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HELSINKI, 7. Phomma Kheuabmavong (Lao) 11.83. AUGUST 6–14 VI(0.4)–1. (GB) 10.25; 2. Burns 10.42; 3. (NAn) 10.46; — 100 METERS — 4. Tlhalosang Molapisi (Bot) 10.71; 5. Yazaldes Nascimento (STP) 11.07; 6. John Howard (Mic) 11.24; 7. Ali Shareef (MDV) FINAL 11.44, Eric Pacome N’Dri (CI). (August 7; wind +0.4) VII(0.3)–1. Collins 10.31; 2. Frater 10.32; 3. Idrissa Sanou (Bur) (temperature 18C/64F; humidity 73%): 10.43; 4. Salem Mubarak Al Yami (Sau) 10.45; 5. Juan Sainfleur 1. (US)...... 9.88 (DR) 10.47; 6. (Hon) 10.73 NR; 7. Wilfried Bingangoye (AL) (Gab) 10.86; 8. Darren Gilford (Mlt) 10.89. (largest margin of victory in WC, old 0.15 Lewis ’87… or 0.14 VIII(-1.4)–1. (GB) 10.19; 2. Zakari 10.30; 3. Deji Lewis ’83 if you want to include Ben J. in the ’87 equation) Aliu (Ngr) 10.36; 2. () ...... 10.05 4. (Ant) 10.49; 5. Cláudio Roberto Souza (Bra) 3. (St Kitts) ...... 10.05 10.55; 6. Fonseca Neto (Ang) 11.01 PR; 7. Reginaldo Micha Ndong (EqG) 11.57. (defending champ) 4. (Por) 10.07 QUARTERS 5. (Jam) 10.09 (August 6; qualify 3+4) 6. (US) 10.13 (temperature 21C/70F; humidity 40%) 7. (Tri) 10.14 I(-2.0)–1. Gatlin 10.27; 2. Thomas 10.28; 3. Zakari 10.41; 8. (Gha) 10.20 4. Johnson 10.48; 5. Lewis-Francis 10.53; 6. Asahara 10.58; 7. (defending champ Collins only finalist to repeat; Collio 10.60;… dnc—Chyla. Collins and Zakari also in final) II(-1.2)–1. Scott 10.19; 2. Fasuba 10.24; 3. Burns 10.29; 4. Collins 10.32; Lanes: 1. Burns; 2. Collins; 3. Scott; 4. Frater; 5. Gatlin; 6. Zakari; 7. 5. Waugh 10.39; 6. Martina 10.48; 7. Hoogmoed 10.51; 8. Sainfleur Thomas; 8. Obikwelu. 10.74. Reaction times: Scott 0.123, Zakari 0.131, Obikwelu 0.134, Thomas III(0.7)–1. Obikwelu 10.19; 2. Crawford 10.25; 3. Gardener 10.31; 0.138, Frater 0.141, Collins 0.146, Gatlin 0.157, Burns 0.165. 4. Ross 10.31; 5. Aliu 10.39; 6. Harper 10.39; 7. Osovnikar 10.48; 8. Macrozo- HEATS naris 10.48. (August 6; qualify 3+8) IV(-1.0)–1. Brown 10.10; 2. Pognon 10.11; 3. Frater 10.12; 4. (temperature 17–18C/63–64F; humidity 68–75%) Emedolu 10.16; 5. Devonish 10.20; I(0.6)–1. Obikwelu 10.17; 2. (US) 10.23; 3. 6. Thompson 10.34; 7. Al-Yami 10.48; 8. Sanou 10.80. (Ita) 10.27; 4. Nicolas Macrozonaris (Can) 10.40; 5. Philam Garcia (Gum) 10.79; 6. Derrick Atkins (Bah) 11.57; 7. SEMIS Harmon Harmon (COK) 11.84; 8. Mariuti Uan (Kir) 11.92 PR. (August 7; qualify 4) II(0.9)–1. (Fra) 10.15; 2. Ainsley Waugh (Jam) (temperature 20C/68F; humidity 68%) 10.16 PR; 3. Olusoji Fasuba (Ngr) 10.19; 4. Guus Hoogmoed (Hol) I(0.5)–1. Scott 10.08; 2. Frater 10.09; 3. Burns 10.12; 4. Obikwelu 10.31; 5. Lukasz Chyla (Pol) 10.39; 10.13; 6. Shameer Ayub (Sin) 10.82; 7. Chi Kun Au (MAC) 11.11. 5. Fasuba 10.18; 6. Devonish 10.24; 7. Ross 10.27; 8. Crawford III(0.9)–1. Thomas 10.15; 2. Patrick Johnson (Aus) 10.20; 3. 10.28. (Tri) 10.25; 4. Matic Osovnikar (Slo) 10.40; II(-1.0)–1. Gatlin 9.99; 2. Zakari 10.00; 3. Thomas 10.06; 4. Collins 5. Markus Pöyhönen (Fin) 10.49; 6. Souhalia Alamou (Ben) 10.90; 10.07; 7. Wally Kirika (PNG) 11.01. 5. Gardener 10.08; 6. Emedolu 10.16; 7. Brown 10.16; 8. Pognon IV(0.4)–1. Gatlin 10.16; 2. Joshua Ross (Aus) 10.28; 3. Nobuharu 10.17. Asahara (Jpn) 10.40; 4. Mark Lewis-Francis (GB) 10.40; 5. (SA) 10.51; 6. Darrel Roligat (NMA) 11.49; 7. © 2005 Track & Field News. All rights reserved. This Daraphirit Sam (Cbd) 11.85. newsletter may not be reprinted or retransmitted in any V(0.0)–1. Scott 10.12; 2. (Ngr) 10.17; 3. Jacey form without express written permission. Harper (Tri) 10.31; 4. Obadele Thompson (Bar) 10.32; www.trackandfieldnews.com 5. Pierre Browne (Can) 10.50; 6. Deamo Baguga (NRU) 11.64 PR;

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VI(4.3)–1. Gay 19.99w (a-c fastest-ever first- or second-round — 200 METERS — WC time); 2. Marcin Jedrusinski (Pol) 20.14w; 3. Jaysuma Saidy FINAL Ndure (Gam) 20.14w; 4. Uchenna Emedolu (Ngr) 20.22w; 5. Johan (August 11; wind –0.5) Wissman (Swe) 20.26w; 6. Leigh Julius (SA) 20.37w; 7. Paul (temperature 15C/59F; humidity 88%—light rain) Hession (Ire) 20.40w. VII(-2.1)–1. Daniel Batman (Aus) 20.68; 2. Guus Hoogmoed (Hol) 1. Justin Gatlin (US)...... 20.04 20.80; 3. Gatlin 20.90; 2. (US) ...... 20.20 4. Shinji Takahira (Jpn) 21.03; 5. Dmytro Hlushchenko (Ukr) 21.15; 6. Mphelave Dlamin (Swa) 21.79 PR; 7. (IVB) 3. John Capel (US) ...... 20.31 21.82. (defending champ) VIII(-2.7)–1. Spearmon 20.51; 2. Juan Pedro Toledo (Mex) 20.78; 4. (US) 20.34 3. Joseph Batangdon (Cam) 20.84; 4. (Bah) (first-ever 1-2-3-4 sweep in WC) 20.90; 5. Stéphane Buckland (Mri) 20.41 5. Yaozu Yang (Chn) 21.03; 6. Bruno Pacheco (Bra) 21.05;… 6. Patrick Johnson (Aus) 20.58 dnf—David Alerte (Fra). 7. Tobias Unger (Ger) 20.81 QUARTERS 8. (Jam) 26.27 (injured—pulled up c150m) (August 10; qualify 3+4) (postponed a day by rain) (combination of wet track and bright lights made splitting the 100s (temperature 14C/57F; humidity 88%; rain & wind) impractical) I(2.0)–1. Unger 20.91; 2. Spearmon 20.91; 3. Johnson 20.94; Lanes: 1. Bolt; 2. Unger; 3. Spearmon; 4. Capel; 5. Gay; 6. Gatlin; 7. 4. Batangdon 21.38; 5. Hession 21.69; 6. Ilinov 21.94; 7. Dzingai Buckland; 8. Johnson. 22.32;… dq[lane]—Toledo. II(-1.1)–1. Gay 20.64; 2. Buckland 20.66; 3. Ndure 20.95; 4. Reaction times: Capel 0.124; Unger 0.138; Johnson 0.156; Spear- Jedrusinski 21.07; mon 0.161; Gay 0.161; Gatlin 0.172; Buckland 0.173; Bolt 0.174. 5. Wissman 21.16; 6. Howe 21.19; 7. Demeritte 21.25;… dnf— HEATS Emedolu. (August 9; qualify 3+8) III(-3.7)–1. Capel 20.78; 2. Bolt 20.87; 3. Armstrong 20.94; 4. (temperature 24–25C/75–77F; humidity 69–61%) Malcolm 21.02; 5. Suetsugu 21.11; I(-2.5)–1. Buckland 20.94; 2. (Ita) 21.08; 3. Aaron 6. Julius 21.45; 7. Ernst 21.54; 8. Olusoji A. Fasuba 21.92. Armstrong (Tri) 21.10; IV(-1.9)–1. Williams 20.93; 2. Gatlin 20.94; 3. Devonish 20.95; 4. 4. Panayiótis Sarrís (Gre) 21.43; 5. André Domingos (Bra) 21.44; Batman 20.95; 6. Heber Viera (Uru) 21.71; 7. Nabie Foday Fofana (Gui) 22.16; 8. 5. Pognon 21.26; 6. Hoogmoed 21.26; 7. Beyens 21.43; 8. Afzal Baig (Pak) 22.54. Hartonen 21.54. II(3.0)–1. Ronald Pognon (Fra) 20.37w; 2. Brian Dzingai (Zim) SEMIS 20.76w; 3. Yordan Ilinov (Bul) 20.85w; (August 10; qualify 4) 4. Hamed Hamadan Al Bishi (Sau) 21.03w; 5. Julieon Raeburn (temperature 15C/59F, humidity 88%; heavy rain & gusty winds) (Tri) 21.12w; 6. Evans Marie (Sey) 21.65w; 7. Noor Adi Bin Rostam I(-0.1)–1. Capel 20.45; 2. Spearmon 20.49; 3. Unger 20.63; 4. Bolt (Bru) 24.05w. 20.68; III(1.8)–1. (GB) 20.36; 2. Capel 20.40; 3. 5. Ndure 20.75; 6. Batman 20.98; 7. Malcolm 21.09;… dns— Sebastian Ernst (Ger) 20.45; 4. Johnson 20.56; 5. Tommi Hartonen Armstrong. (Fin) 20.59; II(-0.3)–1. Gay 20.27; 2. Gatlin 20.47; 3. Buckland 20.54; 4. 6. Daniel Abenzoar Foule (Lux) 21.10 PR; 7. Nicholas Mangham Johnson 20.65; (Pau) 24.39 PR;… dnf—Omar Brown (Jam). 5. Williams 20.72; 6. Suetsugu 20.84; 7. Devonish 20.93; 8. IV(1.3)–1. Unger 20.45; 2. Christopher Williams (Jam) 20.64; 3. Jedrusinski 20.99. Marlon Devonish (GB) 20.75; 4. Olusoji Fasuba (Ngr) 20.88; 5. Matic Osovnikar (Slo) 20.94; 6. Basílio de Moraes (Bra) 20.99; (Gay had fastest time in each of the first three rounds) 7. Abubaker El Tawerghi (Lby) 21.72. V(-0.4)–1. Bolt 20.80; 2. Shingo Suetsugu (Jpn) 20.85; 3. (Bel) 20.88; 4. (Ita) 21.10; 5. Kevon Pierre (Tri) 21.24; 6. Oumar Loum (Sen) 21.37; 7. Béranger Bosse (CAf) 22.02.

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HEATS — 400 METERS — (August 9; qualify 2+10) FINAL (temperature 25–26C/77–79F; humidity 61–57%) (August 12) I–1. Benjamin 44.85; 2. Simpson 44.98; 3. James Godday (Ngr) (temperature 17C/63F; humidity 88%) 45.30 PR; 4. California Molefe (Bot) 45.34 NR; 5. Pierre Lavanchy (Swi) 45.79; 1. Jeremy Wariner (US) ...... 43.93 6. Zeljko Vincek (Cro) 46.03; 7. Abdesalem Khalifeh Bajes Al- PR (WL) (7, x W, A) Hajjaj (Jor) 48.89; 8. Florent Battistel (Mon) 50.54. (21.1/22.8) II–1. Wariner 45.24; 2. Robert Tobin (GB) 45.41; 3. Young Talkmore ([21.1], 10.8 [31.9], 12.0) Nyongani (Zim) 45.55; 4. Hamdan Odha Al-Bishi (Sau) 45.88; 2. Andrew Rock (US) ...... 44.35 5. Cedric van Branteghem (Bel) 46.42; 6. Alejandro Cárdenas (Mex) 46.73; 7. Isaac Yaya (PYF) 47.75. PR (4th 1-2 US finish) III–1. Steffensen 45.62; 2. Christopher 45.66; 3. Arismendi Peguero ([32.4], 12.0) (DR) 45.80; 3. Tyler Christopher () ...... 44.44 4. Eric Milazar (Mri) 45.91; 5. (Bah) 46.49; 6. NR (Canada’s first 400 finalist) Simon Kirch (Ger) 47.45; 7. Saeed Al-Adhreai (Yem) 49.74; ([32.2], 12.2) …dq[lane]—Tawhid Tawhidul Islam (Ban). IV–1. Rock 44.98; 2. Brown 45.20; 3. Andrea Barberi (Ita) 45.70 4. (Bah) 44.48 PR PR; 4. Sofiane Labidi (Tun) 45.71; 5. Mitsuhiro Sato (Jpn) 45.78; ([32.5], 12.0) 6. Anderson Jorge dos Santos (Bra) 46.32; 7. Cheng-Kang Chung 5. (GB) 44.93 (Tai) 47.85 PR; 8. Glauco Martini (SMa) 51.48. ([32.5], 12.4) V–1. Michael Blackwood (Jam) 45.58; 2. Carlos Santa (DR) 45.63; 6. (Jam) 45.01 3. Alleyne Francique (Grn) 45.77; ([32.5], 12.5) 4. Marcin Marciniszyn (Pol) 45.97; 5. Damion Barry (Tri) 46.20; 6. 7. Darold Williamson (US) 45.12 Nery Brenes (CRC) 47.11; 7. Ibrahim Ahmadov (Aze) 48.51. ([32.4], 12.7) VI–1. Gary Kikaya (Con) 45.88; 2. (Jam) 46.21; 8. (Aus) 45.46 3. Ofentse Mogawane (SA) 46.80; 4. Wilan Louis (Bar) 46.93; 5. ([32.5], 13.0) Prasanna Sampath Amarasekara (SrL) 47.11; 6. Chris Meke Walasi Lanes: 1. Benjamin; 2. Steffensen; 3. Wariner; 4. Christopher; 5. (SOL) 49.47;… dq[lane]—Boubou Gandéga (Mau), Saul Weigopwa Williamson; 6. Simpson; 7. Rock; 8. Brown. (Ngr). Reaction times: Simpson 0.147; Wariner 0.150; Steffensen 0.151; VII–1. Williamson 45.97; 2. Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr (Sud) 46.02; Christopher 0.154; Williamson 0.179; Benjamin 0.192; Rock 0.244; 3. Malachi Davis (GB) 46.14; 4. Ato Modibo (Tri) 46.28; 5. Leslie Brown 0.259. Djhone (Fra) 46.57; 6. Chris Lloyd (DMA) 47.13; 7. Moses Kamut (Van) 48.63.

