2001 World Championships in Athletics#Field

{{Short description|2001 edition of the World Championships in Athletics}}

{{Infobox games

| name = 8th World Championships in Athletics

| logo = Edmonton IAAF 2001.gif

| size =

| host_city = Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

| caption =

| nations = 189

| athletes = 1602

| opened_by = Prime Minister of Canada Jean Chretien

| closed_by = IAAF President Lamine Diack

| dates = 3–12, August 2001

| stadium = Commonwealth Stadium

| previous = 1999 Seville

| next = 2003 Paris-Saint Denis

}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/news/iaaf-news/edmonton-wins-bid-to-host-2001-iaaf-world-cha|title=Edmonton wins bid to host 2001 IAAF World Championships in Athletics|date=19 November 1998|website=ww.worldathletics.org/|publisher=IAAF|access-date=22 July 2022}} Edmonton had previously hosted the 1978 Commonwealth Games and the 1983 Summer Universiade.

Men's results

=Track=

1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005

100 m
{{DetailsLink|2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres}}

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Maurice Greene|USA|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

9.82
(WL)

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Bernard Williams|USA|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

9.94²
(PB)

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Ato Boldon|TRI|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

9.98

rowspan="2"|200 m
{{DetailsLink|2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres}}

|rowspan="2"|{{flagIOC2medalist|Konstantinos Kenteris|GRE|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

rowspan="2"|20.04

|rowspan="2"|{{flagIOC2medalist|Christopher Williams|JAM|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

rowspan="2"|20.20

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Kim Collins|SKN|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

rowspan="2"|20.30
(NR St.Kitts)

{{flagIOC2medalist|Shawn Crawford|USA|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

400 m
{{DetailsLink|2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres}}

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Avard Moncur|BAH|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

44.64

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Ingo Schultz|GER|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

44.87

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Greg Haughton|JAM|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

44.98

800 m
{{DetailsLink|2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres}}

|{{flagIOC2medalist|André Bucher|SUI|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

1:43.70

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Wilfred Bungei|KEN|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

1:44.55

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Paweł Czapiewski|POL|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

1:44.63
(PB)

1500 m
{{DetailsLink|2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres}}

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Hicham El Guerrouj|MAR|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

3:30.68

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Bernard Lagat|KEN|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

3:31.10

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Driss Maazouzi|FRA|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

3:31.54
(SB)

5000 m
{{DetailsLink|2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres}}

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Richard Limo|KEN|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

13:00.77

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Million Wolde|ETH|1996|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

13:03.47¹

|{{flagIOC2medalist|John Kibowen|KEN|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

13:05.20

10,000 m
{{DetailsLink|2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres}}

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Charles Kamathi|KEN|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

27:53.25

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Assefa Mezgebu|ETH|1996|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

27:53.97

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Haile Gebrselassie|ETH|1996|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

27:54.41

Marathon
{{DetailsLink|2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's Marathon}}

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Gezahegne Abera|ETH|1996|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

2:12:42
(SB)

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Simon Biwott|KEN|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

2:12:43

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Stefano Baldini|ITA|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

2:13:18

110 m hurdles
{{DetailsLink|2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles}}

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Allen Johnson|USA|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

13.04
(WL)

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Anier García|CUB|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

13.07
(SB)

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Dudley Dorival|HAI|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

13.25
(NR)

400 m hurdles
{{DetailsLink|2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles}}

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Félix Sánchez|DOM|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

47.49
(WL)

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Fabrizio Mori|ITA|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

47.54
(NR)

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Dai Tamesue|JPN|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

47.89
(NR)

3000 m st.
{{DetailsLink|2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase}}

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Reuben Kosgei|KEN|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

8:15.16

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Ali Ezzine|MAR|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

8:16.21

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Bernard Barmasai|KEN|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

8:16.59

20 km walk
{{DetailsLink|2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk}}

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Roman Rasskazov|RUS|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

1:20:31

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Ilya Markov|RUS|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

1:20:33

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Viktor Burayev|RUS|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

1:20:36

50 km walk
{{DetailsLink|2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walk}}

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Robert Korzeniowski|POL|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

3:42.08
(WL)

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Jesús Ángel García|ESP|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

3:43:07
(SB)

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Edgar Hernández|MEX|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

3:46:12
(PB)

