World Indoor Athletics Championships 2008

12th World Indoor Athletics Championships
Palacio Velódromo Luis Puig (2008)
city	Valencia , Spain
Stadion	Palacio Velódromo Luis Puig
participating countries	147
Participating athletes	574
Competitions	26th
opening	March 7, 2008
Final day	March 9, 2008
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The 12th World Indoor Athletics Championships took place from March 7th to 9th, 2008 in the Spanish city ​​of Valencia in the Palacio Velódromo Luis Puig .

The sports complex with a capacity of 6,600 was already the venue for the European Indoor Championships in 1998 .

Valencia was commissioned by the World Athletics Federation in November 2005 to host the event. The Spanish port city was awarded the contract almost exactly one year after the city's application was not considered in the 2009 World Championships .

147 nations and 574 athletes took part. The DLV team consisted of 6 female and 10 female athletes.

Men

60 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Olusoji Fasuba	NGR	6.51 (WL)
2	Kim Collins	SKN	6.54 (SB)
	Dwain Chambers	GBR	6.54 (PB)
4th	Mike Rodgers	United States	6.57
5	Vicente de Lima	BRA	6.60
6th	Isaac Uche	NGR	6.63
7th	Simeon Williamson	GBR	6.63
8th	Andrei Yepishin	RUS	6.70

Date: March 7th, 8:45 pm

400 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Tyler Christopher	CAN	45.61 (WL)
2	Johan Wissman	SWE	46.04 (PB)
3	Chris Brown	BAH	46.26 (SB)
4th	Nery Brenes	CRC	46.65
5	Maxim Dyldin	RUS	46.79
6th	Sean Wroe	OUT	46.93 (PB)

Date: March 9, 4:35 p.m.

800 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Abubaker persimmon	SOUTH	1: 44.81
2	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	RSA	1: 44.91
3	Yusuf Saad camel	BRN	1: 45.26
4th	Dmitrijs Milkevics	LAT	1: 45.72
5	Dmitry Bogdanov	RUS	1: 45.76
6th	Nick Symmonds	United States	1: 46.48

Date: March 9th, 6:40 pm

1500 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Deresse Mekonnen	ETH	3: 38.23
2	Daniel Kipchirchir Komen	KEN	3: 38.54
3	Juan Carlos Higuero	ESP	3: 38.82
4th	Arturo Casado	ESP	3: 38.88
5	Rashid Ramzi	BRN	3: 40.26
6th	Mekonnen Gebremedhin	ETH	3: 40.42
7th	Suleiman Kipses Simotwo	KEN	3: 41.04
8th	Youssef Baba	MAR	3: 44.50

Date: March 8th, 7:55 pm

First, Deresse Mekonnen and the fifth-placed New Zealander Nick Willis were disqualified for walking on the interior border. Both athletes protested this decision, but only the Ethiopian's one was upheld.

3000 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Tariku Bekele	ETH	7: 48.23
2	Paul Kipsiele Koech	KEN	7: 49.05
3	Abreham Cherkos	ETH	7: 49.96
4th	Edwin Cheruiyot Soi	KEN	7: 51.60
5	Craig Mottram	OUT	7: 52.42
6th	Mohammed Farah	GBR	7: 55.08
7th	Ali Maataoui	MAR	7: 58.93
8th	Sergio Sánchez	ESP	7: 59.74 (PB)

Date: March 9th, 5:45 pm

60 m hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Liu Xiang	CHN	7.46 (SB)
2	Allen Johnson	United States	7.55
3	Staņislavs Olijars	LAT	7.60
	Yevgeny Borisov	RUS	7.60
5	Thomas Blaschek	GER	7.64
6th	Allan Scott	GBR	7.65
7th	Jackson Quiñónez	ESP	7.66
8th	Yoel Hernández	CUB	7.91

Date: March 8, 8:35 p.m.

