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{{Short description|2001 edition of the World Championships in Athletics}}
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 thousand-strong voice choir, and the
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra.Edmonton defeated bids from Paris, France (which hosted the next edition) and the
San Francisco Bay Area in the United States to host the event.WEB,
weblink Edmonton wins bid to host 2001 IAAF World Championships in Athletics, 19 November 1998, ww.worldathletics.org/,
IAAF, 22 July 2022, Edmonton had previously hosted the
1978 Commonwealth Games and the
1983 Summer Universiade.
Men's results
Track
1997 |
1999 | 2001 |
2003 |
2005{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
2001 World Championships in Athletics â Men's 100 metres}} | Maurice Greene (sprinter) | >USA | |9.82(WL) | Bernard Williams (athlete) | >USA | | 9.942(PB) | Ato Boldon | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 9.98 |
200 m{{DetailsLink|2001 World Championships in Athletics â Men's 200 metres}} | {{flagIOC2medalist | Konstantinos Kenteris>GRE | | 20.04 | {{flagIOC2medalist | Christopher Williams (sprinter)>Christopher Williams | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | rowspan="2"|20.20 | Kim Collins | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | rowspan="2"|20.30(NR St.Kitts) |
Shawn Crawford | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} |
2001 World Championships in Athletics â Men's 400 metres}} | Avard Moncur | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 44.64 | Ingo Schultz | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 44.87 | Greg Haughton | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 44.98 |
2001 World Championships in Athletics â Men's 800 metres}} | André Bucher | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 1:43.70 | Wilfred Bungei | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 1:44.55 | PaweÅ Czapiewski | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 1:44.63(PB) |
2001 World Championships in Athletics â Men's 1500 metres}} | Hicham El Guerrouj | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 3:30.68 | Bernard Lagat | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 3:31.10 | Driss Maazouzi | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 3:31.54(SB) |
2001 World Championships in Athletics â Men's 5000 metres}} | Richard Limo | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 13:00.77 | Million Wolde | 1996 | |13:03.471 | John Kibowen | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 13:05.20 |
2001 World Championships in Athletics â Men's 10,000 metres}} | Charles Kamathi | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 27:53.25 | Assefa Mezgebu | 1996 | |27:53.97 | Haile Gebrselassie | 1996 | |27:54.41 |
2001 World Championships in Athletics â Men's Marathon}} | Gezahegne Abera | 1996 | |2:12:42(SB) | Simon Biwott | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 2:12:43 | Stefano Baldini | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 2:13:18 |
2001 World Championships in Athletics â Men's 110 metres hurdles}} | Allen Johnson | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 13.04(WL) | Anier GarcÃa | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 13.07(SB) | Dudley Dorival | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 13.25(NR) |
2001 World Championships in Athletics â Men's 400 metres hurdles}} | Félix Sánchez (hurdler) | >DOM | |47.49(WL) | Fabrizio Mori | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 47.54(NR) | Dai Tamesue | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 47.89(NR) |
2001 World Championships in Athletics â Men's 3000 metres steeplechase}} | Reuben Kosgei | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 8:15.16 | Ali Ezzine | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 8:16.21 | Bernard Barmasai | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 8:16.59 |
2001 World Championships in Athletics â Men's 20 kilometres walk}} | Roman Rasskazov | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 1:20:31 | Ilya Markov | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 1:20:33 | Viktor Burayev | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 1:20:36 |
