2009 World Championships in Athletics
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The 2009 World Championships in Athletics were held in Berlin, Germany August 15 -23 2009.
The Championships were staged in the 74,845-seat Olympiastadion, which underwent a €242 million renovation ahead of the 2006 FIFA World Cup of football. The Marathon events as well as the events in Racewalking started and finished at the Brandenburg Gate.
In 2006, IAAF announced that the official colors blue and green would be used in the design of the event. The organizers announced a budget of €45 million to stage the event.
Athletes were hosted during the event in the Hotel Estrel (950 rooms) and Hotel Berlin (650 rooms).
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.[1] A $100,000 bonus will be given to any athlete who breaks a world record at the competition.[2]
The IAAF initiated gender tests on 800m female champion Caster Semenya.[3]
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Drug testing
The track meet featured one of the most comprehensive anti-doping initiatives ever undertaken by the IAAF. A total of 1000 samples will be collected from athletes and tested at labs accredited by the World Anti-Doping Agency, and additional educational anti-doping activities will be available. IAAF President president Lamine Diack stressed that samples would be retained for future analysis, thus currently undetectable drugs could be tested for in the future, preventing athletes from flouting the anti-doping rules.[4]
Post-meet scuffle
Six track and field athletes from the world championships were arrested after a scuffle at a Berlin disco early on August 23. The six were being investigated on possible charges of disturbing the peace and causing bodily harm.
The athletes were not identified by name under German privacy laws. Police said in a statement they were a 26-year-old American man, three men from the Bahamas aged 24, 25 and 28, and two from Cuba aged 21 and 24. Police spokesman Frank Millert said the men all spent the night in jail, but were being released Sunday.
The incident occurred just before 4 a.m. Sunday as the athletes, who were part of a group of 20 people, tried to get into the overflowing nightclub, police said. Words were exchanged between the athletes and doormen after the group was told to stay in a waiting area, police said. The confrontation escalated when the doormen then tried to force the group to leave. Bottles were thrown at the club employees, injuring a 30-year-old and a 36-year-old in the head, and a 27-year-old in the face, police said. All three refused medical treatment.[5]
Men's results
Track
2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze[6] | |||
| 100 metres |  Usain Bolt (JAM) |
9.58 WR |
 Tyson Gay (USA) |
9.71 NR |
Asafa Powell (JAM) |
9.84 SB |
| 200 metres | Usain Bolt (JAM) |
19.19 WR |
 Alonso Edward (PAN) |
19.81 AR |
Wallace Spearmon (USA) |
19.85 SB |
| 400 metres | LaShawn Merritt (USA) |
44.06 WL |
Jeremy Wariner (USA) |
44.60 SB |
 Renny Quow (TRI) |
45.02 |
| 800 metres |  Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (RSA) |
1:45.29 |  Alfred Kirwa Yego (KEN) |
1:45.35 |  Yusuf Saad Kamel (BRN) |
1:45.35 |
| 1500 metres | Yusuf Saad Kamel (BRN) |
3:35.93 |  Deresse Mekonnen (ETH) |
3:36.01 | Bernard Lagat (USA) |
3:36.20 |
| 5000 metres | Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) |
13:17.09 | Bernard Lagat (USA) |
13:17.33 |  James Kwalia C'Kurui (QAT) |
13:17.78 |
| 10,000 metres | Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) |
26:46.31 CR |
 Zersenay Tadese (ERI) |
26:50.12 SB |
Moses Ndiema Masai (KEN) |
26:57.39 SB |
| Marathon | Abel Kirui (KEN) |
2:06:54 CR |
Emmanuel Kipchirchir Mutai (KEN) |
2:07:48 | Tsegay Kebede (ETH) |
2:08:35 |
| 110 metres hurdles |  Ryan Brathwaite (BAR) |
13.14 NR |
Terrence Trammell (USA) |
13.15 | David Payne (USA) |
13.15 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Kerron Clement (USA) |
47.91 WL |
 Javier Culson (PUR) |
48.09 PB |
Bershawn Jackson (USA) |
48.23 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Ezekiel Kemboi (KEN) |
8:00.43 CR |
Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong (KEN) |
8:00.89 PB |
 Bouabdellah Tahri (FRA) |
8:01.18 AR |
| 20 kilometres walk |  Valeriy Borchin (RUS) |
1:18:41 |  Hao Wang (CHN) |
1:19:06 PB |
 Eder Sánchez (MEX) |
1:19:22 SB |
| 50 kilometres walk | Sergey Kirdyapkin (RUS) |
3:38:35 WL |
 Trond Nymark (NOR) |
3:41:16 NR |
 Jesus Angel Garcia (ESP) |
3:41:37 SB |
| 4 x 100 metres relay | Jamaica Steve Mullings Michael Frater Usain Bolt Asafa Powell Dwight Thomas* Lerone Clarke* |
37.31 CR |
Trinidad and Tobago Darrel Brown Marc Burns Emmanuel Callander Richard Thompson Keston Bledman* |
37.62 NR |
 Great BritainSimeon Williamson Tyrone Edgar Marlon Devonish Harry Aikines-Aryeetey |
38.02 SB |
| 4 x 400 metres relay | United States Angelo Taylor Jeremy Wariner Kerron Clement LaShawn Merritt Lionel Larry* Bershawn Jackson* |
2:57.86 WL |
Great Britain Conrad Williams Michael Bingham Robert Tobin Martyn Rooney David Greene* |
3:00.53 SB |
 AustraliaJohn Steffensen Ben Offereins Tristan Thomas Sean Wroe Joel Milburn* |
3:00.90 SB |
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AR Area record | CR championship record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB/PR personal best/record | SB seasonal best | WL world leading (in a given season) | WR world record |
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* Runners who participated in the heats only and received medals.
