Breaking: The IAAF drops the hammer - 28 athletes busted from re-test of samples from 2005 and 2007 World Champs !!

That's a lot of names, but still virtually inconsequential except in looking at the athletes's legacies and maybe adding a few very late medals. Very likely to have repeat offenders taking up many of the slots. If these are not just current medalists, then who knows? Russians alone could take up all of these from the two champs (I count 17 Russians among the medalists in 2005 alone), but I'd bet there will be North Africans and non-Russian Eastern Europeans too.

100 m

Justin Gatlin United States 9.88 SB (ten years later running 9.75)

Michael Frater Jamaica 10.05

Kim Collins Saint Kitts and Nevis 10.05 (ten years later and old, running sub 10!)

200 m

Justin Gatlin United States 20.04

Wallace Spearmon United States 20.20

John Capel United States 20.31

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

Jeremy Wariner United States 43.93 WL

Andrew Rock United States 44.35 PB (I forgot he won this silver)

Tyler Christopher Canada 44.44 NR

Olympic champion Wariner wins easily, with his first time under 44 seconds.

800 m

Rashid Ramzi Bahrain 1:44.24 (He was doing CERA, but still, he'll be on the list, right? He accounts for two spots in this meet potentially). PB

Yuriy Borzakovskiy Russia 1:44.51

William Yiampoy Kenya 1:44.55

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

Rashid Ramzi Bahrain 3:37.88 (hopefully #2)

Adil Kaouch Morocco 3:38.00 SB (has a suspension on the books)

Rui Silva Portugal 3:38.02 (Maybe not Silva, from Portugal, but there are a few Spaniards back in the field from a country with a vast doping problem)

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

Benjamin Limo Kenya 13:32.55

Sileshi Sihine Ethiopia 13:32.81

Craig Mottram Australia 13:32.96

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

Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia 27:08.33 (would be very big news)

Sileshi Sihine Ethiopia 27:08.87

Moses Mosop Kenya 27:08.96 PB

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

Jaouad Gharib Morocco 2:10:10 (also silver in 2008, I wouldn't be surprised given his country's history, later ran 2:05)

Christopher Isengwe Tanzania 2:10:21 PB

Tsuyoshi Ogata Japan 2:11:16 SB

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

Ladji Doucouré France 13.07

Liu Xiang China 13.08

Allen Johnson United States 13.10

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

Bershawn Jackson United States 47.30 PB (at or near the top a long time)

James Carter United States 47.43 PB

Dai Tamesue Japan 48.10 SB

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

Saif Saaeed Shaheen Qatar 8:13.31

Ezekiel Kemboi Kenya 8:14.95

Brimin Kipruto Kenya 8:15.30

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

Jefferson Pérez Ecuador 1:18:35 SB

Paquillo Fernández Spain 1:19:36

Juan Manuel Molina Spain 1:19:44 PB

50 km walk

Sergey Kirdyapkin Russia 3:38:08 PB

Aleksey Voyevodin Russia 3:41:25

Alex Schwazer Italy 3:41:54 NR

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

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

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

Field

High jump

Yuriy Krymarenko Ukraine 2.32

Víctor Moya Cuba 2.29

Yaroslav Rybakov Russia

Surprise winner. Eight athletes had cleared 2.29 m but on 2.32 m, 23 straight attempts were failed, until Krymarenko cleared with his last attempt.

Pole vault

Rens Blom Netherlands 5.80 SB

Brad Walker United States 5.75

Pavel Gerasimov Russia 5.65 SB

In rain and heavy wind, Rens Blom wins the first Dutch gold medal at a World Championship.

Long jump

Dwight Phillips United States 8.60 WL

Ignisious Gaisah Ghana 8.34 (Ghana with 2 surprising medals, also women's heptathlon here!) NR

Tommi Evilä Finland 8.25

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

Walter Davis United States 17.57 SB

Yoandri Betanzos Cuba 17.42 SB

Marian Oprea Romania 17.40

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

Adam Nelson United States 21.73 SB

Rutger Smith Netherlands 21.29

Ralf Bartels Germany 20.99

After two Olympic and two World Championship silver medals, Adam Nelson finally takes his first gold at the international level.

