2002 European Championships in Athletics

The 18th European Athletics Championships were held from 6 August to 11 August 2002 in the Olympic Stadium

Olympic Stadium (Munich)

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Munich

Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...

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Germany

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Track

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100 m	Francis Obikwelu Francis Obikwelu Francis Obiorah Obikwelu, born 22 November 1978 in Nigeria and a Portuguese citizen since 2001, is a sprint athlete specializing in 100 metres and 200 metres. He holds the record for the fastest time in the 100 m set by a European competitor with a time of 9.86 seconds...  Portugal	10.06	Darren Campbell Darren Campbell Darren Andrew Campbell MBE is a former English sprint athlete. He competed in the 100 metres and 200 metres, as well as the 4 × 100 metres relay...	10.15	Roland Németh Roland Nemeth Roland Németh is a Hungarian athlete specializing in the 100 metres.He won the bronze medal at the 2002 European Championships in Athletics. Participating in the 2004 Summer Olympics, he achieved third place in his 100 metres heat, thus making it through to the second round...  Hungary	10.27
200 m	Konstantinos Kenteris Konstantinos Kenteris Konstandinos Kenderis, also spelled as Konstadinos Kederis is a former Greek athlete...  Greece	19.85	Francis Obikwelu Francis Obikwelu Francis Obiorah Obikwelu, born 22 November 1978 in Nigeria and a Portuguese citizen since 2001, is a sprint athlete specializing in 100 metres and 200 metres. He holds the record for the fastest time in the 100 m set by a European competitor with a time of 9.86 seconds...  Portugal	20.21	Marlon Devonish Marlon Devonish Marlon Ronald Devonish, MBE is an English sprint athlete.He is a member of the Coventry Godiva Harriers athletics club and is coached by Tony Lester. Early in his career he was successful at both 100 and 200 metre distances, winning English Schools and European Junior titles at both, but in recent...	20.24
400 m	Ingo Schultz Ingo Schultz Ingo Schultz is a German sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.-Career:Schultz took up athletics in 1997, and ran his first 400 metres race in 1998, clocking in 49.45 seconds. The next season he lowered his time to 45.99 s....  Germany	45.14	David Canal David Canal David Canal Valero is a Spanish sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*100 metres - 10.53 s *200 metres - 20.68 s *400 metres - 45.01 s...  Spain	45.24	Daniel Caines Daniel Caines Daniel Stephen Caines is an English athlete who mainly competes in the 400 metres.-Early life:He was educated at Solihull School, a British independent school in the affluent West Midlands town of Solihull...	45.28
800 m	Wilson Kipketer Wilson Kipketer Wilson Kosgei Kipketer is a Kenyan born Danish former middle distance runner. He holds the current indoor world records at the 1000 and 800 metres distance. While dominating the 800 m distance for a decade, remaining undefeated for a three-year period and running 8 of the 17 currently all-time...  Denmark	1:47.25	André Bucher André Bucher André Bucher is a retired Swiss 800 metres runner. He is best known for winning the gold medal at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton in his event. Bucher also won the indoor bronze that same year....  Switzerland	1:47.43	Nils Schumann Nils Schumann Nils Schumann is a former German athlete, winner of the 800 m at the 2000 Summer Olympics, who retired in 2009...  Germany	1:47.60
1500 m	Mehdi Baala Mehdi Baala Mehdi Baala is a French middle-distance athlete competing mainly at 1500 metres. Baala has won numerous major medals, including two European titles. Baala is considered to be the best French middle-distance runner of all time...  Early Modern France	3:45.25	Reyes Estévez Reyes Estévez Reyes Estévez López is a Spanish 1500 metres runner. He won the European Championships' final 1998 in Budapest...  Spain	3:45.25	Rui Silva Rui Silva Rui Silva is a Portuguese athlete, who represents Sporting Clube de Portugal. As a distance runner, he specializes at the 1500 and 3000 m events, although he has at times run the 800 metres as well. He is the national champion at 1500 m...  Portugal	3:45.43
5000 m	Alberto García Alberto García Alberto García is a Spanish long-distance and cross-country runner.-Career:Garcia's top-level athletic career took off when he was already approaching his thirties. He first came to prominence with a gold medal in the 5000 metres at the Mediterranean Games at Bari in 1997...  Spain	13:38.18	Ismaïl Sghyr Ismaïl Sghyr Ismaïl Sghyr is a French runner who won a bronze medal at the over 3000 metres at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships. In 5000 metres he finished fourth at the World Championships the same year, as well as winning a bronze medal at the 2002 European Championships...  Early Modern France	13:39.81	Serhiy Lebid  Ukraine	13:40.00
10,000 m	José Manuel Martínez José Manuel Martínez José Manuel Martínez Fernández is a Spanish long-distance runner. He is married to Spanish field hockey player Nuria Moreno....  Spain	27:47.65	Dieter Baumann Dieter Baumann Dieter Baumann is a former German athlete and winner of 5000 m at the 1992 Summer Olympics.Born in Blaustein, Germany , Dieter Baumann was one of the few non-African athletes who were able to seriously challenge the African dominance of middle-distance running during the 1990s...  Germany	27:47.87	José Ríos José Ríos José Ríos Ortega is a Spanish runner. He specializes in the 10,000 metres and marathon.He won the Lake Biwa Marathon in 2006.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*3000 metres - 7:42.08 min...  Spain	27:48.29
Marathon	Janne Holmén Janne Holmén Janne Sven-Åke Holmén is a former Finnish long-distance runner.Holmén's biggest achievement was winning the marathon event in the 2002 European Championships in Athletics in Munich, Germany, finishing in 2:12:04. In the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, Holmén finished in 22nd place, with...  Finland	2: 12:14	Pavel Loskutov Pavel Loskutov Pavel Loskutov is a former Estonian long-distance runner who specialized in marathon races. He has competed in the Olympic marathon race four times consecutively, from the 1996 Atlanta Olympics to the 2008 Beijing Games.In 2001, he won the Göteborgsvarvet half marathon in Gothenburg with a time of...  Estonia	2: 13:18	Julio Rey Julio Rey José Julio Rey is a Spanish long-distance runner who mostly concentrates on the marathon race. He was banned from competition for 2 years after testing positive for mesterolone at the 1999 Rotterdam Marathon....  Spain	2: 13:21
