2005 World Championships In Athletics

Sunday, 14 October 2012

2005 World Championship Men's 400m Final

Shot Put Mens Final IAAF World Championships 2005 Helsinki

Felix wins the 200-meter 2005 World Championships

Paula Radcliffe,Marathon,2005 World Championships,Helsinki- Gold Medal (HQ)

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Australia
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Bahrain
Bahrain, officially Kingdom of Bahrain (, , literally: "Kingdom of the Two Seas"), is a small island country in the Persian Gulf ruled by the Al Khalifa royal family. While Bahrain is an archipelago of thirty-three islands, the largest (Bahrain Island) is long by wide. Saudi Arabia lies to the west and is connected to Bahrain via the King Fahd Causeway, which was officially opened on 25 November 1986. Qatar is to the southeast across the Gulf of Bahrain.
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Belarus
Belarus, ( ; , ), officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno (Hrodna), Gomel (Homiel), Mogilev (Mahilyow) and Vitebsk (Viciebsk). Forty percent of its is forested, and its strongest economic sectors are agriculture and manufacturing.
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Belgium
Belgium (, ), officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, as well as those of several other major international organizations such as NATO. Belgium covers an area of , and it has a population of about 10.8 million people.
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Berlin
Berlin (; ) is the capital city of Germany and one of sixteen states of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the eighth most populous urban area in the European Union. Located in northeastern Germany, it is the center of the Berlin-Brandenburg Metropolitan Area, comprising 5 million people from over 190 nations. Geographically embedded in the European Plains, Berlin is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate. Around one third of the city's territory is composed of forests, parks, gardens, rivers and lakes.
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Brazil
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Brussels
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Budapest
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Canada
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China
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Cuba
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Czech Republic
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Don Valley Stadium
The Don Valley Stadium is a stadium in Sheffield, England and is the home of Rotherham United FC. The stadium is an athletics stadium which has hosted major UK Athletic events and the 1991 World Student Games. Sheffield Eagles RLFC and Parramore Sports FC also use the stadium. It was designed by Sheffield City Council's Design & Building Services and built by RM Douglas Construction. The complex opened in 1990, ready for the 1991 World Student Games and has since become a profitable centre for athletics in the area. It is named after the River Don, near which it lies.
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Ecuador
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Ethiopia
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Finland
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France
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Germany
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Ghana
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Greece
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Helsinki
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Hungary
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Italy
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Jamaica
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Japan
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Kenya
The Republic of Kenya (pronounced ) is a country in East Africa. Lying along the Indian Ocean to its southeast and at the equator, Kenya is bordered by Somalia to the northeast, Ethiopia to the north, Sudan to the northwest, Uganda to the west and Tanzania to the south. Lake Victoria is to the southwest and is shared between Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. Kenya has numerous wildlife reserves, containing thousands of animal species. The capital city is Nairobi. Kenya's area is 580,000 km2 with a population of nearly 39 million which is diverse: more than 40 different ethnic groups are present. The country is named after Mount Kenya, a significant landmark and second among Africa's highest mountain peaks.
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Lithuania
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London
London () is the capital of England and the United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its founding by the Romans, who called it Londinium. London's core, the ancient City of London, largely retains its square-mile mediaeval boundaries. Since at least the 19th century, the name London has also referred to the metropolis developed around this core. The bulk of this conurbation forms the London region and the Greater London administrative area, governed by the elected Mayor of London and the London Assembly.
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Mexico
Mexico, (pronounced ; ), officially known as the United Mexican States (), is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico. Covering almost 2 million square kilometres (over 760,000 sq mi), Mexico is the fifth-largest country in the Americas by total area and the 14th largest independent nation in the world. With an estimated population of 111 million, it is the 11th most populous country and the most populous Hispanophone country on Earth. Mexico is a federation comprising thirty-one states and a Federal District, the capital city.
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Morocco
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Moscow
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Netherlands
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New Zealand
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Norway
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Picketts Lock
'''Pickett's Lock or Picketts Lock''' is an area of Edmonton, in the London Borough of Enfield. It is borderd by River Lee Navigation to the east, Pickett's Lock Lane to the south, Meridian Way A1055 to the west and the Ponders End industrial area to the north. The area takes its name from Pickett's Lock, a lock on the nearby River Lee Navigation.
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Poland
Poland (), officially the Republic of Poland (Rzeczpospolita Polska), is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north. The total area of Poland is , making it the 69th largest country in the world and the 9th largest in Europe. Poland has a population of over 38 million people, which makes it the 34th most populous country in the world and the sixth most populous member of the European Union, being its most populous Slavic member.
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Portugal
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Qatar
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Romania
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Rome
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Russia
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Sheffield
Sheffield () is a city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. Its name derives from the River Sheaf, which runs through the city. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the city has grown from its largely industrial roots to encompass a wider economic base. The population of the City of Sheffield is () and it is one of the eight largest regional English cities that make up the English Core Cities Group.
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Spain
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Sweden
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Tanzania
The United Republic of Tanzania (; phonetical: tan-zann-ei-a; or sometimes tan-zanneia; ) is a country in central East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.
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Thailand
Thailand ( or ; Ratcha Anachak Thai, ), formerly Siam (, ), is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and the southern extremity of Burma. Its maritime boundaries include Vietnam in the Gulf of Thailand to the southeast and Indonesia and India in the Andaman Sea to the southwest.
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The Bahamas
The Bahamas (), officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is a country consisting of 29 islands, 661 cays, and 2,387 islets (rocks). It is located in the Atlantic Ocean north of Cuba and Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti), northwest of the Turks and Caicos Islands, and southeast of the United States (nearest to the state of Florida). Its total land area is ; slightly larger than the US states of Connecticut and Rhode Island combined), with an estimated population of 330,000. Its capital is Nassau. Geographically, the Bahamas lie in the same island chain as Cuba, Hispaniola and the Turks and Caicos Islands, the designation of the Bahamas refers normally to the commonwealth and not the geographic chain.
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Trinidad and Tobago
The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago () is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying northeast of the South American country of Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles. It shares maritime boundaries with other nations including Barbados to the northeast, Guyana to the southeast, and Venezuela to the south and west.
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Uganda
The Republic of Uganda ( or ) is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by Tanzania. The southern part of the country includes a substantial portion of Lake Victoria, which is also bordered by Kenya and Tanzania.
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Ukraine
Ukraine ( ; , transliterated: , ), with its area of 603,628 km2, is the second largest country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by the Russian Federation to the east and northeast, Belarus to the northwest, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary to the west, Romania and Moldova to the southwest, and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south and southeast respectively.
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United Kingdom
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United States
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Adam Nelson
Adam Nelson (born July 7, 1975 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an elite American shotputter. A 1997 graduate of Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, Nelson has competed in two Olympic Games. In 1996, Nelson worked at a concession stand during the 1996 Summer Olympics in his hometown of Atlanta.
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Adil Kaouch
Adil Kaouch () (born January 1, 1979) is a Moroccan middle distance runner.
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Aleen Bailey
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Aleksandr Pogorelov
Aleksandr Gennadiyevich Pogorelov (; born January 10, 1980 in Zheleznogorsk, Kursk Oblast) is a Russian decathlete.
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Aleksey Voyevodin
Aleksey Nikolayevich Voyevodin () (born August 9, 1970 near Penza) is a Russian race walker mainly competing over the 50 km distance. He has one World Championships silver medal, and won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
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Alex Schwazer
Alex Schwazer (born December 26, 1984 in Sterzing) is an Italian race walker.
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Allen Johnson
Allen Kenneth Johnson (born March 1, 1971) is a retired hurdling athlete and won Olympic Gold in the 110 metre high hurdles at the 1996 games in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Allyson Felix
Allyson Felix (born November 18, 1985) is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for the United States, primarily in the 200 meters. She does also compete at the 100 meters and the 400 meters. She is a two-time Olympic silver medalist at the 200 meters, as well as being the only woman ever to be a three-time Athletics World Championship gold medalist for that distance. She is also an Olympic gold medalist, winning gold at the Beijing 2008 Olympics as a member of the United States' Women's 4 x 400 meter relay team.
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Ana Guevara
Ana Gabriela Guevara Espinoza (born March 4, 1977, in Nogales, Sonora) is a now-retired Mexican track and field athlete, specialized in the 400 meters. Her career began in 1996 carrying out diverse tours, participating in her first international competences. In 1998, she won two silver medals in the Central American and Caribbean Games in the distances of 400 and 800 meters.
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Andrae Williams
Andrae Williams (born July 12, 1983 in Freeport, Bahamas) is a Bahamian athlete.
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Andreas Thorkildsen
Andreas Thorkildsen (born 1 April 1982) is a Norwegian javelin thrower, born in Kristiansand. He is the first male javelin thrower in history to be both European champion, World champion and Olympic champion. He was Olympic champion in 2004 and 2008, European champion in 2006 and 2010, World Champion in 2009 as well as twice silver medalist at the World championships in 2005 and 2007. He is leading the IAAF world ranking in javelin throw as of September 2008. He set a world junior record in 2001, and is still the holder of this record. He has a personal best of 91.59m set in 2006.
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Andrew Rock
Andrew Rock (born January 23, 1982) is an American sprinter who specializes in the 400 meter dash.
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Andrus Värnik
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Angela Daigle
Angela Daigle (born May 28, 1976) is an American sprinter. Together with Muna Lee, Me'Lisa Barber and Lauryn Williams she won a gold medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics.
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Anna Pyatykh
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Attila Zsivóczky
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Avard Moncur
Avard Moncur (born November 2, 1978) is a Bahamian athlete competing in the 400 metres. He was born in Nassau.
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Balts
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Benjamin Limo
Benjamin Kipkoech Limo (born August 23, 1974 in Chepkongony, Uasin Gishu) is a Kenyan middle distance runner. He runs every distance from 1500 m to 10,000 m, but mainly competes in 5,000 m, where he has won international medals.
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Berhane Adere
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Bershawn Jackson
athlete
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Bouchra Ghezielle
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Brahim Boulami
Brahim Boulami () (born April 20, 1972 in Safi) is a Moroccan athlete who had set two world records in the 3,000 meter steeplechase, 7:55.28 and 7:53.17. The latter was overturned because he tested positive for the banned performance enhancing drug EPO. Boulami was banned for two years in 2002 after the positive test.
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Brandon Simpson
Brandon Simpson (born September 6, 1981 in Florida, U.S.) is a sprinter who represents Bahrain, having previously represented Jamaica. He has won a bronze medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at three world championships; 2001, 2003 and 2005. He finished 6th in the individual 400 metres contest in 2005, and 5th at the 2004 Olympics.
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Brimin Kipruto
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Bryan Clay
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Carolina Klüft
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Catherine Ndereba
Wincatherine Nyambura Ndereba (born July 21, 1972) is a world class Kenyan marathon runner. She won the Boston Marathon four times and silver medals in the Olympics in 2004 and 2008. Ndereba broke the women's marathon world record in 2001, running 2:18:47 at the Chicago Marathon. In 2008, Ndereba was described by a Chicago Tribune sportswriter as the greatest women's marathoner of all time.
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Chaunte Howard
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China
China is seen variously as an ancient civilization extending over a large area in East Asia, a nation and/or a multinational entity.
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Christian Malcolm
athlete
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Christina Obergföll
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Christine Arron
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Christine Ohuruogu
Athlete
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Christopher Isengwe
Christopher Isengwe (also Christopher Isegwe Njunguda; born February 22, 1976) is a Tanzanian long-distance athlete competing mainly in the marathon.
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Constantina Tomescu
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Craig Mottram
Craig Mottram is an Australian long distance and middle distance runner.
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Dai Tamesue
is an Japanese athlete, competing mainly in 400 m hurdles but also 400 m.
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Daniele Browning
Daniele Browning (born August 29, 1981) is a Jamaican sprinter. Together with Sherone Simpson, Aleen Bailey and Veronica Campbell she won a silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics. In 2006 the relay team won a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games.
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Darold Williamson
Darold Williamson (born February 19, 1983) is an American track athlete.
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Darrel Brown
Darrel Brown (born October 11, 1984) is a sprinter from Trinidad and Tobago who specializes in the 100 metres.
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Davian Clarke
Davian Clarke (born April 30, 1976) is a Jamaican athlete, who mainly competes in the 400 metres. He won the bronze medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1996 Olympics, and many relay medals followed, before he won his first individual medal at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships.
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Derartu Tulu
Derartu Tulu (born March 21, 1972 in Bekoji, Arsi oromo, Ethiopia) is an Ethiopian long distance track, road and marathon athlete.
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Derrick Brew
Derrick Brew (born December 28, 1977) is a 2004 Olympic Gold medalist in the Men's 4x400 meter relay for the United States. Earlier in the games he took third in the US sweep of the 400m. He went to Klein Forest High School. Recently, Brew has locked down a starting safety role on the coed intramural flag football Team KATES in an effort to contribute to a 7th consecutive championship season.
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Donna Fraser
Donna Karen Fraser (born 7 November 1972) in Thornton Heath, Croydon is an English athlete who mainly competed in the 200 and 400 metres.
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Dorcus Inzikuru
Dorcus Inzikuru (born February 2, 1982 in Vurra, Arua District) is a Ugandan athlete competing in steeplechase. She won the inaugural World title in women's 3000 m steeplechase, as well as the first Commonwealth title in the event. Her coach is Renato Canova. Sometimes her name is spelt "Docus". It was misspelled in her passport, and the mistake was perpetuated when she entered international races.
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Dwight Phillips
Dwight Phillips (born October 1, 1977 in Decatur, Georgia) is an American athlete who specializes in the long jump. He has also competed in the 60 meters and 100 meters sprints.
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Eddy De Lépine
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Ejegayehu Dibaba
Ejegayehu Dibaba (born March 21, 1982 in Bekoji) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner.
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Eliud Kipchoge
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Emma Green
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Eunice Barber
Eunice Barber (born November 17, 1974 in Freetown, Sierra Leone) is a Sierra Leonean athlete competing in heptathlon and long jump. Barber initially competed for Sierra Leone and then for France from 1999 onwards. She won the heptathlon at the World Championships in Athletics in 1999, the long jump in 2003 and finished second in heptathlon in 2003 and 2005.
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Ezekiel Kemboi
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Franka Dietzsch
Franka Dietzsch (born January 22, 1968 in Wolgast) is a German discus thrower best known for winning gold medals at three World Championships in Athletics. She won the 1998 European Championships and 1999 World Championships, but did not return to the international podium until her win at the 2005 World Championships.
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Geir Rönning
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Gerd Kanter
Gerd Kanter (born May 6, 1979 in Tallinn, Estonia) is an Estonian discus thrower.
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Hasna Benhassi
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Ignisious Gaisah
Ignisious Gaisah (born July 20, 1983) is a Ghanaian athlete competing in the long jump.
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Ivan Tikhon
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Jacey Harper
Jacey Harper (born May 20, 1980) is a male sprinter athlete from Trinidad and Tobago.
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Jaouad Gharib
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Jason Gardener
Not to be conufsed with Jason Gardiner
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Jefferson Pérez
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Jeremy Wariner
Jeremy Mathew Wariner (born January 31, 1984, in Arlington, Texas) is an American track athlete specializing in the 400 meters. He has won four Olympic medals (three gold, one silver) and six World Championships medals. He is the third fastest competitor in the history of the 400 m event with a personal best of 43.45 seconds, after Butch Reynolds, and Michael Johnson.
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Jeruto Kiptum
Jeruto Kiptum (born 12 December 1981) is a Kenyan middle distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.
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Joan Lino Martínez
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Joanna Hayes
Joanna Dove Hayes (born December 23, 1976 in Williamsport) is an American hurdler, who won the gold medal in the 100 metres hurdles at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
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John Capel
John Capel Jr. (born November 27, 1978 in Brooksville, Florida) is an American sprinter. He is also a retired American football wide receiver for the Chicago Bears and Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at the University of Florida.
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Juan Manuel Molina
Juan Manuel Molina Morote (born March 15, 1979 in Cieza, Murcia) is a male race walker from Spain.
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Justin Gatlin
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Host city	Helsinki, Finland
Teams participating	196
Athletes participating	1,891
Events	47
Dates	6–14 August 2005
Main venue	Helsinki Olympic Stadium

