2000 IAAF Grand Prix Final
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The 16th IAAF Grand Prix Final
was held at the Khalifa International Stadium
in Doha
, Qatar
on October 5, 2000.
IAAF Grand Prix Final
The IAAF Grand Prix Final was an athletics competition featuring track and field events staged by the International Association of Athletics Federations...
was held at the Khalifa International Stadium
Khalifa International Stadium
Khalifa International Stadium or also known as National Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Doha, Qatar as part of the Doha Sports City complex, which also includes Aspire Academy, Hamad Aquatic Centre, and the Aspire Tower. It is named after Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, Qatar's former Emir...
in Doha
Doha
Doha is the capital city of the state of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf, it had a population of 998,651 in 2008, and is also one of the municipalities of Qatar...
, Qatar
Qatar
Qatar , also known as the State of Qatar or locally Dawlat Qaṭar, is a sovereign Arab state, located in the Middle East, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the much larger Arabian Peninsula. Its sole land border is with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its...
on October 5, 2000.
Men
| 100 m 100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896... |
Darren Campbell Darren Campbell Darren Andrew Campbell MBE is a former English sprint athlete. He competed in the 100 metres and 200 metres, as well as the 4 × 100 metres relay...  United Kingdom |
10.25 | Tim Montgomery Tim Montgomery Timothy Montgomery is a former American athlete. In 2005, he was stripped of his records – including a now void 100m world record of 9.78 seconds set in 2002 – after being found guilty of using performance-enhancing drugs...  United States |
10.27 | Gregory Saddler United States |
10.41 |
| 400 m 400 metres The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a common sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 . On a standard outdoor running track, it is exactly one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and... |
Mark Richardson Mark Richardson (athlete) Mark Ashton Richardson is a British former athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.He competed for Great Britain in the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta, United States in the 4 x 400 metre relay where he won the silver medal with his team mates Iwan Thomas, Jamie Baulch and Roger Black... United Kingdom |
45.20 | Sanderlei Claro Parrela Sanderlei Parrela Sanderlei Claro Parrela is a former Brazilian sprinter. With a personal best of 44.29 seconds he is the South American record holder at 400 metres. He won a silver medal in this event at the 1999 World Championships...  Brazil |
45.25 | Greg Haughton Greg Haughton Greg Haughton is a Jamaican 400 metres runner. He won three bronze medals, one at the 1996 Summer Olympics and two at the 2000 Summer Olympics. His personal best for the 400 m was 44.56 seconds....  Jamaica |
45.85 |
| 1500 m 1500 metres The 1,500-metre run is the premier middle distance track event.Aerobic endurance is the biggest factor contributing to success in the 1500 metres but the athlete also requires significant sprint speed.In modern times, the 1,500-metre run has been run at a pace faster than the average person could... |
Noah Ngeny Noah Ngeny Noah Kiprono Ngeny is a former Kenyan athlete, Olympic gold medalist at 1500 m at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and world record holder in the 1000 m.-Before Sydney:...  Kenya |
3:36.62 | Bernard Lagat Bernard Lagat Bernard Kipchirchir Lagat is an American middle and long distance champion athlete.Lagat was born in Kapsabet, Kenya... Kenya |
3:36.88 | Kevin Sullivan Kevin Sullivan (athlete) Kevin Sullivan is a middle distance runner from Canada. He was born in Brantford, Ontario.-Athletic career:Sullivan competed in 1000 metre, 1500 metre, and mile events and represented Canada. His personal best times are 3:31.71 for the 1500 and 3:50.36 for the mile...  Canada |
3:37.16 |
| 3000 m 3000 metres The 3000 metres is a popular amateur middle distance track event where 7.5 laps are completed around a 400 metre track. This event is generally classified as middle distance, but it could be classed as a long distance event in many high schools, since they do not promote races such as the 5000 and... |
