Athletics at the 2001 Jeux de la Francophonie

At the 2001 Jeux de la Francophonie, the athletics events were held at Terry Fox Stadium in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada between 19 and 23 July 2001. A total of 47 events were contested, of which 24 by male and 23 by female athletes. Included in this were two disability athletics events for wheelchair racers. A total of 23 Games records were broken or equalled in the competition.[1]

IV Jeux de la Francophonie
The host venue
Dates19–23 July
Host cityOttawa, Ontario, CanadaCanada
VenueTerry Fox Stadium
Events47
Records set23 Games records


The host nation won the most gold medals in the competition—taking eleven golds in a haul of 24 medals— but it was beaten on the total overall medal count by France which won 27 events. Morocco performed particularly well in the middle- and long-distance track events. Newcomer Poland made an impact in its debut, taking nine golds with most of its athletes succeeding in the field events. Among the other nations competing, Romania and Mauritius managed four gold medals each.[1]

The competition attracted higher level performances and participation than in previous editions, in part due to the 2001 World Championships in Athletics which was also held in Canada some two weeks later.[2] Bruny Surin was defeated by Stéphan Buckland in the men's 100 metres. Surin decided not to compete in the 200 metres as a result – a move which attracted criticism as he had reportedly been paid 250,000 Canadian dollars to act as a Games ambassador.[3]

The quality of the host stadium also came in for criticism from those attending the event, which one French official stating that "a poor African country" could have held the event to a better standard.[3] Of the winners in Ottawa, Perdita Felicien, Szymon Ziółkowski, Amy Mbacké Thiam and Nezha Bidouane also went on to become gold medallists in their respective events at the World Championships.[4] A number of other athletes went on to win minor medals on the world stage soon after – Paweł Czapiewski, Dudley Dorival, Monika Pyrek, Françoise Mbango-Etone and Nicoleta Grasu.

Medal summary

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
(wind: +0.7 m/s)
  Stéphan Buckland (MRI) 10.13   Bruny Surin (Quebec) 10.18   Éric Pacôme N'Dri (CIV) 10.24
200 metres
(wind: +0.5 m/s)
  Stéphan Buckland (MRI) 20.33   Oumar Loum (SEN) 20.59   Joseph Batangdon (CMR) 20.75
400 metres   Shane Niemi (CAN) 44.86 GR   Eric Milazar (MRI) 44.96   Sofiane Labidi (TUN) 45.45
800 metres   Khalid Tighazouine (MAR) 1:46.53 GR   Mouhssin Chehibi (MAR) 1:46.63   Zach Whitmarsh (CAN) 1:46.90
1500 metres   Paweł Czapiewski (POL) 3:45.08   Abdelkader Hachlaf (MAR) 3:45.41   Adil Kaouch (MAR) 3:45.64
5000 metres   Mohammed Amyn (MAR) 13:37.14   Abderrahim Goumri (MAR) 13:38.06   Mohamed Saïd El Wardi (MAR) 13:43.12
10,000 metres   Ahmed Ibrahim Baday (MAR) 28:13.54 GR   Abdelhadi Habassa (MAR) 28:16.28   Aloÿs Nizigama (BDI) 28:37.17
110 metres hurdles   Dudley Dorival (HAI) 13.60   Vincent Clarico (FRA) 13.71   Artur Kohutek (POL) 13.73
400 metres hurdles   Paweł Januszewski (POL) 49.24   Yvon Rakotoarimiandry (MAD) 49.53   Mustapha Sdad (MAR) 49.89
3000 metres steeplechase   Elarbi Khattabi (MAR) 8:16.63 GR   Lyes Ramoul (FRA) 8:25.12   Zouhair Ouerdi (MAR) 8:28.72
4 × 100 metres relay   Mauritius (MRI)
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Ommana Kowlessur
Stéphan Buckland
39.04   Ivory Coast (CIV)
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Ahmed Douhou
Éric Pacôme N'Dri
Ibrahim Meité
39.33   Benin (BEN) 40.22
4 × 400 metres relay   Poland (POL)
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Piotr Długosielski
Piotr Haczek
Robert Maćkowiak
3:04.91   France (FRA)
Pierre Baron
Fred Mango
Philippe Bouche
Bruno Wavelet
3:06.27   Morocco (MAR) 3:06.86
Marathon   Mohammed El Hattab (MAR) 2:18:16   Mustapha Damaoui (MAR) 2:18:31   Jean-Pierre Monciaux (FRA) 2:20:38
20 km walk   Hatem Ghoula (TUN) 1:22:56 GR   Denis Langlois (FRA) 1:23:21   Gintaras Andriuškevičius (LTU) 1:23:35
High jump   Mark Boswell (CAN) 2.31 m GR   Kwaku Boateng (Quebec) 2.31 m   Jan Janků (CZE) 2.21 m
Pole vault   Adam Kolasa (POL) 5.60 m   Štěpán Janáček (CZE) 5.55 m   Khalid Lachheb (FRA) 5.40 m
Long jump   Jonathan Chimier (MRI) 7.89 m   Arnaud Casquette (MRI) 7.88 m   Mickaël Loria (FRA) 7.86 m
Triple jump   Arius Filet (FRA) 17.15 m GR   Jérôme Romain (FRA) 16.29 m   Djeke Mambo (BEL) 16.02 m
Shot put   Bradley Snyder (CAN) 19.64 m   Yves Niaré (FRA) 18.94 m   Dylan Armstrong (CAN) 17.57 m
Discus throw   Jason Tunks (CAN) 65.10 m GR   Virgilijus Alekna (LTU) 64.35 m   Ionel Oprea (ROM) 63.64 m
Hammer throw   Szymon Ziółkowski (POL) 79.89 m GR   Maciej Palyszko (POL) 75.35 m   Raphaël Piolanti (FRA) 72.71 m
Javelin throw   Laurent Dorique (FRA) 76.67 m GR   Arûnas Jurkšas (LTU) 73.66 m   Walid Abderrazak Mohamed (EGY) 72.64 m
Decathlon   Pierre-Alexandre Vial (FRA) 7890 pts   Hamdi Dhouibi (TUN) 7548 pts   Stéphane Bamboux (FRA) 7320 pts
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Disability events
1500 metres wheelchair   Jeff Adams (CAN) 3:24.25   Kelly Smith (CAN) 3:24.88   Pierre Fairbank (FRA) 3:25.24

