World Indoor Athletics Championships 2012

14th World Indoor Athletics Championships
Atakoy Atletizm Salonu
city	Istanbul , Turkey
Stadion	Atakoy Atletizm Salonu
participating countries	172
Participating athletes	616
Competitions	26th
opening	March 9, 2012
Final day	March 11, 2012
Opened by	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
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The 14th World Indoor Athletics Championships took place from March 9th to 11th, 2012 in the Turkish city ​​of Istanbul .

Istanbul was commissioned by the World Athletics Federation (IAAF) to host the event in November 2007 . The Turkish Athletics Association originally applied for the 2010 World Indoor Championships , which were awarded to the Qatari capital Doha . Because of the high quality of Istanbul's candidacy, the members of the IAAF Council decided during their meeting in Monaco to award the 2012 World Indoor Championships early.

616 athletes (349 men and 334 women) from 172 countries announced their participation. 17 athletes (8 women and 9 men) were nominated by the DLV .

Men

60 m

Justin Gatlin after winning the 60 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Justin Gatlin	United States	6.46 (SB)
2	Nesta Carter	JAM	6.54
3	Dwain Chambers	GBR	6.60
4th	Trell Kimmons	United States	6.60
5	Marc Burns	TRI	6.62
6th	Emmanuel Biron	FRA	6.63
7th	Justyn Warner	CAN	6.65
8th	Aziz Ouhadi	MAR	6.72

Date: March 10th, 8:00 p.m.

The US-American Gatlin, who already became indoor world champion in Birmingham in 2003, achieved the fastest time of the semi-finals with 6.50 s and won the final clearly ahead of the Jamaican Carter and the Briton Chambers. The German sprinter Christian Blum did not manage to qualify for the final after finishing second in the preliminary run with 6.74 s and fifth in the semifinals with a time of 6.79 s.

400 m

Nery Brenes celebrates his success

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Nery Brenes	CRC	45.11 (CR)
2	Demetrius Pinder	BAH	45.34 (SB)
3	Chris Brown	BAH	45.90 (SB)
4th	Tabarie Henry	ISV	45.96 (SB)
5	Pavel Maslák	CZE	46.19
6th	Kirani James	GRN	46.21

Date: March 10, 7:30 p.m.

Nery Brenes secured victory with a new world championship record. Demetrius Pinder, Chris Brown and Tabarie Henry placed themselves with new season bests in the following places.

800 m

Indoor world champion Mo Aman at the finish

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Mohammed Aman	ETH	1: 48.36
2	Jakub Holuša	CZE	1: 48.62
3	Andrew Osagie	GBR	1: 48.92
4th	Adam Kszczot	POLE	1: 49.16
5	Jan van den Broeck	BEL	1: 50.83
6th	Michael Rutt	United States	1: 51.47

Date: March 11th, 4:20 pm

The Austrians Raphael Pallitsch and Andreas Rapatz had prevailed in their preliminary runs, but failed in their semi-finals in fourth.

1500 m

Final run over 1500 meters, front right gold medalist Iguider, in the middle silver medalist Özbilen

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Abdalaati Iguider	MAR	3: 45.21
2	İlham Tanui Özbilen	DOOR	3: 45.35
3	Mekonnen Gebremedhin	ETH	3: 45.90
4th	Aman Wote	ETH	3: 47.02
5	Ayanleh Souleiman	DJI	3: 47.35
6th	Silas Kiplagat	KEN	3: 47.42
7th	Matthew Centrowitz	United States	3: 47.42
8th	Francisco Javier Abad	ESP	3: 48.14

Date: March 10, 7:00 p.m.

After a restrained race over the first 1000 meters, Iguider, Özbilen and Gebremedhin tightened the pace on the last two laps, increased the gap to the rest of the field significantly and finally made the race and the three medals among themselves.