Luke Kipkosgei Luke Kipkosgei Luke Kipkosgei is a Kenyan long-distance runner who is most known for his track running over 3000 metres and 5000 metres.... Kenya |
7:46.21 | Ali Saïdi-Sief Ali Saidi-Sief Ali Saidi-Sief is an Algerian Olympic runner. His speciality is the 1500 m race, but he took a silver medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics for the 5000 m, losing the gold to Ethiopian athlete Million Wolde....  Algeria |
7:47.16 | Sammy Kipketer Sammy Kipketer Sammy Kipketer is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres and cross-country running.- Career :... Kenya |
7:47.31 |
| 400 m H 400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is an Olympic athletics event in track and field. On a standard outdoor track 400 metres is the length of the inside lane once around the stadium. Runners stay in their lane the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten hurdles that are evenly... |
Angelo Taylor Angelo Taylor Angelo F. Taylor is an American athlete, winner of 400 m hurdles at the 2000 and 2008 Summer Olympics.... United States |
48.14 | Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily Saudi Arabia |
48.18 | Samuel Matete Samuel Matete Samuel Matete is a retired male track and field athlete from Zambia, who competed mainly in 400 meter hurdles. Noted for his exceptionally fast finish, he was one of the world's leading hurdlers in the early 1990s, and became the first Zambian track and field world champion in 1991...  Zambia |
48.71 |
| Triple jump Triple jump The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a... |
Jonathan Edwards Jonathan Edwards (athlete) Jonathan David Edwards, CBE, is a former British triple jumper. He is a former Olympic, Commonwealth, European and World champion, and has held the world record in the event since 1995.... United Kingdom |
17.12 | Rostislav Dimitrov Rostislav Dimitrov Rostislav Dimitrov is a former triple jumper from Bulgaria, best known for his silver medal at the 1999 World Championships. He originally won the silver medal at the World Indoor Championships the same year, but was disqualified for ephedrin use. His personal best was 17.49...  Bulgaria |
17.11 | Onochie Achike Onochie Achike Onochie Achike is an English athlete of Nigerian origin. He was born in Islington, London.A former rugby player, Achike eventually specialized in triple jump and won the gold medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games... United Kingdom |
16.49 |
| High jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years.... |
Vyacheslav Voronin Vyacheslav Voronin Vyacheslav Nikolayevich Voronin is a Russian athlete, who specializes in the high jump.Voronin is a World Champion and European Indoor Champion . His personal best is 2.40 metres, set in London in August 2000. He competed in Athens 2004 and Helsinki 2005, but did not win medals in either...  Russia |
2.32 | Nathan Leeper Nathan Leeper Nathan Leeper is a retired American high jumper.He finished eleventh at the 2000 Olympic Games, fourth at the 2001 World Indoor Championships and seventh at the 2002 World Cup.... United States |
2.30 | Dragutin Topić Dragutin Topic -Career:He is a World junior record holder with 2.37 when he won World Junior Championships 1990, three weeks before his win at European Championships. In the same year Topić received the golden badge award for best athlete of Yugoslavia. Topic has set five national records, and claimed four...  Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia |
2.25 |
| Pole vault Pole vault Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts... |
Tim Lobinger Tim Lobinger Tim Lobinger is a German pole vaulter.His discipline is pole vault and he has been an elite competitor since the 1990s. His best results came in 1997 and 1999 when he jumped over 6.00 meters...  Germany |
5.70 | Nick Hysong Nick Hysong Nick Hysong is an American athlete competing in the men's pole vault. Best known for winning the Olympic gold medal in 2000 with a personal best jump of 5.90 metres, he also won a bronze medal at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics. Has excellent speed... United States |
5.60 | Okkert Brits Okkert Brits Okkert Brits is a South African athlete competing in the pole vault. His current personal best of 6.03m, set in 1995, is also the African record. He has won numerous medals at international events. He has competed in the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games finishing 7th in 2000...  South Africa |
5.60 |
