2005 World Athletics Championships

Host City Helsinki
Country FIN
Held 6 – 14 August 2005
Competitors 171
Countries 40

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
100 m Men — Medal 3 3
200 m Men — Medal 3 1
400 m Men — Medal 3 2
800 m Men — Medal 3 3
1,500 m Men — Medal 3 3
5,000 m Men — Medal 3 3
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 2
3,000 m Steeplechase Men — Medal 3 2
4 x 100 m Relay Men — Medal 13 3
4 x 400 m Relay Men — Medal 16 3
20 km Walk Men — Medal 3 2
50 km Walk Men — Medal 3 2
High Jump Men — Medal 3 3
Pole Vault Men — Medal 3 3
Long Jump Men — Medal 3 3
Triple Jump Men — Medal 3 3
Shot Put Men — Medal 3 3
Discus Throw Men — Medal 3 3
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 2
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 1
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 2
3,000 m Steeplechase Women — Medal 3 3
4 x 100 m Relay Women — Medal 13 3
4 x 400 m Relay Women — Medal 14 3
20 km Walk Women — Medal 3 3
High Jump Women — Medal 3 2
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 United States USA 14 8 3 25
2 Russia RUS 7 7 4 18
3 Ethiopia ETH 3 4 2 9
4 Cuba CUB 3 3 1 7
5 France FRA 2 2 4 8
6 Sweden SWE 2 0 1 3
7 Bahrain BRN 2 0 0 2
8 Jamaica JAM 1 5 2 8
9 Kenya KEN 1 2 4 7
10 Morocco MAR 1 2 0 3
11 Germany GER 1 1 5 7
12 Belarus BLR 1 1 1 3
13 Bahamas BAH 1 1 0 2
= Estonia EST 1 1 0 2
= Netherlands NED 1 1 0 2
16 Great Britain GBR 1 0 2 3
17 Ecuador ECU 1 0 0 1
= Lithuania LTU 1 0 0 1
= Qatar QAT 1 0 0 1
= Uganda UGA 1 0 0 1
= Ukraine UKR 1 0 0 1
22 Poland POL 0 2 0 2
23 Czech Republic CZE 0 1 2 3
24 Ghana GHA 0 1 1 2
= Spain ESP 0 1 1 2
26 China CHN 0 1 0 1
= New Zealand NZL 0 1 0 1
= Norway NOR 0 1 0 1
= Tanzania TAN 0 1 0 1
= Trinidad and Tobago TTO 0 1 0 1
31 Japan JPN 0 0 2 2
= Portugal POR 0 0 2 2
= Romania ROU 0 0 2 2
34 Australia AUS 0 0 1 1
= Canada CAN 0 0 1 1
= Finland FIN 0 0 1 1
= Hungary HUN 0 0 1 1
= Italy ITA 0 0 1 1
= Mexico MEX 0 0 1 1
= Saint Kitts and Nevis SKN 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
100 m, Men Justin Gatlin USA Michael Frater JAM Kim Collins SKN
200 m, Men Justin Gatlin USA Wallace Spearmon USA John Capel USA
400 m, Men Jeremy Wariner USA Andrew Rock USA Tyler Christopher CAN
800 m, Men Rashid Ramzi BRN Yury Borzakovsky RUS William Yiampoy KEN
1,500 m, Men Rashid Ramzi BRN Adil Kaouch MAR Rui Silva POR
5,000 m, Men Benjamin Limo KEN Sileshi Sihine ETH Craig Mottram AUS
10,000 m, Men Kenenisa Bekele ETH Sileshi Sihine ETH Moses Mosop KEN
Marathon, Men Jaouad Gharib MAR Christopher Isegwe Njunguda TAN Tsuyoshi Ogata JPN
110 m Hurdles, Men Ladji Doucouré FRA Liu Xiang CHN Allen Johnson USA
400 m Hurdles, Men Bershawn Jackson USA James Carter USA Dai Tamesue JPN
3,000 m Steeplechase, Men Saif Saaeed Shaheen QAT Ezekiel Kemboi KEN Brimin Kipruto KEN
