World Athletics Championships 2001

8th World Athletics Championships
Commonwealth Stadium
city	Edmonton , Canada
Stadion	Commonwealth Stadium
participating countries	200
Participating athletes	1766
Competitions	46
opening	August 3, 2001
Final day	August 12, 2001
timeline
← Seville 1999	Paris / Saint-Denis 2003 →

Medal table (final result after 46 decisions)
space	country	G	S.	B.	total
1	Russia	5	7th	6th	18th
2	United States	5	5	3	13
3	Kenya	3	3	2	8th
4th	Germany	3	3	1	7th
5	Cuba	3	1	2	6th
9	Bahamas	3	-	1	4th
6th	Ethiopia	2	3	3	8th
7th	Romania	2	2	-	4th
	Belarus	2	2	-	4th
10	Morocco	2	1	-	3
Complete medal table

The 8th World Athletics Championships (officially: 8th IAAF World Championships in Athletics Edmonton 2001 ) took place from August 3 to 12, 2001 in the Canadian city ​​of Edmonton .

overview

The competitions were held in the Commonwealth Stadium , and for the first time there were World Athletics Championships in Canada. 1766 athletes from 200 countries took part.

Competitions

There were no changes in the competition program this time.

For women there were still a few deficits compared to the men's competitions.

• Run area: The 3000 meter obstacle course , which was only included in the women's World Cup program in 2005, was still missing .
• Walking area: There was no 50 km walking , which was part of the women's World Cup program in 2017 .

Athletic performance

The eighth edition of the World Athletics Championships was, like the previous events, characterized by a high level of performance.

• There were seventeen new world records for the year in thirteen disciplines:
  • 100 meters men - Maurice Greene ( USA ): 9.82 s (final)
  • 200 meters men - Konstantinos Kenteris ( Greece ): 20.03 s (semi-finals)
  • 110 meter hurdles men - Allen Johnson (USA): 13.04 s (final)
  • 400 meter hurdles men - Félix Sánchez ( Cuba ): 47.49 s (final)
  • 50 km walk men - Robert Korzeniowski ( Poland ): 21.77 h (final)
  • High jump men - Martin Buß ( Germany ): 2.36 m (final)
  • Triple jump men - Jonathan Edwards ( Great Britain ): 17.92 m (final)
  • 100 meters women - Schanna Block ( Ukraine ): 10.82 s (final)
  • 100 meter hurdles women - Gail Devers (USA): 12.56 s (semifinals)
  • 100 meter hurdles women - Anjanette Kirkland (USA): 12.42 s (final)
  • 400 meter hurdles women - Daimí Pernía ( Cuba ): 53.81 s (semifinals)
  • 400 meter hurdles women - Nezha Bidouane ( Morocco ): 53.34 s (final)
  • 4 × 100 m women - Germany ( Melanie Paschke , Gabi Rockmeier , Birgit Rockmeier , Marion Wagner ): 42.92 s (lead)
  • 4 × 100 m women - France ( Sylviane Félix , Frédérique Bangué , Muriel Hurtis , Odiah Sidibé ): 42.49 s (preliminary)
  • 4 × 100 m women - Germany (Melanie Paschke, Gabi Rockmeier, Birgit Rockmeier, Marion Wagner): 42.32 s (final)
  • 4 × 400 m women - Jamaica ( Sandie Richards , Catherine Scott , Debbie-Ann Parris , Lorraine Fenton ): 3: 20.65 min (final)
  • Triple jump women - Tatjana Lebedewa ( Russia ): 15.25 m (final)
• Three continental records have been set in three disciplines:
  • Pole vault women - Swetlana Feofanowa (Russia): European record with 4.75 m (final)
  • Pole vault women - Gao Shuying ( People's Republic of China ): Asian record with 4.50 m (final)
  • Hammer throw women - Yipsi Moreno (Cuba): American record with 70.65 m (final)
• There were nine world championship records in eight disciplines.
• In addition, 53 national records and one national best were recorded in 22 disciplines.

Most successful athlete

• One athlete won two gold medals:
  • Avard Moncur , ( Bahamas ) - 400 meters , 4 × 400 m
• The following world champions have already been victorious at previous world championships:
  • Lars Riedel , ( Germany ) - Discus throw : fifth victory after 1991 , 1993 , 1995 and 1997
  • Maurice Greene , (USA) - 100 meters : third victory in a row, with his further victories at the 1999 World Championships over 200 meters and 4 × 100 m now five-time world champion
  • Iván Pedroso , (Cuba) - Long jump : fourth victory in a row
  • Allen Johnson , (USA) - 110 meter hurdles : third victory after 1995 and 1997
  • John Godina , (USA) - Shot put : third win after 1995 and 1997
  • Jan Železný , ( Czech Republic ) - javelin throw : third victory after 1993 and 1995
  • Tomáš Dvořák , (Czech Republic) - Decathlon : third victory in a row
  • Gabriela Szabo , ( Romania ) - 1500 meters : third World Cup title after her victories over 5000 meters in 1997 and 1999
  • Hicham El Guerrouj , (USA) - 1500 meters : second victory in a row
  • Robert Korzeniowski , (Poland) - 50 km walk , second victory after 1997
  • Jonathan Edwards , (Great Britain) - Triple jump : second win after 1995
  • Maria de Lurdes Mutola , ( Mozambique ) - 800 meters : second victory after 1993
  • Nezha Bidouane , (Morocco) - 400 meter hurdles : second victory after 1997
  • Stacy Dragila , (USA) - Pole vault : second victory in a row
  • Fiona May , ( Italy ) - Long jump : second victory after 1995
  • Elina Swerawa , ( Belarus ) - Discus throw: second victory after 1995

doping

More and more shadows fell on these world championships retrospectively and years later. This was due to seventeen athletes who were disqualified for violating the doping regulations.

