2009 World Championships in Athletics

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The 2009 World Championships in Athletics was a major international track and field competition organized by World Athletics and held in Berlin, Germany.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World Championships in Athletics
international athletics competition
alsoKnownAs 2009 World Championships in Athletics
surface form: 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics
biddingCity Berlin
Brussels, Belgium
surface form: Brussels

New Delhi, India
surface form: New Delhi

Poznań
Riga
Split
Daegu
surface form: Taegu

Valencia
Zagreb
cityMayorDuringEvent Klaus Wowereit
closingDate 2009-08-23
continent Europe
countryChancellorDuringEvent Angela Merkel
editionNumber 12
endYear 2009
governingBodyNameAtTime International Amateur Athletic Federation
surface form: International Association of Athletics Federations
governingBodyRenamedTo World Athletics
hostCity Berlin
hostCountry Germany
hostNationTeam Germany
hostSelectionCity Helsinki
hostSelectionDate 2004-12-04
mainStadiumCapacity around 74000
mascot Berlino the Bear
nextEdition 2011 IAAF World Championships in Athletics
surface form: 2011 World Championships in Athletics
notableAthlete Blanka Vlašić
Caster Semenya
Jessica Ennis-Hill
surface form: Jessica Ennis

Kenenisa Bekele
Sanya Richards-Ross
surface form: Sanya Richards

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
surface form: Shelly-Ann Fraser

Tyson Gay
Usain Bolt
Yelena Isinbayeva
numberOfEvents 47
numberOfParticipatingAthletes over 2000
numberOfParticipatingNations 202
openingDate 2009-08-15
organizer International Amateur Athletic Federation
surface form: IAAF

International Amateur Athletic Federation
surface form: International Association of Athletics Federations

World Athletics
previousEdition 2007 World Championships in Athletics
sport athletics
startYear 2009
venue Olympiastadion (Munich)
surface form: Olympiastadion
worldRecordHolder100m Usain Bolt
worldRecordHolder200m Usain Bolt
worldRecordSet men's 100 metres
men's 200 metres

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Olympiastadion Berlin hostedEvent 2009 World Championships in Athletics
Jessica Ennis-Hill competedIn 2009 World Championships in Athletics
2011 IAAF World Championships in Athletics precededBy 2009 World Championships in Athletics
2009 World Championships in Athletics alsoKnownAs 2009 World Championships in Athletics
this entity surface form: 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics