2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships

12th IAAF World Indoor Championships Valencia 2008 logo.jpg Valencia, Spain 147 574 26 7 March–9 March Luis Puig Palace Moscow 2006 Doha 2010 The 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Luis Puig Palace in Valencia, Spain, March 7–9, 2008. Bid Valencia was announced the winning bidder by the IAAF on November 13, 2005, at an IAAF Council meeting in Moscow, Russia.IAAF announces new tour structure http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/low/athletics/4433996.stm BBC 2005-11-13 2007-08-23 Results Men 2004 | 2006 | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 60 m2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metresOlusoji A. Fasuba NGR 6.51 (WL)Dwain Chambers GBR6.54 (PB)Not awardedKim Collins SKN6.54 (SB)Fasuba's win became the first indoor short dash World Championship title for Africa400 m2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metresTyler Christopher CAN 45.67 (WL)Johan Wissman SWE46.04 (PB)Chris Brown BAH 46.26 (SB)Tyler Christopher stayed behind Wissman and Brown until the final homestraight, when he sped to victory off the last bend.800 m2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metresAbubaker Kaki Khamis SUD1:44.81 (WL)Mbulaeni Mulaudzi RSA 1:44.91 (NR)Yusuf Saad Kamel BHR 1:45.26 (AR)Abubaker Kaki Khamis led from the start in attempt to win and held off the fast approaching Mbulaeni Mulaudzi by a tenth of a second to win his first major international title at just 18!1500 m2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metresDeresse Mekonnen ETH 1996 3:38.23Daniel Kipchirchir Komen KEN 3:38.54Juan Carlos Higuero ESP 3:38.82Mekonnen was initially disqualified for stepping on the inside of the track, and Spaniard Arturo Casado was named as the bronze medallist, but the Ethiopian was reinstated. Higuero's was the first medal of the championships for the host country.3000 m2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metresTariku Bekele ETH 1996 7:48.23Paul Kipsiele Koech KEN7:49.05Abreham Cherkos ETH 1996 7:49.96Tariku Bekele won his first World title, succeeding his brother as 3000 m champion, who had won the title at the previous championships.60 m hurdles2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres hurdlesLiu Xiang CHN 7.46 (SB)Allen Johnson USA 7.55Evgeniy Borisov RUS 7.60Staņislavs Olijars LAT 7.60 (SB)Liu Xiang and Dayron Robles, the favorites for this event, were expected to battle for the gold, but Robles was eliminated in the heats after mistakenly believing there was a false start.4 × 400 m relay2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relayUSAJames DavisJamaal TorranceGreg NixonKelly WillieJoel Stallworth* 3:06.79 (WL)JAMMichael BlackwoodEdino SteeleAdrian FindlayDeWayne BarrettAldwyn Sappleton* 3:07.69 (SB)DOMArismendy PegueroCarlos SantaPedro MejíaYoel Tapia 3:07.77 (NR)High jump2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's high jumpStefan Holm SWE 2.36Yaroslav Rybakov RUS 2.34Andra Manson USA2.30 (SB)Kyriakos Ioannou CYP 2.30Stefan Holm regained his title from Rybakov who won in 2006 to become 4-time world indoor champion. Ioannou earned Cyprus its first ever medal at an Indoor World Championship.Pole vault2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's pole vaultYevgeniy Lukyanenko RUS5.90 (WL) Brad Walker USA5.85 (PB) Steven Hooker AUS5.80 (SB)insert write up:Long jump2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's long jumpGodfrey Khotso Mokoena RSA 8.08 (SB)Chris Tomlinson GBR 8.06Mohamed Salman Al-Khuwalidi KSA 8.01Tomlinson's 8.06 held the lead from the first round, until the fifth when Mokoena reached 8.08, which Tomlinson was then unable to match. Mokoena's result was the shortest winning jump in the history of the World Indoor Championships.Triple jump2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's triple jumpPhillips Idowu GBR 17.75 (NR)(WL)Arnie David Giralt CUB 17.47 (PB)Nelson Évora POR17.27Idowu's winning jump came in the second round, and set a new British and Commonwealth record.Shot put2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's shot putChristian Cantwell USA 21.77Reese Hoffa USA 21.20Tomasz Majewski POL 20.93 (NR)Hoffa set a 21.49m best at the qualification. Cantwell's victory put was the 4th best in the history of Indoor World Championships.Heptathlon2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's heptathlon(60 m, LJ, SP, HJ,60 m H, PV, 1000 m) Bryan Clay USA6371 (WL)Andrei Krauchanka BLR 19956234 (NR)Dmitriy Karpov KAZ6131(6.71 - 7.75 - 16.21 - 2.09 - 7.86 - 5.00 - 2:55.64)(7.19 - 7.63 - 14.29 - 2.15 - 8.11 - 5.30 - 2:46.49)(7.20 - 7.31 - 16.19 - 2.06 - 8.15 - 5.20 - 2:47.45)Clay dominated from early on, leading by 170 points after the first two events. Clay was on world record pace as the first day came to a close. Clay fell short of the world record but held on for a comfortable win, taking first in four of seven events. Women 2004 | 2006 | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 60 m2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metresAngela Williams USA 7.06 (WL)Jeanette Kwakye GBR 7.08 (NR)Tahesia Harrigan IVB 7.09 (NR)After several seasons of injury, Angela Williams finally wins her first world title in personal best time. Ene Franca Idoko of Nigeria was a favorite, but she stumbled out of the blocks, finishing 7th.400 m2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metresOlesya Zykina RUS 