SEMIS (August 10; qualify 2+2) (temperature 20C/68F; humidity 83%; heavy rain & gusty winds) I–1. Simpson 45.53; 2. Rock 45.78; 3. Steffensen 46.06; 4. Santa 46.07; 5. Francique 46.59; 6. Godday 46.62; 7. Al-Bishi 46.80; 8. Barberi 47.10. II–1. Christopher 45.47; 2. Williamson 45.65; 3. Benjamin 45.66; 4. Peguero 46.08; 5. Kikaya 46.15; 6. Abubakr 46.67; 7. Spence 47.20;… dnf—Labidi. III–1. Wariner 45.65; 2. Brown 45.67; 3. Blackwood 46.25; 4. Tobin 46.69; 5. Lavanchy 47.19; 6. Nyongani 47.20; 7. Molefe 47.26; 8. Sato 48.55.

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HEATS — 800 METERS — (August 11; qualify 3+6) FINAL (temperature 14C/57F; humidity 94%) (August 14) I–1. Ramzi 1:46.17; 2. James McIlroy (GB) 1:46.44; 3. Mbulaeni (temperature 18C/64F; humidity 83%) Mulaudzi (SA) 1:46.85; 4. René Herms (Ger) 1:47.07; 5. Berhanu Alemu (Eth) 1:47.37; 1. Rashid Ramzi (Bahrain) ...... 1:44.24 6. Osmar Barbosa dos Santos (Bra) 1:47.74 (51.72/56.02); 7. Jae- PR (25.8, 27.0 [52.8], 25.8 [1:18.6], 25.6) Hoon Lee (SK) 1:47.90; 8. Tom Omey (Bel) 1:49.62. (52.8/51.4) II–1. Baala 1:46.57; 2. Bungei 1:46.71; 3. Khadevis Robinson (US) (12.9) 1:46.74 (52.95/53.79); 4. Dmitriy Bogdanov (Rus) 1:46.88; 5. Pawel (first to win 800/1500 double) Czapiewski (Pol) 1:46.93; 6. Mohammad K. Al-Azemi (Kuw) 1:47.05; 2. Yuriy Borzakovskiy () ...... 1:44.51 7. Moise Joseph (Hai) 1:48.29; 8. Geyman López (Cub) 1:52.24;… dq[early break]—Geramias da Silva (GBi). (25.9, 26.8 [52.7], 26.2 [1:18.9], 25.6) III–1. Borzakovskiy 1:50.14; 2. Yiampoy 1:50.14; 3. Saïd-Guerni (52.7/51.8) 1:50.16; (12.9) 4. Jason Stewart (NZ) 1:50.35; 5. Dmitrijs Milkevics (Lat) 1:50.44; 3. William Yiampoy () ...... 1:44.55 6. Fabiano Peáanha (Bra) 1:50.89 (57.06/53.83); 7. Paskar Owor (25.2, 27.5 [52.7], 25.7 [1:18.4], 26.1) (Uga) 1:51.72; 8. Rodrigo (Par) 1:55.43;… dq[lane]— (52.7/51.8) (Tan). (13.1) IV–1. Youssef Saad Kamel (Bhr) 1:47.65 (54.46/53.19); 2. David 4. Wilfred Bungei (Ken) 1:44.98 Krummenacker (US) 1:47.82; 3. Mouhssin Chehibi (Mor) 1:48.17; (25.1, 27.4 [52.5], 25.7 [1:18.2], 26.8) 4. Alfred Kirwa (Ken) 1:48.72; 5. Arnoud Okken (Hol) 1:48.95; 6. (52.5/52.5) Fadrique Iglesias (Bol) 1:49.57; 7. Onalenna Oabona (Bot) 1:50.18;… (13.7) dnf—Manuel Olmedo (Spa). 5. Djabir Saïd-Guerni (Alg) 1:45.31 (defending champ) V–1. Antonio Manuel Reina (Spa) 1:47.14 (53.34/53.80); 2. Reed (25.2, 27.4 [52.6], 25.7 [1:18.3], 27.0) 1:47.23; 3. Amine Laalou (Mor) 1:47.62; (52.6/52.7) 4. André Bucher (Swi) 1:47.97; 5. Maurizio Bobbato (Ita) 1:48.36; (14.0) 6. Juha Kukkamo (Fin) 1:48.69; 7. Sherridan Kirk (Tri) 1:48.77; 8. 6. Mehdi Baala (Fra) 1:45.32 Prince Mumba (Zam) 1:49.10. (25.7, 27.0 [52.7], 26.0 [1:18.7], 26.6) VI–1. Ali 1:47.16 (53.13/54.03); 2. Sadjad Moradi (Irn) 1:47.18; 3. (52.7/52.6) Mohammed Al Salhi (Sau) 1:47.27; 4. Eugenio Barrios (Spa) 1:47.53; (13.3) 5. Achraf Tadili (Can) 1:48.42; 6. Rizak Dirshe (Swe) 1:48.43; 7. 7. Belal Mansoor Ali (Bhr) 1:45.55 Kevin Hicks (US) 1:50.00;… dq[lane]—Majed Saeed Sultan (Qat). (25.1, 27.4 [52.48], 26.1 [1:18.6], 27.0) SEMIS (52.48/53.07) (August 12; qualify 2+2) (13.8) (temperature 18C/64F; humidity 83%) 8. Gary Reed (Can) 1:46.20 I–1. Borzakovskiy 1:44.26; 2. Ramzi 1:44.30 PR; 3. Yiampoy (25.3, 27.5 [52.8], 26.3 [1:19.1], 27.1) 1:44.51; 4. Saïd-Guerni 1:44.80; (52.8/53.4) 5. Laalou 1:45.05; 6. Al Azemi 1:48.02; 7. Barrios 1:48.76; 8. (14.5) Robinson 1:49.13 (51.18/57.95). II–1. Ali 1:45.35 (53.42/51.93); 2. Baala 1:45.40; 3. Mulaudzi 1:45.73; 4. Czapiewski 1:46.33; 5. Bogdanov 1:46.83; 6. Reina 1:46.89; 7. Alemu 1:47.66; 8. Al Salhi 1:47.97. III–1. Reed 1:44.33 NR; 2. Bungei 1:44.41 (51.94/52.47); 3. Kamel 1:44.90; 4. Herms 1:45.21; 5. Chehibi 1:45.82; 6. Moradi 1:45.88 NR; 7. McIlroy 1:45.91; 8. Krummenacker 1:46.76.

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HEATS — 1500 METERS — (8/6;qualify 5+9) FINAL (temperature 18C/64F; humidity 64%) (August 10) I–1. Mehdi Baala (Fra) 3:36.56; 2. Boukensa 3:36.70; 3. Kipchir- (temperature 15C/59F; humidity 88%—heavy rain & gusty winds) chir 3:36.74; 4. Kevin Sullivan (Can) 3:36.80 (record seventh appearance in meet); 5. Michael East (GB) 3:36.84; 6. Webb 1. Rashid Ramzi (Bahrain) ...... 3:37.88 3:36.84 ([1:58.56], 56.66 [2:55.22], 41.62); 7. Bensghir 3:37.11; 8. (slowest winning time since ’83) Higuero 3:37.40; 9. (Bel) 3:39.43; 10. Adrian Blincoe (61.4, 62.6 [2:04.0], 53.5 [2:57.52], 40.36) (NZ) 3:39.54; (13.9, 27.1, 40.36, 54.1, 1:49.1, 2:52.7) 11. Jonas Hamm (Fin) 3:43.20; 12. Ahmed Mohamed Abdillahi 2. Adil Kaouch () ...... 3:38.00 (Dji) 3:50.92 PR; 13. Fumikazu Kobayashi (Jpn) 3:51.76 (57.37). II–1. Casado 3:41.64; 2. Kaouch 3:41.75; 3. Chris Lukezic (US) (61.6, 62.9 [2:04.5], 54.2 [2:58.7], 39.3) 3:41.80; 4. Silva 3:41.83; 5. Bashir 3:41.88 (2:01.73); (13.7, 26.6, 39.3, 53.1, 1:48.8, 2:52.9) 6. Daniel K. Komen (Ken) 3:41.91 (39.44); 7. Mounir Yemmouni 3. Rui Silva ()...... 3:38.02 (Fra) 3:42.39; 8. Antar Zerguelaine (Alg) 3:43.02; 9. Belal Mansoor Ali (Bhr) 3:43.15; 10. Hudson de Souza (Bra) 3:43.18 (58.87); 11. (61.8, 62.9 [2:04.7], 53.4 [2:58.1], 39.9) Nick McCormick (GB) 3:44.40; 12. Mulugeta Wendimu (Eth) 3:44.42. (13.3, 26.7, 39.9, 53.8, 1:48.6, 2:52.5) III–1. Ramzi 3:38.32; 2. Heshko 3:39.84; 3. Nick Willis (NZ) 3:39.89; 4. Estévez 3:39.93 (39.98); 5. (Eth) 3:39.94 4. Ivan Heshko (Ukr) 3:38.71 (1:58.98); 6. Youssef Baba (Mor) 3:39.96; 7. Rob Myers (US) (61.1, 62.9 [2:04.0], 53.7 [2:57.7], 41.0) 3:40.16; 8. Nate Brannen (Can) 3:40.69; 9. Johan Cronje (SA) (14.3, 27.7, 41.0, 54.7, 1:49.7, 2:53.7) 3:41.43; 5. Arturo Casado (Spa) 3:39.45 10. Augustine Kiprono Choge (Ken) 3:41.70; 11. James Nolan (14.1, 27.9, 41.1, 54.8) (Ire) 3:42.53 (56.94); 12. Armen Asyran (Arm) 4:03.21. 6. Juan Carlos Higuero (Spa) 3:40.34 (13.4, 27.6, 41.2, 55.1) SEMIS 7. (Ken) 3:40.43 (8/8; qualify 5+2) (15.2, 29.1, 42.5, 56.4) (temperature 20C/68F; humidity 88%) 8. Tarek Boukensa (Alg) 3:41.01 I–1. Kaouch 3:40.51; 2. Casado 3:40.61 3:40.61 (61.39, 62.43 (14.4, 28.7, 42.4, 56.3) [2:03.82], 57.97 [3:01.79], 38.82); 3. Kipchirchir 3:40.68; 4. Silva 9. (US) 3:41.04 3:40.72; 5. Estévez 3:40.73; (last American to finish higher was Spivey 5th in ’93; 6. Willis 3:40.87; 7. Sullivan 3:41.00; 8. Baala 3:41.34; 9. Baba Holman also 9th in ’99) 3:42.12; 10. Myers 3:42.38; 11. Cronje 3:42.77; 12. Geneti 3:42.80. (60.8, 63.0 [2:03.8], 54.0 [2:57.8], 43.2) II–1. Ramzi 3:34.69 (2:52.72) (fastest-ever WC non-final); 2. ( 15.0, 29.4, 43.2, 57.35, 1:52.3, 2:56.3) Webb 3:36.07 (58.38, 57.29 [1:55.67]); 3. Boukensa 3:36.14; 4. 10. Daham Bashir (Qat) 3:43.48 Bashir 3:36.38; 5. Heshko 3:36.60; 6. Higuero 3:36.65; 7. Bensghir (14.8, 29.8) 3:36.76; 11. Reyes Estévez (Spa) 3:46.65 8. Lukezic 3:37.20; 9. Blincoe 3:38.20; 10. Brannen 3:39.37; 11. (60.73, 63.05 [2:03.78]) East 3:40.27; 12. Jansen 3:44.88. (18.0, 34.8, 48.3, 62.2) 12. Yassine Bensghir (Mor) 3:50.19 (first time 3 Americans ran in semis since ’87—Spivey, Scott & Aragon)

