2009 World Championships in Athletics

Berlin was announced the winning bidder by the IAAF on 6 December 2004 beating out bids from Split (Croatia), Valencia (Spain), Brisbane (Australia), Brussels (Belgium), Delhi (India), Casablanca (Morocco) and Daegu (South Korea).[http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Document/imported/26384.pdf IAAF News No.69] IAAF, 20 July 2004. Retrieved 14 August 2009 [https://web.archive.org/web/20121022192311/http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Document/imported/26384.pdf Archived] The city of Berlin and the Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband (German Athletics Association) are responsible for the organisation of the event. The Berlin Organising Committee 2009 GmbH, a corporation established by the DLV in 2005, will supervise the operative organisation of the competition.[http://www.berlin2009.org/52-1-event.html Event Information - FAQ] Berlin 2009. Retrieved 14 August 2009 [https://web.archive.org/web/20090207203343/http://www.berlin2009.org/52-1-event.html Archived]

Building upon Germany's history of successful athletics events, including the 1974 and 2006 FIFA World Cups the 1993 World Championships in Athletics, the 1936 and 1972 Summer Olympics, IAAF president Lamine Diack was confident of a well organised competition.[http://berlin.iaaf.org/news/kind=101/newsid=52725.html IAAF / LOC Official Press Conference, Berlin 2009 - Congress closes, Competition set to begin] IAAF, 13 August 2009. Retrieved 13 August 2009 [https://web.archive.org/web/20090912040115/http://berlin.iaaf.org/news/kind=101/newsid=52725.html Archived] The organizers announced a budget of €49.8 million to stage the event, which includes the travel and accommodation costs for all participating athletes.[http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=512/newsId=27957.html Berlin to host 2009 World Championships] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022192316/http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=512/newsId=27957.html |date=22 October 2012 }} IAAF, 4 April 2004. Retrieved 14 August 2009 Revenues include €17 million from ticketing and €7 million from marketing.{{Citation needed|date=August 2009}} The city of Berlin will cover a deficit up to €20 million.{{Citation needed|date=August 2009}} The organising committee secured 9000 rooms in the city to account for accommodation, with the hope that the booking of the Hotel Estrel (950 rooms) and Hotel Berlin (650 rooms) for athletes would create an atmosphere similar to an Olympic Village.Turner, Chris [http://berlin.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=35607.html Berlin 2009 makes its first introductions] IAAF, 8 August 2006. Retrieved 14 August 2009 [https://web.archive.org/web/20090822203246/http://berlin.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=35607.html Archived] 8 September 2009

Overall, the event was an economic success for the capital. A total of 417,156 tickets were sold over the nine-day period, and estimates placed the total visitor spend in the city at around €120 million. As a result, Berlin's mayor, Klaus Wowereit, stated that the city would consider applying to host another athletics event in the future, such as the 2016 European Athletics Championships.[http://www.european-athletics.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8264&Itemid=2 Berlin gets economic boost from World Championships]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} European Athletics, 13 February 2010-. Retrieved 19 February 2010

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A limited edition €10 coin was produced for the event by the German government, which was only the third occasion that they had done so for a sporting event.Wenig, Jörg [http://berlin.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=42363.html German Government announces special 10 euro coin for Berlin 2009] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090822203251/http://berlin.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=42363.html |date=22 August 2009 }} IAAF, 13 November 2007. Retrieved 14 August 2009 The organising committee held a contest to decide the name of its mascot, a running anthropomorphic bear, and the name "Berlino" was chosen.[http://www.berlin2009.org/276-1-maskottchen.html Mascot 2009 Berlin] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090822193921/http://www.berlin2009.org/276-1-maskottchen.html |date=22 August 2009 }} Berlin 2009. Retrieved 17 August 2009 The colour scheme of the event, including the official logo, advertising, and the Olympiastadion's track and field, was blue and green. The committee stated that blue represented reliability while green represented the event's environmental ambitions. The event featured a number of environmentally friendly initiatives, including: free public transport with every ticket sold, efforts to reduce energy usage, considerations for waste and recycling management, and environmentally conscious construction and building management. Furthermore, as part of the United Nations Environment Programme, forty-seven trees (one for each athletics event) were planted to create an "Avenue of Champions" in Berlin.[http://berlin.iaaf.org/news/kind=101/newsid=52629.html IAAF Green Project – Berlin 2009] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090815114801/http://berlin.iaaf.org/news/kind=101/newsid=52629.html |date=15 August 2009 }} IAAF, 11 August 2009. Retrieved 14 August 2009 The official song for the event was "Foot of the Mountain" by Norwegian group A-ha.

