World Indoor Athletics Championships 2010

13th World Indoor Athletics Championships
city	Doha , Qatar
Stadion	Aspire Sports Dome
participating countries	142
Participating athletes	651
Competitions	26th
opening	March 12, 2010
Final day	March 14, 2010
Opened by	Sheikh Joan bin Hamad Al Thani
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The 13th World Indoor Athletics Championships took place from March 12th to 14th, 2010 in the Qatari capital Doha .

Doha was commissioned - as the first city in the Arab world - to host the event in November 2007 by the IAAF , the world athletics association . The application prevailed against the only other candidacy from Istanbul during the IAAF Council meeting in Monaco .

The venue for the 26 individual competitions was the Aspire Sports Dome on the grounds of the Aspire Academy . This is located in the middle of the Doha Sports City area in the Al Waab district , which was built for the 2006 Asian Games .

142 nations took part, 651 athletes were registered. The DLV had nominated 19 (10 female, 9 male) athletes.

Men

60 m

Michael Rodgers, Dwain Chambers and Daniel Bailey (from left) at the award ceremony

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Dwain Chambers	GBR	6.48 (WL)
2	Mike Rodgers	United States	6.53
3	Daniel Bailey	ANT	6.57
4th	Trell Kimmons	United States	6.59
5	Samuel Francis	QAT	6.62
6th	Ronald Pognon	FRA	6.65
7th	Nesta Carter	JAM	6.72
DNS	Ibrahim Kabia	SLE	-

Date: March 13, 6:50 p.m.

As expected, the title favorite prevailed in the final with Dwain Chambers. Two years earlier in Valencia he had shared the silver medal with Kim Collins over the 60 meters . Daniel Bailey won the first ever medal for Antigua and Barbuda at indoor world championships.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

Eliminated in the semifinals: Pascal Mancini ( SUI ), 6.70 s; Ryan Moseley ( AUT ), 6.71 s;

Retired in advance: Rolf Fongué ( SUI ), DQ

400 m

After two bronze medals, Chris Brown won gold in Doha.

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Chris Brown	BAH	45.96 (SB)
2	William Collazo	CUB	46.31 (PB)
3	Jamaal Torrance	United States	46.43
4th	Nery Brenes	CRC	46.55 (SB)
5	Bershawn Jackson	United States	46.84
DSQ	David Gillick	IRL	-

Date: March 13, 6:05 p.m.

After two bronze medals in the last two events, Chris Brown secured the title this time. The former 400 meter hurdles world champion Bershawn Jackson had to give up the lead at the beginning of the final round to Brown and was passed on to last place in the end. Second place surprisingly went to William Collazo, who won the first Cuban silver medal in this competition since 1987 by Roberto Hernández . David Gillick, who finished fifth after a collision with Bershawn Jackson, was subsequently disqualified for obstructing his competitor.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

Eliminated in advance: Clemens Zeller ( AUT ), 47.39 s

800 m

Abubaker Kaki managed to defend his title.

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Abubaker persimmon	SOUTH	1: 46.23 (SB)
2	Boaz Kiplagat Lalang	KEN	1: 46.39
3	Adam Kszczot	POLE	1: 46.69
4th	Ismail Ahmed Ismail	SOUTH	1: 46.90
5	Jakub Holuša	CZE	1: 47.28
6th	Luis Alberto Marco	ESP	1: 48.99

Date: March 14th, 5:30 p.m.

In his typical style, defending champion Abukaker Kaki immediately took the lead and ran to a safe start-to-finish victory.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

Eliminated in the semifinals: Andreas Rapatz ( AUT ), 1: 52.43 min

1500 m

Deresse Mekonnen successfully defended his title.

