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The 8th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada between August 3 and August 12 and was the first time the event had visited North America.
[edit] Men's Results
1997 |1999 |2001 |2003 |2005 |2007
| Event: | Gold: | Silver: | Bronze:
|
| 100 m
| Maurice Greene
Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 9.82
WL
| Bernard Williams
Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 9.94
PB
| Ato Boldon
Image:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago | 9.98
|
| 200 m
| Konstantinos Kenteris
Image:Flag of Greece.svg Greece | 20.04
| Christopher Williams
Image:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica | 20.20
| Kim Collins
Image:Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg Saint Kitts and Nevis
Shawn Crawford
Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 20.30
NR (St.Kitts)
|
| 400 m
| Avard Moncur
Image:Flag of the Bahamas.svg Bahamas | 44.64
| Ingo Schultz
Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany | 44.87
| Greg Haughton
Image:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica | 44.98
|
| 800 m
| André Bucher
Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland | 1:43.70
| Wilfred Bungei
Image:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya | 1:44.55
| Pawel Czapiewski
Image:Flag of Poland.svg Poland | 1:44.63
PB
|
| 1500 m
| Hicham El Guerrouj
Image:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco | 3:30.68
| Bernard Lagat
Image:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya | 3:31.10
| Driss Maazouzi
Image:Flag of France.svg France | 3:31.54
SB
|
| 5000 mDetails
| Richard Limo
Image:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya | 13:00.77
| Million Wolde
Image:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia | 13:03.47
| John Kibowen
Image:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya | 13:05.20
|
| 10.000 mDetails
| Charles Kamathi
Image:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya | 27:53.25
| Assefa Mezegebu
Image:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia | 27:53.97
| Haile Gebrselassie
Image:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia | 27:54.41
|
| MarathonDetails
| Gezahegne Abera
Image:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia | 2:12:42
SB
| Simon Biwott
Image:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya | 2:12:43
| Stefano Baldini
Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy | 2:13:18
|
| 110 m H
| Allen Johnson
Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 13.04
WL
| Anier García
Image:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba | 13.07
SB
| Dudley Dorival
Image:Flag of Haiti.svg Haiti | 13.25
NR
|
| 400 m H
| Felix Sanchez
Image:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic | 47.49
WL
| Fabrizio Mori
Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy | 47.54
NR
| Dai Tamesue
Image:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | 47.89
NR
|
| 3000 m St.
| Reuben Kosgei
Image:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya | 8:15.16
| Ali Ezzine
Image:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco | 8:16.21
| Bernard Barmasai
Image:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya | 8:16.59
|
| 20 km Walk
| Roman Rasskazov
Image:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | 1:20:31
| Ilya Markov
Image:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | 1:20:33
| Viktor Burayev
Image:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | 1:20:36
|
| 50 km Walk
| Robert Korzeniowski
Image:Flag of Poland.svg Poland | 3:42.08
WL
| Jesús Ángel García
Image:Flag of Spain.svg Spain | 3:43:07
SB
| Edgar Hernández
Image:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico | 3:46:12
PB
|
| 4 x 100 m
| Morne Nagel,
Corne Du Plessis,
Lee-Roy Newton,
Matthew Quinn
Image:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | 38.47
NR
| Marc Burns,
Ato Boldon,
Jaycey Harper,
Darrel Brown
Image:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago | 38.58
NR
| Matthew Shirvington,
Paul Di Bella,
Steve Brimacombe,
Adam Basil
Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australia | 38.83
SB
|
| 4 x 400 m
| Leonard Byrd,
Antonio Pettigrew,
Derrick Brew,
Angelo Taylor
Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 2:57.54
WL
| Avard Moncur,
Christopher Brown,
Troy Mcintosh,
Tim Munnings
Image:Flag of the Bahamas.svg Bahamas | 2:58.19
NR
| Brandon Simpson,
Christopher Williams,
Greg Haughton,
Danny McFarlane
Image:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica | 2:58.39
SB
|
|
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
|
Ali Saidi-Sief of Algeria originally finished second in the 5000 m, but he was disqualified after he tested positive for nandrolone.
Tim Montgomery (USA) came second in the men's 100 meters with a time of 9.85, and was part of the 4x100m USA team that finished first in 37.96 (Mickey Grimes, Bernard Williams, Dennis Mitchell, Tim Montgomery), but he was disqualified as a result of the BALCO drug scandal.
