2001 World Championships in Athletics

8th World Championships in Athletics
Host city Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Date(s) August 3–12, 2001
Main Stadium Commonwealth Stadium
Nations participating 189
Athletes participating 1677

The 8th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Commonwealth Stadium, 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 composer Jan Randall and the events were televised live to an estimated viewing audience of 4 billion people in over 200 countries. The ceremonies also featured a 1000 voice choir, and the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra.

Contents

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 (GRE) 20.04  Christopher Williams (JAM) 20.20  Kim Collins (SKN) 20.20
(NR St.Kitts)
 Shawn Crawford (USA)
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 (POL) 1:44.63
(PB)
1,500 m
details
 Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) 3:30.68  Bernard Lagat (KEN) 3:31.10  Driss Maazouzi (FRA) 3:31.54
(SB)
5,000 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 (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 (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
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 Roman Rasskazov (RUS) 1:20:31  Ilya Markov (RUS) 1:20:33  Viktor Burayev (RUS) 1:20:36
50 km walk
details
 Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 3:42.08
(WL)
 Jesús Ángel García (ESP) 3:43:07
(SB)
 Edgar Hernández (MEX) 3:46:12
(PB)
4x100 m relay
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 South Africa (RSA)
Morne Nagel
Corne Du Plessis
Lee-Roy Newton
Matthew Quinn
38.473
(NR)
 Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)
Marc Burns
Ato Boldon
Jaycey Harper
Darrel Brown
38.58
(NR)
 Australia (AUS)
Matthew Shirvington
Paul Di Bella
Steve Brimacombe
Adam Basil
38.83
(SB)
4x400 m relay
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 Bahamas (BAH)
Avard Moncur
Chris Brown
Troy McIntosh
Tim Munnings
2:58.19
(NR)
 Jamaica (JAM)
Brandon Simpson
Christopher Williams
Greg Haughton
Danny McFarlane
2:58.394
(SB)
 Poland (POL)
Rafał Wieruszewski
Piotr Haczek
Piotr Długosielski
Piotr Rysiukiewicz
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 seasonal best | WL world leading (in a given season)

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 second in 2:58.21, 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)
 Vyacheslav Voronin (RUS)
Pole vault
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 Dmitri Markov (AUS) 6.05
(CR)
 Aleksandr Averbukh (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
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 Lars Riedel (GER) 69.72
(CR)
 Virgilijus Alekna (LTU) 69.40  Michael Möllenbeck (GER) 67.61
(PB)
Hammer throw
details
 Szymon Ziółkowski (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 (GRE) 89.95
Decathlon
details
 Tomáš Dvořák (CZE) 8902
(CR)
 Erki Nool (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 seasonal 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 (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 Simon (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  Daimi Pernia (CUB) 54.51
20 km walk
details
 Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) 1:27:48
(CR)
 Valentina Tsybulskaya (BLR) 1:28:49
(PB)
 Elisabetta Perrone (ITA) 1:28:56
4x100m relay
details
Melanie Paschke,
Gaby Rockmeier,
Birgit Rockmeier,
Marion Wagner
 Germany
42.323
(SB)
Sylviane Félix,
Frédérique Bangué,
Muriel Hurtis,
Odiah Sidibé
 France
42.39
(SB)
Juliet Campbell,
Merlene Frazer,
Beverly McDonald,
Astia Walker
 Jamaica
42.40
(SB)
4x400m relay
details
Sandie Richards,
Catherine Scott-Pomales,
Debbie-Ann Parris,
Lorraine Fenton
 Jamaica
3:20.65
(WL)
Florence Ekpo-Umoh,
Shanta Ghosh,
Claudia Marx,
Grit Breuer
 Germany
3:21.97
(SB)
Irina Rosikhina,
Yuliya Pechonkina,
Anastasiya Kapachinskaya,
Olesya Zykina
 Russia
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 seasonal best | WL world leading (in a given season)

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 (POL) 4.55
Long jump
details
 Fiona May (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 (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 Manjani (GRE) 65.78  Sonia Bisset (CUB) 64.69
Heptathlon
details
 Yelena Prokhorova (RUS) 6694
(SB)
 Natalya 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 seasonal 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.

Medals table

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1.  Russia 5 7 6 18
2.  United States 5 5 3 13
3.  Kenya 3 3 2 8
4.  Germany 3 3 1 7
5.  Cuba 3 1 2 6
6.  Bahamas 3 0 1 4
7.  Ethiopia 2 3 3 8
8=  Belarus 2 2 0 4
8=  Romania 2 2 0 4
9.  Morocco 2 1 0 3
11.  Poland 2 0 3 5
12=  Czech Republic 2 0 0 2
12=  South Africa 2 0 0 2
14.  Jamaica 1 2 3 6
15.  Greece 1 2 2 5
16.  Italy 1 1 2 4
17.  Ukraine 1 1 1 3
18.  Australia 1 0 2 3
19.  Great Britain 1 0 1 2
20=  Dominican Republic 1 0 0 1
20=  Mozambique 1 0 0 1
20=  Senegal 1 0 0 1
20=  Switzerland 1 0 0 1
24=  Japan 0 2 1 3
24=  Spain 0 2 1 3
26=  Finland 0 1 1 2
26=  France 0 1 1 2
26=  Sweden 0 1 1 2
26=  Trinidad and Tobago 0 1 1 2
30=  Austria 0 1 0 1
30=  Cameroon 0 1 0 1
30=  Estonia 0 1 0 1
30=  Israel 0 1 0 1
30=  Lithuania 0 1 0 1
35.  Mexico 0 0 2 2
36=  Bulgaria 0 0 1 1
36=  Cayman Islands 0 0 1 1
36=  Haiti 0 0 1 1
36=  Kazakhstan 0 0 1 1
36=  Portugal 0 0 1 1
36=  Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 0 1 1
36=  Suriname 0 0 1 1

See also

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