The 9th IAAF World Cup in Athletics

IAAF World Cup in Athletics

The IAAF Continental Cup is an international athletics competition which comprises track and field events. It is the only world cup contested by teams representing entire continents, rather than just those of individual nations...

was an international track and field

Track and field

Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...

 sporting event sponsored by the International Association of Athletics Federations

International Association of Athletics Federations

The International Association of Athletics Federations is the international governing body for the sport of athletics. It was founded in 1912 at its first congress in Stockholm, Sweden by representatives from 17 national athletics federations as the International Amateur Athletics Federation...

. It was hosted by Madrid

Madrid

Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...

, September 21–22, 2002, in the Estadio La Peineta

Estadio La Peineta

Estadio La Peineta, also known as Estadio de la Comunidad, is a stadium in Madrid, Spain. It is currently used for athletics events, but it will soon be expanded for the football club Atlético Madrid. Currently the stadium has a capacity of 20,000 spectators, but a reconstruction for Atletico's...

. The IAAF world cup event is currently held every four years.

The team winner of the men's competition was Africa, while the Russian team took the women's cup.

Men

Pos.	Team	Result
1	Africa Africa Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...	139
2	Europe Europe Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...	121
3	America Americas The Americas, or America , are lands in the Western hemisphere, also known as the New World. In English, the plural form the Americas is often used to refer to the landmasses of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions, while the singular form America is primarily...	119
4	United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	112
5	Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	103
6	Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...	96.5
7	Asia Asia Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...	91
8	Oceania Oceania Oceania is a region centered on the islands of the tropical Pacific Ocean. Conceptions of what constitutes Oceania range from the coral atolls and volcanic islands of the South Pacific to the entire insular region between Asia and the Americas, including Australasia and the Malay Archipelago...	74.5
-	United Kingdom United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	DSQ1

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¹ Britain originally finished eighth with 83 points, but the team was disqualified in August 2003 after Dwain Chambers admitted to using THG between the beginning of 2002 and August 2003. All other individual results were allowed to stand, but the IAAF ruled that the individual athletes received no score.

Women

Pos.	Team	Result
1	Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...	129
2	Europe Europe Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...	126
3	America Americas The Americas, or America , are lands in the Western hemisphere, also known as the New World. In English, the plural form the Americas is often used to refer to the landmasses of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions, while the singular form America is primarily...	111
4	Africa Africa Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...	102
5	Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...	83.5
6	Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	78.5
7	Asia Asia Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...	78
8	United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	77
9	Oceania Oceania Oceania is a region centered on the islands of the tropical Pacific Ocean. Conceptions of what constitutes Oceania range from the coral atolls and volcanic islands of the South Pacific to the entire insular region between Asia and the Americas, including Australasia and the Malay Archipelago...	61

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Men

100 metres	Africa	10.06	Americas	10.06	Europe	10.09
200 metres	Europe	20.18	Africa	20.20	Great Britain	20.32
400 metres	Americas	44.60	Germany	44.86	Asia	45.14
800 metres	Spain	1:43.83	Africa	1:44.03	United States	1:45.14
1500 metres	Africa	3:31.20	Spain	3:33.67	Europe	3:38.04
3000 metres	Oceania	7:41.37	Americas	7:47.43	Spain	7:53.96
5000 metres	Spain	13:30.04	Africa	13:31.71

Europe||13:32.82
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|110 metre hurdles
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Americas || 13.10
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United States||13.45
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Europe||13.58
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|400 metre hurdles
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United States || 48.27
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Asia|| 48.96
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Great Britain||49.18
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|3000 metre steeplechase
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Africa || 8:25.34
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Spain|| 8:26.35
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Asia||8:30.66
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|4×100 metre relay
|valign=top| United States
Jon Drummond

Jon Drummond

Jonathan A. Drummond is an American athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics....

Jason Smoots

Jason Smoots

Jason Smoots is an American sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.At the 2002 IAAF World Cup he won the 4 x 100 metres relay race together with Jon Drummond, Kaaron Conwright and Coby Miller...

Kaaron Conwright

Kaaron Conwright

Kaaron Conwright is an American sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.As a sprinter at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Kaaron Conwright was a 3 time all-American in the 100m and a 2 time all-American in the 200m. In the Big West Conference, he was a 4 time champion in the 100m from the years of...