110 metres hurdles	Colin Jackson Colin Jackson Colin Ray Jackson CBE is a British former sprint and hurdling athlete who specialised in the 110 metres hurdles. Over his career representing Great Britain and Wales he won an Olympic silver medal, became world champion three times, went undefeated at the European Championships for 12 years and...	13.11	Staņislavs Olijars Stanislavs Olijars Staņislavs Olijars is a Latvian athlete mainly competing in the 110 metres hurdles. He is the 2000 European indoor champion, and in 2002 he won European indoor and outdoor medals. His best Olympic performance was in 2004, finishing 5th. In 2006, he became European champion in the event...  Latvia	13.22	Artur Kohutek Artur Kohutek Artur Kohutek is a Polish hurdler and soldier of the Polish Army.He won the bronze medal at the 2002 European Championships in Munich in a time of 13.32 seconds....  Poland	13.32
400 metres hurdles	Stéphane Diagana Stéphane Diagana Stéphane Diagana is a former French athlete who won the gold medal at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens over 400 metres hurdles. In 2002 he won the gold medal at the European Championships in Athletics in Munich in the same event. Diagana also set the European record of 47.37...  Early Modern France	47.58	Jiří Mužík Jirí Mužík Jiří Mužík is a Czech hurdler.His personal best time was 48.27 seconds, achieved during the heats of the 1997 World Championships in Athens.-Achievements:-References:...  Czech Republic	48.43	Paweł Januszewski  Poland	48.46
3000 metres steeplechase	Antonio David Jiménez Antonio David Jiménez Antonio David Jiménez Pentinel is a Spanish long-distance runner.He won the gold medal in the 3000m steeplechase at the 2002 European Athletics Championships in Munich...  Spain	8:24.34	Simon Vroemen Simon Vroemen Simon Frans Vroemen is a Dutch runner, specialising in the steeplechase.Vroemen has a degree in molecular sciences from the Wageningen University. He wrote his dissertation on the stress physiology of grasshoppers...  Netherlands	8:24.45	Luis Miguel Martín Luis Miguel Martín Luis Miguel Martín is a Spanish long-distance runner. He specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He took up the event in 1998.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*1500 metres - 3:36.11 min...  Spain	8:24.72
20 kilometres walk	Francisco Javier Fernández Francisco Javier Fernández Francisco Javier Fernández Peláez is a Spanish race walker. He specializes in the 20 km race walk....  Spain	1: 18:37	Vladimir Andreyev  Russia	1: 19:56	Juan Manuel Molina Juan Manuel Molina Juan Manuel Molina Morote is a male race walker from Spain.-Achievements:-References:*...  Spain	1: 20:36
50 kilometres walk	Robert Korzeniowski Robert Korzeniowski Robert Korzeniowski is a former Polish racewalker. He has won four gold medals at the Summer Olympics and three at world championships....  Poland	3: 36:39 WR	Aleksey Voyevodin Aleksey Voyevodin Aleksey Nikolayevich Voyevodin is a Russian race walker mainly competing over the 50 km distance. He has one World Championships silver medal, and won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics....  Russia	3: 40:16	Jesús Ángel García Jesús Ángel García Jesús Ángel García Bragado is a Spanish race walker. He is married to gymnast Carmen Acedo.-Achievements:-References:...  Spain	3: 44:33
4x100 metres relay	Ukraine Kostyantyn Vasyukov Kostyantyn Rurak Anatoliy Dovhal Anatoliy Dovhal Anatoliy Dovhal is a Ukrainian sprinter, who specializes in the 100 metres.... Oleksandr Kaydash	38.53	Poland Ryszard Pilarczyk Ryszard Pilarczyk Ryszard Pilarczyk is a former Polish athlete specializing in sprinting events.-Achievements:-Personal bests:Outoors*100m 10.26 *200m 20.69 Indoors*60m 6.59... Łukasz Chyła Marcin Nowak Marcin Andrzej Nowak Marcin Nowak is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Poland.Nowak represented Poland at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Marcin Jędrusiński, Dariusz Kuć and Łukasz Chyła... Marcin Urbaś Marcin Urbas Marcin Urbaś is a former Polish track and field athlete. He is the Polish record holder for 200 metres dash with 19.98 seconds. He is now a sprinting coach. -Track and field:...	38.71	Germany Ronny Ostwald Ronny Ostwald Ronny Ostwald is a German sprint athlete.He finished 8th in the 100m final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg.... Marc Blume Marc Blume Marc Blume is a German sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.He is the twin brother of Holger Blume... Alexander Kosenkow Alexander Kosenkow Alexander Kosenkow or Aleksandr Kosenkov is a German sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres. He represents the sports club TV Wattenscheid.... Christian Schacht Christian Schacht Christian Schacht is a retired German sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres.Schacht won a bronze medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2002 European Championships, with teammates Ronny Ostwald, Marc Blume and Alexander Kosenkow...	38.88
4x400 metres relay	Jared Deacon Matthew Elias Matthew Elias Matthew John Elias is a Welsh athlete who specialises in the 400 metres sprint and represents Great Britain. In 2003 he won a gold medal at the European Championships and at the Olympic Games in Athens he finished 5th in the 4x400m relayHe won the European Under23 Championships for the 400m... Jamie Baulch Jamie Baulch James Steven Baulch , but raised by foster parents in Risca, near Newport, is a British sprint athlete and television presenter. He won the 400 metres gold medal at the 1999 World Indoor Championships. As a member of British 4 x 400 metres relay teams, he won a gold medal at the 1997 World... Daniel Caines Daniel Caines Daniel Stephen Caines is an English athlete who mainly competes in the 400 metres.-Early life:He was educated at Solihull School, a British independent school in the affluent West Midlands town of Solihull...	3:01.25	Russia Oleg Mishukov Andrey Semyonov Ruslan Mashchenko Ruslan Mashchenko Ruslan Mashchenko is a retired hurdler from Russia, who is best known for winning two silver medals at the European Championships during his career . He represented his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics , and set his personal best in the men's 400 metres hurdles on 1998-06-13 in... Yuriy Borzakovskiy Yuriy Borzakovskiy Yuriy Mikhailovich Borzakovskiy is a Russian middle distance athlete specializing in the 800 metres.-Athletic career:Borzakovskiy's first major international success was a victory at the 2000 European Indoor Championships when he was only 18 years old. At the 2000 Summer Olympics he reached the...	3:01.34	Early Modern France Leslie Djhone Leslie Djhone Leslie Djhone is a French athlete. Competing mainly in the 400 metres event, he placed 5th at the 2003 World Championships and 2007 World Championships and 7th at the 2004 Olympics... Ahmed Douhou Ahmed Douhou Ahmed Douhou is a French sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres. He switched nationality from his birth country Côte d'Ivoire in 2002.... Naman Keïta Naman Keita Naman Keïta is a track and field athlete, who specialises in the 400 metre hurdles, competing internationally for France. He was a bronze medalist in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.-Personal:Keïta was born in Paris to a Malian father and an Algerian mother... Ibrahima Wade Ibrahima Wade Ibrahima Wade is a French sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. He switched nationality from his birth country Senegal in 2000.His personal best time is 45.05 seconds, achieved in August 1998 in Dakar...	3:02.76