The broadcasting rights for the Championships were sold to 213 countries, a new high for the event.{{cite web |title=The spectacular athletics event Berlin 2009 will be broadcast in over 190 countries |url=http://www.berlin2009.org/75-1-211-1-the-spectacular-athletics-event-berlin-2009-will-be-broadcasted-in-over-190-countries.html |date=15 July 2009 |access-date=4 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090721013840/http://www.berlin2009.org/75-1-211-1-the-spectacular-athletics-event-berlin-2009-will-be-broadcasted-in-over-190-countries.html |archive-date=21 July 2009 |url-status=dead}} ARD and ZDF were the host broadcasting TV networks and producers of the TV signal, and they founded a company named BERTA which provided the signal in high-resolution HDTV for TV stations around the world.{{cite web|title=ARD und ZDF übertragen Leichtathletik-WM im HD-Format |url=http://www.pressrelations.de/new/standard/dereferrer.cfm?r=378511 |language=de |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001041907/http://www.pressrelations.de/new/standard/dereferrer.cfm?r=378511 |archive-date=1 October 2011 |url-status=live |access-date=16 August 2009}} The average viewing figures in Germany were 5 million with peaks of 9.9 and 8.6 million for the men's 100 metres final and the women's high jump, respectively. The average audience figures in France were 3.5–4 million, 2.5–3.5 million in the United Kingdom and 4–5 million in Japan. The IAAF website received a record number of page hits and unique users: having around 1 million unique users accessing the website on days five and six,[http://berlin.iaaf.org/news/kind=101/newsid=54103.html Huge Unique User Figures and Page Hits – IAAF Website, Berlin 2009] IAAF, 25 August 2009. Retrieved 24 September 2009 [https://web.archive.org/web/20090928091450/http://berlin.iaaf.org/news/kind=101/newsid=54103.html Archived] 26 September 2009 and a total of over 90 million page views over the course of the nine days of the competition.[http://berlin.iaaf.org/mm/document/competitions/competition/05/41/04/20090825014427%5fhttppostedfile%5fiaafwebsitetraffic%5f16245.pdf IAAF Website Traffic – Berlin 2009] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110815115625/http://berlin.iaaf.org/mm/document/competitions/competition/05/41/04/20090825014427%5fhttppostedfile%5fiaafwebsitetraffic%5f16245.pdf |date=15 August 2011 }} IAAF, 2009. Retrieved 24 September 2009 Around 3500 media representatives were estimated to have attended the event.

To provide the public with an opportunity to participate in the event, the local organizers also conducted a Champions Run 10K on 22 August between the scheduled time for the men's and women's marathons, using a portion of the official marathon course which passes various Berlin landmarks with a finish at the Brandenburg Gate. The field was limited to 10,000 runners.[http://www.championsrun.de/1-1-Home.html SCC Events] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090922133624/http://www.championsrun.de/1-1-Home.html |date=22 September 2009 }} Retrieved 20 August 2009

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The Championships were staged in the 74,845-seat Olympiastadion, which underwent a €242 million renovation ahead of the 2006 Football World Cup. The marathon races, as well as the racewalking events, had their start and finish at the Brandenburg Gate,[http://www.berlin2009.org/75-1-145-69-world-championships-organising-committee-boc-presents-the-courses-for-the-marathon-and-walking-events.html World Championships organising committee, BOC, presents the courses for the marathon and walking events] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090826073332/http://www.berlin2009.org/75-1-145-69-world-championships-organising-committee-boc-presents-the-courses-for-the-marathon-and-walking-events.html |date=26 August 2009 }} Berlin 2009, 8 December 2008. Retrieved 14 August 2009 with the race walks routed along the Unter den Linden boulevard and the marathon passing through Pariser Platz and going past Berlin's other points of interest.[http://www.berlin2009.org/133-1-event-information.html Event Information] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090821193256/http://www.berlin2009.org/133-1-event-information.html |date=21 August 2009 }} Berlin 2009. Retrieved 14 August 2009 An estimated 400,000 tickets were sold by the event organisers for the event.

