2000 in athletics (track and field)

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This page shows the main events during the 2000 year in athletics (track and field) throughout the world.

Contents

1 International Events 2 World Records 3 Awards
3.1 Men 3.2 Women
4 Men's Best Year Performances
4.1 400m Hurdles 4.2 3,000m Steeplechase 4.3 Pole Vault 4.4 Decathlon
5 Women's Best Year Performances
5.1 100 metres 5.2 200 metres 5.3 Half Marathon 5.4 100m Hurdles 5.5 400m Hurdles 5.6 3,000m Steeplechase 5.7 High Jump 5.8 Pole Vault 5.9 Heptathlon
6 Marathon
6.1 Men's Best Year Performances 6.2 Women's Best Year Performances
7 Deaths 8 References

[edit] International Events

African Championships Asian Championships Balkan Games European Indoor Championships Olympic Games World Cross Country Championships

[edit] World Records

[edit] Awards

[edit] Men

2000 TRACK & FIELD AWARDS ATHLETE
IAAF World Athlete of the Year Flag of the Czech Republic Jan Železný (CZE)
Track & Field Athlete of the Year Flag of Lithuania Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)
European Athlete of the Year Award Flag of the Czech Republic Jan Železný (CZE)
Best Male Track Athlete ESPY Award Flag of the United States Michael Johnson (USA)

[edit] Women

2000 TRACK & FIELD AWARDS ATHLETE
IAAF World Athlete of the Year Flag of the United States Marion Jones (USA) [1]
Track & Field Athlete of the Year Flag of the United States Marion Jones (USA)
European Athlete of the Year Award Flag of Norway Trine Hattestad (NOR)
Best Female Track Athlete ESPY Award Flag of the United States Marion Jones (USA)
^ Annulled

[edit] Men's Best Year Performances

[edit] 400m Hurdles

RANK 2000 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1. Flag of the United States Angelo Taylor (USA) 47.50
2. Flag of Saudi Arabia Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily (KSA) 47.53
3. Flag of South Africa Llewellyn Herbert (RSA) 47.81
4. Flag of the United States Eric Thomas (USA) 47.94
5. Flag of Zambia Samuel Matete (ZAM) 48.01


[edit] 3,000m Steeplechase

RANK 2000 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1. Flag of Kenya Bernard Barmasai (KEN) 8:02.76
2. Flag of Morocco Brahim Boulami (MAR) 8:02.90
3. Flag of Morocco Ali Ezzine (MAR) 8:03.57
4. Flag of Kenya Kipkirui Misoi (KEN) 8:03.74
5. Flag of Kenya Reuben Kosgei (KEN) 8:03.92

[edit] Pole Vault

RANK 2000 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS HEIGHT
1. Flag of the United States Jeff Hartwig (USA) 6.03 m
2. Flag of Germany Michael Stolle (GER) 5.95 m
3. Flag of the United States Lawrence Johnson (USA) 5.90 m
Flag of Russia Pavel Gerasimov (RUS)
Flag of Russia Maksim Tarasov (RUS)
Flag of Germany Danny Ecker (GER)
Flag of the United States Nick Hysong (USA)

[edit] Decathlon

RANK 2000 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS POINTS
1. Flag of the Czech Republic Tomáš Dvořák (CZE) 8900
2. Flag of the Czech Republic Roman Å ebrle (CZE) 8757
3. Flag of Estonia Erki Nool (EST) 8742
4. Flag of the United States Chris Huffins (USA) 8595
5. Flag of Ukraine Aleksandr Yurkov (UKR) 8574

[edit] Women's Best Year Performances

[edit] 100 metres

RANK 2000 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1. Flag of the United States Marion Jones (USA) 10.78
2. Flag of the Bahamas Chandra Sturrup (BAH) 10.86
3. Flag of Greece Ekateríni Thánou (GRE) 10.91
Flag of the United States Inger Miller (USA)
5. Flag of Ukraine Zhanna Block (UKR) 10.93

[edit] 200 metres

RANK 2000 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1. Flag of the United States Marion Jones (USA) 21.94
2. Flag of the United States Inger Miller (USA) 22.09
3. Flag of the Bahamas Pauline Davis-Thompson (BAH) 22.27
4. Flag of Sri Lanka Susanthika Jayasinghe (SRI) 22.28
5. Flag of Jamaica Beverly McDonald (JAM) 22.35


[edit] Half Marathon

RANK 2000 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1. Flag of the United Kingdom Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 1:07:07


[edit] 100m Hurdles

RANK 2000 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1. Flag of the United States Gail Devers (USA) 12.33
2. Flag of Jamaica Delloreen Ennis-London (JAM) 12.52
3. Flag of Nigeria Glory Alozie (NGR) 12.54
4. Flag of Jamaica Michelle Freeman (JAM) 12.57
Flag of the United States Melissa Morrison (USA)

