2009 in the sport of athletics
2009 in athletics | |
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2010 → |
This article contains an overview of the year 2009 in
athletics
.
The major competition of the year was the
gender verification test was made public, sparking widespread controversy and debate. Yelena Isinbayeva
, a clear favourite, finished last in the pole vault competition, but rebounded with a world record a week later.
2010.[1]
Major events
World
Regional
- African Junior Championships
- CAC Championships
- South American Championships
- Pan American Junior Championships
- Jeux de la Francophonie
- Lusophony Games
- European Team Championships
- European Indoor Championships
- European Junior Championships
- European U23 Championships
- European Cross Country Championships
- European Mountain Running Championships
- European Race Walking Cup
- Mediterranean Games
- Asian Championships
- Asian Indoor Games
- East Asian Games
- Southeast Asian Games
- Asian Youth Games
- Maccabiah Games
National
World records
Men
Event | Athlete | Nation | Performance | Place | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
100 m
|
Usain Bolt | Jamaica | 9.58 | Berlin, Germany | August 16 |
200 m
|
19.19 | August 20 | |||
10 km (road)
|
Micah Kogo | Kenya | 27:01 | Brunssum, Netherlands | March 29 |
15 km (road)
|
Deriba Merga | Ethiopia | 41.29+ =WR | Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates | February 20 |
30 km (road) | Haile Gebrselassie | Ethiopia | 1:27:49+ | Berlin Marathon, Germany | September 20 |
4×1500 metres relay
|
Geoffrey Kipkoech Rono
Augustine Kiprono Choge |
Kenya | 14:36.23 | Brussels, Belgium | September 4 |
Women
Event | Athlete | Nation | Performance | Place | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
5000 m (indoor) | Meseret Defar | Ethiopia | 14:24.37 | Stockholm, Sweden | February 18 |
15 km (road)
|
Tirunesh Dibaba | Ethiopia | 46:28 | Nijmegen, Netherlands | November 15 |
Pole vault | Yelena Isinbayeva | Russia | 5.06 m | Zürich, Switzerland | August 28 |
Pole vault (indoor) | Yelena Isinbayeva | Russia | 4.97 m | Donetsk, Ukraine | February 15 |
5.00 m | |||||
Hammer throw | Anita Wlodarczyk
|
Poland | 77.96 m | Berlin, Germany | August 22 |
Season's bests
Event | Men | Women | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Athlete | Mark | Notes | Athlete | Mark | Notes | |
60 metres | Dwain Chambers (GBR) | 6.42 s | AR | Carmelita Jeter (USA) | 7.11 s | |
100 metres | Usain Bolt (JAM) | 9.58 s | WR | Carmelita Jeter (USA) | 10.64 s | |
200 metres | Usain Bolt (JAM) | 19.19 s | WR | Allyson Felix (USA) | 21.88 s | |
400 metres | LaShawn Merritt (USA) | 44.06 s | Sanya Richards (USA) |
48.83 | ||
800 metres | David Rudisha (KEN) | 1:42.01 | AR | Caster Semenya (RSA) | 1:55.45 | |
1500 metres | Augustine Choge (KEN) |
3:29.47 | Maryam Yusuf Jamal (BHR) | 3:56.55 | ||
3000 metres | Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) | 7:28.37 | Meseret Defar (ETH) | 8:26.99 i | ||
5000 metres | Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) | 12:52.32 | Meseret Defar (ETH) | 14:24.37 i | ||
10,000 metres | Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) | 26:46.31 | Meselech Melkamu (ETH) | 29:53.80 | ||
60 metres hurdles | Terrence Trammell (USA) | 7.37 | Lolo Jones (USA) | 7.82 | ||
100/110 metres hurdles | Dayron Robles (CUB) | 13.04 s | Brigitte Foster-Hylton (JAM) | 12.46 | ||
400 metres hurdles | Kerron Clement (USA) | 47.91 s | Melaine Walker (JAM) | 52.42 | ||
3000 metres steeplechase | Ezekiel Kemboi (KEN) | 7:58.85 | Marta Domínguez (ESP) | 9:07.32 | ||
10 kilometres
|
Micah Kogo (KEN) | 27:01 | WR | Mary Keitany (KEN) |
31:04 | |
15 kilometres
|
Deriba Merga (ETH) | 41:29+ | WR | Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) | 46:28 | WR |
20 kilometres | Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) Sammy Kitwara (KEN) |
56:48+ | Mary Keitany (KEN) |
1:02:59+ | ||
Half marathon | Patrick Makau (KEN) |
58:52 | Mary Keitany (KEN) |
1:06:36 | ||
25 kilometres
|
Samuel Kosgei (KEN) |
1:13:09+ | Peninah Jerop Arusei (KEN) |
1:22:31 | ||
30 kilometres | Samuel Kosgei (KEN) |
1:27:49+ | WR | Irina Mikitenko (GER) Mara Yamauchi (GBR) |
1:41:14 | |
Marathon | Duncan Kibet (KEN) James Kwambai (KEN) |
2:04:27 | Irina Mikitenko (GER) | 2:22:11 | ||