In memory of their historic Olympic achievements at the Olympiastadion in 1936, a meeting took place between the families of Luz Long and Jesse Owens. Long's long jump advice to rival Owens remains a prominent example of sportsmanship and friendship in athletics.[http://berlin.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=52558.html Families of Jesse Owens, Luz Long to unite at World Championships] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090808091743/http://berlin.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=52558.html |date=8 August 2009 }} IAAF, 5 August 2009. Retrieved 13 August 2009 A reward of US$100,000 was given to any athlete who broke a world record at the competition.[http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=101/newsid=52685.html $100,000 IAAF World Record Programme supported by TDK and Toyota – Berlin 2009] IAAF, 14 August 2009. Retrieved 14 August 2009 [https://web.archive.org/web/20090917042443/http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=101/newsid=52685.html Archived] 8 September 2009

The event featured one of the most comprehensive anti-doping initiatives ever undertaken by the IAAF. A total of 1000 samples were collected from athletes and tested at labs accredited by the World Anti-Doping Agency, and additional educational anti-doping activities were available. Diack stressed that samples are retained for future analysis, thus currently undetectable drugs could be tested for in the future, preventing athletes from flouting the anti-doping rules.[http://berlin.iaaf.org/news/kind=101/newsid=52653.html Berlin to host largest ever IAAF Anti-Doping operation] IAAF, 11 August 2009. Retrieved 12 August 2009 [https://web.archive.org/web/20090916053008/http://berlin.iaaf.org/news/kind=101/newsid=52653.html Archived] 8 September 2009

Two athletes failed anti-doping tests during the championships: Moroccan steeplechaser Jamel Chatbi tested positive for the stimulant clenbuterol and Nigerian hurdler Amaka Ogoegbunam was found to have Metenolone, an anabolic steroid, in her sample.[http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/21082009/58/berlin-2009-nigerian-fails-drugs-test.html Berlin 2009 - Nigerian fails drugs test] Eurosport/Reuters, 21 August 2009. Retrieved 25 September 2009 [https://archive.today/20090927163010/http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/21082009/58/berlin-2009-nigerian-fails-drugs-test.html Archived] 27 September 2009 Another Nigerian hurdler, Olutoyin Augustus, was banned from the championships for having abnormal levels of testosterone.[http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Document/News/GeneralNews/05/65/77/20100427082001_httppostedfile_NEWS112_20049.pdf IAAF Newsletter Edition 112] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025083037/http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Document/News/GeneralNews/05/65/77/20100427082001_httppostedfile_NEWS112_20049.pdf |date=25 October 2012 }} IAAF, 27 April 2010. Retrieved 27 April 2010

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• Initially, Russian decathlete Aleksandr Pogorelov won the bronze medal, but later he was disqualified for doping.

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* Number of gold medals for Spain reduced due to disqualification of Marta Domínguez{{cite press release|title=Marta Domínguez Banned for 3 Years by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) |url=http://www.tas-cas.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Media_Release_3561_3614.pdf |publisher=Court of Arbitration for Sport |date=19 November 2015 |access-date=19 November 2015|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151128154051/http://www.tas-cas.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Media_Release_3561_3614.pdf |archive-date=28 November 2015 }}

At the competition, three world records, nine Championship records, eight area records{{clarify|date=June 2018}} and 57 national records were broken.

