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Quiz about 2009 IAAF World Championships

2009 IAAF World Championships Trivia Quiz

This is a quiz about the 2009 IAAF World Championships in Athletics. Hope you enjoy it!

A multiple-choice quiz by reinelt62. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
reinelt62

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
335,093

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Avg Score
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Question 1 of 10

1. Which man won the 100m in a world record time of 9.58 seconds? Hint

Asafa Powell

Darvis Patton

Tyson Gay

Usain Bolt

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Question 2 of 10

2. In all, how many world records were set at the championships? Hint

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Question 3 of 10

3. An athlete representing an African nation won every men's distance event (800m, 1500m, 5000m, 10000m, marathon).

True

False

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Question 4 of 10

4. How many gold medals did the USA win? Hint

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which of these teams did not win a medal in the men's 4x100m relay? Hint

Jamaica

Great Britain

Trinidad & Tobago

USA

6. Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia won the men's 5000m and 10,000m, after achieving the same feat at the previous year's Olympics. Prior to Bekele, who was the last man to win the 5000m and 10000m at the same World Championships? Hint

Haile Gebrselassie

Lasse Viren

Bernard Lagat

Bekele was the first-ever

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which of the following events did not feature a 1-2 sweep by athletes from the same country? Hint

Men's 5000m

Men's marathon

Men's 400m

Men's 3000m steeplechase

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Question 8 of 10

8. Where were the 2009 IAAF World Championships in athletics held? Hint

Osaka

Berlin

Daegu

Beijing

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which runner controversially won the women's 800m by over two seconds? Hint

Janeth Jepkosgei

Maryan Yusuf Jamal

Jenny Meadows

Caster Semenya

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who was the oldest athlete to take gold in an individual event at the championships? Hint

Valerie Vili

Brigitte Foster-Hylton

Dwight Phillips

Steffi Nerius

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which man won the 100m in a world record time of 9.58 seconds?

Answer: Usain Bolt

Bolt broke his own world record of 9.69, which had been set in the 2008 Olympic final. Gay finished second in an American record of 9.71 seconds, while Powell took third in 9.84.

2. In all, how many world records were set at the championships?

Answer: 3

Bolt set the world record in both the 100m and 200m, while Poland's Anita Wlodarczyk broke the world record in the wommen's hammer throw.

3. An athlete representing an African nation won every men's distance event (800m, 1500m, 5000m, 10000m, marathon).

Answer: False

While Africans won the 800, 5000, 10000, and marathon, Yusuf Saad Kamel, a Kenyan-born athlete representing Bahrain, won the 1500. His father, Billy Konchellah, was a two-time world champion in the 800m.

4. How many gold medals did the USA win?

Answer: 10

The U.S. world champions were LaShawn Merritt (400m), Kerron Clement (400m hurdles), (men's 4x400m relay), Dwight Phillips (long jump), Christian Cantwell (shot put), Trey Hardee (decathlon), Allyson Felix (200m), Sanya Richards (400m), (women's 4x400m relay), and Brittney Reese (long jump).

5. Which of these teams did not win a medal in the men's 4x100m relay?

Answer: USA

Jamaica took gold in a championship-record time of 37.31 seconds. Trinidad & Tobago finised second in a national-record of 37.62, while Great Britain took the bronze in 38.02. The US team was disqualified in the heats for an illegal handoff.

Answer: Bekele was the first-ever

While the feat has been accomplished several times at the Olympics, Bekele was the first man to have done it at the World Championships.

7. Which of the following events did not feature a 1-2 sweep by athletes from the same country?

Answer: Men's 5000m

The USAs LaShawn Merritt and Jeremy Wariner took 1-2 in the 400m. In the marathon, countrymen Abel Kirui and Emmanuel Kipchirchir Mutai of Kenya took the top two spots, while Ezekiel Kemboi and Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong, also of Kenya, swept gold and silver in the steeplechase. While Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele won the men's 5000m, the USAs Bernard Lagat took second.

8. Where were the 2009 IAAF World Championships in athletics held?

Answer: Berlin

Osaka hosted the championships in 2007. Beijing hosted the Olympics in 2008.

9. Which runner controversially won the women's 800m by over two seconds?

Answer: Caster Semenya

Semenya, who was just 18 years old at the time, won the 800m in a time of 1:55.45, despite questions surrounding her gender. Her title was later upheld by the IAAF.

10. Who was the oldest athlete to take gold in an individual event at the championships?

Answer: Steffi Nerius

Nerius was 37 at the time of the championships and won gold in the women's javelin throw. Nerius had taken bronze in each of the previous three world championships, and took silver at the 2004 Athens Olympics. Her title in 2009 was her first win at a global championships.

Source: Author reinelt62

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