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Men | Women


Men


100m final

1. Maurice Greene (US) 9.87

2. Ato Boldon (Trinidad) 9.99

3. Obadele Thompson (Barbados) 10.04


4x100m relay final

1. US 37.61

Jonathan Drummond, Bernard Williams III,
Brian Lewis, Maurice Greene

2. Brazil 37.90

Vicente Lima, Edson Ribeiro,
Andre Silva, Claudinei da Silva

3. Cuba 38.04

Jose Angel Cesar, Luis Alberto Perez,
Ivan Garcia, Freddy
Mayola


110m hurdles final

1. Anier Garcia (Cuba) 13.00

2. Terrence Trammell (US) 13.16

3. Mark Crear (US) 13.22


200m final

1. Konstantinos Kenteris (Greece) 20.09

2. Darren Campbell (Britain) 20.14

3. Ato Boldon (Trinidad) 20.20


400m final

1. Michael Johnson (US) 43.84

2. Alvin Harrison (US) 44.40

3. Gregory Haughton (Jamaica) 44.70


400m hurdles final

1. Angelo Taylor (US) 47.50

2. Hadi Souan Somayli (Saudi Arabia) 47.53

3. Llewellyn Herbert (South Africa) 47.81


4x400m final

1. US 2 minutes 56.35sec

Alvin Harrison, Antonio Pettigrew,
Calvin Harrison, Michael Johnson

2. Nigeria 2min 58.68sec

Clement Chukwu, Jude Monye,
Sunday Bada, Enefiok Udo-Obong

3. Jamaica 2min 58.78sec

Michael Blackwood, Gregory Haughton,
Christopher Williams, Danny McFarlane


800m final

1. Nils Schumann (Germany) 1:45.08

2. Wilson Kipketer (Denmark) 1:45.14

3. Aissa Djabir Said-Guerni (Algeria) 1:45.16


1500m final

1. Noah Ngeny (Kenya) 3:32.07

2. Hicham El Guerrouj (Morocco) 3:32.32

3. Bernard Lagat (Kenya) 3:32.44


3000m steeplechase

1. Reuben Kosgei (Kenya) 8:21.43

2. Wilson Boit Kipketer (Kenya) 8:21.77

3. Ali Ezzine (Morocco) 8:22.15


5000m final

1. Millon Wolde (Ethiopia) 13:35.49

2. Ali Saidi-Sief (Algeria) 13:36.20

3. Brahim Lahlafi (Morocco) 13:36.47


10,000 metres final

1. Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) 27:18.20

2. Paul Tergat (Kenya) 27:18.29

3. Assefa Mezgebu (Ethiopia) 27:19.75


20km walk final:

1. Robert Korzeniowski (Poland) 1:18:59

2. Noe Hernandez (Mexico) 1:19:03

3. Vladimir Andreyev (Russia) 1:19:27


50km walk final

1. Robert Korzeniowski (Poland) 3:42:22

2. Aigars Fadejevs (Latvia) 3:43:40

3. Joel Sanchez (Mexico) 3:44:36

Also: 18. Craig Barrett (New Zealand) 3:55:53


Marathon

1. Gezahgne Abera (Ethiopia) 2:10:11

2. Eric Wainaina (Kenya) 2:10:31

3. Tesfaye Tola (Ethiopia) 2:11:10


Discus final

1. Virgilijus Alekna (Lithuania) 69.30

2. Lars Riedel (Germany) 68.50

3. Frantz Kruger (South Africa) 68.19


Javelin final

1. Jan Zelezny (Czech Republic) 90.17

2. Steve Backley (Britain) 89.85

3. Sergey Makarov (Russia) 88.67


Shot put final

1. Arsi Harju (Finland) 21.29m

2. Adam Nelson (USA) 21.21

3. John Godina (USA) 21.20


Long jump final

1. Ivan Pedroso (Cuba) 8.55

2. Jai Taurima (Australia) 8.49

3. Roman Schurenko (Ukraine) 8.31


Triple jump final

1. Jonathan Edwards (Britain) 17.71 (wind speed +0.2 mps)

2. Yoel Garcia (Cuba) 17.47 (+0.1 mps)

3. Denis Kapustin (Russia) 17.46 (+0.3 mps)


Hammer final
1. Szymon Ziolkowski (Poland) 80.02

2. Nicola Vizzoni (Italy) 79.64

3. Igor Astapkovich (Belarus) 79.17


Pole vault final
(On countback:)