Helsinki Olympic Stadium at the opening day of the 2005 World Championships in Athletics.

The 10th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), were held in the Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland (6 August 2005 – 14 August 2005), the site of the first IAAF World Championships in 1983. One theme of the 2005 championships was paralympic sports, some of which were included as exhibition events. Much of the event was played in extremely heavy rainfall.

1 Background
2 Drug testing
3 Men's results
- 3.1 Track
- 3.2 Field
4 Women's results
- 4.1 Track
- 4.2 Field
5 Exhibition events
6 Medals table
7 Commemorative coin
8 See also
9 References
10 External links

Background [link]

Bidding [link]

The original winning bid for the competition was for London but the cost to build the required stadium at Picketts Lock and host the event was deemed too expensive by the government. UK Athletics suggested to move the host city to Sheffield (using Don Valley Stadium), but the IAAF stated that having London as the host city was central to their winning the bid. The championships bidding process was reopened as a result. The United Kingdom's withdrawal as host was an unprecedented case for a major sporting event in a developed country.^[1]

Helsinki was considered by many to be the outsider in the race to host the games with rival bids being presented by Berlin in Germany; Brussels in Belgium, Budapest in Hungary, Moscow in Russia and Rome in Italy.

Opening ceremony [link]

Apocalyptica and Nightwish performed at the opening ceremony of the event over a heavy rainfall. Geir Rönning, Finland's Eurovision Song Contest 2005 entrant, sang "Victory" the official song of the 2005 IAAF World Championships.

Events [link]

With the addition of the women's 3000 metres steeplechase to the schedule, this year's program of events was closer to parity for women and men. With the exception of the 50 km walk the women competed in practically the same events as the men. Two differences remaining from before, though, were the short hurdles race (100 metres for women vs. 110 metres for men), and the multi-event competition (heptathlon for women vs. decathlon for men).

Since the first World Championships in Helsinki 1983, seven new events have been added for women:

10000 metres, introduced in 1987
5000 metres, replaced 3000 metres in 1995
triple jump, introduced in 1993
20 km walk introduced in 1999, replaced 10 km walk that first appeared in 1987
pole vault, introduced in 1999
hammer throw, introduced in 1999
3000 metres steeplechase, introduced in 2005

Drug testing [link]

The IAAF conducted their largest ever anti-doping program at an athletics event for the championships, with 705 athletes subjected to a total 884 of tests.^[2] There were two athletes who failed drugs tests: Indian discus thrower Neelam Jaswant Singh tested positive for the stimulant pemoline, and Vladyslav Piskunov, a Ukrainian hammer thrower, tested positive for the steroid drostanolone.^[3] Singh received a two year ineligibility ban,^[4] while Piskunov received a life ban from athletics as this was his second offence.^[5]

Men's results [link]

Track [link]

2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m details	Justin Gatlin United States	9.88 SB	Michael Frater Jamaica	10.05	Kim Collins Saint Kitts and Nevis	10.05
100 m details
200 m details	Justin Gatlin United States	20.04	Wallace Spearmon United States	20.20	John Capel United States	20.31 SB
200 m details	Justin Gatlin wins the 200 metres, becoming the second athlete to win a sprint double in a single World Championships (Maurice Greene was the first, in 1999). Tyson Gay finishes fourth (20.34) to complete an American 1-2-3-4, the first time any nation has achieved this in a world championship athletics event. Usain Bolt of Jamaica pulls a muscle at about 150 m into the race and finishes last.
400 m details	Jeremy Wariner United States	43.93 WL	Andrew Rock United States	44.35 PB	Tyler Christopher Canada	44.44 NR
400 m details	Olympic champion Wariner wins easily, with his first time under 44 seconds.
800 m details	Rashid Ramzi Bahrain	1:44.24 PB	Yuriy Borzakovskiy Russia	1:44.51	William Yiampoy Kenya	1:44.55
800 m details	Yuriy Borzakovskiy starts his trademark sprint finish at 200m to go, but was boxed in behind Mehdi Baala of France which allowed Rashid Ramzi to win his second gold in the championships.
1500 m details	Rashid Ramzi Bahrain	3:37.88	Adil Kaouch Morocco	3:38.00 SB	Rui Silva Portugal	3:38.02
1500 m details	This was the first 800–1500 m double in open global championship since New Zealand's Peter Snell achieved it at the Tokyo Olympics in 1964. Ramzi, near the front at the bell, kicked with 300 metres to go and made another decisive move with 200 to go.
5000 m details	Benjamin Limo Kenya	13:32.55	Sileshi Sihine Ethiopia	13:32.81	Craig Mottram Australia	13:32.96
5000 m details	A slow pace race, ending in a sprint for the line in the last lap. Defending champion Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya just misses out of the bronze. (13:33.04)
10,000 m details	Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia	27:08.33	Sileshi Sihine Ethiopia	27:08.87	Moses Mosop Kenya	27:08.96 PB
10,000 m details	The pace was slow for the first sixteen laps until Bekele surged to the front with a 62-second seventeenth lap, whittling the pack down to nine men. The pace would dawdle again, the ninth kilometre was the slowest since the first in 2:48, though the last one was run in a furious 2:29. The pack of nine was still together at the bell, although somewhat strung out. Bekele ran the last lap in 54 seconds, holding off the challenge of Mosop thanks to help from Sihine and Dinkessa, who boxed him on the penultimate straight. Bekele would then hold off a charge from Sihine, while Dinkessa faded to seventh due to his exertions.
Marathon details	Jaouad Gharib Morocco	2:10:10	Christopher Isengwe Tanzania	2:10:21 PB	Tsuyoshi Ogata Japan	2:11:16 SB
Marathon details	Gharib attacked just before 30 km mark, getting Italian Olympic champion Stefano Baldini with him. Baldini had cramps few kilometres later and he retired after 35 kilometres.
110 m hurdles details	Ladji Doucouré France	13.07	Liu Xiang China	13.08	Allen Johnson United States	13.10
110 m hurdles details	In a very tight race, Frenchman Ladji Doucouré wins the 110 m hurdles, battling with Allen Johnson in the middle lanes and just crossing the line ahead of the fast finishing Liu Xiang.
400 m hurdles details	Bershawn Jackson United States	47.30 PB	James Carter United States	47.43 PB	Dai Tamesue Japan	48.10 SB
400 m hurdles details	In driving rain, Dai Tamesue starts fast to take the early lead before being overtaken on the final bend. Bershawn Jackson shows better form in the final straight to stretch away from James Carter. Tamesue dives over the line for a bronze to edge out Kerron Clement of the USA who jogs over the line.
3000 m s'chase details	Saif Saaeed Shaheen Qatar	8:13.31	Ezekiel Kemboi Kenya	8:14.95	Brimin Kipruto Kenya	8:15.30
3000 m s'chase details	A comfortable race for Said Saaeed Shaheen as Ezekiel Kemboi fails to mount a serious challenge. Brimin Kipruto finishes fast to edge Brahim Boulami into fourth place by two hundredths of a second.
20 km walk details	Jefferson Pérez Ecuador	1:18:35 SB	Francisco Javier Fernandez Spain	1:19:36	Juan Manuel Molina Spain	1:19:44 PB
20 km walk details
50 km walk details	Sergey Kirdyapkin Russia	3:38:08 PB	Aleksey Voyevodin Russia	3:41:25	Alex Schwazer Italy	3:41:54 NR
50 km walk details	Sergey Kirdyapkin, the former junior world champion led from early on and secures the global title in a personal best time. At around the 20 km mark he was caught by Aleksey Voyevodin, but by 40 km Kirdyapkin had shaken off his fellow Russian, who went on to earn silver in 3:41.25. Italian Alex Schwazer powers through late on to claim the bronze in a national record 3:41.54. There were fourteen disqualifications, and seven athletes did not finish.
4×100 m details	France Ladji Doucouré Ronald Pognon Eddy De Lépine Lueyi Dovy	38.08 WL	Trinidad and Tobago Kevon Pierre Marc Burns Jacey Harper Darrel Brown	38.10 NR	Great Britain Jason Gardener Marlon Devonish Christian Malcolm Mark Lewis-Francis	38.27 SB
4×100 m details	The Great Britain just beat Jamaica (38.28, SB) and Australia (38.32, SB) to bronze medal position. The United States' team does not participate, having bungled their first relay stick handoff in their qualification heat the previous day.
4×400 m details	United States Andrew Rock Derrick Brew Darold Williamson Jeremy Wariner	2:56.91 WL	Bahamas Nathaniel McKinney Avard Moncur Andrae Williams Chris Brown	2:57.32 NR	Jamaica Sanjay Ayre Brandon Simpson Lansford Spence Davian Clarke	2:58.07 SB
4×400 m details
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Field [link]