The athletes concerned belonged to the following nations:
USA : 6 / Russia : 3 / Belarus : 2 / Algeria : 1 / France : 1 / Italy : 1 / Canada : 1 / Cuba : 1 / Romania : 1

The following athletes were involved:

• Tim Montgomery ( USA ) - 100-meter run , initially runner-up / 4 x 100-meter relay , initially first place. In 2008, the multiple medalist, world champion and Olympic champion confessed to long-term use of banned substances such as testosterone and growth hormones ( somatropin ) from prison where he was for check fraud and money laundering . His affected results were all canceled.
• Christophe Cheval ( France ) - 200-meter run , eliminated in the quarter-finals / 4 x 100-meter relay , eliminated in the preliminary run. He tested positive for nandrolone twice . His results at these world championships were annulled and received a two-year ban.
• Ramon Clay (USA) - 200-meter run, eliminated in the quarter-finals. He was proven to have used steroids for the period from 2000 to 2005 . All his results from this period were annulled and received a two-year ban after he had already retired from active competitive sports.
• Antonio Pettigrew , (USA) - 400 meter run , initially fourth / 4 x 400 meter relay , initially in first place. He confessed to having obtained doping drugs from Angel Heredia, a Mexican dealer, from 1997, including erythropoietin , also known as EPO, and growth hormone. As a result, he was stripped of some results, including his two results from these world championships.
• Jerome Young (USA) - 400 meter run. Eliminated in the semifinals / 4 x 400 meter relay, initially in first place. He has a long history of doping, long after these World Championships. After several violations, including erythropoietin, numerous medals and results - including those from these world championships - were revoked in 2004 and he was given a lifelong ban.
• Ali Saïdi-Sief , ( Algeria ) - 5000 meter run , initially runner-up. He tested positive for nandrolone. he had to return his silver medal and was banned for two years.
• Roberto Barbi ( Italy ) - marathon , initially in sixty. Even before these world championships, he was tested positive for the blood doping agent erythropoietin in an unannounced blood and urine test by the IAAF on July 30th.
• Javier Sotomayor ( Cuba ) - high jump , initially fourth. The high jump world record holder tested positive for nandrolone a few months before retiring from competitive sports in autumn 2001. His result from these world championships was annulled and he was given a two-year ban, which however no longer had any effect because the Cuban no longer actively played his sport. He never admitted his doping.
• Andrej Michnewitsch ( Belarus ) - shot put , initially tenth. He was repeatedly tested positive for doping, including in the context of these world championships, which led to the cancellation of his result and a two-year ban. Later he was stripped of further medals and victories because of later proven doping violations, and finally he was given a lifelong ban. He never admitted his violations.
• Marion Jones ( USA ) - 100-meter run, initially second / 200-meter run, initially first / 4 x 100-meter relay, initially first place. The multiple medalist, world champion and Olympic champion confessed to a judicial questioning in 2007 that she lied to doping investigators in 2003 when she denied the use of prohibited substances. She lost her medals from these world championships and ended her career.
• Kelli White (USA) - 100-meter run, initially seventh / 200-meter run, initially third / 4 x 100-meter relay, initially first place. The banned substance Modafinil was detected in a doping test in 2004 . Numerous results, including those from these World Championships, have been canceled. In addition, there was a two-year ban beginning May 18, 2004.
• Venolyn Clarke ( Canada ) - 100-meter run, eliminated in the quarter-finals. She tested positive for stanozolol , an anabolic steroid, before the World Championships on July 31st in Calgary during a training check-up. After the positive test officially came into effect, the sprinter was disqualified.
• Ekaterina Leschchowa ( Russia ) - 200-meter run, eliminated in the preliminary run. Your result was deleted because of a positive doping result.
• Natallja Salahub (Belarus) - 400 meter run, eliminated in the semi-finals. She tested positive for the steroid norandrosterone and was disqualified.
• Svetlana Laukowa (Russia) - 100 meter hurdles , eliminated in the semi-finals. She was disqualified for a doping violation.
• Natalja Sadowa (Russia) - discus throw , first first. She was found to have an irregularly high caffeine level and the world championship title was revoked. In 2006 it was tested positive again for prohibited substances and then banned for two years.
• Ana Mirela Țermure ( Romania ) - javelin throw , eliminated in qualification. She tested positive for the steroid norandrosterone and was disqualified.

Results men

100 m

→ Main article : 2001/100 m Men's World Athletics Championships

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Maurice Greene	United States	09.82 WL
2	Bernard Williams	United States	09.94
3	Ato Boldon	TRI	09.98
4th	Dwain Chambers	GBR	09.99
5	Kim Collins	SKN	10.07
6th	Christian Malcolm	GBR	10.11
7th	Aziz Zakari	GHA	10.24
DOP	Tim Montgomery	United States

Final: August 5th, 5:35 p.m.

Wind: −0.2 m / s

Doping:
Tim Montgomery ( USA ) was stripped of the silver medal he had initially won for violating the doping rules. He confessed to it while in prison in 2008. The victory of the US 4 x 100 meter relay was also canceled .

200 m

→ Main article : 2001/200m men's World Athletics Championships

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Konstantinos Kenteris	GRE	20.04
2	Christopher Williams	JAM	20.20
3	Kim Collins	SKN	20.20 NO
	Shawn Crawford	United States	20.20
5	Christian Malcolm	GBR	20.22
6th	Stéphan Buckland	MRI	20.24
7th	Kevin Little	United States	20.25
8th	Marlon Devonish	GBR	20.38

Final: August 9th, 9:40 pm

Wind: +0.1 m / s

There were two doping cases in this competition:

• The Frenchman Christophe Cheval , who was eliminated in the quarter-finals, tested positive for nandrolone twice . His results at these world championships - also with his country's 4 x 100 meter relay - were canceled and received a two-year ban.
• The American Ramon Clay , also eliminated in the quarterfinals, was proven to have used steroids for the period from 2000 to 2005 . All his results from this period were annulled and received a two-year ban after he had already retired from active competitive sports.

