	Konstantinos Kenteris Greece (GRE)	20.04	Christopher Williams (JAM)	20.20	Kim Collins (SKN)	20.30 (NR St.Kitts)
200 m details	Konstantinos Kenteris Greece (GRE)	20.04	Christopher Williams (JAM)	20.20	Shawn Crawford (USA)	20.30 (NR St.Kitts)
400 m details	Avard Moncur (BAH)	44.64	Ingo Schultz (GER)	44.87	Greg Haughton (JAM)	44.98
800 m details	André Bucher (SUI)	1:43.70	Wilfred Bungei (KEN)	1:44.55	Paweł Czapiewski Poland (POL)	1:44.63 (PB)
1500 m details	Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)	3:30.68	Bernard Lagat (KEN)	3:31.10	Driss Maazouzi (FRA)	3:31.54 (SB)
5000 m details	Richard Limo (KEN)	13:00.77	Million Wolde (ETH)	13:03.47¹	John Kibowen (KEN)	13:05.20
10,000 m details	Charles Kamathi (KEN)	27:53.25	Assefa Mezgebu (ETH)	27:53.97	Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)	27:54.41
Marathon details	Gezahegne Abera (ETH)	2:12:42 (SB)	Simon Biwott (KEN)	2:12:43	Stefano Baldini Italy (ITA)	2:13:18
110 m hurdles details	Allen Johnson (USA)	13.04 (WL)	Anier García (CUB)	13.07 (SB)	Dudley Dorival (Haiti)	13.25 (NR)
400 m hurdles details	Félix Sánchez (DOM)	47.49 (WL)	Fabrizio Mori Italy (ITA)	47.54 (NR)	Dai Tamesue (JPN)	47.89 (NR)
3,000 m st. details	Reuben Kosgei (KEN)	8:15.16	Ali Ezzine (MAR)	8:16.21	Bernard Barmasai (KEN)	8:16.59
20 km walk details	Roman Rasskazov (RUS)	1:20:31	Ilya Markov (RUS)	1:20:33	Viktor Burayev (RUS)	1:20:36
50 km walk details	Robert Korzeniowski Poland (POL)	3:42.08 (WL)	Jesús Ángel García (ESP)	3:43:07 (SB)	Edgar Hernández (MEX)	3:46:12 (PB)
4 × 100 m relay details	(RSA) Morne Nagel Corne Du Plessis Lee-Roy Newton Mathew Quinn	38.47 (NR)	(TRI) Marc Burns Ato Boldon Jaycey Harper Darrel Brown	38.58 (NR)	(AUS) Matthew Shirvington Paul Di Bella Steve Brimacombe Adam Basil	38.83 (SB)
4 × 400 m relay details	(BAH) Avard Moncur Chris Brown Troy McIntosh Tim Munnings Carl Oliver*	2:58.19⁴ (NR)	(JAM) Brandon Simpson Christopher Williams Greg Haughton Danny McFarlane Michael Blackwood* Mario Watts*	2:58.39 (SB)	Poland (POL) Rafał Wieruszewski Piotr Haczek Piotr Długosielski Piotr Rysiukiewicz Jacek Bocian*	2:59.71 (SB)
WR world record \| AR area record \| CR championship record \| GR games record \| NR national record \| OR Olympic record \| PB personal best \| SB season best \| WL world leading (in a given season)

Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.
¹ Ali Saïdi-Sief of Algeria originally finished second in the 5000 m in 13:02.16, but he was disqualified after he tested positive for nandrolone.
² Tim Montgomery (USA) originally came second in the men's 100 meters in 9.85, but he was disqualified in 2005 after he admitted to drug use as a result of the BALCO scandal.
³ The USA originally finished first in 37.96 (Mickey Grimes, Bernard Williams, Dennis Mitchell, Tim Montgomery), but they were disqualified in 2005 after Tim Montgomery admitted to drug use as a result of the BALCO scandal.
⁴ The United States (Leonard Byrd, Antonio Pettigrew, Derrick Brew, Angelo Taylor) originally finished first in 2:57.54, but were disqualified in 2008 after Antonio Pettigrew admitted to using HGH and EPO between 1997 and 2003.