4 × 100 m relay
{{DetailsLink|2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay}}

|{{flaglink|RSA}}
Morne Nagel
Corne Du Plessis
Lee-Roy Newton
Mathew Quinn

38.47
(NR)

|{{flaglink|TRI}}
Marc Burns
Ato Boldon
Jaycey Harper
Darrel Brown

38.58
(NR)

|{{flaglink|AUS}}
Matthew Shirvington
Paul Di Bella
Steve Brimacombe
Adam Basil

38.83
(SB)

4 × 400 m relay
{{DetailsLink|2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay}}

|{{flaglink|BAH}}
Avard Moncur
Chris Brown
Troy McIntosh
Tim Munnings
Carl Oliver*

2:58.19⁴
(NR)

|{{flaglink|JAM}}
Brandon Simpson
Christopher Williams
Greg Haughton
Danny McFarlane
Michael Blackwood*
Mario Watts*

2:58.39
(SB)

|{{flaglink|POL}}
Rafał Wieruszewski
Piotr Haczek
Piotr Długosielski
Piotr Rysiukiewicz
Jacek Bocian*

2:59.71
(SB)

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Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.

¹ 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.

² 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.

³ 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.

⁴ 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

rowspan="2"|High jump
{{DetailsLink|2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump}}

|rowspan="2"|{{flagIOC2medalist|Martin Buß|GER|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

rowspan="2"|2.36
(WL)

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Yaroslav Rybakov|RUS|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

rowspan="2"|2.33
(PB Rybakov)
(SB Voronin)

{{flagIOC2medalist|Vyacheslav Voronin|RUS|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

Pole vault
{{DetailsLink|2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault}}

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Dmitri Markov|AUS|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

6.05
(CR)

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Aleksandr Averbukh|ISR|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

5.85

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Nick Hysong|USA|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

5.85
(SB)

Long jump
{{DetailsLink|2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump}}

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Iván Pedroso|CUB|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

8.40

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Savanté Stringfellow|USA|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

8.24

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Carlos Calado|POR|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

8.21
(SB)

Triple jump
{{DetailsLink|2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump}}

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Jonathan Edwards|GBR|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

17.92
(WL)

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Christian Olsson|SWE|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

17.47

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Igor Spasovkhodskiy|RUS|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

17.44
(PB)

Shot put
{{DetailsLink|2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put}}

|{{flagIOC2medalist|John Godina|USA|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

21.87

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Adam Nelson|USA|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

21.24

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Arsi Harju|FIN|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

20.93
(SB)

Discus throw
{{DetailsLink|2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw}}

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Lars Riedel|GER|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

69.72
(CR)

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Virgilijus Alekna|LTU|1988|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

69.40

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Michael Möllenbeck|GER|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

67.61
(PB)

Hammer throw
{{DetailsLink|2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw}}

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Szymon Ziółkowski|POL|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

83.38
(CR)

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Koji Murofushi|JPN|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

82.92

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Ilya Konovalov|RUS|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

80.27
(SB)

Javelin throw
{{DetailsLink|2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw}}

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Jan Železný|CZE|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

92.80
(CR)

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Aki Parviainen|FIN|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

91.31

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Konstadinos Gatsioudis|GRE|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

89.95

Decathlon
{{DetailsLink|2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon}}

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Tomáš Dvořák|CZE|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

8902
(CR)

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Erki Nool|EST|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

8815
(NR)

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Dean Macey|GBR|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

8603
(PB)

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Women's results

=Track=

1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005

100 m
{{DetailsLink|2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres}}

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Zhanna Pintusevich|UKR|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

10.82
(WL)

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Ekaterini Thanou|GRE|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

10.91²
(SB)

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Chandra Sturrup|BAH|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

11.02

200 m
{{DetailsLink|2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres}}

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Debbie Ferguson|BAH|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

22.52¹

|{{flagIOC2medalist|LaTasha Jenkins|USA|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

22.85

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Cydonie Mothersille|CAY|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

22.88²

400 m
{{DetailsLink|2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres}}

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Amy Mbacké Thiam|SEN|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

49.86
(NR)

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Lorraine Fenton|JAM|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

49.88
(SB)

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Ana Guevara|MEX|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

49.97
SB

800 m
{{DetailsLink|2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres}}

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Maria Mutola|MOZ|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

1:57.17

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Stephanie Graf|AUT|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

1:57.20
(SB)

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Letitia Vriesde|SUR|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

1:57.35
(SB)

1500 m
{{DetailsLink|2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres}}

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Gabriela Szabo|ROU|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

4:00.57
(SB)

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Violeta Szekely|ROU|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

4:01.70

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Natalya Gorelova|RUS|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