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Deresse Mekonnen	ETH	3: 41.86
2	Abdalaati Iguider	MAR	3: 41.96
3	Haron Keitany	KEN	3: 42.32
4th	Mekonnen Gebremedhin	ETH	3: 42.42
5	Amine Laalou	MAR	3: 42.42
6th	Juan van Deventer	RSA	3: 43.77
7th	Garrett Heath	United States	3: 43.81
8th	Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad	FRA	3: 45.22

Date: March 13, 5:45 p.m.

As expected, the competition was dominated by African runners. Defending champion Deresse Mekonnen narrowly prevailed in the final sprint against Abdalaati Iguider, whose compatriot Amine Laalou had unintentionally blocked the inside lane. Haron Keitany, who had ensured a high pace in the middle of the race, still secured the bronze medal.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

Eliminated in the preliminary run: Christian Klein ( GER ), 3: 46.14 min

3000 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Bernard Lagat	United States	7: 37.97 (SB)
2	Sergio Sánchez	ESP	7: 39.55
3	Sammy Alex Mutahi	KEN	7: 39.90
4th	Tariku Bekele	ETH	7: 40.10
5	Galen Rupp	United States	7: 42.40 (PB)
6th	Jesús España	ESP	7: 42.82 (SB)
7th	Hicham Bellani	MAR	7: 44.15
8th	James Kwalia C'Kurui	QAT	7: 46.12

Date: March 13, 5:00 p.m.

Defending champion Tariku Bekele took the lead in the middle of the race and steadily increased the pace. With three laps to go, only Bernard Lagat was able to follow him. This won the race with a long sprint on the last lap. Bekele had to pay tribute to his own increase in pace and was caught by the European record holder Sergio Sánchez and Sammy Alex Mutahi.

60 m hurdles

Dayron Robles secured the hurdles title.

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Dayron Robles	CUB	7.34 (CR)
2	Terrence Trammell	United States	7.36 (NR)
3	David Oliver	United States	7.44 (PB)
4th	Yevgeny Borisov	RUS	7.51 (SB)
5	Petr Svoboda	CZE	7.58
6th	Maurice Wignall	JAM	7.60 (SB)
7th	Liu Xiang	CHN	7.65 (SB)
8th	Dániel Kiss	HUN	7.81

Date: March 14, 6:25 p.m.

Terrence Trammell was in the lead for a long time and was only overtaken by Dayron Robles in the very last meter. Defending champion Liu Xiang, who was still recovering from a long injury break, did not play a role in the medal award as expected.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

Eliminated in the semifinals: Alexander John ( GER ), DQ; Helge Schwarzer ( GER ), 7.74 s;

4 × 400 m relay

The US season fully lived up to its role as a favorite.

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	United States	Jamaal Torrance Greg Nixon Tavaris Tate Bershawn Jackson	3: 03.40 (WL)
2	Belgium	Cédric Van Branteghem Kevin Borlée Antoine Gillet Jonathan Borlée	3: 06.94 (NR)
3	United Kingdom	Conrad Williams Nigel Levine Christopher Clarke Richard Buck	3: 07.52 (SB)
DSQ	Dominican Republic	Arismendy Peguero Alvin Harrison Félix Sánchez Yoel Tapia	-
DNF	Bahamas	Michael Mathieu Andretti Bain La'Sean Pickstock Chris Brown	-
DNF	Jamaica	Edino Steele Sanjay Ayre Lancford Davis Ricardo Chambers	-

Date: March 14, 6:50 p.m.

Andretti Bain and Sanjay Ayre are injured during the race. This ended the competition for the Bahamas and Jamaica relays before their third runners could be used. The Dominican team reached the goal in fourth, but was subsequently disqualified because of a mistake between Félix Sánchez and final runner Yoel Tapia.

high jump

Ivan Uchow jumped the highest in Doha.

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Ivan Uchow	RUS	2.36
2	Yaroslav Rybakov	RUS	2.31
3	Dusty Jonas	United States	2.31
4th	Kyriakos Ioannou	CYP	2.28
5	Jesse Williams	United States	2.28
6th	Kabelo Kgosiemang	BOT	2.28 (NR)
7th	Samson Oni	GBR	2.24
8th	Martin Günther	GER	2.24

Date: March 14th, 5:00 p.m.

