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| Host city | Berlin, Germany |
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| Nations | 202 |
| Athletes | 2101 |
| Events | 47 |
| Dates | 15–23 August 2009 |
| Opened by | PresidentHorst Köhler |
| Closed by | IAAF PresidentLamine Diack |
| Main venue | Olympiastadion |
The12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics (German:Leichtathletik-Weltmeisterschaften 2009) were held in Berlin, Germany from 15 to 23 August 2009. The majority of events took place in theOlympiastadion, while themarathon andracewalking events started and finished at theBrandenburg Gate.
Berlin was announced the winning bidder by theIAAF on 6 December 2004 beating out bids fromSplit (Croatia),Valencia (Spain),Brisbane (Australia),Brussels (Belgium),Delhi (India),Casablanca (Morocco) andDaegu (South Korea).[1] The city of Berlin and theDeutscher Leichtathletik-Verband (German Athletics Association) are responsible for the organisation of the event. The Berlin Organising Committee 2009GmbH, a corporation established by the DLV in 2005, will supervise the operative organisation of the competition.[2]
Building upon Germany's history of successful athletics events, including the1974 and2006 FIFA World Cups the1993 World Championships in Athletics, the1936 and1972 Summer Olympics, IAAF presidentLamine Diack was confident of a well organised competition.[3] The organizers announced abudget of €49.8 million to stage the event, which includes the travel and accommodation costs for all participating athletes.[4] Revenues include €17 million from ticketing and €7 million from marketing.[citation needed] The city of Berlin will cover a deficit up to €20 million.[citation needed] The organising committee secured 9000 rooms in the city to account for accommodation, with the hope that the booking of the Hotel Estrel (950 rooms) and Hotel Berlin (650 rooms) for athletes would create an atmosphere similar to anOlympic Village.[5]
Overall, the event was an economic success for the capital. A total of 417,156 tickets were sold over the nine-day period, and estimates placed the total visitor spend in the city at around €120 million. As a result, Berlin's mayor,Klaus Wowereit, stated that the city would consider applying to host another athletics event in the future, such as the2016 European Athletics Championships.[6]
A limited edition€10 coin was produced for the event by the German government, which was only the third occasion that they had done so for a sporting event.[7] The organising committee held a contest to decide the name of its mascot, a runninganthropomorphicbear, and the name "Berlino" was chosen.[8] The colour scheme of the event, including the official logo, advertising, and theOlympiastadion's track and field, was blue and green. The committee stated that blue represented reliability while green represented the event's environmental ambitions.[5] The event featured a number of environmentally friendly initiatives, including:free public transport with every ticket sold, efforts to reduce energy usage, considerations for waste and recycling management, and environmentally conscious construction and building management. Furthermore, as part of theUnited Nations Environment Programme, forty-seven trees (one for each athletics event) were planted to create an "Avenue of Champions" in Berlin.[9] The official song for the event was "Foot of the Mountain" byNorwegian groupA-ha.[10]
The broadcasting rights for the Championships were sold to 213 countries, a new high for the event.[10]ARD andZDF were the host broadcasting TV networks and producers of the TV signal, and they founded a company named BERTA which provided the signal in high-resolution HDTV for TV stations around the world.[11] The average viewing figures in Germany were 5 million with peaks of 9.9 and 8.6 million for themen's 100 metres final and thewomen's high jump, respectively. The average audience figures in France were 3.5–4 million, 2.5–3.5 million in the United Kingdom and 4–5 million in Japan.[12] The IAAF website received a record number ofpage hits and unique users: having around 1 million unique users accessing the website on days five and six,[12][13] and a total of over 90 million page views over the course of the nine days of the competition.[14] Around 3500 media representatives were estimated to have attended the event.[2]
To provide the public with an opportunity to participate in the event, the local organizers also conducted aChampions Run 10K on 22 August between the scheduled time for the men's and women's marathons, using a portion of the official marathon course which passes various Berlin landmarks with a finish at theBrandenburg Gate. The field was limited to 10,000 runners.[15]
The Championships were staged in the 74,845-seat Olympiastadion, which underwent a€242 million renovation ahead of the2006 Football World Cup.[4] Themarathon races, as well as theracewalking events, had their start and finish at theBrandenburg Gate,[16] with the race walks routed along theUnter den Linden boulevard and the marathon passing throughPariser Platz and going past Berlin's other points of interest.[17] An estimated 400,000 tickets were sold by the event organisers for the event.[12]In memory of their historic Olympic achievements at the Olympiastadion in 1936, a meeting took place between the families ofLuz Long andJesse Owens. Long'slong jump advice to rival Owens remains a prominent example of sportsmanship and friendship in athletics.[18] A reward of US$100,000 was given to any athlete who broke aworld record at the competition.[19]
The event featured one of the most comprehensive anti-doping initiatives ever undertaken by the IAAF. A total of 1000 samples were collected from athletes and tested at labs accredited by theWorld Anti-Doping Agency, and additional educational anti-doping activities were available. Diack stressed that samples are retained for future analysis, thus currently undetectable drugs could be tested for in the future, preventing athletes from flouting the anti-doping rules.[20]