2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump details	Yuriy Krymarenko Ukraine	2.32	Víctor Moya Cuba	2.29
	Yuriy Krymarenko Ukraine	2.32	Yaroslav Rybakov Russia	2.29
	Surprise winner. Also seven athletes achieved 2.29m. Olympic champion Stefan Holm failed to make the podium
Pole vault details	Rens Blom Netherlands	5.80 SB	Brad Walker United States	5.75	Pavel Gerasimov Russia	5.65 SB
Pole vault details	In rain and heavy wind, Rens Blom wins the first Dutch gold medal at a World Championship.
Long jump details	Dwight Phillips United States	8.60 WL	Ignisious Gaisah Ghana	8.34 NR	Tommi Evilä Finland	8.25
Long jump details	Dwight Phillips takes the gold comfortably with his first jump, but the contest for the other medals is fierce. Tommi Evilä wins Finland's only medal of the championships, just beating Salim Sdiri of France and Joan Lino Martínez of Spain to third place.
Triple jump details	Walter Davis United States	17.57 SB	Yoandri Betanzos Cuba	17.42 SB	Marian Oprea Romania	17.40
Triple jump details	Leevan Sands, of the Bahamas, in bronze medal position for a long time, is pipped to fourth by Marian Oprea's last jump.
Shot put details	Adam Nelson United States	21.73 SB	Rutger Smith Netherlands	21.29	Ralf Bartels Germany	20.99
Shot put details	After two Olympic and two World Championship silver medals, Adam Nelson finally takes his first gold at the international level.
Discus throw details	Virgilijus Alekna Lithuania	70.17 CR	Gerd Kanter Estonia	68.57	Michael Möllenbeck Germany	65.95
Discus throw details	Defending champion Virgilijus Alekna takes home the gold with the competition's only longer-than-70 m throw. Fellow Balt Gerd Kanter is the runner-up.
Javelin throw details	Andrus Värnik Estonia	87.17	Andreas Thorkildsen Norway	86.18	Sergey Makarov Russia	83.54
Javelin throw details	Surprise winner Andrus Värnik takes Estonia's first gold medal at the World Championships, beating the reigning Olympic champion Andreas Thorkildsen by 99 cm. Finland's young star Tero Pitkämäki throws below his usual level in the heavy rain, and finishes fourth (81.27 m).
Hammer throw details	Ivan Tikhon Belarus	83.89 CR	Vadim Devyatovskiy Belarus	82.60	Szymon Ziółkowski Poland	79.35 SB
Hammer throw details	Tikhon had no marking until after his second throw.
Decathlon details	Bryan Clay United States	8732 WL	Roman Šebrle Czech Republic	8521	Attila Zsivóczky Hungary	8385
Decathlon details	Aleksandr Pogorelov just loses the bronze after the 1500 m.
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Women's results [link]

Track [link]

2001 |2003 |2005 |2007 |2009 |

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m details	Lauryn Williams United States	10.93	Veronica Campbell Jamaica	10.95 SB	Christine Arron France	10.98
100 m details	Lauryn Williams obtains a surprise victory beating the favourite Christine Arron that finished only third behind also Veronica Campbell.
200 m details	Allyson Felix United States	22.16	Rachelle Boone-Smith United States	22.31	Christine Arron France	22.31 SB
200 m details	Veronica Campbell ran a terrible bend (she runs out of her lane) and finished fourth.
400 m details	Tonique Williams-Darling Bahamas	49.55 SB	Sanya Richards United States	49.74	Ana Guevara Mexico	49.81
400 m details	In a high quality final (despite heavy rainfall), Tonique Williams-Darling overtakes Sanya Richards just before the finish.
800 m details	Zulia Calatayud Cuba	1:58.82	Hasna Benhassi Morocco	1:59.42	Tatyana Andrianova Russia	1:59.60
800 m details	Former world champion Maria de Lurdes Mutola comes fourth.
1500 m details	Tatyana Tomashova Russia	4:00.35 SB	Olga Yegorova Russia	4:01.46	Bouchra Ghezielle France	4:02.45
1500 m details	Yuliya Chizhenko finished second in 4:00.93, but she was disqualified for obstructing Maryam Yusuf Jamal of Bahrain, therefore Olga Yegorova gets the silver and Bouchra Ghezielle of France gets the bronze.
5000 m details	Tirunesh Dibaba Ethiopia	14:38.59 CR	Meseret Defar Ethiopia	14:39.54	Ejegayehu Dibaba Ethiopia	14:42.47
5000 m details	Tirunesh Dibaba becomes the first woman to win the 5000 m and 10000 m at the same championships. Also, as in the 10000 m race, the winner's elder sister Ejegayehu Dibaba takes the bronze, stepping onto an entirely Ethiopian podium. Ethiopia claim the first four places, the second time that a country has ever achieved this (after the USA Men's 200m above).
10,000 m details	Tirunesh Dibaba Ethiopia	30:24.02	Berhane Adere Ethiopia	30:25.41 SB	Ejegayehu Dibaba Ethiopia	30:26.00
10,000 m details	Fascinating race with Paula Radcliffe, using the race as preparation for the marathon, setting most of the pace before her lack of competitive 10k races this season sees her drop back with three laps to go. The three medal winners shows amazing acceleration with one lap to go, Berhane Adere kicking first but quickly covered by Tirunesh Dibaba with elder sister Ejegayehu Dibaba unable to match their pace. Tirunesh kicks again and goes past Adere with 250 metres to go to claim the gold. Reigning Olympic champion Xing Huina cannot cope with the acceleration and finishes fourth.
Marathon details	Paula Radcliffe Great Britain	2:20:57 CR	Catherine Ndereba Kenya	2:22:01 SB	Constantina Tomescu Romania	2:23:19
Marathon details	Paula Radcliffe sets the pace of the race, leading all the way from start to finish. Constantina Tomescu is able to keep up with Radcliffe the longest, but begins to fall behind after the 25 km mark and at the end finds herself overtaken by the defending champion Catherine Ndereba. Derartu Tulu finishes fourth.
100 m hurdles details	Michelle Perry United States	12.66	Delloreen Ennis-London Jamaica	12.76	Brigitte Foster-Hylton Jamaica	12.76
100 m hurdles details	A dramatic race, as Olympic champion Joanna Hayes leads but loses her balance after the second last hurdle, runs into the last hurdle, and comes last.
400 m hurdles details	Yuliya Pechonkina Russia	52.90 WL	Lashinda Demus United States	53.27 PB	Sandra Glover United States	53.32 PB
400 m hurdles details	Yuliya Pechonkina wins the gold. The USA appeals after Pechonkina appears to have not jumped over the first hurdle correctly, but the appeal fails.
3000 m s'chase details	Dorcus Inzikuru Uganda	9:18.24 CR	Yekaterina Volkova Russia	9:20.49 PB	Jeruto Kiptum Kenya	9:26.95 NR
3000 m s'chase details	Dorcus Inzikuru wins Uganda's first ever gold medal in the World Championships
20 km walk details	Olimpiada Ivanova Russia	1:25:41 WL	Ryta Turava Belarus	1:27:05 NR	Susana Feitor Portugal	1:28:44 SB
20 km walk details	insert write up:
4×100 m relay details	United States Angela Daigle Muna Lee Me'Lisa Barber Lauryn Williams	41.78 WL	Jamaica Daniele Browning Sherone Simpson Aleen Bailey Veronica Campbell	41.99 SB	Belarus Yulia Nestsiarenka Natalya Sologub Alena Nevmerzhitskaya Oksana Dragun	42.56 NR
4×100 m relay details
4×400 m relay details	Russia Yuliya Pechonkina Olesya Krasnomovets Natalya Antyukh Svetlana Pospelova	3:20.95	Jamaica Shericka Williams Novlene Williams Ronetta Smith Lorraine Fenton	3:23.29 SB	Great Britain Lee McConnell Donna Fraser Nicola Sanders Christine Ohuruogu	3:24.44 SB
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Field [link]

2001 |2003 |2005 |2007 |2009 |

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump details	Kajsa Bergqvist Sweden	2.02 WL	Chaunte Howard United States	2.00 PB	Emma Green Sweden	1.96 PB
High jump details	The weather conditions during final were not the best, and may well have hampered performances. Kajsa Bergqvist showed what willpower and dedication can achieve, as she claimed her first world championship gold medal after clearing 2.02m with only one foul in her entire series of jumps despite being having only recovered from injury within the past few months. Newcomer Chaunte Howard was the only real threat to Kajsa, and a big surprise, seemingly to herself as much as to the spectators. Her respectable jump technique and result make her someone to keep an eye on in the future. Swede Emma Green continued her quick rise to the elite level, taking the bronze in her first ever major championships.
Pole vault details	Yelena Isinbayeva Russia	5.01 WR	Monika Pyrek Poland	4.60	Pavla Hamáčková Czech Republic	4.50
Pole vault details	Already having secured her victory by doing the competition's only 4.70 m jump, Yelena Isinbayeva breaks her own world record from three weeks ago by 1 centimetre.
Long jump details	Tianna Madison United States	6.89 PB	Tatyana Kotova Russia	6.79	Eunice Barber France	6.76
Long jump details	An unexpected win for Tianna Madison, as Tatyana Kotova finishes second for the third World Outdoor Championships in a row.
Triple jump details	Trecia Smith Jamaica	15.11 WL	Yargelis Savigne Cuba	14.82 PB	Anna Pyatykh Russia	14.78
Triple jump details	Trecia Smith makes the three longest jumps in the final to take the gold. Yargelis Savigne takes silver in her first international competition with Anna Pyatykh third. Pre-event favourite Tatyana Lebedeva from Russia, who would go on to be the sole winner of the 2005 Golden League jackpot, did not take part because of injury.
Shot put details	Nadzeya Astapchuk Belarus	20.51	Olga Ryabinkina Russia	19.64	Valerie Vili New Zealand	19.62
Shot put details	20 year old Valerie Vili earns a surprise bronze, as Nadzeya Astapchuk wins her first Outdoor World Championships Gold.
Discus throw details	Franka Dietzsch Germany	66.56 SB	Natalya Sadova Russia	64.33	Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová Czech Republic	63.19
Discus throw details	Dominating the competition in her second podium performance over the course of eight World Championships, Franka Dietzsch gets the gold medal, as she did in Sevilla six years ago.
Hammer throw details	Olga Kuzenkova Russia	75.10 SB	Yipsi Moreno Cuba	73.08	Tatyana Lysenko Russia	72.46
Hammer throw details	Olga Kuzenkova added the world hammer title to the Olympic crown she had won in Athens the previous year. She achieved this after gaining the silver medal at the three previous championships.
Javelin throw details	Osleidys Menéndez Cuba	71.70 WR	Christina Obergföll Germany	70.03 AR	Steffi Nerius Germany	65.96
Javelin throw details	A high-quality contest where Olympic champion Osleidys Menéndez sets a new world record whereas Christina Obergföll sets a new European record.
Heptathlon details	Carolina Klüft Sweden	6887 SB	Eunice Barber France	6824	Margaret Simpson Ghana	6375
	(13.19 - 1.82 - 15.02 - 23.70 - 6.87 - 47.20 - 2:08.89)		(12.94 - 1.91 - 13.20 - 24.01 - 6.75 - 48.24 - 2:11.94)		(13.55 - 1.79 - 13.33 - 24.94 - 6.09 - 56.36 - 2:17.02)
	A close heptathlon saw Eunice Barber take the early lead after winning the 100 mH and HJ. A foot injury hampered Carolina Klüft who jumped 12 cm below her season best in the HJ, however, she struck back in the SP with a PB. After the first day, Barber had only a 2-point lead over Klüft. Day two started with the LJ, where Klüft was expected to jump poorly due to her injury. If she had problems she hid them well, winning with an SB. In the JT Margaret Simpson set a new PB with an impressive 56.36 m, this would propel her to Ghana's first ever world championship medal. Before the final event, Klüft's lead was 18 points and Barber needed to beat her by 1.5 sec in the 800 m to win the gold medal. Barber stuck to Kelly Sotherton, the eventual winner of the race, until the last 200 m but Klüft timed her race perfectly to beat Barber with another PB.
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Exhibition events [link]

Paralympic exhibition events at the World Championships:

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
T54 Wheelchair racing 100 m men	David Weir United Kingdom	14.15 NR	Kenny van Weeghel Netherlands	14.19	Leo-Pekka Tähti Finland	14.22
T54 Wheelchair racing 100 m men	Paralympic champion Leo-Pekka Tähti got off to a good start, but a battle between Britain's David Weir and Dutchman Kenny van Weeghel pushed both of them forward in the latter stages. Weir eventually won out, breaking his own British record, which he set in the semifinal at the 2004 Paralympics, by 0.02 s.
T54 Wheelchair racing 200 m men	David Weir United Kingdom	25.47	Kenny van Weeghel Netherlands	25.80	Supachai Koysub Thailand	26.03
T54 Wheelchair racing 200 m men	Weir completes a widely anticipated double.
Wheelchair javelin men	Jacques Martin Canada	24.97	Markku Niinimäki Finland	23.82	Gerasimos Vrionis Greece	16.75
Wheelchair javelin men
T12 Visually impaired 200 m women	Adria Santos Brazil	26.99	Purificacion Santamarta Spain	27.08	Paraskeví Kantza Greece	28.32 (PB)
T12 Visually impaired 200 m women
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Medals table [link]

