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.
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. Edmonton had previously hosted the 1978 Commonwealth Games and the 1983 Summer Universiade.
Men's results
Track
1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005
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|100 m<br>
|||9.82<br><small>(WL)</small>
||| 9.94<sup>2</sup><br><small>(PB)</small>
|||9.98
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|rowspan="2"|200 m<br>
|rowspan="2"|||rowspan="2"|20.04
|rowspan="2"|||rowspan="2"|20.20
| ||rowspan="2"|20.30<br><small>(NR St.Kitts)</small>
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|400 m<br>
|||44.64
|||44.87
|||44.98
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|800 m<br>
|||1:43.70
|||1:44.55
|||1:44.63<br><small>(PB)</small>
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|1500 m<br>
|||3:30.68
|||3:31.10
|||3:31.54<br><small>(SB)</small>
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|5000 m<br>
|||13:00.77
|||13:03.47<sup>1</sup>
|||13:05.20
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|10,000 m<br>
|||27:53.25
|||27:53.97
|||27:54.41
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|Marathon<br>
|||2:12:42<br><small>(SB)</small>
|||2:12:43
|||2:13:18
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|110 m hurdles<br>
|||13.04<br><small>(WL)</small>
|||13.07<br><small>(SB)</small>
|||13.25<br><small>(NR)</small>
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|400 m hurdles<br>
|||47.49<br><small>(WL)</small>
|||47.54<br><small>(NR)</small>
|||47.89<br><small>(NR)</small>
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|3000 m st.<br>
|||8:15.16
|||8:16.21
|||8:16.59
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|20 km walk<br>
|||1:20:31
|||1:20:33
|||1:20:36
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|50 km walk<br>
|||3:42.08<br><small>(WL)</small>
|||3:43:07<br><small>(SB)</small>
|||3:46:12<br><small>(PB)</small>
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|4 × 100 m relay<br>
|<br>Morne Nagel<br>Corne Du Plessis<br>Lee-Roy Newton<br>Mathew Quinn||38.47<br><small>(NR)</small>
|<br>Marc Burns<br>Ato Boldon<br>Jaycey Harper<br>Darrel Brown||38.58<br><small>(NR)</small>
|<br>Matthew Shirvington<br>Paul Di Bella<br>Steve Brimacombe<br>Adam Basil||38.83<br><small>(SB)</small>
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|4 × 400 m relay<br>
|<br>Avard Moncur<br>Chris Brown<br>Troy McIntosh<br>Tim Munnings<br>Carl Oliver*||2:58.19<sup>4</sup><br><small>(NR)</small>
|<br>Brandon Simpson<br>Christopher Williams<br>Greg Haughton<br>Danny McFarlane<br>Michael Blackwood*<br>Mario Watts*||2:58.39<br><small>(SB)</small>
|<br>Rafał Wieruszewski<br>Piotr Haczek<br>Piotr Długosielski<br>Piotr Rysiukiewicz<br>Jacek Bocian*||2:59.71<br><small>(SB)</small>
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Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.<br/>
<sup>1</sup> 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. <br>
<sup>2</sup> 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.<br>
<sup>3</sup> 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. <br>
<sup>4</sup> 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.