Discus throw

Virgilijus Alekna Lithuania 70.17 CR

Gerd Kanter Estonia 68.57

Michael Möllenbeck Germany 65.95

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

Andrus Värnik Estonia 87.17

Andreas Thorkildsen Norway 86.18

Sergey Makarov Russia 83.54

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

Szymon Ziółkowski Poland 79.35 SB

Markus Esser Germany 79.16

Olli-Pekka Karjalainen Finland 78.77

Tsikhan and Devyatovskyi (1st and 2nd) have been disqualified (doping).

Decathlon

Bryan Clay United States 8732 WL

Roman Šebrle Czech Republic 8521

Attila Zsivoczky Hungary 8385

Aleksandr Pogorelov just loses the bronze after the 1500 m.

Women's results

Track

100 m

Lauryn Williams United States 10.93

Veronica Campbell Jamaica 10.95 SB

Christine Arron France 10.98

Lauryn Williams obtains a surprise victory beating the favourite Christine Arron that finished only third behind also Veronica Campbell.

200 m

Allyson Felix United States 22.16 (no wonder she's trying a 400m; she's been winning golds in the 200m for 10 years now!)

Rachelle Boone-Smith United States 22.31

Christine Arron France 22.31 SB

Veronica Campbell ran a terrible bend (she runs out of her lane) and finished fourth.

400 m

Tonique Williams-Darling Bahamas 49.55 SB

Sanya Richards United States 49.74

Ana Guevara Mexico 49.81

In a high quality final (despite heavy rainfall), Tonique Williams-Darling overtakes Sanya Richards just before the finish.

800 m

Zulia Calatayud Cuba 1:58.82

Hasna Benhassi Morocco 1:59.42

Tatyana Andrianova Russia 1:59.60

Former world champion Maria de Lurdes Mutola comes fourth. (Mutola likely to be moved up into the medals, despite the obvious)

1500 m

Tatyana Tomashova Russia 4:00.35 SB

Olga Yegorova Russia 4:01.46

Bouchra Ghezielle France 4:02.45

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. (Both Russians likely to be caught, again)

5000 m

Tirunesh Dibaba Ethiopia 14:38.59 CR

Meseret Defar Ethiopia 14:39.54

Ejegayehu Dibaba Ethiopia 14:42.47

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

Tirunesh Dibaba Ethiopia 30:24.02

Berhane Adere Ethiopia 30:25.41 SB

Ejegayehu Dibaba Ethiopia 30:26.00

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

Paula Radcliffe Great Britain 2:20:57 CR

Catherine Ndereba Kenya 2:22:01 SB

Constantina Tomescu Romania 2:23:19

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

Michelle Perry United States 12.66

Delloreen Ennis-London Jamaica 12.76

Brigitte Foster-Hylton Jamaica 12.76

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

Yuliya Pechonkina Russia 52.90 WL

Lashinda Demus United States 53.27 PB

Sandra Glover United States 53.32 PB

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

Dorcus Inzikuru Uganda 9:18.24 CR

Yekaterina Volkova Russia 9:20.49 PB

Jeruto Kiptum Kenya 9:26.95 NR

Dorcus Inzikuru wins Uganda's first ever gold medal in the World Championships

20 km walk

Olimpiada Ivanova Russia 1:25:41 WL

Ryta Turava Belarus 1:27:05 NR

Susana Feitor Portugal 1:28:44 SB

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

4×400 m relay

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

Field

High jump

Kajsa Bergqvist Sweden 2.02 WL

Chaunte Howard United States 2.00 PB

Emma Green Sweden 1.96 PB

Pole vault

Yelena Isinbayeva Russia 5.01 WR

Monika Pyrek Poland 4.60

Pavla Hamáčková Czech Republic 4.50

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

Tianna Madison United States 6.89 PB

Eunice Barber France 6.76

Yargelis Savigne Cuba 6.69

An unexpected win for Tianna Madison, as Tatyana Kotova finishes second for the third World Outdoor Championships in a row. In 2013 Kotova's drug test sample from this event had been retested and found to be positive.[8]

