2009 IAAF World Athletics Final

The 7th IAAF World Athletics Final was held at the Kaftanzoglio Stadium in Thessaloniki, Greece on September 12 and September 13, 2009. The competition represented the culmination of the 2009 IAAF World Athletics Tour, a selection of athletics meetings which began on September 20, 2008 at the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix.[1] The Hellenic Amateur Athletic Association (SEGAS) won the rights to hold the event in April 2008.[2]

2009 IAAF World Athletics Final
Host city Thessaloniki, Greece
Events36
Dates12 – 13 September
Main venueKaftanzoglio Stadium
Individual prize money (US$)3,020,000 in total

The competitors in each event were decided by the final standings of the 2009 World Athletics Tour. Having scored points for their performances at specified meetings throughout the season, the seven athletes with the most points in each event qualified to compete, while eleven athletes were selected for races of 1500 metres and above. One additional athlete, a wildcard, was allocated to each event by the IAAF and replacement athletes were admitted to take the place of qualified athletes who could not attend the final.[3][4]

Results

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m Tyson Gay
 United States
9.88 Asafa Powell
 Jamaica
9.90 Darvis Patton
 United States
10.00
200 m Usain Bolt
 Jamaica
19.68 =CR Wallace Spearmon
 United States
20.21 Brendan Christian
 Antigua and Barbuda
20.65
400 m LaShawn Merritt
 United States
44.93 Chris Brown
 Bahamas
45.49 David Neville
 United States
45.60
800 m David Rudisha
 Kenya
1:44.85 CR Gary Reed
 Canada
1:45.23 Mbulaeni Mulaudzi
 South Africa
1:45.53
1500 m William Biwott Tanui
 Kenya
3:35.04 Leonel Manzano
 United States
3:35.40 Augustine Kiprono Choge
 Kenya
3:35.46
3000 m Kenenisa Bekele
 Ethiopia
8:03.79 Bernard Lagat
 United States
8:04.00 Sammy Alex Mutahi
 Kenya
8:04.64
5000 m Imane Merga
 Ethiopia
13:29.75 Micah Kipkemboi Kogo
 Kenya
13:29.76 Edwin Soi
 Kenya
13:29.76
3000 m steeplechase Ezekiel Kemboi
 Kenya
8:04.38 Paul Kipsiele Koech
 Kenya
8:05.47 Bouabdellah Tahri
 France
8:09.14
110 m hurdles Ryan Brathwaite
 Barbados
13.16 Dexter Faulk
 United States
13.26 Dwight Thomas
 Jamaica
13.29
400 m hurdles Kerron Clement
 United States
48.11 L. J. van Zyl
 South Africa
48.74 Periklis Iakovakis
 Greece
48.90
High jump Yaroslav Rybakov
 Russia
2.34 Jaroslav Bába
 Czech Republic
2.32 Jesse Williams
 United States
2.29
Pole vault Maksym Mazuryk
 Ukraine
5.70 Derek Miles
 United States
5.60 Damiel Dossévi
 France
5.60
Long jump Fabrice Lapierre
 Australia
8.33w Dwight Phillips
 United States
8.24 Godfrey Khotso Mokoena
 South Africa
8.17
Triple jump Arnie David Giralt
 Cuba
17.45 Leevan Sands
 Bahamas
17.19 Momchil Karailiev
 Bulgaria
17.18
Shot put Christian Cantwell
 United States
22.07 CR Tomasz Majewski
 Poland
21.21 Pavel Sofin
 Russia
20.82 PB
Discus Virgilijus Alekna
 Lithuania
67.63 Robert Harting
 Germany
66.37 Piotr Małachowski
 Poland
65.60
Hammer Primož Kozmus
 Slovenia
79.80 Igors Sokolovs
 Latvia
79.32 Krisztián Pars
 Hungary
77.49
Javelin Andreas Thorkildsen
 Norway
87.75 Tero Pitkämäki
 Finland
84.09 Mark Frank
 Germany
82.46
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)

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m Carmelita Jeter
 United States
10.67 CR Shelly-Ann Fraser
 Jamaica
10.89 Kerron Stewart
 Jamaica
10.90
200 m Allyson Felix
 United States
22.29 Sanya Richards
 United States
22.29 SB Kerron Stewart
 Jamaica
22.42 SB
400 m Sanya Richards
 United States
49.95 Novlene Williams-Mills
 Jamaica
50.34 Shericka Williams
 Jamaica
50.49
800 m Anna Willard
 United States
2:00.20 Maggie Vessey
 United States
2:00.31 Jennifer Meadows
 Great Britain
2:00.41
1500 m Nancy Lagat
 Kenya
4:13.63 Hannah England
 Great Britain
4:14.05 Christin Wurth-Thomas
 United States
4:14.10
3000 m Meseret Defar
 Ethiopia
8:30.15 WL Vivian Cheruiyot
 Kenya
8:30.61 PB Wude Ayalew
 Ethiopia
8:30.93 SB
5000 m Meseret Defar
 Ethiopia
15:25.43 Tirunesh Dibaba
 Ethiopia
15:25.92 Vivian Cheruiyot
 Kenya
15:26.21
3000 m steeplechase Ruth Bosibori
 Kenya
9:13.43 CR Milcah Chemos Cheywa
 Kenya
9:20.19 Gladys Kipkemoi
 Kenya
9:21.18
100 m hurdles Brigitte Foster-Hylton
 Jamaica
12.58 Dawn Harper
 United States
12.61 Delloreen Ennis-London
 Jamaica
12.61
400 m hurdles Melaine Walker
 Jamaica
53.36 CR Kaliese Spencer
 Jamaica
53.99 Josanne Lucas
 Trinidad and Tobago
54.31
High jump Blanka Vlašić
 Croatia
2.04 CR Anna Chicherova
 Russia
2.00 Antonietta Di Martino
 Italy
1.97
Pole vault Yelena Isinbayeva
 Russia
4.80 Fabiana Murer
 Brazil
Monika Pyrek
 Poland
4.60
Long jump Brittney Reese
 United States
7.08 CR Yelena Sokolova
 Russia
6.81 Tatyana Lebedeva
 Russia
6.79
Triple jump Mabel Gay
 Cuba
14.62 Biljana Topić
 Serbia
14.56 NR Tatyana Lebedeva
 Russia
14.48 SB
Shot put Valerie Vili
 New Zealand
21.07 CR Nadzeya Ostapchuk
 Belarus
19.56 Natallia Mikhnevich
 Belarus
19.27
Discus Yarelis Barrios
 Cuba
65.86 CR Żaneta Glanc
 Poland
63.36 Mélina Robert-Michon
 France
61.74
Hammer Betty Heidler
 Germany
72.03 Clarissa Claretti
 Italy
70.56 Martina Hrašnová
 Slovakia
70.45
Javelin Vacant
Barbora Špotáková
 Czech Republic
63.45 Steffi Nerius
 Germany
62.59
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)

References

  1. 2009 World Athletics Tour competitions. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-09-07. Archived 2009-09-09.
  2. IAAF / VTB Bank World Athletics Final 2009 – Thessaloniki GRE. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-09-11. Archived 2009-09-16.
  3. Ramsak, Bob (2009-09-07). Jumps Preview - IAAF / VTB Bank World Athletics Final Archived 2009-09-16 at WebCite. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-09-07.
  4. IAAF / VTB Bank World Athletics Final 2009 - Who and how many qualify?. IAAF (2009-03-06). Retrieved on 2009-09-07.
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