51.09 (WL)Natalya Nazarova RUS 51.10 (SB)Shareese Woods USA 51.41 (PB)Olesya Zykina won the event, which was the closest women's World Indoor 400 m final in history, with Nazarova second for a 1–2 win for Russia.800 m2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metresTamsyn Lewis AUS 2:02.57Tetiana Petlyuk UKR2:02.66Maria de Lurdes Mutola MOZ2:02.97Tamsyn Lewis surprised by winning her first World title, breaking Mutola's hopes of winning her eighth title on her last competitive year. Home hopeful, Mayte Martínez was a disappointing fourth.1500 m2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metresGelete Burka ETH 1996 3:59.75 (AR) Maryam Yusuf Jamal BHR3:59.79 (AR)Daniela Yordanova BUL 4:04.19 (NR)Yelena Soboleva led for most of the fast race to win in a new world record time, breaking her own one-month-old world record by 0.34 s. Soboleva was later disqualified for doping along with second placed Yuliya Fomenko, and her world record was rescinded.3000 m2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres Meseret Defar ETH 1996 8:38.79 Meselech Melkamu ETH 1996 8:41.50 Mariem Alaoui Selsouli MAR 8:41.66Meseret Defar completed a hat-trick of World Indoor 3000 m titles in her kick-finish, which her countrywoman Meselech Melkamu was unable to respond to.60 m hurdles2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdlesLoLo Jones USA7.80Candice Davis USA7.93Anay Tejeda CUB 7.98After new World record holder Swede Susanna Kallur injured a hamstring during her warm-up for the semi-final and pulled out of the competition, Lolo Jones became the favorite, and did indeed win by a fairly large margin. Spanish Josephine Onyia, the home crowd's hope, tripped over the fifth hurdle to finish last.4 × 400 m relay2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relayRUS Yuliya GushchinaTatyana LevinaNatalya NazarovaOlesya Zykina 3:28.17 (WL)BLR 1995Anna KozakIryna KhliustavaSviatlana UsovichIlona Usovich 3:28.90 (SB)USAAngel PerkinsMiriam BarnesShareese WoodsMoushaumi Robinson 3:29.30 (SB)insert write up:High jump2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's high jumpBlanka Vlašić CRO2.03Yelena Slesarenko RUS 2.01 Vita Palamar UKR 2.01 (NR)Blanka Vlasic was the clear favourite for the win after taking the world outdoor title the previous year.Pole vault2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's pole vaultYelena Isinbayeva RUS 4.75Jennifer Stuczynski USA 4.75 (PB)Fabiana Murer BRA4.70 (AR)Monika Pyrek POL4.70 (SB)Yelena Isinbayeva won her third consecutive Indoor World title.Long jump2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's long jumpNaide Gomes POR7.00 (WL)Maurren Maggi BRA 6.89 (AR)Irina Simagina RUS 6.88Naide Gomes set a National Record to win her first world title.Triple jump2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's triple jumpYargelis Savigne CUB15.05 (AR)Marija Šestak SLO 14.68Olga Rypakova KAZ 14.58 (AR)Hrysopiyi Devetzi led until the last round, when Yargelis Savigne leaped a new Area Record into victory. Devetzi was retrospectively disqualified in 2016 after failing a doping test.Shot put2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's shot putValerie Vili NZL 20.19 (AR)Li Meiju CHN 19.09 (PB)Misleydis González CUB 18.75 (PB)Vili set two area records in her first indoor contest for four years--Pentathlon2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's pentathlon(60 mH, HJ, SP,LJ, 800 m)Tia Hellebaut BEL 4867 (WL)Kelly Sotherton GBR 4852 (SB)Anna Bogdanova RUS 4753(8.54 - 1.99 - 13.85 - 6.41 - 2:16.42)(8.25 - 1.81 - 14.57 - 6.45 - 2:09.95)(8.39 - 1.84 - 14.56 - 6.38 - 2:15.67)Tia Hellebaut's 1.99 clearance in the High jump moved her into the lead which she was able to keep until the end. In the last event, 800 m, Kelly Sotherton would have needed a 7.7 s lead over Hellebaut to win gold, but finished only 6.47 s ahead. Medal table 5 5 3 4 3 3 4 1 1 ETH 1996 1 4 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 BLR 1995 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 Participating nations 20em (2) (1) (2) (1) (1) (9) (2) (1) (7) (4) Belarus 1995 (9) (4) (1) (1) (1) (3) (13) (1) (1) (6) (1) (1) (1) (8) (1) (1) (11) (2) (1) (1) (2) (1) (1) (1) (11) (1) (13) (2) (1) (4) (1) (1) (3) Ethiopia 1996 (6) (1) (1) (2) (12) (1) (1) (16) (2) Great Britain (28) Greece (5) (2) (1) (1) (2) (1) Honduras 1949 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (2) (1) (13) (13) (5) (1) (5) (7) (1) Kyrgyzstan 1992 (2) (1) (1) (3) (1) (5) (1) (3) (1) Macedonia (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (2) (1) (5) (1) (1) (8) (1) Myanmar 1974 (1) (1) (1) (3) (3) (6) Norfolk Island (1) (1) (1) Paraguay 1990 (1) (15) (7) (2) (4) (13) (47) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) San Marino 1862 (2) (2) (1) Serbia 2004 (2) (1) (1) (2) (4) (5) (1) (3) (23) (2) (10) (1) 1980 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (4) (1) (1) (16) (1) (49) (2) (1) (2) (1) (1) (1) References External links Official website of 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships https://web.archive.org/web/20170911205838/https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-indoor-championships/12th-iaaf-world-indoor-championships-3656 2017-09-11 World Indoor Championships Ath Category:World Athletics Indoor Championships Category:Sports competitions in Valencia Category:International athletics competitions hosted by Spain Category:2008 in Valencia Category:March 2008 sports events in Spain