Jaroslaw Rybakow, Dusty Jonas and Kyriakos Ioannou jumped 2.28 m each in the first attempt, while Iwan Uchow made a failed attempt at this height. Uchow and Rybakow then mastered the 2.31 m in the first attempt, Dusty Jonas in the second attempt. The victory for Uchow was then certain when he was the only athlete to jump 2.33 m. The reigning European indoor champion then increased to 2.36 m and tried twice unsuccessfully at a height of 2.41 m.

Pole vault

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Steve Hooker	OUT	6.01 (CR)
2	Malte Mohr	GER	5.70
3	Alexander Straub	GER	5.65
4th	Konstandinos Filippidis	GRE	5.65
	Derek Miles	United States	5.65
6th	Michal Balner	CZE	5.45
	Steven Lewis	GBR	5.45
	Dmitri Starodubtsev	RUS	5.45

Date: March 13, 4:15 p.m.

After his strongest rival Renaud Lavillenie from France surprisingly failed in qualifying, the high favorite Steven Hooker won as expected. The bronze medalist Alexander Straub took the 5.65 m in the first attempt and is therefore placed in front of two athletes who only jumped the height on the third attempt.

Long jump

Ignisious Gaisah took seventh place.

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Fabrice Lapierre	OUT	8.17
2	Godfrey Khotso Mokoena	RSA	8.08 (SB)
3	Mitchell Watts	OUT	8.05
4th	Salim Sdiri	FRA	8.01
5	Christian Reif	GER	7.86
6th	Ndiss Kaba Badji	SEN	7.86
7th	Ignisious Gaisah	GHA	7.81
8th	Andrij Makarchev	UKR	7.65

Date: March 13, 5:45 p.m.

Overall, the athletes showed only moderate performance in the final. If you do not take into account the World Indoor Games of 1985, Fabrice Lapierre's 8.17 m is the second shortest winning distance in the history of the World Indoor Championships.

Triple jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Teddy Tamgho	FRA	17.90 (WR)
2	Yoandri Betanzos	CUB	17.69 (PB)
3	Arnie David Giralt	CUB	17.36 (SB)
4th	Christian Olsson	SWE	17.23
5	Fabrizio Donato	ITA	16.88
6th	Jadel Gregório	BRA	16.78
7th	Dmitrij Vaľukevič	SVK	16.72
8th	Igor Spasovchodsky	RUS	16.42

Date: March 14th, 5:40 pm

When all other competitions were over, Teddy Tamgho caused another bang. In his sixth and final attempt, he beat the old world record shared by Aliecer Urrutia and Christian Olsson by seven centimeters and overtook Yoandri Betanzos, who had been in the lead since his first attempt, in the ongoing competition.

Shot put

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Christian Cantwell	United States	21.83
2	Ralf Bartels	GER	21.44 PB
3	Dylan Armstrong	CAN	21.39 NO
4th	Tomasz Majewski	POLE	21.20 NO
5	Pavel Lyschyn	BLR	20.67
6th	David Storl	GER	20.40
7th	Scott Martin	OUT	19.76
8th	Carl Myerscough	GBR	18.66
DSQ	Andrei Michnewitsch	BLR	DOP

Date: March 13, 4:20 p.m.

The Belarusian Andrej Michnewitsch , who finished second with 21.68 m, was subsequently disqualified for doping . Dylan Armstrong and Tomasz Majewski set national indoor records. As at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin , Christian Cantwell and Ralf Bartels stood on the podium again.