| Hammer Hammer throw The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown... |
Andriy Skvaruk Andriy Skvaruk Andriy Skvaruk is a male hammer thrower from Ukraine, whose personal best throw is 82.62 metres, achieved in April 2002 in Koncha-Zaspa.-Achievements:-External links:*...  Ukraine |
81.43 SB | Koji Murofushi Koji Murofushi is a Japanese hammer thrower. He has been among the world elite since the 2001 World Championships, where he won the silver medal. He was olympic champion during the Athens Olympics. In 2011, He was crowned world champion.-Career:...  Japan |
80.32 | Karsten Kobs Karsten Kobs Karsten Kobs is a German hammer thrower, whose personal best throw is 82.78 metres, achieved in June 1999 in Dortmund. This ranks him third among German hammer throwers, only behind Ralf Haber and Heinz Weis.... Germany |
79.22 |
| Shot put Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action.... |
Andy Bloom Andy Bloom (athlete) Andrew "Andy" Bloom is an American former Olympic shot putter, two-time national indoor shot put champion, World University Games shot put champion, and NCAA champion in both discus and shot put.-Early and personal life:... United States |
21.82 CR | Adam Nelson Adam Nelson Adam Nelson is an elite American shotputter. A 1997 graduate of Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, Nelson has competed in two Olympic Games... United States |
21.66 | John Godina John Godina John Carl Godina is an American shot putter, whose record includes three World Championship wins and two Olympic medals. He also competes in discus.-High School Years:... United States |
21.51 SB |
Women
| 100 m 100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896... |
Chryste Gaines Chryste Gaines Chryste Dionne Gaines is an American athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.... United States |
11.09 | Savatheda Fynes The Bahamas |
11.10 | Zhanna Tarnopolskaya-Pintusevich Zhanna Pintusevich-Block Zhanna Pintusevich-Block is a sprinter who has competed in the Olympic Games.... Ukraine |
11.16 |
| 400 m 400 metres The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a common sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 . On a standard outdoor running track, it is exactly one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and... |
Lorraine Graham Lorraine Fenton Lorraine Fenton is a retired Jamaican athlete who specialized in the 400 metres.... Jamaica |
50.21 | Falilat Ogunkoya Falilat Ogunkoya Falilat Ogunkoya is a Nigerian athlete.Ogunkoya has won a number of national championships, including a gold medal in 1996 in the 400 metres, gold in the 200 metres and 400 m in 1998, and gold again in 1999 and 2001 in the 400 m. At the 1987 All Africa Games in Kenya she won the silver medal in...  Nigeria |
50.61 | Charity Opara Charity Opara Charity Opara is a former Nigerian athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres. She was in particular a successful relay runner, winning the silver medal at the 1996 Olympics.... Nigeria |
50.85 |
| 1500 m 1500 metres The 1,500-metre run is the premier middle distance track event.Aerobic endurance is the biggest factor contributing to success in the 1500 metres but the athlete also requires significant sprint speed.In modern times, the 1,500-metre run has been run at a pace faster than the average person could... |
Violeta Beclea-Szekely Violeta Szekely Violeta Szekely, née Beclea is a Romanian former middle distance runner who mainly competed in 1500 Metres...  Romania |
4:15.63 | Kutre Dulecha Kutre Dulecha Kutre Dulecha is a middle distance runner from Ethiopia. She mainly competes in 1500 metres, where she set a world junior record in 1997. She became world indoor champion in 2004, Ethiopia's first ever women's 1500 m medalist at the championships...  Ethiopia |
4:15.75 | Nouria Mérah-Benida Nouria Mérah-Benida Nouria Mérah-Benida is an Algerian middle distance runner.At the 1999 All-Africa Games in Johannesburg Mérah-Benida won silver medals in both 800 metres and 1500 metres. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney she won a somewhat surprising gold medal ahead of Romanians Violeta Szekely and Gabriela... Algeria |
4:15.85 |
| 3000 m 3000 metres The 3000 metres is a popular amateur middle distance track event where 7.5 laps are completed around a 400 metre track. This event is generally classified as middle distance, but it could be classed as a long distance event in many high schools, since they do not promote races such as the 5000 and... |
