2009 IAAF World Athletics Final – Results

These are the results of the 2009 IAAF World Athletics Final, which took place in Thessaloniki, Greece on 12 and 13 September.

The year's top seven athletes, based on their points ranking of the 2009 IAAF World Athletics Tour, qualified to compete in each event, with an extra four athletes selected for races of 1500 metres and above. One additional athlete, a wildcard, was allocated to each event by the IAAF and replacement athletes were admitted to replace the qualified athletes that could not attend the final.^[1]^[2]

Key

Wild card athlete

Track[edit]

Events
100 m	200 m	400 m	800 m	1500 m	3000 m	5000 m	110/100 m h	400 m h	3000 m st

100 metres[edit]

Men's
Rank	Athlete	Time (sec)	WAT rank
	Tyson Gay (USA)	9.88	5
	Asafa Powell (JAM)	9.90	1
	Darvis Patton (USA)	10.00	3
4	Michael Rodgers (USA)	10.09	9
5	Michael Frater (JAM)	10.16	7
6	Churandy Martina (AHO)	10.20	6
7	Ronald Pognon (FRA)	10.30	18
8	Simeon Williamson (GBR)	10.48	10

Women's
Rank	Athlete	Time (sec)	Notes	WAT rank
	Carmelita Jeter (USA)	10.67	CR	2
	Shelly-Ann Fraser (JAM)	10.89		3
	Kerron Stewart (JAM)	10.90		1
4	Chandra Sturrup (BAH)	11.17		4
5	Sherone Simpson (JAM)	11.20		20
6	Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie (BAH)	11.24		5
7	LaVerne Jones-Ferrette (ISV)	11.25		9
8	Kelly-Ann Baptiste (TRI)	11.27		9

200 metres[edit]

Men's
Rank	Athlete	Time (sec)	Notes	WAT rank
	Usain Bolt (JAM)	19.68	=CR	3
	Wallace Spearmon (USA)	20.21		1
	Brendan Christian (ATG)	20.65		4
4	Stéphan Buckland (MRI)	20.75		9
5	Paul Hession (IRL)	20.78		2
6	Marlon Devonish (GBR)	20.85		7
7	Mark Jelks (USA)	20.90		6
8	Brian Dzingai (ZIM)	21.22		4

Women's
Rank	Athlete	Time (sec)	Notes	WAT rank
	Allyson Felix (USA)	22.29		5
	Sanya Richards (USA)	22.29	SB	41
	Kerron Stewart (JAM)	22.42	SB	3
4	Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie (BAH)	22.45		1
5	Shericka Williams (JAM)	22.57	SB	4
6	Cydonie Mothersille (CAY)	22.83		8
7	LaVerne Jones-Ferrette (ISV)	22.90		2
8	Emily Freeman (GBR)	22.91		7

400 metres[edit]

Men's
Rank	Athlete	Time (sec)	WAT rank
	LaShawn Merritt (USA)	44.93	4
	Chris Brown (BAH)	45.49	2
	David Neville (USA)	45.60	8
4	Michael Bingham (GBR)	45.67	6
5	Gary Kikaya (COD)	45.72	7
6	David Gillick (IRL)	46.09	5
7	Angelo Taylor (USA)	46.20	10
8	Sean Wroe (AUS)	47.10	9

Women's
Rank	Athlete	Time (sec)	WAT rank
	Sanya Richards (USA)	49.95	1
	Novlene Williams-Mills (JAM)	50.34	4
	Shericka Williams (JAM)	50.49	2
4	Nicola Sanders (GBR)	51.01	9
5	Amantle Montsho (BOT)	51.39	3
6	Christine Ohuruogu (GBR)	51.42	7
7	Tatyana Firova (RUS)	51.81	11
8	Monica Hargrove (USA)	52.05	5

800 metres[edit]

Men's
Rank	Athlete	Time (min)	Notes	WAT rank
	David Rudisha (KEN)	1:44.85	CR	2
	Gary Reed (CAN)	1:45.23		4
	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (RSA)	1:45.53		7
4	Bram Som (NED)	1:45.86		16
5	Yuriy Borzakovskiy (RUS)	1:46.04		1
6	Nick Symmonds (USA)	1:46.19		9
7	Alfred Kirwa Yego (KEN)	1:46.66		3
8	Mohammed Al-Salhi (KSA)	1:50.55		8