2001 World Championships in Athletics â Men's 50 kilometres walk}} | Robert Korzeniowski | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 3:42.08(WL) | Jesús Ãngel GarcÃa | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 3:43:07(SB) | Ãdgar Hernández (racewalker) | >MEX | |3:46:12(PB) |
2001 World Championships in Athletics â Men's 4 Ã 100 metres relay}} | RSA}}Morne NagelCorne Du PlessisLee-Roy NewtonMathew Quinn | 38.47(NR) | TRI}}Marc BurnsAto BoldonJaycey HarperDarrel Brown | 38.58(NR) | AUS}}Matthew ShirvingtonPaul Di BellaSteve BrimacombeAdam Basil | 38.83(SB) |
2001 World Championships in Athletics â Men's 4 Ã 400 metres relay}} | BAH}}Avard MoncurChris Brown (athlete) | Troy McIntoshTim MunningsCarl Oliver*>|2:58.194(NR) | JAM}}Brandon SimpsonChristopher Williams (sprinter) | Greg HaughtonDanny McFarlaneMichael Blackwood (athlete)>Michael Blackwood*Mario Watts* | 2:58.39(SB) | POL}}RafaÅ WieruszewskiPiotr HaczekPiotr DÅugosielskiPiotr RysiukiewiczJacek Bocian* | 2:59.71(SB) |
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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{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
High jump{{DetailsLink|2001 World Championships in Athletics â Men's high jump}} | {{flagIOC2medalist | Martin BuÃ>GER | | 2.36(WL) | Yaroslav Rybakov | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | rowspan="2"|2.33(PB Rybakov)(SB Voronin) |
Vyacheslav Voronin | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} |
2001 World Championships in Athletics â Men's pole vault}} | Dmitri Markov | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 6.05(CR) | Aleksandr Averbukh | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 5.85 | Nick Hysong | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 5.85(SB) |
2001 World Championships in Athletics â Men's long jump}} | Iván Pedroso | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 8.40 | Savanté Stringfellow | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 8.24 | Carlos Calado | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 8.21(SB) |
2001 World Championships in Athletics â Men's triple jump}} | Jonathan Edwards (triple jumper) | >GBR | |17.92(WL) | Christian Olsson | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 17.47 | Igor Spasovkhodskiy | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 17.44(PB) |
2001 World Championships in Athletics â Men's shot put}} | John Godina | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 21.87 | Adam Nelson | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 21.24 | Arsi Harju | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 20.93(SB) |
2001 World Championships in Athletics â Men's discus throw}} | Lars Riedel | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 69.72(CR) | Virgilijus Alekna | 1988 | |69.40 | Michael Möllenbeck | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 67.61(PB) |
2001 World Championships in Athletics â Men's hammer throw}} | Szymon ZióÅkowski | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 83.38(CR) | Koji Murofushi | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 82.92 | Ilya Konovalov (hammer thrower) | >RUS | |80.27(SB) |
2001 World Championships in Athletics â Men's javelin throw}} | Jan Železný | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 92.80(CR) | Aki Parviainen | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 91.31 | Konstadinos Gatsioudis | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 89.95 |
2001 World Championships in Athletics â Men's decathlon}} | Tomáš DvoÅák | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 8902(CR) | Erki Nool | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 8815(NR) | Dean Macey | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 8603(PB) |
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Women's results
Track
1997 |
1999 | 2001 |
2003 |
2005{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
2001 World Championships in Athletics â Women's 100 metres}} | Zhanna Pintusevich-Block | >UKR | |10.82(WL) | Ekaterini Thanou | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 10.912(SB) | Chandra Sturrup | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 11.02 |