Two athletes failed anti-doping tests during the championships: Moroccan steeplechaserJamel Chatbi tested positive for the stimulantclenbuterol and Nigerian hurdlerAmaka Ogoegbunam was found to haveMetenolone, an anabolic steroid, in her sample.[21] Another Nigerian hurdler,Olutoyin Augustus, was banned from the championships for having abnormal levels oftestosterone.[22]
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| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| High jump details | Blanka Vlašić Croatia (CRO) | 2.04 m | Ariane Friedrich Germany (GER) | 2.02 m | Antonietta Di Martino Italy (ITA) | 1.99 m |
Anna Chicherova Russia (RUS) | 2.02 m | |||||
| Pole vault details | Anna Rogowska Poland (POL) | 4.75 m | Monika Pyrek Poland (POL) Chelsea Johnson  United States (USA) | 4.65 m | Not awarded | |
| Long jump details | Brittney Reese United States (USA) | 7.10 m WL | Karin Mey Melis Turkey (TUR) | 6.80 m | Naide Gomes Portugal (POR) | 6.77 m |
| Triple jump details | Yargelis Savigne Cuba (CUB) | 14.95 m | Mabel Gay Cuba (CUB) | 14.61 m SB | Anna Pyatykh Russia (RUS) | 14.58 m |
| Shot put details | Valerie Vili New Zealand (NZL) | 20.44 m | Nadine Kleinert Germany (GER) | 20.20 m PB | Gong Lijiao China (CHN) | 19.89 m PB |
| Discus throw details | Dani Samuels Australia (AUS) | 65.44 m PB | Yarelis Barrios Cuba (CUB) | 65.31 m SB | Nicoleta Grasu Romania (ROU) | 65.20 m SB |
| Javelin throw details | Steffi Nerius Germany (GER) | 67.30 m SB | Barbora Špotáková Czech Republic (CZE) | 66.42 m | Monica Stoian Romania (ROU) | 64.51 m PB |
| Mariya Abakumova Russia (RUS) | 66.06 m | |||||
| Hammer throw details | Anita Włodarczyk Poland (POL) | 77.96 m WR | Betty Heidler Germany (GER) | 77.12 m NR | Martina Hrasnova Slovakia (SVK) | 74.49 m |
| Heptathlon details | Jessica Ennis Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 6731 pts WL | Jennifer Oeser Germany (GER) | 6493 pts PB | Kamila Chudzik Poland (POL) | 6471 pts SB |
WR world record |AR area record |CR championship record |GR games record |NR national record |OR Olympic record |PB personal best |SB season best |WL world leading (in a given season) | ||||||
* Host nation (Germany)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | United States | 10 | 6 | 6 | 22 |
| 2 |  Jamaica | 7 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| 3 |  Kenya | 4 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
| 4 | Germany* | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| Poland | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | |
| 6 |  Ethiopia | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | Great Britain & N.I. | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | China | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 |  South Africa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Russia | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 11 | Australia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 |  Bahrain | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 |  Norway | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Cuba | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 15 |  Barbados | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Croatia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Ireland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Slovenia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 20 |  France | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
 Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 22 |  Bahamas | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Japan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Portugal | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 25 |  Canada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Cyprus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Czech Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Eritrea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Mexico | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Panama | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Puerto Rico | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Spain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Turkey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 34 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Romania | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 36 |  Estonia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Qatar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Slovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (39 entries) | 47 | 48 | 47 | 142 | |
* Number of gold medals for Spain reduced due to disqualification ofMarta Domínguez[29]
At the competition, threeworld records, nineChampionship records, eightarea records[clarification needed] and 57national records were broken.[12]
Valeriy Borchin of Russia won gold in the men's 20 km race walk in a time of 1:18:41,Hao Wang of China won silver andEder Sanchez of Mexico won bronze.[30]Linet Chepkwemoi Masai of Kenya won gold in the women's 10,000 m in 30:51.24,Meselech Melkamu of Ethiopia won silver and the bronze medal went toWude Ayalew of Ethiopia.[31] In the men's shot put,Christian Cantwell of the United States won gold with a mark of 22.03m.Tomasz Majewski of Poland took silver andRalf Bartels of Germany took bronze.[32]
In the women's 20 km race walk, the Olympic champion from last years games,Olga Kaniskina, took an expectant win by almost a full minute.[33] In the women's shot put, the Olympic gold medallist from last years games and defending world champion,Valerie Vili, won with a throw of 20.44.[34] In the men's 100 metres dash,Usain Bolt broke his own100 metres sprint world record with a time of 9.58.[citation needed] The defending world champion,Tyson Gay finished second with a time of 9.71, a US national record.[35] Britain'sJessica Ennis won theheptathlon title with a world-leading points score of 6731.[36]
In the men'shammer throw, the Olympic championPrimož Kozmus of Slovenia, pulled off the win with a throw of 80.84 m, which is a seasonal best.Szymon Ziółkowski of Poland achieved a result of 79.30 m earning him a silver medal and the Russian athleteAleksey Zagornyi earned third place with a throw of 78.09m.