• Performances by Dwain Chambers
  Dwain Chambers
  Dwain Anthony Chambers is an English sprinter of Afro-Caribbean descent. He has won medals on the international stage numerous times and is one of the fastest European sprinters in the history of recorded athletics. His primary event is the 100 metres sprint, in which he has the second...
  
   in the 100 m race (9.96) and the 4x100 m relay (38.19) have been disqualified by the IAAF since Chambers admitted the use of performance enhancing drugs. Other members of the British relay team included Christian Malcolm
  Christian Malcolm
  Christian Sean Malcolm is a Welsh athlete, specialising in the 200m.Malcolm was born in Cardiff and resides in Newport, Wales. He won the title of World Junior Athlete of the Year in 1998 and in the 1998 World Junior Championships, he won the 200m in 20.44 seconds...
  
  , Darren Campbell
  Darren Campbell
  Darren Andrew Campbell MBE is a former English sprint athlete. He competed in the 100 metres and 200 metres, as well as the 4 × 100 metres relay...
  
   and Marlon Devonish
  Marlon Devonish
  Marlon Ronald Devonish, MBE is an English sprint athlete.He is a member of the Coventry Godiva Harriers athletics club and is coached by Tony Lester. Early in his career he was successful at both 100 and 200 metre distances, winning English Schools and European Junior titles at both, but in recent...
  
