World Indoor Athletics Championships 2004

11th World Indoor Athletics Championships
Budapest Sportarena (2008)
city	Budapest , Hungary
Stadion	Budapest Sports Arena
participating countries	139
Participating athletes	677
Competitions	28
opening	March 5, 2004
Final day	March 7, 2004
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The 10th World Indoor Athletics Championships took place in Budapest from March 5th to 7th, 2004 , for the second time since 1989. The competitions were held in the Budapest Sportaréna . The new sports hall with 13,000 seats was built on the site of the hall that burned down in 1999.

677 athletes from 139 nations took part. The DLV team consisted of 22 athletes.

The 200-meter run took place here for the last time. The reason for this was that the outcome of the races became too predictable due to the tight corners. Athletes who had to run on the narrow inner lanes usually had no chance of winning the race.

There were four new world records:

• Christian Olsson reached a distance of 17.83 m in the triple jump.
• The Russian women's 4 x 400 meter relay took 3: 23.88 minutes.
• Jelena Isinbayeva reached a height of 4.86 m in the pole vault.
• Tatiana Lebedewa jumped 15.36 m in the triple jump.

Men

60 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Jason Gardener	GBR	6.49
2	Shawn Crawford	United States	6.52
3	Georgios Theodoridis	GRE	6.54
4th	Mickey Grimes	United States	6.55
5	Matic Osovnikar	SLO	6.58 (NR)
6th	Francis Obikwelu	POR	6.60
7th	Simone Collio	ITA	6.60
8th	Niconnor Alexander	TRI	6.76

Date: March 5th, 8:05 pm

200 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Dominic Demeritte	BAH	20.66 (NR)
2	Johan Wissman	SWE	20.72
3	Tobias Unger	GER	21.02
4th	Joseph Batangdon	CMR	21.16
5	Jimmie Hackley	United States	21.35
6th	Marcin Urbaś	POLE	21.49

Date: March 7th, 4:10 pm

400 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Alleyne Francique	GRN	45.88
2	Davian Clarke	JAM	45.92
3	Gary Kikaya	COD	46.30
4th	Sofiane Labidi	TO DO	46.48
5	Milton Campbell	United States	46.74
6th	Joe Mendel	United States	47.34

Date: March 6th, 6:00 p.m.

800 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	RSA	1: 45.71
2	Rashid Ramzi	BRN	1: 46.15 (AR)
3	Osmar Barbosa dos Santos	BRA	1: 46.26
4th	Amine Laalou	MAR	1: 46.57 (PB)
5	William Yiampoy	KEN	1: 46.88
6th	Joseph Mwengi Mutua	KEN	1: 47.86

Date: March 7th, 5:00 p.m.

1500 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Paul Korir	KEN	3: 52.31
2	Ivan Heschko	UKR	3: 52.34
3	Laban Rotich	KEN	3: 52.93
4th	James Thie	GBR	3: 53.36
5	Miroslaw Formela	POLE	3: 53.70
6th	José Antonio Redolat	ESP	3: 56.55
7th	Youssef Baba	MAR	3: 57.79

Date: March 7th, 6:00 p.m.

After 800 meters had been covered at a slow pace in 2: 15.52 minutes, Paul Korir took the initiative and was able to hold his top position until the finish line. The Briton Michael East crossed the finish line in third with a time of 3: 52.88 minutes, but was disqualified because the judges were of the opinion that he had intentionally blocked the advancing Rotich. The Moroccan Abdelkader Hachlaf was deprived of fourth place (3: 53.22 min) after a doping sample submitted beforehand tested positive for nandrolone .

3000 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Bernard Lagat	KEN	7: 56.34
2	Rui Silva	POR	7: 57.08
3	Markos Geneti	ETH	7: 57.87
4th	Antonio David Jimenez	ESP	7: 58.23
5	Sergio Gallardo	ESP	7: 58.96
6th	Gert-Jan Liefers	NED	8: 02.86
7th	Kevin Sullivan	CAN	8: 03.34
8th	Mohammed Amyn	MAR	8: 03.50

Date: March 6th, 7:45 pm

60 m hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Allen Johnson	United States	7.36 (WMR)
2	Liu Xiang	CHN	7.43 (AR)
3	Maurice Wignall	JAM	7.48 (NR)
4th	Staņislavs Olijars	LAT	7.49 (PB)
5	Yuniel Hernández	CUB	7.58
6th	Robert Kronberg	SWE	7.59
7th	Yoel Hernández	CUB	7.78
8th	Dwight Thomas	JAM	7.87