Triple jump

Trecia Smith Jamaica 15.11 WL

Yargelis Savigne Cuba 14.82 PB

Anna Pyatykh Russia 14.78

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

Olga Ryabinkina Russia 19.64

Valerie Vili New Zealand 19.62

Nadine Kleinert Germany 19.07

Twenty-year-old Valerie Vili earns a surprise bronze, as Nadzeya Ostapchuk wins her first Outdoor World Championships Gold. In March 2013 the IAAF reported that Ostapchuk's drug test sample from this event had been retested and found to be positive.[6] Her result was subsequently annulled.[9]

Discus throw

Franka Dietzsch Germany 66.56 SB

Natalya Sadova Russia 64.33

Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová Czech Republic 63.19

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

Yipsi Moreno Cuba 73.08

Tatyana Lysenko Russia 72.46 (later positive)

Manuela Montebrun France 71.41

The original winner, Olga Kuzenkova of Russia was stripped of the gold medal after failing drugs tests revision in 2013. The rest of the competitors were elevated by one position accordingly.

Javelin throw

Osleidys Menéndez Cuba 71.70 WR

Christina Obergföll Germany 70.03 AR

Steffi Nerius Germany 65.96

Heptathlon

Carolina Klüft Sweden 6887 SB

Eunice Barber France 6824

Margaret Simpson Ghana 6375

2007 Lots of athletes here were caught and sanctioned at other times, Asafa Powell, Tyson Gay, Tsikhan, Merritt, Ramzi (silver in the 1500m), and then there are quite a few Russians left here who weren't caught at this meet initially or in 2013.

Event Gold Silver Bronze

100 metres

details Tyson Gay (USA) 9.85 Derrick Atkins (BAH) 9.91

NR Asafa Powell (JAM) 9.96

Powell got the best start and led the race halfway through, but Gay caught up and ran past Powell with some 30 meters left, being able to hold up his top speed longer. Powell seemed to get tense in the end and admitted to giving up when he realised he was out of contention,[27] as even Atkins ran past him in the last moments of the race.

200 metres

details Tyson Gay (USA) 19.76

CR Usain Bolt (JAM) 19.91 Wallace Spearmon (USA) 20.05

Gay became only the third male athlete to complete the sprint double at a World Championship.[28] Spearmon finished one hundredth of a second ahead of Rodney Martin to win bronze.

400 metres

details Jeremy Wariner (USA) 43.45

WL PB LaShawn Merritt (USA) 43.96

PB Angelo Taylor (USA) 44.32

The United States completed a clean sweep of the medals, with Wariner successfully defending his title. Merritt and Taylor claimed their first individual World Championship medals. Wariner moved up to no. 3 on the all-time lists and Merritt ran under 44 seconds for the first time.[29]

800 metres

details Alfred Kirwa Yego (KEN) 1:47.09 Gary Reed (CAN) 1:47.10 Yuriy Borzakovskiy (RUS) 1:47.39

After a slow 55 second first lap, Reed of Canada held the lead, followed closely by Abraham Chepkirwok. The final 100 meters produced a frenetic sprint to the finish in which Kirwa Yego nipped Reed at the line.

1500 metres

details Bernard Lagat (USA) 3:34.77 Rashid Ramzi (BHR) 3:35.00

SB Shedrack Kibet Korir (KEN) 3:35.04

Kenyan-born Lagat outkicked the field in a close finish (eight athletes were within a second of first place), holding off Ramzi to win the first championship 1500 m gold for the United States since the 1908 Olympics.

5000 metres

details Bernard Lagat (USA) 13:45.87 Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) 13:46.00 Moses Kipsiro (UGA) 13:46.75

A slow, tactical race saw the athletes remain bunched until Mohammed Farah tried to pull away at the beginning of the final lap. The Briton dropped back to fifth around the last bend, however, and Lagat surged past Kipchoge on the home straight to become the first ever winner of a world 1500/5000 m double.

10,000 metres

details Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 27:05.90

SB Sileshi Sihine (ETH) 27:09.03 Martin Mathathi (KEN) 27:12.17

Zersenay Tadese set a fast pace for most of the race (because he knew he could not outsprint Bekele, according to SBS commentators), gradually reducing the pack to 4. Mathathi took the lead with two laps to go, and Tadese fell back to finish fourth. The two Ethiopians went past Mathathi at the bell, with Bekele sprinting away in the last 100m to win his third consecutive title.