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HEATS — — (August 7; qualify 3+6) FINAL (temperature 19–23C/66–73F; humidity 70–51%) (August 9) I–1. Shaheen 8:11.79; 2. Kemboi 8:11.90; 3. Vroemen 8:13.08; 4. (temperature 19C/66F; humidity 94%—fairly heavy rain) Weidlinger 8:15.91; 5. Martín 8:17.47 (5:31.89); 6. Mohamed 8:18.18; 7. Gaël Pencreach (Fra) 8:23.96; 8. Radoslaw 1. Saïf Saaeed Shaheen ()...... 8:13.31 Poplawski (Pol) 8:29.85; 9. Ion Luchianov (Mol) 8:32.09; 10. Steve (defending champ; eighth straight gold for a Kenyan-born) Slattery (US) 8:36.01; 11. Alexander Greaux (PR) 8:39.91; 12. 2. (Kenya) ...... 8:14.95 Bostjan Buc (Slo) 8:40.81 (2:41.84); 13. (Bel) 8:48.05. II–1. Koech 8:16.42; 2. Obaid Musa Amer (Qat) 8:16.53; 3. (first two placers repeat ’03 order; Jiménez 8:16.72 (2:45.72); 4. Tahri 8:18.31; 5. Taher 8:21.68; also happened ’91/’93 with Kipketer & Sang) 6. Anthony Famiglietti (US) 8:21.84 (5:31.30); 7. Jukka Keski- 3. Brimin Kipruto (Kenya) ...... 8:15.30 salo (Fin) 8:25.14; 8. Tewodros Shiferaw (Eth) 8:27.06; 9. Hamid 4. Brahim Boulami (Mor) 8:15.32 (5:40.39) Ezzine (Mor) 8:27.07; 10. Yoshitaka Iwamizu (Jpn) 8:28.73; 11. 5. Simon Vroemen (Hol) 8:16.76 (Aus) 8:35.35; 12. Andrey Olshanskiy (Rus) 8:54.04;… 6. Antonio David Jiménez (Spa) 8:17.69 dnf—Jakub Czaja (Pol). 7. Paul Kipsiele Koech (Ken) 8:19.14 III–1. Boulami 8:19.54 (5:35.85); 2. Kipruto 8:19.90; 3. Blanco 8. Bob Tahri (Fra) 8:19.96 8:21.04; 4. Lincoln 8:21.39 (2:44.51); 9. Musa Amer Obaid (Qat) 8:20.22 5. Halil Akkas (Tur) 8:26.35; 6. (SA) 8:28.12; 7. 10. Mustafa Mohamed (Swe) 8:20.26 Krijn van Koolwijk (Bel) 8:28.92; 8. Vincent Le Dauphin (Fra) 8:30.42; 11. Luis Miguel Martín (Spa) 8:22.13 9. Moustafa Ahmed Shebto (Qat) 8:33.00; 10. Martin Pröll (Aut) 12. Günther Weidlinger (Aut) 8:22.84 8:33.70; 11. Vadym Slobodenyuk (Ukr) 8:35.73; 12. Roman Usov 13. Daniel Lincoln (US) 8:23.89 (Rus) 8:36.30; 13. Andrew Lemoncello (GB) 8:40.29; 14. Matt Kerr 14. José Luis Blanco (Spa) 8:24.62 (2:52.13) (Can) 8:41.20. ( has three finalists third time in a row) 15. Tareq Mubarak Taher (Bhr) 8:37.62 (leader splits 2:52.13, 2:48.26 [5:40.39], 2:31.92)

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HEATS — 5000 METERS — (August 11; qualify 4+7) FINAL (temperature 14C/57F; humidity 88–94%) (August 14) I–1. I. Songok 13:20.36 (fastest heat since ’97); 2. Bekele (temperature 17C/63F; humidity 82%) 13:20.66; 3. Kibowen 13:21.08; 4. Birhanu 13:21.20 (10:48.05); 5. Kwalia 13:21.36; 6. Tadesse 13:22.36; 7. Kiprop 13:22.44; 1. (Kenya) ...... 13:32.55 8. Wilson Kipkemei Busienei (Uga) 13:25.36 (8:05.92); 9. Alberto (slowest-ever WC winner) García (Spa) 13:25.44; 10. Ian Dobson (US) 13:27.16; 11. Hicham (70.7, 69.9 [2:20.6], 69.6 [3:30.2], 62.1 [4:32.3], 67.3 [5:39.6], Bellani (Mor) 13:29.44; 12. Alejandro Suárez (Mex) 13:31.63; 13. 68.2 [6:47.8], 66.3 [7:54.1], 67.7 [9:01.8], 63.5 [10:05.3], Sergey Lebed (Ukr) 13:43.50; 14. Reid Coolsaet (Can) 13:53.15; 15. 61.5 [11:06.8], 62.1 [12:08.9], 57.9 [13:06.8], 25.8) Roberto García (Spa) 13:59.50 (5:22.44); 16. Ryan Hall (US) 13:59.86 (2:54.5, 2:45.1 [5:39.6], 2:48.3 [8:27.9], 2:38.9 [11:06.8], 2:25.8) (2:40.58); 17. Eduardo Buenavista (Phi) 14:24.90; 18. Michael (12.8, 25.8, 53.8, 1:54.6, 2:56.3, 3:57.5) Sanchez (Gib) 15:34.82; 19. Mohammed Mostafa (Pal) 15:37.04. 2. (Ethiopia) ...... 13:32.81 II–1. Kipchoge 13:12.86 (fastest prelim ever; old—13:18.94 Saïdi-Sief ’04 OG; broken by first 4) (10:42.36); 2. Mottram (71.0, 69.9 [2:20.9], 69.6 [3:30.5], 62.0 [4:32.5], 67.4 [5:39.9], 13:12.93; 3. Sihine 13:13.04; 4. Saïdi-Sief 13:13.50; 5. Limo 13:14.30; 67.7 [6:47.6], 67.0 [7:54.6], 67.5 [9:02.1], 63.1 [10:05.2], 6. Joseph 13:18.18; 7. Al Outaibi (Sau) 13:20.06; 8. Bakken 13:22.00 61.4 [11:06.6], 62.2 [12:08.8], 57.8 [13:06.6], 26.2) (2:39.80); (2:54.7, 2:45.2 [5:39.9], 2:48.2 [8:28.1], 2:38.5 [11:06.6], 2:26.2) 9. (Bel) 13:22.87; 10. Samson Kiflemariam (13.5, 26.2, 54.2, 1:55.1, 2:56.9, 3:57.7) (Eri) 13:31.05; 11. Essa Ismail Rashed (Qat) 13:31.73 (8:03.88); 12. 3. () ...... 13:32.96 Moses Kipsiro (Uga) 13:32.25; 13. Tim Broe (US) 13:51.17 (5:21.92); (Australia’s first top-8 finisher) 14. Thiha Aung (Mya) 14:33.69; 15. Francis Khanje (Maw) 14:51.49;… (71.7, 70.1 [2:21.8], 69.2 [3:31.0], 62.3 [4:33.3], 67.0 [5:40.3], dq—Jesús España (Spa). 68.3 [6:48.6], 66.2 [7:54.8], 67.7 [9:02.5], 63.2 [10:05.7], 61.6 [11:07.3], 61.8 [12:09.1], 57.7 [13:06.8], 26.2) (2:55.3, 2:45.0 [5:40.3], 2:48.0 [8:28.3], 2:39.0 [11:07.3], 2:25.7) (13.4, 26.2, 54.3, 1:54.9, 2:56.4, 3:57.6) 4. (Ken) 13:33.04 (defending champ) (71.3, 69.9 [2:21.2], 69.6 [3:30.8], 62.2 [4:33.0], 67.0 [5:40.0], 68.1 [6:48.1], 66.2 [7:54.3], 68.0 [9:02.3], 63.2 [10:05.5], 61.3 [11:06.8], 62.1 [12:08.9], 58.0 [13:06.9], 26.1) (2:55.1, 2:44.9 [5:40.0], 2:48.0 [8:28.0], 2:38.8 [11:06.8], 2:26.2) (13.4, 26.1, 54.4, 1:55.2, 2:57.0, 3:57.8) 5. Ali Saïdi-Sief (Alg) 13:33.25 (13.5, 26.2, 54.4, 1:55.0, 2:56.9, 3:57.8) 6. (Ken) 13:33.77 13.4, 26.5, 54.7, 1:55.3, 2:56.9, 3:58.1) 7. (Eth) 13:34.76 (14.0, 27.3, 55.8) 8. Dejene Birhanu (Eth) 13:34.98 (14.7, 28.1, 56.5, 1:57.5, 2:58.9, 3:59.6) 9. Moukheld Al-Outaibi (Sau) 13:35.29 (14.7, 28.1, 56.5, 1:57.5, 2:58.9, 3:59.6) 10. Isaac Kiprono Songok (Ken) 13:37.10 (29.4, 58.0, 1:59.1, 3:01.0, 4:02.1) 11. Boniface Kiprop (Uga) 13:37.73 (29.4, 58.2) 12. Marius Bakken (Nor) 13:38.63 (11:06.41) (29.3, 59.3, 2:00.9, 3:02.8, 4:03.6) 13. James Kwalia (Qat) 13:38.90 14. Zersenay Tadesse (Eri) 13:40.27 15. Fabiano Joseph (Tan) 13:42.50 (5:39.40, 8:27.74) (leader splits: 2:54.47; 2:44.93 [5:39.40], 2:42.81 [8:27.74], 2:38.67 [11:06.41], 2:26.14)

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4. Boniface Kiprop (Uga) 27:10.98 — 10,000 METERS — (14.3, 28.0, 56.3, 1:59.1, 3:04.1, 4:12.6) RESULTS 5. Martin Irungu Mathati (Ken) 27:12.51 (August 8) (24:39.36) (temperature 20C/68F; humidity 88%) (15.0, 29.1, 57.8, 2:01.2, 3:05.8, 4:14.3) 6. Zersenay Tadesse (Eri) 27:12.82 NR 1. (Ethiopia) ...... 27:08.33 (14.3, 29.3, 58.2, 2:01.0, 3:05.8, 4:14.2) (defending champ) 7. Abebe Dinkesa (Eth) 27:13.09 (71.1, 68.7 [2:19.8], 65.6 [3:25.4], 64.5 [4:29.9], 67.1 [5:37.0], (11:08.59) (13:52.1/13:22.0) 68.5 [6:45.5], 66.5 [7:52.0], 64.3 [8:56.3], 66.2 [10:02.5], 66.4 (15.8, 30.5, 58.8, 2:01.3, 3:06.0, 4:14.9) [11:08.9], 67.6 [12:16.5], 64.0 [13:20.5], 63.7 [14:24.2], 64.9 8. Abderrahim Goumri (Mor) 27:14.64 [15:29.1], 63.5 [16:32.6], 65.2 [17:37.8], 61.7 [18:39.5], 63.9 9. Nicholas Kemboi (Qat) 27:16.22 [19:43.4], 66.5 [20:49.9], 61.9 [21:51.8], 66.2 [22:58.0], 68.9 (16:32.42) [24:06.9], 64.3 [25:11.2], 62.6 [26:13.8], 54.5) 10. Juan Carlos de la Ossa (Spa) 27:33.42 (2:52.8, 2:44.6 [5:37.4], 2:46.9 [8:24.3], 2:44.9 [11:09.2], 11. Yonas Kifle (Eri) 27:35.72 PR 2:43.2 [13:52.4], 2:40.5 [16:32.9], 2:38.6 [19:11.55], 12. (Ken) 27:37.82 2:40.5 [21:52.0], 2:47.9 [24:39.9], 2:28.4) 13. Abdi Abdirahman (US) 27:52.01 (13:52.4/13:15/0) (13:51.1/14:00.9) (12.9, 25.8, 54.0, 1:56.7, 3:01.0, 4:09.8) 14. (Swi) 27:53.16 NR 2. Sileshi Sihine (Ethiopia) ...... 27:08.87 15. Gebre Gebremariam (Eth) 27:53.19 (13:53.8/13:59.4) (71.0, 69.4 [2:20.4], 64.9 [3:25.3], 64.1 [4:29.4], 67.5 [5:36.9], 16. Sultan Khamis Zaman (Qat) 27:53.33 68.5 [6:45.4], 65.9 [7:51.3], 64.6 [8:55.9], 66.2 [10:02.1], 67.0 17. Dieudonné Disi (Rwa) 27:53.51 PR [11:09.1], 67.6 [12:16.7], 63.3 [13:20.0], 63.3 [14:23.3], 65.8 18. John Yuda (Tan) 27:57.31 [15:29.1], 63.6 [16:32.7], 65.0 [17:37.7], 62.5 [18:40.2], 63.2 19. Yu Mitsuya (Jpn) 27:57.67 [19:43.4], 66.5 [20:50.3], 61.5 [21:51.8], 66.6 [22:58.4], 68.5 20. Mohammed Amyn (Mor) 28:12.59 [24:06.9], 64.7 [25:11.6], 62.7 [26:14.3], 54.6) 21. Khalid El Amri (Mor) 28:37.72 (2:53.4, 2:43.5 [5:36.9], 2:46.3 [8:23.2], 2:45.6 [11:08.8], 22. Terukazu Omori (Jpn) 28:59.46 2:42.3 [13:51.10], 2:41.6 [16:32.7], 2:39.1 [19:11.8], (2:49.05, 2:47.62 [5:36.67]) 2:40.0 [21:51.81], 2:47.8 [24:39.6], 2:29.3) …dnf—Meb Keflezighi (US) (c6200m) (13:51.8). (13:51.10/13:17.77) (13.4, 26.3, 54.5, 1:57.3, 3:02.0) (leader splits: (2:49.05, 2:47.62 [5:36.67], 2:46.53 [8:23.20] 2:45.39 [11:08.59], 2:42.51 [13:51.10], 2:41.32 [16:32.42], 2:39.13 [19:11.55], 3. Moses Mosop (Kenya) ...... 27:08.96 2:40.26 [21:51.81], 2:47.55 [24:39.36], 2:28.97) PR (2:54.2, 2:44.2 [5:38.4], 2:46.5 [8:24.9], 2:44.6 [11:09.5], 2:43.1 [13:52.6], 2:40.8 [16:33.4], 2:38.9 [19:12.3], (Ethiopia was 1-2-3 with 400 to go, but with 1-2-7 finish 2:40.4 [21:52.7], 2:47.4 [24:40.1], 2:28.9) missed becoming first country to sweep WC men’s and women’s (13:52.6/13:17.4) races in same event) (13.2, 26.2, 54.5) (best-ever mark-for-place: 16, 17) (best-ever mark-for-WC-place: 4–22)