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
(wind: +0.5 m/s)
  Makaridja Sanganoko (CIV) 11.27   Venolyn Clarke (CAN) 11.29   Hanitriniaina Rakotondrabe (MAD) 11.40
200 metres
(wind: +0.5 m/s)
  Kaltouma Nadjina (CHA) 23.07   Ionela Târlea (ROM) 23.11   Aïda Diop (SEN) 23.20
400 metres   Amy Mbacké Thiam (SEN) 50.92 GR   Kaltouma Nadjina (CHA) 51.03   Mireille Nguimgo (CMR) 51.47
800 metres   Diane Cummins (CAN) 2:00.77 GR   Irina Krakoviak (LTU) 2:01.27   Peggy Babin (FRA) 2:01.66
1500 metres   Elena Iagăr (ROM) 4:17.03   Fatma Lanouar (TUN) 4:17.95   Lidia Chojecka (POL) 4:18.16
5000 metres   Tina Connelly (CAN) 16:05.59 GR   Zhor El Kamch (MAR) 16:15.56   Inga Juodeškiené (LTU) 16:19.34
10,000 metres   Zhor El Kamch (MAR) 34:07.52   Lisa Harvey (CAN) 34:23.70   Diane Nukuri (BDI) 34:30.66
100 metres hurdles
(wind: -0.5 m/s)
  Perdita Felicien (CAN) 12.92 GR=   Patricia Buval (FRA) 13.02   Nadine Faustin (HAI) 13.05
400 metres hurdles   Nezha Bidouane (MAR) 54.91 GR   Karlene Haughton (CAN) 56.19   Małgorzata Pskit (POL) 56.25
4 × 100 metres relay   Canada (CAN)
Esi Benkyarku
Erika Witter
Venolyn Clarke
Martha Adusei
43.73   Ivory Coast (CIV)
Marie Gnahoré
Amandine Allou Affoue
Makaridja Sanganoko
Louise Ayétotché
43.89   Madagascar (MAD)
Monica Rahanitraniriana
Paule Ony Ratsimbazafy
Hanitriniaina Rakotondrabé
Lalanirina Rosa Rakotozafy
44.12
4 × 400 metres relay   Poland (POL)
Aleksandra Pielużek
Aneta Lemiesz
Grażyna Prokopek
Małgorzata Pskit
3:28.97 GR   France (FRA)
Anita Mormand
Peggy Babin
Viviane Dorsile
Marie-Louise Bévis
3:30.04   Canada (CAN)
Foy Williams
Lamik Oyewumi
Lindsay Lockhead
Samantha George
3:31.08
Marathon   Michèle Leservoisier (FRA) 2:44:00 GR   Clarisse Rasoarizay (MAD) 2:46:29   Leslie Carson (CAN) 2:50:02
10 km walk   Norica Câmpean (ROM) 44:32   Sonata Milušauskaitė (LTU) 46:10   Tatiana Boulanger (FRA) 47:11
High jump   Wanita May (CAN) 1.91 m GR   Nicole Forrester (CAN) 1.89 m   Oana Pantelimon (ROM) 1.84 m
Pole vault   Monika Pyrek (POL) 4.30 m GR   Pavla Hamácková (CZE) 4.20 m   Julie Vigourt (FRA) 4.10 m
Long jump   Alice Falaiye (CAN) 6.38 m   Françoise Mbango Etone (CMR) 6.37 m   Krysha Bayley (CAN) 6.27 m
Triple jump   Cristina Nicolau (ROM) 14.62 m GR   Françoise Mbango Etone (CMR) 14.56 m   Adelina Gavrilă (ROM) 13.91 m (w)
Shot put   Krystyna Zabawska (POL) 18.25 m GR   Elena Hila (ROM) 17.07 m   Laurence Manfredi (FRA) 16.82 m
Discus throw   Nicoleta Grasu (ROM) 64.53 m   Joanna Wiśniewska (POL) 56.94 m   Mélina Robert-Michon (FRA) 56.81 m
Hammer throw   Kamila Skolimowska (POL) 67.95 m GR   Agnieszka Pogroszewska (POL) 65.44 m   Florence Ezeh (FRA) 64.53 m
Javelin throw
(new javelin model)
  Sarah Walter (FRA) 57.34 m GR   Ana Mirela Țermure (ROM) 57.25 m   Felicia Ţilea (ROM) 56.58 m
Heptathlon   Marie Collonvillé (FRA) 5719 pts GR   Kim Vanderhoek (CAN) 5502 pts   Sophie Marrot (FRA) 5414 pts
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Disability events
800 metres wheelchair   Chantal Petitclerc (Quebec) 2:07.93   Diane Roy (CAN) 2:17.48   Denise Fortier (CAN) 2:32.38