Heptathlon

Bryan Clay ended up only 20 points ahead of fellow countryman Trey Hardee.

space	athlete	country	Points
1	Bryan Clay	United States	6204 (SB)
2	Trey Hardee	United States	6184 (SB)
3	Alexei Drozdov	RUS	6141
4th	Andrei Krautschanka	BLR	6124
5	Roman Šebrle	CZE	6024 (SB)
6th	Oleksiy Kasyanov	UKR	6019
7th	Leonel Suarez	CUB	5764
DNF	Alexander Pogorelow	RUS	-

Date: 12./13. March

The heptathlon consists of the disciplines 60-meter run, long jump, shot put, high jump, 60-meter hurdles, pole vault and 1000-meter run.

Defending champion Brian Clay secured victory with an even performance. He was the fastest 60-meter runner in the field and, together with Trey Hardee and Andrei Krautschanka, achieved the best pole vault result of the day. Hardee also set the best mark in the hurdles sprint and Krautschanka in the high jump and 1000 meter run. Oleksij Kasyanow was strongest in the long jump and Alexei Drozdov was strongest in the shot put. Alexander Pogorelow gave up injured after the first discipline.

Women

60 m

The three-time Olympic champion Veronica Campbell-Brown won with a personal best.

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Veronica Campbell-Brown	JAM	7.00 (PB)
2	Carmelita Jeter	United States	7.05
3	Ruddy Zang Milama	GAVE	7.14
4th	Sheri-Ann Brooks	JAM	7.14 (PB)
5	Chandra Sturrup	BAH	7.16 (SB)
6th	Tahesia Harrigan	IVB	7.17 (SB)
7th	Myriam Soumaré	FRA	7.29
DSQ	LaVerne Jones-Ferrette	ISV	DOP

Date: March 14, 6:10 p.m.

Somewhat surprisingly, Veronica Campbell-Brown beat the two leaders of the world's annual best list, LaVerne Jones-Ferrette and Carmelita Jeter. With 38-year-old Chandra Sturrup, the oldest athlete of the title fights was in the final. The runner-up Jones-Ferrette had tested positive for the banned substance clomiphene in an unannounced control beforehand and was subsequently disqualified.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

Eliminated in the semifinals: Yasmin Kwadwo ( GER ), 7.39 s

400 m

Tatjana Firowa (left) and Debbie Dunn (right) go to the final round. Behind Dunn, Novlene Williams-Mills falls.

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Debbie Dunn	United States	51.04
2	Tatiana Firowa	RUS	51.13 (PB)
3	Vanya Stambolova	BUL	51.50 (SB)
4th	Amantle Montsho	BOT	52.53
5	Aliann Pompey	GUY	52.75
DNF	Novlene Williams-Mills	JAM	-

Date: March 13, 5:30 p.m.

After four Russian victories in a row at indoor world championships over 400 meters, the American Debbie Dunn ran to a start-finish victory. At the beginning of the final lap, second Tatjana Firowa accidentally touched Novlene Williams-Mills, who then had to give up the race. The bronze medal went to the European champion Vanya Stambolowa. For Amantle Montsho, who had improved her own national record in the preliminary and in the semifinals, the ungrateful fourth place remained in the final.

800 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Maria Savinova	RUS	1: 58.26 (WL)
2	Jennifer Meadows	GBR	1: 58.43 (NR)
3	Alysia Johnson	United States	1: 59.60 (PB)
4th	Anna Pierce	United States	2: 00.53 (PB)
5	Eglė Balčiūnaitė	LTU	2: 01.37 (NR)
6th	Yevgenia Zinurova	RUS	2: 01.68

Date: March 14th, 5:15 pm

Alysia Johnson led the field through the first two laps in a quick 58.16 seconds. After 500 meters, Jennifer Meadows started her attack and was able to pull away easily. Only on the home straight was she overtaken by Marija Savinova. Johnson secured the bronze medal in the high-class race.

1500 m

Irene Jelagat (right) and Gelete Burka (left) initially led the field.