400 m

→ Main article : 2001/400 m World Athletics Championships for men

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Avard Moncur	BAH	44.64
2	Ingo Schultz	GER	44.87
3	Gregory Haughton	JAM	44.98
4th	Eric Milazar	MRI	45.13
5	Hamdan Al-Bishi	KSA	45.23
6th	Alleyne Francique	GRN	46.23
DNF	Robert Maćkowiak	POLE
DOP	Antonio Pettigrew	United States

Final: August 6th, 6:25 pm

The 400-meter run was burdened by two doping cases:

• Antonio Pettigrew ( USA ), who initially placed fourth and made a confession about his doping practice in 2013, was subsequently disqualified. The victory of the US 4-by-400-meter relay was also affected by the cancellation of his results .
• The American Jerome Young , who was initially eliminated in the semifinals, was stripped of numerous medals and results - including from these world championships - in 2004 after several violations, including erythropoietin. He was given a lifelong ban. He was also a member of the disqualified, originally victorious US season.

800 m

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 2001/800 m men

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	André Bucher	SUI	1: 43.70
2	Wilfred Bungei	KEN	1: 44.55
3	Paweł Czapiewski	POLE	1: 44.63
4th	William Yiampoy	KEN	1: 44.96
5	Nils Schumann	GER	1: 45.00
6th	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	RSA	1: 45.01
7th	Khalid Tighazouine	MAR	1: 45.58
8th	Hezekiél Sepeng	RSA	1: 46.68

Final: August 7th, 7:50 pm

1500 m

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 2001/1500 m men

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Hicham El Guerrouj	MAR	3: 30.68
2	Bernard Lagat	KEN	3: 31.10
3	Driss Maazouzi	FRA	3: 31.54
4th	William Chirchir	KEN	3: 31.91
5	Reyes Estévez	ESP	3: 32.34
6th	José Antonio Redolat	ESP	3: 34.29
7th	Rui Silva	POR	3: 35.74
8th	Abdelkader Hachlaf	MAR	3: 36.54

Final: August 12, 4:00 p.m.

5000 m

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 2001/5000 m men

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Richard Limo	KEN	13:00, 70
2	Million wolde	ETH	13: 03.47
3	John Kibowen	KEN	13: 05.20
4th	Alberto García	ESP	13: 05.60
5	Ismaïl Sghyr	FRA	13: 07.71
6th	Sammy Kipketer	KEN	13: 08.46
7th	Abiyote Abate	ETH	13: 14.07
8th	Hailu Mekonnen	ETH	13: 20.24

Final: August 10, 10:25 p.m.

One doping case was recorded in this discipline:
the Algerian Ali Saïdi-Sief tested positive for nandrolone . he had to return his silver medal and was banned for two years.

10,000 m

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 2001 / 10,000m men

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Charles Waweru Kamathi	KEN	27: 53.25
2	Assefa Mezgebu	ETH	27: 53.97
3	Haile Gebrselassie	ETH	27: 54.41
4th	Yibeltal Admassu	ETH	27: 55.24
5	Fabián Roncero	ESP	27: 56.07
6th	José Ríos	ESP	27: 56.58
7th	Paul Malakwen Kosgei	KEN	27: 57.56
8th	John Cheruiyot Korir	KEN	27: 58.06

Date: August 8, 9:30 p.m.

marathon

→ Main article : 2001 World Athletics Championships / Men's marathon

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Denied Abera	ETH	2:12:42
2	Simon Biwott	KEN	2:12:43
3	Stefano Baldini	ITA	2:13:18
4th	Tesfaye Tola	ETH	2:13:58
5	Shigeru Aburaya	JPN	2:14:07
6th	Abdelkader El Mouaziz	MAR	2:15:41
7th	Tesfaye Jifar	ETH	2:16:52
8th	Yoshiteru Morishita	JPN	2:17:05

Date: August 3, 6:45 p.m.

There was a doping case here:
The Italian Roberto Barbi , initially placed in sixty, had already been proven to be using the blood doping agent erythropoietin before these world championships after an unannounced blood and urine test by the IAAF on July 30th . He was disqualified after the official confirmation of this evidence.

Marathon cup

→ Main article : 2001 World Athletics Championships / Men's marathon

space	country	Athletes	Time (h)
1	Ethiopia	Pitched Abera Tesfaye Tola Tesfaye Jifar	6:43:32
2	Japan	Shigeru Aburaya Yoshiteru Morishita Takayuki Nishida	6:48:36
3	Italy	Stefano Baldini Giacomo Leone Alberico Di Cecco	6:51:56
4th	France	Benoît Zwierzchiewski Abdelhakim Bagy Larbi Zeroual	7:05:57
5	Spain	Óscar Fernández Antoni Peña Kamal Ziani	7:08:57
6th	Mexico	Benjamin Paredes Andrés Espinosa Francisco Bautista	7:15:09
7th	Ukraine	Oleksandr Kusyn Mykola Rudyk Andriy Naumov	7:19:12
8th	Australia	Nicholas Harrison Rod de Highden Magnus Michelsson	7:19:42

Date: August 3, 6:45 p.m.

There was also a team ranking in the marathon. Five races per nation were allowed; the times of the best three were added up for the evaluation. However, the competition was not part of the official medal table.

110 m hurdles

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 2001/110 m hurdles for men

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Allen Johnson	United States	13.04 WL
2	Anier García	CUB	13.07
3	Dudley Dorival	HAI	13.25 NO
4th	Yoel Hernández	CUB	13.30
5	Robert Kronberg	SWE	13.51
6th	Yevgeny Pechonkin	RUS	13.52
7th	Dawane Wallace	United States	13.76
8th	Shaun Bownes	RSA	13.84

Final: August 9th, 9:15 pm

Wind: −0.3 m / s

400 m hurdles

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 2001/400 m hurdles for men

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Félix Sánchez	DOM	47.49 WL
2	Fabrizio Mori	ITA	47.54 NO
3	Dai Tamesue	JPN	47.89 NO
4th	Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily	KSA	47.99
5	Christopher Rawlinson	GBR	48.54
6th	Paweł Januszewski	POLE	48.57
7th	Jiří Mužík	CZE	49.07
	Boris Gorban	RUS	DSQ

Final: August 10, 9:05 p.m.