4:02.40

5000 m
{{DetailsLink|2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres}}

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Olga Yegorova|RUS|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

15:03.39

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Marta Domínguez|ESP|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

15:06.59

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Ayelech Worku|ETH|1996|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

15:10.17

10,000 m
{{DetailsLink|2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres}}

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Derartu Tulu|ETH|1996|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

31:48.81

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Berhane Adere|ETH|1996|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

31:48.85

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Gete Wami|ETH|1996|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

31:49.98

Marathon
{{DetailsLink|2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's Marathon}}

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Lidia Șimon|ROU|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

2:26:01

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Reiko Tosa|JPN|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

2:26:06

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Svetlana Zakharova|RUS|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

2:26:18

100 m hurdles
{{DetailsLink|2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles}}

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Anjanette Kirkland|USA|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

12.42
(WL)

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Gail Devers|USA|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

12.54
SB

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Olga Shishigina|KAZ|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

12.58
(SB)

400 m hurdles
{{DetailsLink|2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles}}

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Nezha Bidouane|MAR|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

53.34
(WL)

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Yuliya Pechonkina|RUS|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

54.27

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Daimí Pernía|CUB|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

54.51

20 km walk
{{DetailsLink|2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 20 kilometres walk}}

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Olimpiada Ivanova|RUS|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

1:27:48
(CR)

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Valentina Tsybulskaya|BLR|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

1:28:49
(PB)

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Elisabetta Perrone|ITA|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

1:28:56

4 × 100 m relay
{{DetailsLink|2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay}}

|{{flaglink|GER}}
Melanie Paschke
Gabi Rockmeier
Birgit Rockmeier
Marion Wagner

42.32³
(SB)

|{{flaglink|FRA}}
Sylviane Félix
Frédérique Bangué
Muriel Hurtis
Odiah Sidibé

42.39
(SB)

|{{flaglink|JAM}}
Juliet Campbell
Merlene Frazer
Beverly McDonald
Astia Walker
Elva Goulbourne*

42.40
(SB)

4 × 400 m relay
{{DetailsLink|2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay}}

|{{flaglink|JAM}}
Sandie Richards
Catherine Scott-Pomales
Debbie-Ann Parris
Lorraine Fenton
Michelle Burgher*
Deon Hemmings*

3:20.65
(WL)

|{{flaglink|GER}}
Florence Ekpo-Umoh
Shanta Ghosh
Claudia Marx
Grit Breuer

3:21.97
(SB)

|{{flaglink|RUS}}
Irina Rosikhina
Yuliya Pechonkina
Anastasiya Kapachinskaya
Olesya Zykina
Natalya Shevtsova*

3:24.92

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Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.

¹ 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.

²Marion Jones (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 BALCO doping scandal.

³ 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

High jump
{{DetailsLink|2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump}}

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Hestrie Cloete|RSA|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

2.00
(SB)

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Inha Babakova|UKR|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

2.00

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Kajsa Bergqvist|SWE|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

1.97

Pole vault
{{DetailsLink|2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's pole vault}}

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Stacy Dragila|USA|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

4.75
(CR)

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Svetlana Feofanova|RUS|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

4.75
(CR)

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Monika Pyrek|POL|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

4.55

Long jump
{{DetailsLink|2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump}}

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Fiona May|ITA|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

7.02

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Tatyana Kotova|RUS|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

7.01

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Niurka Montalvo|ESP|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

6.88

Triple jump
{{DetailsLink|2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's triple jump}}

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Tatyana Lebedeva|RUS|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

15.25
(WL)

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Françoise Mbango-Etone|CMR|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

14.60

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Tereza Marinova|BUL|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

14.58

Shot put
{{DetailsLink|2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put}}

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Yanina Karolchik|BLR|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

20.61
(NR)

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Nadine Kleinert|GER|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

19.86
(PB)

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Vita Pavlysh|UKR|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

19.41

Discus throw
{{DetailsLink|2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw}}

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Ellina Zvereva|BLR|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

67.10¹

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Nicoleta Grasu|ROU|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

66.24

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Anastasia Kelesidou|GRE|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

65.50
(SB)

Hammer throw
{{DetailsLink|2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw}}

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Yipsi Moreno|CUB|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

70.65
(AR)

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Olga Kuzenkova|RUS|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

70.61

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Bronwyn Eagles|AUS|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

68.87

Javelin throw
{{DetailsLink|2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw}}

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Osleidys Menéndez|CUB|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

69.53
(CR)

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Mirela Maniani|GRE|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

65.78

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Sonia Bisset|CUB|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

64.69

Heptathlon
{{DetailsLink|2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon}}

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Yelena Prokhorova|RUS|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

6694
(SB)

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Natallia Sazanovich|BLR|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

6539
(SB)

|{{flagIOC2medalist|Shelia Burrell|USA|2001 World Championships in Athletics}}

6472
(PB)

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¹Natalya 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.

