Australian Aths History
Benita WILLIS (Johnson) (Qld)
Female       b. 6 May 1979
IAAF Profile
WILLIS
Bib #836
Sydney 2000
Competition   Event Position Result
International Competition
1998 World Junior  1500 metres 7/24 Ht 1 7th 4:18.25; Final 7th 4:16.75
1999 Universiade  1500 metres 5/23 Ht1 4th 4:15.68; Final 5th 4:15.72
2000 Olympic Games  5,000 metres 17/50 Ht1 6th 15:21.37
2001 World Championships  5,000 metres 12/43 Ht2 7th 15:17.9; Final 12th 15:36.75
2001 World Indoor  3,000 metres 6/19 Ht1 2nd 9:01.55; Final 6th 8:42.75
2001 World Cross Ctry  Short Course XC (4100m) 6/118 6th 15:06
2002 Commonwealth Games  1500 metres 15/20 Ht1 7th 4:24.43
  5,000 metres 6/16 6th 15:26.55
2002 World Cup  5,000 metres 4/9 4th 15:20.83
2002 World Cross Ctry  Short Course XC (4208m) 4/114 4th 13:42
2003 World Championships  10,000 metres 8/28 8th 30:37.68
2003 World Half Marathon  Half Marathon 3/76 3rd 1:09:26
2003 World Indoor  3,000 metres 7/21 Ht1 3rd 8:57.08; Final 7th 8:51.62
2003 World Cross Ctry  Short Course XC (4000m) 5/103 5th 12:48
2004 Olympic Games  10,000 metres 24/31 Final 24th 32:32.01
2004 World Cross Ctry  Cross Country (8000m) 1/100 1st 27:17
  Short Course XC (4000m) 97/97 DNS
2005 World Championships  10,000 metres 19/27 19th 31:55.15
2005 World Cross Ctry  Cross Country (8108m) 7/94 7th 26:55
2006 Commonwealth Games  10,000 metres 4/10 4th 31:58.08
2006 World Cross Ctry  Cross Country (8km) 4/99 4th 25:43
  Short Course XC (4km) 4/92 4th 12:55
2007 World Championships  10,000 metres 17/22 17th 32:55.94
2008 Olympic Games  Marathon 21/82 21st 2:32:06
2008 World Cross Ctry  Cross Country (7.905km) 11/99 11th 25:56
2010 World Half Marathon  Half Marathon 26/55 26th 1:14:28
2010 World Cross Ctry  Cross Country (8km) 17/86 17th 25:56
2012 Olympic Games  Marathon 100/118 100th 2:49:38
 
National Competition
1995-96 Aust. Junior T & F  800 metres 3 2:08.08
  1500 metres 1 4:30.86
1996-97 Aust. T & F  1500 metres 2 4:17.79
1997 Aust. Junior Cross Ctry  Junior XC (4km) 1 22:38.0
1999-00 Aust. T & F  1500 metres 5 (3rd Aust.) 4:11.27
2001-02 Aust. T & F  1500 metres 3 4:15.83
  5,000 metres 2 15:35.73
2002-03 Aust. T & F  5,000 metres 1 15:21.55
2003-04 Aust. T & F  10,000 metres 1 31:49.97
2004-05 Aust. T & F  5,000 metres 1 15:46.53
2005-06 Aust. T & F  10,000 metres 1 32:33.09
2006-07 Aust. T & F  5,000 metres 2 (1st Aust.) 15:36.45

 

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