The
8th World Championships in AthleticsThe World Championships in Athletics is an event organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations . Originally, it was organised every four years, but this changed in 1991, and it has since been organised biennially.-History:...
, under the auspices of the
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, were held at the
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, Edmonton, Alberta,
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between 3 August and 12 August and was the first time the event had visited
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. The music for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies was composed by Canadian composer
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and the events were televised live to an estimated viewing audience of 4 billion people in over 200 countries. The ceremonies also featured a 1000 voice choir, and the
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.
Track
1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005
100 m
|
|9.82
(WL) |
| 9.942
(PB) |
|9.98 |
200 m
|
rowspan="2" |
|rowspan="2"|20.04 |
rowspan="2" |
|rowspan="2"|20.20 |
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20.20
(NR St.Kitts) |
|
400 m
|
|44.64 |
|44.87 |
|44.98 |
800 m
|
|1:43.70 |
|1:44.55 |
|1:44.63
(PB) |
1,500 m
|
|3:30.68 |
|3:31.10 |
|3:31.54
(SB) |
5,000 m
|
|13:00.77 |
|13:03.471 |
|13:05.20 |
10,000 m
|
|27:53.25 |
|27:53.97 |
|27:54.41 |
Marathon
|
|2:12:42
(SB) |
|2:12:43 |
|2:13:18 |
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.
|
|8:15.16 |
|8:16.21 |
|8:16.59 |
20 km walk
|
|1:20:31 |
|1:20:33 |
|1:20:36 |
50 km walk
|
|3:42.08
(WL) |
|3:43:07
(SB) |
|3:46:12
(PB) |
4x100 m relay
|
 South Africa
Morne NagelMorné Nagel is a South African sprinter. Together with Corne Du Plessis, Lee-Roy Newton and Matthew Quinn he won a gold medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics....
Corne Du PlessisCorne du Plessis is a South African sprinter. Together with Morne Nagel, Lee-Roy Newton and Matthew Quinn he won a silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics. Their time of 38.47 seconds was a South African record...
Lee-Roy Newton
Matthew QuinnMathew Quinn is a South African sprinter. Together with Morne Nagel, Corne Du Plessis and Lee Roy Newton he won a silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics....
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38.473
(NR) |
 Trinidad and Tobago
Marc BurnsMarc Burns is an athlete from Trinidad and Tobago specializing in the 100 metres and the 4x100 metres.Participating in the 2004 Summer Olympics, he was disqualified from his 100 metres heat, thus failing to make it through to the second round.Marc Burns placed second in the men's 100 metres dash...
Ato BoldonAto Jabari Boldon is a former athlete from Trinidad and Tobago and four-time Olympic medal winner. Only 2 other men in history, Frankie Fredericks and Carl Lewis, have won as many Olympic individual event sprint medals. He is the current national record holder in the 50, 60 and 200 metres events...
Jaycey HarperJacey Harper is a male sprinter athlete from Trinidad and Tobago.A 100 metres specialist, Harper was a part of the Trinidad 4 × 100 m relay teams that won the bronze medal at the 2001 World Championships and the silver medal at the 2005 World Championships...
Darrel BrownDarrel Brown is a sprinter from Trinidad and Tobago who specializes in the 100 metres.In the beginning of his career he performed well in World Youth and Junior Championships. At the 2000 World Junior Championships he finished fourth in both 100 metres and 4 x 100 metres relay...
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38.58
(NR) |
 Australia
Matthew Shirvington
Paul Di Bella
Steve BrimacombeSteve Brimacombe is an Australian athletics coach and former runner.Under the tutelage of renowned Scottish coach Jim Bradley , Brimacombe won the 1991 Stawell Gift. A fortnight after winning the Australian 200m title, Brimacombe finished 2nd in the 1994 Stawell Gift off scratch...
Adam BasilAdam Basil is an Australian athlete, specialising in 100m and 4x100 m relay.He ran the 1st leg for Australia at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens in the 4x100m relay with Paul Di Bella, Patrick Johnson and Joshua Ross. The team qualified for the final where they finished 6th...
|
38.83
(SB) |
4x400 m relay
|
 The Bahamas
Avard MoncurAvard Moncur is a Bahamian athlete competing in the 400 metres. He was born in Nassau.Moncur's most successful year came in 2001 when he won the gold medal in the 400m and the 4x400m relay at the 2001 World Championships...
