2009 World Championships in Athletics record. Britain's Jessica Ennis won the heptathlon title with a world-leading points score of 6731. In the men's hammer throw, the Olympic champion Primož Kozmus of Slovenia, pulled off the win with a throw of 80.84m, which is a seasonal best. Szymon Ziółkowski of Poland achieved a result of 79.30m earning him a silver medal and the Russian athlete Aleksey Zagornyi earned third place with a throw of 78.09m. In the men's 10,000 m final, Kenenisa Bekele won with a time of 26:43:31, which is a Championship record. Zersenay Tadese of Eritrea earned the silver medal with a time of
United States at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics in the squad. With such strength in depth in a large squad, the United States was expected to maintain its dominance of the competition, in which it has not been beaten on total gold medals since 1987. Olympic champion Bryan Clay missed the competition due to injury. The United States team again topped the medals table; its total of 10 gold medals was almost equal to that of second and third place's totals combined. United States at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics United States competed at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics in Berlin. A team of over 100