Coby Miller

Coby Miller

Coby Miller is an American track and field athlete, who specialises in the sprint events. In his career he recorded a sub-10 second personal best in the 100 meters and a sub-20 second best in the 200 meters. In the latter distance, he won the 1999 Summer Universiade and reached the 2000 Sydney...

||37.95
|valign=top| Americas
Freddy Mayola

Freddy Mayola

Freddy Santiago Mayola Fernández is a Cuban sprinter who won an Olympic bronze medal in 4 x 100 metres relay in Sydney 2000...

Kim Collins

Kim Collins

Kim Collins is a track and field sprinter from the Caribbean nation of Saint Kitts and Nevis. In 2003, he became the World Champion in the 100 m. He represented his country at the Summer Olympics on four occasions, from 1996 to 2008, and was the country's first athlete to ever reach an event...

Christopher Williams

Christopher Williams (sprinter)

Christopher Williams is a Jamaican sprinter.Williams is best known for winning the silver medal in the 200m at the 2001 World Championships. In 2001 he was named Jamaica Sportsman of the Year. Williams has competed in the Olympic Games three times, in 2000, 2004 and 2008, reaching the semi-finals...

Dominic Demeritte

Dominic Demeritte

Dominic Demeritte is a sprints athlete who specializes in the 200 metres.He became indoor world champion in 2004, his result 20.66 a new Bahamian record...

||38.32
|valign=top| Africa
Idrissa Sanou

Idrissa Sanou

Idrissa Sanou is a Burkinabé athlete specializing in the 100 metres. Sanou holds the national records in both 100 metres, 200 metres and 4 x 100 metres relay....

Uchenna Emedolu

Uchenna Emedolu

Uchenna Emedolu is a Nigerian athlete specializing in short-distance sprints, particularly the 100 metres and the 200 metres. In 100 metres his personal best time is 9.97 seconds, achieved at the 2003 All-Africa Games where he finished second...

Aziz Zakari

Aziz Zakari

Aziz Zakari is a Ghanaian athlete specializing in the 100 metres. He was born in Accra, Ghana.Participating in the 2000 Summer Olympics, he made it to the final of the 100 metres, but failed to finish after becoming injured at about the 35m mark.Also participating in the 2004 Summer Olympics, he...

Frankie Fredericks

Frankie Fredericks

Frank Fredericks is a former athlete from Namibia. Running in the 100 metres and 200 metres, he won four silver medals at the Olympic Games , making him Namibia's first and so far only Olympic medalist...

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|4×400 metre relay
|valign=top| Americas
Félix Sánchez

Felix Sanchez

Félix Sánchez —nicknamed Super Felix, the Invincible and the Dictator— is a track and field athlete from New York City, United States who competes for The Dominican Republic...

Alleyne Francique

Alleyne Francique

Alleyne Jeremy Francique is a retired Grenadian athlete who specialized in 400 metres, his personal best being 44.47 seconds set in 2004. He is the 400m two time world indoor champion in 2004 and 2006....

Michael McDonald

Michael McDonald (athlete)

Michael L. McDonald was a Jamaican athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.He competed for Jamaica at the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta, United States where he won the bronze medal in the men's 4 x 400 metre relay with his team mates Roxbert Martin, Greg Haughton and Davian Clarke.A...

Michael Blackwood

Michael Blackwood

Michael Blackwood is a male track and field athlete from Jamaica, who specializes in 400 Metres, his personal best being 44.60 set in Madrid in 2002. He is the brother of Catherine Scott.-Achievements:...

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|valign=top| Africa
Adem Hecini

Adem Hecini

Adem Hecini is an Algerian athlete who specializes in the 400 and 800 metres.In the 800 metres he won the silver medal at the 1996 African Championships, and the gold medal at the 2001 Mediterranean Games. He also competed at three World Championships as well as the Olympic Games in 1996 and 2000...

Sofiane Labidi

Sofiane Labidi

Sofiane Labidi is a Tunisian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. His personal best time is 45.19 seconds, achieved in June 2004 in Seville.-Achievements:-References:...

Fernando Augustin

Fernando Augustin

Fernando Augustin is a Mauritian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.In 2002 he finished fifth at the 2002 African Championships, and was selected to represent Africa in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2002 IAAF World Cup...

Eric Milazar

Eric Milazar

Éric Milazar is a Mauritian athlete competing in the 200 metres and 400 metres. He was born in Rodrigues and currently resides in Coromandel, Mauritius....

