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2001 IAAF Grand Prix Final
Host city Melbourne, Australia
Events19
Dates9 September
Main venue Olympic Park Stadium

The 2001 IAAF Grand Prix Final was the seventeenth edition of the season-ending competition for the IAAF Grand Prix track and field circuit, organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations. It was held on 9 September at the Olympic Park Stadium in Melbourne, Australia. It was the first and only time the event was held in the southern hemisphere (international track and field seasons typically revolve around a northern hemisphere schedule).

André Bucher ( 800 metres) and Violeta Szekely ( 1500 metres) were the overall points winners of the tournament. A total of 19 athletics events were contested, nine for men and ten for women. This was the first time women's events outnumbered men's on the programme of the IAAF Grand Prix Final.

Medal summary

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Overall   André Bucher ( SUI) 102   Allen Johnson ( USA) 101   Hicham El Guerrouj ( MAR) 100
200 metres   Shawn Crawford ( USA) 20.37   Bernard Williams ( USA) 20.39   Francis Obikwelu ( NGR) 20.52
800 metres   André Bucher ( SUI) 1:46.71   Yuriy Borzakovskiy ( RUS) 1:46.78   Jean-Patrick Nduwimana ( BDI) 1:46.88
1500 metres   Hicham El Guerrouj ( MAR) 3:31.25   Bernard Lagat ( KEN) 3:32.10   William Chirchir ( KEN) 3:34.06
3000 metres   Paul Bitok ( KEN) 7:53.85   Kenenisa Bekele ( ETH) 7:54.39   Luke Kipkosgei ( KEN) 7:54.39
3000 metres steeplechase   Brahim Boulami ( MAR) 8:16.14   Reuben Kosgei ( KEN) 8:17.64   Stephen Cherono ( KEN) 8:18.85
110 m hurdles   Anier García ( CUB) 13.22   Allen Johnson ( USA) 13.28   Dominique Arnold ( USA) 13.43
Long jump   Younès Moudrik ( MAR) 8.23 m   Savanté Stringfellow ( USA) 8.19 m   Aleksey Lukashevich ( UKR) 7.93 m
Discus throw   Virgilijus Alekna ( LTU) 64.42 m   Aleksander Tammert ( EST) 63.87 m   Frantz Kruger ( RSA) 63.61 m
Javelin throw   Jan Železný ( CZE) 88.98 m   Ēriks Rags ( LAT) 85.75 m   Boris Henry ( GER) 85.43 m

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Overall   Violeta Szekely ( ROM) 116   Maria Mutola ( MOZ) 105   Tatyana Tereshchuk ( UKR) 96
200 metres   Myriam Léonie Mani ( CMR) 22.93   Debbie Ferguson ( BAH) 23.00   Juliet Campbell ( JAM) 23.15
800 metres   Maria Mutola ( MOZ) 1:59.78   Kelly Holmes ( GBR) 2:00.02   Stephanie Graf ( AUT) 2:00.40
1500 metres   Violeta Szekely ( ROM) 4:03.46   Carla Sacramento ( POR) 4:04.41   Natalya Gorelova ( RUS) 4:06.48
3000 metres   Tatyana Tomashova ( RUS) 9:30.39   Leah Malot ( KEN) 9:31.41   Olga Yegorova ( RUS) 9:31.82
400 m hurdles   Tonja Buford-Bailey ( USA) 54.58   Tatyana Tereshchuk ( UKR) 54.78   Sandra Glover ( USA) 55.01
High jump   Hestrie Cloete ( RSA) 1.98 m   Inga Babakova ( UKR) 1.96 m   Amy Acuff ( USA) 1.96 m
Pole vault   Stacy Dragila ( USA) 4.50 m   Svetlana Feofanova ( RUS) 4.45 m   Kellie Suttle ( USA) 4.45 m
Triple jump   Tereza Marinova ( BUL) 14.77 m   Tatyana Lebedeva ( RUS) 14.61 m   Françoise Mbango Etone ( CMR) 14.47 m
Shot put   Astrid Kumbernuss ( GER) 18.94 m   Nadezhda Ostapchuk ( BLR) 18.92 m   Svetlana Krivelyova ( RUS) 18.21 m
Hammer throw   Kamila Skolimowska ( POL) 71.71 m   Bronwyn Eagles ( AUS) 68.38 m   Olga Kuzenkova ( RUS) 68.27 m

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