El 6é campionat del Món d'atletisme, organitzat per l'Associació Internacional de Federacions d'Atletisme, es va celebrar a l'estadi Olímpic d'Atenes, Grècia, entre l'1 i el 10 d'agost.
1993 |1995 |1997 |1999 |2001
Prova: |
Or: |
Argent: |
Bronze:
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100 m Detalls
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Maurice Greene
United States |
9.86
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Donovan Bailey
Canada |
9.91
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Tim Montgomery
United States |
9.94
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200 m Detalls
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Ato Boldon
Trinidad and Tobago |
20.04
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Frankie Fredericks
Namibia |
20.23
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Claudinei da Silva
Brazil |
20.26
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400 m Detalls
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Michael Johnson
United States |
44.12
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Davis Kamoga
Uganda |
44.37 (NR)
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Tyree Washington
United States |
44.39 (PB)
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800 m Detalls
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Wilson Kipketer
Denmark |
1:43.38
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Norberto Téllez
Cuba |
1:44.00 (SB)
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Rich Kenah
United States |
1:44.25 (PB)
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1500 m Detalls
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Hicham El Guerrouj
Morocco |
3:35.83
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Fermín Cacho
Spain |
3:36.63
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Reyes Estévez
Spain |
3:37.26
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5000 m Detalls
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Daniel Komen
Kenya |
13:07.38
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Khalid Boulami
Morocco |
13:09.34
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Tom Nyariki
Kenya |
13:11.09
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10000 m Detalls
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Haile Gebrselassie
Ethiopia |
27:24.58
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Paul Tergat
Kenya |
27:25.62 (SB)
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Salah Hissou
Morocco |
27:28.67 (PB)
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Marató Detalls
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Abel Antón
Spain |
2:13:16
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Martín Fiz
Spain |
2:13:21
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Steve Moneghetti
Australia |
2:14:16
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110 m tanques Detalls
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Allen Johnson
United States |
12.93 (WL)
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Colin Jackson
Regne Unit |
13.05 (SB)
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Igor Kovác
Slovakia |
13.18 SB
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400 m tanques Detalls
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Stéphane Diagana
France |
47.70 (WL)
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Herbert Llewellyn
South Africa |
47.86 (NR)
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Bryan Bronson
United States |
47.88
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3000 m obstacles Detalls
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Wilson Boit Kipketer
Kenya |
8:05.84
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Moses Kiptanui
Kenya |
8:06.04
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Bernard Barmasai
Kenya |
8:06.04
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20 km marxa Detalls
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Daniel García (atleta)
Mexico |
1:21:43
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Mikhaïl Sxénnikov
Russia |
1:21:53
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Mikhaïl Khmelnitski
Belarus |
1:22:01
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50 km marxa Detalls
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Robert Korzeniowski
Poland |
3:44:46
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Jesús Ángel García
Spain |
3:44:59
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Miguel Ángel Rodríguez
Mexico |
3:48:30
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4x100 m Detalls
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Robert Esmie, Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin, Donovan Bailey
Canada |
37.86 (WL)
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Osmond Ezinwa, Olapade Adeniken, Francis Obikwelu, Davidson Ezinwa
Nigeria |
38.07
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Darren Braithwaite, Darren Campbell, Douglas Walker, Julian Golding
Regne Unit |
38.14 (SB)
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4x400 m Detalls
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Jerome Young, Antonio Pettigrew, Chris Jones, Tyree Washington
United States |
2:56.47 (WL)
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Iwan Thomas, Roger Black, Jamie Baulch, Mark Richardson
Regne Unit |
2:56.65 (SB)
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Michael McDonald, Greg Haughton, Danny McFarlane, Davian Clarke
Jamaica |
2:56.75 (NR)
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AR Rècord del continent | CR Rècord del campionat | NR Rècord nacional | OR Rècord olímpic | PB/PR Millor marca personal/Rècord personal SB Millor marca personal de la temporada | WL Millor marca mundial de l'any | WR Rècord del món
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1993 |1995 |1997 |1999 |2001
Aleksandr Bagach, d'Ucraïna, va guanyar el llançament de pes amb un llançament de 21,47 metres, però va ser desqualificat per donar positiu en un control antidopatge.
1993 |1995 |1997 |1999 |2001
Prova: |
Or: |
Argent: |
Bronze:
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100 m Detalls
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Marion Jones
United States |
10.83 (WL)
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Zhanna Pintusevich
Ukraine |
10.85
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Savatheda Fynes
Bahamas |
11.03 PB
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200 m Detalls
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Zhanna Pintusevich
Ukraine |
22.32
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Susanthika Jayasinghe
Sri Lanka |
22.39
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Merlene Ottey
Jamaica |
22.40
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400 m Detalls
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Cathy Freeman
Australia |
49.77
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Sandie Richards
Jamaica |
49.79 (PB)
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Jearl Miles-Clark
United States |
49.90
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800 m Detalls
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Ana Fidelia Quirot
Cuba |
1:57.14
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Yelena Afanasyeva
Russia |
1:57.56
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Maria de Lurdes Mutola
Mozambique |
1:57.59
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1500 m Detalls
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Carla Sacramento
Portugal |
4:04.24 (SB)
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Regina Jacobs
United States |
4:04.63
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Anita Weyermann
Switzerland |
4:04.70 (SB)
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5000 m Detalls
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Gabriela Szabo
Romania |
14:57.68
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Roberta Brunet
Italy |
14:58.29 (SB)
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Fernanda Ribeiro
Portugal |
14:58.85
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10000 m Detalls
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Sally Barsosio
Kenya |
31:32.92 (WJR)
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Fernanda Ribeiro
Portugal |
31:39.15 (SB)
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Masako Chiba
Japan |
31:41.93
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Marató Detalls
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Hiromi Suzuki
Japan |
2:29:48
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Manuela Machado
Portugal |
2:31:12
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Lidia Slavuteanu-Simon
Romania |
2:31:55
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10 km marxa Detalls
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Annarita Sidoti
Italy |
42:55.49 (WL)
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Olga Kardopoltseva
Belarus |
43:30.20
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Valentina Tsybulskaya
Belarus |
43:49.24
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100 m tanques Detalls
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Ludmila Engquist
Sweden |
12.50 (SB)
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Svetla Dimitrova
Bulgaria |
12.58
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Michelle Freeman
Jamaica |
12.61
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400 m tanques Detalls
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Nezha Bidouane
Morocco |
52.97 (AR)
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Deon Hemmings
Jamaica |
53.09 (SB)
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Kim Batten
United States |
53.52
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4x100 m Detalls
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Chryste Gaines, Marion Jones, Inger Miller, Gail Devers
United States |
41.47 (CR/AR)
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Beverly McDonald, Merlene Frazer, Juliet Cuthbert, Beverly Grant
Jamaica |
42.10 (SB)
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Patricia Girard-Léno, Christine Arron, Delphine Combe, Sylviane Félix
France |
42.21 (NR)
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4x400 m Detalls
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Anke Feller, Uta Rohlände, Anja Rücker, Grit Breuer
Germany |
3:20.92 (WL)
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Maicel Malone-Wallace, Kim Graham, Kim Batten, Jearl Miles-Clark
United States |
3:21.03 (SB)
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Inez Turner, Lorraine Fenton, Deon Hemmings, Sandie Richards
Jamaica |
3:21.30 (NR)
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WL Millor marca mundial de l'any PB Millor marca personal SB Millor marca personal de la temporada WJR Rècord del món junior AR Rècord del continent NR Rècord nacional
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1993 |1995 |1997 |1999 |2001