The 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics () were held in Berlin, Germany from 15 to 23 August 2009. The majority of events took place in the Olympiastadion, while the marathon and racewalking events started and finished at the Brandenburg Gate.
Organization Bidding process Berlin was announced the winning bidder by the IAAF on 6 December 2004 beating out bids from Split (Croatia), Valencia (Spain), Brisbane (Australia), Brussels (Belgium), Delhi (India), Casablanca (Morocco) and Daegu (South Korea).IAAF News No.69 IAAF, 20 July 2004. Retrieved 14 August 2009 Archived The city of Berlin and the Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband (German Athletics Association) are responsible for the organisation of the event. The Berlin Organising Committee 2009 GmbH, a corporation established by the DLV in 2005, will supervise the operative organisation of the competition.Event Information - FAQ Berlin 2009. Retrieved 14 August 2009 Archived
Costs Building upon Germany's history of successful athletics events, including the 1974 and 2006 FIFA World Cups the 1993 World Championships in Athletics, the 1936 and 1972 Summer Olympics, IAAF president Lamine Diack was confident of a well organised competition.IAAF / LOC Official Press Conference, Berlin 2009 - Congress closes, Competition set to begin IAAF, 13 August 2009. Retrieved 13 August 2009 Archived The organizers announced a budget of €49.8 million to stage the event, which includes the travel and accommodation costs for all participating athletes.Berlin to host 2009 World Championships IAAF, 4 April 2004. Retrieved 14 August 2009 Revenues include €17 million from ticketing and €7 million from marketing. The city of Berlin will cover a deficit up to €20 million. The organising committee secured 9000 rooms in the city to account for accommodation, with the hope that the booking of the Hotel Estrel (950 rooms) and Hotel Berlin (650 rooms) for athletes would create an atmosphere similar to an Olympic Village.Turner, Chris Berlin 2009 makes its first introductions IAAF, 8 August 2006. Retrieved 14 August 2009 Archived 8 September 2009
Overall, the event was an economic success for the capital. A total of 417,156 tickets were sold over the nine-day period, and estimates placed the total visitor spend in the city at around €120 million. As a result, Berlin's mayor, Klaus Wowereit, stated that the city would consider applying to host another athletics event in the future, such as the 2016 European Athletics Championships.Berlin gets economic boost from World Championships European Athletics, 13 February 2010-. Retrieved 19 February 2010
Media and marketing
A limited edition €10 coin was produced for the event by the German government, which was only the third occasion that they had done so for a sporting event.Wenig, Jörg German Government announces special 10 euro coin for Berlin 2009 IAAF, 13 November 2007. Retrieved 14 August 2009 The organising committee held a contest to decide the name of its mascot, a running anthropomorphic bear, and the name "Berlino" was chosen.Mascot 2009 Berlin Berlin 2009. Retrieved 17 August 2009 The colour scheme of the event, including the official logo, advertising, and the Olympiastadion's track and field, was blue and green. The committee stated that blue represented reliability while green represented the event's environmental ambitions. The event featured a number of environmentally friendly initiatives, including: free public transport with every ticket sold, efforts to reduce energy usage, considerations for waste and recycling management, and environmentally conscious construction and building management. Furthermore, as part of the United Nations Environment Programme, forty-seven trees (one for each athletics event) were planted to create an "Avenue of Champions" in Berlin.IAAF Green Project – Berlin 2009 IAAF, 11 August 2009. Retrieved 14 August 2009 The official song for the event was "Foot of the Mountain" by Norwegian group A-ha.
The broadcasting rights for the Championships were sold to 213 countries, a new high for the event. ARD and ZDF were the host broadcasting TV networks and producers of the TV signal, and they founded a company named BERTA which provided the signal in high-resolution HDTV for TV stations around the world. The average viewing figures in Germany were 5 million with peaks of 9.9 and 8.6 million for the men's 100 metres final and the women's high jump, respectively. The average audience figures in France were 3.5–4 million, 2.5–3.5 million in the United Kingdom and 4–5 million in Japan. The IAAF website received a record number of page hits and unique users: having around 1 million unique users accessing the website on days five and six,Huge Unique User Figures and Page Hits – IAAF Website, Berlin 2009 IAAF, 25 August 2009. Retrieved 24 September 2009 Archived 26 September 2009 and a total of over 90 million page views over the course of the nine days of the competition.IAAF Website Traffic – Berlin 2009 IAAF, 2009. Retrieved 24 September 2009 Around 3500 media representatives were estimated to have attended the event.