Marathon

details Luke Kibet (KEN) 2:15:59 Mubarak Hassan Shami (QAT) 2:17:18 Viktor Röthlin (SUI) 2:17:25

Kenyan William Kiplagat, who had held a medal position for much of the race, faded badly to finish 8th, in a race where 57 out of 94 starters finished. Swiss Röthlin ran a well-paced race to take a surprise medal. Eritrean Yared Asmerom, along with three Japanese athletes, was unlucky to finish without medals, despite well-timed surges. Japan won the World Cup race, with Korea and Kenya also picking up medals in the team event.

110 m hurdles

details Liu Xiang (CHN) 12.95 Terrence Trammell (USA) 12.99 David Payne (USA) 13.02

Olympic champion Liu came from behind to claim his first World Championship gold. Trammell, leader for much of the race, took silver, while Payne won the bronze despite only arriving in Osaka as an alternate the day before the event began.[22]

400 m hurdles

details Kerron Clement (USA) 47.61

WL Félix Sánchez (DOM) 48.01

SB Marek Plawgo (POL) 48.12

Despite a hesitation before clearing the penultimate hurdle, Clement set a world leading time to claim gold.

3000 m s'chase

details Brimin Kipruto (KEN) 8:13.82 Ezekiel Kemboi (KEN) 8:16.94 Richard Mateelong (KEN) 8:17.59

The Kenyans continued their dominance of the steeplechase with a medal sweep.

20 km walk

details Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 1:22:20 Paquillo Fernández (ESP) 1:22:40 Hatem Ghoula (TUN) 1:22:40

After having led for most of the way, Italy's Ivano Brugnetti was disqualified after 12 km. Fernández was disqualified after having lifted inside the stadium, to overtake Ghoula metres before the line and fourth-place Eder Sánchez was awarded the bronze. However, the Spaniard was later reinstated. This was world record-holder Pérez's third straight title.

50 km walk

details Nathan Deakes (AUS) 3:43:53

SB Yohann Diniz (FRA) 3:44:22

SB Alex Schwazer (ITA) 3:44:38

China's Yu Chaohong took an early lead in hot conditions, but was overtaken before the halfway mark by the leading group. Nathan Deakes broke away from the leading group around the 35km mark and was never headed to secure the global title and add to the 50km world record he set 10 months earlier. Deakes slowed in the final kilometre looking for family lining the route and to savour the win.

4×100 m relay

details United States

Darvis Patton

Wallace Spearmon

Tyson Gay

Leroy Dixon 37.78

WL Jamaica

Marvin Anderson

Usain Bolt

Nesta Carter

Asafa Powell 37.89

NR Great Britain and N.I.

Christian Malcolm

Craig Pickering

Marlon Devonish

Mark Lewis-Francis 37.90

The United States led throughout to win, giving Gay his third gold medal of the Championships. Powell received the final baton in fifth place but powered ahead of second-placed Lewis-Francis on the home straight to win silver for the Jamaicans in a national record time.

4×400 m relay

details United States

LaShawn Merritt

Angelo Taylor

Darold Williamson

Jeremy Wariner 2:55.56

WL Bahamas

Avard Moncur

Micheal Mathieu

Andrae Williams

Chris Brown 2:59.18

SB Poland

Marek Plawgo

Daniel Dąbrowski

Marcin Marciniszyn

Kacper Kozłowski 3:00.05

With the three individual 400 m medallists on their team, the U.S. were strong favourites going into the race and duly led from start to finish. Jamaica held second place after three legs, but anchor Sanjay Ayre was passed by Brown on the back straight and Kozłowski on the home straight.

Field[edit]

2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011

Event Gold Silver Bronze

High jump

details Donald Thomas (BAH) 2.35

WL Yaroslav Rybakov (RUS) 2.35

WL Kyriakos Ioannou (CYP) 2.35

Thomas won the gold with his first attempt at 2.35 m. Olympic champion Stefan Holm failed to clear this height - his best of 2.33 was good enough only for fourth. Ioannou's bronze was the first ever for Cyprus at any World Championships.

Pole vault

details Brad Walker (USA) 5.86 Romain Mesnil (FRA) 5.86

SB Danny Ecker (GER) 5.81

Walker was declared the winner on countback as he had cleared 5.86 with his first attempt, Mesnil with his second.