[edit] 400m Hurdles

RANK 2000 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1. Flag of Russia Irina Privalova (RUS) 53.02
2. Flag of the United States Sandra Glover (USA) 53.33
3. Flag of Jamaica Deon Hemmings (JAM) 53.45
4. Flag of Morocco Nezha Bidouane (MAR) 53.53
5. Flag of Cuba Daimí Pernía (CUB) 53.68


[edit] 3,000m Steeplechase

RANK 2000 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1. Flag of Romania Cristina Casandra (ROM) 9:40.20
2. Flag of Russia Yekaterina Volkova (RUS) 9:52.40
3. Flag of Ukraine Anzhelika Averkova (UKR) 9:54.10
4. Flag of Romania Daniela Petrescu (ROM) 9:54.86
5. Flag of Romania Luminita Gogârlea (ROM) 9:56.99

[edit] High Jump

RANK 2000 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS HEIGHT
1. Flag of Romania Monica Iagăr (ROM) 2.02 m
2. Flag of South Africa Hestrie Cloete (RSA) 2.01 m
Flag of Russia Yelena Yelesina (RUS)
Flag of Bulgaria Venelina Veneva (BUL)
Flag of Sweden Kajsa Bergqvist (SWE)

[edit] Pole Vault

RANK 2000 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS HEIGHT
1. Flag of the United States Stacy Dragila (USA) 4.63 m
2. Flag of Ukraine Anzhela Balakhonova (UKR) 4.56 m
3. Flag of Australia Tatiana Grigorieva (AUS) 4.55 m
4. Flag of the United States Kellie Suttle (USA) 4.53 m
5. Flag of Australia Emma George (AUS) 4.50 m
Flag of Russia Svetlana Feofanova (RUS)
Flag of the Czech Republic Daniela Bártová (CZE)
Flag of Russia Yelena Belyakova (RUS)
Flag of Germany Nicole Humbert (GER)
Flag of Iceland Vala Flosadóttir (ISL)

[edit] Heptathlon

RANK 2000 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS POINTS
1. Flag of France Eunice Barber (FRA) 6842
2. Flag of the United Kingdom Denise Lewis (GBR) 6831
3. Flag of Russia Yelena Prokhorova (RUS) 6765
4. Flag of Russia Natalya Roshchupkina (RUS) 6633
5. Flag of Belarus Natalya Sazanovich (BLR) 6527

[edit] Marathon

[edit] Men's Best Year Performances

RANK NAME ATHLETE TIME EVENT
1. Flag of Portugal Antonio Pinto (POR) 2:06:36 London Marathon
2. Flag of Japan Atsushi Fujita (JPN) 2:06:51 Fukuoka Marathon
3. Flag of Morocco Khalid Khannouchi (MAR) 2:07:01 Chicago Marathon
4. Flag of Kenya Japhet Kosgei (KEN) 2:07:15 Tokyo Marathon
5. Flag of South Korea Lee Bong-Ju (KOR) 2:07:20 Tokyo Marathon
6. Flag of Kenya Josephat Kiprono (KEN) 2:07:29 Chicago Marathon
7. Flag of Morocco Abdelkader El Mouaziz (MAR) 2:07:33 London Marathon
8. Flag of Kenya Simon Biwott (KEN) 2:07:42 Berlin Marathon
9. Flag of Spain Antoni Peña (ESP) 2:07:47 Berlin Marathon
— Flag of Kenya Moses Tanui (KEN) 2:07:47 Chicago Marathon

[edit] Women's Best Year Performances

RANK NAME ATHLETE TIME EVENT
1. Flag of Kenya Catherine Ndereba (KEN) 2:21:33 Chicago Marathon
2. Flag of Japan Naoko Takahashi (JPN) 2:22:19 Nagoya Marathon
3. Flag of Kenya Lornah Kiplagat (KEN) 2:22:36 Chicago Marathon
4. Flag of Romania Lidia Simon (ROM) 2:22:54 Osaka Marathon
5. Flag of Japan Harumi Hiroyama (JPN) 2:22:56 Osaka Marathon
6. Flag of Japan Naoko Takahashi (JPN) 2:23:14 Sydney Marathon
7. Flag of Romania Lidia Simon (ROM) 2:23:22 Sydney Marathon
8. Flag of Kenya Esther Wanjiru (KEN) 2:23:31 Osaka Marathon
9. Flag of Belgium Marleen Renders (BEL) 2:23:44 Paris Marathon
10. Flag of Italy Maura Viceconte (ITA) 2:23:47 Vienna Marathon

[edit] Deaths

[edit] References

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