3000 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Bernard Lagat	United States	7: 41.44
2	Augustine Kiprono Choge	KEN	7: 41.77
3	Edwin Cheruiyot Soi	KEN	7: 41.78
4th	Mo Farah	GBR	7: 41.79
5	Dejen Gebremeskel	ETH	7: 42.60
6th	Lopez Lomong	United States	7: 44.16
7th	Moses Ndiema Kipsiro	UGA	7: 44.59
8th	Arne Gabius	GER	7: 45.01

Date: March 11th, 3:10 pm

The German starter Arne Gabius qualified for the finals via the timing.

60 m hurdles

Liu Xiang and Emanule Abate in the 60-meter hurdles final

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Aries Merritt	United States	7.44
2	Liu Xiang	CHN	7.49
3	Pascal Martinot-Lagarde	FRA	7.53
4th	Andrew Pozzi	GBR	7.58
5	Konstantin Schabanow	RUS	7.60
6th	Emanuele Abate	ITA	7.63
7th	Lehann Fourie	RSA	7.69
8th	Artur Noga	POLE	7.74

Date: March 11th, 5:20 pm

The German Helge Schwarzer retired after successfully completing the preliminary run (7.72 s) in the semifinals in sixth place with 7.75 s. The second German starter Gregor Traber was eliminated in the preliminary run with 7.83 s and sixth place.

4 × 400 m relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	United States	Frankie Wright Calvin Smith Manteo Mitchell Gil Roberts	3: 03.94
2	United Kingdom	Conrad Williams Nigel Levine Michael Bingham Richard Buck	3: 04.72
3	Trinidad and Tobago	Lalonde Gordon Renny Quow Jereem Richards Jarrin Solomon	3: 06.85 NO
4th	Russia	Sergei Petuchow Valentin Krugljakow Semyon Golubew Vladislav Frolov	3: 07.35
5	Spain	Mark Ujakpor David Testa Samuel García Xavier Carrión	3: 10.01
6th	Poland	Jakub Krzewina Marcin Marciniszyn Grzegorz Sobinski Łukasz Krawczuk	3: 11.86

Date: March 11th, 5:40 pm

high jump

Dimítrios Chondrokoúkis jumped the 2.33 m in the first attempt.

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Dimitrios Chondrokoukis	GRE	2.33
2	Andrei Silnow	RUS	2.33
3	Ivan Uchow	RUS	2.31
4th	Zhang Guowei	CHN	2.31 NO
4th	Konstandinos Baniotis	GRE	2.31
6th	Robert Grabarz	GBR	2.31
6th	Jesse Williams	United States	2.31
8th	Trevor Barry	BAH	2.31

Date: March 11, 3:30 p.m.

After successfully qualifying in the finals, the German Raúl Spank landed in ninth place with a 2.28 m jump.

Pole vault

Gold medalist Renaud Lavillenie jumping

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Renaud Lavillenie	FRA	5.95 WL
2	Bjorn Otto	GER	5.80
3	Brad Walker	United States	5.80
4th	Malte Mohr	GER	5.75
5	Lázaro Borges	CUB	5.70
	Steven Lewis	GBR	5.70
7th	Konstandinos Filippidis	GRE	5.70
8th	Romain Mesnil	FRA	5.50

Date: March 10, 5:00 p.m.

The European indoor champion of 2011, the French Lavillenie, won after surviving an injury break with a world best of 5.95 m ahead of Otto, the German indoor champion from 2012, and the American Walker.

Long jump

Mauro Vinícius da Silva

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Mauro Vinícius da Silva	BRA	8.23
2	Henry Frayne	OUT	8.23 (AR)
3	Alexander Menkow	RUS	8.22
4th	Will Claye	United States	8.04
5	Ndiss Kaba Badji	SEN	7.97 (SB)
6th	Louis Tsatoumas	GRE	7.88
7th	Ignisious Gaisah	GHA	7.86
8th	Luis Felipe Méliz	ESP	7.50

Date: March 10, 6:50 p.m.

Mauro Vinícius da Silva jumped 8.23 ​​m in his last two attempts, which earned him the gold medal, because the Australian Henry Frayne jumped a new continental record, but his second best attempt was only 8.17 m.

