2009 in the sport of athletics

2009 in athletics

Major world events| 2009 World Championships
World records set| 9
IAAF Athletes of the Year| Usain Bolt
Sanya Richards
World Marathon Majors winners| Samuel Wanjiru
Irina Mikitenko
Defunct competitions| IAAF World Athletics Final
IAAF Golden League

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This article contains an overview of the year 2009 in athletics.

The major competition of the year was the 2009 World Championships in Athletics. At the event, Usain Bolt reaffirmed himself as one of the world's foremost athletes with world records in the 100 and 200 metres. Caster Semenya won 800 m gold at the championships, but a request that she submit to a 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.

Kenenisa Bekele, Sanya Richards and Isinbayeva were the winners of the last IAAF Golden League jackpot, as the series was replaced by the IAAF Diamond League in 2010.[1]

## Major events

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### World

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* World Championships in Athletics
* World Half Marathon Championships
* World Cross Country Championships
* World Athletics Final
* World Youth Championships
* Golden League
* World Student Games

### Regional

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* 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

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* China National Games
* German Championships
* Finnish Championships
* Lithuanian Championships
* USA Outdoor Championships

## World records

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### Men

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Event  | Athlete  | Nation  | Performance  | Place  | Date

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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 | William Biwott Tanui
Gideon Gathimba
Geoffrey Kipkoech Rono
Augustine Kiprono Choge |  Kenya | 14:36.23  | Brussels, Belgium | September 4

### Women

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Event  | Athlete  | Nation  | Performance  | Place  | Date

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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

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Best marks of the year  Event  | Men  | Women

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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 |  Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)
John Kales (KEN)
Samuel Kosgei (KEN) | 1:13:09+ |  |  Peninah Jerop Arusei (KEN) | 1:22:31 |
30 kilometres |  Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)
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 |
Hammer throw
details |  Primož Kozmus (SLO) | 82.58 |  |  Anita Wlodarczyk (POL) | 77.96 | WR
Heptathlon | — |  |  |  Jessica Ennis (GBR) | 6731 |
Decathlon
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 |  |  United States
Debbie Dunn
Allyson Felix
Lashinda Demus
Sanya Richards | 3:17.83 |

## Awards

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### Men

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Phillips Idowu \- the European Athlete of the year Award  | Winner

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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

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Award  | Winner

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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

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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

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* 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

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* 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

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1. ^ Ramsak, Bob (2009-09-04). Bekele, Isinbayeva and Richards’ road to the Jackpot – ÅF Golden League. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-10-25.
2. ^ a b Bolt and Richards are World Athletes of the Year – 2009 World Athletics Gala. IAAF (2009-11-22). Retrieved on 2009-11-22.
3. ^ Berlin to host largest ever IAAF Anti-Doping operation. IAAF (2009-08-11). Retrieved on 12 August 2009 Archived 8 September 2009
4. ^ Berlin 2009 - Nigerian fails drugs test. Eurosport/Reuters (2009-08-21). Retrieved on 2009-09-25. Archived 2009-09-27.
5. ^ Jamaicans given three-month ban. BBC Sport (2009-09-17). Retrieved on 2009-10-25.
6. ^ Coach takes blame for five Brazilian athletes failing drug tests. The Guardian (2009-08-06). Retrieved on 2009-10-25.
7. ^ Brazilian hurdler banned for two years for doping. Reuters (2009-08-12). Retrieved on 2009-08-12.
8. ^ Raynor, Kayon (2009-09-29). Collins, 2003 World 100m champion, retires. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-09-28.
9. ^ Morse, Parker (2009-09-25). Pole Vault Pioneer Stacy Dragila takes a bow. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-09-30.
10. ^ Illness ends Pechonkina's career. BBC Sport (2009-09-28). Retrieved on 2009-09-28.

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