3000 m obstacle

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 2001/3000 m obstacle men

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Reuben Kosgei	KEN	8: 15.16
2	Ali Ezzine	MAR	8: 16.21
3	Bernard Barmasai	KEN	8: 16.59
4th	Luis Miguel Martín	ESP	8: 18.87
5	Bouabdellah Tahri	FRA	8: 19.56
6th	Antonio David Jimenez	ESP	8: 19.82
7th	Khamis Abdullah Saifeldin	QAT	8: 20.01
8th	Raymond Yator	KEN	8: 20.87

Final: August 8th, 8:00 p.m.

4 × 100 m relay

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 2001/4 × 100 m men

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	South Africa	Morne Nagel Corné du Plessis Lee-Roy Newton Mathew Quinn	38.47 NO
2	Trinidad and Tobago	Marc Burns Ato Boldon Jacey Harper Darrel Brown	38.58 NO
3	Australia	Matt Shirvington Paul Di Bella Steve Brimacombe Adam Basil	38.83
4th	Japan	Ryo Matsuda Shingo Suetsugu Toshiyuki Fujimoto Nobuharu Asahara	38.96
5	Ivory Coast	Jean-Marie Irie (final) Ahmed Douhou Yves Sonan Eric Pacome N'Dri in the preliminary / semi-final also: Ibrahim Meite	39.18
6th	Poland	Ryszard Pilarczyk Łukasz Chyła Piotr Balcerzak Marcin Jędrusiński (final) in the preliminary / semi-final also: Marcin Urbaś	39.71
DNF	Brazil	Cláudio Roberto Souza Édson Ribeiro André da Silva Claudinei da Silva
DOP	United States	Mickey Grimes Bernard Williams (semifinals / finals) Dennis Mitchell Tim Montgomery (semifinals / finals) in the preliminary run also: Jon Drummond Joshua J. Johnson

Final: August 12, 5:10 p.m.

This competition was affected by two doping cases:

• The USA team was stripped of the gold medal for proven doping by Tim Montgomery. In 2008 he admitted to taking banned substances while in prison. Montgomery's second place in the 100-meter run was also canceled .
• The French relay team that had been eliminated in the preliminary stages was disqualified because the doped Christophe Cheval , whose result was also canceled over 200 meters , was involved. The athlete tested positive for nandrolone twice and was banned for two years.

4 × 400 m relay

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 2001/4 × 400 men

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	Bahamas	Avard Moncur Chris Brown (final) Troy McIntosh Timothy Munnings in the run-up also: Carl Oliver	2: 58.19 NO
2	Jamaica	Brandon Simpson Christopher Williams (final) Gregory Haughton (final) Danny McFarlane in the run-up also: Michael Blackwood Mario Watts	2: 58.39
3	Poland	Rafał Wieruszewski Piotr Haczek Piotr Długosielski (final) Piotr Rysiukiewicz in the preliminary also: Jacek Bocian	2: 59.71
4th	Brazil	Valdinei da Silva (final) Anderson Jorge dos Santos Flávio Godoy Sanderlei Parrela in the run-up also: Claudinei da Silva	3: 01.09
5	Great Britain	Iwan Thomas Jamie Baulch (final) Timothy Benjamin Mark Richardson in the run-up also: Mark Hylton	3: 01.26
6th	Spain	Eduardo Iván Rodríguez David Canal Antonio Andrés Antonio Manuel Reina	3: 02.24
7th	Germany	Marc Alexander Scheer Ruwen Faller Lars Figura Ingo Schultz	3: 03.52
DOP	United States	Leonard Byrd Antonio Pettigrew (final) Derrick Brew Angelo Taylor (final) in the preliminary run also: Jerome Young Andrew Pierce

Final: August 12, 4:20 p.m.

Doping:
The US relay team was the first to reach the goal in 2: 57.54 minutes. Because of the involvement of Antonio Pettigrews in the BALCO affair , who made a confession about his doping practice in 2013, she was subsequently disqualified. Pettigrew's second place over 400 meters was also canceled. Another member of this season convicted of doping was Jerome Young , who was stripped of numerous medals and results - including from these world championships - after several violations, including erythropoietin in 2004, and who was suspended for life.

20 km walking

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 2001/20 km walking men

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Roman Rasskasow	RUS	1:20:31
2	Ilya Markov	RUS	1:20:33
3	Viktor Burayev	RUS	1:20:36
4th	Nathan Deakes	OUT	1:20:55
5	David Marquez	ESP	1:21:09
6th	Joel Sánchez	MEX	1:22:05
7th	Satoshi Yanagisawa	JPN	1:22:11
8th	Jefferson Perez	ECU	1:22:20

Date: August 4, 3:50 p.m.

50 km of walking

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 2001/50 km men's walking

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Robert Korzeniowski	POLE	3:42:08 WL
2	Jesús Ángel García	ESP	3:43:07
3	Edgar Hernández	MEX	3:46:12
4th	Aigars Fadejevs	LAT	3:46:20
5	Vladimir Potemin	RUS	3:46:53
6th	Valentí Massana	ESP	3:48:28
7th	Curt Clausen	United States	3:50:46
8th	Marco Giungi	ITA	3:51:09

Date: August 11, 8:00 a.m.

high jump

→ Main article : 2001 World Athletics Championships / Men's high jump

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Martin Buss	GER	2.36 WL
2	Vyacheslav Voronin	RUS	2.33
	Yaroslav Rybakov	RUS	2.33
4th	Sergei Kljugin	RUS	2.30
	Stefan Holm	SWE	2.30
6th	Staffan beach	SWE	2.25
	Mark Boswell	CAN	2.25
8th	Kwaku Boateng	CAN	2.25

Final: August 8, 6:40 p.m.

There was a doping case here:
Javier Sotomayor took fourth place, but was subsequently disqualified because of a positive nandrolone result and received a two-year ban, which however had no effect because the Cuban resigned from competitive sport in autumn 2001.

