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event, seen in Helsinki's Mannerheimintie road.]] The 10th World Championships In Athletics , under the auspices of the International Association Of Athletics Federations (IAAF), were once held in the Olympic Stadium , Helsinki , Finland ( August 6 , 2005 – August 14 , 2005 ), the site of the first IAAF World Championships in 1983 . One theme of the 2005 championships was Paralympic sports, some of which were included as exhibition events. BACKGROUND With the addition of the women's 3000 Metres Steeplechase to the schedule, this year's program of events was closer to parity for women and men. With the exception of the 50 Km Walk the women competed in practically the same events as the men. Two differences remaining from before, though, were the short hurdles race (100 metres for women vs. 110 metres for men), and the multi-event competition ( Heptathlon for women vs. Decathlon for men). Since the first World Championships In Helsinki 1983 , seven new events have been added for women:
The games were originally set to be staged in London , England but wrangling within the Government saw them unable to agree to build the required stadium and they therefore forfeited their chance of being hosts. Helsinki was considered by many to be the outsider in the race to host the games with rival bids being presented by Berlin in Germany ; Brussels in Belgium , Budapest in Hungary , Moscow in Russia and Rome in Italy . MEN'S RESULTS Track | ||
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