Field[]

1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump details	Martin Buß (GER)	2.36 (WL)	Yaroslav Rybakov (RUS)	2.33 (PB Rybakov) (SB Voronin)
High jump details	Martin Buß (GER)	2.36 (WL)	Vyacheslav Voronin (RUS)	2.33 (PB Rybakov) (SB Voronin)
Pole vault details	Dmitri Markov (AUS)	6.05 (CR)	Aleksandr Averbukh Israel (ISR)	5.85	Nick Hysong (USA)	5.85 (SB)
Long jump details	Iván Pedroso (CUB)	8.40	Savanté Stringfellow (USA)	8.24	Carlos Calado (POR)	8.21 (SB)
Triple jump details	Jonathan Edwards (GBR)	17.92 (WL)	Christian Olsson (SWE)	17.47	Igor Spasovkhodskiy (RUS)	17.44 (PB)
Shot put details	John Godina (USA)	21.87	Adam Nelson (USA)	21.24	Arsi Harju (FIN)	20.93 (SB)
Discus throw details	Lars Riedel (GER)	69.72 (CR)	Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)	69.40	Michael Möllenbeck (GER)	67.61 (PB)
Hammer throw details	Szymon Ziółkowski Poland (POL)	83.38 (CR)	Koji Murofushi (JPN)	82.92	Ilya Konovalov (RUS)	80.27 (SB)
Javelin throw details	Jan Železný (CZE)	92.80 (CR)	Aki Parviainen (FIN)	91.31	Konstadinos Gatsioudis Greece (GRE)	89.95
Decathlon details	Tomáš Dvořák (CZE)	8902 (CR)	Erki Nool Estonia (EST)	8815 (NR)	Dean Macey (GBR)	8603 (PB)
WR world record \| AR area record \| CR championship record \| GR games record \| NR national record \| OR Olympic record \| PB personal best \| SB season best \| WL world leading (in a given season)

Women's Results[]

Track[]

1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m details	Zhanna Pintusevich (UKR)	10.82 (WL)	Ekaterini Thanou Greece (GRE)	10.91² (SB)	Chandra Sturrup (BAH)	11.02
200 m details	Debbie Ferguson (BAH)	22.52¹	LaTasha Jenkins (USA)	22.85	Cydonie Mothersille (CAY)	22.88²
400 m details	Amy Mbacke Thiam (SEN)	49.86 (NR)	Lorraine Fenton (JAM)	49.88 (SB)	Ana Guevara (MEX)	49.97 SB
800 m details	Maria Mutola (MOZ)	1:57.17	Stephanie Graf (AUT)	1:57.20 (SB)	Letitia Vriesde (SUR)	1:57.35 (SB)
1,500 m details	Gabriela Szabo (ROU)	4:00.57 (SB)	Violeta Szekely (ROU)	4:01.70	Natalya Gorelova (RUS)	4:02.40
5,000 m details	Olga Yegorova (RUS)	15:03.39	Marta Dominguez (ESP)	15:06.59	Ayelech Worku (ETH)	15:10.17
10,000 m details	Derartu Tulu (ETH)	31:48.81	Berhane Adere (ETH)	31:48.85	Gete Wami (ETH)	31:49.98
Marathon details	Lidia Șimon (ROU)	2:26:01	Reiko Tosa (JPN)	2:26:06	Svetlana Zakharova (RUS)	2:26:18
100 m hurdles details	Anjanette Kirkland (USA)	12.42 (WL)	Gail Devers (USA)	12.54 SB	Olga Shishigina (KAZ)	12.58 (SB)
400 m hurdles details	Nezha Bidouane (MAR)	53.34 (WL)	Yuliya Pechonkina (RUS)	54.27	Daimí Pernía (CUB)	54.51
20 km walk details	Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS)	1:27:48 (CR)	Valentina Tsybulskaya (BLR)	1:28:49 (PB)	Elisabetta Perrone Italy (ITA)	1:28:56
4 × 100 m relay details	(GER) Melanie Paschke Gabi Rockmeier Birgit Rockmeier Marion Wagner	42.32³ (SB)	(FRA) Sylviane Félix Frédérique Bangué Muriel Hurtis Odiah Sidibé	42.39 (SB)	(JAM) Juliet Campbell Merlene Frazer Beverly McDonald Astia Walker Elva Goulbourne*	42.40 (SB)
4 × 400 m relay details	(JAM) Sandie Richards Catherine Scott-Pomales Debbie-Ann Parris Lorraine Fenton Michelle Burgher* Deon Hemmings*	3:20.65 (WL)	(GER) Florence Ekpo-Umoh Shanta Ghosh Claudia Marx Grit Breuer	3:21.97 (SB)	(RUS) Irina Rosikhina Yuliya Pechonkina Anastasiya Kapachinskaya Olesya Zykina Natalya Shevtsova*	3:24.92
WR world record \| AR area record \| CR championship record \| GR games record \| NR national record \| OR Olympic record \| PB personal best \| SB season best \| WL world leading (in a given season)

Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.
¹ Kelli White originally finished third in the 200 m in 22.56, but she was disqualified in 2004 after she admitted to using steroids as a result of the BALCO doping scandal.
²Marion Jones (USA) finished second in the 100m in 10.85 and first in the 200m in 22.39, but she was disqualified in 2005 after she admitted to using steroids as a result of the BALCO doping scandal.
³ The USA team of Kelli White, Chryste Gaines, Inger Miller, and Marion Jones originally finished first in a time of 41.71, but were disqualified in 2004 after Kelli White admitted to using steroids as a result of the BALCO doping scandal.

