2001 World Athletics Championships

Host City Edmonton
Country CAN
Held 3 – 12 August 2001
Competitors 188
Countries 42

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
100 m Men — Medal 3 2
200 m Men — Medal 4 4
400 m Men — Medal 3 3
800 m Men — Medal 3 3
1,500 m Men — Medal 3 3
5,000 m Men — Medal 3 2
10,000 m Men — Medal 3 2
Marathon Men — Medal 3 3
110 m Hurdles Men — Medal 3 3
400 m Hurdles Men — Medal 3 3
3,000 m Steeplechase Men — Medal 3 2
4 x 100 m Relay Men — Medal 18 4
4 x 400 m Relay Men — Medal 22 4
20 km Walk Men — Medal 3 1
50 km Walk Men — Medal 3 3
High Jump Men — Medal 3 2
Pole Vault Men — Medal 3 3
Long Jump Men — Medal 3 3
Triple Jump Men — Medal 3 3
Shot Put Men — Medal 3 2
Discus Throw Men — Medal 3 2
Hammer Throw Men — Medal 3 3
Javelin Throw Men — Medal 3 3
Decathlon Men — Medal 3 3
100 m Women — Medal 3 3
200 m Women — Medal 3 3
400 m Women — Medal 3 3
800 m Women — Medal 3 3
1,500 m Women — Medal 3 2
5,000 m Women — Medal 3 3
10,000 m Women — Medal 3 1
Marathon Women — Medal 3 3
100 m Hurdles Women — Medal 3 2
400 m Hurdles Women — Medal 3 3
4 x 100 m Relay Women — Medal 13 3
4 x 400 m Relay Women — Medal 15 3
20 km Walk Women — Medal 3 3
High Jump Women — Medal 3 3
Pole Vault Women — Medal 3 3
Long Jump Women — Medal 3 3
Triple Jump Women — Medal 3 3
Shot Put Women — Medal 3 3
Discus Throw Women — Medal 3 3
Hammer Throw Women — Medal 3 3
Javelin Throw Women — Medal 3 2
Heptathlon Women — Medal 3 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Russia RUS 5 7 6 18
2 United States USA 5 5 3 13
3 Kenya KEN 3 3 2 8
4 Germany GER 3 3 1 7
5 Cuba CUB 3 1 2 6
6 Bahamas BAH 3 0 1 4
7 Ethiopia ETH 2 3 3 8
8 Belarus BLR 2 2 0 4
= Romania ROU 2 2 0 4
10 Morocco MAR 2 1 0 3
11 Poland POL 2 0 3 5
12 Czech Republic CZE 2 0 0 2
= South Africa RSA 2 0 0 2
14 Jamaica JAM 1 3 2 6
15 Greece GRE 1 2 2 5
16 Italy ITA 1 1 2 4
17 Ukraine UKR 1 1 1 3
18 Australia AUS 1 0 2 3
19 Great Britain GBR 1 0 1 2
20 Dominican Republic DOM 1 0 0 1
= Mozambique MOZ 1 0 0 1
= Senegal SEN 1 0 0 1
= Switzerland SUI 1 0 0 1
24 Japan JPN 0 2 1 3
= Spain ESP 0 2 1 3
26 Finland FIN 0 1 1 2
= France FRA 0 1 1 2
= Sweden SWE 0 1 1 2
= Trinidad and Tobago TTO 0 1 1 2
30 Austria AUT 0 1 0 1
= Cameroon CMR 0 1 0 1
= Estonia EST 0 1 0 1
= Israel ISR 0 1 0 1
= Lithuania LTU 0 1 0 1
35 Mexico MEX 0 0 2 2
36 Bulgaria BUL 0 0 1 1
= Cayman Islands CAY 0 0 1 1
= Haiti HAI 0 0 1 1
= Kazakhstan KAZ 0 0 1 1
= Portugal POR 0 0 1 1
= Saint Kitts and Nevis SKN 0 0 1 1
= Suriname SUR 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
100 m, Men Maurice Greene USA Bernard Williams, III USA Ato Boldon TTO
200 m, Men Kostas Kenteris GRE Chris Williams JAM Kim Collins
Shawn Crawford 		SKN
USA
400 m, Men Avard Moncur BAH Ingo Schultz GER Greg Haughton JAM
800 m, Men André Bucher SUI Wilfred Bungei KEN Paweł Czapiewski POL
1,500 m, Men Hicham El Guerrouj MAR Bernard Lagat KEN Driss Maazouzi FRA
5,000 m, Men Richard Limo KEN Million Wolde ETH John Kibowen KEN