Women's
Rank	Athlete	Time (min)	WAT rank
	Anna Willard (USA)	2:00.20	7
	Maggie Vessey (USA)	2:00.31	2
	Jennifer Meadows (GBR)	2:00.41	6
4	Mariya Savinova (RUS)	2:00.72	4
5	Elisa Cusma Piccione (ITA)	2:00.84	3
6	Mayte Martínez (ESP)	2:00.86	4
7	Jemma Simpson (GBR)	2:00.99	1
8	Oksana Zbrozhek (RUS)	2:04.79	9

1500 metres[edit]

Men's
Rank	Athlete	Time (min)	WAT rank
	William Biwott Tanui (KEN)	3:35.04	2
	Leonel Manzano (USA)	3:35.40	8
	Augustine Kiprono Choge (KEN)	3:35.46	1
4	Yusuf Saad Kamel (BHR)	3:36.11	11
5	Gideon Gathimba (KEN)	3:36.36	9
6	Belal Mansoor Ali (BHR)	3:36.42	2
7	Mohamed Moustaoui (MAR)	3:37.43	14
8	Deresse Mekonnen (ETH)	3:37.51	4
9	Nathan Brannen (CAN)	3:40.12	10
10	Christian Obrist (ITA)	3:45.81	—

Women's
Rank	Athlete	Time (min)	WAT rank
	Nancy Lagat (KEN)	4:13.63	24
	Hannah England (GBR)	4:14.05	7
	Christin Wurth-Thomas (USA)	4:14.10	3
4	Maryam Yusuf Jamal (BHR)	4:14.12	1
5	Shannon Rowbury (USA)	4:14.18	5
6	Gelete Burka (ETH)	4:14.51	1
7	Anna Alminova (RUS)	4:15.76	9
8	Lisa Dobriskey (GBR)	4:15.94	4
9	Sonja Roman (SLO)	4:17.98	10
10	Viola Kibiwot (KEN)	4:19.35	8
11	Lidia Chojecka (POL)	4:21.34	16
	Btissam Lakhouad (MAR)	DNS	14

3000 metres[edit]

Men's
Rank	Athlete	Time (min)	WAT rank
	Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)	8:03.79	12
	Bernard Lagat (USA)	8:04.00	3
	Sammy Alex Mutahi (KEN)	8:04.64	7
4	Deresse Mekonnen (ETH)	8:05.32	4
5	Silas Kipruto (KEN)	8:05.54	8
6	Chris Solinsky (USA)	8:05.76	11
7	Edwin Soi (KEN)	8:06.69	4
8	Mark Kosgey Kiptoo (KEN)	8:07.22	10
9	Eliud Kipchoge (KEN)	8:07.26	1
10	Thomas Longosiwa (KEN)	8:07.63	2
11	Leonard Komon (KEN)	8:12.51	8

Women's
Rank	Athlete	Time (min)	Notes	WAT rank
	Meseret Defar (ETH)	8:30.15	WL	—
	Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN)	8:30.61	PB	3
	Wude Ayalew (ETH)	8:30.93	SB	1
4	Iness Chepkesis Chenonge (KEN)	8:37.17	PB	2
5	Kalkidan Gezahegne (ETH)	8:38.61	PB	6
6	Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet (KEN)	8:46.46		3
7	Lidia Chojecka (POL)	8:49.55		3
8	Laura Kenney (GBR)	8:50.37	PB	8
9	Frehiwat Goshu (ETH)	8:58.21		11
10	Krisztina Papp (HUN)	8:58.47		11
11	Kseniya Agafonova (RUS)	9:11.21		11
12	Konstadina Kefala (GRE)	9:43.14	PB	—

5000 metres[edit]

Men's
Rank	Athlete	Time (min)	WAT rank
	Imane Merga (ETH)	13:29.75	3
	Micah Kipkemboi Kogo (KEN)	13:29.76	7
	Edwin Soi (KEN)	13:29.76	6
4	Joseph Kitur Kiplimo (KEN)	13:30.22	28
5	Mark Kosgey Kiptoo (KEN)	13:30.59	8
6	Lucas Kimeli Rotich (KEN)	13:30.75	14
7	Vincent Kiprop Chepkok (KEN)	13:30.76	2
8	Silas Kipruto (KEN)	13:31.48	28
9	Abraham Chebii (KEN)	13:35.59	10
10	Leonard Komon (KEN)	13:41.93	16
11	Mike Kigen (KEN)	13:45.96	10
12	Ali Abdosh (ETH)	13:50.82	4

