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Athletics at the 2010 Commonwealth Games

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Athletics at the XIX Commonwealth Games
Dates6–12, 14 October 2010
Host cityDelhi, India India
VenueJawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Events46 (+6 disabled)
Participation845 athletes from
61 nations
Records set-


The athletics competition at the 2010 Commonwealth Games was held in New Delhi, India between 6 and 14 October. The track and field events took place between 6–12 October at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium while the marathon contests were held on a street course running through the city on 14 October.[1]

A total of 46 athletics events were contested, which made it the sport with the second greatest number of medals on offer after the aquatics competition. The programme was almost identical to that of the 2006 edition, with the sole exception being the men's 50 km race walk, which was dropped. As in 2006, three men's and three women's disability athletics events were contested alongside the open competition.[2]

Each of the Commonwealth Games Associations could send a maximum of three participants per event and a team of six for relay events.[3] Kenya topped the medal table, with eleven gold medals and 29 medals in total. This was the first time that the nation achieved the feat, beating the typically dominant nations Australia (eleven golds, but 20 overall) and England (seven golds, 26 medals).[4] Canada and Jamaica rounded out the top five while hosts India enjoyed their greatest ever haul at the Games, taking home two golds and twelve medals altogether.

Four failed doping tests have so far been announced: Nigerian Oludamola Osayomi was stripped of the women's 100 m title, and her compatriot Samuel Okon, a 110 m hurdler, was also disqualified. Both athletes tested positive for methylhexanamine. Rani Yadav, India's representative in the women's 20 km walk, was the third athlete to fail a test as 19-Norandrosterone was detected in her sample.[5] Osayomi's 100 m stripped gold initially went to Sally Pearson of Australia but a delay in the appeals process saw Pearson disqualified for a false start some time after the race.[6] Folashade Abugan of Nigeria tested positive for Testosterone prohormone following the final of the women's 400 metres. She was disqualified from the 400 metres and the Nigerian team, of which she was a member, were disqualified from the women's 4 x 400 metres relay where they had originally placed second.[7]

Preparation

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A test event for the competition was scheduled in late July: the Asian All-Star Athletics Meet featured a number of prominent Asian athletes and demonstrated the stadium's readiness for games usage.[8][9]

Many of the most prominent athletes from the Commonwealth were absent from the competition. Caster Semenya, Commonwealth champion Christine Ohuruogu, and Olympic medallist Lisa Dobriskey were among the athletes missing due to injury, but others including Usain Bolt, David Rudisha and Shelly-Ann Fraser opted to miss the competition out of choice – all ten of the year's fastest Commonwealth men's 100 m runners (including defending champion Asafa Powell) were not present.[10] Further to this, two reigning world champions (English jumper Phillips Idowu and Australian thrower Dani Samuels) declared themselves out of the running on grounds of the security and accommodation conditions in Delhi. The competition's late scheduling within the track and field season was a primary factor in many athlete withdrawals.[11]

In spite of this, a number of Olympic champions and other prominent names were selected to compete, including Australian Olympic/World champion Steve Hooker and New Zealand's Olympic/World Champion Valerie Adams, top Kenyan runners Nancy Langat, Vivian Cheruiyot and Ezekiel Kemboi, Bahamian high jumper Donald Thomas, and South Africa's Commonwealth champions L.J. van Zyl and Sunette Viljoen.[10] Former world record holder Steve Cram emphasised the Games' role in developing younger athletes: "That's what it was for me, at 17 years old I went to the Commonwealth Games because Coe and Ovett didn't go. Nobody at the time was telling me it was bad that Coe and Ovett weren't there."[11]

The stadium's track and field was damaged during the opening ceremony and major works – including the re-laying of the tarmac on the track and grass on the infield – took place in the 24 hours leading up to the first day of athletics events at the stadium.[12] Three training venues were allocated for the athletics events: the Commonwealth Games Village 2010, Thyagaraj Sports Complex and the Delhi University sports complex.

