2001 World Championships in Athletics

The 2001 World Championships in Athletics were held at the Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada between August 3 and August 12 and was the first time the event had visited North America.

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Medal Winners

Medal table by country

Position Country: Gold: Silver: Bronze: Total:
1. USA 8 5 5 18
2. Russia 6 7 6 19
3. Kenya 3 3 2 8
4. Germany 3 3 1 7
5. Cuba 3 1 2 6
6. Ethiopia 2 3 3 8
7. Romania 2 1 1 4
8. Morocco 2 1 0 3
9. Poland 2 0 2 4
10. Czech Republic 2 0 0 2
11. Belarus 1 3 0 4
12. Jamaica 1 2 3 6
13. Bahamas 1 2 0 3
14= Greece 1 1 2 4
14= Italy 1 1 2 4
16. Ukraine 1 1 1 3
17. South Africa 1 1 0 2
18= Australia 1 0 1 2
18= Great Britain 1 0 1 2
20= Dominican Republic 1 0 0 1
20= Mozambique 1 0 0 1
20= Senegal 1 0 0 1
20= Switzerland 1 0 0 1
24= Japan 0 2 1 3
24= Spain 0 2 1 3
26= Finland 0 1 1 2
26= France 0 1 1 2
26= Sweden 0 1 1 2
29= Austria 0 1 0 1
29= Cameroon 0 1 0 1
29= Estonia 0 1 0 1
29= Israel 0 1 0 1
29= Lithuania 0 1 0 1
34. Mexico 0 0 2 2
35= Bulgaria 0 0 1 1
35= Haiti 0 0 1 1
35= Kazakhstan 0 0 1 1
35= Portugal 0 0 1 1
35= St Kitts and Nevis 0 0 1 1
35= Surinam 0 0 1 1
35= Trinidad and Tobago 0 0 1 1

Track

Event: Gold: Silver: Bronze:
100 m Men Maurice Greene, USA Tim Montgomery, USA Bernard Williams, USA
100 m Women Zhanna Pintusevich-Block, Ukraine Marion Jones, USA Ekaterini Thanou, Greece
100 m Hurdles Women Anjanette Kirkland, USA Gail Devers, USA Olga Shishigina, Kazakhstan
110 m Hurdles Men Allen Johnson, USA Anier García , Cuba Dudley Dorival, Haiti
200 m Men Konstantinos Kenteris, Greece Christopher Williams, Jamaica Kim Collins, St. Kitts & Nevis, & Shawn Crawford, USA (tied)
200 m Women Marion Jones, USA Debbie Ferguson, Bahamas LaTasha Jenkins, USA
400 m Men Avard Moncur, Bahamas Ingo Schultz , Germany Greg Haughton, Jamaica
400 m Women Amy Mbacké Thiam, Senegal Lorraine Fenton, Jamaica Ana Guevara, Mexico
400 m Hurdles Men Félix Sánchez, Dominican Republic Fabrizio Mori, Italy Dai Tamesue, Japan
400 m Hurdles Women Nezha Bidouane, Morocco Yuliya Nosova, Russia Daimí Pernía, Cuba
800 m Men André Bucher, Switzerland Wilfred Bungei, Kenya Pawel Czapiewski, Poland
800 m Women Maria Mutola, Mozambique Stephanie Graf, Austria Letitia Vriesde, Surinam
1500 m Men Hicham El Guerrouj, Morocco Bernard Lagat, Kenya Driss Maazouzi, France
1500 m Women Gabriela Szabo , Romania Violeta Szekely, Romania Natalya Gorelova, Russia
3,000 m Steeplechase Men Reuben Kosgei, Kenya Ali Ezzine, Morocco Bernard Barmasai, Kenya
5,000 m Men Richard Limo, Kenya Million Wolde, Ethiopia John Kibowen, Kenya
5,000 m Women Olga Yegorova, Russia Marta Domínguez, Spain Ayelech Worku, Ethiopia
10,000 m Men Charles Kamathi, Kenya Assefa Mezegebu, Ethiopia Haile Gebrselassie, Ethiopia
10,000 m Women Derartu Tulu, Ethiopia Berhane Adere, Ethiopia Gete Wami, Ethiopia
Marathon Men Gezahegne Abera, Ethiopia Simon Biwott, Kenya Stefano Baldini, Italy
Marathon Women Lidia Simon , Romania Reiko Tosa, Japan Svetlana Zakharova, Russia
20 km Walk Men Roman Rasskazov, Russia Ilya Markov, Russia Viktor Burayev, Russia
20 km Walk Women Olimpiada Ivanova, Russia Valentina Tsybulskaya, Belarus Elisabetta Perrone, Italy
50 km Walk Men Robert Korzeniowski, Poland Jesús Ángel García, Spain Edgar Hernández, Mexico
4 x 100 m Relay Men USA South Africa Trinidad & Tobago
4 x 100 m Women Germany France Jamaica
4 x 400 m Men USA Bahamas Jamaica
4 x 400 m Women Jamaica Germany Russia

Field

Event: Gold: Silver: Bronze:
Long Jump Men Iván Pedroso, Cuba Savanté Stringfellow, USA Carlos Calado, Portugal
Long Jump Women Fiona May, Italy Tatyana Kotova, Russia Niurka Montalvo, Spain
Triple Jump Men Jonathan Edwards, Great Britain Christian Olsson, Sweden Igor Spasovkhodskiy, Russia
Triple Jump Women Tatyana Lebedeva, Russia Françoise Mbango Etone, Cameroon Tereza Marinova, Bulgaria
high jump Men Martin Buss, Germany Yaroslav Rybakov & Vyacheslav Voronin Russia (tied)
high jump Women Hestrie Cloete, South Africa Inga Babakova, Ukraine Kajsa Bergqvist, Sweden
javelin throw Men Jan Zelezný, Czech Republic Aki Parviainen, Finland Kostas Gatsioudis, Greece
javelin throw Women Osleidys Menéndez, Cuba Mirela Tzelili, Greece Sonia Bicet, Cuba
Discus Men Lars Riedel, Germany Virgilijus Alekna, Lithuania Michael Möllenbeck, Germany
Discus Women Natalya Sadova, Russia Ellina Zvereva, Belarus Nicoleta Grasu, Romania
Hammer Men Szymon Ziólkowski, Poland Koji Murofushi, Japan Ilya Konovalov, Russia
Hammer Women Yipsi Moreno, Cuba Olga Kuzenkova, Russia Bronwyn Eagles, Australia
Shot Put Men John Godina, USA Adam Nelson, USA Arsi Harju, Finland
Shot Put Women Yanina Korolchik, Belarus Nadine Kleinert-Schmitt, Germany Vita Pavlysh, Ukraine
pole vault Men Dmitri Markov, Australia Aleksandr Averbukh, Israel Nick Hysong, USA
pole vault Women Stacy Dragila, USA Svetlana Feofanova, Australia Monika Pyrek, Poland
Heptathlon Women Yelena Prokhorova, Russia Natalya Sazanovich, Belarus Shelia Burrell, USA
Decathlon Men Tomáš Dvorák, Czech Republic Erki Nool, Estonia Dean Macey, Great Britain

References

See Also

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