2001 World Championships in Athletics

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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.

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

http://www2.iaaf.org/WCH01/results/