2009 IAAF World Athletics Final – Results explained

These are the results of the 2009 IAAF World Athletics Final, which took place in Thessaloniki, Greece on 12 and 13 September.

The year's top seven athletes, based on their points ranking of the 2009 IAAF World Athletics Tour, qualified to compete in each event, with an extra four athletes selected for races of 1500 metres and above. One additional athlete, a wildcard, was allocated to each event by the IAAF and replacement athletes were admitted to replace the qualified athletes that could not attend the final.^[1] ^[2]

Key

Track

100 metres

Rank	Time (sec)	WAT rank
+Men's
	9.88	5
	9.90	1
	10.00	3
4	10.09	9
5	10.16	7
6	10.20	6
7	10.30	18
8	10.48	10

Women's
Rank	Time (sec)	Notes	WAT rank
	10.67	CR	2
	10.89		3
	10.90		1
4	11.17		4
5	11.20		20
6	11.24		5
7	11.25		9
8	11.27		9

200 metres

Rank	Time (sec)	Notes	WAT rank
+Men's
	19.68	=CR	3
	20.21		1
	20.65		4
4	20.75		9
5	20.78		2
6	20.85		7
7	20.90		6
8	21.22		4

Women's
Rank	Time (sec)	Notes	WAT rank
	22.29		5
	22.29	SB	41
	22.42	SB	3
4	22.45		1
5	22.57	SB	4
6	22.83		8
7	22.90		2
8	22.91		7

400 metres

Rank	Time (sec)	WAT rank
+Men's
	44.93	4
	45.49	2
	45.60	8
4	45.67	6
5	45.72	7
6	46.09	5
7	46.20	10
8	47.10	9

Women's
Rank	Time (sec)	WAT rank
	49.95	1
	50.34	4
	50.49	2
4	51.01	9
5	51.39	3
6	51.42	7
7	51.81	11
8	52.05	5

800 metres

Rank	Time (min)	Notes	WAT rank
+Men's
	1:44.85	CR	2
	1:45.23		4
	1:45.53		7
4	1:45.86		16
5	1:46.04		1
6	1:46.19		9
7	1:46.66		3
8	1:50.55		8

Women's
Rank	Time (min)	WAT rank
	2:00.20	7
	2:00.31	2
	2:00.41	6
4	2:00.72	4
5	2:00.84	3
6	2:00.86	4
7	2:00.99	1
8	2:04.79	9

1500 metres

Rank	Time (min)	WAT rank
+Men's
	3:35.04	2
	3:35.40	8
	3:35.46	1
4	3:36.11	11
5	3:36.36	9
6	3:36.42	2
7	3:37.43	14
8	3:37.51	4
9	3:40.12	10
10	3:45.81	—

Women's
Rank	Time (min)	WAT rank
	4:13.63	24
	4:14.05	7
	4:14.10	3
4	4:14.12	1
5	4:14.18	5
6	4:14.51	1
7	4:15.76	9
8	4:15.94	4
9	4:17.98	10
10	4:19.35	8
11	4:21.34	16
	DNS	14

3000 metres

Rank	Time (min)	WAT rank
+Men's
	8:03.79	12
	8:04.00	3
	8:04.64	7
4	8:05.32	4
5	8:05.54	8
6	8:05.76	11
7	8:06.69	4
8	8:07.22	10
9	8:07.26	1
10	8:07.63	2
11	8:12.51	8

Women's
Rank	Time (min)	Notes	WAT rank
	8:30.15	WL	—
	8:30.61	PB	3
	8:30.93	SB	1
4	8:37.17	PB	2
5	8:38.61	PB	6
6	8:46.46		3
7	8:49.55		3
8	8:50.37	PB	8
9	8:58.21		11
10	8:58.47		11
11	9:11.21		11
12	9:43.14	PB	—

5000 metres

Rank	Time (min)	WAT rank
+Men's
	13:29.75	3
	13:29.76	7
	13:29.76	6
4	13:30.22	28
5	13:30.59	8
6	13:30.75	14
7	13:30.76	2
8	13:31.48	28
9	13:35.59	10
10	13:41.93	16
11	13:45.96	10
12	13:50.82	4

Women's
Rank	Time (min)	WAT rank
	15:25.31	6
	15:25.92	1
	15:26.21	5
4	15:26.50	14
5	15:27.34	12
6	15:28.96	6
7	15:29.55	15
8	15:32.43	15
9	15:32.58	4
10	15:38.15	—
11	15:42.92	2

110/100 metres hurdles

Rank	Time (sec)	WAT rank
+Men's
	13.16	5
	13.26	2
	13.29	3
4	13.50	19
5	13.57	7
6	13.62	5
7	13.81	4
8	14.19	11

Women's
Rank	Time (sec)	WAT rank
	12.58	1
	12.61	4
	12.61	6
4	12.61	1
5	12.61	7
6	12.75	5
7	13.03	12
8	13.37	10

400 metres hurdles

Rank	Time (sec)	WAT rank
+Men's
	48.11	1
	48.74	2
	48.90	13
4	49.03	9
5	50.02	15
6	50.28	5
7	51.19	7
	DQ	3