Valeriy Borchin of Russia won gold in the men's 20 km race walk in a time of 1:18:41, Hao Wang of China won silver and Eder Sanchez of Mexico won bronze.{{cite news|title=Borchin wins 20K walk gold at worlds|url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2009-08-15-1479917213_x.htm|work=USA Today|agency=Associated Press|author=Patrick McGroarty|date=18 August 2009|access-date=18 August 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090819002614/http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2009-08-15-1479917213_x.htm|archive-date=19 August 2009|url-status=dead}} Linet Chepkwemoi Masai of Kenya won gold in the women's 10,000 m in 30:51.24, Meselech Melkamu of Ethiopia won silver and the bronze medal went to Wude Ayalew of Ethiopia.{{cite news|title=Masai makes Kenya proud with devastating burst of pace in 10,000m|url=http://www.eastandard.net/InsidePage.php?id=1144021764&cid=4|work=The Standard|author=Mutwiri Mutuota|date=17 August 2009|access-date=18 August 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090821132218/http://www.eastandard.net/InsidePage.php?id=1144021764&cid=4|archive-date=21 August 2009|url-status=usurped}} In the men's shot put, Christian Cantwell of the United States won gold with a mark of 22.03m. Tomasz Majewski of Poland took silver and Ralf Bartels of Germany took bronze.{{cite news|title=Explosive Cantwell grabs thrilling shot gold|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/sportsNews/idUSTRE57E1SG20090815|work=Reuters|author=Karolos Grohmann |date=15 August 2009|access-date=18 August 2009}}

In the women's 20 km race walk, the Olympic champion from last years games, Olga Kaniskina, took an expectant win by almost a full minute.{{cite news|title=Kaniskina wins 20k walk at worlds|url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2009-08-16-3239801199_x.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120913183827/http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2009-08-16-3239801199_x.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 September 2012|work=USA Today|agency=Associated Press|author=Patrick McGroarty |date=17 August 2009|access-date=18 August 2009}} In the women's shot put, the Olympic gold medallist from last years games and defending world champion, Valerie Vili, won with a throw of 20.44.{{cite news|title=Kiwi Vili digs deep to defend world shot crown|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hAyo0X0pl4O1jZ5mRZQkJjSLr4Uw|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130124161818/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hAyo0X0pl4O1jZ5mRZQkJjSLr4Uw|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 January 2013|work=American Free Press|author=Pirate Irwin|date=17 August 2009|access-date=18 August 2009}} In the men's 100 metres dash, Usain Bolt broke his own 100 metres sprint world record with a time of 9.58.{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}} The defending world champion, Tyson Gay finished second with a time of 9.71, a US national record.{{cite news|title=Gay sets American record, finishes 2nd in 100|url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2009-08-16-2970411996_x.htm|agency=Associated Press|author=Chris Lehourites|date=17 August 2009|access-date=18 August 2009}} Britain's Jessica Ennis won the heptathlon title with a world-leading points score of 6731.{{cite news|title=Ennis wins heptathlon gold with command performance|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/sportsNews/idUSTRE57F1UY20090816|work=Reuters|author=Mitch Phillips|date=16 August 2009|access-date=18 August 2009}}

In the men's hammer throw, the Olympic champion Primož Kozmus of Slovenia, pulled off the win with a throw of 80.84 m, which is a seasonal best. Szymon Ziółkowski of Poland achieved a result of 79.30 m earning him a silver medal and the Russian athlete Aleksey Zagornyi earned third place with a throw of 78.09m.

In the men's 10,000 m final, Kenenisa Bekele won with a time of 26:43:31, which is a Championship record. Zersenay Tadese of Eritrea earned the silver medal with a time of 26:50:12 and Moses Ndiema Masai of Kenya took the bronze with a time of 26:57:39.

In women's 100 metres, Shelly-Ann Fraser of Jamaica triumphed with the time of 10.73 s. Kerron Stewart finished second with a time of 10.75s and American Carmelita Jeter took the bronze medal with a time of 10.90 s.

In women's pole vault final, the biggest surprise of the day was the Olympic champion and current world record holder, Yelena Isinbayeva, failing to clear any height. Anna Rogowska of Poland earned the gold with the result of 4.75 m. Monika Pyrek and Chelsea Johnson shared second place with the result of 4.65 m. As a result, for the first time in history of World Championships in Athletics, two Polish athletes took gold and silver medal in the same event. Poland is 16th nation to win gold and silver in the same event in the history of World Championships in Athletics. The previous 15 nations were: Canada, China, Cuba, Ethiopia, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Jamaica, Kenya, Romania, Russia, Spain, United States and also Soviet Union and East Germany.