4 × 400 m relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	United States	James Davis Jamaal Torrance Greg Nixon Kelly Willie	3: 06.79 (WL)
2	Jamaica	Michael Blackwood Edino Steele Adrian Findlay DeWayne Barrett	3: 07.69 (SB)
3	Dominican Republic	Arismendy Peguero Carlos Santa Pedro Mejia Yoel Tapia	3: 07.77 (NR)
4th	Poland	Piotr Kędzia Piotr Klimczak Wojciech Chybinski Grzegorz Sobinski	3: 08.76 (SB)
5	United Kingdom	Steven Green Richard Buck Dale Garland Robert Tobin	3: 09.21
6th	Russia	Denis Alexejew Anton Kokorin Maxim Dyldin Juri Borsakowski	3: 15.38

Date: March 9th, 7:05 pm

high jump

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Stefan Holm	SWE	2.36
2	Yaroslav Rybakov	RUS	2.34
3	Kyriakos Ioannou	CYP	2.30
	Andra Manson	United States	2.30 (SB)
5	Víctor Moya	CUB	2.27
6th	Jesse Williams	United States	2.27
	Dragutin Topić	SRB	2.27
8th	Michael Mason	CAN	2.27

Date: March 8th, 5:00 p.m.

Pole vault

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Yevgeny Lukyanenko	RUS	5.90 (WL)
2	Brad Walker	United States	5.85 (PB)
3	Steve Hooker	OUT	5.80 (SB)
4th	Jérôme Clavier	FRA	5.75
5	Tim Lobinger	GER	5.70
6th	Maksym Masuryk	UKR	5.70
7th	Alhaji Jeng	SWE	5.70
8th	Derek Miles	United States	5.60

Date: March 9, 4:00 p.m.

Long jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Godfrey Khotso Mokoena	RSA	8.08 (SB)
2	Christopher Tomlinson	GBR	8.06
3	Mohamed Salman Al Khuwalidi	KSA	8.01
4th	Gable Garenamotse	BOT	7.93
5	Nikolai Atanasov	BUL	7.90
6th	James Beckford	JAM	7.85
7th	Marcin Starzak	POLE	7.74
8th	Wilfredo Martínez	CUB	7.72

Date: March 8, 7:05 p.m.

Triple jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Phillips Idowu	GBR	17.75 (WL)
2	Arnie David Giralt	CUB	17.47 (PB)
3	Nelson Évora	POR	17.27
4th	Fabrizio Donato	ITA	17.27 (SB)
5	Dmitrij Vaľukevič	SVK	17.14 (SB)
6th	Osniel Tosca	CUB	17.13 (SB)
7th	Aarik Wilson	United States	16.88
8th	Daniil Burkenja	RUS	16.84

Date: March 9th, 5:45 pm

Shot put

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Christian Cantwell	United States	21.77
2	Reese Hoffa	United States	21.20
3	Tomasz Majewski	POLE	20.93 (NR)
4th	Andrei Michnewitsch	BLR	20.82 (SB)
5	Rutger Smith	NED	20.78
6th	Dorian Scott	JAM	20.29
7th	Scott Martin	OUT	20.13
8th	Peter Sack	GER	20.05

Date: March 7th, 6:30 p.m.

Heptathlon

space	athlete	country	Points
1	Bryan Clay	United States	6371 (WL)
2	Andrei Krautschanka	BLR	6234 (NR)
3	Dmitry Karpov	KAZ	6131
4th	Mikhail Logvinenko	RUS	5984
5	Donovan Kilmartin	United States	5951
6th	Andres Raja	EST	5894
	Roman Šebrle	CZE	DNF
	Alexander Pogorelow	RUS	DNF

Date: 8./9. March

The heptathlon consists 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	Angela Williams	United States	7.06 (WL)
2	Jeanette Kwakye	GBR	7.08 (NR)
3	Tahesia Harrigan	IVB	7.09 (NR)
4th	Kim Gevaert	BEL	7.22
5	Yevgenia Polyakova	RUS	7.24
6th	Oludamola Osayomi	NGR	7.26
7th	Ene Franca Idoko	NGR	7.30
8th	Alexis Joyce	United States	7.37

Date: March 7th, 8:25 pm

400 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Olesia Sykina	RUS	51.09 (WL)
2	Natalia Nazarova	RUS	51.10 (SB)
3	Shareese Woods	United States	51.41 (PB)
4th	Antonina Yefremova	UKR	51.53 (PB)
5	Angela Moroșanu	ROU	53.07
6th	Moushaumi Robinson	United States	53.10