Medal summary

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Men

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Moses Ndiema Kipsiro, men's 5000 metres and 10000 metres champion
Dylan Armstrong, men's shot put champion
Andy Turner won the men's 110 m hurdles
Dai Greene won the men's 400 metre hurdles
XIX Commonwealth Games-2010 Delhi Winners of (Pole Vault Men's), Steve Hooker of Australia (Gold), Steven Lewis of England (Silver) and Max Eaves of England (Bronze), during the medal ceremony of the event
Men's Decathlon winners: Nelson Adjetey Jami of Canada (Gold), Brent Newdick of New Zealand (Silver) and Martin Brockman of England (Bronze)
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
details
Lerone Clarke
 Jamaica
10.12 Mark Lewis-Francis
 England
10.20 Aaron Armstrong
 Trinidad and Tobago
10.24
200 metres
details
Leon Baptiste
 England
20.45 Lansford Spence
 Jamaica
20.49 Christian Malcolm
 Wales
20.52
400 metres
details
Mark Mutai
 Kenya
45.44 Sean Wroe
 Australia
45.46 Ramon Miller
 Bahamas
45.55
800 metres
details
Boaz Kiplagat Lalang
 Kenya
1:46.60 Richard Kiplagat
 Kenya
1:46.95 Abraham Kiplagat
 Kenya
1:47.37
1500 metres
details
Silas Kiplagat
 Kenya
3:41:78 James Magut
 Kenya
3:42:27 Nick Willis
 New Zealand
3:42:38
5000 metres
details
Moses Ndiema Kipsiro
 Uganda
13:31.25 Eliud Kipchoge
 Kenya
13:31.32 Mark Kiptoo
 Kenya
13:32.58
10,000 metres
details
Moses Ndiema Kipsiro
 Uganda
27:57.39 Daniel Lemashon Salel
 Kenya
27:57.57 Joseph Kiptoo Birech
 Kenya
27:58.58
110 metres hurdles
details
Andy Turner
 England
13.38 William Sharman
 England
13.50 Lawrence Clarke
 England
13.70
400 metres hurdles
details
Dai Greene
 Wales
48.52 L. J. van Zyl
 South Africa
48.63 Rhys Williams
 Wales
49.19
3000 metres steeplechase
details
Richard Mateelong
 Kenya
8:16.39 Ezekiel Kemboi
 Kenya
8:18.47 Brimin Kipruto
 Kenya
8:19.65
4×100 metres relay
details
 England (ENG)
Ryan Scott
Leon Baptiste
Marlon Devonish
Mark Lewis-Francis
38.74  Jamaica (JAM)
Lerone Clarke
Lansford Spence
Rasheed Dwyer
Remaldo Rose
Steve Slowly*
38.79  India (IND)
Rahamatulla Molla
Suresh Sathya
Shameer Naseema Manzile
Md Abdul Najeeb Qureshi
38.89
4×400 metres relay
details
 Australia (AUS)
Joel Milburn
Kevin Moore
Brendan Cole
Sean Wroe
Ben Offereins*
3:03.30  Kenya (KEN)
Vincent Koskei
Vincent Kiilo
Anderson Mutegi
Mark Mutai
3:03.84  England (ENG)
Conrad Williams
Nick Leavey
Richard Yates
Robert Tobin
David Hughes*
Graham Hedman*
3:03.97
Marathon
details
John Kelai
 Kenya
2:14:35 Michael Shelley
 Australia
2:15:28 Amos Tirop Matui
 Kenya
2:15:58
20 kilometres walk
details
Jared Tallent
 Australia
1:22:18 Luke Adams
 Australia
1:22:41 Harminder Singh
 India
1:23:27
High jump
details
Donald Thomas
 Bahamas
2.32 m Trevor Barry
 Bahamas
2.29 m Kabelo Kgosiemang
 Botswana
2.26 m
Pole vault
details
Steven Hooker
 Australia
5.60 m Steven Lewis
 England
5.60 m Max Eaves
 England
5.40 m
Long jump
details
Fabrice Lapierre
 Australia
8.30 m Greg Rutherford
 England
8.22 m Ignisious Gaisah
 Ghana
8.12 m
Triple jump
details
Tosin Oke
 Nigeria
17.16 m Hugo Mamba
 Cameroon
17.14 m Renjith Maheswary
 India
17.07 m
Shot put
details
Dylan Armstrong
 Canada
21.02 m GR Dorian Scott
 Jamaica
20.19 m Dale Stevenson
 Australia
19.99 m
Discus throw
details
Benn Harradine
 Australia
65.45 m Vikas Gowda
 India
63.69 m Carl Myerscough
 England
60.64 m
Hammer throw
details
Chris Harmse
 South Africa
73.12 m Alex Smith
 England
72.95 m Mike Floyd
 England
69.34 m
Javelin throw
details
Jarrod Bannister
 Australia
81.71 m Stuart Farquhar
 New Zealand
78.15 m Kashinath Naik
 India
74.29 m
Decathlon
details
Jamie Adjetey-Nelson
 Canada
8070 Brent Newdick
 New Zealand
7899 Martin Brockman
 England
7712

* Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Men's para-sport

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres (T46)
details
Simon Patmore
 Australia
11.14 Samkelo Radebe
 South Africa
11.25 Ayuba Abdullahi
 Nigeria
11.37
1500 metres (T54)
details
Kurt Fearnley
 Australia
3:19.86 Richard Colman
 Australia
3:20.90 Josh Cassidy
 Canada
3:21.14
Shot put (F32/34/52)
details
Kyle Pettey
 Canada
1021
(11.44 m)
Dan West
 England
969
(10.78 m)
Hamish MacDonald
 Australia
889
(9.92 m)

Women

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Grace Momanyi of Kenya won the women's 10000 metres
Donald Thomas was the victor in the men's highjump
Steve Hooker of Australia won the men's pole vault
Winners of Discus (Women's) Krishna Poonia of India (Gold), Harwant Kaur of India (Silver) and Seema Antil of India (Bronze) during the medal presentation ceremony
XIX Commonwealth Games-2010 Delhi (Women's) Athletics Long Jump Alice Falaiye of Canada (Gold), Prajusha Maliakkal of India (Silver) and Tabia Charles of Canada (Bronze), during the medal presentation ceremony
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
details
Natasha Mayers
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
11.37 Katherine Endacott
 England
11.44 Delphine Atangana
 Cameroon
11.48
200 metres
details
Cydonie Mothersille
 Cayman Islands
22.89 Abiodun Oyepitan
 England
23.26 Adrienne Power
 Canada
23.52
400 metres
details
Amantle Montsho
 Botswana
50.10 GR Aliann Pompey
 Guyana
51.65 Christine Amertil
 Bahamas
51.96
800 metres
details
Nancy Langat
 Kenya
2:00.01 Nikki Hamblin
 New Zealand
2:00.05 Diane Cummins
 Canada
2:00.13
1500 metres
details
Nancy Langat
 Kenya
4:05.26 GR Nikki Hamblin
 New Zealand
4:05.97 Stephanie Twell
 Scotland
4:06.15
5000 metres
details
Vivian Cheruiyot
 Kenya
15:55.12 Sylvia Kibet
 Kenya
15:55.61 Ines Chenonge
 Kenya
16:02.47
10,000 metres
details
Grace Momanyi
 Kenya
32:34.11 Doris Changeywo
 Kenya
32:36.97 Kavita Raut
 India
33:05.28
100 metres hurdles
details
Sally Pearson
 Australia
12.67 Angela Whyte
 Canada
12.98 Andrea Miller
 New Zealand
13.25
400 metres hurdles
details
Muizat Ajoke Odumosu
 Nigeria
55.28 Eilidh Child
 Scotland
55.62 Nickiesha Wilson
 Jamaica
56.06
3000 metres steeplechase
details
Milcah Chemos Cheywa
 Kenya
9:40.96 Mercy Wanjiru Njoroge
 Kenya
9:41.54 Gladys Jerotich Kipkemoi
 Kenya
9:52.51
4×100 metres relay
details
 England (ENG)
Katherine Endacott
Montell Douglas
Laura Turner
Abiodun Oyepitan
44.19  Ghana (GHA)
Rosina Amenebede
Elizabeth Amolofo
Beatrice Gyaman
Janet Amponsah
45.24  India (IND)
Geetha Saati
Srabani Nanda
P. K. Priya
H. M. Jyothi
45.25
4×400 metres relay
details
 India (IND)
Manjeet Kaur
Sini Jose
Ashwini Akkunji
Mandeep Kaur
Jauna Murmu*
Chitra Soman*
3:27.77  England (ENG)
Kelly Massey
Vicki Barr
Meghan Beesley
Nadine Okyere
Joice Maduaka*
3:29.51  Canada (CAN)
Amonn Nelson
Adrienne Power
Vicki Tolton
Carline Muir
Ruky Abdulai*,
3:30.20
Marathon
details
Irene Jerotich
 Kenya
2:34:32 Irene Mogake
 Kenya
2:34:43 Lisa Weightman
 Australia
2:35:25
20 kilometres walk
details
Johanna Jackson
 England
1:34:22 Claire Tallent
 Australia
1:36:55 Grace Njue
 Kenya
1:37:49
High jump
details
Nicole Forrester
 Canada
1.91 m Sheree Francis
 Jamaica
1.88 m Levern Spencer
 Saint Lucia
1.88 m
Pole vault
details
Alana Boyd
 Australia
4.40 m Marianna Zachariadi
 Cyprus
4.40 m Kate Dennison
 England
Carly Dockendorf
 Canada
Kelsie Hendry
 Canada
4.25 m
Long jump
details
Alice Falaiye
 Canada
6.50 m Prajusha Maliakkal
 India
6.47 m Tabia Charles
 Canada
6.44 m
Triple jump
details
Trecia-Kaye Smith
 Jamaica
14.19 m Ayanna Alexander
 Trinidad and Tobago
13.91 m Tabia Charles
 Canada
13.84 m
Shot put
details
Valerie Adams
 New Zealand
20.47 m GR Cleopatra Borel-Brown
 Trinidad and Tobago
19.03 m Margaret Satupai
 Samoa
16.43 m
Discus throw
details
Krishna Poonia
 India
61.51 m Harwant Kaur
 India
60.16 m Seema Antil
 India
58.46 m
Hammer throw
details
Sultana Frizell
 Canada
68.57 m GR Carys Parry
 Wales
64.93 m Zoe Derham
 England
64.04 m
Javelin throw
details
Sunette Viljoen
 South Africa
62.34 m GR Kim Mickle
 Australia
60.90 m Justine Robbeson
 South Africa
60.03 m
Heptathlon
details
Louise Hazel
 England
6156 Jessica Zelinka
 Canada
6100 Grace Clements
 England
5819

* Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Women's para-sport

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XIX Commonwealth Games-2010 Delhi Winners of 100m (Women's T37) Hart Katrina of England (Gold), Mcloughlin Jenny of Wales (Silver) and Benson Johanna of Namibia (Bronze)
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres (T37)
details
Katrina Hart
 England
14.36 Jenny McLoughlin
 Wales
14.68 Johanna Benson
 Namibia
14.81
1500 metres (T54)
details
Diane Roy
 Canada
3:53.95 Chineme Obeta
 Nigeria
4:09.29 Anita Fordjour
 Ghana
4:18.83
Shot put (F32–34/52/53)
details
Louise Ellery
 Australia
1110 (6.17 m) Jess Hamill
 New Zealand
979 (7.17 m) Gemma Prescott
 England
952 (5.54 m)

Games statistics

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At the competition Amantle Montsho (Botswana) and Cydonie Mothersill (Cayman Islands) all won the first ever Commonwealth gold medals for their respective countries. Natasha Mayers (St. Vincent and Grenadines), won the first gold medal ever by a female for her country. The number of medal sweeps in the athletics (6) was at an all-time high for the competition: Kenya took all top three spaces in four events, England beat all in the men's hurdles while hosts India completed a 1–2–3 in the women's discus.[13]

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (India)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Kenya1110829
2 Australia116320
3 England791026
4 Canada72817
5 Jamaica2417
6 India*23712
7 Nigeria2316
8 South Africa2215
9 Uganda2002
10 New Zealand1528
11 Wales1225
12 Bahamas1113
13 Botswana1012
14 Cayman Islands1001
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1001
16 Trinidad and Tobago0213
17 Ghana0123
18 Cameroon0112
 Scotland0112
20 Cyprus0101
21 Guyana0011
 Namibia0011
 Saint Lucia0011
 Samoa0011
Totals (24 entries)525354159

Participating nations

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61 Nations competed leaving 11 that did not.

References

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  1. ^ 2010 CWG - Athletics. 2010 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved on 2010-10-05.
  2. ^ CWG - Para-sport. 2010 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved on 2010-10-05.
  3. ^ 2010 Commonwealth Games Athletics events. 2010 Commonwealth Games (2010-07-24).
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  5. ^ Bull, Andy (2010-10-13). Commonwealth Games 2010: Indian athlete tests positive for drugs. The Guardian. Retrieved on 2010-10-15.
  6. ^ 'Communication blunder' sees Pearson stripped of gold. BBC Sport (2010-08-04). Retrieved on 2010-10-09.
  7. ^ "Third Nigerian fails drugs test". 15 October 2010.
  8. ^ Tough fight awaits in 29-30 July Asian All-Star Meet. Times of India (2010-07-21). Retrieved on 2010-07-21.
  9. ^ Locals provide the highlights as Asian All-Star meeting tests Commonwealth Games track. IAAF (2010-07-31). Retrieved on 2010-10-04.
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  12. ^ Commonwealth Games 2010: Stadium in race to be ready . BBC Sport (2010-10-05). Retrieved on 2010-10-05.
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Day reports
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