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HEATS — 110 HURDLES — (August 10; qualify 3+6) FINAL (temperature 14C/57F; humidity 94%) (August 12; wind –0.2) I(-5.1)–1. Thomas Blaschek (Ger) 13.86; 2. Johnson 13.92; 3. (temperature 18C/64F; humidity 77%) Yoel Hernández (Cub) 14.03; 4. Ivan Bitzi (Swi) 14.26; 5. Cédric Lavanne (Fra) 14.49; 6. 1. Ladji Doucouré () ...... 13.07 Aléxandros Theofánov (Gre) 14.73; 7. Todd Matthews (Sud) 15.43. (first French medal; II(-0.3)–1. Liu 13.73; 2. Redelén dos Santos (Bra) 13.74; 3. first winner not named Foster, Jackson or Johnson) (Bel) 13.89; 4. Anier García (Cub) 14.01; 5. Elmar 2. Xiang Liu () ...... 13.08 Lichtenegger (Aut) 14.04; 6. Matti Niemi (Fin) 14.18; 7. Jackson Quiñonez (Ecu) 14.34; 8. 3. Allen Johnson (US)...... 13.10 Baymurat Ashirmuradov (Tkm) 15.52. (defending champ; first 5-time medalist) III(-3.4)–1. Doucouré 13.86; 2. Inocíncio 13.96; 3. Chris Pinnock 4. Dominique Arnold (US) 13.13 (Jam) 14.11; 5. (US) 13.20 4. Gregory Sedoc (Hol) 14.24; 5. (Ukr) 14.25; 6. 6. Joel Brown (US) 13.47 Karl Jennings (Can) 14.30; 7. Sultan Tucker (Lbr) 14.34;. 7. Maurice Wignall (Jam) 13.47 IV(-1.1)–1. Dongpeng Shi (Chn) 13.80; 2. Trammell 13.80; 3. Igor 8. Mateus Facho Inocíncio (Bra) 13.48 Peremota (Rus) 13.89; 4. Robert Kronberg (Swe) 13.90; 5. Masato (best-ever mark-for-WC-place: 4-5) Naito (Jpn) 13.90; 6. Allan Scott (GB) 14.18; 7. Peter Coghlan (Ire) 14.57; 8. Hon Sing Lanes: 1. Brown; 2. Liu; 3. Wignall; 4. Johnson; 5. Doucouré; 6. Tang (HK) 14.83. Trammell; 7. Inocíncio; 8. Arnold. V(-2.8)–1. (Bra) 13.96; 2. Arnold 13.96; 3. Reaction times: Liu 0.142; Johnson 0.147; Inocíncio 0.157; Brown 0.160; Marcel van der Westen (Hol) 14.01; Doucouré 0.164; Wignall 0.167; Arnold 0.173; Trammell 0.222. 4. Paulo Villar (Col) 14.12; 5. Joseph-Berlioz Randriamihaja (Mol) 14.18; 6. Satoru Tanigawa (Jpn) 14.25; 7. Felipe Vivancos (Spa) 14.34; 8. Julien M’Voutoukoulou (Con) 15.41. VI(-1.8)–1. Dayron Robles (Cub) 13.83; 2. Stanislavs Olijars (Lat) 13.86; 3. Brown 13.90; 4. Wignall 13.90; 5. Dudley Dorival (Hai) 14.02; 6. Youjia Wu (Chn) 14.38; 7. David Ilariani (Geo) 14.88; 8. Suphan Wongsriphuck (Tha) 15.05.

SEMIS (August 11; qualify 2+2) (temperature 14C/57F; humidity 94%; rain & gusty winds) I(-0.5)–1. Doucouré 13.35; 2. Arnold 13.39; 3. Shi 13.44; 4. Hernández 13.54; 5. Peremota 13.71; 6. R. dos Santos 13.88; 7. Naito 13.88; 8. Dorival 14.11. II(-0.4)–1. Trammell 13.31; 2. Liu 13.42; 3. Olijars 13.53; 4. A. da Silva 13.63; 5. Kronberg 13.69; 6. Pinnock 13.73; 7. Nsenga 13.94; 8. García 13.99. III(-1.9)–1. Johnson 13.23; 2. Wignall 13.24; 3. Inocíncio 13.39; 4. Brown 13.43; 5. Blaschek 13.45; 6. van der Westen 13.63; 7. Lichtenegger 13.74; 8. Robles 14.16.

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HEATS — 400 HURDLES — (August 6; qualify 4+4) FINAL (temperature 26–28C/79–82F; humidity 40–34%) (August 9) I–1. Clement 48.98; 2. Danny McFarlane (Jam) 49.37; 3. Pieter de (temperature 20C/68F; humidity 88%—heavy rain) Villiers (SA) 49.81; 4. Yacnier Luis (Cub) 49.96; 5. Christian Duma (Ger) 50.04; 1. Bershawn Jackson (US) ...... 47.30 6. Ibrahim Maiga (Mli) 50.62; 7. Kurt Couto (Moz) 52.04. PR (8, x W; 5, 10 A) II–1. Kemel Thompson (Jam) 49.33; 2. Keïta 49.58; 3. Gianni 2. James Carter (US)...... 47.43 Carabelli (Ita) 49.87; 4. Kenji Narisako (Jpn) 49.87; 5. Ari-Pekka Lattu (Fin) 50.23; PR (7, x A) (first 1–2 since Moses/Harris ’87) 6. Mikael Jakobsson (Swe) 50.35. 3. () ...... 48.10 III–1. Jackson 49.34; 2. Sánchez 49.47; 3. 4. Kerron Clement (US) 48.18 (Kaz) 49.67; 4. (SA) 49.98; 5. Sergio Hierrezuelo (lost medal by easing across line) (Cub) 50.13; 6. Eduardo Iván Rodríguez (Spa) 50.22; 5. Naman Keïta (Fra) 48.28 7. Aleksey Pogorelov (Kir) 53.44. 6. L.J. van Zyl (SA) 48.54 IV–1. Periklís Iakovákis (Gre) 49.22; 2. van Zyl 49.35; 3. Rhys 7. Bayano Kamani (Pan) 50.18 Williams (GB) 49.73; 4. Dean Griffiths (Jam) 49.79; …dnf—Felix Sánchez (DR) 5. O’Neil Wright (Lbr) 50.90 NR; 6. Jirí Muzík (CzR) 52.21. (first DNF in meet history; V–1. Carter 49.05; 2. Tamesue 49.17; 3. Kamani 49.18; 4. Hadi (defending champ; fails in attempt to become first 3-time winner) Soua’An Al-Somaily (Sau) 49.70; (best-ever mark-for-WC-place: 2, 6) 5. Ákos Dezsö (Hun) 51.36; 6. ’Aleki Toetu’U Sapoi (TGA) 56.06;… dnf—Edivaldo Monteiro (Por). Lanes: 1. Clement; 2. Sanchez; 3. Carter; 4. van Zyl; 5. Kamani; 6. Jackson; 7. Tamesue; 8. Keita. SEMIS Reaction times: Carter 0.144; Jackson 0.153; Keita 0.172; van Zyl (August 7; qualify 2+2) 0.177; Kamani 0.180; Sanchez 0.186; Tamesue 0.189; Clement (temperature 19C/66F; humidity 68–73%) 0.201. I–1. Carter 47.78 (fastest WC qualifier ever); 2. Kamani 47.84 NR; 3. Sánchez 48.24; 4. Tamesue 48.46; 5. de Villiers 49.75; 6. Griffiths 49.89; 7. Rodríguez 49.97; 8. Duma 50.25. II–1. van Zyl 48.16 PR; 2. Clement 48.49; 3. Narisako 49.00; 4. Meleshenko 49.22; 5. McFarlane 49.41; 6. Williams 49.67; 7. Lattu 49.81; 8. Luis 51.47. III–1. Jackson 48.19; 2. Keïta 48.60; 3. Thompson 48.64; 4. Al-Somaily 49.09; 5. Iakovákis 49.28; 6. Hierrezuelo 49.66; 7. Carabelli 49.77; 8. Herbert 50.69.

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41. Claudir Rodrigues (Bra) 2:23:11 — — 42. Pamenos Ballantyne (VIN) 2:23:18 RESULTS 43. Jonathan Wyatt (NZ) 2:23:19 (August 13; city loops w/ finish in stadium; 18m differential between 44. Huw Lobb (GB) 2:23:38 course’s high and low points) 45. Alberto Chaíáa (Por) 2:23:42 (temperature 17C/63; humidity 88%) 46. Georgiy Andreyev (Rus) 2:23:50 47. Asaf Bimro (Isr) 2:23:58 1. (Morocco) ...... 2:10:10 48. Michitaka Hosokawa (Jpn) 2:24:38 (defending champ) 49. Clodoaldo da Silva (Bra) 2:25:02 (15:20, 15:03 [30:23], 15:12 [45:35], 15:26 [1:01:01], 15:32 50. Kamal Ziani (Spa) 2:25:06 [1:16:33], 15:12 [1:31:45], 15:15 [1:47:00], 15:57 [2:02:57], 7:13) 51. Peter Gilmore (US) 2:25:17 (1:04:17/1:05:53) (15:30, 15:36 [31:06], 15:48 [46:54], 16:01 [1:02:55], 16:21 2. Christopher Isegwe (Tanzania) ...... 2:10:21 [1:19:16], 16:23 [1:35:39], 18:37 [1:54:16], 22:02 [2:16:18], 8:59) (1:06:28/1:18:49) PR (15:19, 15:03 [30:22], 15:12 [45:34], 15:26 [1:01:00], 15:32 52. Alfredo Arévalo (Gua) 2:25:37 [1:16:32], 15:26 [1:31:58], 15:32 [1:47:30], 15:48 [2:03:18], 7:03) 53. Yrjö Pesonen (Fin) 2:25:39 (1:04:19/1:06:02) 54. In-Mo Je (SK) 2:26:39 3. Tsuyoshi Ogata (Japan) ...... 2:11:16 55. Ismaïl Sghyr (Fra) 2:27:07 (15:27, 14:58 [30:25], 15:11 [45:36], 15:54 [1:01:30], 15:04 56. Oleg Bolkhovets (Rus) 2:27:08 [1:16:34], 15:24 [1:31:58], 15:25 [1:47:23], 16:25 [2:03:48], 7:28) 57. Cristian Villavicencio (Nic) 2:27:50 (1:04:20/1:06:56) 58. Jeroen van Damme (Hol) 2:29:22 4. Toshinari Takaoka (Jpn) 2:11:53 (1:04:18/1:07:35) 59. Chad Johnson (US) 2:30:45 5. Samson Ramadhani (Tan) 2:12:08 (1:04:18/1:07:50) (15:26, 16:56 [32:22], 16:14 [48:36], 16:23 [1:04:59], 17:01 6. Alex Malinga (Uga) 2:12:12 (1:04:21/1:07:51) [1:22:00], 17:20 [1:39:20], 19:08 [1:58:28], 22:38 [2:21:06], 9:39) 7. Paul Biwott (Ken) 2:12:39 (1:04:17/1:08.21) (1:08:44/1:22:01) 8. Julio Rey (Spa) 2:12:51 (1:04:18/1:08:43) (30:22) 60. KeunHyung Cho (SK) 2:31:59 9. Brian Sell (US) 2:13:27 61. Ser-Od Bat-Ochir (Mgl) 2:36:31 (best U.S. finish since ’93 Plaatjes 1st) …DNFs [after 5K checkpoints]— (15:26, 15:28 [30:54], 15:31 [46:25], 15:46 [1:02:11], 15:45 [Start]—David Sumukwo (Uga); [1:17:56], 15:38 [1:33:34], 15:58 [1:49:32], 16:31 [2:06:03], 7:24) [5K]—Amnaay Zebedayo Bayo (Tan), Jean-Paul Gahimbaré (Bur); (1:05:42/1:07:45) [10K]—Ahmed Ezzobayry (Fra); 10. Marilson Gomes dos Santos (Bra)(1:04:20/1:09:20) [20K]—Makhosonke Fika (SA), José Amado García (Gua), Shad- 11. (Ken) 2:14:08 (45:33) rack Hoff (SA), Zephirinus Joseph (LCA), Hendrick Ramaala (SA), 12. Dan Robinson (GB) 2:14:26 Gert Thys (SA); 13. Gudisa Shentama (Eth) 2:15:13 [25K]—Migidio Bourifa (Ita), Dmitriy Burmakin (Rus), Alberico Di 14. Wataru Okutani (Jpn) 2:15:30 Cecco (Ita), Dejene Guta (Eth), Janne Holmén (Fin), Yi-Yong 15. Luc Krotwaar (Hol) 2:15:47 Kim (SK), Tuomo Lehtinen (Fin), Tsotang Simon Maine (Les), Jimmy 16. Rafal Wójcik (Pol) 2:16:24 Muindi (Ken); 17. (Ita) 2:16:29 [30K]—Getuli Bayo (Tan) (1:00:59), Abderrahime Bouram- 18. Luís Jesus (Por) 2:16:33 dane (Mor), Anuradha Cooray (SrL), Vanderlei de (Bra), Kha- 19. Ambesse Tolossa (Eth) 2:16:36 lid El Boumlili (Mor), Collin Khoza (SA), Gashaw Melese (Eth), Al 20. Satoshi Irifune (Jpn) 2:17:22 Mustafa Riyadh (Bhr); 21. Haile Satayin (Isr) 2:17:26 [35K]—Aman Majid Awadh (Qat), (Ita) (15:21, 22. Clint Verran (US) 2:17:42 15:02 [30:23], 15:13 [45:36], 15:25 [1:01:01], 15:33 [1:16:34],15:11 (15:46, 15:59 [31:45], 16:16 [48:01], 16:02 [1:04:03], 16:02 [1:31.45], 20:01 [1:51:46]) (1:04:18), Saïd Belhout (Alg), Wilson [1:20:05], 16:10 [1:36:15], 16:35 [1:52:50], 17:09 [2:09:59], 7:43) Onsare (Ken), David Ramard (Fra), José Ríos (Spa) (15:19, 1:16:32), (1:07:32/1:10:10) António Sousa (Por); 23. Abdelkebir Lamachi (Mor) 2:17:53 [40K]—Ahmed Jumaa Jaber (Qat) 24. Luís Novo (Por) 2:18:36 25. Yared Asmeron (Eri) 2:18:46 26. Antoni Bernadó (And) 2:19:06 — WORLD CUP — 27. Scott Westcott (Aus) 2:19:18 (aggregate times of first three runners) 28. Scott Winton (NZ) 2:19:41 1. Japan...... 6:38:39 29. Joseph Riri (Ken) 2:19:51 (average 2:12:53) 30. José Manuel Martínez (Spa) 2:20:07 31. Hailu Negussie (Eth) 2:20:25 2. Kenya ...... 6:46:38 32. Kyong-Chol Ri (NK) 2:20:35 (2:15:33) 33. André Luiz Ramos (Bra) 2:21:06 3. Ethiopia ...... 6:52:14 34. Juan Vargas (Mex) 2:21:29 (2:17:25) 35. (Ita) 2:21:34 36. Abdelhakim Bagy (Fra) 2:21:49 4. 6:53:55 (2:17:58) 37. Wodage Zvadya (Isr) 2:21:57 5. 6:57:57 (2:19:19) 38. Nelson Cruz (CPV) 2:22:12 6. Spain 6:58:04 (2:19:21) 39. Francis Kirwa (Fin) 2:22:22; 7. Portugal 6:58:51 (2:19:37) 40. Jason Lehmkuhle (US) 2:22:46 8. Israel 7:03.21 (2:21:07) (15:26, 15:28 [30:54], 15:32 [46:26], 15:45 [1:02:11], 16:04 … notable DNF— [1:18:15], 16:29 [1:34:44], 17:31 [1:52:15], 20:54 [2:13:09], 9:37) Tanzania averaged 2:11:15 for first 2; needed 2:16:09 for gold, (1:05:42/1:17:04); 2:24:08 for silver, 2:29:44 for bronze. ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■