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Kalkidan Gezahegne	ETH	4: 08.14
2	Natalia Rodríguez	ESP	4: 08.30
3	Wear burqa	ETH	4: 08.39
4th	Sylwia Ejdys	POLE	4: 09.24
5	Irene Jelagat	KEN	4: 09.57 (PB)
6th	Erin Donohue	United States	4: 09.59 (PB)
7th	Helen Clitheroe	GBR	4: 10.38
8th	Sarah Bowman	United States	4: 10.72

Date: March 14th, 4:45 pm

At the 2009 World Championships in Berlin , Natalia Rodríguez had culpably brought down Gelete Burka in the final of the 1500 meter run and was therefore disqualified. They met again in Doha. After Irene Jelagat had led the field in the first half of the race, Gelete Burka and the only 18-year-old Kalkidan Gezahegne took the lead. Gezahegne had the better end in the final sprint, defending champion Burka was intercepted by Rodríguez. Seventh-placed Anna Alminowa tested positive for pseudoephedrine and was then disqualified.

3000 m

Meseret Defar couldn't be beaten.

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Meseret Defar	ETH	8: 51.17
2	Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot	KEN	8: 51.85
3	Sentayehu Ejigu	ETH	8: 52.08
4th	Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet	KEN	8: 52.16
5	Alemitu Bekele	DOOR	8: 53.78
6th	Sara Moreira	POR	8: 55.34
7th	Layes Abdullayeva	AZE	8: 57.59
8th	Jéssica Augusto	POR	9: 01.71

Date: March 13, 4:55 p.m.

Meseret Defar won the world title over 3000 meters for the fourth time in a row. In doing so, she left Kenyans Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot and Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet behind, to whom she was inferior in the 5000-meter run at the outdoor world championships in Berlin last year.

60 m hurdles

LoLo Jones won in championship record time.

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	LoLo Jones	United States	7.72 (CR)
2	Perdita Felicien	CAN	7.86 (SB)
3	Priscilla Lopes-Schliep	CAN	7.87
4th	Anay Tejeda	CUB	7.91 (SB)
5	Ginnie Powell	United States	7.97
6th	Vonette Dixon	JAM	7.99
7th	Lacena Golding-Clarke	JAM	8.02
8th	Tatiana Dektjaryova	RUS	8.05

Date: March 13, 6:25 p.m.

Her time of 7.72 s meant for LoLo Jones the successful title defense and third place in the all-time world best list behind Susanna Kallur and Ludmila Engquist . She also took her championship record from Perdita Felicien, the 2004 world champion.

Other participants from German-speaking countries:

Eliminated in the semifinals: Nadine Hildebrand ( GER ), 8.17 s; Lisa Urech ( SUI ), 8.09 s

4 × 400 m relay

A long winning streak ended for the Russian season.

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	United States	Debbie Dunn DeeDee Trotter Natasha Hastings Allyson Felix	3: 27.34 (WL)
2	Russia	Svetlana Pospelowa Natalja Nazarowa Xenija Wdowina Tatiana Firowa	3: 27.44 (SB)
3	Czech Republic	Denisa Rosolová Jitka Bartoničková Zuzana Bergrová Zuzana Hejnová	3: 30.05 (SB)
4th	United Kingdom	Kim Wall Vicki Barr Perri Shakes-Drayton Lee McConnell	3: 30.29 (SB)
DSQ	Jamaica	Bobby-Gaye Wilkins Clora Williams Davita Prendergast Novlene Williams-Mills	DOP

Date: March 14, 5:45 p.m.

The 200-meter running specialist Allyson Felix saved the US relay a historic victory at the finish. Since 1995, the Russians had previously remained undefeated in eight consecutive World Indoor Championships in the 4 x 400 meter relay. With Debbie Dunn and Tatjana Firowa, the two first-placed winners of the 400-meter run were also in the top positions in the season finals. The Jamaican relay, which crossed the finish line third, was subsequently deprived of its bronze medal, as the selective androgen receptor modulator Andarine was detected in the doping test of the starter Bobby-Gaye Wilkins .

high jump

Chaunte Howard won the bronze medal in the high jump.

