The 9th

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was an international

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. It was hosted by

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, September 21–22, 2002, in the

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. The IAAF world cup event is currently held every four years. The team winner of the men's competition was Africa, while the Russian team took the women's cup.

Overall results

Men

¹ Great Britain originally finished eighth, but were disqualified in August 2003 after Dwain Chambers admitted to using THG between the beginning of 2002 and August 2003. All other individual results were allowed to stand, but the IAAF ruled these athletes received no score.

Women

Medal summary

Men

''Europe'', , 13:32.82 , - , 110 metre hurdles ,
''Americas'' , , 13.10 ,
''United States'', , 13.45 ,
''Europe'', , 13.58 , - , 400 metre hurdles ,
''United States'' , , 48.27 ,
''Asia'', , 48.96 ,
''Great Britain'', , 49.18 , - , 3000 metre steeplechase ,
''Africa'' , , 8:25.34 ,
''Spain'', , 8:26.35 ,
''Asia'', , 8:30.66 , - , 4×100 metre relay , valign=top, ''United States''

Jon Drummond Jonathan A. Drummond (born September 9, 1968) is an American athlete, winner of gold medal in 4 × 100 m relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Career Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Jon Drummond is known for being among the world's best starte ...

Jason Smoots

Kaaron Conwright Kaaron Conwright (born August 8, 1976) is a former American sprinter who specialized in the 100-metre dash. Early life and collegiate records Conwright graduated from Westchester High School in Los Angeles. As a sprinter at Cal Poly in San ...

Coby Miller Coby Miller (born October 19, 1976) is an American track and field athlete, who specialises in the sprint events. In his career, he recorded a sub-10 second personal best in the 100 meters and a sub-20 second best in the 200 meters. In the latt ...

, , 37.95 , valign=top, ''Americas''

Freddy Mayola Freddy Santiago Mayola Fernández (; born November 1, 1977 in Havana) is a Cuban sprinter who won an Olympic bronze medal in 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He also shared in relay silver medals at the 2002 IAAF World Cup and ...

Kim Collins Kim Collins (born 5 April 1976) is a former track and field sprinter from Saint Kitts and Nevis. In 2003, he became the World Champion in the 100 metres. He represented his country at the Summer Olympics on five occasions, from 1996 to 2016, a ...

Christopher Williams

Dominic Demeritte Dominic Demeritte (born 22 February 1978 in Nassau, Bahamas) is a retired track and field sprint (running), sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres. Demeritte was coached some part of his professional career by Henry Rolle (coach), Henry R ...

, , 38.32 , valign=top, ''Africa''

Idrissa Sanou Idrissa Sanou (born June 12, 1977) is a Burkinabé athlete specializing in the 100 metres.

Uchenna Emedolu Uchenna Emedolu (born 17 September 1976, in Adazi-Ani) is a retired Nigerian athlete who specialised in short-distance sprints, particularly the 100 metres and the 200 metres.

Aziz Zakari Abdul Aziz Zakari (born September 2, 1976) is a Ghanaian athlete specializing in the 100 metres. He was born in Accra, Ghana. Participating in the 2000 Summer Olympics, he made it to the final of the 100 metres, but failed to finish after becomi ...

Frankie Fredericks Frank "Frankie" Fredericks (born 2 October 1967) is a former track and field athlete from Namibia. Running in the 100 metres and 200 metres, he won four silver medals at the Olympic Games (two in 1992 and two in 1996), making him Namibia's only ...

, , 38.63 , - , 4×400 metre relay , valign=top, ''Americas''
Félix Sánchez

Alleyne Francique Alleyne Jeremy Francique (born June 7, 1976) is a retired Grenadian athlete who specialized in 400 metres, his personal best being 44.47 seconds set in 2004. He is the 400m two time world indoor champion in 2004 and 2006. He won his first wor ...

Michael McDonald
Michael Blackwood, , 2:59.19 , valign=top, ''Africa''

Adem Hecini Adem Hecini ( ar, آدم حسيني; born 13 December 1975) is an Algerian athlete who specializes in the 400 and 800 metres. In the 800 metres he won the silver medal at the 1996 African Championships,Sofiane Labidi Sofiane Labidi ( ar, سفيان العبيدي; born 29 September 1977 in Béja) is a Tunisian sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres. He achieved his personal best time of 45.19 seconds in Seville in June 2004. He represented his country at ...

Fernando Augustin Jean Fernando Augustin (born 25 April 1980) is a Mauritian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. In 2002 he finished fifth at the 2002 African Championships, and was selected to represent Africa in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2002 IAA ...

Eric Milazar Jean Éric Milazar (born June 1, 1975) is a Mauritian athlete competing in the 200 metres and 400 metres. He was born in Rodrigues and currently resides in Coromandel, Mauritius. He is married to Natacha Ramen-Milazar since 2006 an ex volleyba ...

, , 3:01.69¹ , valign=top, ''Asia''

Rohan Pradeep Kumara Rohan Handunpurage Pradeep Kumara (born 10 March 1975) is Sri Lankan athlete who competed in the Men's 400 meters at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games, and did not pass the first round. Kumara finished 400m Round 1's fourth heat at a time of 46.20 sec ...

Hamdan Al-Bishi Hamdan Odha Al-Bishi ( ar, حمدان عوضه البيشي) (born 5 May 1981 in Bisha) is a Saudi Arabian sprinter. Achievements Personal bests *200 metres – 20.81 s (2004) *400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint even ...

Sugath Thilakaratne

Fawzi Al Shammari Fawzi Dahash Awadh Al-Shammari فوزي دهش عوض الشمري (born February 13, 1979) is a Kuwaiti former athlete who competed in the 200 __NOTOC__ Year 200 ( CC) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar ...

, , 3:03.02 , - , High jump ,
''Europe'' , , 2.31 ,
''Americas'', , 2.29 ,
''Great Britain'', , 2.20 , - , Pole vault ,
''Africa'' , , 5.75 ,
''United States'', , 5.70 ,
''Germany'', , 5.40 , - , Long jump ,
''United States'' , , 8.21 ,
''Americas'', , 8.19 ,
''Spain'', , 8.11 , - , Triple jump ,
''Great Britain'' , , 17.34 ,
''United States'', , 17.23 ,
''Europe'', , 17.05 , - , Shot put ,
''United States'' , , 20.80 ,
''Oceania'', , 20.77 ,
''Germany'', , 20.67 , - , Discus throw ,
''Europe'' , , 71.25 ,
''Africa'', , 66.78 ,
''Spain'', , 64.64 , - , Hammer throw ,
''Europe'' , , 80.93 ,
''Asia'', , 80.08 ,
''Germany'', , 78.44 , - , Javelin throw ,
''Europe'' , , 86.44 ,
''Germany'', , 81.60 ,
''Americas'', , 79.77 ¹ The United States originally finished second in 2:59.21, but were disqualified in 2009 after Antonio Pettigrew admitted to using HGH and EPO between 1997 and 2003.

Women

¹ Marion Jones originally won this event in 10.90, but she was disqualified in 2007 after she admitted to drug use between 2000 and 2002.
² The United States originally finished second in 42.05, but were disqualified in 2007 after Marion Jones admitted to drug use between 2000 and 2002.
³ The United States originally finished second in 3:24.67, but were disqualified in 2004 after Michelle Collins admitted to drug use between 2000 and 2002.

Results

References

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