Triple jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Will Claye	United States	17.70 (WL)
2	Christian Taylor	United States	17.63 (SB)
3	Lyukman Adams	RUS	17.36 (PB)
4th	Fabrizio Donato	ITA	17.28 (SB)
5	Daniele Greco	ITA	17.28 (PB)
6th	Benjamin Compaoré	FRA	17.05
7th	Alexis Copello	CUB	16.92
8th	Dong bin	CHN	16.75

Date: March 11, 4:10 p.m.

Shot put

Ryan Whiting taking the shot put

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Ryan Whiting	United States	22.00 WL
2	David Storl	GER	21.88
3	Tomasz Majewski	POLE	21.72 NO
4th	Reese Hoffa	United States	21.55
5	Maxim Sidorov	RUS	20.78
6th	German Lauro	ARG	20.38
7th	Rutger Smith	NED	20.30
8th	Ivan Yushkov	RUS	20.10

Date: March 9th, 7:15 pm

In the final, David Storl was able to start the competition with a new personal best in his first attempt with 21.88 m. It was only outbid in the fifth attempt by Ryan Whiting, when he reached a new world high for the year with 22.00 m. Third-placed Tomasz Majewski hit 21.72 m and set a new Polish record.

The second German starter Candy Bauer was eliminated from the qualification with 19.60 m.

Heptathlon

Ashton Eaton on the way to the new indoor world record

space	athlete	country	Points
1	Ashton Eaton	United States	6645 (WR)
2	Oleksiy Kasyanov	UKR	6071
3	Artyom Lukyanenko	RUS	5969
4th	Ilya Shkurenev	RUS	5898
5	Adam Sebastian Helcelet	CZE	5878
6th	Andrei Krautschanka	BLR	5746
7th	Yordani García	CUB	5704 (SB)

Date: 9./10. 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. Eaton managed to win most of the heptathlon disciplines. The American, who achieved the outstanding distance of 8.16 m in the long jump, also dominated the final 1000-meter run and improved his own world record set in the previous year to 6645 points.

Women

60 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Veronica Campbell-Brown	JAM	7.01 (WL)
2	Murielle Ahouré	CIV	7.04 (NR)
3	Tianna Madison	United States	7.09
4th	Barbara Pierre	United States	7.14
5	Chandra Sturrup	BAH	7.19 (SB)
6th	Gloria Asumnu	NGR	7.22
7th	Aleen Bailey	JAM	7.24
8th	Ivet Lalowa	BUL	7.27

Date: March 11, 5:05 p.m.

400 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Sanya Richards-Ross	United States	50.79
2	Alexandra Fedoriwa	RUS	51.76
3	Natasha Hastings	United States	51.82
4th	Vanya Stambolova	BUL	51.99
5	Shana Cox	GBR	52.13 (PB)
6th	Denisa Rosolová	CZE	52.48

Date: March 10, 6:40 p.m.

800 m

Gold medalist Pamela Jelimo

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Pamela Jelimo	KEN	1: 58.83 WL
2	Natalija Lupu	UKR	1: 59.67
3	Erica Moore	United States	1: 59.97
4th	Fantu Magiso	ETH	2: 00.30
5	Elena Kofanova	RUS	2: 00.67
	Julia Russanova	RUS	DQ

Date: March 11, 3:35 p.m.

Julija Russanowa, who finished sixth with 2: 01.87 minutes, was subsequently disqualified for doping. The German starter Carolin Walter retired with 2: 03.61 min.

1500 m

The Ethiopian Dibaba after winning the 1500 meter run

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Genzebe Dibaba	ETH	4: 05.78
2	Mariem Alaoui Selsouli	MAR	4: 07.78
3	Hind Dehiba Chahyd	FRA	4: 10.30
4th	Tizita Bogale	ETH	4: 10.98
5	Angelika Cichocka	POLE	4: 14.57
	Elena Arshakova	RUS	DOP

Date: March 10, 6:00 p.m.