Chris Brown
Troy McIntoshTroy McIntosh is a male sprinter from The Bahamas.-Achievements:-External links:...
Tim Munnings |
2:58.19
(NR) |
 Jamaica
Brandon SimpsonBrandon Simpson is a sprinter who represents Bahrain, having previously represented Jamaica. He has won a bronze medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at three world championships; 2001, 2003 and 2005. He finished 6th in the individual 400 metres contest in 2005, and 5th at the 2004...
Christopher WilliamsChristopher Williams is a Jamaican sprinter.Williams is best known for winning the silver medal in the 200m at the 2001 World Championships. In 2001 he was named Jamaica Sportsman of the Year. Williams has competed in the Olympic Games three times, in 2000, 2004 and 2008, reaching the semi-finals...
Greg HaughtonGreg Haughton is a Jamaican 400 metres runner. He won three bronze medals, one at the 1996 Summer Olympics and two at the 2000 Summer Olympics. His personal best for the 400 m was 44.56 seconds....
Danny McFarlaneDanny McFarlane, OD is a Jamaican hurdler, who has won numerous international medals in individual and relay contests...
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2:58.394
(SB) |
 Poland
Rafał Wieruszewski
Piotr HaczekPiotr Haczek is a Polish athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres. An outdoor and indoor world champion in the 4 x 400 metres relay, his success came mainly in relay, his best individual performance being a gold medal at the 1999 European Under 23 Championships.-Personal bests:*100 metres -...
Piotr Długosielski
Piotr RysiukiewiczPiotr Grzegorz Rysiukiewicz is a Polish sprinter who has won various medals for the Polish 4 x 400 metres relay team. He was a member of the best Polish relay 4 x 400 in the 1990s...
|
2:59.71
(SB) |
|
1 Ali Saïdi-SiefAli Saidi-Sief is an Algerian Olympic runner. His speciality is the 1500 m race, but he took a silver medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics for the 5000 m, losing the gold to Ethiopian athlete Million Wolde....
of Algeria originally finished second in the 5000 m in 13:02.16, but he was disqualified after he tested positive for
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.
2 Tim MontgomeryTimothy Montgomery is a former American athlete. In 2005, he was stripped of his records – including a now void 100m world record of 9.78 seconds set in 2002 – after being found guilty of using performance-enhancing drugs...
(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
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scandal.
3 The USA originally finished first in 37.96 (
Mickey GrimesMickey Grimes is a former American sprinter who specialized over 100 and 200 metres. He won the 100 metres at the 2003 Pan American Games, but was later stripped of his title for testing positive for ephedrine. On May 25, 2004, he was tested positive for norandrosterone and was ruled ineligible...
,
Bernard WilliamsBernard Rollen Williams, III is an American track and field athlete and winner of a gold medal in 4×100-meters relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics.- Biography :Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Bernard Williams won the 100 m at the 1999 Pan-American Games....
,
Dennis MitchellDennis Allen Mitchell is a former American college and international track and field athlete, whose team won the gold medal in the 4 x 100 meters relay race at the 1992 Summer Olympics.- Athletic career :...
,
Tim MontgomeryTimothy Montgomery is a former American athlete. In 2005, he was stripped of his records – including a now void 100m world record of 9.78 seconds set in 2002 – after being found guilty of using performance-enhancing drugs...
), but they were disqualified in 2005 after Tim Montgomery admitted to drug use as a result of the
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scandal.
4 The United States (
Leonard ByrdLeonard Byrd is an American sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. His personal best time is 44.45 seconds, achieved in May 2002 in Belém....
,
Antonio PettigrewAntonio Pettigrew was an American sprinter who specialized in the 400 meters. He was born in Macon, Georgia....
,
Derrick BrewDerrick Brew is a 2004 Olympic Gold medalist in the Men's 4x400 meter relay for the United States. Earlier in the games he took third in the US sweep of the 400m. He went to Klein Forest High School...
,
Angelo TaylorAngelo F. Taylor is an American athlete, winner of 400 m hurdles at the 2000 and 2008 Summer Olympics....