Contestants of the men's 20 km race walking event, seen in Helsinki's Mannerheimintie road.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1.	United States	14	8	3	25
2.	Russia	7	8	5	20
3.	Ethiopia	3	4	2	9
4.	Cuba	2	4	0	6
5.	Belarus	2	2	1	5
6.	France	2	1	4	7
7.	Sweden	2	0	1	3
8.	Bahrain	2	0	0	2
9.	Jamaica	1	5	2	8
10.	Kenya	1	2	4	7
11.	Morocco	1	2	0	3
12.	Germany	1	1	3	5
13.	Bahamas	1	1	0	2
13.	Estonia	1	1	0	2
13.	Netherlands	1	1	0	2
16.	Great Britain	1	0	2	3
17.	Ecuador	1	0	0	1
17.	Lithuania	1	0	0	1
17.	Qatar	1	0	0	1
17.	Uganda	1	0	0	1
17.	Ukraine	1	0	0	1
22.	Czech Republic	0	1	2	3
23.	Ghana	0	1	1	2
23.	Poland	0	1	1	2
23.	Spain	0	1	1	2
26.	Norway	0	1	0	1
26.	China	0	1	0	1
26.	Tanzania	0	1	0	1
26.	Trinidad and Tobago	0	1	0	1
30.	Japan	0	0	2	2
30.	Portugal	0	0	2	2
30.	Romania	0	0	2	2
33.	Australia	0	0	1	1
33.	Canada	0	0	1	1
33.	Finland	0	0	1	1
33.	Hungary	0	0	1	1
33.	Italy	0	0	1	1
33.	Mexico	0	0	1	1
33.	New Zealand	0	0	1	1
33.	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0	0	1	1

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10th IAAF World Championships in Athletics commemorative coin

Commemorative coin [link]

To commemorate the 2005 World Championships in Athletics the Finnish government issued a high value commemorative euro coin, the €20 10th IAAF World Championships in Athletics commemorative coin, minted in 2005. The obverse of the coin features Helsinki Olympic Stadium and above the stadium random waves express the feeling of the games.

References [link]

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^ November 2/05 10:28 am – WADA News, Lori-Ann Muenzer in Ontario, More 'Cross Results. Canadian Cyclist (2005-11-02). Retrieved on 2009-09-25. Archived 2009-09-27.
^ Two positive tests from world championships, says IAAF. Reuters (2005-08-29). Retrieved on 2009-09-25. Archived 2009-09-27.
^ Biography Singh Neelam Jaswant. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-09-25. Archived 2009-09-27.
^ Biography Piskunov Vladyslav. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-09-25.

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IAAF World Championships in Athletics
Sport	Athletics
Founded	1983
No. of teams	200 (2007), 202 (2009), 204 (2011)
Continent	International (IAAF)
Most recent champion(s)	Last winners lists
TV partner(s)	SBS Two (Australia) Eurovision (Europe) TBS (Japan) NBC Universal (United States)

The World Championships in Athletics is an event organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). Originally, it was organised every four years, but this changed in 1991, and it has since been organised biennially.

1 History
2 Championships
3 Medal totals since 1983
4 Ceremonies
5 Multiple medallist
6 Athletes with most appearances
7 Other Athletics World Championship events
- 7.1 1976 (Malmö, Sweden)
- 7.2 1980 (Sittard, Netherlands)
8 See also
9 References
10 External links

History [link]

The idea of having an Athletics World Championships was around well before the competitions first event in 1983. In 1913, the IAAF decided that the Olympic Games would serve as the World Championships for athletics. This was considered suitable for over 50 years until in the late 1960s the desire of many IAAF members to have their own World Championships began to grow. In 1976 at the IAAF Council Meeting in Puerto Rico an Athletics World Championships separate from the Olympic Games was approved.

Following bids from both Stuttgart, West Germany and Helsinki, Finland, the IAAF Council awarded the inaugural competition to Helsinki, to take place in 1983 and be held in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium (where the 1952 Summer Olympics were held).

Over the years the competition has grown in size. In 1983 an estimated 1,300 athletes from 154 countries participated. By the 2003 competition, in Paris, it had grown to 1,907 athletes from 203 countries with coverage being transmitted to 179 different countries.

There has also been a change in the schedule over the years, with several new events, all for women, being added. By 2005 the schedule for men and women was almost equal. The only differences being the men had the extra event of the 50 km Walk, while women competed in the 100 m Hurdles and Heptathlon compared to the men in the 110m Hurdles and Decathlon respectively.

The following list shows when new events were added for the first time.

1987, women's 10,000 m and 10 km walk were added.
1993, women's triple jump was added.
1995, women's 5000 m was added, replacing the 3000 m race.
1999, women's pole vault and hammer were added and the women's 20 km walk replaced the 10 km walk.
2005, women's 3000 m Steeplechase was added.

Championships [link]

Further information: World Championship records, Men's medalists, and Women's medalists

Edition	Year	City	Country	Date	Venue	No. of Events	No. of Athletes
1st	1983 (details)	Helsinki	Finland	7 Aug – 14 Aug	Olympiastadion	41	1,355
2nd	1987 (details)	Rome	Italy	28 Aug – 6 Sept	Stadio Olimpico	43	1,451
3rd	1991 (details)	Tokyo	Japan	23 Aug – 1 Sept	National Olympic Stadium	43	1,517
4th	1993 (details)	Stuttgart	Germany	13 Aug – 22 Aug	Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion	44	1,689
5th	1995 (details)	Gothenburg	Sweden	5 Aug – 13 Aug	Ullevi	44	1,804
6th	1997 (details)	Athens	Greece	1 Aug – 10 Aug	Olympiako Stadio	44	1,882
7th	1999 (details)	Seville	Spain	20 Aug – 29 Aug	Estadio Olímpico de la Cartuja	46	1,821
8th	2001 (details)	Edmonton	Canada	3 Aug – 12 Aug	Commonwealth Stadium	46	1,677
9th	2003 (details)	Saint-Denis	France	23 Aug – 31 Aug	Stade de France	46	1,679
10th	2005 (details)	Helsinki	Finland	6 Aug – 14 Aug	Olympiastadion	47	1,688
11th	2007 (details)	Osaka	Japan	24 Aug – 2 Sept	Nagai Stadium	47	1,800
12th	2009 (details)	Berlin	Germany	15 Aug – 23 Aug	Olympiastadion	47	1,895
13th	2011 (details)	Daegu	South Korea	27 Aug – 4 Sept	Daegu Stadium	47	1,867
14th	2013 (details)	Moscow	Russia	10 Aug – 18 Aug	Luzhniki Stadium
15th	2015 (details)	Beijing	China		Beijing National Stadium
16th	2017 (details)	London	United Kingdom		Olympic Stadium

Medal totals since 1983 [link]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	120	66	64	250
2	Russia	46	56	49	151
3	Kenya	31	27	25	83
4	Germany	28	23	36	87
5	Soviet Union	22	25	28	75
6	Cuba	18	20	7	45
7	East Germany	18	18	15	51
8	Ethiopia	18	16	15	49
9	Great Britain and N.I.	16	25	28	69
10	Jamaica	14	36	30	80
11	Italy	11	14	12	37
12	Belarus	10	11	11	32
13	Poland	10	8	13	31
14	Morocco	10	7	5	22
15	Czech Republic	10	4	3	17
16	France	9	12	14	35
17	China	9	8	10	27
18	Australia	9	5	10	24
19	Ukraine	8	9	11	28
20	Spain	7	15	13	35
21	Finland	7	7	5	19
22	South Africa	7	4	1	12
23	Sweden	7	3	5	15
24	Norway	6	4	2	12
25	Algeria	6	0	3	9
26	Romania	5	8	9	22
27	Bahamas	5	7	5	17
28	Portugal	5	6	5	16
29	Bulgaria	5	3	7	15
30	Bahrain	5	1	1	7
31	Canada	4	8	5	17
32	Greece	4	5	10	19
33	Czechoslovakia	4	4	3	11
34	Switzerland	4	0	3	7
35	Japan	3	6	11	20
36	Mexico	3	1	7	11
37	Mozambique	3	1	1	5
38	Ecuador	3	1	0	4
39	New Zealand	3	0	1	4
39	Denmark	3	0	1	4
41	Estonia	2	4	1	7
42	Ireland	2	3	0	5
43	Lithuania	2	2	1	5
44	Dominican Republic	2	1	0	3
44	Qatar	2	1	1	4
46	Croatia	2	0	0	2
46	Tajikistan	2	0	0	2
48	Brazil	1	5	5	11
49	Trinidad and Tobago	1	4	4	9
50	Namibia	1	4	0	5
51	Netherlands	1	3	3	7
52	Zambia	1	2	0	3
53	Slovenia	1	1	1	3
53	Uganda	1	1	1	3
55	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1	0	4	5
56	Somalia	1	0	1	2
56	Syria	1	0	1	2
56	Senegal	1	0	1	2
59	North Korea	1	0	0	1
59	Panama	1	1	0	2
61	Barbados	1	0	0	1
62	Hungary	0	4	5	9
63	Nigeria	0	3	3	6
64	Kazakhstan	0	2	3	5
65	Turkey	0	2	1	3
66	Djibouti	0	2	0	2
66	Cameroon	0	2	0	2
68	Tunisia	0	1	1	2
68	Cyprus	0	1	1	2
68	Austria	0	1	1	2
68	Burundi	0	1	1	2
68	Suriname	0	1	1	2
68	Sri Lanka	0	1	1	2
68	Israel	0	1	1	2
68	Ghana	0	1	1	2
75	Bermuda	0	1	0	1
76	Eritrea	0	1	0	1
76	Puerto Rico	0	1	0	1
76	Tanzania	0	1	0	1
80	Belgium	0	0	4	4
80	Slovakia	0	0	3	3
82	Colombia	0	0	2	2
83	Latvia	0	0	1	1
83	Saudi Arabia	0	0	1	1
83	American Samoa	0	0	1	1
83	Haiti	0	0	1	1
83	India	0	0	1	1
83	Dominica	0	0	1	1
83	Iran	0	0	1	1
	Total	538	543	539	1619

NOTE: Germany refers both to the former West Germany (1983–90) and the unified Federal Republic of Germany (1990–present).

v t e Medal tables of Olympics, Paralympics and World Championships by sport

Olympic Games (Hosts · Medals)	Alpine skiing Archery Athletics Badminton Bandy Basketball men women Biathlon Bobsleigh Boxing Canoeing & kayaking Cross-country skiing Curling Cycling Diving Equestrian Field hockey Fencing Figure skating Football men women Freestyle skiing Gymnastics Handball Ice hockey Judo Luge Modern pentathlon Nordic combined Rowing Sailing Shooting Skeleton Ski jumping Snowboarding Speed skating Short track Swimming Synchronized swimming Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball Water polo Weightlifting Wrestling Greco-Roman Freestyle

Paralympic Games (Hosts · Medals)	Alpine skiing Archery Athletics Biathlon Boccia Cross‑country skiing Cycling Equestrian Football 5-a-side Football 7-a-side Goalball Ice sledge hockey Judo Powerlifting Rowing Sailing Shooting Swimming Table tennis Volleyball Wheelchair basketball Wheelchair curling Wheelchair fencing Wheelchair rugby Wheelchair tennis

World Championships or World Cups	Alpine skiing American football Aquatics Athletics Badminton men women BWF Bandy men women Baseball Basketball men women Basque Pelota Beach soccer Biathlon Bobsleigh Bowling Canoe Slalom Sprint Chess Cricket men women Test ODI Curling men women Cycling BMX Cyclo-cross men women Mountain Bike Marathon Track Equestrian Equestrian Games Show Jumping Eventing Fencing F1 drivers constructors Field hockey men women Football clubs men women Figure skating Futsal Gymnastics artistic rhythmic Handball men women Ice hockey men women ranks Luge natural Modern Pentathlon Nordic skiing Paddle Tennis Polo Roller Hockey men women Rugby union men women Shooting Softball Speed skating men men's sprint women women's sprint Taekwondo Tennis men women ranks Volleyball WC Water polo Weightlifting Wrestling

Lists by country List of international rankings List of top international rankings by country

Ceremonies [link]

The opening and closing ceremonies of the 8th IAAF World Championships held in Edmonton in 2001 were broadcast live to over 200 countries. The event included the men's marathon, and featured a thousand voice choir and original music by The Second City alumni Jan Randall.