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Field

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High jump	Yaroslav Rybakov Yaroslav Rybakov Yaroslav Vladimirovich Rybakov is a Russian high jumper.He is the 2002 European Champion high jumper, and at the 2005 World Championships he shared the silver medal with Victor Moya of Cuba....  Russia	2.31	Stefan Holm Stefan Holm Stefan Christian Holm is a retired Swedish high jumper. He has won an Olympic gold medal, a silver in the World Championships, and one silver and one bronze medal in the European Championships...  Sweden	2.29	Staffan Strand Staffan Strand Staffan Bo Strand is a Swedish former high jumper. He currently lives in Norrmalm in Stockholm with his wife since 2004 Tiffany.-Career:...  Sweden	2.27

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|Olexiy Lukashevych

Olexiy Lukashevych

Olexiy Lukashevych is a Ukrainian long jumper, best known for winning the 2002 European Championships. His personal best is 8.27 metres, achieved in June 2000 in Tartu.-Achievements:-References:...

 Ukraine||8.08
|Siniša Ergotić

Siniša Ergotic

Siniša Ergotić is a Croatian long jumper.He won the gold medal the 2001 Mediterranean Games in Tunis and the silver medal at the 2002 European Championships in Athletics in Munich...

 Independent State of Croatia||8.00
|Yago Lamela

Yago Lamela

Santiago Lamela Tobío is a former Spanish athlete competing in the long jump. His greatest year was 1999, when he jumped 8.56 during the indoor season to win the silver medal at the 1999 World Indoor Championships...

 Spain||7.99
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|Pole vault

|Aleksandr Averbukh

Aleksandr Averbukh

Aleksandr Averbukh is a retired Israeli athlete who competed in the pole vault.-Biography:He is Jewish. He was formerly a decathlete competing for Russia, but in 1999 he became an Israeli citizen and rose to top level in pole vault....

 Israel||5.85
|Lars Börgeling

Lars Börgeling

Lars Börgeling is a German pole vaulter.His personal best is 5.85 metres, achieved in July 2002 in Leverkusen. This ranks him sixth among German pole vaulters, behind Tim Lobinger, Andrei Tivontchik, Michael Stolle, Danny Ecker and Richard Spiegelburg. -Achievements:-External links:*...

 Germany||5.80
|Tim Lobinger

Tim Lobinger

Tim Lobinger is a German pole vaulter.His discipline is pole vault and he has been an elite competitor since the 1990s. His best results came in 1997 and 1999 when he jumped over 6.00 meters...

 Germany||5.80
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|Triple jump

|Christian Olsson

Christian Olsson

Christian Olsson is a Swedish athlete competing in high jump and triple jump. He has won an Olympic gold medal, three gold and one silver medal in the World Championships and two gold medals in the European Championships...

 Sweden||17.53
|Charles Friedek

Charles Friedek

Charles Michael Friedek is a German triple jumper who became world champion in 1999 with a jump of 17.59 metres. He had already won the World Indoor Championships the same year, with an indoor PB of 17.18 metres....

 Germany||17.33
|Jonathan Edwards

Jonathan Edwards (athlete)

Jonathan David Edwards, CBE, is a former British triple jumper. He is a former Olympic, Commonwealth, European and World champion, and has held the world record in the event since 1995....

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|Shot put

|Yuriy Bilonoh

Yuriy Bilonoh

Yuriy Bilonoh is a Ukrainian shot putter. Born in Bilopillya, Sumy, he began athletics at a Children and Youth Sports School in Bilopillya, where his first trainer was Vladimir Belikov. Bilonoh won the gold medal in his event at the 2004 Summer Olympics. At the 2000 Olympics he had finished fifth....

 Ukraine||21.37
|Joachim Olsen
 Denmark||21.16
|Ralf Bartels

Ralf Bartels

Ralf Bartels is a German shot putter. He became European Champion at the 2006 European Championships in Athletics in Gothenburg, Sweden after beating Belarusian Andrei Mikhnevich with a final put of 21.13 metres, two centimetres ahead of the Belarusian.Bartels also won bronze at the 2005...

 Germany||20.58
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|Discus throw

|Róbert Fazekas

Róbert Fazekas

Róbert Fazekas is a Hungarian discus thrower, who won gold in the 2002 European Championships and silver in the 2003 World Championship. He finished first in the 2004 Summer Olympics, but was later disqualified for failing to provide a drug sample, and the gold medal was awarded to Virgilijus Alekna...

 Hungary||68.83
|Virgilijus Alekna

Virgilijus Alekna

Virgilijus Alekna is a Lithuanian athlete who specialises in the discus throw. He won medals at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics, including two golds.-Career:...

 Lithuania||66.62
|Michael Möllenbeck

Michael Möllenbeck

Michael Möllenbeck is a German discus thrower.His greatest achievements are two World Championship bronze medals, and his bronze at the 2005 World Championships was especially welcome as Germany struggled to win medals.His personal best throw is 67.64 metres, achieved in June 2002 in Dortmund...

 Germany||66.37
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|Javelin throw

|Steve Backley

Steve Backley

Stephen James Backley OBE is a retired British athlete who was formerly the world record holder for javelin throwing...