Pole vault

→ Main article : 2001 World Athletics Championships / Men's pole vault

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Dmitri Markov	OUT	6.05 CR
2	Alexander Awerbuch	ISR	5.85
3	Nick Hysong	United States	5.85
4th	Michael Stolle	GER	5.85
5	Romain Mesnil	FRA	5.85
6th	Christian Tamminga	NED	5.75
	Richard Spiegelburg	GER	5.75
8th	Adam Kolasa	POLE	5.75

Final: August 9th, 6:10 pm

Long jump

→ Main article : 2001 World Athletics Championships / Men's Long Jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Iván Pedroso	CUB	8.40
2	Savanté Stringfellow	United States	8.24
3	Carlos Calado	POR	8.21
4th	Miguel Godfather	United States	8.21
5	Kareem Streete-Thompson	CAY	8.10
6th	Oleksiy Lukashevytsch	UKR	8.10
7th	James Beckford	JAM	8.08
8th	Dwight Phillips	United States	7.98

Final: August 11, 2:30 p.m.

Triple jump

→ Main article : 2001 World Athletics Championships / Men's triple jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Jonathan Edwards	GBR	17.92 WL
2	Christian Olsson	SWE	17.47
3	Igor Spasovchodsky	RUS	17.44
4th	Yoel García	CUB	17.40
5	Walter Davis	United States	17.20
6th	Brian Wellman	BER	16.81
7th	Onochie Achike	GBR	16.79
8th	Rostislav Dimitrov	BUL	16.72

Final: August 6th, 5:00 p.m.

Shot put

→ Main article : 2001 World Athletics Championships / Men's Shot Put

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	John Godina	United States	21.87
2	Adam Nelson	United States	21.24
3	Arsi Harju	FIN	20.93
4th	Manuel Martínez	ESP	20.91
5	Dragan Peric	YUG	20.91
6th	Jurij Bilonoh	UKR	20.83
7th	Conny Karlsson	FIN	20.78
8th	Bradley Snyder	CAN	20.63

Final: August 4th, 4:00 p.m.

One doping case was recorded in the shot put competition:
The Belarusian Andrej Michnewitsch , initially tenth, was a multiple offender who, among other things, tested positive for doping at these world championships. which led to the cancellation of his result and a two-year ban. Later he was stripped of further medals and victories because of later proven doping violations, and finally he was given a lifelong ban. He never admitted his violations.

Discus throw

→ Main article : 2001 World Athletics Championships / Men's discus throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Lars Riedel	GER	69.72 CR
2	Virgilijus Alekna	LTU	69.40
3	Michael Möllenbeck	GER	67.61
4th	Dmitri Shevchenko	RUS	67.57
5	Adam Setliff	United States	66.55
6th	Wassil Kapzjuch	BLR	66.25
7th	Roland Varga	HUN	65.86
8th	Frantz Kruger	RSA	65.27

Final: August 8th, 8:00 p.m.

Hammer throw

→ Main article : 2001 World Athletics Championships / Men's hammer throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Szymon Ziółkowski	POLE	83.38 CR
2	Kōji Murofushi	JPN	82.92
3	Ilya Konovalov	RUS	80.27
4th	Nicola Vizzoni	ITA	80.13
5	Andrij Skwaruk	UKR	79.93
6th	Baláz's Kiss	HUN	79.75
7th	Ihar Astapkovich	BLR	79.72
8th	Tibor Gécsek	HUN	79.34

Final: August 5th, 4:40 p.m.

Javelin throw

→ Main article : 2001 World Athletics Championships / Men's javelin

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Jan Železný	CZE	92.80 CR
2	Aki Parviainen	FIN	91.31
3	Konstandinos Gatsioudis	GRE	89.95
4th	Breaux Greer	United States	87.00
5	Raymond Hecht	GER	86.46
6th	Boris Henry	GER	85.52
7th	Sergei Makarov	RUS	83.64
8th	Ēriks Rags	LAT	82.82

Final: August 12, 2:40 p.m.

Decathlon

→ Main article : 2001 World Athletics Championships / Men's Decathlon

space	athlete	country	Points
1	Tomáš Dvořák	CZE	8902 CR
2	Erki Nool	EST	8815 NO
3	Dean Macey	GBR	8603
4th	Attila Zsivoczky	HUN	8371
5	Lev Lobodin	RUS	8352
6th	Jiří Ryba	CZE	8332
7th	Stefan Schmid	GER	8307
8th	Laurent Hernu	FRA	8280

Date: August 6th and 7th

Results women

100 m

→ Main article : 2001/100 m Women's World Athletics Championships

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Schanna block	UKR	10.82 WL
2	Ekaterini Thanou	GRE	10.91
3	Chandra Sturrup	BAH	11.02
4th	Chryste Gaines	United States	11.06
5	Debbie Ferguson	BAH	11.13
6th	Mercy Nku	NGR	11.17
DOP	Marion Jones	United States
	Kelli White	United States

Final: August 6, 5:35 p.m.

Wind: +0.3 m / s

There were three doping cases in this competition:
the two Americans Marion Jones, initially second, and Kelli White, initially seventh, and the Canadian Venolyn Clarke , eliminated in the quarter-finals, were stripped of their positions due to doping offenses. The initially victorious US relay over 4 × 100 meters was later affected by the disqualification . Both Jones and Kelly were members of that team.
Also Zhanna Block , Ekaterini Thanou , and Chryste Gaines were banned later in their careers because of doping offenses. However, this did not affect the results of these world championships.

200 m

→ Main article : 2001/200 m Women's World Athletics Championships

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Debbie Ferguson	BAH	22.52
2	LaTasha Jenkins	United States	22.85
3	Cydonie Mothersille	CAY	22.88
4th	Juliet Campbell	JAM	22.99
5	Alenka Bikar	SLO	23.00
6th	Myriam Léonie Mani	CMR	23.15
DOP	Marion Jones	United States
	Kelli White	United States

Final: August 10, 9:30 p.m.

Wind: -0.8 m / s

There were three doping-related disqualifications:
the two Americans Marion Jones, initially first, and Kelli White, initially third, as well as the Russian Yekaterina Leschtschowa , their positions initially achieved because of doping offenses were revoked. The initially victorious US relay over 4 × 100 meters was later affected by the disqualification . Both Jones and Kelly were members of that team.