In the men's10,000 m final,Kenenisa Bekele won with a time of 26:43:31, which is a Championship record.Zersenay Tadese ofEritrea earned the silver medal with a time of 26:50:12 andMoses Ndiema Masai ofKenya took the bronze with a time of 26:57:39.
In women's100 metres,Shelly-Ann Fraser ofJamaica triumphed with the time of 10.73 s.Kerron Stewart finished second with a time of 10.75s and AmericanCarmelita Jeter took the bronze medal with a time of 10.90 s.
In women'spole vault final, the biggest surprise of the day was the Olympic champion and current world record holder,Yelena Isinbayeva, failing to clear any height.Anna Rogowska of Poland earned the gold with the result of 4.75 m.Monika Pyrek andChelsea Johnson shared second place with the result of 4.65 m. As a result, for the first time in history of World Championships in Athletics, two Polish athletes took gold and silver medal in the same event. Poland is 16th nation to win gold and silver in the same event in the history of World Championships in Athletics. The previous 15 nations were: Canada, China,Cuba,Ethiopia, Finland, Germany, Great Britain,Jamaica,Kenya,Romania, Russia, Spain, United States and also Soviet Union andEast Germany.
In women'striple jump final,Yargelis Savigne won the gold andMabel Gay took second place. Both of the Cuban athletes did not cross the line of 15m.
In the women's3000 m steeplechase,Marta Dominguez of Spain won the gold with a time of 9:07:32.Yuliya Zarudneva won the silver andMilcah Chemos Cheywa earned the bronze medal.
In men'striple jump,Phillips Idowu of Great Britain, produced a world leading distance of 17.73 m earning him a gold medal.Nelson Évora of Portugal achieved a result of 17.55 m earning him a silver medal and the Cuban athleteAlexis Copello earned third place with a jump of 17.36 m.
In the discus final,Robert Harting of Germany won gold in front of a home crowd, trowing 69.43 metres.Piotr Małachowski of Poland andGerd Kanter of Estonia winning silver and bronze, respectively. JamaicanBrigitte Foster-Hylton ran a season's best of 12.51 in the Women's 100 m hurdles to take gold.Priscilla Lopes-Schliep of Canada (12.54) took silver and Jamaica'sDelloreen Ennis-London won bronze.
In the men's200 metres,Usain Bolt broke his own world record with a time of 19.19 seconds.Alonso Edward of Panama won silver with a national record of 19.81.Wallace Spearmon of the USA won bronze, in 19.85. In the women's 400 m hurdles, Melaine Walker of Jamaica won in 52.42 sec, eight hundredths of a second outsideYulia Pechonkina's world record (52.34).Trey Hardee of the USA had won the decathlon, butLeonel Suárez of Cuba reversed positions onAleksandr Pogorelov in the final event.
In the 200 m,Allyson Felix of the USA crossed the line first in 22.02 seconds with double Olympic championVeronica Campbell Brown from Jamaican coming second with 22.35. In the 400 m men final,LaShawn Merritt andJeremy Wariner battled it out with Merritt securing gold with 44.06. Wariner ran a season's best of 44.60, winning the silver medal.
In the women'shammer throw,Anita Włodarczyk of Poland won gold medal with a distance of 77.96 m, which is a new world record.Dwight Phillips, USA, won the men's world long jump title for the third time with a jump of 8.54 metres. Phillips received his gold medal fromJesse Owens' granddaughter Marlene Dortch.Godfrey Khotso Mokoena of South Africa won silver (8.47 m). Jamaica's 4 × 100 m relay teams highlighted the day by capturing the gold medal in both disciplines.
Bai Xue of China wins gold in the women's marathon,Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia took the 5000 metres world title, and Olympic championAndreas Thorkildsen of Norway won the men's javelin with a throw of 89.59 metres.Brittney Reese won the women's long jump with 7.10 metres, beating defending champion Tatyana Lebedeva of Russia. In the last two events of the Championships, the United States won both 4 × 400 m relays.