Women's
Rank	Athlete	Time (min)	WAT rank
	Meseret Defar (ETH)	15:25.31	6
	Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH)	15:25.92	1
	Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN)	15:26.21	5
4	Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet (KEN)	15:26.50	14
5	Wude Ayalew (ETH)	15:27.34	12
6	Sentayehu Ejigu (ETH)	15:28.96	6
7	Iness Chepkesis Chenonge (KEN)	15:29.55	15
8	Grace Momanyi (KEN)	15:32.43	15
9	Meselech Melkamu (ETH)	15:32.58	4
10	Zakia Mrisho Mohamed (TAN)	15:38.15	—
11	Jennifer Rhines (USA)	15:42.92	2

110/100 metres hurdles[edit]

Men's
Rank	Athlete	Time (sec)	WAT rank
	Ryan Brathwaite (BAR)	13.16	5
	Dexter Faulk (USA)	13.26	2
	Dwight Thomas (JAM)	13.29	3
4	Petr Svoboda (CZE)	13.50	19
5	Andrew Turner (GBR)	13.57	7
6	Joel Brown (USA)	13.62	5
7	Antwon Hicks (USA)	13.81	4
8	Ryan Wilson (USA)	14.19	11

Women's
Rank	Athlete	Time (sec)	WAT rank
	Brigitte Foster-Hylton (JAM)	12.58	1
	Dawn Harper (USA)	12.61	4
	Delloreen Ennis-London (JAM)	12.61	6
4	Priscilla Lopes-Schliep (CAN)	12.61	1
5	Perdita Felicien (CAN)	12.61	7
6	Damu Cherry (USA)	12.75	5
7	Lacena Golding-Clarke (JAM)	13.03	12
8	Danielle Carruthers (USA)	13.37	10

400 metres hurdles[edit]

Men's
Rank	Athlete	Time (sec)	WAT rank
	Kerron Clement (USA)	48.11	1
	L.J. van Zyl (RSA)	48.74	2
	Periklís Iakovákis (GRE)	48.90	13
4	Michael Tinsley (USA)	49.03	9
5	Rhys Williams (GBR)	50.02	15
6	Danny McFarlane (JAM)	50.28	5
7	Justin Gaymon (USA)	51.19	7
	Isa Phillips (JAM)	DQ	3

Women's
Rank	Athlete	Time (sec)	Notes	WAT rank
	Melaine Walker (JAM)	53.36	CR	1
	Kaliese Spencer (JAM)	53.99		8
	Josanne Lucas (TRI)	54.31		6
4	Angela Moroșanu (ROU)	54.62		7
5	Anna Jesień (POL)	54.98		2
6	Sheena Tosta (USA)	55.31		4
7	Tiffany Williams (USA)	56.29		3
	Lashinda Demus (USA)	DNF		5

3000 metres steeplechase[edit]

Men's
Rank	Athlete	Time (min)	Notes	WAT rank
	Ezekiel Kemboi (KEN)	8:04.38		1
	Paul Kipsiele Koech (KEN)	8:05.47		2
	Bouabdellah Tahri (FRA)	8:09.14		20
4	Roba Gary (ETH)	8:11.32	NR	10
5	Jukka Keskisalo (FIN)	8:12.04		5
6	Brimin Kipruto (KEN)	8:16.44		7
7	Michael Kipyego (KEN)	8:17.46		3
8	Richard Mateelong (KEN)	8:18.83		9
9	Abel Kiprop Mutai (KEN)	8:24.11		6
10	Wesley Kiprotich (KEN)	8:24.95		8
11	Elijah Chelimo Kipterege (KEN)	8:32.76		10
12	Tareq Mubarak Taher (BHR)	8:36.99		4

Women's
Rank	Athlete	Time (min)	Notes	WAT rank
	Ruth Bisibori Nyangau (KEN)	9:13.43	CR	1
	Milcah Chemos Cheywa (KEN)	9:20.19		20
	Gladys Jerotich Kipkemoi (KEN)	9:21.18		13
4	Sofia Assefa (ETH)	9:26.10		2
5	Lydia Jebet Rotich (KEN)	9:26.94		10
6	Sophie Duarte (FRA)	9:27.78		8
7	Lisa Galaviz (USA)	9:33.11	SB	6
8	Katarzyna Kowalska (POL)	9:37.86		7
9	Ancuța Bobocel (ROU)	9:39.92		10
10	Mekdes Bekele (ETH)	9:55.33		4
11	Iríni Kokkinaríou (GRE)	9:58.38		16
	Habiba Ghribi (TUN)	DNF		4

Field[edit]

Events
High jump	Pole vault	Long jump	Triple jump	Shot put	Discus	Hammer	Javelin

High jump[edit]