4 x 100 m Relay, Men France FRA Trinidad and Tobago TTO Great Britain GBR
4 x 400 m Relay, Men United States USA Bahamas BAH Jamaica JAM
20 km Walk, Men Jefferson Pérez ECU Francisco Javier Fernández ESP Juan Manuel Molina ESP
50 km Walk, Men Sergey Kirdyapkin RUS Aleksey Voyevodin RUS Alex Schwazer ITA
High Jump, Men Yuriy Krymarenko UKR Víctor Moya
Yaroslav Rybakov 		CUB
RUS
Pole Vault, Men Rens Blom NED Brad Walker USA Pavel Gerasimov RUS
Long Jump, Men Dwight Phillips USA Ignisious Gaisah GHA Tommi Evilä FIN
Triple Jump, Men Walter Davis USA Yoandri Betanzos CUB Marian Oprea ROU
Shot Put, Men Adam Nelson USA Rutger Smith NED Ralf Bartels GER
Discus Throw, Men Virgilijus Alekna LTU Gerd Kanter EST Michael Möllenbeck GER
Hammer Throw, Men Vadim Devyatovsky BLR Szymon Ziółkowski POL Markus Esser GER
Javelin Throw, Men Andrus Värnik EST Andreas Thorkildsen NOR Sergey Makarov RUS
Decathlon, Men Bryan Clay USA Roman Šebrle CZE Attila Zsivóczky HUN
100 m, Women Lauryn Williams USA Veronica Campbell-Brown JAM Christine Arron FRA
200 m, Women Allyson Felix USA Rachelle Smith USA Christine Arron FRA
400 m, Women Tonique Williams-Darling BAH Sanya Richards-Ross USA Ana Guevara MEX
800 m, Women Zulia Calatayud CUB Hasna Benhassi MAR Tatyana Andrianova RUS
1,500 m, Women Tatyana Tomashova RUS Olga Yegorova RUS Bouchra Ghézielle FRA
5,000 m, Women Tirunesh Dibaba ETH Meseret Defar ETH Ejegayehu Dibaba ETH
10,000 m, Women Tirunesh Dibaba ETH Berhane Adere ETH Ejegayehu Dibaba ETH
Marathon, Women Paula Radcliffe GBR Catherine Ndereba KEN Constantina Diță-Tomescu ROU
100 m Hurdles, Women Michelle Perry USA Delloreen Ennis-London JAM Brigitte Foster-Hylton JAM
400 m Hurdles, Women Yuliya Nosova-Pechonkina RUS Lashinda Demus USA Sandra Glover USA
3,000 m Steeplechase, Women Dorcus Inzikuru UGA Yekaterina Volkova RUS Jeruto Kiptum KEN
4 x 100 m Relay, Women United States USA Jamaica JAM Belarus BLR
4 x 400 m Relay, Women Russia RUS Jamaica JAM Great Britain GBR
20 km Walk, Women Olimpiada Ivanova RUS Rita Turova BLR Susana Feitor POR
High Jump, Women Kajsa Bergqvist SWE Chaunté Howard-Lowe USA Emma Green-Tregaro SWE
Pole Vault, Women Yelena Isinbayeva RUS Monika Pyrek POL Pavla Hamáčková CZE
Long Jump, Women Tianna Madison-Bartoletta USA Eunice Barber FRA Yargelis Savigne CUB
Triple Jump, Women Trecia Smith JAM Yargelis Savigne CUB Anna Pyatykh RUS
Shot Put, Women Olga Ryabinkina RUS Valerie Adams-Vili NZL Nadine Kleinert-Schmitt GER
Discus Throw, Women Franka Dietzsch GER Nataliya Sadova RUS Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová CZE
Hammer Throw, Women Yipsi Moreno CUB Tatyana Lysenko RUS Manuèla Montebrun FRA
Javelin Throw, Women Osleidys Menéndez CUB Christina Obergföll GER Steffi Nerius GER
Heptathlon, Women Carolina Klüft SWE Eunice Barber FRA Margaret Simpson GHA