Multiple medallist [link]

Men

There are ten athletes who have won at least six medals.^[1]

Athlete	Country				Tot.
Carl Lewis	United States	8	1	1	10
Michael Johnson	United States	8	0	0	8
Usain Bolt	Jamaica	5	2	0	7
Haile Gebrselassie	Ethiopia	4	2	1	7
Sergey Bubka	Soviet Union/ Ukraine	6	0	0	6
Kenenisa Bekele	Ethiopia	5	0	1	6
Lars Riedel	Germany	5	0	1	6
Hicham El Guerrouj	Morocco	4	2	0	6
Butch Reynolds	United States	3	2	1	6
Greg Haughton	Jamaica	0	4	2	6

Women

There are nine athletes who have won at least six medals.^[1]

Athlete	Country				Tot.
Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	3	4	7	14
Allyson Felix	United States	8	1	1	10
Jearl Miles Clark	United States	4	3	2	9
Veronica Campbell-Brown	Jamaica	2	7	0	9
Gail Devers	United States	5	3	0	8
Gwen Torrence	United States	3	4	1	8
Yuliya Pechonkina	Russia	2	3	2	7
Beverly McDonald	Jamaica	1	4	2	7
Lorraine Graham	Jamaica	1	3	3	7

Athletes with most appearances [link]

There are fourteen athletes that competed in at least eight editions.^[1]

App.	Name	Country	Years contested	Events
11	Susana Feitor	Portugal	91, 93, 95, 97, 99, 01, 03, 05, 07, 09, 11	10 km walk / 20 km walk
10	Franka Dietzsch	Germany	91, 93, 95, 97, 99, 01, 03, 05, 07, 09	Discus throw
10	Jesús Angel García	Spain	93, 95, 97, 99, 01, 03, 05, 07, 09, 11	50 km walk
9	Tim Berrett	Canada	91, 93, 95, 97, 99, 01, 03, 05, 07	20 km walk / 50 km walk
	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	91, 93, 95, 97, 99, 01, 03, 05, 07	800 m
	Danny McFarlane	Jamaica	93, 95, 97, 99, 01, 03, 05, 07, 09	400 m / 400 m hurdles / 4x400 m
8	Jan Zelezny	Czechoslovakia / Czech Republic	87, 91, 93, 95, 97, 99, 01, 03	Javelin throw
	Lars Riedel	Germany	91, 93, 95, 97, 99, 01, 03, 05	Discus throw
	Hatem Ghoula	Tunisia	93, 95, 97, 99, 01, 03, 05, 07	20 km walk
	Merlene Ottey	Jamaica / Slovenia	83, 87, 91, 93, 95, 97, 03, 07	100 m / 200 m / 4x100 m
	Kevin Sullivan	Canada	93, 95, 97, 99, 01, 03, 05, 07	1500 m
	Nicola Vizzoni	Italy	97, 99, 01, 03, 05, 07, 09, 11	Hammer throw
	Sergey Makarov	Russia	97, 99, 01, 03, 05, 07, 09, 11	Javelin throw
	Venelina Veneva	Bulgaria	91, 95, 99, 01, 03, 05, 09, 11	High Jump

Other Athletics World Championship events [link]

Prior to the inaugural IAAF World Championships in Helsinki in 1983 there had been several single events and races in the years leading up to them which were considered World Championships in those events. These consisted of non-Olympic events for which the Olympics didn't provide the opportunity for the holding of World Championships. Below are the medal winners from these events.

1976 (Malmö, Sweden)[link]

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 km walk (Men)	Veniamin Soldatenko USSR	3:54:40	Enrique Vera Mexico	3:58:14	Reima Salonen Finland	3:58:53

1980 (Sittard, Netherlands)[link]

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
3000 m (Women)	Brigit Friedmann West Germany	8:48.05	Karoline Nemetz Sweden	8:50.22	Ingrid Kristiansen Norway	8:58.80
400 m hurdles (Women)	Bärbel Broschat East Germany	54.55	Ellen Neumann East Germany	54.56	Petra Pfaff East Germany	55.84

References [link]

^ ^a ^b ^c Statistics book, Berlin 2009

External links [link]

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Indoor	1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014

Continental Cup	1977 1979 1981 1985 1989 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014

Junior	1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014

Youth	1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013

Cross Country	1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Race Walking	1961 1963 1965 1967 1969 1971 1973 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012

Half Marathon	1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2012 2014

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Asia	AAA – Asian Championships: Outdoor • Indoor • Cross Country

Africa	CAA – African Championships: Outdoor • Cross Country • Combined Events

North America	NACAC – NACAC Championships: Outdoor • Cross Country • Combined Events • CAC Championships

South America	CONSUDATLE – South American Championships: Outdoor • Cross Country

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Europe	EAA – European Championships: Outdoor • Indoor • Team • Cross Country

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v t e World championships

Team	American football men women Association football men women Australian football Bandy men women Baseball men women WBC (men) Basketball men women Beach handball Beach soccer Beach volleyball Canoe polo Cricket men women Curling Fistball men women Floorball Futsal Handball men women Field hockey men women Golf men women Ice hockey men women Ice sledge hockey Inline hockey Korfball Lacrosse men women indoor Netball Padel tennis Polo Ringette Roller derby Roller hockey men women Rugby league men women Rugby union men women sevens Sailing Yachts Dinghies Softball Volleyball Water polo men women

Mixed	Air sports Aquatic sports Badminton men women mixed individual Basque pelota Equestrianism Equestrian Games dressage eventing show jumping Mounted games Racquetball Squash (individual doubles team) Table tennis Tennis (team men team women individual) Wheelchair rugby

Individual	Archery Athletics cross country half marathon indoor outdoor para athletics race walking 100 km Biathlon Bobsleigh and skeleton Boxing amateur professional Bowling Bowls Canoeing slalom sprint Cycling BMX cross country marathon cyclo-cross mountain bike racing road track track para-cycling Darts Fencing Gliding Gymnastics acrobatic aerobic artistic rhythmic trampolining Ice skating figure speed synchronized Inline speed skating Judo Karate Kendo Luge artificial track natural track Modern pentathlon Orienteering foot ski mountain bike Powerlifting Roller skating artistic Rowing Sailing All Disciplines Short track speed skating Shooting Skiing Alpine Para Alpine freestyle Nordic Para Nordic flying snowboarding Ski mountaineering Sport climbing Surfing Taekwondo Triathlon Water skiing Weightlifting Wrestling Wushu

Cue sports	Carom billiards Three-cushion individual team artistic five-pin English billiards Pocket billiards eight-ball nine-ball ten-ball straight pool Six-red snooker Snooker

Board games	Backgammon Chess Crokinole Go Scrabble Sudoku

Motorsport	Air racing Enduro Endurance motorcycle Formula One Ice racing individual team Karting Grand Prix motorcycle Production motorcycle superbike supersport Motocross Powerboating F1 offshore Radio controlled racing Rallying WRC junior production S2000 Academy rally raid Sidecar Sidecar motocross Speedway motorcycle (individual team) Sports car endurance GT Touring car Motorcycle trials

IAAF World Athletics Championships Host cities

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Paula Radcliffe

Paula Radcliffe at the 2008 New York City Marathon

Personal information

Born

17 December 1973 (age 38)
Davenham, Cheshire, England

Height

1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)

Weight

54 kg (120 lb; 8.5 st)

Sport

Country

United Kingdom

Club

Bedford & County Athletic Club

Achievements and titles

World finals

1993, 3000 m, 7th
1997, 5000 m, 4th
1999, 10,000 m,

Silver
2001, 10,000 m, 4th
2005, 10,000 m, 9th
2005, Marathon,

Gold

Olympic finals

1996, 5000 m, 5th
2000, 10,000 m, 4th
2004, Marathon, DNF
2004, 10,000 m, DNF
2008, Marathon, 23rd

Highest world ranking

Personal best(s)

5000 m: 14:29.11
10,000 m: 30:01.09
Half Marathon: 1:06:47
Marathon: 2:15:25 WR

Medal record

Women's athletics
World Championships
Gold	2005 Helsinki	Marathon
Silver	1999 Seville	10000 m
World Cross Country Championships
Gold	1992 Boston	Junior race
Gold	2001 Ostend	Long race
Gold	2002 Dublin	Long race
Silver	1997 Turin	Long race
Silver	1998 Marrakech	Long race
Silver	2001 Ostend	Short race
Bronze	1999 Belfast	Long race
Commonwealth Games
Gold	2002 Manchester	5,000 m
European Championships
Gold	2002 Munich	10000 m
European Cross Country Championships
Gold	1998 Ferrara	Individual
Gold	2003 Edinburgh	Individual
Gold	2003 Edinburgh	Team
European Cup
Gold	1998 Saint Petersburg	5000 m
Gold	1999 Paris	5000 m
Gold	2004 Bydgoszcz	5000 m
Silver	1998 Saint Petersburg	1500 m
Silver	2001 Bremen	5000 m
Bronze	1997 Munich	3000 m

Updated on 25-08-2007.

Paula Jane Radcliffe, MBE (born 17 December 1973) is an English long-distance runner. She is the current women's world record holder in the marathon with her time of 2:15:25 hours. She is a three-time winner of the London Marathon, two-time New York Marathon champion, and won the 2002 Chicago Marathon.

Radcliffe is a former world champion in the marathon, half marathon and cross country. She has also been European champion over 10,000 metres and in cross country. On the track, Radcliffe won the 10,000 metres silver medal at the 1999 World Championships and was the 2002 Commonwealth champion at 5000 metres. She has represented Great Britain at the Olympics four times consecutively (1996 to 2008), but has not won a medal on the Olympic stage.

Radcliffe is an asthma sufferer who is against the use of drugs in sport. She is married to her coach, Gary Lough, and has two children.

Her running has earned her a number of accolades including the BBC Sports Personality of the Year, Laureus World Comeback of the Year, IAAF World Athlete of the Year, AIMS World Athlete of the Year (three times) and a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE). She has also been nominated for World Sportswoman of the year on several occasions. In 2010, she was inducted into the England Athletics Hall of Fame.

Early life [link]

Radcliffe was born on 17 December 1973 in Davenham near Northwich, Cheshire. Her family then moved to nearby Barnton where she attended Little Leigh Primary School.^[1] Despite suffering from asthma and anaemia she took up running at the age of seven, influenced by her father who was a keen amateur marathon runner and joined Frodsham Athletic Club. Her family later moved to Kingsley.

When Radcliffe was aged 12, the family moved to Oakley, Bedfordshire and she became a member of Bedford & County Athletics Club. Her joining the club coincided with a talented and dedicated coach, Alex Stanton, building the women's and girls' sections in to one of the strongest in the country, in spite of Bedford's relatively small size.

Radcliffe's father became club vice-chairman and her mother, a fun-runner, managed the women's cross-country team.^[2] Her first race at a national level came as a 12 year old in 1986 when she placed 299th out of around 600 in the girls' race of the English Schools Cross Country Championships. She finished fourth in the same race one year later.

Radcliffe attended Sharnbrook Upper School and Community College. She went on to study French, German and economics at Loughborough University, gaining a first-class honours degree in modern European studies.^[3]

Running career [link]

Early career [link]

Radcliffe's early running success was in cross country events, including the 1992 World Junior title, beating Wang Junxia. She missed the 1994 season through injury, but came back with a succession of good results at 5,000 m, including fifth place in both the 1995 World Championships and 1996 Olympic Games. Although a silver-medalist in the 1999 World Championships in Athletics Radcliffe finished out of the medals at the 2000 Olympic Games and 2001 World Championships.

She won back-to-back titles in the 2000 and 2001 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, and winning a third title in 2003.

Cross country champion [link]

On 24 March, Radcliffe won the Ostend, Belgium held World Cross Country Championships 2001 title. Radcliffe, who finished in a time of 27:49, said: "It still hasn't really sunk in". Gete Wami, who came in second place said: "No one likes losing, but if anyone deserves to win this title it is Paula. She was great."^[4]

Held in March in Dublin, Radcliffe defended her title in the Women's Long Race when she won the 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships title for a second year. She won in 26:46.^[5]

Marathon world record [link]

In 2002, Radcliffe made the move up to the marathon, a decision that immediately paid off with victory at her debut in that year's London Marathon on 14 April 2002 in a world's best time for a women's only race (2:18:55).^[6] Her time was the second quickest in women's marathon history behind the world record of 2:18:47 set by Catherine Ndereba, of Kenya, in Chicago.^[7]

Later that year, Radcliffe set a world record time of 2:17:18 in the Chicago Marathon on 13 October 2002,^[8] breaking the previous record by a minute and a half.

She was awarded an MBE in June 2002. She said: "It means a great deal to me, it's a great honour and it really tops off an amazing year. "To come here and receive this and to meet the Queen at the end of it just finishes it off perfectly."^[9]

Later the same year, she became the BBC Sports Personality of the Year, making her the first woman in over a decade to be honoured with the accolade. Paula thanked her husband Gary Lough, her coach Alex Stanton and her physio, Gerard Hartmann.^[10]

Further world records [link]

Radcliffe is the current world record holder for the women's marathon, which she set during the 2003 London Marathon in April, with a time of 2:15:25. The performance is one of the highest of score's values in terms of the IAAF World ranking points.