Sonia O'Sullivan Sonia O'Sullivan Sonia O'Sullivan in Cobh, County Cork. She began her running career in Ballymore Running Club which is located in the eastern side of Cobh Town. She was one of the world's leading female 5000 m runners for most of the 1990s and early first decade of the 21st century...  Republic of Ireland |
8:52.01 | Leah Malot Leah Malot Leah Malot is a runner from Kenya. She is known for her long career. She started her international career by winning a gold medal at the 1987 All-Africa Games, aged only 15. A decade later she was a constant competitor at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships.Malot competed at the 1987 World... Kenya |
8:52.73 | Sally Barsosio Sally Barsosio Sally Barsosio is a Kenyan distance runner. , Barsosio is the youngest ever medallist at the World Junior Championships in Athletics... Kenya |
8:52.99 |
| 100 m H 100 metres hurdles The 100 m hurdles are an Olympic track and field athletics discipline run by women . For the race ten hurdles of a height of 83.8 cm are placed evenly spaced along a straight course of 100 meters. They are positioned so that they will fall over if bumped into by the runner... |
Gail Devers Gail Devers Yolanda Gail Devers is a retired three-time Olympic champion in track and field for the US Olympic Team. Devers was born in Seattle, Washington, and grew up near National City, California and graduated from Sweetwater High School in 1984... United States |
12.85 | Glory Alozie Glory Alozie Glory Alozie Oluchi is a Spanish athlete competing mostly in hurdling. The world junior second placer from 1996, she went on to have a successful senior career, although she has never won a major international event... Nigeria |
12.94 | Delloreen Ennis-London Delloreen Ennis-London Delloreen Ennis-London is a Jamaican hurdling athlete who won the silver medal in the 100 metre hurdles at the 2005 World Championships.... Jamaica |
12.96 |
| Long jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point... |
Heike Daute-Drechsler Heike Drechsler Heike Gabriela Drechsler née Daute is a German track and field athlete. She is one of the most successful female long jumpers of all time and also had several successes in sprint disciplines.She is the only woman who has won two Olympic gold medals in the long jump... Germany |
7.07 (w) | Dawn Burrell Dawn Burrell Dawn C. Burrell-Campbell is a retired long jumper from the United States, who is best known for winning the gold medal at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships.. BBC Sport . Retrieved on 2011-01-05. She represented the United States at the 2000 Summer Olympics... United States |
6.99 (w) | Niurka Montalvo Niurka Montalvo Niurka Montalvo Amaro is a former Cuban and Spanish athlete who specialised in the long jump and triple jump events. Her greatest achievement came in 1999, when she became world champion with a personal best jump of 7.06 metres...  Spain |
6.87 SB |
| Discus Discus throw The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus... |
Franka Dietzsch Franka Dietzsch Franka Dietzsch is a German discus thrower best known for winning gold medals at three World Championships in Athletics... Germany |
65.41 | Ellina Zvereva Ellina Zvereva Ellina Zvereva is a Belarusian discus thrower best known for winning the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She became world champion in 1995, and again in 2001 after the disqualification of Natalya Sadova....  Belarus |
63.96 | Beatrice Faumuina Beatrice Faumuina Beatrice Roini Liua Faumuina, ONZM is a New Zealand discus thrower, a gold medallist at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics. She has represented New Zealand in three Summer Olympics...  New Zealand |
63.03 |
| Javelin Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon... |
Sonia Bisset Sonia Bisset Sonia Bisset Poll is a female javelin thrower from Cuba. She set her personal best throw in 2005 with 67.67 metres.-Achievements:*2005 IAAF World Athletics Final - bronze medal...  Cuba |
65.87 PB | Trine Solberg-Hattestad Trine Hattestad Trine Hattestad is a former Norwegian javelin thrower. She was born on 18 April 1966 in Lørenskog, Norway....  Norway |
65.86 | Osleidys Menéndez Osleidys Menéndez Osleidys Menéndez Sáez is a Cuban athlete competing in the javelin throw. She is a former Olympic champion, world champion, and world record holder. She has been described as the female "Jan Železný" of her times.... Cuba |
65.79 |