10,000 m, Men Charles Kamathi KEN Assefa Mezgebu ETH Haile Gebrselassie ETH
Marathon, Men Gezahgne Abera ETH Simon Biwott KEN Stefano Baldini ITA
110 m Hurdles, Men Allen Johnson USA Anier García CUB Dudley Dorival HAI
400 m Hurdles, Men Félix Sánchez DOM Fabrizio Mori ITA Dai Tamesue JPN
3,000 m Steeplechase, Men Reuben Kosgei KEN Ali Ezzine MAR Bernard Barmasai KEN
4 x 100 m Relay, Men South Africa RSA Trinidad and Tobago TTO Australia AUS
4 x 400 m Relay, Men Bahamas BAH Jamaica JAM Poland POL
20 km Walk, Men Roman Rasskazov RUS Ilya Markov RUS Viktor Burayev RUS
50 km Walk, Men Robert Korzeniowski POL Jesús Ángel García ESP Édgar Hernández MEX
High Jump, Men Martin Buss GER Yaroslav Rybakov
Vyacheslav Voronin 		RUS
RUS
Pole Vault, Men Dmitri Markov AUS Alex Averbukh ISR Nick Hysong USA
Long Jump, Men Iván Pedroso CUB Savanté Stringfellow USA Carlos Calado POR
Triple Jump, Men Jonathan Edwards GBR Christian Olsson SWE Igor Spasovkhodsky RUS
Shot Put, Men John Godina USA Adam Nelson USA Arsi Harju FIN
Discus Throw, Men Lars Riedel GER Virgilijus Alekna LTU Michael Möllenbeck GER
Hammer Throw, Men Szymon Ziółkowski POL Koji Murofushi JPN Ilya Konovalov RUS
Javelin Throw, Men Jan Železný CZE Aki Parviainen FIN Kostas Gatsioudis GRE
Decathlon, Men Tomáš Dvořák CZE Erki Nool EST Dean Macey GBR
100 m, Women Zhanna Pintusevych-Blok UKR Aikaterini Thanou GRE Chandra Sturrup BAH
200 m, Women Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie BAH LaTasha Jenkins USA Cydonie Mothersill CAY
400 m, Women Amy Mbacké Thiam SEN Lorraine Graham JAM Ana Guevara MEX
800 m, Women Maria Mutola MOZ Steffi Graf AUT Letitia Vriesde SUR
1,500 m, Women Gabriela Szabo ROU Violeta Szekely ROU Nataliya Gorelova RUS
5,000 m, Women Olga Yegorova RUS Marta Domínguez ESP Ayelech Worku ETH
10,000 m, Women Derartu Tulu ETH Berhane Adere ETH Gete Wami ETH
Marathon, Women Lidia Șimon ROU Reiko Tosa JPN Svetlana Zakharova RUS
100 m Hurdles, Women Anjanette Kirkland USA Gail Devers USA Olga Shishigina KAZ
400 m Hurdles, Women Nezha Bidouane MAR Yuliya Nosova-Pechonkina RUS Daimí Pernía CUB
4 x 100 m Relay, Women Germany GER France FRA Jamaica JAM
4 x 400 m Relay, Women Jamaica JAM Germany GER Russia RUS
20 km Walk, Women Olimpiada Ivanova RUS Valya Tsybulskaya BLR Elisabetta Perrone ITA
High Jump, Women Hestrie Storbeck-Cloete RSA Inha Babakova UKR Kajsa Bergqvist SWE
Pole Vault, Women Stacy Dragila USA Svetlana Feofanova RUS Monika Pyrek POL
Long Jump, Women Fiona May ITA Tatyana Kotova RUS Niurka Montalvo ESP
Triple Jump, Women Tatyana Lebedeva RUS Françoise Mbango CMR Tereza Marinova BUL
Shot Put, Women Yanina Provalinskaya-Karolchik BLR Nadine Kleinert-Schmitt GER Vita Pavlysh UKR
Discus Throw, Women Ellina Zvereva BLR Nicoleta Grădinaru-Grasu ROU Anastasia Kelesidou GRE
Hammer Throw, Women Yipsi Moreno CUB Olga Kuzenkova RUS Bronwyn Eagles AUS
Javelin Throw, Women Osleidys Menéndez CUB Mirela Maniani-Tzelili GRE Sonia Bisset CUB
Heptathlon, Women Yelena Prokhorova RUS Natasha Sazanovich BLR Shelia Burrell USA