Berlin 2009 – the Sporting Highlight of the Year! Event Information Berlin is looking forward to the greatest international sporting event of 2009 when from 15 to 23 August 2009 the Olympic Stadium and the very heart of the great city will play host to the world's top athletes battling it out in 47 competitions to anoint the new world masters. The 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics will offer nine days of unbroken passion, emotion and fascination, spills and thrills, victories and defeats and world-class entertainment. No wonder that these Championships for the key Olympic discipline are the world's most important sporting mega-event second only to the Olympic Games themselves and football's World Cup. Be there yourself right in the thick of the action and experience the unique atmosphere of the legendary Olympic Stadium with its distinctive blue track when the best athletes in the world take you on an unforgettable roller-coaster ride of emotion. Brochure Tickets are on sale * from 2nd April 2008 on the Internet at: www.berlin2009.org, * or from the Ticket Hotline +49 (0)1805 1 2009 1 * and at all authorised ticket agencies.