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|valign=top| Asia
Rohan Pradeep Kumara

Rohan Pradeep Kumara

Rohan Pradeep Kumara is Sri Lankan athlete who competed in the Men's 400 meters at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games, and did not pass the first round.Kumara finished 400m Round 1's fourth heat at a time of 46.20 seconds and was placed fifth...

Hamdan Al-Bishi

Hamdan Al-Bishi

-Achievements:-References:...

Sugath Thilakaratne

Sugath Thilakaratne

Sugath Thilakaratne is a Sri Lankan athlete competing in the 400 metres.His best season was in 1998, when he improved his personal best by almost a second to 44.61 and subsequently won medals in three international championships...

Fawzi Al Shammari

Fawzi Al Shammari

Fawzi Dahash Awadh Al-Shammari is a Kuwaiti athlete who competes in the 200 and 400 metres.-Achievements:-Achievements:*2005 West Asian Games - gold medal *2003 Pan Arab Championships - gold medal...

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| High jump
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Europe || 2.31
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Americas||2.29
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Great Britain||2.20
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| Pole vault
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Africa ||5.75
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United States||5.70
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Germany||5.40
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| Long jump
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United States || 8.21
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Americas||8.19
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Spain||8.11
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| Triple jump
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Great Britain || 17.34
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United States||17.23
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Europe||17.05
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| Shot put
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United States || 20.80
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Oceania||20.77
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Germany||20.67
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| Discus throw
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Europe || 71.25
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Africa'||66.78
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Spain||64.64
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| Hammer throw
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Europe || 80.93
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Asia|| 80.08
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Germany|| 78.44
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| Javelin throw
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Europe || 86.44
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Germany|| 81.60
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Americas||79.77
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¹ The United States originally finished second in 2:59.21, but were disqualified in 2009 after Antonio Pettigrew admitted to using HGH and EPO between 1997 and 2003.