Field[]

1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump details	Hestrie Cloete (RSA)	2.00 (SB)	Inha Babakova (UKR)	2.00	Kajsa Bergqvist (SWE)	1.97
Pole vault details	Stacy Dragila (USA)	4.75 (CR)	Svetlana Feofanova (RUS)	4.75 (CR)	Monika Pyrek Poland (POL)	4.55
Long jump details	Fiona May Italy (ITA)	7.02	Tatyana Kotova (RUS)	7.01	Niurka Montalvo (ESP)	6.88
Triple jump details	Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS)	15.25 (WL)	Françoise Mbango-Etone (CMR)	14.60	Tereza Marinova (BUL)	14.58
Shot put details	Yanina Karolchik (BLR)	20.61 (NR)	Nadine Kleinert (GER)	19.86 (PB)	Vita Pavlysh (UKR)	19.41
Discus throw details	Ellina Zvereva (BLR)	67.10¹	Nicoleta Grasu (ROU)	66.24	Anastasia Kelesidou Greece (GRE)	65.50 (SB)
Hammer throw details	Yipsi Moreno (CUB)	70.65 (AR)	Olga Kuzenkova (RUS)	70.61	Bronwyn Eagles (AUS)	68.87
Javelin throw details	Osleidys Menéndez (CUB)	69.53 (CR)	Mirela Maniani Greece (GRE)	65.78	Sonia Bisset (CUB)	64.69
Heptathlon details	Yelena Prokhorova (RUS)	6694 (SB)	Natallia Sazanovich (BLR)	6539 (SB)	Shelia Burrell (USA)	6472 (PB)
WR world record \| AR area record \| CR championship record \| GR games record \| NR national record \| OR Olympic record \| PB personal best \| SB season best \| WL world leading (in a given season)

¹Natalya Sadova of Russia originally won the gold medal in discus throw (68.57), but she was later disqualified after she tested positive for caffeine.

Medal table[]

Note that the host, Canada, did not win any medals at these championships. This fate Canada shares only with Sweden (1995).


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia (RUS)	5	7	6	18
2	United States (USA)	5	5	3	13
3	Kenya (KEN)	3	3	2	8
4	Germany (GER)	3	3	1	7
5	Cuba (CUB)	3	1	2	6
6	Bahamas (BAH)	3	0	1	4
7	Ethiopia (ETH)	2	3	3	8
8	Belarus (BLR)	2	2	0	4
8	Romania (ROU)	2	2	0	4
10	Morocco (MAR)	2	1	0	3
11	Poland (POL)	2	0	3	5
12	Czech Republic (CZE)	2	0	0	2
12	South Africa (SAF)	2	0	0	2
14	Jamaica (JAM)	1	3	2	6
15	Greece (GRE)	1	2	2	5
16	Italy (ITA)	1	1	2	4
17	Ukraine (UKR)	1	1	1	3
18	Australia (AUS)	1	0	2	3
19	Great Britain (GBR)	1	0	1	2
20	Dominican Republic (DOM)	1	0	0	1
	Mozambique (MOZ)	1	0	0	1
	Senegal (SEN)	1	0	0	1
	Switzerland (SUI)	1	0	0	1
24	Japan (JPN)	0	2	1	3
24	Spain (ESP)	0	2	1	3
26	Finland (FIN)	0	1	1	2
	France (FRA)	0	1	1	2
	Sweden (SWE)	0	1	1	2
	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	0	1	1	2
30	Austria (AUT)	0	1	0	1
	Cameroon (CMR)	0	1	0	1
	Estonia (EST)	0	1	0	1
	Israel (ISR)	0	1	0	1
	Lithuania (LTU)	0	1	0	1
35	Mexico (MEX)	0	0	2	2
36	Bulgaria (BUL)	0	0	1	1
	Cayman Islands (CAY)	0	0	1	1
	Haiti (HAI)	0	0	1	1
	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	0	0	1	1
	Portugal (POR)	0	0	1	1
	Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)	0	0	1	1
	Suriname (SUR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (42 nations)		46	47	46	139

Source: [1]

References[]

2001 IAAF World Championships in Athletics - Official website

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2001 World Championships in Athletics

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Men's Results[]

Track[]

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Women's Results[]

Track[]

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Medal table[]

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