In women's triple jump final, Yargelis Savigne won the gold and Mabel Gay took second place. Both of the Cuban athletes did not cross the line of 15m.

In the women's 3000 m steeplechase, Marta Dominguez of Spain won the gold with a time of 9:07:32. Yuliya Zarudneva won the silver and Milcah Chemos Cheywa earned the bronze medal.

In men's triple jump, Phillips Idowu of Great Britain, produced a world leading distance of 17.73 m earning him a gold medal. Nelson Évora of Portugal achieved a result of 17.55 m earning him a silver medal and the Cuban athlete Alexis Copello earned third place with a jump of 17.36 m.

In the discus final, Robert Harting of Germany won gold in front of a home crowd, trowing 69.43 metres. Piotr Małachowski of Poland and Gerd Kanter of Estonia winning silver and bronze, respectively. Jamaican Brigitte Foster-Hylton ran a season's best of 12.51 in the Women's 100 m hurdles to take gold. Priscilla Lopes-Schliep of Canada (12.54) took silver and Jamaica's Delloreen Ennis-London won bronze.

In the men's 200 metres, Usain Bolt broke his own world record with a time of 19.19 seconds. Alonso Edward of Panama won silver with a national record of 19.81. Wallace Spearmon of the USA won bronze, in 19.85. In the women's 400 m hurdles, Melaine Walker of Jamaica won in 52.42 sec, eight hundredths of a second outside Yulia Pechonkina's world record (52.34). Trey Hardee of the USA had won the decathlon, but Leonel Suárez of Cuba reversed positions on Aleksandr Pogorelov in the final event.

In the 200 m, Allyson Felix of the USA crossed the line first in 22.02 seconds with double Olympic champion Veronica Campbell Brown from Jamaican coming second with 22.35. In the 400 m men final, LaShawn Merritt and Jeremy Wariner battled it out with Merritt securing gold with 44.06. Wariner ran a season's best of 44.60, winning the silver medal.

In the women's hammer throw, Anita Włodarczyk of Poland won gold medal with a distance of 77.96 m, which is a new world record. Dwight Phillips, USA, won the men's world long jump title for the third time with a jump of 8.54 metres. Phillips received his gold medal from Jesse Owens' granddaughter Marlene Dortch. Godfrey Khotso Mokoena of South Africa won silver (8.47 m). Jamaica's 4 × 100 m relay teams highlighted the day by capturing the gold medal in both disciplines.

Bai Xue of China wins gold in the women's marathon, Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia took the 5000 metres world title, and Olympic champion Andreas Thorkildsen of Norway won the men's javelin with a throw of 89.59 metres. Brittney Reese won the women's long jump with 7.10 metres, beating defending champion Tatyana Lebedeva of Russia. In the last two events of the Championships, the United States won both 4 × 400 m relays.