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|Sergey Makarov
 Russia||88.05
|Boris Henry

Boris Henry

Boris Henry is a German javelin thrower. He has won the bronze medal in the World Championships twice, in 1995 and again in 2003....

 Germany||85.33
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|Hammer throw

|Adrián Annus

Adrián Annus

Adrián Annus is a Hungarian hammer thrower, who was stripped of his gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens for a doping violation in a highly publicized scandal...

 Hungary||81.17
|Vladyslav Piskunov

Vladyslav Piskunov

Vladyslav Yuriyovych Piskunov is a former Ukrainian hammer thrower.Piskunov originally won a gold medal at the 1994 World Junior Championships, but failed a drugs test and became disqualified...

 Ukraine||80.39
|Alexandros Papadimitriou

Alexandros Papadimitriou

Alexandros Papadimitriou is a Greek hammer thrower. His personal best throw is 80.45 metres, achieved in July 2000 in Athens. This is the current Greek record. He was born in Larissa.-Achievements:-References:**...

 Greece||80.21
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|Decathlon

|Roman Šebrle

Roman Šebrle

Roman Šebrle is an athlete from the Czech Republic. He is considered to be one of the best decathlon athletes of all time. Originally a high jumper, he competes in decathlon and heptathlon for team TJ Dukla Praha and is a world record holder in the decathlon...

 Czech Republic||8800
|Erki Nool

Erki Nool

Erki Nool is an Estonian decathlete and politician.Nool is a winner of the gold medal for Decathlon in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Although Nool did not place first in any individual event, his total score was the highest...

 Estonia||8438
|Lev Lobodin

Lev Lobodin

Lev Alekseyevich Lobodin is a male decathlete from Russia, having changed nationality from Ukraine at the end of 1996. His best achievement was the silver medal at the 2003 World Indoor Championships in Birmingham.-Achievements:- Personal bests :...