Date: March 9th, 4:15 pm

800 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Tamsyn Lewis	OUT	2: 02.57
2	Tetiana Petlyuk	UKR	2: 02.66
3	Maria de Lurdes Mutola	MOZ	2: 02.97
4th	Mayte Martínez	ESP	2: 03.15
5	Jennifer Meadows	GBR	2: 03.51
6th	Elisa Cusma Piccione	ITA	2: 03.76

Date: March 9th, 5:15 pm

1500 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Wear burqa	ETH	3: 59.75 (AR)
2	Maryam Yusuf Jamal	BRN	3: 59.79 (AR)
3	Daniela Jordanova	BUL	4: 04.19 (NR)
4th	Liliana Popescu	ROU	4: 07.61
5	Siham Hilali	MAR	4: 15.54

Date: March 9, 6:25 p.m.

The two first-placed Russian women Jelena Sobolewa (who crossed the finish line in a world record time) and Julija Fomenko were disqualified after it was proven that they had submitted manipulated doping samples in spring 2007 . The French Bouchra Ghezielle , who originally came in seventh , was also disqualified for doping .

3000 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Meseret Defar	ETH	8: 38.79
2	Meselech Melkamu	ETH	8: 41.50
3	Mariem Alaoui Selsouli	MAR	8: 41.66
4th	Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet	KEN	8: 41.82 (NR)
5	Olga Komjagina	RUS	8: 44.57 (SB)
6th	Kimberley Smith	NZL	8: 48.48 (SB)
7th	Silvia Weissteiner	ITA	8: 49.11 (SB)
8th	Jéssica Augusto	POR	8: 49.78

Date: March 8th, 5:00 p.m.

60 m hurdles

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	LoLo Jones	United States	07.80
2	Candice Davis	United States	07.93
3	Anay Tejeda	CUB	07.99
4th	Lacena Golding-Clarke	JAM	08.01
5	Alexandra Antonova	RUS	08.02
6th	Yevhenia Snihur	UKR	08.12
7th	Yulia Kondakova	RUS	10.19
8th	Josephine Onyia	ESP	43.72

Date: March 8th, 8:15 pm

4 × 400 m relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	Russia	Julia Guschtschina Tatiana Levina Natalja Nasarowa Olesja Sykina	3: 28.17 (WL)
2	Belarus	Hanna Kosak Iryna Chljustawa Swjatlana Ussowitsch Ilona Ussowitsch	3: 28.90 (SB)
3	United States	Angel Perkins Miriam Barnes Shareese Woods Moushaumi Robinson	3: 29.30 (SB)
4th	Czech Republic	Zuzana Bergrová Denisa Šcerbová Jitka Bartoničková Zuzana Hejnová	3: 34.53 (SB)
5	Romania	Anamaria Ionita Iuliana Popescu Elena Mirela Lavric Angela Moroșanu	3: 36.79 (SB)
6th	Poland	Agnieszka Karpiesiuk Ewelina Sętowska-Dryk Jolanta Wójcik Bozena Lukasik	3: 36.97 (SB)

Date: March 9th, 6:05 pm

high jump

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Blanka Vlašić	CRO	2.03
2	Jelena Slessarenko	RUS	2.01
3	Wita Palamar	UKR	2.01 (NR)
4th	Ruth Beitia	ESP	1.99 (SB)
5	Marina Aitowa	KAZ	1.95
6th	Amy Acuff	United States	1.95 (SB)
7th	Ekaterina Savchenko	RUS	1.93
8th	Iva Straková	CZE	1.93
	Ariane Friedrich	GER	1.93

Date: March 9th, 5:25 pm

Pole vault

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Elena Isinbayeva	RUS	4.75
2	Jennifer Stuczynski	United States	4.75 (PB)
3	Fabiana Murer	BRA	4.70 (AR)
	Monika Pyrek	POLE	4.70 (SB)
5	Svetlana Feofanova	RUS	4.60
6th	Anna Rogowska	POLE	4.55
7th	Pavla Rybová	CZE	4.50
8th	Anna Battke	GER	4.45

Date: March 8th, 6:30 p.m.