The entry list released on the IAAF Website before the championships contained 2098 athletes from 202 countries and territories.{{cite web |title=Provisional Entry List |publisher=IAAF |url=http://berlin.iaaf.org/mm/document/competitions/competition/05/26/10/20090816051415%5fhttppostedfile%5fat-------.el5..v01.o%5f13306.pdf|access-date=18 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090823185800/http://berlin.iaaf.org/mm/Document/Competitions/Competition/05/26/10/20090816051415_httppostedfile_AT-------.EL5..V01.O_13306.pdf |archive-date=23 August 2009 |url-status=dead}}[http://berlin.iaaf.org/news/kind=101/newsid=52609.html Provisional Entry List now available] IAAF, 10 August 2009. Retrieved 18 August 2009 [https://web.archive.org/web/20090906032020/http://berlin.iaaf.org/news/kind=101/newsid=52609.html Archived] 8 September 2009[http://berlin.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=52762.html Berlin Start Lists for Day One, 15 August] IAAF, 14 August 2009. Retrieved 15 August 2009 [https://web.archive.org/web/20090912034850/http://berlin.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=52762.html Archived] 8 September 2009 Out of these athletes, a total of 1984 competed (1086 male, and 898 female) at the championships, with 201 of the 213 IAAF National Member Federations represented.Turner, Chris [http://berlin.iaaf.org/news/kind=101/newsid=53987.html IAAF / LOC Press Conference - Berlin 2009 – Championships Debrief] IAAF 23 August 2009. Retrieved 24 September 2009 [https://web.archive.org/web/20090926125356/http://berlin.iaaf.org/news/kind=101/newsid=53987.html Archived] 26 September 2009[http://www.iaaf.org/aboutiaaf/structure/federations/index.html IAAF National Member Federations] IAAF. Retrieved 11 August 2009 [https://web.archive.org/web/20090903231859/http://www.iaaf.org/aboutiaaf/structure/federations/index.html Archived] 8 September 2009 The number of athletes competing at the event broke the previous championship record of 1,821 athletes set at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics in Seville. The 100 metres race attracted 100 entries, while the Marathon race listed 101 athletes for competition.[http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/sports/record-field-listed-for-berlin-world-athletics_100229921.html Record field listed for Berlin world athletics{{sic|hide=y}}] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020115440/http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/sports/record-field-listed-for-berlin-world-athletics_100229921.html |date=20 October 2012 }} Thaindian News, 9 August 2009. Retrieved 18 August 2009

The event was expected to be the largest sports gathering in 2009, continuing in the vein of the World Championships in Athletics being the third largest sports event after the Olympic Games and the FIFA World Cup.[http://berlin.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=50880.html 205 Member Federations and $7 million in Prize Money set for Berlin] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090817133314/http://berlin.iaaf.org/news/kind%3D100/newsid%3D50880.html |date=17 August 2009 }} IAAF, 3 July 2009. Retrieved 14 August 2009