1997 |1999 |2001 |2003 |2005 |2007
[edit] Women's Results
1997 |1999 |2001 |2003 |2005 |2007
| Event: | Gold: | Silver: | Bronze:
|
| 100 m
| Zhanna Pintusevich-Block
(Tarnopolskaya)
Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine | 10.82
WL
| Ekaterini Thanou
Image:Flag of Greece.svg Greece | 10.91
SB
| Chandra Sturrup
Image:Flag of the Bahamas.svg Bahamas | 11.02
|
| 200 m
| Debbie Ferguson
Image:Flag of the Bahamas.svg Bahamas | 22.52
| LaTasha Jenkins
Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 22.85
| Cydonie Mothersill
Image:Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg Cayman Islands | 22.88
|
| 400 m
| Amy Mbacke Thiam
Image:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal | 49.82
NR
| Lorraine Fenton
Image:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica | 49.88
SB
| Ana Guevara
Image:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico | 49.97
SB
|
| 800 m
| Maria Mutola
Image:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique | 1:57.17
| Stephanie Graf
Image:Flag of Austria.svg Austria | 1:57.20
SB
| Letitia Vriesde
Image:Flag of Suriname.svg Suriname | 1:57.35
SB
|
| 1500 m
| Gabriela Szabo
Image:Flag of Romania.svg Romania | 4:00.57
SB
| Violeta Beclea Szekely
Image:Flag of Romania.svg Romania | 4:01.70
| Natalya Gorelova
Image:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | 4:02.40
|
| 5000 m
| Olga Yegorova
Image:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | 15:03.39
| Marta Dominguez
Image:Flag of Spain.svg Spain | 15:06.59
| Ayelech Worku
Image:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia | 15:10.17
|
| 10,000 m
| Derartu Tulu
Image:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia | 31:48.81
| Berhane Adere
Image:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia | 31:48.85
| Gete Wami
Image:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia | 31:49.98
|
| MarathonDetails
| Lidia Simon
Image:Flag of Romania.svg Romania | 2:26:01
| Reiko Tosa
Image:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | 2:26:06
| Svetlana Zakharova
Image:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | 2:26:18
|
| 100 m H
| Anjanette Kirkland
Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 12.42
WL
| Gail Devers
Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 12.54
SB
| Olga Shishigina
Image:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan | 12.58
SB
|
| 400 m H
| Nezha Bidouane
Image:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco | 53.34
WL
| Yuliya Pechonkina
Image:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | 54.27
| Daimi Pernia
Image:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba | 54.51
|
| 20 km Walk
| Olimpiada Ivanova
Image:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | 1:27:48
CR
| Valentina Tsybulskaya
Image:Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus | 1:28:49
PB
| Elisabetta Perrone
Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy | 1:28:56
|
| 4 x 100 m
| Melanie Paschke,
Gaby Rockmeier,
Birgit Rockmeier,
Marion Wagner
Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany | 42.32
SB
| Sylviane Félix,
Frédérique Bangué,
Muriel Hurtis,
Odiah Sidibé
Image:Flag of France.svg France | 42.39
SB
| Juliet Campbell,
Merlene Frazer,
Beverly McDonald,
Astia Walker
Image:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica | 42.40
SB
|
| 4 x 400 m
| Sandie Richards,
Catherine Scott-Pomales,
Debbie-Ann Parris,
Lorraine Fenton
Image:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica | 3.20.65
WL
| Florence Ekpo-Umoh,
Shanta Ghosh,
Claudia Marx,
Grit Breuer
Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany | 3.21.97
SB
| Irina Rosikhina,
Yuliya Pechonkina,
Anastasiya Kapachinskaya,
Olesya Zykina
Image:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | 3.24.92
|
|
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
|
Kelli White finished third in the 200 m (22.56), and was part of the winning 4x100m relay team (Kelli White, Chryste Gaines, Inger Miller, Marion Jones; 41.71), but she was disqualified after she admitted to using steroids as a result of the BALCO doping scandal.
Marion Jones (USA) finished second in the 100m and first in the 200m, but she was disqualified following her admission to using steroids as a result of the BALCO doping scandal.
1997 |1999 |2001 |2003 |2005 |2007
Natalya Sadova of Russia originally won the gold medal in discus throw (68.57), but she was later disqualified after she tested positive for caffeine.
[edit] Medals Table
[edit] References
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