400 m

→ Main article : 2001/400 m Women's World Athletics Championships

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Amy Mbacké Thiam	SEN	49.86 NO
2	Lorraine Fenton	JAM	49.88
3	Ana Guevara	MEX	49.97
4th	Grit Breuer	GER	50.49
5	Kaltouma Nadjina	CHA	50.80
6th	Olesia Sykina	RUS	50.93
7th	Mireille Nguimgo	CMR	51.97
DNF	Falilat Ogunkoya	NGR

Final: August 7th, 8:45 pm

There was a doping case in this competition: Belarusian Natallja Salahub , who was
eliminated in the semi-finals , tested positive for the steroid norandrosterone and was disqualified.

800 m

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 2001/800 m women

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Maria de Lurdes Mutola	MOZ	1: 57.17
2	Stephanie Graf	AUT	1: 57.20
3	Letitia Vriesde	SUR	1: 57.35
4th	Faith Macharia	KEN	1: 58.98
5	Diane Cummins	CAN	1: 59.49
6th	Kelly Holmes	GBR	1: 59.76
7th	Mayte Martínez	ESP	2: 00.09
8th	Ivonne Teichmann	GER	2: 04.33

Final: August 12, 3:45 p.m.

1500 m

→ Main article : 2001/1500 m Women's World Athletics Championships

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Gabriela Szabo	ROME	4: 00.57
2	Violeta Szekely	ROME	4: 01.70
3	Natalia Gorelova	RUS	4: 02.40
4th	Carla Sacramento	POR	4: 03.96
5	Lidia Chojecka	POLE	4: 06.70
6th	Natalia Rodríguez	ESP	4: 07.10
7th	Alessja Turawa	BLR	4: 07.25
8th	Süreyya Ayhan	DOOR	4: 08.17

Final: August 7th, 7:30 p.m.

5000 m

→ Main article : 2001 Women's World Athletics Championships / 5000m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Olga Yegorova	RUS	15: 03.39
2	Marta Domínguez	ESP	15: 06.59
3	Ayelech Worku	ETH	15: 10.17
4th	Dong Yanmei	CHN	15: 10.73
5	Irina Mikitenko	GER	15: 13.93
6th	Jelena Sadorozhnaya	RUS	15: 16.15
7th	Edith Masai	KEN	15: 17.67
8th	Gabriela Szabo	ROME	15: 19.55

Final: August 11, 5:15 p.m.

10,000 m

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 2001 / 10,000m women

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Derartu Tulu	ETH	31: 48.81
2	Berhane Adere	ETH	31: 48.85
3	Gete Wami	ETH	31: 49.98
4th	Paula Radcliffe	GBR	31: 50.06
5	Mihaela Botezan	ROME	32: 03.46
6th	Lyudmila Petrova	RUS	32: 04.94
7th	Asmae Leghzaoui	MAR	32: 06.35
8th	Yamna Belkacem	FRA	32: 09.21

Date: August 7th, 9:05 pm

marathon

→ Main article : 2001 World Athletics Championships / Women's marathon

space	Athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Lidia Șimon	ROME	2:26:01
2	Reiko Tosa	JPN	2:26:06
3	Svetlana Sakharova	RUS	2:26:18
4th	Yōko Shibui	JPN	2:26:33
5	Sonja Oberem	GER	2:28:17
6th	Florence Barsosio	KEN	2:28:36
7th	Shitaye Gemechu	ETH	2:28:40
8th	Lyubov Morgunova	RUS	2:28:54

Date: August 12, 8:00 a.m.

Marathon cup

→ Main article : 2001 World Athletics Championships / Women's marathon

space	country	Athletes	Time (h)
1	Japan	Reiko Tosa Yōko Shibui Kazumi Matsuo	7:22:36
2	Russia	Svetlana Sakharova Lyubov Morgunova Irina Timofejewa	7:26:00
3	Romania	Lidia Șimon Constantina Diță Nuța Olaru h	7:29:44
4th	Ethiopia	Shitaye Gemechu Fatuma Roba Meseret Kotu	7:33:33
5	Italy	Ornella Ferrara Bruna Genovese Rosaria Console	7:40:09
6th	Spain	María Abel Luisa Maria Larraga Marta Fernández	7:48:38
7th	Canada	Tina Connelly Sandy Jacobson Isabelle Ledroit	8:09:10
8th	United States	Jill Gaitenby Michelle Simonaitis Rachel Cook	8:14:48

Date: August 12, 8:00 a.m.

There was also a team ranking in the marathon. Five runners per nation were allowed, and the times of the best three were added together. However, the competition was not part of the official medal table.

100 m hurdles

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 2001/100 m hurdles for women

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Anjanette Kirkland	United States	12.42 WL
2	Gail Devers	United States	12.54
3	Olga Schischigina	KAZ	12.58
4th	Svetla Dimitrova	BUL	12.58
5	Jenny Adams	United States	12.63
6th	Dionne Rose-Henley	JAM	12.79
7th	Linda Ferga	FRA	12.80
8th	Vonette Dixon	JAM	13.02

Final: August 11, 3:50 p.m.

Wind: +2.0 m / s

There was a doping case in the hurdles sprint: Svetlana Laukowa , a Russian who was
eliminated in the semi-finals, was disqualified for a doping violation.

400 m hurdles

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 2001/400 m hurdles for women

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Nezha Bidouane	MAR	53.34 WL
2	Yulia Nossova	RUS	54.27
3	Daimí Pernía	CUB	54.51
4th	Tonja Buford-Bailey	United States	54.55
5	Debbie-Ann Parris	JAM	54.68
6th	Ionela Târlea	ROME	55.36
7th	Deon Hemmings	JAM	55.83
8th	Sandra Glover	United States	57.42

Final: August 8, 7:45 p.m.

