Competitors for 2001 World Athletics Championships
| Athlete | Country | Sports | Date of birth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gezahegne Abera |  ETH |
ATH | 23 April 1978 |
| Berhane Adere | ETH |
ATH | 21 July 1973 |
| Virgilijus Alekna |  LTU |
ATH | 13 February 1972 |
| Alex Averbukh |  ISR RUS |
ATH | 1 October 1974 |
| Inha Babakova |  URS UKR |
ATH | 26 June 1967 |
| Stefano Baldini |  ITA |
ATH | 25 May 1971 |
| Frédérique Bangué |  FRA |
ATH | 31 December 1976 |
| Bernard Barmasai |  KEN |
ATH | 6 May 1974 |
| Adam Basil |  AUS |
ATH | 14 April 1975 |
| Violeta Beclea-Szekely |  ROU |
ATH | 26 March 1965 |
| Kajsa Bergqvist |  SWE |
ATH | 12 October 1976 |
| Nezha Bidouane |  MAR |
ATH | 18 September 1969 |
| Sonia Bisset |  CUB |
ATH | 1 April 1971 |
| Simon Biwott | KEN |
ATH | 3 March 1970 |
| Michael Blackwood |  JAM |
ATH | 29 August 1976 |
| Jacek Bocian |  POL |
ATH | 15 September 1976 |
| Ato Boldon |  TTO |
ATH | 30 December 1973 |
| Grit Breuer |  GDR GER |
ATH | 16 February 1972 |
| Derrick Brew |  USA |
ATH | 28 December 1977 |
| Steve Brimacombe | AUS |
ATH | 7 May 1971 |
| Chris Brown |  BAH |
ATH | 15 October 1978 |
| Darrel Brown | TTO |
ATH | 11 October 1984 |
| André Bucher |  SUI |
ATH | 19 October 1976 |
| Wilfred Bungei | KEN |
ATH | 24 July 1980 |
| Viktor Burayev | RUS |
ATH | 23 August 1982 |
| Michelle Burgher | JAM |
ATH | 12 March 1977 |
| Marc Burns | TTO |
ATH | 7 January 1983 |
| Shelia Burrell | USA |
ATH | 15 January 1972 |
| Martin Buss | GER |
ATH | 7 April 1976 |
| Leonard Byrd | USA |
ATH | 17 March 1975 |
| Carlos Calado |  POR |
ATH | 5 October 1975 |
| Juliet Campbell | JAM |
ATH | 17 March 1970 |
| Kim Collins |  SKN |
ATH | 5 April 1976 |
| Shawn Crawford | USA |
ATH | 14 January 1978 |
| Paweł Czapiewski | POL |
ATH | 30 March 1978 |
| Gail Devers | USA |
ATH | 19 November 1966 |
| Paul Di Bella | AUS |
ATH | 12 February 1977 |
| Marta Domínguez |  ESP |
ATH | 3 November 1975 |
| Dudley Dorival |  HAI USA |
ATH | 1 September 1975 |
| Stacy Dragila | USA |
ATH | 25 March 1971 |
| Jon Drummond | USA |
ATH | 9 September 1968 |
| Corné Du Plessis |  RSA |
ATH | 20 March 1978 |
| Tomáš Dvořák |  CZE TCH |
ATH | 11 May 1972 |
| Piotr Długosielski | POL |
ATH | 4 April 1977 |
| Bronwyn Eagles | AUS |
ATH | 23 August 1980 |
| Jonathan Edwards |  ENG GBR |
ATH | 10 May 1966 |
| Florence Ekpo-Umoh | GER NGR |
ATH | 27 December 1977 |
| Ali Ezzine | MAR |
ATH | 3 September 1978 |
| Sylviane Félix | FRA |
ATH | 31 October 1977 |
| Svetlana Feofanova | RUS |
ATH | 16 July 1980 |
| Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie | BAH |
ATH | 16 January 1976 |
| Merlene Frazer | JAM |
ATH | 27 December 1973 |
| Anier García | CUB |
ATH | 9 March 1976 |
| Jesús Ángel García | ESP |
ATH | 17 October 1969 |
| Haile Gebrselassie | ETH |
ATH | 18 April 1973 |
| Shanta Ghosh | GER |
ATH | 3 January 1975 |
| Kostas Gkatsioudis |  GRE |
ATH | 17 December 1973 |
| John Godina | USA |
ATH | 31 May 1972 |
| Nataliya Gorelova | RUS |
ATH | 18 April 1973 |
| Elva Goulbourne | JAM |
ATH | 21 January 1980 |
| Nicoleta Grădinaru-Grasu | ROU |