Date: March 6th, 7:20 pm

4 × 400 m relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	Jamaica	Gregory Haughton Leroy Colquhoun Michael McDonald Davian Clarke	3: 05.21 (WL)
2	Russia	Dmitri Forschow Boris Gorban Andrei Rudnizki Alexandr Ussow	3: 06.23
3	Ireland	Robert Daly Gary Ryan David Gillick David McCarthy	3: 10.44
4th	Switzerland	Alain Rohr Cédric El-Idrissi Martin Leiser Andreas Oggenfuss	3: 12.62
5	Bahamas	Chris Brown Timothy Munnings Andretti Bain Dennis Darling	3: 17.57
	United States	James Carter Milton Campbell Joe Mendel Godfrey Herring	DQ

Date: March 7th, 6:40 pm

The US relay crossed the finish line in third place with a time of 3: 06.96 min, but was disqualified because the baton that Mendel dropped when changing, contrary to the rules, not by himself, but by the following runner Herring was repealed.

high jump

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Stefan Holm	SWE	2.35
2	Yaroslav Rybakov	RUS	2.32
3	Stefan Vasilache	ROU	2.25
	Germaine Mason	JAM	2.25
	Jaroslav Bába	CZE	2.25
6th	Henads Maros	BLR	2.25
7th	Andrij Sokolowskyj	UKR	2.25
8th	Adrian O'Dwyer	IRL	2.25

Date: March 6th, 6:15 pm

Pole vault

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Igor Pavlov	RUS	5.80 (PB)
2	Adam Ptácek	CZE	5.70
3	Denys Yurchenko	UKR	5.70
4th	Patrik Kristiansson	SWE	5.70
5	Tim Lobinger	GER	5.70
6th	Giuseppe Gibilisco	ITA	5.60
7th	Romain Mesnil	FRA	5.60
	Ren Blom	NED	NM

Date: March 7th, 3:45 pm

Long jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Savanté Stringfellow	United States	8.40
2	James Beckford	JAM	8.31
3	Vitaly Shkurlatov	RUS	8.28
4th	Bogdan Țăruş	ROU	8.26
5	Volodymyr Syuskov	UKR	8.23 (PB)
6th	Christopher Tomlinson	GBR	8.17 (NR)
7th	Kirill Sossunov	RUS	8.16
8th	Iván Pedroso	CUB	8.09

Date: March 6th, 6:05 pm

Triple jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Christian Olsson	SWE	17.83 (WR)
2	Jadel Gregório	BRA	17.43
3	Yoandri Betanzos	CUB	17.36
4th	Dzmitryi Valyukevich	BLR	17.22
5	Marian Oprea	ROU	17.19
6th	Mykola Savolainen	UKR	16.95
7th	Daniil Burkenja	RUS	16.62
8th	Julien Kapek	FRA	16.50

Date: March 7th, 6:10 pm

Shot put

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Christian Cantwell	United States	21.49
2	Reese Hoffa	United States	21.07 (PB)
3	Joachim Olsen	THE	20.99
4th	Tomasz Majewski	POLE	20.83 (NR)
5	Manuel Martínez	ESP	20.79
6th	Andrei Michnewitsch	BLR	20.50
7th	Carl Myerscough	GBR	20.47
8th	Jurij Bilonoh	UKR	20.26

Date: March 7th, 7:15 pm

Heptathlon

space	athlete	country	Points
1	Roman Šebrle	CZE	6438 (WL)
2	Bryan Clay	United States	6365 (PB)
3	Lev Lobodin	RUS	6203
4th	Dmitry Karpov	KAZ	6155 (AR)
5	Erki Nool	EST	6093
6th	Alexander Pogorelow	RUS	6022
7th	Jón Arnar Magnússon	ISL	5993
8th	Ranko Leskovar	SLO	5612

Date: 6./7. March

The heptathlon consisted of a 60-meter run, long jump, shot put, high jump, 60-meter hurdle run, pole vault and 1000-meter run.

Women

60 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Gail Devers	United States	7.08
2	Kim Gevaert	BEL	7.12 (NR)
3	Julia Neszjarenka	BLR	7.12
4th	Torri Edwards	United States	7.16
5	Muriel Hurtis	FRA	7.17
6th	Julia Tabakova	RUS	7.17
7th	Christine Arron	FRA	7.21
8th	Natallja Safronnikawa	BLR	7.23

Date: March 5th, 7:50 pm

200 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Natallja Safronnikawa	BLR	23.13
2	Svetlana Goncharenko	RUS	23.15
3	Karin Mayr-Krifka	AUT	23.18
4th	Maryna Majdanova	UKR	23.64
5	Natalija Pyhyda	UKR	23.80
	Anastassija Kapachinskaya	RUS	DQ

Date: March 7th, 3:55 pm

Anastassija Kapatschinskaja was the first to cross the finish line with a time of 22.78 s, but was tested positive for stanozolol in the subsequent doping control and had to return her gold medal.