 Russia||8390
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Track

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100 metres	Ekaterini Thanou  Greece	11.10	Kim Gevaert Kim Gevaert Kim Gevaert is a former sprint athlete from Belgium.-Career:Her closest brush with a world title came in running 4/100 of a second behind three-time champion Gail Devers at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics...  Belgium	11.22	Manuela Levorato Manuela Levorato Manuela Levorato is an Italian sprinter who specializes in the 100 and 200 metres. At the 2002 European Championships she won a bronze medal in both these events. She also competed at the World Championships in 1999, 2001 and 2005....  Italy	11.23
200 metres	Muriel Hurtis  Early Modern France	22.43	Kim Gevaert Kim Gevaert Kim Gevaert is a former sprint athlete from Belgium.-Career:Her closest brush with a world title came in running 4/100 of a second behind three-time champion Gail Devers at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics...  Belgium	22.53	Manuela Levorato Manuela Levorato Manuela Levorato is an Italian sprinter who specializes in the 100 and 200 metres. At the 2002 European Championships she won a bronze medal in both these events. She also competed at the World Championships in 1999, 2001 and 2005....  Italy	22.75
400 metres	Olesya Zykina Olesya Zykina Olesya 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	50.45	Grit Breuer Grit Breuer Grit Breuer is a former East German athlete, who competed in the women's 200m, 400m, 4x100m, and 4x400m events....  Germany	50.70	Lee McConnell Lee McConnell Lee McConnell is a Scottish athlete, who competes in the 400 metres. She attended Holyrood R.C. Secondary School in Glasgow before graduating from Loughborough University in 2000 with a degree in Sports Science. She became the Scottish 200 metres champion in 2002, and 2005. She also won the 400...	51.02
800 metres	Jolanda Čeplak Jolanda Ceplak Jolanda Čeplak is a Slovenian middle distance athlete. She was born in Celje and lived in Velenje until moving to Monaco.-Running career:...  Slovenia	1:57.65	Mayte Martínez Mayte Martínez María Teresa Martínez Jiménez is a Spanish athlete competing in the 800 m. She has reached 4 consecutive finals in the World Championships , being third with an incredible last straight in Osaka...  Spain	1:58.86	Kelly Holmes Kelly Holmes Dame Kelly Holmes, DBE, MBE is a retired British middle distance athlete. She specialised in the 800 metres and 1500 metres events and won a gold medal for both distances at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens...	1:59.83
1500 metres	Süreyya Ayhan Sureyya Ayhan Süreyya Ayhan Kop is a Turkish former middle distance track runner who specialised in the 1500 metres. In November 2009, she was banned for lifetime by the Court of Arbitration for Sport due to failing a doping test....  Turkey	3:58.79	Gabriela Szabo Gabriela Szabo Gabriela Szabo is a Romanian track and field athlete, winner of the gold medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics in 5000 m and winner of bronze and silver medals in 1996 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics in 1500 m, respectively....  Kingdom of Romania	3:58.81	Tatyana Tomashova Tatyana Tomashova Tatyana Ivanovna Tomashova is a Russian middle distance runner. At the 2000 Summer Olympics she competed in 5000 metres, but she has participated in shorter races since, now competing mainly in the 1500 metres...  Russia	4:01.28
5000 metres	Marta Domínguez Marta Domínguez Marta Domínguez Azpeleta is a Spanish runner. She was accused of drug dealing and but later acquitted .Dominguez currently competes mainly in 3000 m steeplechase, a distance in which she was the 2009 world champion...  Spain	15:14.76	Sonia O'Sullivan Sonia O'Sullivan Sonia O'Sullivan in Cobh, County Cork. She began her running career in Ballymore Running Club which is located in the eastern side of Cobh Town. She was one of the world's leading female 5000 m runners for most of the 1990s and early first decade of the 21st century...	15:14.85	Yelena Zadorozhnaya Yelena Zadorozhnaya Yelena Zadorozhnaya is a Russian runner who specializes in the 3000, 5000 metres and 3000 metres steeplechase.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*800 metres - 2:02.31 min *1500 metres - 3:59.94 min *One mile - 4:21.57 min...  Russia	15:15.22
10,000 metres	Paula Radcliffe Paula Radcliffe Paula Jane Radcliffe, MBE is an English long-distance runner. She is the current women's world record holder in the marathon with her time of 2:15:25 hours...	30:01.09	Sonia O'Sullivan Sonia O'Sullivan Sonia O'Sullivan in Cobh, County Cork. She began her running career in Ballymore Running Club which is located in the eastern side of Cobh Town. She was one of the world's leading female 5000 m runners for most of the 1990s and early first decade of the 21st century...	30:47.59 (NR)	Lyudmila Biktasheva  Russia	31:04.00
Marathon	Maria Guida Maria Guida Maria Guida is an Italian long-distance runner.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*3000 metres - 8:54.59 min *5000 metres - 14:58.84 min *10,000 metres - 31:27.82 min...  Italy	2: 26:05	Luminita Zaituc Luminita Zaituc Luminita Zaituc-Zelaskowski is a retired German long-distance runner of Romanian descent...  Germany	2: 26:58	Sonja Oberem Sonja Oberem Sonja Oberem, née Krolik is a German athlete, who specialized in the marathon races. In her younger days she was a successful triathlete.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*Half Marathon - 1:10:13 hrs...  Germany	2: 28:45