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Blanka Vlašić	CRO	2.00
2	Ruth Beitia	ESP	1.98
3	Chaunte Howard	United States	1.98 (SB)
4th	Svetlana Schkolina	RUS	1.96
5	Emma Green	SWE	1.94
	Zheng Xingjuan	CHN	1.94 (NR)
7th	Marina Aitowa	KAZ	1.91
	Nadiya Dusanova	UZB	1.91

Date: March 13, 5:05 p.m.

Favorite Blanka Vlašić won confidently as expected and didn’t make a single attempt up to her victory. Ruth Beita took the 1.98 m in the first attempt and placed herself in front of the same height Chaunte Howard, who needed one more attempt. The German medal candidate Ariane Friedrich had to cancel her start at short notice due to a knee injury.

Other participants from German-speaking countries:

Eliminated in the qualification: Meike Kröger ( GER ), 1.85 m

Pole vault

Fabiana Murer beat the two-time Olympic champion Jelena Issinbajewa, among others.

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Fabiana Murer	BRA	4.80
2	Svetlana Feofanova	RUS	4.80 (SB)
3	Anna Rogowska	POLE	4.70
4th	Elena Isinbayeva	RUS	4.60
5	Jirina Ptácniková	CZE	4.60 (PB)
6th	Kelsie Hendry	CAN	4.50
7th	Kristina Gadschiev	GER	4.40
	Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou	GRE	NM

Date: March 14th, 4:20 pm

The favored Olympic champion and world record holder Jelena Isinbayeva surprisingly only achieved fourth place. The victory went to the second best jumper of the current season, Fabiana Murer. The other medals went to the outdoor world champions of 2003 and 2009, Svetlana Feofanowa and Anna Rogowska.

Other participants from German-speaking countries:

Eliminated in the qualification: Carolin Hingst ( GER ), NM

Long jump

After winning the title outdoors, Brittney Reese was also world champion indoors.

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Brittney Reese	United States	6.70
2	Naide Gomes	POR	6.67
3	Keila Costa	BRA	6.63 (SB)
4th	Ksenija Balta	EST	6.63 (SB)
5	Darja Klischina	RUS	6.62
6th	Anna Nazarova	RUS	6.61
7th	Yulia Tarasova	UZB	6.54
8th	Viktoria Rybalko	UKR	6.28

Date: March 14, 4:00 p.m.

As with the men the day before, most of the female athletes in the long jump competition were below their potential. Open-air world champion Brittney Reese 6.70 m was enough to relegate defending champion Naide Gomes to second place.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

Eliminated in the qualification: Bianca Kappler ( GER ), 6.37 m; Sosthene Moguenara ( GER ), 6.37 m

Triple jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Olga Rypakova	KAZ	15.14 (AR, WL)
2	Yargelis Savigne	CUB	14.86 (SB)
3	Anna Pyatych	RUS	14.64 (SB)
4th	Anastassija Taranowa-Potapowa	RUS	14.40
5	Mabel Gay	CUB	14.30 (SB)
6th	Dana Velďáková	SVK	14.18
7th	Xie Limei	CHN	14.03 (SB)
8th	Svetlana Bolshakova	BEL	14.02

Date: March 13, 4:00 p.m.

With her width of 15.14 m, the Olympic champion Olga Rypakowa set an Asian record and moved up to third place on the all-time world best list. So she clearly distanced her competitors, including the two top jumpers at last year's outdoor world championships in Berlin, Yargelis Savigne and Mabel Gay.

Shot put

Nadine Kleinert subsequently received bronze.

