2001 World Championships in Athletics explained

8th World Championships in Athletics
Host City:Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Nations:189
Athletes:1602
Opened By:Prime Minister of Canada Jean Chretien
Dates:3–12, August 2001
Stadium:Commonwealth Stadium
Previous:1999 Seville

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 and 12 August 2001 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.[1] Edmonton had previously hosted the 1978 Commonwealth Games and the 1983 Summer Universiade.

Men's results

Track

1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005

100 m
9.82
(WL)
9.942
(PB)
9.98
200 m
20.0420.2020.30
(NR St.Kitts)
400 m
44.6444.8744.98
800 m
1:43.701:44.551:44.63
(PB)
1500 m
3:30.683:31.103:31.54
(SB)
5000 m
13:00.7713:03.47113:05.20
10,000 m
27:53.2527:53.9727:54.41
Marathon
2:12:42
(SB)
2:12:432:13:18
110 m hurdles
13.04
(WL)
13.07
(SB)
13.25
(NR)
400 m hurdles
47.49
(WL)
47.54
(NR)
47.89
(NR)
3,000 m st.
8:15.168:16.218:16.59
20 km walk
1:20:311:20:331:20:36
50 km walk
3:42.08
(WL)
3:43:07
(SB)
3:46:12
(PB)
4 × 100 m relay

Morne Nagel
Corne Du Plessis
Lee-Roy Newton
Mathew Quinn
38.47
(NR)

Marc Burns
Ato Boldon
Jaycey Harper
Darrel Brown
38.58
(NR)

Matthew Shirvington
Paul Di Bella
Steve Brimacombe
Adam Basil
38.83
(SB)
4 × 400 m relay

Avard Moncur
Chris Brown
Troy McIntosh
Tim Munnings
Carl Oliver
2:58.194
(NR)

Brandon Simpson
Christopher Williams
Greg Haughton
Danny McFarlane
Michael Blackwood
2:58.39
(SB)

Rafał Wieruszewski
Piotr Haczek
Piotr Długosielski
Piotr Rysiukiewicz
Jacek Bocian
2:59.71
(SB)
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

High jump
2.36
(WL)
2.33
(PB Rybakov)
(SB Voronin)
Pole vault
6.05
(CR)
5.855.85
(SB)
Long jump
8.408.248.21
(SB)
Triple jump
17.92
(WL)
17.4717.44
(PB)
Shot put
21.8721.2420.93
(SB)
Discus throw
69.72
(CR)
69.4067.61
(PB)
Hammer throw
83.38
(CR)
82.9280.27
(SB)
Javelin throw
92.80
(CR)
91.3189.95
Decathlon
8902
(CR)
8815
(NR)
8603
(PB)

Women's results

Track

1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005

100 m
10.82
(WL)
10.912
(SB)
11.02
200 m
22.52122.8522.882
400 m
49.86
(NR)
49.88
(SB)
49.97
SB
800 m
1:57.171:57.20
(SB)
1:57.35
(SB)
1,500 m
4:00.57
(SB)
4:01.704:02.40
5,000 m
15:03.3915:06.5915:10.17
10,000 m
31:48.8131:48.8531:49.98
Marathon
2:26:012:26:062:26:18
100 m hurdles
12.42
(WL)
12.54
SB
12.58
(SB)
400 m hurdles
53.34
(WL)
54.2754.51
20 km walk
1:27:48
(CR)
1:28:49
(PB)
1:28:56
4 × 100 m relay

Melanie Paschke
Gabi Rockmeier
Birgit Rockmeier
Marion Wagner
42.323
(SB)

Sylviane Félix
Frédérique Bangué
Muriel Hurtis
Odiah Sidibé
42.39
(SB)

Juliet Campbell
Merlene Frazer
Beverly McDonald
Astia Walker
Elva Goulbourne
42.40
(SB)
4 × 400 m relay

Sandie Richards
Catherine Scott-Pomales
Debbie-Ann Parris
Lorraine Fenton
Michelle Burgher
3:20.65
(WL)

Florence Ekpo-Umoh
Shanta Ghosh
Claudia Marx
Grit Breuer
3:21.97
(SB)

Irina Rosikhina
Yuliya Pechonkina
Anastasiya Kapachinskaya
Olesya Zykina
Natalya Shevtsova
3:24.92
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

High jump
2.00
(SB)
2.001.97
Pole vault
4.75
(CR)
4.75
(CR)
4.55
Long jump
7.027.016.88
Triple jump
15.25
(WL)
14.6014.58
Shot put
20.61
(NR)
19.86
(PB)
19.41
Discus throw
67.10166.2465.50
(SB)
Hammer throw
70.65
(AR)
70.6168.87
Javelin throw
69.53
(CR)
65.7864.69
Heptathlon
6694
(SB)
6539
(SB)
6472
(PB)
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 nation Canada did not win any medals at these championships. This makes Canada only the second championship host with such a distinction, after Sweden in 1995.

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Edmonton wins bid to host 2001 IAAF World Championships in Athletics. 19 November 1998. ww.worldathletics.org/. IAAF. 22 July 2022.