2001 World Championships in Athletics

The 8th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada between 3 August and 12 August and was the first time the event had visited North America. The music for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies was composed by Canadian composer Jan Randall and the events were televised live to an estimated viewing audience of 4 billion people in over 200 countries. The ceremonies also featured a 1000 voice choir, and the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra.

Men's Results

Track

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m	Maurice Greene (USA)	9.82 (WL)	Bernard Williams (USA)	9.94² (PB)		9.98
200 m		20.04		20.20		20.20 (NR St.Kitts)
200 m		20.04		20.20		20.20 (NR St.Kitts)
400 m		44.64		44.87		44.98
800 m		1:43.70		1:44.55		1:44.63 (PB)
1,500 m		3:30.68		3:31.10		3:31.54 (SB)
5,000 m		13:00.77		13:03.47¹		13:05.20
10,000 m		27:53.25		27:53.97		27:54.41
Marathon		2:12:42 (SB)		2:12:43		2:13:18
110 m hurdles		13.04 (WL)		13.07 (SB)		13.25 (NR)
400 m hurdles		47.49 (WL)		47.54 (NR)		47.89 (NR)
3,000 m st.		8:15.16		8:16.21		8:16.59
20 km walk		1:20:31		1:20:33		1:20:36
50 km walk		3:42.08 (WL)		3:43:07 (SB)		3:46:12 (PB)
4x100 m relay	South Africa (RSA) Morne Nagel Corne Du Plessis Lee-Roy Newton Matthew Quinn	38.47 (NR)	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) Marc Burns Ato Boldon Jaycey Harper Darrel Brown	38.58 (NR)	Australia (AUS) Matthew Shirvington Paul Di Bella Steve Brimacombe Adam Basil

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2001 World Championships in Athletics