Long jump

details Irving Saladino (PAN) 8.57

AR Andrew Howe (ITA) 8.47

NR Dwight Phillips (USA) 8.30

Saladino moved into the outright lead with his third round jump of 8.46. This distance looked set to win the title until Howe went 1 cm further in the final round. However, with the very last jump of the contest, Saladino flew at 8.57 to seal a dramatic gold for Panama.

Triple jump

details Nelson Évora (POR) 17.74

NR Jadel Gregório (BRA) 17.59 Walter Davis (USA) 17.33

Évora assumed the lead from the very first jump and truly consolidated his victory with a second-best world leading mark at the third attempt. Gregório, the 2007 world leader, was only able to surpass Évora's first jump with his penultimate effort, leapfrogging defending champion Walter Davis, who had held second place since the opening round.

Shot put

details Reese Hoffa (USA) 22.04 Adam Nelson (USA) 21.61

SB Rutger Smith (NED) 21.13

Hoffa held the lead throughout the competition making the four longest throws of the final. Defending champion Nelson had only two legal throws, in the first two rounds. Dutchman Rutger Smith finished a close fourth and Dane Joachim Olsen was disappointed not to record a mark. In 2013 it was revealed that Andrei Mikhnevich, the original bronze medalist, tested positive for a prohibited substance at the 2005 World Championships. Since this was his second offense, he was given a lifetime ban and all his results from August 2005 on were annulled. [30] As a consequence, Rutger Smith, was awarded the bronze.

Discus throw

details Gerd Kanter (EST) 68.94 Robert Harting (GER) 66.68 Rutger Smith (NED) 66.42

Double Olympic, European and double defending champion Virgilijus Alekna disappointed, finishing fourth with 65.24 m. With his bronze, Dutchman Smith set a new record, becoming the first person to win a World Championship medal in both shot put (a silver in 2005) and discus throw.

Javelin throw

details Tero Pitkämäki (FIN) 90.33 Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR) 88.61 Breaux Greer (USA) 86.21

Pitkämäki's second round throw of 89.16 proved enough for victory. With the title already won, he went further still with the final throw of the competition.

Hammer throw

details Ivan Tsikhan (BLR) 83.63

WL Primož Kozmus (SLO) 82.29 Libor Charfreitag (SVK) 81.60

Tsikhan left it late to win his third consecutive world title. Lying fourth going into the final round, he produced a throw of 83.63 which none of the three remaining competitors could better.

Decathlon

details Roman Šebrle (CZE) 8676 Maurice Smith (JAM) 8644

NR Dmitriy Karpov (KAZ) 8586

Olympic champion Šebrle, World Championship runner-up in 2003 and 2005, won his first world title in a close contest. Smith led the standings through eight events, but the medals were then decided in the javelin discipline. Despite season best throws from Smith and Karpov, veteran Šebrle moved up from third to first in the overall standings thanks to a personal best of 71.18. The Czech then did enough to hold onto his lead in the concluding 1500m. Smith's score of 8,644 points was a huge improvement on the previous Jamaican record. Defending champion Bryan Clay withdrew injured after four events.

Women's results[edit]

Track[edit]

2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011

Event Gold Silver Bronze

100 metres

details Veronica Campbell (JAM) 11.01 Lauryn Williams (USA) 11.01

SB Carmelita Jeter (USA) 11.02

It was arguably the closest World Championship 100 metres final for women (to date, the 1993 final is the only other race where the top two athletes clocked the same time).[31] With the top five finishing within five hundredths of a second, and with both gold and silver medalists, Veronica Campbell and Lauryn Williams, respectively, finishing at 11.01 seconds, it took some minutes for the judges to determine who had won.

200 metres

details Allyson Felix (USA) 21.81

WL Veronica Campbell (JAM) 22.34

SB Susanthika Jayasinghe (SRI) 22.63

Felix claimed a convincing victory with a personal best of 21.81, the fastest World Championship time since Inger Miller's gold medal run in 1999. Jayasinghe edged Torri Edwards for third to claim her first World Championship medal in ten years.