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— 20K WALK — — 50K WALK — RESULTS RESULTS (August 6) (August 12) (start and finish in stadium with road loops) (start and finish in stadium with road loops) (temperature 21C/70F; humidity 40% at start, c18/64 & 64% at finish) (temperature 16–19C/62–66F; humidity 94–73%) 1. Jefferson Pérez () ...... 1:18:35 1. Sergey Kirdyapkin (Russia) ...... 3:38:08 (defending champ; PR (9, 10 W) second 2-time winner, first 3-time medalist) (22:16, 21:56 [44:12], 21:45 [1:05:57], 22:05 [1:28:02], (19:48, 19:44 [39:32], 19:38 [59:10], 19:25) 22:03 [1:50:05], 21:42 [2:11:47], 21:22 [2:33:09], (39:32/39:03) 21:30 [2:54:39], 21:33 [3:16:12], 21:56) (1:50:05/1:48:03) 2. Francisco Javier Fernández (Spain) ...... 1:19:36 2. Aleksey Voyevodin (Russia) ...... 3:41:25 (19:47, 19:44 [39:31], 19:39 [59:10], 20:26) (39:31/40:05) (22:17, 21:57 [44:14], 21:56 [1:06:10], 21:52 [1:28:02], 22:05 [1:50:07], 22:06 [2:12:13], 21:59 [2:34:12], 3. (Spain) ...... 1:19:44 22:18 [2:56:30], 22:23 [3:18:53], 22:32) PR (19:49, 19:43 [39:32], 19:51 [59:23], 20:21) (1:50:07/1:51:08) (39:32/40:12) 3. () ...... 3:41:54 4. André Höhne (Ger) 1:20:00 NR (22:20, 22:44 [45:04], 22:24 [1:07:28], 22:28 [1:29:56], (40:04/39:56) 22:18 [1:52:14], 22:08 [2:14:22], 22:18 [2:36:40], 5. Hatem Ghoula (Tun) 1:20:19 PR (record-tieing seventh race) 22:01 [2:58:41], 21:36 [3:20:17], 21:37) (39:33/40:46) (1:52:14/1:49:40) 6. Vladimir Stankin (Rus) 1:20:25 (39:39/40:46) 4. Trond Nymark (Nor) 3:44:04 NR 7. Benjamin Kucinski (Pol) 1:20:34 PR (1:52:14/1:52:44) (40:23/40:11) 8. Eder Sánchez (Mex) 1:20:45 5. Chengliang Zhao (Chn) 3:44:45 (39:32/41:13) (1:50:26/1:54:29) 9. Hongjun Zhu (Chn) 1:21:01 6. Omar Zepeda (Mex) 3:49:01 PR 10. (Aus) 1:21:43 7. Roman Magdziarczyk (Pol) 3:49:55 11. Andriy Yurin (Ukr) 1:22:15 8. Yuki Yamazaki (Jpn) 3:51:15 12. Luis Fernando López (Col) 1:22:28 9. Horacio Nava (Mex) 3:53:57 PR 13. Erik Tysse (Nor) 1:22:45 10. Peter Korcok (Svk) 3:55:02 14. (Ita) 1:22:52 11. Tim Berrett (Can) 3:55:48 15. Sérgio Vieira Galdino (Bra) 1:23:03 (record-tieing [all events] eighth appearance) 16. Il-Yong Shin (SK) 1:23:10 12. Julio René Martínez (Gua) 3:57:56 17. Aigars Fadejevs (Lat) 1:23:12 13. (Ita) 3:58:32 18. (Aus) 1:23:42 14. Denis Langlois (Fra) 3:59:31 19. Silviu Casandra (Rom) 1:23:46 15. Ken Akashi (Jpn) 3:59:35 20. Andrei Talashko (Blr) 1:23:52 16. Dong-Young Kim (SK) 4:01:25 21. Matej Tóth (Svk) 1:23:55 17. Modris Liepins (Lat) 4:01:54 22. José Ignacio Díaz (Spa) 1:24:00 18. Milos Bátovsky (Svk) 4:05:44 23. Takayuki Tanii (Jpn) 1:24:17 19. Sergey Korepanov (Kaz) 4:06:23 24. Kamil Kalka (Pol) 1:25:02 20. Pedro Martins (Por) 4:08:12 25. Akihiro Sugimoto (Jpn) 1:25:28 21. Antti Kempas (Fin) 4:10:30 26. Rafal Dys (Pol) 1:26:35 22. Jorge Costa (Por) 4:22:17 27. Edwin Centeno (Per) 1:26:45 23. Phillip Dunn (US) 4:25:27 28. Yunfeng Liu (Chn) 1:26:54 (25:20, 25:42 [51:02], 25:34 [1:16:36], 25:57 [1:42:33], 29. Koichiro Morioka (Jpn) 1:27:08 26:05 [2:08:38], 26:28 [2:35:06], 26:51 [3:01:57], 30. John Nunn (US) 1:27:10 27:42 [3:29:39], 27:49 [3:57:28], 27:59) (42:30/44:40) …DNFs [after 5K checkpoints]— 31. Tim Seaman (US) 1:29:58 [20K]—Andrey Stepanchuk (Blr); (42:23/46:35) [25K]—Sérgio Vieira Galdino (Bra); 32. Bengt Bengtsson (Swe) 1:30:10 [35K]—Rafal Fedaczynski (Pol), Yucheng Han (Chn), Oleksiy …DNFs [after 5K checkpoints]— Kazanin (Ukr), Shucai Xing (Chn); [10K]— (Ita) (19:47, 19:45 [39:32]), João [40K]—Luis Fernando García (Gua); Vieira (Por); …DQs— [15K]— (Rus). [10K]—Aleksandar Rakovic (Yug); …DQs— [15K]—Yohan Diniz (Fra); [5K]—Walter Sandoval (ElS); [20K]—Aigars Fadejevs (Lat), Viktor Ginko (Blr), [10K]— (Mex), (Rus), Bernardo (Rus), Miguel Solis (Mex), Fredrik Svensson (Swe); Segura (Mex), Ivan Trotskiy (Blr), Chaohong Yu (Chn); [25K]—Sérgio Vieira Galdino (Bra), Grzegorz Sudol (Pol); [15K]—Robert Heffernan (Ire), Rolando Saquipay (Ecu) (19:48, [30K]—Mikel Odriozola (Spa); 19:44 [39:32], 19:50 [59:22]) . [35K]—Craig Barrett (NZ), Milos Holusa (CzR), Jani Lehtinen (Fin); [40K]— (Ita), Jesús Angel García (Spa).

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— 4 x 100 — — 4 x 400 — FINAL FINAL (August 13) (August 14) (temperature 17C/63F; humidity 94%) (temperature 17C/63F; humidity 88%) 1. France ...... 38.08 1. United States ...... 2:56.91 (WL) (first win for anyone other than US or Canada) (WL) (15 W, 12 A) (Doucouré, Pognon, De Lépine, Dovy) (Rock 44.3, Brew 44.7, Williamson 44.40, Wariner 43.49) 2. Trinidad ...... 38.10 (avg. 44.23) NR (No. 9 nation) (Pierre, Burns, Harper, Brown) 2. Bahamas ...... 2:57.32 3. Great Britain ...... 38.27 NR (No. 4 nation) (McKinney 44.8, Moncur 44.7, Williams 44.43, Brown 43.42) (Gardener, Devonish, Malcolm, Lewis-Francis) 3. Jamaica ...... 2:58.07 4. Jamaica 38.28 (Ayre 44.6, Simpson 45.2, Spence 44.48, Clarke 43.81) (Clarke, Thomas, Waugh, Frater) 4. Great Britain 2:58.82 (fastest non-medal time ever) 5. Australia 38.32 (Benjamin 45.0, Rooney 44.9, Tobin 44.52, Davis 44.40) (Batman, Ross, Neofytou, Johnson) 5. 3:00.58 6. Antilles 38.45 (Marciniszyn 46.5, Mackowiak 44.4, Rysiukiewicz 45.15, Klimczak 44.50) NR (No. 16 nation) (Goeloe, Rafaela, Duzant, Martina) 6. France 3:03.10 7. 38.48 (Djhone 46.06, Keïta 45.47, El Haouzy 45.53, Raquil 46.04) (Kosenkow, Blume, Unger, Broening) 7. Russia 3:03.20 8. Japan 38.77 (Forshev 47.2, Rudnitskiy 45.2, Mishukov 45.42, Lebedev 45.35) (Suetsugu, Takahira, Yoshino, Asahara) … dq—Trinidad (3:01.60) Lanes: 1. Japan; 2. Australia; 3. Trinidad; 4. France; 5. Great Britain; (Modibo 45.6—[zone]—Raeburn 45.5, Quow 45.07, Barry 45.38) 6. Jamaica; 7. Netherland Antilles; 8. Germany. Lanes: 1. France; 2. Trinidad; 3. US; 4. Jamaica; 5. Bahamas; 6. Reaction times: Netherland Antilles 0.145; Great Britain 0.151; Great Britain; 7. Poland; 8. Russia. Germany 0.157; Australia 0.163; Japan 0.169; Trinidad 0.172; Reaction times: Jamaica 0.151; Bahamas 0.152; France 0.154; France 0.176; Jamaica 0.222. Trinidad 0.157; Russia 0.163; Great Britain 0.175; Poland 0.189; US HEATS 0.231. (August 12; qualify 3+2) (best-ever mark-for-place: 4) (temperature 18C/64F; humidity 83%) Leg 1 I–1. France 38.34 (WL) (Kankarafou, Pognon, De Lépine, 1. United States 44.3; 2. Jamaica 44.6; 3. Bahamas 44.8; 4. Great Dovy); 2. Jamaica 38.37; 3. Germany 38.58; 4. Australia 38.65 Britain 45.0; 5. Trinidad 45.6; 6. France 46.06; 7. Poland 46.5; 8. (Batman, Ross, Johnson, Shirvington); Russia 47.2. 5. Brazil 38.92 (C.L. Souza, Pacheco, de Moraes, Domingos); 6. Leg 2 Finland 39.30 NR (Pöyhönen, Tran, Ruostekivi, Hartonen);… dnf— 1. United States 1:29.02; 2. Bahamas 1:29.47; 3. Jamaica 1:29.52; United States (Scales—drop—Scott, Gay, Greene). 4. Great Britain 1:29.90; 5. Poland 1:30.93; 6. Trinidad 1:31.15; 7. II–1. Trinidad 38.28 NR (WL) (No. 12 nation); 2. Great Britain France 1:31.53; 8. Russia 1:32.43. 38.32; 3. Japan 38.46 (Asahara, Takahira, Yoshino, Suetsugu); 4. Netherlands Antilles 38.60 NR; Leg 3 5. Canada 38.67 (Adu-Bobie, Browne, Henry, Macrozonaris); 6. 1. United States 2:13.42; 2. Bahamas 2:13.90; 3. Jamaica 2:14.26; 39.29 (Fasuba, Emedolu, Oriala, Aliu);… dnf—Italy 4. Great Britain 2:14.42; 5. Poland 2:16.08; 6. Trinidad 2:16.22; 7. (Verdecchia, Collio , Donati, Howe), Poland (Bielczyk, Jedrusinski, France 2:17.06; 8. Russia 2:17.85. Nowak, Urbas). HEATS (August 13; qualify 2+2) (temperature 63F/17C; humidity 88%) I–1. Bahamas 2:59.73 (WL) (McKinney 44.9, Moncur 44.9, McIntosh 45.49, Williams 44.36); 2. Jamaica 2:59.75 (Blackwood 45.6, Ayre 45.6, Spence 44.33, Clarke 44.33); 3. Poland 3:00.38 (Klimczak 45.7, Marciniszyn 45.5, Mackowiak 44.50, Wieruszewski 44.70); 4. Germany 3:03.17 (Kirch 46.6, Gaba 45.6, Seitz 45.36, Swillims (Kanemaru 45.7—[zone]—Narisako 45.6, Horigome 45.94, Sato 45.63); 5. 3:03.62 (Klasson 46.7, Laursen 45.3, Wissman 45.08). 45.19, Nikitin 46.42); 6. Botswana 3:06.39 (Ngwigwa 47.5, Molefe III–1. Great Britain 3:01.95 (Tobin 45.7, Rooney 44.9, Davis 44.81, 45.7, Kelaotse 46.47, Masheto 46.65). Hedman 46.62); 2. France 3:02.86 (Djhone 46.4, Keïta 44.7, El II–1. United States 3:00.48 (Smith 45.2, Brew 44.6, Merritt 45.41, Haouzy 45.70, Raquil 46.05); Williamson 45.34); 2. Trinidad 3:01.91 (Modibo 45.4, Raeburn 45.4, 3. Dominican Republic 3:03.57 (Peguero 45.7, Santa 45.1, García Quow 45.99, Barry 45.11); 3. Russia 3:02.05 (Forshev 46.2, Rudnitskiy 46.66, Side 46.09); 4. Italy 3:04.40 (Licciardello 46.7, Vallet 46.7, 45.3, Polukeyev 45.84, Lebedev 44.81); Galletti 45.75, Barberi 45.19); 5. South 3:04.64 (van der 4. 3:03.41 (Rachkovsky 46.6, Tverdostup 45.5, Knysh Merwe 46.7, Cilliers 46.1, de Villiers 46.98, van Zyl 44.76); 6. Nigeria 45.89, Dubonosov 45.44); 5. Spain 3:08.03 (Testa 47.1, Canal 46.7, 3:07.91 (Weigopwa 46.2, Audu 45.8, Lawal 46.40, Udo-Obong Melo 47.83, Reina 46.38); 6. Zimbabwe 3:08.26 (Ndebele 46.4, 49.44);… dq—Saudi Arabia (3:02.21 NR) (Hamd. Al-Bishi 46.2— Nyangani 45.4, Dzingai 50.78, Ncube 45.65);… dq—Japan (3:02.44) [zone]—Al-Somaily 46.2, Hame. Al-Bishi 45.19, Al-Salhi 44.64).

