The 8th IAAF World Indoor Championships in athletics were held in Lisbon, Portugal, March 9-11, 2001. Note that (CR) indicates championship meet record.
Final Medal Leaders
| | G | S | B | Total |
|---|
| 1 | United States | 7 | 8 | 2 | 17 |
| 2 | Russia | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 |
| 3 | Jamaica | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Great Britain | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Spain | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | Czech Republic | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Sweden | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Nine countries tied with 2 medals each. |
MEN
| Event | | Time | |
|---|
| 60 meters | Tim Harden, USA | 6.44 | |
| 200 meters | Shawn Crawford, USA | 20.63 | |
| 400 meters | Daniel Caines, GBR | 46.40 | |
| 800 meters | Yuriy Borzakovskiy, RUS | 1:44.49 | |
| 1500 meters | Rui Silva, POR | 3:51.06 | |
| 3000 meters | Hicham El Guerrouj, MOR | 7:37.74 | |
| 60m hurdles | Terrence Trammell, USA | 7.51 | |
| 4x400m relay | Poland (Rysiukiewicz,
Haczek, Bocian, Mackowiak) | 3:04.47 | |
| Event | | Hgt/Dist | |
|---|
| High Jump | Stefan Holm, SWE | 7-71/4 | |
| Pole Vault | Lawrence Johnson, USA | 19-61/4 | |
| Long Jump | Ivan Pedroso, CUB | 27-8 | |
| Triple Jump | Paolo Camossi, ITA | 56-10 | |
| Shot Put | John Godina, USA | 68-33/4 | |
| Heptathlon | Roman Sebrle, CZR | 6420 pts | |
WOMEN
| Event | | Time | |
|---|
| 60 meters | Chandra Sturrup, BAH | 7.05 | |
| 200 meters | Juliet Campbell, JAM | 22.64 | |
| 400 meters | Sandie Richards, JAM | 51.04 | |
| 800 meters | Maria Mutola, MOZ | 1:59.74 | |
| 1500 meters | Hasna Benhassi, MOR | 4:10.83 | |
| 3000 meters | Olga Yegorova, RUS | 8:37.48 | |
| 60m hurdles | Anjanette Kirkland, USA | 7.85 | |
| 4x400m relay | Russia (Nosova, Zykina,
Sotnikova, Kotlyarova) | 3:30.00 | |
| Event | | Hgt/Dist | |
|---|
| High Jump | Kajsa Bergqvist, SWE | 6-63/4 | |
| Pole Vault | Pavla Hamackova, CZR | 14-111/2 | CR |
| Long Jump | Dawn Burrell, USA | 23-03/4 | |
| Triple Jump | Tereza Marinova, BUL | 48-11 | |
| Shot Put | Larisa Peleshenko, RUS | 65-11/4 | |
| Pentathlon | Natalya Sazanovich, BLR | 4850 pts | CR |
