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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

International Events

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

World Records

Awards

Men

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

Women

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

• 1. ^ Annulled

Men's Best Year Performances

400m Hurdles

RANK	2000 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Angelo Taylor (USA)	47.50
2.	Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily (KSA)	47.53
3.	Llewellyn Herbert (RSA)	47.81
4.	Eric Thomas (USA)	47.94
5.	Samuel Matete (ZAM)	48.01

3,000m Steeplechase

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

Pole Vault

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

Decathlon

RANK	2000 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	POINTS
1.	Tomáš Dvořák (CZE)	8900
2.	Roman Šebrle (CZE)	8757
3.	Erki Nool (EST)	8742
4.	Chris Huffins (USA)	8595
5.	Aleksandr Yurkov (UKR)	8574

Women's Best Year Performances

100 metres

RANK	2000 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Marion Jones (USA)	10.78
2.	Chandra Sturrup (BAH)	10.86
3.	Ekateríni Thánou (GRE)	10.91
	Inger Miller (USA)
5.	Zhanna Block (UKR)	10.93

200 metres

RANK	2000 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Marion Jones (USA)	21.94
2.	Inger Miller (USA)	22.09
3.	Pauline Davis-Thompson (BAH)	22.27
4.	Susanthika Jayasinghe (SRI)	22.28
5.	Beverly McDonald (JAM)	22.35

Half Marathon

RANK	2000 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Paula Radcliffe (GBR)	1:07:07

100m Hurdles

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

400m Hurdles

RANK	2000 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Irina Privalova (RUS)	53.02
2.	Sandra Glover (USA)	53.33
3.	Deon Hemmings (JAM)	53.45
4.	Nezha Bidouane (MAR)	53.53
5.	Daimí Pernía (CUB)	53.68

3,000m Steeplechase

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

High Jump

RANK	2000 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	HEIGHT
1.	Monica Iagăr (ROM)	2.02 m
2.	Hestrie Cloete (RSA)	2.01 m
	Yelena Yelesina (RUS)
	Venelina Veneva (BUL)
	Kajsa Bergqvist (SWE)

Pole Vault

RANK	2000 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	HEIGHT
1.	Stacy Dragila (USA)	4.63 m
2.	Anzhela Balakhonova (UKR)	4.56 m
3.	Tatiana Grigorieva (AUS)	4.55 m
4.	Kellie Suttle (USA)	4.53 m
5.	Emma George (AUS)	4.50 m
	Svetlana Feofanova (RUS)
	Daniela Bártová (CZE)
	Yelena Belyakova (RUS)
	Nicole Humbert (GER)
	Vala Flosadóttir (ISL)

Heptathlon

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

Marathon

Men's Best Year Performances

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

Women's Best Year Performances

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

Deaths

References

• ARRS

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