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— — — — FINAL FINAL (August 14) (August 11) (temperature 18–17C/64–63F; humidity 77–82%) (temperature 14C/57F; humidity 94%—rain & gusty wind for most of

1/ competition) 1. Yuriy Krymarenko (Ukraine) ...... 7-7 4 (2.32) 1/ (only Ukrainian medal of meet; first-ever in HJ) 1. (Holland) ...... 19- 4 (5.80) =2. Víctor Moya () ...... 7-6 (2.29) (lowest winning height since weather-affected ’83; first Dutch man’s win in any event at either WC or OG) =PR 1/ 2. Brad Walker (US) ...... 18-10 4 (5.75) =2. Yaroslav Rybakov (Russia) ...... 7-6 (highest finish ever by U.S. vaulter— 4. Mark Boswell (Can) 7-6 previous bronzes by Starkey ’97 & Hysong ’01) =5. Jaroslav Bába (CzR) 7-6 1/ 3. Pavel Gerasimov (Russia) ...... 18-6 2 (5.65) =5. (Ita) 7-6 1/ 7. Stefan Holm (Swe) 7-6 4. Igor Pavlov (Rus) 18-6 2 1/ 8. Vyacheslav Voronin (Rus) 7-6 =5. (Ita) 18- 2 (defending champ) 1/ 1/ 9. Dragutin Topic (Yug) 7-4 2 (2.25) =5. Nick Hysong (US) 18- 2 1/ (record sixth appearance) =5. Tim Lobinger (Ger) 18- 2 (5.50) 1/ 1/ 10. Kyriakos Ioannou (Cyp) 7-4 2 8. Daichi Sawano (Jpn) 18- 2 1/ 1/ =11. Oskari Frösén (Fin) 7-2 2 (2.20) 9. Patrik Kristiansson (Swe) 18- 2 1/ 1/ =11. Matt Hemingway (US) 7-2 2 10. (Bel) 17-6 2 (5.35) 1/ 13. Andriy Sokolovskiy (Ukr) 7-2 2 … NHs— Danny Ecker (Ger) (Aus) 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 7- 2 7-2 2 7-4 2 7-6 7-7 4 Rybakov ...... p o o o xxx QUALIFYING Sokolovskiy .. p xxo p xxx — (August 9) Holm ...... p o xo xo xxx (temperature 24–27C/75–81F; humidity 69–54%) Ioannou ...... o o xo xxx — 1/ 1/ Qualifiers (auto-qualifier 18-4 2/5.60 [originally 18-10 4/5.75 but Bába ...... p o o xo xxx Hemingway .. p xo xxx — — lowered after hour-plus delay caused by broken standard in one Boswell ...... p o xo o xxx pit])—Hysong, Pavlov, Kristiansson, Markov, Lobinger & Gerasimov 1/ 1/ Frösén ...... p xo xxx — — 18-4 2 (5.60); others cleared 17-10 2 (5.45) with no misses. Topic ...... xo o o xxx — 1/ Non-qualifiers—[17-10 2/5.45]—Konstadínos Filippídis (Gre); Moya ...... o o o o xxx Voronin ...... p xo o xxo xxx Damiel Dossévi (Fra), Giovanni Lanaro (Mex), Denys Yurchenko Ciotti ...... o o o xo xxx (Ukr), Steven Hooker (Aus), 1/ Krymarenko o o xo o xxo [17-4 2/5.30]—Jurij Rovan (Slo), Matti Mononen (Fin), Piotr Bu- 2.15 2.20 2.25 2.29 2.32 ciarski (Den), nh— (Uzb), Lars Börgeling (Ger), Yoo-Suk Kim (SK), Feiliang Liu (Chn), Vladislav Revenko (Ukr). QUALIFYING … dnc(hamstring)—Toby Stevenson (US) (was on field). (August 12) (temperature 17–18C/F; humidity 94–77%) 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ Qualifiers (auto-qualifier 7-6/2.29)—Rybakov & Frö- 17-6 2 18- 2 18-6 2 18-10 4 19- 4 19-2 4 1/ sén cleared 7-4 4 (2.24) with no misses at any height; Kristiansson . p xxo xxx — — — 1/ all others 7-5 4 (2.27). Walker ...... p xxo xo xo xp xx 1/ Markov ...... p xxx — — — — Non-qualifiers: [7-4 4/2.24]—Ben Challenger (GB), 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ Lobinger ...... p o xxx — — — Jesse Williams (US) (7- 2, 7-2 2, 7-4 4 [2], 7-5 4 [xxx]) Gibilisco ...... p o xxx — — — (2.15, 2.20, 2.24 [2], 2.27 [xxx]), (Ita), Hysong ...... p o xxx — — — Mickael Hanany (Fra); Gerasimov ... p o xo xxx — — 1/ [7-2 2/2.20]—Jacques Freitag (SA) (defending Blom ...... p xxo xo xo o x champ), Grzegorz Sposób (Pol), Kyle Lancaster (US) Ecker ...... p xxx — — — — 1/ 1/ 1/ Sawano ...... xo o xxx — — — (7- 2, 7-2 2, 7-4 4 [xxx]) (2.15, 2.20, 2.24 [xxx]), Svato- Pavlov ...... p o xxo xxx — — slav Ton (CzR), Naoyuki Daigo (Jpn); Rans ...... o xxx — — — — 1/ [7- 2/2.15]—László Boros (Hun), Gennadiy Moroz 5.35 5.50 5.65 5.75 5.80 5.85 (Blr), Jean-Claude Rabbath (Leb), (Ita), Andrey Tereshin (Rus), Stefan Vasilache (Rom), Manjula Kumara Wijesekara (SrL).

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— — — — FINAL FINAL (August 13) (August 11) (temperature 16C/62F; humidity 88%) (winds from +3.5 to –0.9) (temperature 15C/59F; humidity 88%—heavy rain & gusty winds for 3/ most of competition) (winds from 0.0 to +5.1) 1. Dwight Phillips (US)...... 28-2 4 (8.60) 3/ =PR (WL) (=9, x W; 7, x A) (defending champ) 1. Walter Davis (US) ...... 57-7 4 (17.57) 3/ (28-2 4, f, f, f, f, f) (shortest winning mark since ’83) 1/ (first U.S. gold since Conley ’93) 2. Ignisious Gaisah () ...... 27-4 2 (8.34) 3/ 1/ 4 2 1/ 1/ 1/ 3/ (56-6w, 55-3w, 57-7 , 55-10 , p, p) NR (25-5 2, 26-7 4w, 27-4 2, 26-9 4w, 26-5, p) 3/ 2. Yoandri Betanzos (Cuba) ...... 57-2 (17.42) 3. Tommi Evilä (Finland) ...... 27- 4w (8.25) 1/ 3/ 1/ 1/ 3/ 3/ (51-5w, 55-10 2, 55-9 4, 57-2, 49-6 4, 57-2) (f, f, 26-9 4, 26-7 4, 27- 4w, f)

1/ 3. Marian Oprea (Romania) ...... 57-1 (17.40) 4. Joan Lino Martínez (Spa) 27- 2w (8.24) 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ (56-3 4, 55-2, 56-6, f, f, 57-1) (25-9 4, 26-8 4w, 26-4 2, 27- 2w, f, 26-2 4w) 1/ 3/ 5. Salim Sdiri (Fra) 26-11 4w (8.21) 4. Leevan Sands (Bah) 57- 4w (17.39) 3/ 1/ 3/ 1/ 3/ 3/ 1/ 1/ (26-11, 26-5 4, 26-1 2, 26-1 4, f, 26-11 4w) (56-1 4, 57- 4w, 56-4 2, f, 56-9 4, f) 6. (Pan) 26-11w (8.20) 5. Karl Taillepierre (Fra) 56-8 (17.27) 1/ 1/ 3/ 3/ 1/ 3/ 1/ 3/ (26-3, 25-11 2, 26-5 2, 26-3, 26-11w, 26-7 4) (55-9 4, 56-8, 56-3 4, 55-11 4w, 54-11 2w, 56-4 4) 1/ 1/ 1/ 7. Godfrey Mokoena (SA) 26-7 4w (8.11) (26-5 2) 6. Jadel Gregório (Bra) 56-5 4 (17.20) 1/ 3/ 3/ 8. Volodymyr Zyuskov (Ukr) 26-5 2w (8.06) (24-9 4) 7. Kenta Bell (US) 56-1 4 (17.11) 3/ 9. James Beckford (Jam) 26-3 4 (8.02) 8. David Giralt (Cub) 56-1 (17.09) 1/ 1/ 10. Vitaliy Shkurlatov (Rus) 25-10 4 (7.88) 9. Vyktor Yastrebov (Ukr) 55-5 2w (16.90) 1/ 11. Issam Nima (Alg) 25-4 2 (7.73) 10. Dmitrij Valukevic (Svk) 55-1w (16.79) 1/ 12. Nils Winter (Ger) 25-4w (7.72) 11. Momchil Karailiev (Bul) 54-9 2w (16.70) 1/ 12. Anders Møller (Den) 53- 4w (16.16). first 3 rounds Shkurlatov ...... f ...... 7.88 ...... 7.66 first 3 rounds Beckford ...... f ...... 8.02 ...... 7.93 Møller ...... 16.16w* ...... f ...... 15.55 Nima...... 7.61* ...... 7.73 ...... 7.42 Oprea ...... 17.15* ...... 16.81 ...... 17.22 Phillips ...... 8.60* ...... f ...... f Giralt ...... 17.09 ...... f ...... 15.82 Saladino ...... 8.00 ...... 7.91 ...... 8.06 Valyukevich .... f ...... 16.79w ...... f Zyuskov ...... 7.56 ...... 8.06w ...... f Taillepierre ...... 17.01 ...... 17.27*...... 17.15 Winter ...... f ...... f ...... 7.72w Sands ...... 17.11 ...... 17.39w* ...... 17.18 Martínez ...... 7.85 ...... 8.13w ...... 8.04 Bell ...... 16.58 ...... 16.95w ...... 17.11 Evilä ...... f ...... f ...... 8.16 Yastrebov ...... 16.82 ...... 16.50 ...... 16.90w Gaisah ...... 7.76 ...... 8.11w ...... 8.34 Gregório ...... 17.11w ...... f ...... 16.91 Sdiri ...... 8.20 ...... 8.07 ...... 7.96 Davis ...... 17.22w* ...... 16.84w ...... 17.57* Mokoena ...... 8.01 ...... 8.06 ...... 8.11w Betanzos ...... 15.67w ...... 17.03 ...... 17.01 Karailiev ...... 16.49 ...... 16.70w ...... 16.69 final 3 rounds Zyuskov ...... 8.01w ...... f ...... f final 3 rounds Saladino ...... 8.00 ...... 8.20w ...... 8.12 Betanzos ...... 17.42 ...... 15.09 ...... 17.42 Mokoena ...... 8.06 ...... 6.79 ...... f Giralt ...... 16.48 ...... f ...... f Martínez ...... 8.24w ...... f ...... 7.98w Gregório ...... 17.20 ...... f ...... 16.18 Evilä ...... 8.12 ...... 8.25w ...... f Bell ...... f ...... 16.81 ...... f Sdiri ...... 7.97 ...... f ...... 8.21w Oprea ...... f ...... f ...... 17.40 Gaisah ...... 8.17w ...... 8.05 ...... p Taillepierre ...... 17.06w ...... 16.75w ...... 17.19 Phillips ...... f ...... f ...... f Sands ...... f ...... 17.30 ...... f Davis ...... 17.03 ...... p ...... p QUALIFYING (August 12) QUALIFYING 1/ (temperature 18–15C/64–59F; humidity 83–94%) (August 10; auto-qualifier 55-9 4/17.00) 1/ 3/ Qualifiers (auto-qualifier 26-7/8.10)—Phillips 28-2 4w (8.59); Qualifiers—Betanzos 57-1w (17.40), Sands 56-5 4 (17.21), Gre- 3/ 1/ 1/ Mokoena 26-11 4 (8.22), Sdiri 26-10w (8.18), Evilä 26-10 (8.18) NR, gório 56-5 4 (17.20), Davis 56- 2 (17.08), Oprea 55-2 (16.81), 1/ 1/ 1/ 3/ 1/ Beckford 26-8 4w (8.13), Nima 26-8 4 (8.13) NR, Gaisah 26-7 4w Karailiev 54-10 4 (16.73), Bell 54-10 4 (16.72), Giralt 54-10 (16.71), 1/ 1/ 3/ (8.11), Martínez 26-7w (8.10), Saladino 26-2 4 (7.98), Zyuskov Møller 54-9 4 (16.69), Valyukevich 54-8 4w (16.68), Taillepierre 3/ 1/ 1/ 26-1 4w (7.97), Shkurlatov 26-1w (7.95), Winter 25-11 2 (7.91) 54-8 4 (16.67), Yastrebov 54-8 (16.66). 1/ (25-7 4/7.80). 3/ Non-qualifiers—Allen Simms (PR) 54-6 4 (16.63), Nelson Évora 1/ 1/ 1/ 3/ Non-qualifiers—Brian Johnson (US) 25-11 2 (7.91) (f, 23-4 2, (Por) 54-5 2 (16.60), Nathan Douglas (GB) 54-2 4w (16.53), Igor 1/ 1/ 3/ 25-11 2) (f, 7.12, 7.91), Chris Tomlinson (GB) 25-8 4w (7.83), Ibra- Spasovkhodskiy (Rus) 53-11 4 (16.45), Viktor Gushchinskiy (Rus) 1/ 1/ 1/ him Camejo (Cub) 25-6 4 (7.78), Miguel Pate (US) 25-3 4 (7.70) 53-9 4 (16.39), Tarik Bougtaïb (Mor) 53-9 (16.38), 1/ 1/ 3/ (25-3 4, 24-10 2, 23-10) (7.70, 7.58, 7.26), Hrístos Melétoglou (Gre) 53-7 4 (16.35), Mykola Savolainen (Ukr) 1/ 3/ 3/ Jonathan Chimier (Mri) 25-1 4 (7.65), Povilas Mykolaitis (Lit) 53-7 4 (16.35), Danila Burkenya (Rus) 53-7 4 (16.35), Kazuyoshi 3/ 1/ 25- 4w (7.64), Walter Davis (US—afternoon after TJ win) 24-4 4 shikawa (Jpn) 53-7w (16.33º), (Ita) 53-3 (16.23), 1/ 3/ 1/ 1/ (7.42) (f, f, 24-4 4) (f, f, 7.42), Yahya Berrabah (Mor) 24- 4 (7.33), Randy Lewis (Grn) 52-10 4 (16.11), Johan Meriluoto (Fin) 52-6 2 1/ 1/ 1/ Shinichi Terano (Jpn) 23-10 4 (7.27), Eroni Tuivanuavou (Fij) 23-6 4 (16.01), Charles Michael Friedek (Ger) 51-8 4 (15.75), Konstadínos (7.17);… 3f—Morten Jensen (Den), Iván Pedroso (Cub) (record Zalaggítis (Gre) 51-7 (15.72);… 3f— (Bel). 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QUALIFYING — SHOT — (August 6) FINAL (temperature 17C/63F; humidty 79–71%) 1/ 1/ (August 6) Qualifiers (auto-qualifier 66-5 4/20.25)—Cantwell 69-3 4 (21.11) 1/ 1/ (temperature 18C/64F; humidity 64–68%) (69-3 4, p, p), Olsen 68-5 (20.85), Bartels 67-5 2 (20.56), Mikhnevich 3/ 3/ 1/ 67-4 4 (20.54), Konopka 66-10 4 (20.39), Nelson 66-9 4 (20.35), 1/ 3/ 3/ 1. Adam Nelson (US) ...... 71-3 2 (21.73) Smith 66-5 4 (20.26), Belonog (Ukr) 66-3 4 (20.21), Reinikainen 1/ 1/ (first international champs gold since World Junior ’94; 66-3 (20.19), Tiisanoja 66-2 2 (20.18), Majewski 66- 4 (20.12), 1/ runner-up in last two WC as well as last two OG; Myerscough 65-10 4 (20.07). 3/ third 3-time medalist, joining Günthör & Godina) Non-qualifiers—Gheorghe Guset (Rom) 65- 4 (19.83), Khalid 1/ 3/ 1/ 1/ 1/ (71-3 2, 69-9 4, 71-1 2, f, 69- 2, f) Habash Al-Suwaidi (Qat) 64-8 2 (19.72), Anton Lyuboslavskiy (Rus) 1/ 1/ 3/ 2. Rutger Smith (Holland)...... 69-10 4 (21.29) 64-2 4 (19.56), Manuel Martínez (Spa) 64-1 4 (19.55), 1/ (Holland’s first-ever top-8 finisher) John Godina (US) (record-tieing sixth appearance) 64-1 4 3/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 3/ 1/ (19.54) (63- 4, f, 64-1 4) (19.22, f, 19.54) Petr Stehlík (CzR) 63-11 (69-10 4, 69- 2, 69-8, 68-5 4, f, 67-9 2) 1/ 1/ (19.48), Dragan Peric (Yug) 63-10 4 (19.46), Miran Vodovnik (Slo) 3. Ralf Bartels (Germany) ...... 68-10 2 (20.99) 1/ 63-3 4 (19.28), Taavi Peetre (Est) 63-0 (19.20), 1/ 1/ 3/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ (66-7 4, f, 67-7 2, 68-1 4, 67-4 4, 68-10 2) Yury Belov (Blr) 62-10 2 (19.16), (Rus) 62-3 4 1/ 4. Yuriy Belonog (Ukr) 68-6 2 (20.89) (18.98), Hamza Alic (Bos) 61-7 (18.77), Marco Antonio Verni (Chl) 1/ 1/ 1/ (68-6 2, f, 66-8, 67-0, 68-3 4, f) 61- 4 (18.60), Edis Elkasevic (Cro) 61-0 (18.59), Dorian Scott (Jam) 3/ 3/ 5. Christian Cantwell (US) 68-5 4 (20.87) 60-1 4 (18.33);… 3/ (68-5 4, f, f, f, 67-6, f) 3f—, Pavel Lyzhyn (Blr), Janus Robberts (SA). 1/ 6. Andrei Mikhnevich (Blr) 68- 2 (20.74) (defending champ) 1/ 1/ 3/ 3/ 1/ (68- 4, 67- 2, 67-11 4, f, 66-9 4, 68- 2) 1/ 7. Joachim Olsen (Den) 68- 4 (20.73) 1/ 1/ 3/ 3/ (66- 2, 68- 4, f, 67-2 4, 64-6 4, f) 8. Ville Tiisanoja (Fin) 67-6 (20.57) 1/ 9. Tomasz Majewski (Pol) 66-4 2 (20.23) 10. Tepa Reinikainen (Fin) 65-11 (20.09) 1/ 11. Mikulás Konopka (Svk) 64-8 2 (19.72) 1/ 12. Carl Myerscough (GB) 64-6 2 (19.67). first 3 rounds Olsen...... 20.13* ...... 20.73 ...... f Bartels ...... 20.30* ...... f ...... 20.61 Reinikainen ..... 19.69 ...... 20.09 ...... 19.31 Majewski ...... 20.08 ...... f ...... 20.23 Konopka ...... 19.33 ...... 19.67 ...... 19.72 Smith ...... 21.29* ...... 21.04 ...... 21.23 Myerscough .... 19.15 ...... 19.67 ...... f Belonog ...... 20.89 ...... f ...... 20.32 Mikhnevich ...... 20.73 ...... 20.43 ...... 20.72 Nelson ...... 21.73* ...... 21.28 ...... 21.68 Tiisanoja ...... 18.29 ...... 19.95 ...... 20.57 Cantwell ...... 20.87 ...... f ...... f final 3 rounds Tiisanoja ...... 20.04 ...... 20.15 ...... f Bartels ...... 20.77 ...... 20.53 ...... 20.99 Olsen...... 20.49 ...... 19.68 ...... f Mikhnevich ...... f ...... 20.36 ...... 20.74 Cantwell ...... f ...... 20.57 ...... f Belonog ...... 20.42 ...... 20.81 ...... f Smith ...... 20.87 ...... f ...... 20.66 Nelson ...... f ...... 21.04 ...... f