Long jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Naide Gomes	POR	7.00 (WL)
2	Maurren Higa Maggi	BRA	6.89 (AR)
3	Irina Simagina	RUS	6.88
4th	Éloyse Lesueur	FRA	6.60
5	Concepción Montaner	ESP	6.57
6th	Ineta Radēviča	LAT	6.64
7th	Keila Costa	BRA	6.48 (SB)
8th	Janice Josephs	RSA	6.39

Date: March 9, 4:00 p.m.

Triple jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Yargelis Savigne	CUB	15.05 (AR)
2	Marija Šestak	SLO	14.68
3	Olga Rypakova	KAZ	14.58 (AR)
4th	Yamilé Aldama	SOUTH	14.47 (SB)
5	Olha Saladucha	UKR	14.32
6th	Olesya Bufalova	RUS	14.31
7th	Xie Limei	CHN	14.13
-	Chrysopigi Devetzi	GRE	DSQ

Date: March 8th, 5:05 pm
Devetzi was disqualified for doping.

Shot put

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Valerie Vili	NZL	20.19 (AR)
3	Li Meiju	CHN	19.09 (PB)
4th	Misleydis González	CUB	18.75 (PB)
5	Chiara Rosa	ITA	18.68 (PB)
6th	Christina Schwanitz	GER	18.55
7th	Cleopatra Borel-Brown	TRI	18.47 (SB)
8th	Anna Omarova	RUS	17.75
-	Nadsey Astaptchuk	BLR	DSQ

Date: March 9th, 4:05 pm
Astaptschuk was disqualified for doping .

Pentathlon

space	Athlete	country	Points
1	Tia Hellebaut	BEL	4867 (WL)
2	Kelly Sotherton	GBR	4852 (SB)
3	Anna Bogdanova	RUS	4753
4th	Natalia Dobrynska	UKR	4742
5	Austra Skujytė	LTU	4655 (SB)
6th	Karolina Tymińska	POLE	4580
7th	Tatiana Chernova	RUS	4543
8th	Lyudmyla Blonska	UKR	4474

Date: March 7th

The pentathlon consists of 60-meter hurdles, high jump, shot put, long jump and 800-meter run.

Explanations

• WR: world record
• AR: continental record
• NR: national record
• WL: world annual best
• PB: personal best
• SB: Season best

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	United States	5	5	3	13
2	Russia	4th	3	3	10
3	Ethiopia	4th	1	1	6th
4th	United Kingdom	1	4th	-	5
5	Cuba	1	1	1	3
6th	Sweden	1	1	-	2
	South Africa	1	1	-	2
8th	Australia	1	-	1	2
	People's Republic of China	1	-	1	1
	Portugal	1	-	1	2
11	Belgium	1	-	-	1
	Canada	1	-	-	1
	Croatia	1	-	-	1
	New Zealand	1	-	-	1
	Nigeria	1	-	-	1
	Sudan	1	-	-	1
17th	Belarus	-	3	-	3
18th	Kenya	-	2	-	2
19th	Brazil	-	1	1	2
	Bahrain	-	1	1	2
	Ukraine	-	1	1	2
22nd	Greece	-	1	-	1
	Jamaica	-	1	-	1
	St. Kitts and Nevis	-	1	-	1
25th	Poland	-	-	2	2
26th	Bahamas	-	-	1	1
	Bulgaria	-	-	1	1
	British Virgin Islands	-	-	1	1
	Dominican Republic	-	-	1	1
	Kazakhstan	-	-	1	1
	Latvia	-	-	1	1
	Morocco	-	-	1	1
	Mozambique	-	-	1	1
	Saudi Arabia	-	-	1	1
	Slovenia	-	-	1	1
	Spain	-	-	1	1
	Cyprus	-	-	1	1

Web links

• Organizer homepage
• Official IAAF website ( memento of October 27, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) for the 2008 World Indoor Championships

Footnotes

1. ↑ Istanbul 2012 - Record Number of Entries General News at iaaf.org, December 14, 2011, accessed September 8, 2013
2. ↑ The DLV team  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Team brochure for the Indoor World Championships on Leichtathletik.de, accessed September 8, 2013