The entry list released on the IAAF Website before the championships contained 2098 athletes from 202 countries and territories.[37][38][39] Out of these athletes, a total of 1984 competed (1086 male, and 898 female) at the championships, with 201 of the 213 IAAF National Member Federations represented.[12][40] The number of athletes competing at the event broke the previous championship record of 1,821 athletes set at the1999 World Championships in Athletics inSeville. The 100 metres race attracted 100 entries, while the Marathon race listed 101 athletes for competition.[41]
The event was expected to be the largest sports gathering in 2009, continuing in the vein of theWorld Championships in Athletics being the third largest sports event after theOlympic Games and theFIFA World Cup.[42]
Afghanistan (2)
Albania (1)
Algeria (6)
American Samoa (2)
Andorra (2)
Anguilla (2)
Antigua and Barbuda (2)
Argentina (6)
Armenia (2) Australia (38)
Austria (5)
Azerbaijan (1) Bahamas (15) Bahrain (10)
Bangladesh (1) Barbados (4)
Belarus (26)
Belgium (23)
Belize (1)
Benin (2)
Bermuda (1)
Bhutan (1)
Bolivia (2)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)
Botswana (5)
Brazil (30)
British Virgin Islands (1)
Brunei (1)
Bulgaria (11)
Burkina Faso (2)
Burundi (2)
Cambodia (1)
Cameroon (3) Canada (31)
Cape Verde (2)
Cayman Islands (2)
Central African Republic (2)
Chile (4) China (32)
Chinese Taipei (2)
Colombia (11)
Comoros (2)
Congo (2)
DR Congo (2)
Cook Islands (2)
Costa Rica (3) Croatia (5) Cuba (34) Cyprus (4) Czech Republic (22)
Denmark (3)
Djibouti (1)
Dominica (1)
Dominican Republic (6)
Ecuador (10)
Egypt (4)
El Salvador (2)
Equatorial Guinea (2) Eritrea (8) Estonia (18)Ethiopia(38)
Fiji (2)
Finland (20) France (78)
French Polynesia (2)
Gabon (2)
Gambia (2)
Georgia (2) Germany (85)
Ghana (3)
Gibraltar (1) Great Britain & N.I. (51)
Greece (21)
Grenada (6)
Guatemala (2)
Guinea (2)
Guyana (3)
Haiti (2)
Honduras (2)
Hong Kong (1)
Hungary (12)
Iceland (2)
India (6)
Indonesia (2)
Iran (2)
Iraq (2) Ireland (17)
Israel (4) Italy (37)
Ivory Coast (2) Jamaica (46) Japan (57)
Jordan (2)
Kazakhstan (14) Kenya (43)
Kiribati (2)
Kuwait (2)
Kyrgyzstan (2)
Laos (2)
Latvia (15)
Lebanon (2)
Lesotho (2)
Liberia (3)
Libya(2)
Lithuania (15)
Luxembourg (1)
Macau (1)
Macedonia (1)
Madagascar (2)
Malawi (2)
Malaysia (2)
Maldives (2)
Mali (2)
Malta (1)
Marshall Islands (1)
Mauritania (2)
Mauritius (3) Mexico (18)
Micronesia (1)
Moldova (6)
Monaco (1)
Mongolia (2)
Montenegro (2)
Morocco (22)
Mozambique (2)
Myanmar(2)
Namibia (4)
Nauru (2)
Netherlands (11)
Netherlands Antilles (2) New Zealand (16)
Nicaragua (2)
Niger (1)
Nigeria (25)
Northern Mariana Islands (2)
North Korea (6) Norway (17)
Oman (1)
Pakistan (2)
Palau (2)
Palestine (2) Panama (3)
Papua New Guinea (2)
Paraguay (1)
Peru (4)
Philippines (2) Poland (42) Portugal (30) Puerto Rico (5) Qatar (9) Romania (17) Russia (106)
Rwanda (3)
Saint Kitts and Nevis (7)
Saint Lucia (1)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (2)
Samoa (2)
San Marino (2)
São Tomé and Príncipe (2)
Saudi Arabia (12)
Senegal (4)
Serbia (9)
Seychelles (2)
Sierra Leone (2)
Singapore (2) Slovakia (13) Slovenia (13)
Solomon Islands (2)
Somalia (1) South Africa (24)
South Korea (19) Spain (51)
Sri Lanka (2)
Sudan (9)
Suriname (2)
Swaziland (2)
Sweden (23)
Switzerland (11)
Syria (2)
Tajikistan (2)
Tanzania (10)
Thailand (1)
Togo (2)
Tonga (2) Trinidad and Tobago (20)
Tunisia (5) Turkey (12)
Turkmenistan (2)
Turks and Caicos Islands (1)
Tuvalu (2)
Uganda (12) Ukraine (54)
United Arab Emirates (2) United States (160)
U.S. Virgin Islands (2)
Uruguay (3)
Uzbekistan (6)
Vanuatu (2)
Venezuela (2)
Vietnam (2)
Zambia (5)
Zimbabwe (6)