ATH | 11 September 1971 |
| Steffi Graf |  AUT |
ATH | 26 April 1973 |
| Lorraine Graham | JAM |
ATH | 8 September 1973 |
| Maurice Greene | USA |
ATH | 23 July 1974 |
| Mickey Grimes | USA |
ATH | 10 October 1976 |
| Hicham El Guerrouj | MAR |
ATH | 14 September 1974 |
| Ana Guevara |  MEX |
ATH | 4 March 1977 |
| Piotr Haczek | POL |
ATH | 26 January 1977 |
| Arsi Harju |  FIN |
ATH | 18 March 1974 |
| Jacey Harper | TTO |
ATH | 20 May 1980 |
| Greg Haughton | JAM |
ATH | 10 November 1973 |
| Deon Hemmings | JAM |
ATH | 9 October 1968 |
| Édgar Hernández | MEX |
ATH | 8 June 1977 |
| Muriel Hurtis-Houairi | FRA |
ATH | 25 March 1979 |
| Nick Hysong | USA |
ATH | 9 December 1971 |
| Olimpiada Ivanova | RUS |
ATH | 26 August 1970 |
| LaTasha Jenkins | USA |
ATH | 19 December 1977 |
| Allen Johnson | USA |
ATH | 1 March 1971 |
| Joshua Johnson | USA |
ATH | 10 May 1976 |
| Charles Kamathi | KEN |
ATH | 18 May 1978 |
| Anastasiya Kapachinskaya | RUS |
ATH | 20 November 1979 |
| Anastasia Kelesidou | GRE |
ATH | 28 November 1972 |
| Kostas Kenteris | GRE |
ATH | 11 July 1973 |
| John Kibowen | KEN |
ATH | 21 April 1969 |
| Anjanette Kirkland | USA |
ATH | 24 February 1974 |
| Nadine Kleinert-Schmitt | GER |
ATH | 20 October 1975 |
| Ilya Konovalov | RUS |
ATH | 14 March 1971 |
| Robert Korzeniowski | POL |
ATH | 30 July 1968 |
| Reuben Kosgei | KEN |
ATH | 2 August 1979 |
| Tatyana Kotova | RUS |
ATH | 11 December 1976 |
| Olga Kuzenkova | RUS |
ATH | 4 October 1970 |
| Bernard Lagat | KEN USA |
ATH | 12 December 1974 |
| Tatyana Lebedeva | RUS |
ATH | 21 July 1976 |
| Richard Limo | KEN |
ATH | 18 November 1980 |
| Driss Maazouzi | FRA MAR |
ATH | 15 October 1969 |
| Dean Macey | ENG GBR |
ATH | 12 December 1977 |
| Mirela Maniani-Tzelili |  ALB GRE |
ATH | 21 December 1976 |
| Tereza Marinova |  BUL |
ATH | 5 September 1977 |
| Dmitri Markov | AUS BLR |
ATH | 14 March 1975 |
| Ilya Markov | RUS URS |
ATH | 19 June 1972 |
| Claudia Marx | GER |
ATH | 16 September 1978 |
| Fiona May | ENG GBR ITA |
ATH | 12 December 1969 |
| Françoise Mbango |  CMR |
ATH | 14 April 1976 |
| Beverly McDonald | JAM |
ATH | 15 February 1970 |
| Danny McFarlane | JAM |
ATH | 14 June 1972 |
| Troy McIntosh | BAH |
ATH | 29 March 1973 |
| Osleidys Menéndez | CUB |
ATH | 14 November 1979 |
| Assefa Mezgebu | ETH |
ATH | 19 June 1978 |
| Dennis Mitchell | USA |
ATH | 20 February 1966 |
| Michael Möllenbeck | GER |
ATH | 12 December 1969 |
| Avard Moncur | BAH |
ATH | 2 November 1978 |
| Niurka Montalvo | CUB ESP |
ATH | 4 June 1968 |
| Tim Montgomery | USA |
ATH | 28 January 1975 |
| Yipsi Moreno | ALB CUB |
ATH | 19 November 1980 |
| Fabrizio Mori | ITA |
ATH | 28 June 1969 |
| Cydonie Mothersill |  CAY |
ATH | 19 March 1978 |
| Tim Munnings | BAH |
ATH | 22 June 1966 |
| Koji Murofushi |  JPN |
ATH | 8 October 1974 |
| Maria Mutola |  MOZ |
ATH | 27 October 1972 |
| Morné Nagel | RSA |
ATH | 23 March 1978 |
| Adam Nelson | USA |
ATH | 7 July 1975 |
| Lee-Roy Newton | RSA |
ATH | 19 December 1978 |
| Erki Nool |  EST |
ATH | 25 June 1970 |
| Yuliya Nosova-Pechonkina | RUS |
ATH | 21 April 1978 |
| Carl Oliver | BAH |