) originally finished second in 2:58.21, 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
|
rowspan="2" |
|rowspan="2"|2.36
(WL) |
|rowspan="2"|2.33
(PB Rybakov)
(SB Voronin) |
|
Pole vault
|
|6.05
(CR) |
|5.85 |
|5.85
(SB) |
Long jump
|
|8.40 |
|8.24 |
|8.21
(SB) |
Triple jump
|
|17.92
(WL) |
|17.47 |
|17.44
(PB) |
Shot put
|
|21.87 |
|21.24 |
|20.93
(SB) |
Discus throw
|
|69.72
(CR) |
|69.40 |
|67.61
(PB) |
Hammer throw
|
|83.38
(CR) |
|82.92 |
|80.27
(SB) |
Javelin throw
|
|92.80
(CR) |
|91.31 |
|89.95 |
Decathlon
|
|8902
(CR) |
|8815
(NR) |
|8603
(PB) |
|
Track
1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005
100 m
|
|10.82
(WL) |
|10.912
(SB) |
|11.02 |
200 m
|
|22.521 |
|22.85 |
|22.882 |
400 m
|
|49.86
(NR) |
|49.88
(SB) |
|49.97
SB |
800 m
|
|1:57.17 |
|1:57.20
(SB) |
|1:57.35
(SB) |
1,500 m
|
|4:00.57
(SB) |
|4:01.70 |
|4:02.40 |
5,000 m
|
|15:03.39 |
|15:06.59 |
|15:10.17 |
10,000 m
|
|31:48.81 |
|31:48.85 |
|31:49.98 |
Marathon
|
|2:26:01 |
|2:26:06 |
|2:26:18 |
100 m hurdles
|
|12.42
(WL) |
|12.54
SB |
|12.58
(SB) |
400 m hurdles
|
|53.34
(WL) |
|54.27 |
|54.51 |
20 km walk
|
|1:27:48
(CR) |
|1:28:49
(PB) |
|1:28:56 |
4x100m relay
|
Melanie Paschke Melanie Paschke is a retired German sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres, 200 metres and 4x100 metres relay.Her personal best time in the 100 metres is 11.04 seconds, achieved in June 1995 in Bremen...
,
Gaby Rockmeier,
Birgit RockmeierBirgit Rockmeier is a German sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.Her personal best time is 22.90 seconds, achieved in July 2001 in Stuttgart. Since 1999 she represents the sports club LG Olympia Dortmund....
,
Marion WagnerMarion Wagner is a German sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres. Her personal best time is 11.31 seconds, achieved in July 2003 in Mals, . She represents the sports club USC Mainz....
 Germany |
42.323
(SB) |
Sylviane Félix Sylviane Felix is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for France, who won the bronze medal in the 4x100m relay at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece....
,
Frédérique BanguéFrederique Bangue is a French sprinter who competed in the 100 metres. Her personal best being 11.16 seconds, she never reached a world-level final individually. However, when competing in the shorter distance of 60 metres or relay races, she has won medals...
,
Muriel HurtisMuriel Hurtis-Houairi is a track and field athlete from France who specialises in the 200 metres. She came to prominence in 2002 when she won the 200 m gold medals at both the European Indoor Championships and the European Athletics Championships...
,
Odiah SidibéOdiah Sidibé is a French sprint athlete of Guinean descent.- Achievements :* 2002 European Championships in Athletics - gold medal * 2002 European Championships in Athletics - seventh place...
 Early Modern France |
42.39
(SB) |
Juliet Campbell Juliet Jean Campbell is a retired Jamaican sprinter who specialized in the 200 and 400 metres. She also competed on the successful Jamaican team in both 4 x 100 metres relay and 4 x 400 metres relay.-Achievements:...
,
Merlene FrazerMerlene Frazer is a retired female track and field sprinter from Jamaica who specialized in the 200 metres. She also competed on the successful Jamaican 4 x 100 metres relay team, and was on the Olympic silver medal team in 2000 .-Achievements:-Personal bests:*100 metres - 11.20 s *200 metres -...
,
Beverly McDonaldBeverly McDonald is a Jamaican sprinter. Her accomplishments include winning the silver medal in the 4x100m relay at the 2000 Olympics and the gold medal in the same event at the 2004 Olympics...
,
Astia Walker
Jamaica |
42.40
(SB) |
4x400m relay
|
Sandie Richards Alexandra Richards is a Jamaican track and field athlete. She was a bronze medalist in the 4x400 m relay at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece....