400 metres

details Christine Ohuruogu (GBR) 49.61

PB Nicola Sanders (GBR) 49.65

PB Novlene Williams (JAM) 49.66

Williams led the field approaching the home straight with the Russian Natalya Antyukh and American athlete Dee Dee Trotter ahead of the two Britons at this point. However, Ohuruogu and Sanders closed quickly on the other athletes. Williams held the lead up until the final five metres, where she tied up quickly, allowing the two British athletes to take the first two medals on a dip. Ohuruogu surprised the field to take the gold medal with a personal best, just 24 days after her 12-month suspension for missing three out-of-competition doping tests expired.[24][32]

800 metres

details Janeth Jepkosgei (KEN) 1:56.04

WL Hasna Benhassi (MAR) 1:56.99 Mayte Martínez (ESP) 1:57.62

Jepkosgei led from start to finish.

1500 metres

details Maryam Yusuf Jamal (BHR) 3:58.75

SB Iryna Lishchynska (UKR) 4:00.69

SB Daniela Yordanova (BUL) 4:00.82

World number one Soboleva led from the gun until passed by Jamal on the back straight of the last lap. Jamal's sprint failed to break the field, but she just managed to hold off Soboleva for the win. However, Soboleva's medal was taken away in 2009 because of doping.

5000 metres

details Meseret Defar (ETH) 14:57.91 Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN) 14:58.50 Priscah Jepleting Cherono (KEN) 14:59.21

Defar added the world title to her Olympic gold medal. A personal best of 14:59.26 by Kenyan Sylvia Kibet left her in fourth, just five hundredths of a second outside the medals.

10,000 metres

details Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) 31:55.41

SB Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR) 31:59.40 Kara Goucher (USA) 32:02.05

Dibaba fell behind the leaders half way through the race, with obvious stomach trouble, however she managed to pull back to the front and take historic back-to-back 10,000 m titles. Abeylegesse, was one of two athletes, who lost her shoe, and then had to stop to put it back on her foot before rejoining the race. Great Britain's Joanne Pavey went into third place in the penultimate lap, leading until the home straight, when Goucher went back to claim the medal.

Marathon

details Catherine Ndereba (KEN) 2:30:37 Zhou Chunxiu (CHN) 2:30:45 Reiko Tosa (JPN) 2:30:55

Ndereba pulled clear over the final two kilometres to win her second world title. Tosa delighted the home crowd by passing Zhu Xiaolin over the closing stages to claim the bronze.

100 m hurdles

details Michelle Perry (USA) 12.46 Perdita Felicien (CAN) 12.49

SB Delloreen Ennis-London (JAM) 12.50

The initial celebrations of Ennis-London[33] proved premature as defending champion Perry was confirmed the winner of a close race after an anxious wait.

400 m hurdles

details Jana Rawlinson (AUS) 53.31

SB Yuliya Pechenkina (RUS) 53.50

SB Anna Jesień (POL) 53.92

Rawlinson ran her fastest time of the season to hold off Pechenkina for the win.

3000 m s'chase

details Yekaterina Volkova (RUS) 9:06.57

CR / PB Tatyana Petrova (RUS) 9:09.19

PB Eunice Jepkorir (KEN) 9:20.09

Volkova set the second fastest time in the event's relatively short history to win from compatriot Petrova.

20 km walk

details Olga Kaniskina (RUS) 1:30:09 Tatyana Shemyakina (RUS) 1:30:42 María Vasco (ESP) 1:30:47

Both Kaniskina and Shemyakina held on to their final places since they left the stadium for the first time, with the winner performing a very strong and consistent race. María Vasco raced from behind surpassing Tatyana Sibileva to prevent another Russian clean sweep.

4×100 m relay

details United States

Lauryn Williams

Allyson Felix

Mikele Barber

Torri Edwards 41.98

WL Jamaica

Sheri-Ann Brooks

Kerron Stewart

Simone Facey

Veronica Campbell 42.01

SB Belgium

Olivia Borlée

Hanna Mariën

Élodie Ouédraogo

Kim Gevaert 42.75

Individual 100 m champion Campbell almost ran down Edwards' lead on the final leg, but the U.S. sprinter hung on to ensure a successful title defence.

4×400 m relay

details United States

DeeDee Trotter

Allyson Felix

Mary Wineberg

Sanya Richards 3:18.55

WL Jamaica

Shericka Williams

Shereefa Lloyd

Davita Prendagast

Novlene Williams 3:19.73

NR Great Britain and N.I.