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• {{flaglinkteam|Anguilla|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Antigua and Barbuda|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Argentina|2009 World|6}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Armenia|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Australia|2009 World|38}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Austria|2009 World|5}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Azerbaijan|2009 World|1}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Bahamas|2009 World|15}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Bahrain|2009 World|10}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Bangladesh|2009 World|1}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Barbados|2009 World|4}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Belarus|2009 World|26}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Belgium|2009 World|23}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Belize|2009 World|1}}
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• {{flaglinkteam|Bermuda|2009 World|1}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Bhutan|2009 World|1}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Bolivia|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Bosnia and Herzegovina|2009 World|1}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Botswana|2009 World|5}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Brazil|2009 World|30}}
• {{flaglinkteam|British Virgin Islands|2009 World|1}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Brunei|2009 World|1}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Bulgaria|2009 World|11}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Burkina Faso|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Burundi|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Cambodia|2009 World|1}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Cameroon|2009 World|3}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Canada|2009 World|31}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Cape Verde|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Cayman Islands|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Central African Republic|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Chile|2009 World|4}}
• {{flaglinkteam|China|2009 World|32}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Chinese Taipei|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Colombia|2009 World|11}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Comoros|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Congo|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Congo DR|2009 World|name=Congo DR|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Cook Islands|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Costa Rica|2009 World|3}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Croatia|2009 World|5}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Cuba|2009 World|34}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Cyprus|2009 World|4}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Czech Republic|2009 World|22}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Denmark|2009 World|3}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Djibouti|2009 World|1}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Dominica|2009 World|1}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Dominican Republic|2009 World|6}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Ecuador|2009 World|10}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Egypt|2009 World|4}}
• {{flaglinkteam|El Salvador|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Equatorial Guinea|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Eritrea|2009 World|8}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Estonia|2009 World|18}}
• {{flagicon|Ethiopia|1996}} Ethiopia (38)
• {{flaglinkteam|Fiji|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Finland|2009 World|20}}
• {{flaglinkteam|France|2009 World|78}}
• {{flaglinkteam|French Polynesia|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Gabon|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Gambia|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Georgia|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Germany|2009 World|85}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Ghana|2009 World|3}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Gibraltar|2009 World|1}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Great Britain and N.I.|2009 World|51}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Greece|2009 World|21}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Grenada|2009 World|6}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Guatemala|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Guinea|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Guyana|2009 World|3}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Haiti|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Honduras|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Hong Kong|2009 World|1}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Hungary|2009 World|12}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Iceland|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|India|2009 World|6}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Indonesia|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Iran|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Iraq|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Ireland|2009 World|17}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Israel|2009 World|4}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Italy|2009 World|37}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Ivory Coast|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Jamaica|2009 World|46}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Japan|2009 World|57}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Jordan|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Kazakhstan|2009 World|14}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Kenya|2009 World|43}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Kiribati|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Kuwait|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Kyrgyzstan|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Laos|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Latvia|2009 World|15}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Lebanon|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Lesotho|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Liberia|2009 World|3}}
• {{flagicon|Libya|1977}} Libya (2)
• {{flaglinkteam|Lithuania|2009 World|15}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Luxembourg|2009 World|1}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Macau|2009 World|1}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Macedonia|2009 World|1}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Madagascar|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Malawi|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Malaysia|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Maldives|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Mali|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Malta|2009 World|1}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Marshall Islands|2009 World|1}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Mauritania|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Mauritius|2009 World|3}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Mexico|2009 World|18}}
• {{flaglinkteam|FSM|2009 World|name=FS Micronesia|1}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Moldova|2009 World|6}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Monaco|2009 World|1}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Mongolia|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Montenegro|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Morocco|2009 World|22}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Mozambique|2009 World|2}}
• {{flagicon|Myanmar|1974}} Myanmar (2)
• {{flaglinkteam|Namibia|2009 World|4}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Nauru|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Netherlands|2009 World|11}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Netherlands Antilles|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|New Zealand|2009 World|16}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Nicaragua|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Niger|2009 World|1}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Nigeria|2009 World|25}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Northern Mariana Islands|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|North Korea|2009 World|6}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Norway|2009 World|17}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Oman|2009 World|1}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Pakistan|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Palau|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Palestine|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Panama|2009 World|3}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Papua New Guinea|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Paraguay|2009 World|1}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Peru|2009 World|4}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Philippines|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Poland|2009 World|42}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Portugal|2009 World|30}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Puerto Rico|2009 World|5}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Qatar|2009 World|9}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Romania|2009 World|17}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Russia|2009 World|106}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Rwanda|2009 World|3}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Saint Kitts and Nevis|2009 World|7}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Saint Lucia|2009 World|1}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Samoa|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|San Marino|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|São Tomé and Príncipe|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Saudi Arabia|2009 World|12}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Senegal|2009 World|4}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Serbia|2009 World|9}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Seychelles|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Sierra Leone|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Singapore|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Slovakia|2009 World|13}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Slovenia|2009 World|13}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Solomon Islands|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Somalia|2009 World|1}}
• {{flaglinkteam|South Africa|2009 World|24}}
• {{flaglinkteam|South Korea|2009 World|19}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Spain|2009 World|51}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Sri Lanka|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Sudan|2009 World|9}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Suriname|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Swaziland|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Sweden|2009 World|23}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Switzerland|2009 World|11}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Syria|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Tajikistan|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Tanzania|2009 World|10}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Thailand|2009 World|1}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Togo|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Tonga|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Trinidad and Tobago|2009 World|20}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Tunisia|2009 World|5}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Turkey|2009 World|12}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Turkmenistan|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Turks and Caicos Islands|2009 World|1}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Tuvalu|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Uganda|2009 World|12}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Ukraine|2009 World|54}}
• {{flaglinkteam|United Arab Emirates|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|United States|2009 World|160}}
• {{flaglinkteam|United States Virgin Islands|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Uruguay|2009 World|3}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Uzbekistan|2009 World|6}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Vanuatu|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Venezuela|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Vietnam|2009 World|2}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Zambia|2009 World|5}}
• {{flaglinkteam|Zimbabwe|2009 World|6}}

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