Men's
Rank	Athlete	Best (m)	Notes	WAT rank
	Yaroslav Rybakov (RUS)	2.34		6
	Jaroslav Bába (CZE)	2.32		1
	Jesse Williams (USA)	2.29		2
4	Andra Manson (USA)	2.29		5
5	Ivan Ukhov (RUS)	2.26		3
6	Alessandro Talotti (ITA)	2.26	SB	4
7	Kyriakos Ioannou (CYP)	2.22		31
7	Konstadinos Baniotis (GRE)	2.22		—

Women's
Rank	Athlete	Best (m)	Notes	WAT rank
	Blanka Vlašić (CRO)	2.04	CR	1
	Anna Chicherova (RUS)	2.00		2
	Antonietta Di Martino (ITA)	1.97		5
4	Chaunte Howard Lowe (USA)	1.97		3
5	Irina Gordeeva (RUS)	1.94		10
6	Svetlana Shkolina (RUS)	1.94		7
7	Ruth Beitia (ESP)	1.90		3
8	Viktoriya Klyugina (RUS)	1.90		11

Pole vault[edit]

Men's
Rank	Athlete	Best (m)	WAT rank
	Maksym Mazuryk (UKR)	5.70	4
	Derek Miles (USA)	5.60	3
	Damiel Dossévi (FRA)	5.60	7
4	Romain Mesnil (FRA)	5.50	5
4	Viktor Chistiakov (RUS)	5.50	8
6	Konstadinos Filippidis (GRE)	5.50	—
6	Jeremy Scott (USA)	5.50	6
	Renaud Lavillenie (FRA)	NM	2

Women's
Rank	Athlete	Best (m)	WAT rank
	Elena Isinbaeva (RUS)	4.80	1
	Fabiana Murer (BRA)	4.60	5
	Monika Pyrek (POL)	4.60	3
4	Anna Rogowska (POL)	4.50	2
4	Yuliya Golubchikova (RUS)	4.50	7
6	Silke Spiegelburg (GER)	4.40	4
	Aleksandra Kiryashova (RUS)	NM	9
	Chelsea Johnson (USA)	NM	8

Long jump[edit]

Men's
Rank	Athlete	Best (m)	Notes	WAT rank
	Fabrice Lapierre (AUS)	8.33	w	3
	Dwight Phillips (USA)	8.24		2
	Godfrey Khotso Mokoena (RSA)	8.17		1
4	Ndiss Kaba Badji (SEN)	7.96		6
5	Salim Sdiri (FRA)	7.90		5
6	Nils Winter (GER)	7.89		39
7	Chris Tomlinson (GBR)	7.85		4
8	Roman Novotný (CZE)	7.64		16

Women's
Rank	Athlete	Best (m)	Notes	WAT rank
	Brittney Reese (USA)	7.08	CR	2
	Yelena Sokolova (RUS)	6.81		6
	Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS)	6.79		9
4	Olga Kucherenko (RUS)	6.61		7
5	Ksenija Balta (EST)	6.58		3
6	Funmi Jimoh (USA)	6.58		1
7	Keila Costa (BRA)	6.53		5
8	Irina Meleshina (RUS)	6.50		15

Triple jump[edit]

Men's
Rank	Athlete	Best (m)	WAT rank
	Arnie David Girat (CUB)	17.45	1
	Leevan Sands (BAH)	17.19	2
	Momchil Karailiev (BUL)	17.18	5
4	Phillips Idowu (GBR)	17.03	3
5	Fabrizio Schembri (ITA)	16.78	12
6	Brandon Roulhac (USA)	16.73	4
7	Randy Lewis (GRN)	16.46	8
8	Jadel Gregório (BRA)	15.38	7

Women's
Rank	Athlete	Best (m)	Notes	WAT rank
	Mabel Gay (CUB)	14.62		6
	Biljana Topić (SRB)	14.56	NR	10
	Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS)	14.48	SB	4
4	Yamilé Aldama (SUD)	14.39		2
5	Dana Velďáková (SVK)	14.38		5
6	Anna Pyatykh (RUS)	14.33		3
7	Trecia Smith (JAM)	13.89		7
8	Teresa Nzola Meso (FRA)	13.64		12

Shot put[edit]

Men's
Rank	Athlete	Best (m)	Notes	WAT rank
	Christian Cantwell (USA)	22.07	CR	3
	Tomasz Majewski (POL)	21.21		2
	Pavel Sofin (RUS)	20.82	PB	6
4	Reese Hoffa (USA)	20.66		1
5	Ralf Bartels (GER)	20.58		14
6	Andrei Mikhnevich (BLR)	20.48		4
7	Adam Nelson (USA)	20.03		6
8	Dylan Armstrong (CAN)	19.61		5

