2001 World Championships in Athletics

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The 2001 World Championships in Athletics was a major global track and field competition organized by World Athletics and held in Edmonton, Canada.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World Championships in Athletics
international athletics competition
sporting event
broadcastInCountry Canada
closingCeremonyDate 2001-08-12
continent North America
country Canada
editionNumber 8
endDate 2001-08-12
featuredGenderCategories men
women
governingBody International Amateur Athletic Federation
surface form: IAAF
governingBodyRenamedTo World Athletics
hasDiscipline decathlon
heptathlon
hurdles
jumps
long-distance running
middle-distance running
race walking
relays
sprints
throws
hasEventType combined events
field events
road events
track events
hostCity Edmonton
hostNation Canada
hostProvinceOrState Alberta
hostSelectionEvent IAAF Council meeting in Athens
hostSelectionYear 1998
localOrganizingCommittee Edmonton 2001 Organizing Committee
mainStadiumCapacity 60000
mascot Spike the porcupine
medalTableWinner Russia
mostGoldMedalsNation Russia
mostTotalMedalsNation Russia
nextEdition 2003 World Championships in Athletics
numberOfAthletes 1673
numberOfEditions 8
numberOfEvents 46
numberOfParticipatingNations 189
officialLanguage English
French
officialName 2001 World Championships in Athletics self-linksurface differs
surface form: 8th IAAF World Championships in Athletics
openingCeremonyDate 2001-08-03
organizedBy International Amateur Athletic Federation
surface form: International Association of Athletics Federations

World Athletics
partOfSeries World Championships in Athletics series
surface form: World Championships in Athletics
previousEdition 1999 World Championships in Athletics
slogan World’s Best
startDate 2001-08-03
timeZone Mountain Daylight Time
venue Commonwealth Stadium
websiteLanguage English
French

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2003 World Championships in Athletics previousEdition 2001 World Championships in Athletics
1999 World Championships in Athletics followedBy 2001 World Championships in Athletics
Maurice Greene notableEvent 2001 World Championships in Athletics
2001 World Championships in Athletics officialName 2001 World Championships in Athletics self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 8th IAAF World Championships in Athletics