Radcliffe is also the current world record holder for the women's road 10k in a time of 30 minutes and 21 seconds, which she set on 23 February 2003 in the World's Best 10K in San Juan, Puerto Rico.^[11]

Radcliffe won the 2004 New York City Marathon in a time of 2:23:10, beating Kenya's Susan Chepkemei.^[12]

Of the seven marathons Radcliffe has run so far, she has won six and set a record in five. She has run four out of the five fastest times in history in the women's marathon.

2004 Athens Olympics [link]

Radcliffe did not compete in the London Marathon in 2004, but was the favourite to win a gold medal in the marathon at the Olympic Games in Athens. However, she suffered an injury to her leg just two weeks prior to the event and had to use a high dose of anti-inflammatory drugs. This had an adverse effect on her stomach hindering food absorption. She ended up withdrawing from the race after 36 km. Five days later she started in the 10,000 metres but, still suffering from the effects of the marathon, retired with eight laps remaining.^[13] Radcliffe said "You go through bad stages in a marathon, but never as bad as that", "I've never before not been able to finish and I'm desperately trying to find a reason for what happened", "I just feel numb - this is something I worked so hard for."^[14]

Regarded as Great Britain's best gold medal hope in athletics, her withdrawal made headlines in the UK, with editorial stances ranging from support to negativity, with some newspapers deriding Radcliffe for 'quitting', rather than going on to finish the race.^[15] Television pictures showed Radcliffe in a clearly distressed state after dropping out of the marathon, being comforted by two friends from her early running days.^[16]

2005: Marathon World Champion [link]

Paula Radcliffe leading the London Marathon in 2005, near to Limehouse in east London.

At the 2005 London Marathon, Radcliffe won with a time of 2:17:42, a world's best time for a women's only race by over a minute. The race is remembered for a notorious moment towards the end when Radcliffe, hindered by runner's diarrhoea and in need for a toilet break, stopped and defecated on the side of the road in view of the crowd and TV cameras which broadcast the incident live.^[17] After the race, she apologised to viewers and explained what happened, "I was losing time because I was having stomach cramps and I thought 'I just need to go and I'll be fine'. I didn’t really want to resort to that in front of hundreds of thousands of people.^[18] Basically I needed to go. I started feeling it between 15 and 16 miles (26 km) and probably carried on too long before stopping. I must have eaten too much beforehand". In November 2006, the incident was voted top running moment in history in the UK from a choice of ten 'unforgettable moments'.^[19]

On 14 August 2005 at the World Championships held in Helsinki she won Britain's only gold medal when she took the marathon title, dominating the race and setting a championship record time of 2:20:57. Catherine Ndereba of Kenya finished in second place, more than a minute behind. Radcliffe said: "It pretty much went according to plan. If somebody had been with me at the end I think I could have pushed it up a bit more." She and three other British runners were also awarded third place in the team competition.^[20]

Family and autobiography [link]

Paula Radcliffe with daughter Isla at the New York City Marathon, 2007

Radcliffe took a break through the 2006 season owing to injuries and in July announced that she was expecting her first child. Her comeback was further delayed in 2007 as a result of a stress fracture in her lower back.^[21]

Radcliffe chose not to defend her world marathon crown in 2007, in order to undertake further rehabilitation, but insisted she wanted to compete in the next two Olympics. She made her return to competitive running on 30 September 2007, taking part in the BUPA Great North Run in the UK on Tyneside. This was her first race in almost two years. Radcliffe finished second behind US runner Kara Goucher.^[22]

Radcliffe made her marathon return at the New York City Marathon on 4 November 2007 which she won with an official time of 2:23:09.^[23]

Radcliffe released an autobiography in 2004, Paula: My Story So Far.^[24]

2008–09: Beijing Olympics and fitness problems [link]

Paula Radcliffe airborne at mile 14, New York City Marathon 2007

Radcliffe withdrew from the 2008 London Marathon due to a foot injury.^[25] Shortly after the London Marathon, it was also revealed that Radcliffe was suffering from an injury to her hip, preventing her from running. Originally thought to be a muscular problem, scans later revealed it was a stress fracture to her femur. In May, Radcliffe broke her left leg.

Radcliffe managed to get to fitness level for the 2008 Summer Olympics, but cramped during the marathon to the point where she had to stop running and stretch. She resumed the race and finished in 23rd place overall.

Radcliffe won the 2008 New York City Marathon, making it her third victory at the competition with a time of 2:23:56. Russian Lyudmila Petrova came in second, and American Kara Goucher took third.^[26]

Following the New York Marathon, Radcliffe suffered more injury setbacks: she had to withdraw from the 2009 London Marathon due to a fractured toe. In March that year, she had a bunion removed which doctors believed was the root cause of her other injuries at that time.^[27] She did not run competitively for almost 10 months, but made herself available for inclusion in the 2009 British team for the World Championships in Athletics. She announced that the New York City Half Marathon would be a testing ground for her fitness before the competition.^[28]

Radcliffe went on to win the New York City Half Marathon in 1:09:45, two seconds off the course record. However, after this she pulled out of the World Championships as she felt unfit, and she missed the 2009 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in Birmingham due to a bout of tonsillitis.^[29] She returned to action at the 2009 New York City Marathon but failed to notch her third consecutive victory, instead fading to fourth place with knee problems.^[30]

Following an 19-month layoff that included the birth of her second child, she returned to action at the Bupa London 10 km, where she finished 3rd, 55 seconds behind the winner, Jo Pavey. Radcliffe called the performance "a bit of a disaster", and indicated she was suffering from a tear in a one of the discs of her back.^[31]^[32]

She set the 2011 Berlin Marathon as her comeback venue to try for an Olympic qualifying time. She came third in the race with a time of 2:23:46 hours – getting the Olympic standard and the fourth fastest time by a European that year.^[33] She was dissatisfied, however, saying: "I'm not particularly happy, either with my time or my place. I came here wanting to win".^[34] She used the 2012 Vienna Half Marathon to gauge her fitness and the race was set up as a battle between her and Haile Gebrselassie, with Radcliffe received a head start of 7:52 minutes (the difference between the two athletes personal bests). She did not perform well and was comfortably beaten by the Ethiopian, while she crossed the line after 72:03 minutes.^[35]

Other achievements and awards [link]

Awarded the BBC London Sports Awards 2003 for 'Sporting Moment of the Year'.^[36]
Radcliffe has set numerous records, official and unofficial, on the track and the roads. As of November 2009, she holds the official world record for 10 km on roads.^[37] She has twice won the World Half-Marathon championships, twice the World Cross-Country championships (in 2001 and 2002), and in December 2003 became European Cross-Country champion for the second time, the only woman to have achieved this feat in the event's ten-year history.
In 2004 Radcliffe joined with Jonathan Edwards on an Olympic Special Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. The pair raised £64,000 for charity, half of that sum going to the British Olympic Association and a quarter of the sum going to Asthma UK.^[38]
Nominated for the Sports Personality Award in 2007.
Won the Laureus World Comeback of the Year award in early 2008 for her performances in 2007.^[39]

Anti doping [link]

Radcliffe has frequently made high-profile condemnations of the use of performance-enhancing drugs in athletics. Radcliffe and team-mate Hayley Tullett cause controversy when in the heats of the 5,000 metres at the 2001 the World Athletics Championships in Edmonton; when they held up a sign protesting against the reinstatement of Russian athlete Olga Yegorova after Yegorova had tested positive for the banned substance EPO. The sign was made by Radcliffe's husband and read 'EPO Cheats Out.' It was eventually taken off them by the stadium officials, but not before it was streamed around the world.^[40] After Radcliffe and Tullett's initial protest, team mates Kathy Butler and Hayley Yelling - who both missed out on a place in the final, protested alongside coaches Mark Rowland and Alan Storey, wearing Radcliffe masks and holding up banners with mocking slogans including one which read 'Free Paula.'^[41] Radcliffe vowed to continue her fight against drugs in sport after her high profile actions in Edmonton.^[42] Since the 1999 European Cup, Radcliffe wears a red ribbon when competing to show her support for blood testing as a method of catching drugs cheats.^[40]^[43]

"We should be pleased. One of the biggest frauds has been caught. Her medals should also be taken away"

Radcliffe on Marion Jones in 2007.^[44]

Radcliffe has advocated a system where first time offenders are banned for four years and any future offense for life. However she felt that in cases like that of Christine Ohuruogu, who missed three out of competition drugs tests, that she should be allowed to compete in the Olympics, as the BOA does not allow anyone who has served a doping ban to compete.^[45] However when Ohuruogu admitted to not trying to reach the tests Radcliffe expressed her disappointment and hoped that it was a lesson learned.^[46] When Marion Jones admitted to steroid use, Radcliffe stated that is was good for the sport that she was caught and that they had to keep testing and that people being caught is a big deterrent to would be cheats.^[44]

The rapid improvements and fast times in Radcliffe's career have also brought suspicion of doping in her case. Reflecting upon the scepticism created by incidents of doping, she said "You have to accept the situation...it would be great if we could win the battle against doping and have testing that was 100 per-cent reliable, but I don't think that will happen in my competitive career." She has previously asked for the results of her blood tests to be made public, saying that she had "absolutely no objection to my test being released".^[47]

Personal life [link]

Paula Radcliffe was born to Peter and Pat Radcliffe^[48] Radcliffe is the niece of 1920 Olympic Silver medalist Charlotte Radcliffe.^[49] Radcliffe met her husband Gary Lough, a former Northern Irish 1,500 m runner, when he was her lodger at Loughborough University.^[50] The pair married in 2001.^[51] At age 33, she gave birth to her first child, daughter Isla, after a 27-hour labour in 2007.^[52] Her second child, a son, Raphael, was born on 29 September 2010.^[53]

Achievements [link]

Championships record [link]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
1991	World Cross Country Championships	Antwerp, Belgium	15th	Junior cross country
1992	World Cross Country Championships	Boston, USA	1st	Junior cross country
1992	World Junior Championships	Seoul, South Korea	4th	3000 m
1993	World Cross Country Championships	Amorebieta, Spain	18th	Cross country
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	7th	3000 m
1995	World Cross Country Championships	Durham, England	18th	Cross country
	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	5th	5000 m
	IAAF Grand Prix Final	Monaco	4th	3000 m
1996	World Cross Country Championships	Stellenbosch, South Africa	19th	Cross country
	Olympic Games	Atlanta, USA	5th	5000 m
	IAAF Grand Prix Final	Milan, Italy	4th	5000 m
1997	World Cross Country Championships	Turin, Italy	2nd	Cross country
	European Cup	Munich, Germany	3rd	3000 m
	World Championships	Athens, Greece	4th	5000 m
	IAAF Grand Prix Final	Fukuoka, Japan	3rd	5000 m
1998	World Cross Country Championships	Marrakech, Morocco	2nd	Cross country
	European Cup	St. Petersburg, Russia	1st	5000 m
	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	5th	10,000 m
1999	World Cross Country Championships	Belfast, Northern Ireland	3rd	Cross country
	European Cup	Paris, France	1st	5000 m
	World Championships	Seville, Spain	2nd	10,000 m
	IAAF Grand Prix Final	Munich, Germany	4th	3000 m
2000	World Cross Country Championships	Vilamoura, Portugal	4th	Short Cross Country
	World Cross Country Championships	Vilamoura, Portugal	5th	Long Cross Country
	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	4th	10,000 m
2001	World Cross Country Championships	Ostend, Belgium	2nd	Short Cross Country
	World Cross Country Championships	Ostend, Belgium	1st	Long Cross Country
	European Cup	Bremen, Germany	2nd	5000 m
	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	4th	10,000 m
2002	World Cross Country Championships	Dublin, Republic of Ireland	1st	Long Cross Country
	Commonwealth Games	Manchester, England	1st	5000 m
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	1st	10,000 m
2004	European Cup	Bydgoszcz, Poland	1st	5000 m
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	DNF	Marathon
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	DNF	10,000 m
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	1st	Marathon
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	23rd	Marathon

Road races [link]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
2000	World Half Marathon Championships	Veracruz, Mexico	1st	Half Marathon
2001	World Half Marathon Championships	Bristol, United Kingdom	1st	Half Marathon
2002	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom	1st	Marathon
2002	Chicago Marathon	Chicago, United States	1st	Marathon
2003	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom	1st	Marathon
	Great North Run	Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom	1st	Half marathon
	World Half Marathon Championships	Vilamoura, Spain	1st	Half Marathon
2004	New York City Marathon	New York, United States	1st	Marathon
2005	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom	1st	Marathon
2007	Great North Run	Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom	2nd	Half marathon
2007	New York City Marathon	New York, United States	1st	Marathon
2008	New York City Marathon	New York, United States	1st	Marathon
2009	New York City Half Marathon	New York, United States	1st	Half marathon
2009	New York City Marathon	New York, United States	4th	Marathon
2011	Berlin Marathon	Berlin, Germany	3rd	Marathon