Christine Ohuruogu

Marilyn Okoro

Lee McConnell

Nicola Sanders 3:20.04

Felix pulled past Lloyd on the second leg to put the United States into first place, where they remained. The gold was Felix's third of the Championships. Sanders ran down Russian Natalya Antyukh on the finishing straight to win bronze for Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Field[edit]

2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011

Event Gold Silver Bronze

High jump

details Blanka Vlašić (CRO) 2.05 Antonietta Di Martino (ITA)

Anna Chicherova (RUS) 2.03 NR

2.03 PB

After an outstanding season, Vlašić was the big favourite coming into the final, and she did not disappoint. Di Martino and Chicherova gave the Croatian a run for her money though, as they both cleared 2.03 and shared second place. With Russians Slesarenko and Savchenko both clearing 2.00, this was the first ever women's high jump competition with 5 jumpers over 2.00 and also the first ever with 3 jumpers clearing 2.03.

Pole vault

details Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) 4.80 Kateřina Baďurová (CZE) 4.75

NR Svetlana Feofanova (RUS) 4.75

Isinbayeva was the only one to vault over 4.80 m. Then she attacked the world record trying to jump 5.02 m, but failed. Three athletes beat the height of 4.75 m, but only Baďurová succeeded with her first attempt, taking silver. Feofanova took bronze, beating Monika Pyrek thanks to her better first attempt on 4.70 m.

Long jump

details Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS) 7.03 Lyudmila Kolchanova (RUS) 6.92 Tatyana Kotova (RUS) 6.90

Lebedeva twice jumped 7.03 m to head a Russian clean sweep of the medals.

Triple jump

details Yargelis Savigne (CUB) 15.28

WL Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS) 15.07 Hrysopiyí Devetzí (GRE) 15.04

Lebedeva's dominance of the event and her hopes of an unprecedented long jump/triple jump double were ended by Savigne, whose opening jump of 15.28 m proved decisive.

Shot put

details Valerie Vili (NZL) 20.54

WL / AR Nadzeya Astapchuk (BLR) 20.48

SB Nadine Kleinert (GER) 19.77

Astapchuk lead throughout the rounds but Vili responded in the final round with a 20.54 throw. Astapchuk's last round effort of 20.48 was not enough to catch the New Zealander, who set a Commonwealth record.

Discus throw

details Franka Dietzsch (GER) 66.61 Yarelis Barrios (CUB) 63.90

PB Nicoleta Grasu (ROU) 63.40

Dietzsch's opening effort of 66.61 m proved enough to secure the gold medal for the third time in her career. At 39, she became the second-oldest athletics world champion in history.[23] Darya Pishchalnikova initially finished second, but her silver medal was revoked in 2008 for manipulating drug samples.

Javelin throw

details Barbora Špotáková (CZE) 67.07

NR Christina Obergföll (GER) 66.46 Steffi Nerius (GER) 64.42

The final was a battle between two pairs of German and Czech throwers which ended with a loss for this year unbeaten Obergföll. Špotáková improved the Czech national record (previously 66.21 held by herself since 2006) twice. She took an early lead for 66.40 m in her first attempt and secured the gold medal with her third throw (67.07) before Obergföll who reached 66.46 in the sixth attempt. Both Špotáková and Obergföl had a solid row of attempts over 60 m. Nerius (64.42) managed to get the bronze when she overcame Nikola Brejchová (63.73) in the fourth round.

Hammer throw

details Betty Heidler (GER) 74.76 Yipsi Moreno (CUB) 74.74 Zhang Wenxiu (CHN) 74.39

In a tight contest, Moreno's final round throw fell just 2 cm short of Heidler's 74.76, set in round two. Ivana Brkljačić failed to follow up on her qualification-leading throw of 74.69 and had to settle with 11th place.

Heptathlon

details Carolina Klüft (SWE) 7032

WL / AR Lyudmila Blonska (UKR) 6832

NR Kelly Sotherton (Great Britain and N.I.) 6510

Klüft set a European Record and became the second highest scorer ever in taking her third consecutive World Championship title and 19th consecutive heptathlon win. Sotherton had to fight with Jessica Ennis for a medal in the 800 m, after a poor javelin. Ennis won the 800 metres by only 0.19 seconds which was not enough, giving her the fourth place after Sotherton.

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