Field
2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
| High jump | Jaroslav Rybakov (RUS) |
2.32 |  Kyriakos Ioannou (CYP) |
2.32 |  Sylwester Bednarek (POL) |
2.32 |
 Raul Spank (GER) |
2.32 | |||||
| Pole vault | Steven Hooker (AUS) |
5.90 | Romain Mesnil (FRA) |
5.85 | Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) |
5.80 |
| Long Jump | Dwight Phillips (USA) |
8.54 | Godfrey Khotso Mokoena (RSA) |
8.47 | Mitchell Watt (AUS) |
8.37 |
| Triple jump | Phillips Idowu (GBR) |
17.73 WL |
 Nelson Evora (POR) |
17.55 |  Alexis Copello (CUB) |
17.36 |
| Shot put | Christian Cantwell (USA) |
22.03 WL |
Tomasz Majewski (POL) |
21.91 | Ralf Bartels (GER) |
21.37 PB |
| Discus throw | Robert Harting (GER) |
69.43 PB |
Piotr Malachowski (POL) |
69.15 NR |
 Gerd Kanter (EST) |
66.88 |
| Javelin throw | Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR) |
89.59 SB |
Guillermo Martinez (CUB) |
86.41 SB |
 Yukifumi Murakami (JPN) |
82.97 |
| Hammer throw |  Primož Kozmus (SLO) |
80.84 SB |
Szymon Ziółkowski (POL) |
79.30 SB |
Aleksey Zagornyi (RUS) |
78.09 |
| Decathlon | Trey Hardee (USA) |
8790 WL |
Leonel Suárez (CUB) |
8640 |
Aleksandr Pogorelov (RUS) |
8528 PB |
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AR Area record | CR championship record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB/PR personal best/record | SB seasonal best | WL world leading (in a given season) | WR world record |
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Women's results
Track
2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
| 100 metres | Shelly-Ann Fraser (JAM) |
10.73 WL, NR |
Kerron Stewart (JAM) |
10.75 PB |
Carmelita Jeter (USA) |
10.90 |
| 200 metres | Allyson Felix (USA) |
22.02 | Veronica Campbell-Brown (JAM) |
22.35 |  Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie (BAH) |
22.41 |
| 400 metres | Sanya Richards (USA) |
49.00 WL |
Shericka Williams (JAM) |
49.32 PB |
Antonina Krivoshapka (RUS) |
49.71 |
| 800 metres | Caster Semenya (RSA) |
1:55.45 WL |
Janeth Jepkosgei (KEN) |
1:57.90 SB |
Jenny Meadows (GBR) |
1:57.93 PB |
| 1500 metres | Maryam Yusuf Jamal (BRN) |
4:03.74 | Lisa Dobriskey (GBR) |
4:03.75 | Shannon Rowbury (USA) |
4:04.18 |
| 5000 metres | Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN) |
14:57.97 | Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet (KEN) |
14:58.33 | Meseret Defar (ETH) |
14:58.41 |
| 10,000 metres | Linet Chepkwemoi Masai (KEN) |
30:51.24 SB |
Meselech Melkamu (ETH) |
30:51.34 | Wude Ayalew (ETH) |
30:51.95 |
| Marathon | Xue Bai (CHN) |
2:25:15 | Yoshimi Ozaki (JPN) |
2:25:25 | Aselefech Mergia (ETH) |
2:25:32 |
| 100 metres hurdles | Brigitte Foster-Hylton (JAM) |
12.51 SB |
 Priscilla Lopes-Schliep (CAN) |
12.54 | Delloreen Ennis-London (JAM) |
12.55 SB |
| 400 metres hurdles | Melanie Walker (JAM) |
52.42 CR, NR |
Lashinda Demus (USA) |
52.96 | Josanne Lucas (TRI) |
53.20 NR |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Marta Domínguez (ESP) |
9:07.32 WL |
Yuliya Zarudneva (RUS) |
9:08.39 PB |
Milcah Chemos Cheywa (KEN) |
9:08.57 PB |
| 20 kilometres walk | Olga Kaniskina (RUS) |
1:28:09 |  Olive Loughnane (IRL) |
1:28:58 SB |
Hong Liu (CHN) |
1:29:10 SB |
| 4 x 100 metres relay | Jamaica Simone Facey Shelly-Ann Fraser Aleen Bailey Kerron Stewart |
42.06 |
Bahamas Sheniqua Ferguson Chandra Sturrup Christine Amertil Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie |
42.29 SB |
Germany Marion Wagner Anne Möllinger Cathleen Tschirch Verena Sailer |
42.87 SB |
| 4 x 400 metres relay | United States Debbie Dunn Allyson Felix Lashinda Demus Sanya Richards Natasha Hastings* Jessica Beard* |
3:17.83 WL |
Jamaica Rosemarie Whyte Novlene Williams-Mills Shereefa Lloyd Shericka Williams Kaliese Spencer* |
3:21.15 SB |
Russia Anastasiya Kapachinskaya Tatyana Firova Lyudmila Litvinova Antonina Krivoshapka Natalya Nazarova* Natalya Antyukh* |
3:21.64 SB |
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AR Area record | CR championship record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB/PR personal best/record | SB seasonal best | WL world leading (in a given season) | WR world record |
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* Runners who participated in the heats only and received medals.