4 × 100 m relay

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 2001/4 × 100 women

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	Germany	Melanie Paschke Gabi Rockmeier Birgit Rockmeier Marion Wagner	42.32 WL
2	France	Sylviane Félix Frédérique Bangué Muriel Hurtis Odiah Sidibé	42.39
3	Jamaica	Juliet Campbell (final) Merlene Frazer Beverly McDonald Astia Walker in the run-up also: Elva Goulbourne	42.40
4th	Nigeria	Chioma Ajunwa Endurance Ojokolo Mercy Nku Mary Onyali	42.52
5	Great Britain	Marcia Richardson Sarah Wilhelmy Vernicha James Abiodun Oyepitan	42.60
6th	Greece	Georgia Kokloni Effrosini Patsou Olga Kaidantzi Ekaterini Thanou	43.25
7th	Russia	Natalja Ignatowa Irina Chabarowa Marina Kislowa Larissa Kruglowa	43.58
DOP	United States	Kelli White (final) Chryste Gaines Inger Miller Marion Jones (final) in the preliminaries also: Angela Williams Torri Edwards

Final: August 11, 5:45 p.m.

Doping:
The US squadron was stripped of its gold medal because two of its members - Kelli White and Marion Jones - were doped.

4 × 400 m relay

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 2001/4 × 400 women

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	Jamaica	Sandie Richards Catherine Scott Debbie-Ann Parris (final) Lorraine Fenton (final) in the preliminaries also: Deon Hemmings Michelle Burgher	3.20.65 WL
2	Germany	Florence Ekpo-Umoh Shanta Ghosh Claudia Marx Grit Breuer	3: 21.97
3	Russia	Irina Rossichina Julija Nosowa (final) Anastassija Kapatschinskaja Olesja Sykina in the run-up also: Natalja Schewzowa	3: 24.92
4th	United States	Jearl Miles Clark (final) Monique Hennagan (final) Michelle Collins Suziann Reid in the preliminary also: Demetria Washington Mikele Barber	3: 26.88
5	Great Britain	Lee McConnell Helen Frost (final) Tasha Danvers (final) Catherine Murphy in the preliminary also: Lesley Owusu Donna Fraser	3: 26.94
6th	France	Francine Landre Anita Mormand Sylvanie Morandais Marie-Louise Bévis	3: 27.54
7th	Poland	Aleksandra Pieluzek Grażyna Prokopek Aneta Lemiesz Małgorzata Pskit	3: 27.78
8th	Canada	Foy Williams Samantha George Danielle Kot LaDonna Antoine	3: 27.93

Final: August 12, 4:40 p.m.

20 km walking

→ Main article : 2001 World Athletics Championships / 20 km women's walking

space	Athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Olimpiada Ivanova	RUS	1:27:48 CR
2	Valyanzina Zybulskaya	BLR	1:28:49
3	Elisabetta Perrone	ITA	1:28:56
4th	Erica Alfridi	ITA	1:29:48
5	Maria Vasco	ESP	1:30:19
6th	Norica Câmpean	ROME	1:30:39
7th	Melanie Seeger	GER	1:30:41 DBL
8th	Annarita Sidoti	ITA	1:31:40

Date: August 9th, 7:15 pm

high jump

→ Main article : 2001 World Athletics Championships / Women's high jump

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Hestrie Cloete	RSA	2.00
2	Inha Babakowa	UKR	2.00
3	Kajsa Bergqvist	SWE	1.97
4th	Wenelina Wenewa	BUL	1.97
5	Wita Palamar	UKR	1.94
6th	Blanka Vlašić	CRO	1.94
7th	Monica Iagăr	ROME	1.90
	Thóra Győrffy	HUN	1.90

Final: August 12, 2:30 p.m.

Pole vault

→ Main article : 2001 World Athletics Championships / Women's pole vault

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Stacy Dragila	United States	4.75 CR
2	Svetlana Feofanova	RUS	4.75 CR / ER
3	Monika Pyrek	POLE	4.55
4th	Tatiana Grigorieva	OUT	4.55
5	Gao Shuying	CHN	4.50 AS
6th	Thórey Edda Elisdóttir	ISL	4.45
7th	Yvonne Buschbaum	GER	4.45
8th	Pavla Hamáčková	CZE	4.45

Final: August 6, 2:30 p.m.

Long jump

→ Main article : 2001 World Athletics Championships / Women's Long Jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Fiona May	ITA	7.02
2	Tatiana Kotova	RUS	7.01
3	Niurka Montalvo	ESP	6.88
4th	Do Vaszi	HUN	6.86 NO
5	Valentina Gotovska	LAT	6.84
6th	Niki Xanthou	GRE	6.76
7th	Maurren Higa Maggi	BRA	6.73
8th	Lyudmila Galkina	RUS	6.70

Final: August 7th, 6:05 pm

Triple jump

→ Main article : 2001 World Athletics Championships / Women's triple jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Tatiana Lebedeva	RUS	15.25 WL
2	Françoise Mbango Etone	CMR	14.60
3	Teresa Marinova	BUL	14.58
4th	Magdelín Martínez	ITA	14.52
5	Heli Koivula	FIN	14.28
6th	Cristina Nicolau	ROME	14.17
7th	Ashia Hansen	GBR	14.10
8th	Trecia Smith	JAM	13.92

Final: August 10th, 8:00 p.m.

Shot put

→ Main article : 2001 World Athletics Championships / Women's shot put

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Janina Karoltschyk	BLR	20.61 NO
2	Nadine Kleinert-Schmitt	GER	19.86
3	Wita Pavlysch	UKR	19.41
4th	Larissa Peleschenko	RUS	19.37
5	Irina Korschanenko	RUS	19.35
6th	Astrid Kumbernuss	GER	19.25
7th	Nadsey Astaptchuk	BLR	18.98
8th	Yumileidi Cumbá	CUB	18.73

Final: August 5th, 3:45 p.m.