20 kilometres race walk | Valeriy Borchin (RUS) | 1:17:38 | Olga Kaniskina (RUS) | 1:24:56 | ||
50 kilometres race walk | Sergey Kirdyapkin (RUS) | 3:38:35 | — | |||
Pole vault | Steven Hooker (AUS) |
6.06 i | Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) | 5.06 | ||
High jump | Ivan Ukhov (RUS) | 2.40 i | Blanka Vlašić (CRO) | 2.08 | ||
Long jump | Dwight Phillips (USA) | 8.74 | Brittney Reese (USA) | 7.10 | ||
Triple jump | Phillips Idowu (GBR) | 17.73 | Nadezhda Alekhina (RUS) | 15.14 | ||
Shot put | Christian Cantwell (USA) | 22.16 | Valerie Vili (NZL) |
21.07 | ||
Discus throw | Gerd Kanter (EST) | 71.64 | Yanfeng Li (CHN) |
66.40 | ||
Javelin throw | Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR) | 91.28 | Maria Abakumova (RUS) |
68.92 | ||
details
|
Primož Kozmus (SLO) | 82.58 | Anita Wlodarczyk (POL) |
77.96 | WR | |
Heptathlon | — | Jessica Ennis (GBR) |
6731 | |||
details
|
Trey Hardee (USA) | 8790 | — | |||
4×100 metres relay
|
Jamaica Steve Mullings Michael Frater Usain Bolt Asafa Powell |
37.31 | United States Lauryn Williams Allyson Felix Muna Lee Carmelita Jeter |
41.58 | ||
4×400 metres relay
|
United States Angelo Taylor Jeremy Wariner Kerron Clement LaShawn Merritt |
2:57.86 | Sanya Richards |
3:17.83 |
Awards
Men
Award | Winner |
---|---|
IAAF World Athlete of the Year
|
Usain Bolt (JAM)[2] |
Track & Field Athlete of the Year
|
Usain Bolt (JAM) |
European Athlete of the Year | Phillips Idowu (GBR) |
European Athletics Rising Star | Christophe Lemaitre (FRA) |
Women
Award | Winner |
---|---|
IAAF World Athlete of the Year
|
Sanya Richards (USA)[2]
|
Track & Field Athlete of the Year
|
Sanya Richards (USA)
|
European Athlete of the Year | Marta Domínguez (ESP) |
European Athletics Rising Star | Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal (NOR) |
Doping
Incidents of athletes testing positive for
banned substances were low-key compared to previous years. The IAAF conducted their largest ever anti-doping program at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics,[3] and Jamel Chatbi and Nigerian hurdler Amaka Ogoegbunam were the only athletes who tested positive.[4] Five Jamaican sprint athletes, including Yohan Blake and Sheri-Ann Brooks, tested positive for Methylhexanamine prior to the world championships. Four of the athletes received three-month bans, while Brooks was cleared on a technicality.[5]
A Brazilian coach, Jayme Netto, admitted that he had administered the banned drug recombinant EPO on five of his athletes without their knowledge.[6] South American champion Lucimar Teodoro was another high-profile Brazilian athlete to be banned.[7]
Retirements
- Kim Collins, 100 m gold medallist at the 2003 World Championships.[8] (returned to competition in 2010)
- Stacy Dragila, Olympic gold medallist, two-time World Champion, and former world record holder in the pole vault.[9]
- Yulia Pechonkina, 2005 World Champion in the 400 m hurdles, and current world record holder.[10]
Deaths
- February 18 — Kamila Skolimowska (26), Polish hammer thrower (born 1982)
- April 6 — Svetlana Ulmasova (56), Uzbekistani long-distance runner (born 1953)
- May 8 — Fons Brydenbach (54), Belgian sprinter (born 1954)
- June 27 — Nanae Nagata(53), Japanese long-distance runner (born 1956)
- October 2 — Jørgen Jensen(65), Danish long-distance runner (born 1944)
- October 25 — Ingeborg Mello (90), Argentine discus thrower and shot putter (born 1919)
References
- IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-10-25.
- ^ IAAF(2009-11-22). Retrieved on 2009-11-22.
- IAAF (2009-08-11). Retrieved on 12 August 2009 Archived8 September 2009
- ^ Berlin 2009 - Nigerian fails drugs test. Eurosport/Reuters (2009-08-21). Retrieved on 2009-09-25. Archived 2009-09-27.
- ^ Jamaicans given three-month ban. BBC Sport (2009-09-17). Retrieved on 2009-10-25.
- ^ Coach takes blame for five Brazilian athletes failing drug tests. The Guardian (2009-08-06). Retrieved on 2009-10-25.
- ^ Brazilian hurdler banned for two years for doping. Reuters (2009-08-12). Retrieved on 2009-08-12.
- IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-09-28.
- IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-09-30.
- ^ Illness ends Pechonkina's career. BBC Sport (2009-09-28). Retrieved on 2009-09-28.