Field
2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
| High jump |  Blanka Vlašić (CRO) |
2.04 | Anna Chicherova (RUS) |
2.02 | Ariane Friedrich (GER) |
2.02 |
| Pole vault | Anna Rogowska (POL) |
4.75 | Monika Pyrek (POL) |
4.65 |
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| Chelsea Johnson (USA) (SB) |
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| Long Jump | Brittney Reese (USA) |
7.10 WL |
Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS) |
6.97 SB |
 Karin Mey Melis (TUR) |
6.80 |
| Triple jump | Yargelis Savigne (CUB) |
14.95 | Mabel Gay (CUB) |
14.61 SB |
Anna Pyatykh (RUS) |
14.58 |
| Shot put |  Valerie Vili (NZL) |
20.44 | Nadine Kleinert (GER) |
20.20 PB |
Lijiao Gong (CHN) |
19.89 PB |
| Discus throw | Dani Samuels (AUS) |
65.44 PB | Yarelis Barrios (CUB) |
65.31 SB |  Nicoleta Grasu (ROU) |
65.20 SB |
| Javelin throw | Steffi Nerius (GER) |
67.30 SB |
 Barbora Spotakova (CZE) |
66.42 | Maria Abakumova (RUS) |
66.06 |
| Hammer throw | Anita Włodarczyk (POL) |
77.96 WR | Betty Heidler (GER) |
77.12 NR |  Martina Hrasnova (SVK) |
74.49 |
| Heptathlon | Jessica Ennis (GBR) |
6731 WL | Jennifer Oeser (GER) |
6493 PB | Kamila Chudzik (POL) |
6471 SB |
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AR Area record | CR championship record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB/PR personal best/record | SB seasonal best | WL world leading (in a given season) | WR world record |
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Participating nations
The entry list released on the IAAF Website before the championships contained 2,098 athletes from 202 countries and territories.[7][8][9] 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.[10][11] 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.[12]
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.[13]
External links
References
- ↑ Families of Jesse Owens, Luz Long to unite at World Championships IAAF (5 August 2009) Retrieved on 13 August 2009
- ↑ $100,000 IAAF World Record Program supported by TDK and Toyota – Berlin 2009 IAAF (14 August 2009) Retrieved on 14 August 2009
- ↑ "May Be "Impossible" To Tell Runner's Sex", CBS News, Aug. 22, 2009. Retrieved on 2009-08-25.
- ↑ Berlin to host largest ever IAAF Anti-Doping operation IAAF (11 August 2009) Retrieved on 12 August 2009
- ↑ "Six Worlds Athletes Jailed After Scuffle", CBS News, Aug. 23, 2009. Retrieved on 2009-08-25.
- ↑ http://berlin.iaaf.org/results/index.html Retrieved 2009-08-20.
- ↑ Provisional Entry List (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved on 18 August 2009.
- ↑ Provisional Entry List now available IAAF, Monday, 10 August 2009, Retrieved on 18 August 2009 Archived 8 September 2009
- ↑ Berlin Start Lists for Day One, 15 August IAAF, Friday, 14 August 2009, Retrieved on 15 August 2009 Archived 8 September 2009
- ↑ IAAF National Member Federations IAAF, Retrieved on 11 August 2009 Archived 8 September 2009
- ↑ Turner, Chris (2009-08-23). IAAF / LOC Press Conference - Berlin 2009 – Championships Debrief. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-09-24. Archived 2009-09-26.
- ↑ Record field listed for Berlin world atheltics Thaindian News citing DPA, Berlin, 9 August, Retrieved on 18 August 2009
- ↑ 205 Member Federations and $7 million in Prize Money set for Berlin. IAAF (3 July 2009) Retrieved on 14 August 2009
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