Personal bests [link]

Surface	Event	Time	Date	Place	Extra
Track	400 m	58.9	1992
	800 m	2:05.22	1995
	1000 m	2:47.17	1993
	1500 m	4:05.37	1 July 2001	Glasgow, Scotland
	1 Mile	4:24.94	14 August 1996	Zürich, Switzerland
	2000 m	5:37.01+	29 August 1993	Sheffield, England
	3000 m	8:22.20	19 July 2002	Monaco	British record
	2 Miles	9:17.4	23 May 1999	Loughborough, England
	4000 m	11:35.21+
	5000 m	14:29.11	20 June 2004	Bydgoszcz, Poland	British record
	10 000 m	30:01.09	6 August 2002	Munich, Germany	Sixth best ever

Road	5 km	14:57+	2 September 2001	London, England
	4 Miles	19:51+
	5 Miles	24:47+
	8 km	24:05+			World best (non-IAAF distance)
	10 km	30:21	23 February 2003	San Juan, Puerto Rico	World record
	15 km	46:41+	7 October 2001	Bristol, England	British record (unofficial/downhill)
	10 Miles	50:01+	13 October 2002	Chicago, USA	World best (unratifiable/downhill)
	20 km	1:02.21+	21 September 2003	Newcastle-South Shields, England	World best (unratifiable/downhill)
	Half marathon	1:05:40	21 September 2003	Newcastle-South Shields, England	World best (unratifiable/downhill)
	25 km	1:20.36+	13 April 2003	London, England
	30 km	1:36:36+	13 April 2003	London, England	World best (unratifiable)
	20 Miles	1:43:33+	13 April 2003	London, England	World best (unratifiable)
	Marathon	2:15:25	13 April 2003	London, England	World record

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Bibliography [link]

Paula: My Story So Far (Paula Radcliffe with David Walsh) ISBN 0-7432-5242-X

External links [link]

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Records
Preceded by Catherine Ndereba	Women's Marathon World Record Holder 13 October 2002 –	Succeeded by Incumbent
Awards and achievements
Preceded by David Beckham	BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2002	Succeeded by Jonny Wilkinson
Preceded by Stacy Dragila	Women's Track & Field Athlete of the Year 2002	Succeeded by Hestrie Cloete
Sporting positions
Preceded by Olga Yegorova	Women's 5,000 m Best Year Performance 2002	Succeeded by Berhane Adere
Preceded by Catherine Ndereba Yoko Shibui	Women's Fastest Marathon Race 2002 – 2003 2005	Succeeded by Yoko Shibui Deena Kastor

v t e BBC Sports Personality of the Year winners

1954–1959	1954 Christopher Chataway 1955 Gordon Pirie 1956 Jim Laker 1957 Dai Rees 1958 Ian Black 1959 John Surtees

1960–1969	1960 David Broome 1961 Stirling Moss 1962 Anita Lonsbrough 1963 Dorothy Hyman 1964 Mary Rand 1965 Tom Simpson 1966 Bobby Moore 1967 Henry Cooper 1968 David Hemery 1969 Ann Jones

1970–1979	1970 Henry Cooper 1971 HRH The Princess Anne 1972 Mary Peters 1973 Jackie Stewart 1974 Brendan Foster 1975 David Steele 1976 John Curry 1977 Virginia Wade 1978 Steve Ovett 1979 Sebastian Coe

1980–1989	1980 Robin Cousins 1981 Ian Botham 1982 Daley Thompson 1983 Steve Cram 1984 Torvill and Dean (Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean) 1985 Barry McGuigan 1986 Nigel Mansell 1987 Fatima Whitbread 1988 Steve Davis 1989 Nick Faldo

1990–1999	1990 Paul Gascoigne 1991 Liz McColgan 1992 Nigel Mansell 1993 Linford Christie 1994 Damon Hill 1995 Jonathan Edwards 1996 Damon Hill 1997 Greg Rusedski 1998 Michael Owen 1999 Lennox Lewis

2000–2009	2000 Steve Redgrave 2001 David Beckham 2002 Paula Radcliffe 2003 Jonny Wilkinson 2004 Kelly Holmes 2005 Andrew Flintoff 2006 Zara Phillips 2007 Joe Calzaghe 2008 Chris Hoy 2009 Ryan Giggs

2010–Present	2010 Tony McCoy 2011 Mark Cavendish

World Best Year Performance in Women's 10,000 m

1975: Christa Vahlensieck (GER)
1976–1977: Peg Neppel (USA)
1978: Natalia Betini (ROU)
1979: Mary Shea (USA)
1980: Kathryn Binns (GBR)
1981: Yelena Sipatova (URS)
1982: Mary Decker-Slaney (USA)
1983: Raisa Sadreydinova (URS)
1984: Olga Bondarenko (URS)
1985–1987: Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)
1988: Olga Bondarenko (URS)
1989: Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)
1990: Viorica Ghican (ROU)
1991: Liz McColgan (GBR)
1992: Derartu Tulu (ETH)
1993–1994: Wang Junxia (CHN)
1995–1996: Fernanda Ribeiro (POR)
1997: Dong Yanmei (CHN)
1998: Fernanda Ribeiro (POR)
1999: Getenesh Wami (ETH)
2000: Derartu Tulu (ETH)
2001–2002: Paula Radcliffe (GBR)
2003: Berhane Adere (ETH)
2004: Paula Radcliffe (GBR)
2005: Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH)
2006: Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR)
2007: Mestawet Tufa (ETH)
2008: Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH)
2009-2010: Meselech Melkamu (ETH)
2011: Sally Kipyego (KEN)

World Best Year Performance in Women's Marathon

1980: Joyce Smith (ENG)
1981: Allison Roe (NZL)
1982: Joan Benoit (USA)
1983: Joan Benoit (USA)
1984: Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)
1985: Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)
1986: Grete Waitz (NOR)
1987: Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)
1988: Lisa Ondieki (AUS)
1989: Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)
1990: Rosa Mota (POR)
1991: Wanda Panfil (POL)
1992: Olga Markova (RUS)
1993: Wang Junxia (CHN)
1994: Uta Pippig (GER)
1995: Uta Pippig (GER)
1996: Katrin Dörre-Heinig (GER)
1997: Tegla Loroupe (KEN)
1998: Tegla Loroupe (KEN)
1999: Tegla Loroupe (KEN)
2000: Catherine Ndereba (KEN)
2001: Catherine Ndereba (KEN)
2002: Paula Radcliffe (ENG)
2003: Paula Radcliffe (ENG)
2004: Yoko Shibui (JPN)
2005: Paula Radcliffe (ENG)
2006: Deena Kastor (USA)
2007: Zhou Chunxiu (CHN)
2008: Irina Mikitenko (GER)
2009: Irina Mikitenko (GER)
2010: Liliya Shobukhova (RUS)
2011: Liliya Shobukhova (RUS)

v t e World Champions in Women's Marathon

1983: Grete Waitz (NOR) 1987: Rosa Mota (POR) 1991: Wanda Panfil (POL) 1993: Junko Asari (JPN) 1995: Manuela Machado (POR) 1997: Hiromi Suzuki (JPN) 1999: Jong Song-ok (PRK) 2001: Lidia Simon (ROM) 2003: Catherine Ndereba (KEN) 2005: Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 2007: Catherine Ndereba (KEN) 2009: Bai Xue (CHN) 2011: Edna Kiplagat (KEN)

World Champions in Women's Half Marathon

1992: Liz McColgan (GBR)
1993: Conceição Ferreira (POR)
1994: Elana Meyer (RSA)
1995: Valentina Yegorova (RUS)
1996: Ren Xiujuan (CHN)
1997: Tegla Loroupe (KEN)
1998: Tegla Loroupe (KEN)
1999: Tegla Loroupe (KEN)
2000: Paula Radcliffe (GBR)
2001: Paula Radcliffe (GBR)
2002: Berhane Adere (ETH)
2003: Paula Radcliffe (GBR)
2004: Sun Yingjie (CHN)
2005: Constantina Tomescu (ROM)
2006: Lornah Kiplagat (NED)
2007: Lornah Kiplagat (NED)
2008: Lornah Kiplagat (NED)
2009: Mary Keitany (KEN)
2010: Florence Kiplagat (KEN)

v t e European Champions in Women's 10000 m

1986: Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) 1990: Yelena Romanova (URS) 1994: Fernanda Ribeiro (POR) 1998: Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL) 2002: Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 2006: Inga Abitova (RUS) 2010: Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR)

v t e IAAF Women's World Cross Country Champions

Short Course	1998: Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL) 1999: Jackline Maranga (KEN) 2000: Kutre Dulecha (ETH) 2001: Gete Wami (ETH) 2002–2004: Edith Masai (KEN) 2005: Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) 2006: Gelete Burka (ETH)

Long Course	1973–1974: Paola Pigni (ITA) 1975: Julie Brown (USA) 1976–1977: Carmen Valero (ESP) 1978–1981: Grete Waitz (NOR) 1982: Maricica Puică (ROM) 1983: Grete Waitz (NOR) 1984: Maricica Puică (ROM) 1985–1986: Zola Budd (GBR) 1987: Annette Sergent (FRA) 1988: Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) 1989: Annette Sergent (FRA) 1990–1992: Lynn Jennings (USA) 1993: Albertina Dias (POR) 1994: Hellen Chepngeno (KEN) 1995: Derartu Tulu (ETH) 1996: Gete Wami (ETH) 1997: Derartu Tulu (ETH) 1998: Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL) 1999: Gete Wami (ETH) 2000: Derartu Tulu (ETH) 2001–2002: Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 2003: Werknesh Kidane (ETH) 2004: Benita Johnson (AUS) 2005–2006: Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) 2007: Lornah Kiplagat (NED) 2008: Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) 2009: Florence Kiplagat (KEN) 2010: Emily Chebet (KEN) 2011: Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN)

v t e Chicago Women's Marathon Winners

1977: Dorothy Doolittle (USA) 1978: Lynae Larson (USA) 1979: Laura Michalek (USA) 1980: Sue Petersen (USA) 1981: Tina Gandy (USA) 1982: Nancy Conz (USA) 1983–1984: Rosa Mota (POR) 1985: Joan Benoit (USA) 1986: Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) 1987: Not Held 1988–1989: Lisa Weidenbach (USA) 1990: Aurora Cunha (POR) 1991: Midde Hamrin (SWE) 1992: Linda Somers (USA) 1993: Ritva Lemettinen (FIN) 1994: Kristy Johnston (USA) 1995: Ritva Lemettinen (FIN) 1996–1997: Marian Sutton (GBR) 1998–1999: Joyce Chepchumba (KEN) 2000–2001: Catherine Ndereba (KEN) 2002: Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 2003: Svetlana Zakharova (RUS) 2004: Constantina Tomescu-Dita (ROM) 2005: Deena Kastor (USA) 2006–2007: Berhane Adere (ETH) 2008: Lidiya Grigoryeva (RUS) 2009–2011: Liliya Shobukhova (RUS)

World Marathon Majors: Berlin Marathon - List (M/W) Boston Marathon - List (M/W) Chicago Marathon - List (M/W) London Marathon - List (M/W) New York City Marathon - List (M/W)

v t e London Women's Marathon Winners

1981–1982: Joyce Smith (GBR) 1983: Grete Waitz (NOR) 1984–1985: Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) 1986: Grete Waitz (NOR) 1987–1988: Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) 1989: Véronique Marot (GBR) 1990: Wanda Panfil (POL) 1991: Rosa Mota (POR) 1992–1994: Katrin Dörre (GER) 1995: Małgorzata Sobańska (POL) 1996: Liz McColgan (GBR) 1997: Joyce Chepchumba (KEN) 1998: Catherina McKiernan (IRL) 1999: Joyce Chepchumba (KEN) 2000: Tegla Loroupe (KEN) 2001: Derartu Tulu (ETH) 2002–2003: Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 2004: Margaret Okayo (KEN) 2005: Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 2006: Deena Kastor (USA) 2007: Zhou Chunxiu (CHN) 2008–2009: Irina Mikitenko (GER) 2010: Liliya Shobukhova (RUS) 2011–2012: Mary Keitany (KEN)

World Marathon Majors: Berlin Marathon - List (M/W) Boston Marathon - List (M/W) Chicago Marathon - List (M/W) London Marathon - List (M/W) New York City Marathon - List (M/W)

v t e New York City Women's Marathon Winners

1971: Beth Bonner (USA) 1972–1973: Nina Kuscsik (USA) 1974: Kathrine Switzer (USA) 1975: Kim Merritt (USA) 1976–1977: Miki Gorman (USA) 1978–1980: Grete Waitz (NOR) 1981: Allison Roe (NZL) 1982–1986: Grete Waitz (NOR) 1987: Priscilla Welch (GBR) 1988: Grete Waitz (NOR) 1989: Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) 1990: Wanda Panfil (POL) 1991: Liz McColgan (GBR) 1992: Lisa Ondieki (AUS) 1993: Uta Pippig (GER) 1994–1995: Tegla Loroupe (KEN) 1996: Anuţa Cătună (ROM) 1997: Franziska Rochat-Moser (SUI) 1998: Franca Fiacconi (ITA) 1999: Adriana Fernández (MEX) 2000: Lyudmila Petrova (RUS) 2001: Margaret Okayo (KEN) 2002: Joyce Chepchumba (KEN) 2003: Margaret Okayo (KEN) 2004: Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 2005–2006: Jeļena Prokopčuka (LAT) 2007–2008: Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 2009: Derartu Tulu (ETH) 2010: Edna Kiplagat (KEN) 2011: Firehiwot Dado (ETH)

World Marathon Majors: Berlin Marathon - List (M/W) Boston Marathon - List (M/W) Chicago Marathon - List (M/W) London Marathon - List (M/W) New York City Marathon - List (M/W)

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Medal record
Women’s Athletics
Competitor for Cuba
Olympic Games
Silver	2004 Athens	Hammer
Silver	2008 Beijing	Hammer
World Championships
Gold	2001 Edmonton	Hammer
Gold	2003 Paris	Hammer
Silver	2005 Helsinki	Hammer
Silver	2007 Osaka	Hammer
Pan American Games
Gold	2003 Santo Domingo	Hammer
Gold	2007 Rio de Janeiro	Hammer
Gold	2011 Guadalajara	Hammer
Silver	1999 Winnipeg	Hammer
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold	2006 Cartagena	Hammer
Continental Cup
Bronze	2010 Split	Hammer

Yipsi Moreno González (born November 19, 1980 in Camagüey) is a Cuban hammer thrower. She is a double world champion and Olympic silver medalist, a former world junior record holder and current area^[1] record holder. She is currently ranked first in the world.^[2]

1 Early life and education
2 Athletics career
3 Footnotes
4 References

Early life and education [link]

At the age of 11, she was recruited by the Cerro Pelado Sports School in her hometown, where she started practicing shot put and discus throw. Hammer throw was not a regular women's event at the time, but following its introduction in Cuba in 1993, she eventually concentrated on this event. Gradual improvement earned her a place on the national junior team in 1996.

Athletics career [link]

1997-2000 [link]

In 1997, Moreno won the Pan American Junior Championships in Havana with a throw of 55.74 metres, improving the two-year-old championship record with ten metres. She beat the second place finisher Maureen Griffin by a 46 centimetre margin.^[3] This year she threw past the 60 metre mark for the first time, with 61.96 m. The next year, she finished fourth at the 1998 World Junior Championships, this time 29 centimetres behind Griffin.^[4] After the World Junior Championships, Moreno started working with a new coach Eladio Hernández, himself a former hammer thrower. The cooperation paid off almost immediately as Moreno established a new world junior record on 29 May 1999 with 66.34 metres at altitude in Mexico City.

Later that year, she won the silver medal at the Pan American Games with 63.03 metres, only beaten by Dawn Ellerbe who threw 65.36.^[5] At the World Championships the same year her only valid throw measured 58.68 metres, giving her an eighteenth place in the final (there was no qualification round).^[6] At her next major competition, the 2000 Olympics, she improved to fourth place.

2001-2002 [link]

In 2001, she broke the 70 metre barrier for the first time, and improved her personal best to 70.65 metres as she won the World Championships in Edmonton. Three weeks later she won the silver medal at the 2001 Summer Universiade behind Manuela Montebrun of France, who had finished fifth in Edmonton. In 2002 she improved to 71.47 metres in Madrid in July. She was selected to represent the Americas at the 2002 World Cup held in the same city two months later, and finished second.

2003–2005 [link]

In July 2003, she improved further to 75.14 metres. At the Pan American Games she won the gold ahead of compatriot Yunaika Crawford, smashing Dawn Ellerbe's championship record with a 74.25 metres throw.^[5] At the World Championships in August she defended her title with a second round effort of 73.33 metres. Her third round result of 72.52 m further secured the gold as runner-up Olga Kuzenkova managed no more than 71.71 m.^[7] Commenting on her victory, Moreno stated that she "was happy for Cuba and my family". The inaugural World Athletics Final in Szombathely, where she obtained another triumph, concluded the season. At the end of the year she was named Cuban Sportswoman of the Year for 2003.

2004 was an Olympic year and Moreno was considered the pre-event favourite for the hammer throw contest.^[8] Not only was she in lead of the world ranking, her new personal best and South American record of 75.18 metres from the National Cuban Olympics in Havana in April was the world leading result.^[9]^[10] In the Olympic final, however, her chance of winiing soon dwindled as Olga Kuzenkova took the lead and Moreno fouled her first throw. Moreno went on to foul on three of her five remaining efforts, managing 73.36 metres in the fourth round, while Kuzenkova had improved to 75.02 metres in the third round.^[8] Yunaika Crawford took the bronze medal behind Moreno.

The 2004 Olympic Games was the first and only major competition for Moreno in 2004. She did not compete at the World Athletics Final and experienced a foot injury which sidelined her for the first half of 2005. This meant she was dethroned from the leading position at the world ranking, but she recovered the position after a silver medal at the 2005 World Championships and a victory at the 2005 World Athletics Final. For the first time in her career, however, she went a whole season without improving her personal best.

2006-2007 [link]

In early 2006, Moreno won her first Central American and Caribbean Games title, setting another championship record with 70.22 metres. In August she again lost her top ranking position, this time to Russia's Tatyana Lysenko who had established a new world record of 77.80 m. Moreno's season best mark was 74.69 m from the Ostrava Super Grand Prix in May. She finished third at the 2006 World Athletics Final and the 2006 World Cup, both times behind Kamila Skolimowska of Poland.

On 3 March 2007, she broke her own area record as she threw 75.64 metres in Kingston, Jamaica. Establishing the new record in the fifth round of the competition, she followed this up with a 75.43 metres throw in the final round, again longer than her previous personal best. "I have had a good start this year, without physical problems", Moreno explained. ^[11] On 17 June she improved the record again, with a 76.36 m throw from the second round in the Janusz Kusocinski Memorial, Warsaw.^[12]

2008 [link]

At the 2008 Olympics Women's Hammer Throw final, Moreno again won a silver medal, this time behind Aksana Miankova of Belarus, who threw an Olympic Record distance of 76.34 meters in her second-to-last round. Moreno was in the silver medal position with one throw left, and in her final effort, she fell short of Miankova with a throw of 75.20 meters, although it was her best throw of the final.

Footnotes [link]

^ North America, Central America and the Caribbean (NACAC)
^ World rankings
^ Pan American Junior Championships - GBR Athletics
^ 1998 World Junior Championships - Official Results - Hammer Throw - Women - Final (IAAF)
^ ^a ^b Pan American Games - GBR Athletics
^ 1999 World Championships - Official Results - Hammer Throw - Women - Final (IAAF)
^ 2003 World Championships - Official Results - Hammer Throw - Women - Final (IAAF)
^ ^a ^b "CT" (25 August 2004). "Women's Hammer Throw Final". IAAF. http://www.iaaf.org/OLY04/news/Kind=4/newsId=26666.html. Retrieved 2007-03-07.
^ Moreno improves Area record to 75.18 in Cuban National Olympics. IAAF (2004-04-26). Retrieved on 2010-04-29.
^ IAAF top lists - women's hammer throw 2004
^ Clavelo Robinson, Javier (6 March 2007). "Moreno lets fly with 75.64m Area Hammer Throw record". IAAF. http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=2/newsId=37864.html. Retrieved 2007-03-07.
^ Jackowski, Pawel (18 June 2007). "Tikhon and Moreno blast hammers out to 82.58 and 76.36m on superb night of results in Warsaw". IAAF. http://www.iaaf.org/WAF07/news/Kind=2/newsId=39149.html. Retrieved 2007-06-21.

References [link]

IAAF profile for Yipsi Moreno
IAAF Focus on Athletes
2008 Olympics Woman's Hammer Throw Results

v t e World Champions in Women's Hammer Throw

1999: Mihaela Melinte (ROM) 2001: Yipsi Moreno (CUB) 2003: Yipsi Moreno (CUB) 2005: Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) 2007: Betty Heidler (GER) 2009: Anita Włodarczyk (POL) 2011: Tatyana Lysenko (RUS)

v t e Pan American Champions in Women's Hammer Throw

1951 – 1995: notheld 1999: Dawn Ellerbe (USA) 2003 – 2011: Yipsi Moreno (CUB)

v t e Central American and Caribbean Games Champions in Women's Hammer Throw

1998: Aldenay Vasallo (CUB) 2002: Amarilys Alméstica (PUR) 2006: Yipsi Moreno (CUB) 2010: Johana Moreno (COL)

World best year performance in women's hammer throw

1988: Carol Cady (USA)
1989: Yelena Pichugina (URS)
1990: Larisa Baranova (URS)
1991: Alla Davydova (URS)
1992 – 1993: Olga Kuzenkova (RUS)
1994: Sviatlana Sudak Torun (BLR)
1995 – 1998: Olga Kuzenkova (RUS)
1999: Mihaela Melinte (ROM)
2000 – 2002: Olga Kuzenkova (RUS)
2003 – 2004: Yipsi Moreno (CUB)
2005 – 2007 : Tatyana Lysenko (RUS)
2008: Aksana Miankova (BLR)
2009– 2010 : Anita Włodarczyk (POL)
2011: Betty Heidler (GER)

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Vicente Amigo
Vicente Amigo
Background information
Birth name	Vicente Amigo Girol
Born	(1967-03-25) March 25, 1967 (age 45)
Origin	Guadalcanal, Andalusia, Spain
Genres	Flamenco music, Jazz
Occupations	Composer, Guitarist
Instruments	Guitar
Years active	1988–present
Associated acts	El Pele, Camarón de la Isla, José Mercé, Manolo Sanlúcar, Merengue de Córdoba
Website	Vicente Amigo

Vicente Amigo Girol (born 25 March 1967) is a Spanish flamenco composer and virtuoso guitarist, born in Guadalcanal, near Seville. He has played as backing guitarist on recordings by flamenco singers El Pele, Camarón de la Isla, Vicente Soto, Luis de Córdoba and the rociero band Salmarina, and he has acted as a producer for Remedios Amaya and José Mercé. His album Ciudad de las Ideas won the 2001 Latin Grammy for the Best Flamenco Album and the 2002 Ondas award for the best Flamenco work.

Biography [link]

Although he is Sevillian by birth, he was raised and lives in Córdoba, where he attended his first guitar lessons with El Tomate and Merengue de Córdoba, and later, he improved his guitar playing with Manolo Sanlúcar, with whom he worked for ten years. After a period of accompaniment which began alongside El Pele, he started to devote himself almost exclusively to playing concerts in 1988. De Mi Corazón al Aire ("From Out of My Heart", 1991) was his first record. An admirer of Paco de Lucía since childhood, Amigo took part with him in the show "Leyendas de la guitarra" (Legends of the Guitar) that was held in Seville as a foretaste of the Expo 92 exhibition, which also featured Paco de Lucía, Bob Dylan, Keith Richards, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Nuno Bettencourt, Phil Manzanera, Joe Cocker, Jack Bruce and Richard Thompson. By that time, he had already been awarded some of the most prestigious flamenco guitar prizes.

Vicente Amigo is open to experimenting, pursuing Flamenco to unprecedented limits, and gaining in-depth knowledge about other forms of music, and sharing experiences with other artists. He has taken part in recordings by Khaled, Miguel Bosé, Carmen Linares, Manolo Sanlúcar, Wagner Tiso, Rosario, Nacho Cano, Alejandro Sanz, Sting, etc., and has shared the stage with the greatest of contemporary artists: Paco de Lucía, Stanley Jordan, John McLaughlin, Al Di Meola, Milton Nascimento.

Discography [link]

De mi corazón al aire (1991)
Vivencias Imaginadas (1995)
Poeta (1997)
Ciudad de las Ideas (2000)
Ciudad de las Ideas - en concierto desde Córdoba(Live DVD) (2004)
Un Momento en el Sonido (2005)
Paseo De Gracia (2009)
"Vivencias" La Obra Completa de un Genio (2010)

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Persondata
Name	Radcliffe, Paula
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Short description	English long-distance runner and marathon world record holder
Date of birth	17 December 1973
Place of birth	Davenham, Cheshire, England
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Persondata
Name	Moreno, Yipsi
Alternative names
Short description	Cuban hammer thrower
Date of birth	19 November 1980
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

Persondata
Name	Amigo, Vicente
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	25 March 1967
Place of birth	Guadalcanal
Date of death
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