Discus throw

→ Main article : 2001 World Athletics Championships / Women's discus throw

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Elina Swerava	BLR	67.10
2	Nicoleta Grasu	ROME	66.24
3	Anastasía Kelesídou	GRE	65.50
4th	Franka Dietzsch	GER	65.38
5	Seilala Sua	United States	63.74
6th	Věra Pospíšilová	CZE	61.47
7th	Kristin Kuehl	United States	61.04
8th	Anja Möllenbeck	GER	60.49

Final: August 11, 4:00 p.m.

Doping:
In March 2005 the original winner Natalja Sadowa from Russia was subsequently disqualified because of an irregularly high caffeine value. In 2006 it was tested positive again for prohibited substances and then banned for two years.

Hammer throw

→ Main article : 2001 World Athletics Championships / Women's hammer throw

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Yipsi Moreno	CUB	70.65 AM
2	Olga Kusenkova	RUS	70.61
3	Bronwyn Eagles	OUT	68.87
4th	Kamila Skolimowska	POLE	68.05
5	Manuela Montebrun	FRA	67.78
6th	Lorraine Shaw	GBR	65.89
7th	Florence Ezeh	FRA	65.88
8th	Ivana Brkljačić	CRO	65.43

Final: August 7th, 8:05 pm

Javelin throw

→ Main article : 2001 World Athletics Championships / Women's javelin

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Osleidys Menéndez	CUB	69.53 CR
2	Mirela Manjani	GRE	65.78
3	Sonia Bisset	CUB	64.69
4th	Nikola Tomecková	CZE	63.11
5	Steffi Nerius	GER	62.08
6th	Mikaela Ingberg	FIN	61.94
7th	Xiomara Rivero	CUB	61.60
8th	Angeliki Tsiolakoudi	GRE	61.01

Final: August 6th, 5:05 pm

There was a doping case in this competition:
The Romanian Ana Mirela Țermure tested positive for the steroid norandrosterone and was disqualified.

Heptathlon

→ Main article : 2001 World Athletics Championships / Women's Heptathlon

space	Athlete	country	Points
1	Elena Prokhorova	RUS	6694
2	Natallia Sasanovich	BLR	6539
3	Shelia Burrell	United States	6472
4th	Natalia Roschtschupkina	RUS	6294
5	Karin Ertl	GER	6283
6th	Austra Skujytė	LTU	6112
7th	Le Shundra Nathan	United States	6073
8th	Irina Belowa	RUS	6061

Date: 4th and 5th August

Web links

• 8th IAAF World Championships in Athletics at iaaf.org, accessed August 5, 2020
• Athletics VI World Championship 2001 Edmonton (CAN) on todor66.com, accessed August 5, 2020
• Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Edmonton 2001 (PDF 10.3 MB), English, accessed on August 5, 2020
• Results of all World Athletics Championships Edmonton 2001 on sportschau.de, accessed on August 5, 2020
• Athletics. World champions - medal winners on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on August 5, 2020
• World Athletics Championships 2001 in Edmonton, Canada ifosta.de, accessed on August 5, 2020
• Doping "The end of competitive sport" , Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung January 7, 2005 on faz.net, accessed on August 5, 2020

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Olympic champion Tim Montgomery admits doping , Die Welt / n24, November 24, 2008 on welt.de, accessed on August 11, 2020
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Sprinter Cheval Tests Positive at apnews.com (English), January 11, 2002, accessed on August 11, 2020
3. ↑ ^{a b} Retired US Sprinter Ramon Clay Banned for Two Years Over Doping Violation on runnerspace.com (English), October 23, 2010, accessed on August 6, 2020
4. ↑ ^{a b c} US runner Pettigrew experiences severe punishment , Focus Online on focus.de, November 19, 2013, accessed on August 12, 2020
5. ↑ ^{a b c} IAAF strips Young of more medals on espn.com February 26, 2009, accessed August 12, 2020
6. ↑ ^{a b} Ali Saidi-Sief is back , on Leichtathletik.de, September 6, 2003, accessed on August 9, 2020
7. ↑ ^{a b} EPO: Marathon man Barbi was positive in Edmonton , Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, August 17, 2001 on faz.net, accessed on August 5, 2020
8. ↑ ^{a b} Javier Sotomayor: World Records, Doping and Fidel Castro , Aargauer Zeitung, July 29, 2020 on aargauerzeitung.ch, accessed on August 12, 2020
9. ↑ ^{a b} Gold after the doping ban A suspected shot put on tagesspiegel.de, August 25, 2003, accessed on August 5, 2020
10. ↑ ^{a b} Belarusian shot putter Andrei Mikhnevich stripped of 4 medals on www.cbc.ca, August 2, 2013, accessed on August 5, 2020
11. ↑ ^{a b c d} Marion Jones admits doping in tears , RP Online, October 6, 2007 on rp-online.de, accessed on August 21, 2020
12. ↑ ^{a b c d} Kelli White loses medals , n-tv, May 19, 2004 on n-tv.de, accessed on August 21, 2020
13. ↑ ^{a b} Reminder of Ben Johnson: Canadian sprinter tested positive , Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, August 7, 2001, on faz.net.de, accessed on August 17, 2020
14. ↑ ^{a b} 200 meters at the World Championships in Athletics , January 18, 2018, from alchetron.com, accessed August 5, 2020
15. ↑ ^{a b c d} IAAF suspend Termure and Sologub for doping offenses , August 10, 2001, on worldathletics.org, accessed on August 18, 2020
16. ↑ ^{a b} Svetlana Laukhova , on peoplepill.com, accessed on August 20, 2020
17. ↑ ^{a b} Natalya Sadova under suspicion of doping on Leichtathletik.de, July 12, 2006, accessed on August 26, 2020
18. ↑ ^{a b} Natalya Sadova banned for two years from Leichtathletik.de, July 24, 2006, accessed on August 26, 2020
19. ↑ Mark Block given 10-year ban by Jon Mulkeen, March 18, 2011 on athleticsweekly.com, accessed August 17, 2020
20. ↑ IAAF blocks Kenteris and Thanou , RP Online, December 23, 2004 on rp-online.de, accessed on August 17, 2020
21. ↑ Montgomery and Gaines blocked , Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, December 14, 2005 on faz.net, accessed on August 17, 2020