2001 World Championships in Athletics â Women's 200 metres}} | Debbie Ferguson | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 22.521 | LaTasha Jenkins | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 22.85 | Cydonie Mothersille | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 22.882 |
2001 World Championships in Athletics â Women's 400 metres}} | Amy Mbacké Thiam | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 49.86(NR) | Lorraine Fenton | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 49.88(SB) | Ana Guevara | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 49.97SB |
2001 World Championships in Athletics â Women's 800 metres}} | Maria Mutola | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 1:57.17 | Stephanie Graf | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 1:57.20(SB) | Letitia Vriesde | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 1:57.35(SB) |
2001 World Championships in Athletics â Women's 1500 metres}} | Gabriela Szabo | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 4:00.57(SB) | Violeta Szekely | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 4:01.70 | Natalya Gorelova | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 4:02.40 |
2001 World Championships in Athletics â Women's 5000 metres}} | Olga Yegorova | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 15:03.39 | Marta DomÃnguez | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 15:06.59 | Ayelech Worku | 1996 | |15:10.17 |
2001 World Championships in Athletics â Women's 10,000 metres}} | Derartu Tulu | 1996 | |31:48.81 | Berhane Adere | 1996 | |31:48.85 | Gete Wami | 1996 | |31:49.98 |
2001 World Championships in Athletics â Women's Marathon}} | Lidia Èimon | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 2:26:01 | Reiko Tosa | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 2:26:06 | Svetlana Zakharova (athlete) | >RUS | |2:26:18 |
2001 World Championships in Athletics â Women's 100 metres hurdles}} | Anjanette Kirkland | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 12.42(WL) | Gail Devers | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 12.54SB | Olga Shishigina | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 12.58(SB) |
2001 World Championships in Athletics â Women's 400 metres hurdles}} | Nezha Bidouane | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 53.34(WL) | Yuliya Pechonkina | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 54.27 | Daimà PernÃa | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 54.51 |
2001 World Championships in Athletics â Women's 20 kilometres walk}} | Olimpiada Ivanova | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 1:27:48(CR) | Valentina Tsybulskaya | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 1:28:49(PB) | Elisabetta Perrone | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 1:28:56 |
2001 World Championships in Athletics â Women's 4 à 100 metres relay}} | GER}}Melanie PaschkeGabi RockmeierBirgit RockmeierMarion Wagner | 42.323(SB) | FRA}}Sylviane FélixFrédérique BanguéMuriel HurtisOdiah Sidibé | 42.39(SB) | JAM}}Juliet Campbell (Jamaican sprinter) | Merlene FrazerBeverly McDonaldAstia WalkerElva Goulbourne*>|42.40(SB) |
2001 World Championships in Athletics â Women's 4 Ã 400 metres relay}} | JAM}}Sandie RichardsCatherine Scott-PomalesDebbie-Ann ParrisLorraine FentonMichelle Burgher*Deon Hemmings* | 3:20.65(WL) | GER}}Florence Ekpo-UmohShanta GhoshClaudia MarxGrit Breuer | 3:21.97(SB) | RUS}}Irina RosikhinaYuliya PechonkinaAnastasiya KapachinskayaOlesya ZykinaNatalya Shevtsova* | 3:24.92 |
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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{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
2001 World Championships in Athletics â Women's high jump}} | Hestrie Cloete | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 2.00(SB) | Inha Babakova | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 2.00 | Kajsa Bergqvist | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 1.97 |
2001 World Championships in Athletics â Women's pole vault}} | Stacy Dragila | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 4.75(CR) | Svetlana Feofanova | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 4.75(CR) | Monika Pyrek | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 4.55 |