Women's
Rank	Time (sec)	Notes	WAT rank
	53.36	CR	1
	53.99		8
	54.31		6
4	54.62		7
5	54.98		2
6	55.31		4
7	56.29		3
	DNF		5

3000 metres steeplechase

Rank	Time (min)	Notes	WAT rank
+Men's
	8:04.38		1
	8:05.47		2
	8:09.14		20
4	8:11.32	NR	10
5	8:12.04		5
6	8:16.44		7
7	8:17.46		3
8	8:18.83		9
9	8:24.11		6
10	8:24.95		8
11	8:32.76		10
12	8:36.99		4

Women's
Rank	Time (min)	Notes	WAT rank
	9:13.43	CR	1
	9:20.19		20
	9:21.18		13
4	9:26.10		2
5	9:26.94		10
6	9:27.78		8
7	9:33.11	SB	6
8	9:37.86		7
9	9:39.92		10
10	9:55.33		4
11	9:58.38		16
	DNF		4

Field

High jump

Rank	Best (m)	Notes	WAT rank
+Men's
	2.34		6
	2.32		1
	2.29		2
4	2.29		5
5	2.26		3
6	2.26	SB	4
7	2.22		31
7	2.22		—

Women's
Rank	Best (m)	Notes	WAT rank
	2.04	CR	1
	2.00		2
	1.97		5
4	1.97		3
5	1.94		10
6	1.94		7
7	1.90		3
8	1.90		11

Pole vault

Rank	Best (m)	WAT rank
+Men's
	5.70	4
	5.60	3
	5.60	7
4	5.50	5
4	5.50	8
6	5.50	—
6	5.50	6
	NM	2

Women's
Rank	Best (m)	WAT rank
	4.80	1
	4.60	5
	4.60	3
4	4.50	2
4	4.50	7
6	4.40	4
	NM	9
	NM	8

Long jump

Rank	Best (m)	Notes	WAT rank
+Men's
	8.33	w	3
	8.24		2
	8.17		1
4	7.96		6
5	7.90		5
6	7.89		39
7	7.85		4
8	7.64		16

Women's
Rank	Best (m)	Notes	WAT rank
	7.08	CR	2
	6.81		6
	6.79		9
4	6.61		7
5	6.58		3
6	6.58		1
7	6.53		5
8	6.50		15

Triple jump

Rank	Best (m)	WAT rank
+Men's
	17.45	1
	17.19	2
	17.18	5
4	17.03	3
5	16.78	12
6	16.73	4
7	16.46	8
8	15.38	7

Women's
Rank	Best (m)	Notes	WAT rank
	14.62		6
	14.56	NR	10
	14.48	SB	4
4	14.39		2
5	14.38		5
6	14.33		3
7	13.89		7
8	13.64		12

Shot put

Rank	Best (m)	Notes	WAT rank
+Men's
	22.07	CR	3
	21.21		2
	20.82	PB	6
4	20.66		1
5	20.58		14
6	20.48		4
7	20.03		6
8	19.61		5

Women's
Rank	Best (m)	Notes	WAT rank
	21.07	CR	4
	19.56		6
	19.27		3
4	19.05		1
5	19.05		2
6	18.45		6
7	17.91		5
8	17.68		8

Discus throw

Rank	Best (m)	WAT rank
+Men's
	67.63	3
	66.37	4
	65.60	2
4	65.60	5
5	65.34	1
6	63.24	5
7	61.95	8
8	48.61	7

Women's
Rank	Best (m)	Notes	WAT rank
	65.86	CR	1
	63.36		6
	61.74		9
4	61.57		3
5	59.94		8
6	59.66		5
7	59.64		6
8	54.87		31

Hammer throw

Rank	Best (m)	WAT rank
+Men's
	79.80	2
	79.32	5
	77.49	1
4	77.26	4
5	77.14	3
6	76.96	7
7	75.35	7
8	73.61	6

Women's
Rank	Best (m)	WAT rank
	72.03	5
	70.56	3
	70.45	2
4	69.50	10
5	69.00	7
6	68.07	4
7	65.29	5
8	64.90	—

Javelin throw

Rank	Best (m)	WAT rank
+Men's
	87.75	1
	84.09	2
	82.46	6
4	81.86	3
5	80.60	7
6	80.50	3
7	80.07	8
8	74.93	5

Women's
Rank	Best (m)	WAT rank
	64.60	4
	63.45	2
	62.59	1
4	62.14	6
5	59.93	7
6	57.57	3
7	57.32	4
8	56.21	12

References

General

2009 IAAF World Athletics Final results. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-09-12.

Specific

External links

Notes and References

Ramsak, Bob (2009-09-07). Jumps Preview - IAAF / VTB Bank World Athletics Final. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-09-07. Archived 2009-09-16.
http://www.iaaf.org/gp09/news/kind=101/newsid=50252.html IAAF / VTB Bank World Athletics Final 2009 - Who and how many qualify?