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2001 edition of the World Championships in Athletics From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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Host city | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
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Nations | 189 |
Athletes | 1602 |
Dates | 3–12, August 2001 |
Opened by | Prime Minister of Canada Jean Chretien |
Main venue | Commonwealth Stadium |
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.
1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005
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.
1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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High jump |
Martin Buß![]() | 2.36 (WL) |
Yaroslav Rybakov![]() | 2.33 (PB Rybakov) (SB Voronin) | ||
Vyacheslav Voronin![]() | ||||||
Pole vault |
Dmitri Markov![]() | 6.05 (CR) |
Aleksandr Averbukh![]() | 5.85 | Nick Hysong![]() | 5.85 (SB) |
Long jump |
Iván Pedroso![]() | 8.40 | Savanté Stringfellow![]() | 8.24 | Carlos Calado![]() | 8.21 (SB) |
Triple jump |
Jonathan Edwards![]() | 17.92 (WL) |
Christian Olsson![]() | 17.47 | Igor Spasovkhodskiy![]() | 17.44 (PB) |
Shot put |
John Godina![]() | 21.87 | Adam Nelson![]() | 21.24 | Arsi Harju![]() | 20.93 (SB) |
Discus throw |
Lars Riedel![]() | 69.72 (CR) |
Virgilijus Alekna![]() | 69.40 | Michael Möllenbeck![]() | 67.61 (PB) |
Hammer throw |
Szymon Ziółkowski![]() | 83.38 (CR) |
Koji Murofushi![]() | 82.92 | Ilya Konovalov![]() | 80.27 (SB) |
Javelin throw |
Jan Železný![]() | 92.80 (CR) |
Aki Parviainen![]() | 91.31 | Konstadinos Gatsioudis![]() | 89.95 |
Decathlon |
Tomáš Dvořák![]() | 8902 (CR) |
Erki Nool![]() | 8815 (NR) |
Dean Macey![]() | 8603 (PB) |
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season) |
1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005
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.
1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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High jump |
Hestrie Cloete![]() | 2.00 (SB) |
Inha Babakova![]() | 2.00 | Kajsa Bergqvist![]() | 1.97 |
Pole vault |
Stacy Dragila![]() | 4.75 (CR) |
Svetlana Feofanova![]() | 4.75 (CR) |
Monika Pyrek![]() | 4.55 |
Long jump |
Fiona May![]() | 7.02 | Tatyana Kotova![]() | 7.01 | Niurka Montalvo![]() | 6.88 |
Triple jump |
Tatyana Lebedeva![]() | 15.25 (WL) |
Françoise Mbango-Etone![]() | 14.60 | Tereza Marinova![]() | 14.58 |
Shot put |
Yanina Karolchik![]() | 20.61 (NR) |
Nadine Kleinert![]() | 19.86 (PB) |
Vita Pavlysh![]() | 19.41 |
Discus throw |
Ellina Zvereva![]() | 67.101 | Nicoleta Grasu![]() | 66.24 | Anastasia Kelesidou![]() | 65.50 (SB) |
Hammer throw |
Yipsi Moreno![]() | 70.65 (AR) |
Olga Kuzenkova![]() | 70.61 | Bronwyn Eagles![]() | 68.87 |
Javelin throw |
Osleidys Menéndez![]() | 69.53 (CR) |
Mirela Maniani![]() | 65.78 | Sonia Bisset![]() | 64.69 |
Heptathlon |
Yelena Prokhorova![]() | 6694 (SB) |
Natallia Sazanovich![]() | 6539 (SB) |
Shelia Burrell![]() | 6472 (PB) |
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season 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.
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.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 5 | 7 | 6 | 18 |
2 | ![]() | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
5 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
6 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
7 | ![]() | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
8 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
10 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
11 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
12 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
14 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
15 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
16 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
17 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
18 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
19 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
20 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
24 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
![]() | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
26 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
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30 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
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35 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
36 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
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Totals (42 entries) | 46 | 47 | 46 | 139 |
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