{{Medals table

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| host =

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| source = [https://www.worldathletics.org/Competitions/world-athletics-championships/8th-iaaf-world-championships-2639/medaltable]

| team =

| gold_RUS = 5 | silver_RUS = 7 | bronze_RUS = 6

| gold_USA = 5 | silver_USA = 5 | bronze_USA = 3

| gold_KEN = 3 | silver_KEN = 3 | bronze_KEN = 2

| gold_GER = 3 | silver_GER = 3 | bronze_GER = 1

| gold_CUB = 3 | silver_CUB = 1 | bronze_CUB = 2

| gold_BAH = 3 | silver_BAH = 0 | bronze_BAH = 1

| gold_ETH = 2 | silver_ETH = 3 | bronze_ETH = 3

| gold_BLR = 2 | silver_BLR = 2 | bronze_BLR = 0

| gold_ROU = 2 | silver_ROU = 2 | bronze_ROU = 0

| gold_MAR = 2 | silver_MAR = 1 | bronze_MAR = 0

| gold_POL = 2 | silver_POL = 0 | bronze_POL = 3

| gold_CZE = 2 | silver_CZE = 0 | bronze_CZE = 0

| gold_SAF = 2 | silver_SAF = 0 | bronze_SAF = 0

| gold_JAM = 1 | silver_JAM = 3 | bronze_JAM = 2

| gold_GRE = 1 | silver_GRE = 2 | bronze_GRE = 2

| gold_ITA = 1 | silver_ITA = 1 | bronze_ITA = 2

| gold_UKR = 1 | silver_UKR = 1 | bronze_UKR = 1

| gold_AUS = 1 | silver_AUS = 0 | bronze_AUS = 2

| gold_GBR = 1 | silver_GBR = 0 | bronze_GBR = 1

| gold_DOM = 1 | silver_DOM = 0 | bronze_DOM = 0

| gold_MOZ = 1 | silver_MOZ = 0 | bronze_MOZ = 0

| gold_SEN = 1 | silver_SEN = 0 | bronze_SEN = 0

| gold_SUI = 1 | silver_SUI = 0 | bronze_SUI = 0

| gold_JPN = 0 | silver_JPN = 2 | bronze_JPN = 1

| gold_ESP = 0 | silver_ESP = 2 | bronze_ESP = 1

| gold_FIN = 0 | silver_FIN = 1 | bronze_FIN = 1

| gold_FRA = 0 | silver_FRA = 1 | bronze_FRA = 1

| gold_SWE = 0 | silver_SWE = 1 | bronze_SWE = 1

| gold_TTO = 0 | silver_TTO = 1 | bronze_TTO = 1

| gold_AUT = 0 | silver_AUT = 1 | bronze_AUT = 0

| gold_CMR = 0 | silver_CMR = 1 | bronze_CMR = 0

| gold_EST = 0 | silver_EST = 1 | bronze_EST = 0

| gold_ISR = 0 | silver_ISR = 1 | bronze_ISR = 0

| gold_LTU = 0 | silver_LTU = 1 | bronze_LTU = 0

| gold_MEX = 0 | silver_MEX = 0 | bronze_MEX = 2

| gold_BUL = 0 | silver_BUL = 0 | bronze_BUL = 1

| gold_CAY = 0 | silver_CAY = 0 | bronze_CAY = 1

| gold_HAI = 0 | silver_HAI = 0 | bronze_HAI = 1

| gold_KAZ = 0 | silver_KAZ = 0 | bronze_KAZ = 1

| gold_POR = 0 | silver_POR = 0 | bronze_POR = 1

| gold_SKN = 0 | silver_SKN = 0 | bronze_SKN = 1

| gold_SUR = 0 | silver_SUR = 0 | bronze_SUR = 1

}}

References

[https://web.archive.org/web/20051228002137/http://www2.iaaf.org/WCH01/Results/byEvent.html 2001 IAAF World Championships in Athletics] – Official website

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2001 World Championships in Athletics#Field

Men's results

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Women's results

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Medal table

See also

References