100 metres hurdles	Glory Alozie Glory Alozie Glory Alozie Oluchi is a Spanish athlete competing mostly in hurdling. The world junior second placer from 1996, she went on to have a successful senior career, although she has never won a major international event...  Spain	12.73	Olena Krasovska Olena Krasovska Olena Krasovska, née Ovcharova is a Ukrainian hurdler best known for winning a silver medal at the 2004 Olympic Games with a personal best time of 12.45 seconds.-Career:...  Ukraine	12.88	Yana Kasova  Kingdom of Bulgaria	12.91
400 metres hurdles	Ionela Târlea  Kingdom of Romania	54.95	Heike Meißner  Germany	55.89	Anna Olichwierczuk Anna Jesien Anna Jesień, née Olichwierczuk is a Polish hurdler.She won the bronze medal in the 400 m hurdles at the 2002 European Athletics Championships in Munich...  Poland	56.18
20 kilometres walk	Olimpiada Ivanova Olimpiada Ivanova Olimpiada Vladimirovna Ivanova is a Russian race walker. She has 4 medals from the major events. She was born in Munsjuty, Chuvashia.Her first gold medal was won in the 2001 Edmonton World Championships, where she beat the rest of the world with the time 1.27:48...  Russia	1: 6:42	Yelena Nikolayeva Yelena Nikolayeva Yelena Nikolayevna Nikolayeva is a Russian race walker.Her first international achievement was a fifth place at the 1987 World Championships, something which happened again at the 1991 World Indoor Championships. One year later she won an Olympic silver medal behind Chen Yueling...  Russia	1:28:20	Erica Alfridi Erica Alfridi Erica Alfridi is an Italian race walker.-Achievements:-External links:...  Italy	1:28:33
4x100 metres relay	Delphine Combe Delphine Combe Delphine Combe is a French sprinter. She won a bronze medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics and a gold medal in the same event at the 2002 European Championships in Athletics.-External links:...   Muriel Hurtis  Sylviane Félix Sylviane Felix 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....   Odiah Sidibé Odiah Sidibé Odiah 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	42.46	Melanie Paschke 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...   Gabi Rockmeier Gabi Rockmeier Gabrielle Rockmeier is a German sprinter who specializes in the 100 and 200 metres.Her personal best time is 22.68 seconds, achieved in July 2001 in Stuttgart.She is the twin sister of Birgit Rockmeier....   Sina Schielke Sina Schielke Sina Schielke is a German sprinter, often praised for her looks as well as her sprinting ability...   Marion Wagner Marion Wagner Marion 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	42.54	Natalya Ignatova  Yuliya Tabakova Yuliya Tabakova Yuliya Gennadiyevna Tabakova , is a Russian track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for Russia.She won the silver medal in the 4x100m relay at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.-External links:...   Irina Khabarova Irina Khabarova Irina Sergeyevna Khabarova is a Russian sprinter.She won the silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2004 Olympics and a bronze medal in the same event at both the 2002 and 2006 European Championships.-References:...   Larisa Kruglova Larisa Kruglova Larisa Nikolayevna Kruglova is a Russian sprinter who mainly competes in the 100 metres.Her greatest success has come in relay races, where she has Olympic silver medal to her name.-Achievements:-References:...  Russia	43.11
4x400 metres relay	Florence Ekpo-Umoh 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...   Birgit Rockmeier Birgit Rockmeier Birgit 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....   Claudia Marx Claudia Marx Claudia 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 Breuer Grit Breuer Grit Breuer is a former East German athlete, who competed in the women's 200m, 400m, 4x100m, and 4x400m events....  Germany	3:25.10	Natalya Antyukh Natalya Antyukh Natalya Nikolayevna Antyukh is a Russian athlete who primarily competed in the 400 metres and 400 metre hurdles.In addition to winning medals in individual contests, she has been a very successful relay runner, winning a silver medal at the 2004 Olympics....   Natalya Nazarova Natalya Nazarova Natalya Viktorovna Nazarova is a sprint athlete.She was born in Moscow.Following a personal best time of 49.65 seconds run a fortnight earlier, Natalya had lost form by the start of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, and only just made the final finishing 8th...   Anastasiya Kapachinskaya Anastasiya Kapachinskaya Anastasiya 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...   Olesya Zykina Olesya Zykina Olesya 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	3:25.59	Zuzanna Radecka  Grażyna Prokopek Grazyna Prokopek Grażyna Prokopek is a Polish sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres and 4x400 m relay.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*100 metres - 11.67 s *200 metres - 23.22 s *400 metres - 51.29 s -External links:...   Małgorzata Pskit Małgorzata Pskit Małgorzata Pskit is a retired Polish athlete specializing in the 400 metres hurdles.-Achievements:-Personal bests:Outdoor*200m 24.86*400m 53.10 *400m hurdles 54.75 *800m 2:04.88Indoor...   Anna Olichwierczuk Anna Jesien Anna Jesień, née Olichwierczuk is a Polish hurdler.She won the bronze medal in the 400 m hurdles at the 2002 European Athletics Championships in Munich...  Poland	3:26.15