Women's
Rank	Athlete	Best (m)	Notes	WAT rank
	Valerie Vili (NZL)	21.07	CR	4
	Nadzeya Ostapchuk (BLR)	19.56		6
	Natallia Mikhnevich (BLR)	19.27		3
4	Nadine Kleinert (GER)	19.05		1
5	Michelle Carter (USA)	19.05		2
6	Misleydis González (CUB)	18.45		6
7	Denise Hinrichs (GER)	17.91		5
8	Anca Heltne (ROU)	17.68		8

Discus throw[edit]

Men's
Rank	Athlete	Best (m)	WAT rank
	Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)	67.63	3
	Robert Harting (GER)	66.37	4
	Piotr Małachowski (POL)	65.60	2
4	Zoltán Kövágó (HUN)	65.60	5
5	Gerd Kanter (EST)	65.34	1
6	Yennifer Frank Casañas (ESP)	63.24	5
7	Omar Ahmed El Ghazaly (EGY)	61.95	8
8	Märt Israel (EST)	48.61	7

Women's
Rank	Athlete	Best (m)	Notes	WAT rank
	Yarelis Barrios (CUB)	65.86	CR	1
	Żaneta Glanc (POL)	63.36		6
	Mélina Robert-Michon (FRA)	61.74		9
4	Nicoleta Grasu (ROU)	61.57		3
5	Dani Samuels (AUS)	59.94		8
6	Stephanie Brown Trafton (USA)	59.66		5
7	Aretha Thurmond (USA)	59.64		6
8	Sandra Perković (CRO)	54.87		31

Hammer throw[edit]

Men's
Rank	Athlete	Best (m)	WAT rank
	Primož Kozmus (SLO)	79.80	2
	Igors Sokolovs (LAT)	79.32	5
	Krisztián Pars (HUN)	77.49	1
4	Aleksey Zagornyi (RUS)	77.26	4
5	Dilshod Nazarov (TJK)	77.14	3
6	Szymon Ziółkowski (POL)	76.96	7
7	András Haklits (CRO)	75.35	7
8	Ali Al-Zinkawi (KUW)	73.61	6

Women's
Rank	Athlete	Best (m)	WAT rank
	Betty Heidler (GER)	72.03	5
	Clarissa Claretti (ITA)	70.56	3
	Martina Hrasnová (SVK)	70.45	2
4	Kathrin Klaas (GER)	69.50	10
5	Darya Pchelnik (BLR)	69.00	7
6	Sultana Frizell (CAN)	68.07	4
7	Marina Marghiev (MDA)	65.29	5
8	Stilianí Papadopoúlou (GRE)	64.90	—

Javelin throw[edit]

Men's
Rank	Athlete	Best (m)	WAT rank
	Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR)	87.75	1
	Tero Pitkämäki (FIN)	84.09	2
	Mark Frank (GER)	82.46	6
4	Vadims Vasiļevskis (LAT)	81.86	3
5	Oleksandr Pyatnytsya (UKR)	80.60	7
6	Teemu Wirkkala (FIN)	80.50	3
7	Ainārs Kovals (LAT)	80.07	8
8	Ēriks Rags (LAT)	74.93	5

Women's
Rank	Athlete	Best (m)	WAT rank
	Maria Abakumova (RUS)	64.60	4
	Barbora Špotáková (CZE)	63.45	2
	Steffi Nerius (GER)	62.59	1
4	Christina Obergföll (GER)	62.14	6
5	Osleidys Menéndez (CUB)	59.93	7
6	Kimberley Mickle (AUS)	57.57	3
7	Monica Stoian (ROU)	57.32	4
8	Martina Ratej (SLO)	56.21	12

References[edit]

General

2009 IAAF World Athletics Final results. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-09-12.

Specific

^ Ramsak, Bob (2009-09-07). Jumps Preview - IAAF / VTB Bank World Athletics Final. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-09-07. Archived 2009-09-16.
^ IAAF / VTB Bank World Athletics Final 2009 - Who and how many qualify?. IAAF (2009-03-06). Retrieved on 2009-09-07.

External links[edit]

[1] Ramsak, Bob (2009-09-07). Jumps Preview - IAAF / VTB Bank World Athletics Final. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-09-07. Archived 2009-09-16.

[2] IAAF / VTB Bank World Athletics Final 2009 - Who and how many qualify?. IAAF (2009-03-06). Retrieved on 2009-09-07.

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