ATH | 30 January 1969 |
| Christian Olsson | SWE |
ATH | 25 January 1980 |
| Debbie-Ann Parris | JAM |
ATH | 24 March 1973 |
| Aki Parviainen | FIN |
ATH | 26 October 1974 |
| Melanie Paschke | GER |
ATH | 29 June 1970 |
| Vita Pavlysh | UKR |
ATH | 15 January 1969 |
| Iván Pedroso | CUB |
ATH | 17 December 1972 |
| Daimí Pernía | CUB |
ATH | 27 December 1976 |
| Elisabetta Perrone | ITA |
ATH | 9 July 1968 |
| Antonio Pettigrew | USA |
ATH | 3 November 1967 |
| Andrew Pierce | USA |
ATH | 8 June 1979 |
| Zhanna Pintusevych-Blok |  CIS URS UKR |
ATH | 6 July 1972 |
| Catherine Pomales-Scott | JAM |
ATH | 27 August 1973 |
| Yanina Pravalinskaya-Karolchyk | BLR |
ATH | 26 December 1976 |
| Yelena Prokhorova | RUS |
ATH | 16 April 1978 |
| Monika Pyrek | POL |
ATH | 11 August 1980 |
| Matthew Quinn | RSA |
ATH | 17 April 1976 |
| Roman Rasskazov | RUS |
ATH | 28 January 1979 |
| Sandie Richards | JAM |
ATH | 6 November 1968 |
| Lars Riedel | GER |
ATH | 28 June 1967 |
| Birgit Rockmeier | GER |
ATH | 29 November 1973 |
| Gabi Rockmeier | GER |
ATH | 29 November 1973 |
| Irina Rosikhina | RUS |
ATH | 11 May 1975 |
| Yaroslav Rybakov | RUS |
ATH | 22 November 1980 |
| Piotr Rysiukiewicz | POL |
ATH | 14 July 1974 |
| Félix Sánchez |  DOM |
ATH | 30 August 1977 |
| Natasha Sazanovich | BLR CIS URS |
ATH | 15 August 1973 |
| Ingo Schultz | GER |
ATH | 26 July 1975 |
| Nataliya Shevtsova | RUS |
ATH | 17 December 1974 |
| Matt Shirvington | AUS |
ATH | 25 October 1978 |
| Olga Shishigina |  KAZ |
ATH | 23 December 1968 |
| Odiah Sidibé | FRA |
ATH | 13 January 1970 |
| Lidia Șimon | ROU |
ATH | 4 September 1973 |
| Brandon Simpson |  BRN JAM |
ATH | 6 September 1981 |
| Igor Spasovkhodsky | RUS |
ATH | 1 August 1979 |
| Hestrie Storbeck-Cloete | RSA |
ATH | 26 August 1978 |
| Savanté Stringfellow | USA |
ATH | 6 November 1978 |
| Chandra Sturrup | BAH |
ATH | 12 September 1971 |
| Gabriela Szabo | ROU |
ATH | 14 November 1975 |
| Dai Tamesue | JPN |
ATH | 3 May 1978 |
| Angelo Taylor | USA |
ATH | 29 December 1978 |
| Aikaterini Thanou | GRE |
ATH | 1 February 1975 |
| Amy Mbacké Thiam |  SEN |
ATH | 10 November 1976 |
| Reiko Tosa | JPN |
ATH | 11 June 1976 |
| Valiantsina Tsybulskaya | BLR |
ATH | 19 February 1968 |
| Derartu Tulu | ETH |
ATH | 21 March 1972 |
| Vyacheslav Voronin | RUS |
ATH | 5 April 1974 |
| Letitia Vriesde |  SUR |
ATH | 5 October 1964 |
| Marion Wagner | GER |
ATH | 1 February 1978 |
| Astia Walker | JAM |
ATH | 4 April 1975 |
| Gete Wami | ETH |
ATH | 11 December 1974 |
| Mario Watts | JAM |
ATH | 21 May 1975 |
| Rafał Wieruszewski | POL |
ATH | 24 February 1981 |
| Chris Williams | JAM |
ATH | 15 March 1972 |
| Bernard Williams, III | USA |
ATH | 19 January 1978 |
| Million Wolde | ETH |
ATH | 17 March 1979 |
| Ayelech Worku | ETH |
ATH | 12 June 1979 |
| Olga Yegorova | RUS URS |
ATH | 28 March 1972 |
| Jerome Young | USA |
ATH | 14 August 1976 |
| Svetlana Zakharova | RUS |
ATH | 15 September 1970 |
| Jan Železný | CZE TCH |
ATH | 16 June 1966 |
| Szymon Ziółkowski | POL |
ATH | 1 July 1976 |
| Elina Zverava | BLR |
ATH | 16 November 1960 |
| Olesya Zykina | RUS |
ATH | 7 October 1980 |