Field
1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007
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|rowspan="2"|High jump<br>
|rowspan="2"|||rowspan="2"|2.36<br><small>(WL)</small>
|||rowspan="2"|2.33<br><small>(PB Rybakov)<br>(SB Voronin)</small>
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|Pole vault<br>
|||6.05<br><small>(CR)</small>
|||5.85
|||5.85<br><small>(SB)</small>
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|Long jump<br>
|||8.40
|||8.24
|||8.21<br><small>(SB)</small>
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|Triple jump<br>
|||17.92<br><small>(WL)</small>
|||17.47
|||17.44<br><small>(PB)</small>
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|Shot put<br>
|||21.87
|||21.24
|||20.93<br><small>(SB)</small>
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|Discus throw<br>
|||69.72<br><small>(CR)</small>
|||69.40
|||67.61<br><small>(PB)</small>
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|Hammer throw<br>
|||83.38<br><small>(CR)</small>
|||82.92
|||80.27<br><small>(SB)</small>
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|Javelin throw<br>
|||92.80<br><small>(CR)</small>
|||91.31
|||89.95
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|Decathlon<br>
|||8902<br><small>(CR)</small>
|||8815<br><small>(NR)</small>
|||8603<br><small>(PB)</small>
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Women's results
Track
1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005
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|100 m<br>
|||10.82<br><small>(WL)</small>
|||10.91<sup>2</sup><br><small>(SB)</small>
|||11.02
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|200 m<br>
|||22.52<sup>1</sup>
|||22.85
|||22.88<sup>2</sup>
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|400 m<br>
|||49.86<br><small>(NR)</small>
|||49.88<br><small>(SB)</small>
|||49.97<br>SB
|-
|800 m<br>
|||1:57.17
|||1:57.20<br><small>(SB)</small>
|||1:57.35<br><small>(SB)</small>
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|1500 m<br>
|||4:00.57<br><small>(SB)</small>
|||4:01.70
|||4:02.40
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|5000 m<br>
|||15:03.39
|||15:06.59
|||15:10.17
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|10,000 m<br>
|||31:48.81
|||31:48.85
|||31:49.98
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|Marathon<br>
|||2:26:01
|||2:26:06
|||2:26:18
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|100 m hurdles<br>
|||12.42<br><small>(WL)</small>
|||12.54<br>SB
|||12.58<br><small>(SB)</small>
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|400 m hurdles<br>
|||53.34<br><small>(WL)</small>
|||54.27
|||54.51
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|20 km walk<br>
|||1:27:48<br><small>(CR)</small>
|||1:28:49<br><small>(PB)</small>
|||1:28:56
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|4 × 100 m relay<br>
|<br>Melanie Paschke<br>Gabi Rockmeier<br>Birgit Rockmeier<br>Marion Wagner||42.32<sup>3</sup><br><small>(SB)</small>
|<br>Sylviane Félix<br>Frédérique Bangué<br>Muriel Hurtis<br>Odiah Sidibé||42.39<br><small>(SB)</small>
|<br>Juliet Campbell<br>Merlene Frazer<br>Beverly McDonald<br>Astia Walker<br/>Elva Goulbourne*||42.40<br><small>(SB)</small>
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|4 × 400 m relay<br>
|<br>Sandie Richards<br>Catherine Scott-Pomales<br>Debbie-Ann Parris<br>Lorraine Fenton<br/>Michelle Burgher*<br/>Deon Hemmings*||3:20.65<br><small>(WL)</small>
|<br>Florence Ekpo-Umoh<br>Shanta Ghosh<br>Claudia Marx<br>Grit Breuer||3:21.97<br><small>(SB)</small>
|<br>Irina Rosikhina<br>Yuliya Pechonkina<br>Anastasiya Kapachinskaya<br>Olesya Zykina<br/>Natalya Shevtsova*||3:24.92
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Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.<br/>
<sup>1</sup> 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.
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<sup>2</sup> Marion Jones (USA) finished second in the 100 m in 10.85 and first in the 200 m in 22.39, but she was disqualified in 2005 after she admitted to using steroids as a result of the BALCO doping scandal.
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<sup>3</sup> 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.
Field
1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007
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|High jump<br>
|||2.00<br><small>(SB)</small>
|||2.00
|||1.97
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|Pole vault<br>
|||4.75<br><small>(CR)</small>
|||4.75<br><small>(CR)</small>
|||4.55
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|Long jump<br>
|||7.02
|||7.01
|||6.88
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|Triple jump<br>
|||15.25<br><small>(WL)</small>
|||14.60
|||14.58
|-
|Shot put<br>
|||20.61<br><small>(NR)</small>
|||19.86<br><small>(PB)</small>
|||19.41
|-
|Discus throw<br>
|||67.10<sup>1</sup>
|||66.24
|||65.50<br><small>(SB)</small>
|-
|Hammer throw<br>
|||70.65<br><small>(AR)</small>
|||70.61
|||68.87
|-
|Javelin throw<br>
|||69.53<br><small>(CR)</small>
|||65.78
|||64.69
|-
|Heptathlon<br>
|||6694<br><small>(SB)</small>
|||6539<br><small>(SB)</small>
|||6472<br><small>(PB)</small>
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|colspan=7|
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<sup>1</sup>Natalya Sadova of Russia originally won the gold medal in discus throw (68.57), but she was later disqualified after she tested positive for caffeine.
Medal table
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.
See also
- 2001 in athletics (track and field)
References
- 2001 IAAF World Championships in Athletics – Official website