In field-event series, the athlete’s best mark of the day is underlined. The progression of the lead during the event is asterisked. The winner is identified in green.

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QUALIFYING — DISCUS — (August 6) FINAL (temperature 21–19C/70–66F; humidity 68–44%) (August 7) Qualifiers (auto-qualifier 208-4/63.50)—Alekna 225-8 (68.79), (temperature 20–19C/68–66F; humidity 68%) Riedel 217-3 (66.22), Kanter 215-9 (65.76), Pestano 213-5 (65.04), Krawczyk 211-7 (64.51), Waltz 210-11 (64.30), Kövágó 210-11 1. (Lithuania) ...... 230-2 (70.17) (64.30), Tammert 210-0 (64.02), Tunks 210-0 (64.02), Möllenbeck (MR—old 228-9/69.72 Riedel ’01) 2090 (63.71), Kruger 208-2 (63.44), 205-9 (62.72). (defending champ, fourth medal) Non-qualifiers—Libor Malina (CzR) 204-9 (62.41), Vikas Gowda (209-9, 222-9, 223-5, 219-0, f, 230-2) (Ind) 203-6 (62.04), Roland Varga (Hun) 203-2 (61.94), Carl Brown 2. Gerd Kanter (Estonia)...... 224-11 (68.57) (US) 203-1 (61.91), Tao Wu (Chn) 202-7 (61.75), Bogdan (f, 212-3, 213-7, 224-11, 215-0, 205-6) Pishchalnikov (Rus) 200-8 (61.17), Jo Van Daele (Bel) 200-6 (61.12), 3. Michael Möllenbeck (Germany) ..... 216-4 (65.95) Vasiliy Kaptyukh (Blr) 200-3 (61.04), Yennifer Frank Casañas (Cub) 199-11 (60.94), Jorge Balliengo (Arg) 198-2 (60.40), Abbas (f, 214-0, 213-2, 216-4, f, p) Samimi (Irn) 197-8 (60.25), Gaute Myklebust (Nor) 196-10 (60.00), 4. Aleksander Tammert (Est) 212-9 (64.84) Timo Tompuri (Fin) 193-11 (59.11), Gábor Máté (Hun) 193-5 (58.97). (204-4, 208-7, 207-3, 210-7, 208-4, 212-9) 5. Ian Waltz (US) 210-10 (64.27) (209-7, 210-1, f, f, 210-10, 210-0) 6. Frantz Kruger (SA) 210-8 (64.23) (207-3, 201-8,199-10, 208-9, 210-8, f) 7. Jarred Rome (US) 210-8 (64.22) (210-8, 203-0, f, 205-6, 208-11, f) 8. Jason Tunks (Can) 209-2 (63.77) 9. Lars Riedel (Ger) 206-10 (63.05) (first to reach 8 finals in any event) 10. Zoltán Kövágó (Hun) 206-6 (62.94) 11. Mario Pestano (Spa) 205-10 (62.75) 12. Andrzej Krawczyk (Pol) 205-9 (62.71) first 3 rounds Alekna ...... 63.93* ...... 67.90*...... 68.10* Rome ...... 64.22* ...... 61.87 ...... f Krawczyk ...... 59.58 ...... 61.00 ...... 62.71 Kruger ...... 63.19 ...... 61.47 ...... 60.92 Kanter ...... f ...... 64.69 ...... 65.10 Riedel ...... 63.05 ...... f ...... 62.47 Kövágó ...... 62.94 ...... 62.68 ...... 59.61 Pestano ...... 62.75 ...... 60.32 ...... f Möllenbeck...... f ...... 65.24 ...... 64.99 Tammert ...... 62.28 ...... 63.59 ...... 63.18 Waltz ...... 63.88 ...... 64.05 ...... f Tunks ...... 63.39 ...... 63.77 ...... f final 3 rounds Kruger ...... 63.64 ...... 64.23 ...... f Tammert ...... 64.18 ...... 63.50 ...... 64.84 Tunks ...... f ...... f ...... f Waltz ...... f ...... 64.27 ...... 64.02 Rome ...... 62.64 ...... 63.68 ...... f Kanter ...... 68.57* ...... 65.53 ...... 62.64 Möllenbeck...... 65.95 ...... f ...... p (inj) Alekna ...... 66.75 ...... f ...... 70.17*

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QUALIFYING — HAMMER — (August 6) FINAL (temperature 18–20C/64–68F; humidity 61–34%) (August 8) Qualifiers (auto-qualifier 247-8/77.50)—Devyatovskiy 266-5 (temperature 20C/68F; humidity 83–88%) (81.20), Tikhon 260-0 (79.26), Ziólkowski 257-0 (78.34), Karjalainen (Fin) 253-7 (77.30), Skvaruk 253-3 (77.21), Pars 252-2 (76.86), 1. Ivan Tikhon (Belarus) ...... 275-2 (83.89) Klose 250-10 (76.47), Esser 250-10 (76.45), Konovalov 250-9 (76.42), (MR—old 273-7/83.38 Ziólkowski ’01) (defending champ) Charfreitag 250-4 (76.30), Piskunov 249-6 (76.04), Khersontsev (f, f, 265-7, 275-2, f, 267-5) 249-1 (75.92). 2. (Belarus) ...... 271-0 (82.60) Non-qualifiers—Aléxandros Papadimitríou (Gre) 246-0 (74.99), (256-3, 263-11, 271-0, f, 264 0, 269-8) Lukas Melich (CzR) 244-6 (74.53), Chris Harmse (SA) 244-0 (74.37), A.G. Kruger (US) 241-7 (73.63), Dilshod Nazarov (Tjk) 240-9 3. Szymon Ziólkowski (Poland) ...... 260-4 (79.35) (73.38), András Haklits (Cro) 240-4 (73.26), Esref Apak (Tur) 239-7 (256-9, 250-9, 260-4, 253-9, 257-2, f) (73.04), Miloslav Konopka (Svk) 239-2 (72.91), Ali Mohamed Al- 4. Markus Esser (Ger) 259-8 (79.16) Zinkawi (Kuw) 237-2 (72.28), (257-9, 259-6, 252-3, 259-8, 253-0, f) James Parker (US) 236-0 (71.95), Mohsen El Anany (Egy) 235-6 5. Olli Pekka Karjalainen (Fin) 258-5 (78.77) (71.78), Roman Rozna (Mol) 234-8 (71.52), Ihor Tuhay (Ukr) 232-5 (252-9, f, 257-8, 253-3, f, 258-5) (70.85), (Ita) 232-2 (70.77), Andrey Vorontsov (Blr) 6. Ilya Konovalov (Rus) 257-10 (78.59) 228-8 (69.71), Patric Suter (Swi) 224-10 (68.54), Juan Ignacio Cerra (257-10, 250-0, 251-4, 256-2, 257-4, 247-3) (Arg) 224-6 (68.44), Dorian Collaku (Alb) 193-0 (58.83)… 3f— 7. Krisztián Pars (Hun) 256-0 (78.03) Sergey Kirmasov (Rus). 8. Vadim Khersontsev (Rus) 254-6 (77.59) (fifth straight WC without U.S. finalist) 9. Libor Charfreitag (Svk) 249-6 (76.05) 10. Andriy Skvaruk (Ukr) 249-4 (76.01) 11. Holger Klose (Ger) 245-5 (74.80) …drug DQ [12]—Vladyslav Piskunov (Ukr) [245-4/74.78] first 3 rounds Ziólkowski ...... 78.27* ...... 76.44 ...... 79.35 Tikhon ...... f ...... f ...... 80.97* Konovalov ...... 78.59* ...... 76.21 ...... 76.60 Esser ...... 78.57 ...... 79.11*...... 76.88 Piskunov ...... 74.78 ...... 73.44 ...... 74.32 Pars ...... 76.21 ...... f ...... 77.26 Skvaruk ...... 74.81 ...... 72.69 ...... 76.01 Charfreitag ...... 76.05 ...... 75.02 ...... f Devyatovskiy .. 78.11 ...... 80.45*...... 82.60* Karjalainen ...... 77.05 ...... f ...... 78.55 Khersontsev .... 76.16 ...... 77.59 ...... 73.63 Klose ...... 74.41 ...... f ...... 74.80 final 3 rounds Pars ...... 78.03 ...... 76.85 ...... f Khersontsev .... 76.81 ...... f ...... 72.24 Karjalainen ...... 77.20 ...... f ...... 78.77 Konovalov ...... 78.08 ...... 78.44 ...... 75.36 Esser ...... 79.16 ...... 77.11 ...... f Ziólkowski ...... 77.35 ...... 78.39 ...... f Tikhon ...... 83.89* ...... f ...... 81.52 Devyatovskiy .. f ...... 80.47 ...... 82.19