Women

100 metres	Americas	11.06 1	Asia	11.20	Africa	11.26
200 metres	Americas	22.49	Europe'	22.78	Africa	22.81
400 metres	Americas	49.56	United States	50.27	Russia	50.67
800 metres	Africa	1:58.60	Spain	1:59.24	Europe	1:59.42
1500 metres	Europe	4:02.57	Russia	4:09.74	Germany	4:10.20
3000 metres	Africa	8:50.88	Europe	8:50.89	Russia	8:50.93
5000 metres	Russia	15:18.15	Spain	15:19.73	Great Britain	15:20.10
100 metre hurdles	United States	12.65	Americas	12.82	Spain	12.95
400 metre hurdles	Russia	53.88	United States	54.46	Oceania	55.15
4×100 metre relay	Americas Tayna Lawrence Tayna Lawrence Tayna Lawrence is a Track and Field sprint athlete, competing internationally for Jamaica. She is an Olympic gold medalist in the 4 x 100 meter relay race.... Juliet Campbell Juliet Campbell Juliet Jean Campbell is a retired Jamaican sprinter who specialized in the 200 and 400 metres. She also competed on the successful Jamaican team in both 4 x 100 metres relay and 4 x 400 metres relay.-Achievements:... Beverly McDonald Beverly McDonald Beverly McDonald is a Jamaican sprinter. Her accomplishments include winning the silver medal in the 4x100m relay at the 2000 Olympics and the gold medal in the same event at the 2004 Olympics... Debbie Ferguson	41.91	Africa Chinedu Odozor Chinedu Odozor-Onikeku Chinedu Odozor is a Nigerian long jumper.Her personal best jump is 6.52 metres, which she first achieved in June 2002 in Lagos.- Achievements :*2006 African Championships - fifth place*2003 All-Africa Games - bronze medal... Myriam Mani Myriam Léonie Mani Myriam Léonie Mani is a Cameroonian athlete who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres.Mani represented Cameroon at the 2008 Summer Olympics competing at the 100 metres sprint. In her first round heat she placed third behind Torri Edwards and Jeanette Kwakye in a time of 11.64 to advance to the... Makaridja Sanganoko Makaridja Sanganoko Makaridja Sanganoko is a Côte d'Ivoire sprinter who specializes in the 100 and 200 metres.She competed at the 2003 World Championships and the 2003 World Indoor Championships, without reaching the final round.... Endurance Ojokolo Endurance Ojokolo Endurance Ojokolo is a Nigerian athlete who specializes in the 100 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*60 metres - 7.08 s *100 metres - 11.06 s *200 metres - 23.09 s -References:...	42.99 2	Europe Delphine Combe Delphine Combe Delphine Combe is a French sprinter. She won a bronze medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics and a gold medal in the same event at the 2002 European Championships in Athletics.-External links:... Muriel Hurtis Fabe Dia Fabe Dia Fabe Dia Longo is a French-Italian sprint athlete who specializes in the 200 metres.She won the silver medal at the 1995 European Junior Championships... Odiah Sidibé Odiah Sidibé Odiah Sidibé is a French sprint athlete of Guinean descent.- Achievements :* 2002 European Championships in Athletics - gold medal * 2002 European Championships in Athletics - seventh place...	43.30
4×400 metre relay	Americas Sandie Richards Sandie Richards Alexandra Richards is a Jamaican track and field athlete. She was a bronze medalist in the 4x400 m relay at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.... Daimí Pernía Daimí Pernía Daimí Pernía Figueroa is a Cuban athlete competing mainly in 400 m hurdles. A former basketball player, she did not rise to international level until 1999, when she lowered her personal best from 55.51s to 52.89s and even became world champion.-Personal bests:*400 metres hurdles - 52.89 *200... Christine Amertil Christine Amertil Christine Amertil is a Bahamian athlete competing mainly in the 400 metres. She graduated from Southeastern Louisiana University.- Achievements :*2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships - bronze medal... Ana Guevara Ana Guevara Ana Gabriela Guevara Espinoza is a now-retired Mexican track and field athlete, specialized in the 400 meters. Her career began in 1996 carrying out diverse tours, participating in her first international competences...	3:23.53	Russia Natalya Antyukh Natalya Antyukh Natalya Nikolayevna Antyukh is a Russian athlete who primarily competed in the 400 metres and 400 metre hurdles.In addition to winning medals in individual contests, she has been a very successful relay runner, winning a silver medal at the 2004 Olympics.... Yuliya Pechonkina Yuliya Pechonkina Yuliya Sergeyevna Pechonkina, née Nosova is a Russian former athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles and 4 x 400 metres relay.... Natalya Nazarova Natalya Nazarova Natalya Viktorovna Nazarova is a sprint athlete.She was born in Moscow.Following a personal best time of 49.65 seconds run a fortnight earlier, Natalya had lost form by the start of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, and only just made the final finishing 8th... Olesya Zykina Olesya Zykina Olesya Nikolaevna Zykina is a Russian athlete who mainly competes in the 400 metres. In addition to winning medals in individual contests, she has been a very successful relay runner, winning the silver medal at the 2004 Olympics.-Achievements:...	3:26.59	Africa Mireille Nguimgo Mireille Nguimgo Mireille Nguimgo is a Cameroonian sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.She has not competed on top level since the 2004 season.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*200 metres - 23.64 s... Hortense Béwouda Hortense Béwouda Hortense Béwouda is a Cameroonian sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.Her personal best time is 51.04 seconds, achieved in June 2004 in Algiers... Maria Mutola Maria Mutola Maria de Lurdes Mutola is a female athlete from Mozambique who has specialized in the 800 m. She was born in Maputo, earning her the suiting nickname of "The Maputo Express. She is the fourth track & field athlete to compete at six Olympic Games.-Teenage years:Mutola was born in the Chamanculo... Kaltouma Nadjina Kaltouma Nadjina Kaltouma Nadjina is a Chadian sprinter. Her specialities are the 200 and 400 metres.Born in Bol by a modest family, her sportif career began when she participated in 1993 at Moundou to the National Sport Week...	3:26.84
High jump	Africa	2.02	Europe	2.02	Russia	2.00
Pole vault	Germany	4.55	Russia	4.40	Spain	4.30
Long jump	Russia	6.85	Americas	6.81	Spain	6.68
Triple jump	Africa	14.37	Great Britain	14.32	Spain	14.13
Shot put	Russia	20.20	Americas	19.14	Germany	19.11
Discus throw	Oceania	62.47	Europe	61.77	Russia	61.30
Hammer throw	Asia	70.75	Africa	69.65	Russia	66.98
Javelin throw	Americas	64.41	Russia	60.11	Europe	60.08

¹ Marion Jones originally won this event in 10.90, but she was disqualified in 2007 after she admitted to drug use between 2000 and 2002.

² The United States originally finished second in 42.05, but were disqualified in 2007 after Marion Jones admitted to drug use between 2000 and 2002.

³ The United States originally finished second in 3:24.67, but were later disqualified after Michelle Collins admitted to drug use.

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