Field

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High jump	Kajsa Bergqvist Kajsa Bergqvist Kajsa Margareta Bergqvist is a Swedish former high jumper. She won one bronze medal in the Olympic Games, one gold and two bronze medals in the World Championships in Athletics and one gold and one bronze in the European Championships. Her personal outdoor record of 2.06 m, set in Germany in 2003,...  Sweden	1.98	Marina Kuptsova Marina Kuptsova Marina Kuptsova is a Russian high jumper who won a silver medal at the 2003 World Championships. She is also a former European indoor high jump champion...  Russia	1.92	Olga Kaliturina Olga Kaliturina Olga Kaliturina is a Russian high jumper. Her personal best jump is 1.98 metres, achieved in August 2004 in Moscow.-Achievements:-References:...  Russia	1.89
Pole vault	Svetlana Feofanova Svetlana Feofanova Svetlana Yevgenyevna Feofanova is a Russian pole vaulter. She won the silver medal in women's pole vaulting at the 2004 Summer Olympics behind compatriot Yelena Isinbayeva, and won the bronze in the 2008 Summer Olympics...  Russia	4.60	Yelena Isinbayeva Yelena Isinbayeva Yelena Gadzhievna Isinbayeva is a Russian pole vaulter. She is twice an Olympic gold medalist , five-times a World Champion, and the current world record holder in the event...  Russia	4.55	Yvonne Buschbaum Balian Buschbaum Balian Buschbaum is a former German pole vaulter.Buschbaum's personal best is 4.70 metres, achieved in June 2003 in Ulm. This ranks Buschbaum second among German pole vaulters, only behind Annika Becker...  Germany	4.50
Long jump	Tatyana Kotova Tatyana Kotova Tatyana Vladimirovna Kotova is an athlete who competes for Russia in the long jump. Her personal best was a jump of 7.42 m at Annecy in 2002. In September, 2000 she was injured in a car accident....  Russia	6.85	Jade Johnson Jade Johnson Jade Linsey Johnson is an English athlete, specialising in long jump.She is allergic to sand.Johnson came second in the 2002 Commonwealth Games. Later she won the silver medal at the 2002 European Championships and finished fourth at the 2003 World Championships...	6.73	Tünde Vaszi Tünde Vaszi Tünde Vaszi is a retired Hungarian long jumper. Her greatest success so far is the bronze medal at the 2002 European Championships in Athletics, and her personal best is 6.86 metres from when she placed fourth at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton.She lived in Carei/Nagykároly, Romania till...  Hungary	6.73
Triple jump	Ashia Hansen Ashia Hansen Ashia Hansen, MBE was a British triple jumper who competed internationally from 1994-2008.-Early life:...	15.00	Heli Koivula  Finland	14.83	Yelena Oleynikova  Russia	14.54
Shot put	Irina Korzhanenko Irina Korzhanenko Irina Korzhanenko is a former Russian shot putter. She gained international recognition when she won a bronze medal at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships...  Russia	20.64	Vita Pavlysh Vita Pavlysh Vita Pavlysh is a former athlete who specialised in the shot put....  Ukraine	20.02	Svetlana Krivelyova Svetlana Krivelyova Svetlana Vladimirovna Krivelyova is an athlete who specialises in the shot put....  Russia	19.56
Discus throw	Ekaterini Voggoli Ekaterini Voggoli Ekaterini Voggoli is a retired Greek discus thrower.She is the 2002 European champion and 2003 World Championship bronze medallist. In June 2004 she beat Anastasia Kelesidou's Greek record by 2 centimetres, throwing 67.72 metres in Athens....  Greece	64.31	Natalya Sadova Natalya Sadova Natalya 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...  Russia	64.12	Anastasia Kelesidou Anastasia Kelesidou Anastasia Kelesidou is a retired Greek discus thrower best known for winning silver medals at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. During her career she set seven Greek records in discus throw, the best being 67.70 metres....  Greece	63.92
Hammer throw	Olga Kuzenkova Olga Kuzenkova Olga Sergeyevna Kuzenkova is a Russian athlete, the first woman to throw the hammer more than 70 meters.She won gold in the women's hammer throw event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.She trained with Aleksandr Seleznyov.-Notes:...  Russia	72.94	Kamila Skolimowska Kamila Skolimowska Kamila Skolimowska was a Polish hammer thrower. She was known for her gold medal in the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics, which made her the youngest Olympic hammer champion, as well as for her two medals from the European Championships. Her personal best throw, and Polish record, was 76.83 metres,...  Poland	72.46	Manuela Montebrun Manuela Montebrun Manuela Montebrun is a female hammer thrower from France. Her personal best throw is 74.66 metres, achieved in July 2005 in Zagreb.-Achievements:-References:*...  Early Modern France	72.04
Javelin throw	Mirela Manjani Mirela Manjani Mirela Manjani is a retired Greek javelin thrower. Prior to 1997 she represented Albania.She won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics with a personal best of 67.51 m, and the bronze medal in 2004. Manjani is also a European champion and double world champion. Her personal best throw of...  Greece	67.47	Steffi Nerius Steffi Nerius Steffi Nerius is a German athlete competing in the javelin throw. She won silver at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and is the reigning World Champion; she is also a three-time bronze medalist at that level.Initially playing volleyball in school, she was too short for a career in this sport and...  Germany	64.09	Mikaela Ingberg Mikaela Ingberg Mikaela Johanna Emilia Ingberg is a female javelin thrower from Finland. Her personal best throw is 64.03 metres, achieved in September 2000 in Berlin. She was nicknamed "Mikke" during her career....  Finland	63.50
Heptathlon	Carolina Klüft Carolina Klüft Carolina Evelyn Klüft is a Swedish athlete competing in triple jump, long jump and formerly in heptathlon and pentathlon. She won the Olympic heptathlon title in 2004...  Sweden	6542	Sabine Braun Sabine Braun Sabine Braun is a German former athlete in track and field. Because she had talents in several disciplines, Sabine Braun competed in the heptathlon and had a number of successes...  Germany	6434	Natallia Sazanovich Natallia Sazanovich Natallia Sazanovich is a former Belarusian heptathlete. She won two Olympic medals, and achieved her personal best score of 6563 points at the 1996 Olympics. Sazanovich is also the 2001 World Indoor champion. She also competed at the 2004 Olympics, but withdrew after two...  Belarus	6341

Medals table

1	Russia	7	9	8	24
2	Spain	6	3	6	15
3	United Kingdom	5	2	5	12
4	Early Modern France	4	1	2	7
5	Greece	4	0	2	6
6	Ukraine	3	3	1	7
7	Sweden	3	1	1	5
8	Germany	2	9	8	19
9	Hungary	2	0	2	4
10	Poland	1	2	4	7
11	Finland	1	1	1	3
11	Portugal	1	1	1	3
13	Czech Republic	1	1	0	2
13	Denmark	1	1	0	2
13	Kingdom of Romania	1	1	0	2
16	Italy	1	0	3	4
17	Israel	1	0	0	1
17	Slovenia	1	0	0	1
17	Turkey	1	0	0	1
20	Belgium	0	2	0	2
20	Estonia	0	2	0	2
20		0	2	0	2
23	Independent State of Croatia	0	1	0	1
23	Latvia	0	1	0	1
23	Lithuania	0	1	0	1
23	Netherlands	0	1	0	1
23	Switzerland	0	1	0	1
29	Belarus	0	0	1	1
29	Kingdom of Bulgaria	0	0	1	1
30	Total	46	46	46	138

Participating nations

(6) (1) (1) (14) (2) (27) (17) (1) (13) (13) (2) (40) (16) (14) (49) (66) (2)
(88) (1) (60) (51) (30) (3) (29) (13) (94) (16) (13) (1) (2) (5) (1) (30) (17)
(55) (39) (22) (89) (1) (17) (22) (70) (45) (10) (8) (37) (9)