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Valerie Vili	NZL	20.49 (AR)
2	Anna Avdeeva	RUS	19.47 (SB)
3	Nadine Kleinert	GER	19.34 (SB)
4th	Jillian Camarena-Williams	United States	19.34 (PB)
5	Misleydis González	CUB	18.77
6th	Gong Lijiao	CHN	18.64
-	Nadsey Astaptchuk	BLR	DSQ
-	Natallja Michnewitsch	BLR	DSQ

Date: March 14th, 4:35 pm

Even a new Oceania record was initially insufficient for Valerie Vili to successfully defend his title. The world's best of the year Nadseja Astaptschuk won with a new championship record, but was later disqualified for doping , as was the fourth-placed Natallja Michnewitsch. The Romanian Anca Heltne , who initially placed seventh , was also subsequently disqualified after testing positive for stanozolol in a competition two weeks earlier .

Pentathlon

space	Athlete	country	Points
1	Jessica Ennis	GBR	4937 (CR)
2	Natalia Dobrynska	UKR	4851 (NR)
3	Hyleas Fountain	United States	4753 (AR)
4th	Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida	FRA	4618
5	Karolina Tymińska	POLE	4575
6th	Marina Goncharova	RUS	4416
7th	Aiga Grabuste	LAT	4013 (SB)
-	Tatiana Chernova	RUS	DSQ

Date: 13./14. March

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

With 4937 points, the reigning heptathlon world champion Jessica Ennis exceeded the seven-year-old championship record of Carolina Klüft by four points and moved up to third place on the all-time world best list. In the 60-meter hurdles and in the high jump, she achieved the best performance in the competition. Natalja Dobrynska set a national record and was the strongest athlete in the shot put. The initially best result in the long jump was achieved by third-placed Tatiana Chernova, who was later disqualified for doping . Karolina Tyminska ran the fastest 800 meter time. Hyleas Fountain set the North American record for her compatriot Le Shundra Nathan .

Explanations

• WR: world record
• AR: continental record
• NR: national record
• CR: championship record
• WL: world annual best
• PB: personal best
• SB: Season best
• DNF: Competition not over
• DNS: did not take part in the competition
• DQ: disqualified
• NM: not a valid attempt

Medal table

Medal table final after 26 decisions
space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	United States	8th	4th	6th	18th
2	Ethiopia	3	-	2	5
3	Russia	2	4th	3	9
4th	United Kingdom	2	1	1	4th
5	Australia	2	-	1	3
6th	Cuba	1	3	1	5
7th	Belarus	1	1	1	3
8th	Brazil	1	-	1	2
9	Jamaica	1	-	-	1
9	Bahamas	1	-	-	1
9	France	1	-	-	1
9	Kazakhstan	1	-	-	1
9	Croatia	1	-	-	1
9	Sudan	1	-	-	1
15th	Spain	-	3	-	3
16	Kenya	-	2	2	4th
17th	Germany	-	1	2	3
18th	Canada	-	1	1	2
19th	Belgium	-	1	-	1
19th	Morocco	-	1	-	1
19th	New Zealand	-	1	-	1
19th	Portugal	-	1	-	1
19th	South Africa	-	1	-	1
19th	Ukraine	-	1	-	1
25th	Poland	-	-	2	2
26th	Antigua and Barbuda	-	-	1	1
26th	Bulgaria	-	-	1	1
26th	Czech Republic	-	-	1	1
26th	Gabon	-	-	1	1

Web links

Commons : 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• 13th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics - Doha 2010 ( Memento from August 2, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) on the IAAF website
• Official event homepage of the local organizing committee

Footnotes

1. ↑ Istanbul 2012 - Record Number of Entries General News at iaaf.org, December 14, 2011, accessed September 8, 2013
2. ↑ Splitter about the Indoor World Championships in Doha Peter Schmitt on Leichtathletik.de, March 11, 2010, accessed September 8, 2013
3. ↑ DLV nominates 19 athletes for the Indoor World Championships ps / ah on Leichtathletik.de, March 1, 2010, accessed September 8, 2013