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QUALIFYING — JAVELIN — (August 9) FINAL (billed as first morning session of a WC ever to sell out; (August 10) although bigger stadia did have higher attendances; more (temperature 15C/59F; humidity 88%—heavy rain & gusty winds people in stands than for any of the three preceding evening [usually headwind] for most of competition) sessions) (temperature 23–24C/73–75F; humidity 73–69%) 1. Andrus Värnik (Estonia) ...... 286-0 (87.17) Qualifiers (auto-qualifier 265-9/81.00)—Makarov 279-1 (85.08), (Estonia’s first world champion) Pitkämäki 269-8 (82.21), Thorkildsen 267-2 (81.45), Värnik 265-7 (259-4, f, 250-10, 286-0, 279-10, f) (80.97), Kovals 265-1 (80.80), Ivanov 261-4 (79.65), Parviainen 2. (Norway) ..... 282-9 (86.18) 260-9 (79.48), Russell 260-8 (79.45), Rags 258-6 (78.79), Martínez 257-1 (78.37), Frank 255-5 (77.87), Intas 252-11 (77.08). (Norway’s first medal) (257-1, 267-5, 273-8, 281-2, 282-9, f) Non-qualifiers—Nick Nieland (GB) 251-8 (76.71), Christian Nico- lay (Ger) 251-7 (76.68), Stefan Müller (Swi) 250-4 (76.30), Vadims 3. Sergey Makarov (Russia) ...... 274-1 (83.54) Vasilevskis (Lat) 249-10 (76.16), Lohan Rautenbach (SA) 249-2 (defending champ—fifth straight final) (75.94), Rongxiang Li (Chn) 245-10 (74.95), (265-0, 273-3, 262-3, 273-11, 270-10, 274-1) Marián Bokor (Svk) 245-5 (74.81), Firas Al-Mohamed (Syr) 238-3 4. Tero Pitkämäki (Fin) 266-7 (81.27) (72.63), Esko Mikkola (Fin) 238-0 (72.54), Gergely Horváth (Hun) (247-6, f, 261-3, 266-7, f, f) 237-3 (72.33), Francesco Pignata (Ita) 236-9 (72.17), Gabriel Wallin 5. Aleksandr Ivanov (Rus) 259-8 (79.14) (Swe) 236-4 (72.04), John Hetzendorf (US) 231-3 (70.49) (U.S. (255-8, 259-8, f, f, f, 253-0) champ Breaux Greer withdrew shortly before meet with bad 6. Eriks Rags (Lat) 258-5 (78.77) shoulder), 7. Ainars Kovals (Lat) 254-7 (77.61) Ronny Nilsen (Nor) 229-10 (70.07), Yukifumi Murakami (Jpn) 8. Mark Frank (Ger) 254-5 (77.56) 224-1 (68.31), Vadim Bavikin (Isr) 218-11 (66.74), Oleg Statsenko 9. Aki Parviainen (Fin) 245-7 (74.86) (Ukr) 211-5 (64.44), Dejan Angelovski (Mac) 191-0 (58.23), Shaka 10. Guillermo Martínez (Cub) 238-5 (72.68) Sola (AmS) 135-1 (41.18) PR (apparently showed up late for shot 11. Tomas Intas (Lit) 230-0 (70.11) and couldn’t throw, so was entered here). 12. Scott Russell (Can) 225-0 (68.59) (WR holder Jan Zelezny withdrew shortly before the meet) first 3 rounds Pitkämäki ...... 75.44* ...... f ...... 79.64 Frank ...... 75.82* ...... 73.19 ...... 71.17 Ivanov ...... 77.93* ...... 79.14 ...... f Rags...... 73.12 ...... 78.77 ...... f Intas ...... f ...... f ...... 70.11 Kovals ...... 74.05 ...... f ...... 77.61 Russell ...... 62.33 ...... f ...... 68.59 Värnik ...... 79.06* ...... f ...... 76.47 Parviainen ...... 74.86 ...... 70.88 ...... f Makarov ...... 80.77* ...... 83.30*...... 79.95 Martínez ...... 72.68 ...... 69.42 ...... f Thorkildsen ..... 78.36 ...... 81.52 ...... 83.41* final 3 rounds Frank ...... f ...... 77.56 ...... f Kovals ...... f ...... f ...... f Rags...... f ...... f ...... 77.34 Värnik ...... 87.17* ...... 85.29 ...... f Ivanov ...... f ...... f ...... 77.12 Pitkämäki ...... 81.27 ...... f ...... f Makarov ...... 83.48 ...... 82.55 ...... 83.54 Thorkildsen ..... 85.71 ...... 86.18 ...... f

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… DNFs— — — Aleksey Sysoyev (Rus) (5672) 1/ RESULTS (10.72w, 20-9/6.32, 51-8 4/15.75 PR, 6-9/2.06, 50.46 [4070—14], (August 9–10) 15.49, 154-7/47.13, nh) (rain & gusty winds for most of competition from high jump on) Eugene Martineau (Hol) (5364) 1/ 3/ 1. Bryan Clay (US) ...... 8732 (11.22, 23-5 2/7.15, 43-8/13.31, 6-6 4/2.00, 50.45 [3945—17], 15.85, 132-0/40.23, nh) (WL) (x, =10 A) (non-O’Brien: x, =4 A) Haifeng Qi (Chn) (3233) 3/ 3/ (10.43w, 24-9/7.54, 53-3 4/16.25 PR, 6-6 4/2.00, 47.78 PR [4527—1], 3/ 1/ 3/ (10.92w, 23-6 4/7.18, 44-1 2/13.45, 6-6 4/2.00, dns) 3/ 14.43, 176-1/53.68, 16- 4/4.90, 236-3/72.00 PR, 5:03.77 [4205]) (Nor) (852) (throwing-event total second-best ever 2734; (11.04, nm) best 2748 Michael Smith of Canada in ’96) Claston Bernard (Jam) (2384) 3/ 3/ (10.79w, 22-3 4/6.80, 44-10 4/13.68, dnc) 2. Roman Sebrle () ...... 8521 Maurice Smith (Jam) (1757) 1/ (defending champ) (10.81w, 23-6 4/7.17 PR, nm [f, p, p]) 1/ 1/ (10.91, 25-9 2/7.86, 53-5 2/16.29, 6-9/2.06, 48.62 [4513—2], Vitaliy Smirnov (Uzb) (0—17.83 time needed for 1 point) 14.71, 153-8/46.85, 15-9/4.80, 207-4/63.21, 4:39.54 [4008]) (18.28 [pull], dnc) 3. Attila Zsivóczky () ...... 8385 Dmitriy Karpov (Kaz) (fs 100, dnc) 3/ 1/ (10.90w, 23- 4/7.03, 51-7/15.72, 7- 2/2.15, 49.29 [4330—5], 15.15, 162-8/49.58 PR, 15-9/4.80, 206-9/63.02, 4:32.17 [4055]) (defending champ Pappas injured, not on U.S. team) 4. André Niklaus (Ger) 8316 PR 1/ 3/ (11.04, 23-7 2/7.20w, 46-8 4/14.24, 6-8/2.03 PR, 49.42 [4130—12], 1/ 14.78, 151-4/46.13 PR, 17-4 2/5.30 PR, 202-7/61.74 PR, 4:28.93 [4186]) Decathlon Leaders After Each Event 5. Aleksandr Pogorelov (Rus) 8246 100 1/ (10.86 PR, 24-7/7.49, 52-2/15.90, 6-10 4/2.09, 50.58 [4344—4], 1. Clay 992; 2. Rahnu 954; 3. tie, Ojaniemi & Dhouibi 935; 5. 3/ 14.45, 153-2/46.68, 16-4 4/5.00, 196-2/59.79, 5:03.62 [3902]) Sysoyev 924; 6. Bernard 908; 7. Smith 903; 8. Terek 899; 9. 6. Kristjan Rahnu (Est) 8223 Pogorelov 892; 10. Zsivóczky 883;11. Sebrle 881. 3/ 3/ (10.59w, 24-1 4/7.36, 51-9 4/15.79, 6-8/2.03, 48.58 PR [4404—3], Long jump 14.87, 154-7/47.13, 15-5/4.70, 202-3/61.65, 4:59.73 [3819]) 1. Clay 1937; 2. Sebrle 1906; 3. Ojaniemi 1887; 4. Rahnu 1854; 5. 7. Romain Barras (Fra) 8087 Dhouibi 1853; 6. Pogorelov 1824; 7. Dvorák 1762; 8. Smith 1757; 9. 1/ 3/ 1/ (11.15, 24-1 2/7.35 PR, 47-11 4/14.62, 6-4 4/1.94, 48.63 PR [4119—13], Terek 1751; 10. Qi 1735;… 16. Zsivóczky 1704. 14.65, 145-2/44.24, 15-9/4.80, 198-1/60.39, 4:31.94 [3968]) 8. Tomás Dvorák (CzR) 8068 3/ 3/ 1. Clay 2804; 2. Sebrle 2775; 3. Rahnu 2692; 4. Ojaniemi 2674; 5. (10.94, 23-11 4/7.31, 52-4/15.95, 6-6 4/2.00, 50.34 [4212—7], 1/ Pogorelov 2669; 6. Dvorák 2610; 7. Zsivóczky 2538; 8. Pahapill 14.81, 149-1/45.69, 13-9 4/4.20, 212-10/64.89, 4:34.24 [3856]) 9. Jaakko Ojaniemi (Fin) 8042 2537; 9. Drozdov 2532; 10. Dhouibi 2511. 3/ 1/ (10.67w, 24-10/7.57, 49- 4/14.95, 6-3 4/1.91, 50.29 [4198—8], High jump 15.04, 1391/42.41, 14-9/4.50, 217-5/66.27, 4:38.18 [3844]) 1. Sebrle 3634; 2. Clay 3607; 3. Pogorelov 3556; 4. Rahnu 3523; 5. 10. (Rus) 8038 Zsivóczky 3482; 6. Dvorák 3413; 7. Ojaniemi 3397; 8. Pahapill 1/ (11.07 PR, 23-9/7.24, 50-7 2/15.43, 6-9/2.06, 51.11 [4155—9], 3396; 9. Drozdov 3391; 10. Niklaus 3288. 15.67, 164-5/50.13, 14-9/4.50, 208-10/63.67, 4:38.96 [3883]) 400 11. Hamdi Dhouibi (Tun) 8023 NR 1. Clay 4527; 2. Sebrle 4513; 3. Rahnu 4404; 4. Pogorelov 4344; 5. 1/ 1/ (10.67w, 24-4 2/7.43, 42-2/12.85, 6-4 4/1.94, 47.04 PR [4216—6], Zsivóczky 4330; 6. Dhouibi 4216; 7. Dvorák 4212; 8. Ojaniemi 14.56, 1351/41.17, 15-9/4.80, 173-4/52.83, 4:31.24 [3807]) 4198; 9. Drozdov 4155; 10. Pahapill 4145. 12. Mikk Pahapill (Est) 8003 1/ 3/ 110H (11.06 PR, 23-10 4/7.27, 50-4 4/15.36 PR, 6-9/2.06, 51.44 [4145—10], 15.37, 150-3/45.81, 15-9/4.80 PR, 208-5/63.53, 4:48.26 [3858]) 1. Clay 5447; 2. Sebrle 5398; 3. Rahnu 5269; 4. Pogorelov 5261; 5. 13. Paul Terek (US) 7921 Zsivóczky 5161; 6. Dhouibi 5119; 7. Dvorák 5085; 8. Ojaniemi 1/ 1/ 5043; 9. Barras 5011; 10. Niklaus 5006. (10.83 PR, 236/7.16, 46-11 2/14.31, 6-5 2/1.97, 48.85 [4142—11], 3/ 15.83, 146-6/44.65, 16-4 4/5.00, 178-8/54.46, 4:36.59 [3779]) Discus 14. Frédéric Xhonneux (Bel) 7616 1. Clay 6394; 2. Sebrle 6203; 3. Rahnu 6080; 4. Pogorelov 6062; 5. 3/ (11.28 PR, 23-8/7.21 PR, 42-4 4/12.92, 6-8/2.03 PR, 49.04 [4015—16], Zsivóczky 6023; 6. Dvorák 5866; 7. Dhouibi 5807; 8. Drozdov 5798; 15.75, 126-8/38.62, 15-5/4.70, 164-7/50.18, 4:22.71 [3601]) 9. Niklaus 5796; 10. Barras 5762. 15. Roland Schwarzl (Aut) 7549 Pole Vault 1/ 1/ 1/ (11.06, 23-3 2/7.10w, 45- 2/13.73, 5-11 2/1.82, 50.81 [3819—19], 1. Clay 7274; 2. Sebrle 7052; 3. Pogorelov 6972; 4. Rahnu 6899; 5. 3/ 14.90, 149-6/45.56, 16- 4/4.90, 166-3/50.67, 4:51.25 [3730]) Zsivóczky 6872; 6. Niklaus 6800; 7. Dhouibi 6656; 8. Barras 6611; 16. Oscar González (Spa) 7526 9. Pahapill 6583; 10. Terek 6564. 1/ 3/ 3/ (11.07w, 23-7 2/7.20, 44-8 4/13.63 PR, 6-6 4/2.00, 49.71 [4044—15], Javelin 14.96, 121-6/37.03, 15-1/4.60 PR, 149-5/45.54, 4:35.25 [3482]) 1. Clay 8194; 2. Sebrle 7838; 3. Pogorelov 7707; 4. Rahnu 7662; 5. 17. Phil McMullen (US) 6832 1/ Zsivóczky 7655; 6. Niklaus 7564; 7. Pahapill 7374; 8. Barras 7355; (11.47w, 21-10/6.65, 49-3/15.01, 6-4 4/1.94, 50.21 [3835—18], 9. Dvorák 7351; 10. Drozdov 7351. 15.58, 161-8/49.28, nh,175-0/53.35, 4:33.38 [2997]);

on Friday: women’s WC

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