400 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Natalia Nazarova	RUS	50.19 (WMR)
2	Olesya Krasnomovets	RUS	50.65 (PB)
3	Tonique Williams-Darling	BAH	50.87 (NR)
4th	Ionela Târlea	ROU	51.58
5	Julian Clay	United States	52.82
6th	Fani Chalkia	GRE	52.90

Date: March 6, 5:50 p.m.

800 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Maria de Lurdes Mutola	MOZ	1: 58.50
2	Jolanda Čeplak	SLO	1: 58.72
3	Joanne Fenn	GBR	1: 59.50 (NR)
4th	Jennifer Toomey	United States	1: 59.64 (PB)
5	Tatiana Andrianova	RUS	1: 59.71 (PB)
6th	Olga Raspopova	RUS	2: 00.56

Date: March 7th, 4:45 pm

1500 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Kutre Dulecha	ETH	4: 06.40
2	Carmen Douma-Hussar	CAN	4: 08.18 (NR)
3	Gulnara Samitova	RUS	4: 08.26
4th	Daniela Jordanova	BUL	4: 08.52
5	Natalija Tobias	UKR	4: 09.03
6th	Yulia Kosenkova	RUS	4: 09.32
7th	Alesja Turawa	BLR	4: 09.81
8th	Lidia Chojecka	POLE	4: 10.32

Date: March 6th, 7:10 pm

3000 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Meseret Defar	ETH	9: 11.22
2	Berhane Adere	ETH	9: 11.43
3	Shayne Culpepper	United States	9: 12.15
4th	Marta Domínguez	ESP	9: 12.85
5	Joanne Pavey	GBR	9: 13.09
6th	Jelena Sadorozhnaya	RUS	9: 13.70
7th	Sabrina Mockenhaupt	GER	9: 13.70
8th	Maryna Dubrowa	UKR	9: 14.34

Date: March 7th, 5:40 pm

60 m hurdles

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Perdita Felicien	CAN	7.75 (WMR)
2	Gail Devers	United States	7.78
3	Linda Ferga-Khodadin	FRA	7.82 (NR)
4th	Joanna Hayes	United States	7.86
5	Susanna Kallur	SWE	7.89
6th	Lacena Golding-Clarke	JAM	7.89
7th	Flora Redoumi	GRE	7.94
8th	Nicole Ramalalanirina	FRA	8.01

Date: March 7th, 4:30 p.m.

4 × 400 m relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	Russia	Olesja Krasnomowez Olga Kotlyarova Tatiana Levina Natalja Nazarowa	3: 23.88 (WR)
2	Belarus	Natallja Salahub Hanna Kosak Ilona Ussowitsch Swjatlana Ussowitsch	3: 29.96 (NR)
3	Romania	Angela Moroșanu Alina Râpanu Maria Rus Ionela Târlea	3: 30.06 (NR)
4th	Poland	Zuzanna Radecka Monika Bejnar Małgorzata Pskit Grażyna Prokopek	3: 30.52 (NR)
5	Jamaica	Ronetta Smith Allison Beckford Michelle Ballentine Michelle Burgher	3: 33.77
6th	Greece	Eleftheria Papadopoulou Chrysoula Ngoundenoudi Yeoryia Koumnaki Fani Chalkia	3: 39.23

Date: March 7th, 6:20 pm

high jump

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Jelena Slessarenko	RUS	2.04 (WL)
2	Anna Chicherova	RUS	2.00
3	Blanka Vlašić	CRO	1.97
4th	Wita Palamar	UKR	1.97
5	Daniela Rath	GER	1.97
6th	Marta Mendía	ESP	1.94
7th	Wenelina Wenewa	BUL	1.94
8th	Wita Stjopina	UKR	1.91

Date: March 7th, 5:05 pm

Pole vault

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Elena Isinbayeva	RUS	4.86 (WR)
2	Stacy Dragila	United States	4.81 (AR)
3	Svetlana Feofanova	RUS	4.70
4th	Jillian Schwartz	United States	4.60 (PB)
5	Vanessa Boslak	FRA	4.50 (NR)
	Monika Pyrek	POLE	4.50
7th	Anna Rogowska	POLE	4.40
8th	Nastya Ryjikh	GER	4.40

Date: March 6th, 4:35 pm

Long jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Tatiana Lebedeva	RUS	6.98 (WL)
2	Tatiana Kotova	RUS	6.93
3	Carolina Klüft	SWE	6.92 (NR)
4th	Guan Yingnan	CHN	6.75
5	Valentina Gotovska	LAT	6.67
6th	Fiona May	ITA	6.64
7th	Concepción Montaner	ESP	6.46
8th	Adina Anton	ROU	6.43

March 7, 3:15 p.m.