,
Catherine Scott-Pomales,
Debbie-Ann Parris,
Lorraine FentonLorraine Fenton is a retired Jamaican athlete who specialized in the 400 metres....
Jamaica |
3:20.65
(WL) |
Florence Ekpo-Umoh Florence Ekpo-Umoh is a Nigerian-German sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.She last competed for her birth country Nigeria at the 1994 World Junior Championships. She defected to Germany in 1995 during a training camp there, married her German trainer in 1998 and received German...
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Shanta GhoshShanta Ghosh is a retired German sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. She lives in Germany with her close friend Dirk Strutsky.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*100 metres - 11.46 s...
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Claudia MarxClaudia Marx, born September 16, 1978, in Berlin, is a German sprint athlete. She runs in the 400 metres and the 400 metres hurdles . She also competes in the German team in the 4 by 400 metres relay. She won the 400 metres at the national championships in 2003 in the and National Indoor...
,
Grit BreuerGrit Breuer is a former East German athlete, who competed in the women's 200m, 400m, 4x100m, and 4x400m events....
Germany |
3:21.97
(SB) |
Irina Rosikhina Irina Rosikhina is a Russian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.-Achievements:-External links:...
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Yuliya PechonkinaYuliya Sergeyevna Pechonkina, née Nosova is a Russian former athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles and 4 x 400 metres relay....
,
Anastasiya KapachinskayaAnastasiya Alexandrovna Kapachinskaya is a sprint athlete.At the IAAF World Indoor Championships in 2004 she won the 200 m, but was stripped of the title after testing positive for the banned anabolic steroid stanozolol...
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Olesya ZykinaOlesya Nikolaevna Zykina is a Russian athlete who mainly competes in the 400 metres. In addition to winning medals in individual contests, she has been a very successful relay runner, winning the silver medal at the 2004 Olympics.-Achievements:...
 Russia |
3:24.92 |
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1 Kelli WhiteKelli White is an American former sprinter. She won two gold medals in the World Championships in Paris in 2003. However, on June 18, 2004, she was stripped of her medals, because she tested positive on a drug test. She admitted guilt and testified before the Court of Arbitration for Sport...
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
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doping scandal.
2Marion JonesMarion Lois Jones , also known as Marion Jones-Thompson, is a former world champion track and field athlete, and a former professional basketball player for Tulsa Shock in the WNBA...
(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
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doping scandal.
3 The USA team of
Kelli WhiteKelli White is an American former sprinter. She won two gold medals in the World Championships in Paris in 2003. However, on June 18, 2004, she was stripped of her medals, because she tested positive on a drug test. She admitted guilt and testified before the Court of Arbitration for Sport...
,
Chryste GainesChryste Dionne Gaines is an American athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres....
,
Inger MillerInger Miller is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for United States. She is the daughter of Lennox Miller, an Olympic champion runner from Jamaica....
, and
Marion JonesMarion Lois Jones , also known as Marion Jones-Thompson, is a former world champion track and field athlete, and a former professional basketball player for Tulsa Shock in the WNBA...
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
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doping scandal.
Field
1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007
High jump
|
|2.00
(SB) |
|2.00 |
|1.97 |
Pole vault
|
|4.75
(CR) |
|4.75
(CR) |
|4.55 |
Long jump
|
|7.02 |
|7.01 |
|6.88 |
Triple jump
|
|15.25
(WL) |
|14.60 |
|14.58 |
Shot put
|
|20.61
(NR) |
|19.86
(PB) |
|19.41 |
Discus throw
|
|67.101 |
|66.24 |
|65.50
(SB) |
Hammer throw
|
|70.65
(AR) |
|70.61 |
|68.87 |
Javelin throw
|
|69.53
(CR) |
|65.78 |
|64.69 |
Heptathlon
|
|6694
(SB) |
|6539
(SB) |
|6472
(PB) |
|
1Natalya SadovaNatalya Ivanovna Sadova , née Koptyukh is a Russian discus thrower who has competed in many Olympiads.She won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics held in Athens, Greece in 2004, as well as a silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, and placed fourth in 2000 Summer...
of Russia originally won the gold medal in discus throw (68.57), but she was later disqualified after she tested positive for
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Medals table