1. Nick Hysong (US) 5.90m

2. Lawrence Johnson (US) 5.90

3. Maksim Tarasov (Russia) 5.90


Decathlon final

1. Erki Nool (Estonia) 8641 (100m 10.68s, long jump 7.76m, shotput 15.11m, high jump 2.00m, 400m 46.71s, 110m hurdles 14.48s, discus 43.66m, pole vault 5.00m, javelin 65.82m, 1500m 4m 29.48s)
2. Roman Sebrle (Czech Republic) 8606 (10.92, 7.62, 15.22, 2.12, 48.20, 13.87, 44.39, 4.80, 64.04, 04:28.79)
3. Chris Huffins (US) 8595 (10.48, 7.71, 15.27, 2.09, 48.31, 13.91, 49.55, 4.70, 56.62, 04:38.71)


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Women


100m final

1. Marion Jones (US) 10.75

2. Ekaterini Thanou (Greece) 11.12

3. Tanya Lawrence (Jamaica) 11.18


100m hurdles final

1. Olga Shishigina (Kazakhstan) 12.65

2. Glory Alozie (Nigeria) 12.68

3. Melissa Morrison (US) 12.76


4x100m relay final

1. Bahamas 41.95

Sevatheda Fynes, Chandra Sturrup,
Pauline Davis-Thompson, Debbie Ferguson

2. Jamaica 42.13

Tayna Lawrence, Veronica Campbell,
Beverly McDonald, Merlene Ottey

3. US 42.20

Chryste Gaines, Torri Edwards,
Nanceen Perry, Marion Jones


200m final

1. Marion Jones (US) 21.84

2. Pauline Davis-Thompson (Bahamas) 22.27

3. Susanthika Jayasinghe (Sri Lanka) 22.28


400m final

1. Cathy Freeman (Australia) 49.11

2. Lorraine Graham (Jamaica) 49.58

3. Katharine Merry (Britain) 49.72


4x400m relay final

1. US 3 minutes 22.62 seconds

Jearl Miles-Clark, Monique Hennagan,
Marion Jones, La Tasha Colander-Richardson

2. Jamaica 3min 23.25sec

3. Russia 3min 23.46sec


400m hurdles final

1. Irina Privalova (Russia) 53.02

2. Deon Hemmings (Jamaica) 53.45

3. Nouzha Bidouane (Morocco) 53.57


800m final:

1. Maria Mutola (Mozambique) 1:56.15

2. Stephanie Graf (Austria) 1:56.64

3. Kelly Holmes (Britain) 1:56.80


1500m:

1. Nouria Merah-Benida (Algeria) 4:05.10

2. Violeta Szekely (Romania) 4:05.15

3. Gabriela Szabo (Romania) 4:05.27


5000m final:

1. Gabriela Szabo (Romania) 14:40.79

2. Sonia O'Sullivan (Ireland) 14:41.02

3. Gete Wami (Ethiopia) 14:42.23


10,000m

1. Derartu Tulu (Ethiopia) 30:17.49

2. Gete Wami (Ethiopia) 30:22.48

3. Fernanda Ribeiro (Portugal) 30:22.88


20km walk

1. Wang Liping (China) 1:29:05

2. Kjersti Plaetzer (Norway) 1:29:33

3. Maria Vasco (Spain) 1:30:23


Marathon

1. Naoko Takahashi (Japan) 2:23:14

2. Lidia Simon (Romania) 2:23:22

3. Joyce Chepchumba (Kenya) 2:24:45


Long jump final:

1. Heike Drechsler (Germany) 6.99ms (wind speed +1.9 mps)

2. Fiona May (Italy) 6.92 (+1.1 mps)

3. Marion Jones (US) 6.92 (+1.0 mps)


High jump final

1. Yelena Yelesina (Russia) 2.01

2. Hestrie Cloete (South Africa) 2.01

3. Kajsa Bergqvist (Sweden) 1.99


Hammer final:

1. Kamila Skolimowska (Poland) 71.16

2. Olga Kuzenkova (Russia) 69.77

3. Kirsten Muenchow (Germany) 69.28


Shot put final:

1. Yanina Korolchik (Belarus) 20.56

2. Larisa Peleshenko (Russia) 19.92

3. Astrid Kumbernuss (Germany) 19.62


Pole vault final

1. Stacy Dragila (US) 4.60

2. Tatiana Grigorieva (Australia) 4.55

3. Vala Flosadottir (Iceland) 4.50


Javelin final

1. Trine Hattestad (Norway) 68.91m

2. Mirella Maniani-Tzelili (Greece) 67.51m

3. Osleidys Menendez (Cuba) 66.18m


Discus final

1. Ellina Zvereva (Belarus) 68.40

2. Anastasia Kelesidou (Greece) 65.71

3. Irina Yatchenko (Belarus) 65.20

Also: 12. Beatrice Faumuina (New Zealand) 58.69


Heptathlon final

1. Denise Lewis (Britain) 6,584 (100m hurdles 13.23s, high jump 1.75m, shot 15.55m, 200m 24.34s, long jump 6.48m, javelin 50.19m, 800m 2m 16.83s)

2. Yelena Prokhorova (Russia)

3. Natalya Sazanovich (Belarus)


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