Triple jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Tatiana Lebedeva	RUS	15.36 (WR)
2	Yamilé Aldama	SOUTH	14.90 (AR)
3	Chrysopigi Devetzi	GRE	14.73
4th	Trecia Smith	JAM	14.71 (NR)
5	Magdelín Martínez	ITA	14.67
6th	Françoise Mbango Etone	CMR	14.62
7th	Adelina Gavrilă	ROU	14.62
8th	Olena Howorova	UKR	14.59

March 6, 4:10 p.m.

Shot put

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Svetlana Kriweljowa	RUS	19.90
2	Yumileidi Cumbá	CUB	19.31
3	Nadine Kleinert	GER	19.05
4th	Krystyna Zabawska	POLE	19.00 (NR)
5	Li Meiju	CHN	18.69
6th	Misleydis González	CUB	18.41
7th	Nadsey Astaptchuk	BLR	18.33
	Wita Pavlysch	UKR	DQ

Date: March 5, 5:00 p.m.

Pawlysch took first place with 20.49 m, but was tested positive for stanozolol during the subsequent doping control and was disqualified. At the World Indoor Championships in 1999, the gold medal was withdrawn for doping . As a repeat offender, she has now been banned for life.

Pentathlon

space	Athlete	country	Points
1	Naide Gomes	POR	4759 (WL)
2	Natalia Dobrynska	UKR	4727 (NR)
3	Austra Skujytė	LTU	4679 (NR)
4th	Karin Ruckstuhl	NED	4640 (NR)
5	Tia Hellebaut	BEL	4526
6th	Iryna Butor	BLR	4315 (PB)
7th	Larissa Netšeporuk	EST	4227
8th	Kim Schiemenz	United States	4012

Date: March 5th

The pentathlon consisted of a 60-meter hurdle, high jump, shot put, long jump and 800-meter run.

Explanations

• WR: world record
• WMR: world championship record
• AR: continental record
• NR: national record
• WL: world annual best
• PB: personal best

Medal table

Medal table
space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Russia	8th	6th	4th	18th
2	United States	4th	5	1	10
3	Ethiopia	2	1	1	4th
	Sweden	2	1	1	4th
5	Kenya	2	-	1	3
6th	Jamaica	1	2	1	4th
7th	Belarus	1	1	1	3
	Czech Republic	1	1	1	3
9	Canada	1	1	-	2
	Portugal	1	1	-	2
11	Bahamas	1	-	1	2
	United Kingdom	1	-	1	2
13	Grenada	1	-	-	1
	Mozambique	1	-	-	1
	South Africa	1	-	-	1
16	Ukraine	-	2	1	3
17th	Brazil	-	1	1	2
	Cuba	-	1	1	2
19th	Bahrain	-	1	-	1
	Belgium	-	1	-	1
	People's Republic of China	-	1	-	1
	Slovenia	-	1	-	1
	Sudan	-	1	-	1
24	Germany	-	-	2	2
	Greece	-	-	2	2
26th	Romania	-	-	2	2
27	Croatia	-	-	1	1
	Democratic Republic of Congo	-	-	1	1
	Denmark	-	-	1	1
	France	-	-	1	1
	Ireland	-	-	1	1
	Lithuania	-	-	1	1
	Austria	-	-	1	1

Web links

• World Cup website of the world association IAAF ( Memento from December 24, 2003 in the Internet Archive )
• Results

Footnotes

1. ↑ Istanbul 2012 - Record Number of Entries General News at iaaf.org, December 14, 2011, accessed September 8, 2013
2. ↑ Sensational record gathering of 159 nations makes Valencia by far the biggest ever World Indoor Champs General News on iaaf.org, February 28, 2008, accessed September 8, 2013
3. ^ The German Indoor World Championship starters in the profile Christian Fuchs / Peter Schmitt on Leichtathletik.de, March 3, 2004, accessed September 7, 2013