To provide the public with an opportunity to participate in the event, the local organizers also conducted a Champions Run 10K on 22 August between the scheduled time for the men's and women's marathons, using a portion of the official marathon course which passes various Berlin landmarks with a finish at the Brandenburg Gate. The field was limited to 10,000 runners.SCC Events Retrieved 20 August 2009
Venues
The Championships were staged in the 74,845-seat Olympiastadion, which underwent a €242 million renovation ahead of the 2006 Football World Cup. The marathon races, as well as the racewalking events, had their start and finish at the Brandenburg Gate,World Championships organising committee, BOC, presents the courses for the marathon and walking events Berlin 2009, 8 December 2008. Retrieved 14 August 2009 with the race walks routed along the Unter den Linden boulevard and the marathon passing through Pariser Platz and going past Berlin's other points of interest.Event Information Berlin 2009. Retrieved 14 August 2009 An estimated 400,000 tickets were sold by the event organisers for the event. In memory of their historic Olympic achievements at the Olympiastadion in 1936, a meeting took place between the families of Luz Long and Jesse Owens. Long's long jump advice to rival Owens remains a prominent example of sportsmanship and friendship in athletics.Families of Jesse Owens, Luz Long to unite at World Championships IAAF, 5 August 2009. Retrieved 13 August 2009 A reward of US$100,000 was given to any athlete who broke a world record at the competition.$100,000 IAAF World Record Programme supported by TDK and Toyota – Berlin 2009 IAAF, 14 August 2009. Retrieved 14 August 2009 Archived 8 September 2009
Anti-doping program The event featured one of the most comprehensive anti-doping initiatives ever undertaken by the IAAF. A total of 1000 samples were collected from athletes and tested at labs accredited by the World Anti-Doping Agency, and additional educational anti-doping activities were available. Diack stressed that samples are retained for future analysis, thus currently undetectable drugs could be tested for in the future, preventing athletes from flouting the anti-doping rules.Berlin to host largest ever IAAF Anti-Doping operation IAAF, 11 August 2009. Retrieved 12 August 2009 Archived 8 September 2009
Two athletes failed anti-doping tests during the championships: Moroccan steeplechaser Jamel Chatbi tested positive for the stimulant clenbuterol and Nigerian hurdler Amaka Ogoegbunam was found to have Metenolone, an anabolic steroid, in her sample.Berlin 2009 - Nigerian fails drugs test Eurosport/Reuters, 21 August 2009. Retrieved 25 September 2009 27 September 2009 Another Nigerian hurdler, Olutoyin Augustus, was banned from the championships for having abnormal levels of testosterone.IAAF Newsletter Edition 112 IAAF, 27 April 2010. Retrieved 27 April 2010
Event schedule
All dates are CEST (UTC+2)
+MenMen's Programme . Berlin 2009. Retrieved 6 January 2009. August 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 100 m H ½ F 200 m H ½ F 400 m H ½ F 800 m H ½ F 1500 m H ½ F 5000 m H F 10,000 m F Marathon F 110 m hurdles H ½ F 400 m hurdles H ½ F 3000 m steeplechase H F 4 × 100 m relay H F 4 × 400 m relay H F 20 km walk F 50 km walk F Long jump Q F Triple jump Q F High jump Q F Pole vault Q F Shot put Q F Discus throw Q F Hammer throw Q F Javelin throw Q F Decathlon F
+WomenWomen's programmes . Berlin 2009. Retrieved 6 January 2009. August15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 100 m H ½ F 200 m H ½ F 400 m H ½ F 800 m H ½ F 1500 m H ½ F 5000 m H F 10,000 m F Marathon F 100 m hurdles H F 400 m hurdles H ½ F 3000 m steeplechase H F 4 × 100 m relay H F 4 × 400 m relay H F 20 km walk F – Long jump Q F Triple jump Q F High jump Q F Pole vault Q F Shot put Q F Discus throw Q F Hammer throw Q F Javelin throw Q F Heptathlon F
Men's results
Track
100 metres 9.58WR 9.71NR 9.84SB200 metres 19.19 WR 19.81AR 19.85SB400 metres 44.06 WL 44.60SB 45.02800 metres 1:45.29 1:45.35 1:45.351500 metres 3:35.93 3:36.01 3:36.205000 metres 13:17.09 13:17.33 13:17.7810,000 metres 26:46.31CR 26:50.12SB 26:57.39SBMarathon2:06:54CR2:07:482:08:35110 metres hurdles 13.14 NR 13.15 13.15400 metres hurdles 47.91 WL 48.09 PB 48.233000 metres steeplechase 8:00.43 CR 8:00.89 PB 8:01.18 AR 20 kilometres walk 1:19:06PB 1:19:22SB 1:19:50 1:18:41 50 kilometres walk 3:41:16NR 3:41:37SB 3:42:34PB 3:38:35WL4 × 100 metres relay Steve MullingsMichael FraterUsain BoltAsafa PowellDwight Thomas*Lerone Clarke* 37.31WRDarrel BrownMarc BurnsEmmanuel CallanderRichard ThompsonKeston Bledman* 37.62NRSimeon WilliamsonTyrone EdgarMarlon DevonishHarry Aikines-Aryeetey 38.02SB4 × 400 metres relayAngelo TaylorJeremy WarinerKerron ClementLaShawn MerrittLionel Larry*Bershawn Jackson* 2:57.86WLConrad WilliamsMichael BinghamRobert TobinMartyn RooneyDai Greene* 3:00.53SBJohn SteffensenBen OffereinsTristan ThomasSean WroeJoel Milburn* 3:00.90SB
* Runners who participated in the heats only and received medals.
Field
High jump 2.32 m 2.32 m 2.32 mPole vault 5.90 m 5.85 m 5.80 mLong jump 8.54 m 8.47 m 8.37 mTriple jump 17.73 m WL 17.55 m 17.36 mShot put 22.03 m WL 21.91 m 21.37 m PBDiscus throw 69.43 m PB 69.15 m NR 66.88 mJavelin throw 89.59 m SB 86.41 m SB 82.97 mHammer throw 80.84 mSB 79.30 mSB 78.09 m Decathlon 8790 pts WL 8640 pts * 8479 pts PB 8528 pts PB Initially, Russian decathlete Aleksandr Pogorelov won the bronze medal, but later he was disqualified for doping.
Women's results
Track