Medal table

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Paweł Czapiewski won the 1500 m gold for Poland.
 
Senegalese runner Amy Mbacké Thiam ran a games record in the 400 m.

  *   Host nation (Canada)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Canada (CAN)*117624
2  Poland (POL)93315
3  Morocco (MAR)76518
4  France (FRA)681327
5  Romania (ROM)43411
6  Mauritius (MRI)4206
7  Ivory Coast (CIV)1214
  Tunisia (TUN)1214
9  Quebec (QBC)1203
10  Senegal (SEN)1113
11  Chad (CHA)1102
12  Haiti (HAI)1012
13  Lithuania (LTU)0426
14  Cameroon (CMR)0224
  Madagascar (MAD)0224
16  Czech Republic (CZE)0213
17  Burundi (BDI)0022
18  Belgium (BEL)0011
  Benin (BEN)0011
  Egypt (EGY)0011
Totals (20 entries)474747141

References

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  1. ^ a b Francophone Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-02-10.
  2. ^ Francophone Games – Day 1. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-02-09.
  3. ^ a b Beacon, Bill (2001-07-24). Francophone Games near close in controversy. CBC Sports. Retrieved on 2011-02-09.
  4. ^ Un rendez-vous sportif sans pareil Archived 2009-12-20 at the Wayback Machine (in French). 2001 Jeux de la Francophonie. Retrieved on 2011-02-11.
Results
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