2001 World Championships in Athletics â Women's long jump}} | Fiona May | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 7.02 | Tatyana Kotova | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 7.01 | Niurka Montalvo | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 6.88 |
2001 World Championships in Athletics â Women's triple jump}} | Tatyana Lebedeva | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 15.25(WL) | Françoise Mbango-Etone | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 14.60 | Tereza Marinova | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 14.58 |
2001 World Championships in Athletics â Women's shot put}} | Yanina Karolchyk-Pravalinskaya | >BLR | |20.61(NR) | Nadine Kleinert | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 19.86(PB) | Vita Pavlysh | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 19.41 |
2001 World Championships in Athletics â Women's discus throw}} | Ellina Zvereva | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 67.101 | Nicoleta Grasu | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 66.24 | Anastasia Kelesidou | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 65.50(SB) |
2001 World Championships in Athletics â Women's hammer throw}} | Yipsi Moreno | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 70.65(AR) | Olga Kuzenkova | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 70.61 | Bronwyn Eagles | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 68.87 |
2001 World Championships in Athletics â Women's javelin throw}} | Osleidys Menéndez | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 69.53(CR) | Mirela Maniani | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 65.78 | Sonia Bisset | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 64.69 |
2001 World Championships in Athletics â Women's heptathlon}} | Yelena Prokhorova | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 6694(SB) | Natallia Sazanovich | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 6539(SB) | Shelia Burrell | 2001 World Championships in Athletics}} | 6472(PB) |
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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).{{Medals table
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| gold_RUS = 5 | silver_RUS = 7 | bronze_RUS = 6
| gold_USA = 5 | silver_USA = 5 | bronze_USA = 3
| gold_KEN = 3 | silver_KEN = 3 | bronze_KEN = 2
| gold_GER = 3 | silver_GER = 3 | bronze_GER = 1
| gold_CUB = 3 | silver_CUB = 1 | bronze_CUB = 2
| gold_BAH = 3 | silver_BAH = 0 | bronze_BAH = 1
| gold_ETH = 2 | silver_ETH = 3 | bronze_ETH = 3
| gold_BLR = 2 | silver_BLR = 2 | bronze_BLR = 0
| gold_ROU = 2 | silver_ROU = 2 | bronze_ROU = 0
| gold_MAR = 2 | silver_MAR = 1 | bronze_MAR = 0
| gold_POL = 2 | silver_POL = 0 | bronze_POL = 3
| gold_CZE = 2 | silver_CZE = 0 | bronze_CZE = 0
| gold_SAF = 2 | silver_SAF = 0 | bronze_SAF = 0
| gold_JAM = 1 | silver_JAM = 3 | bronze_JAM = 2
| gold_GRE = 1 | silver_GRE = 2 | bronze_GRE = 2
| gold_ITA = 1 | silver_ITA = 1 | bronze_ITA = 2
| gold_UKR = 1 | silver_UKR = 1 | bronze_UKR = 1
| gold_AUS = 1 | silver_AUS = 0 | bronze_AUS = 2
| gold_GBR = 1 | silver_GBR = 0 | bronze_GBR = 1
| gold_DOM = 1 | silver_DOM = 0 | bronze_DOM = 0
| gold_MOZ = 1 | silver_MOZ = 0 | bronze_MOZ = 0
| gold_SEN = 1 | silver_SEN = 0 | bronze_SEN = 0
| gold_SUI = 1 | silver_SUI = 0 | bronze_SUI = 0
| gold_JPN = 0 | silver_JPN = 2 | bronze_JPN = 1
| gold_ESP = 0 | silver_ESP = 2 | bronze_ESP = 1
| gold_FIN = 0 | silver_FIN = 1 | bronze_FIN = 1
| gold_FRA = 0 | silver_FRA = 1 | bronze_FRA = 1
| gold_SWE = 0 | silver_SWE = 1 | bronze_SWE = 1
| gold_TTO = 0 | silver_TTO = 1 | bronze_TTO = 1
| gold_AUT = 0 | silver_AUT = 1 | bronze_AUT = 0
| gold_CMR = 0 | silver_CMR = 1 | bronze_CMR = 0
| gold_EST = 0 | silver_EST = 1 | bronze_EST = 0
| gold_ISR = 0 | silver_ISR = 1 | bronze_ISR = 0
| gold_LTU = 0 | silver_LTU = 1 | bronze_LTU = 0
| gold_MEX = 0 | silver_MEX = 0 | bronze_MEX = 2
| gold_BUL = 0 | silver_BUL = 0 | bronze_BUL = 1
| gold_CAY = 0 | silver_CAY = 0 | bronze_CAY = 1
| gold_HAI = 0 | silver_HAI = 0 | bronze_HAI = 1
| gold_KAZ = 0 | silver_KAZ = 0 | bronze_KAZ = 1
| gold_POR = 0 | silver_POR = 0 | bronze_POR = 1
| gold_SKN = 0 | silver_SKN = 0 | bronze_SKN = 1
| gold_SUR = 0 | silver_SUR = 0 | bronze_SUR = 1
}}
See also
References
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