The Ethiopian Genzebe Dibaba sat down in front of the field of runners right from the start and held this position until the end, where she ran two seconds ahead of Mariem Alaoui Selsouli from Morocco. Aslı Çakır Alptekin reached third place with a Turkish record of 4: 08.74 minutes, later she was disqualified for doping. Jelena Arshakova was disqualified retrospectively for doping in 2013.

3000 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Bright Obiri	KEN	8: 37.16
2	Meseret Defar	ETH	8: 38.26
3	Wear burqa	ETH	8: 40.18
4th	Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet	KEN	8: 40.50 (PB)
5	Shitaye Eshete	BRN	8: 51.88
6th	Lidia Chojecka	POLE	8: 56.86
7th	Helen Clitheroe	GBR	8: 59.04
8th	Sara Hall	United States	8: 59.95

Date: March 11, 3:50 p.m.

60 m hurdles

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Sally Pearson	OUT	7.73 WL
2	Tiffany Porter	GBR	7.94
3	Alina Talaj	BLR	7.97
4th	Sonata Tamošaitytė	LTU	8.03 NO
5	Eline Berings	BEL	8.08
6th	Nikkita Holder	CAN	8.09
7th	Beate scrap	AUT	8.12
8th	Seun Adigun	NGR	8.33

Date: March 10, 7:45 p.m.

The Australian Pearson set the world's best performance for the year with the fourth fastest time ever run in the hall and won the gold medal by a clear margin. Even reaching the finals was a success for the Austrian Schrott. The German Cindy Roleder came in sixth place in her preliminary run and could not qualify for the semi-finals.

4 × 400 m relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	United Kingdom	Shana Cox Nicola Sanders Christine Ohuruogu Perri Shakes-Drayton	3: 28.76 (WL)
2	United States	Leslie Cole Natasha Hastings Jernail Hayes Sanya Richards-Ross	3: 28.79 (SB)
3	Russia	Yulia Guschtschina Xenija Ustalowa Marina Karnushschenko Alexandra Fedoriwa	3: 29.55 (SB)
4th	Romania	Angela Moroșanu Alina Panainte Adelina Pastor Elena Mirela Lavric	3: 33.41 (SB)
5	Belarus	Hanna Tashpulatawa Juljana Yuschtschanka Iryna Chljustawa Swjatlana Ussowitsch	3: 33.73 (SB)
	Ukraine	Jelysaweta Bryshina Julija Olischewska Olha Semljak Natalija Pyhyda	DQ

Date: March 11, 4:40 p.m.

high jump

Chaunte Howard-Lowe after winning the high jump

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Chaunté Lowe	United States	1.98
2	Antonietta Di Martino	ITA	1.95 (SB)
	Anna Chicherova	RUS	1.95
	Ebba Jungmark	SWE	1.95 (SB)
5	Tia Hellebaut	BEL	1.95
6th	Ruth Beitia	ESP	1.95 (SB)
7th	Esthera Petre	ROU	1.92
8th	Svetlana Radsiwil	UZB	1.92

Date: March 10th, 6:15 pm

The American Chaunté Lowe jumped the 1.98 m in the first attempt and was the only one that secured her the gold medal. Antonietta Di Martino, Anna Tschitscherowa, Ebba Jungmark, Tia Hellebaut and Ruth Beitia failed at this height, but had mastered the previous height of 1.95 m. Due to a failed attempt over 1.88 m and 1.95 m respectively, Hellebaut and Beitia were fifth and sixth in the end.

Pole vault

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Elena Isinbayeva	RUS	4.80
2	Vanessa Boslak	FRA	4.70 (NR)
3	Holly Bleasdale	GBR	4.70
4th	Silke Spiegelburg	GER	4.65
5	Lacy Janson	United States	4.65 (SB)
6th	Jiřina Ptáčníková	CZE	4.55
7th	Yarisley Silva	CUB	4.55
8th	Nicole Büchler	SUI	4.55 (NR)

Date: March 11, 2:00 p.m.

The second German starter Kristina Gadschiew landed in twelfth place with 4.30 m.

Long jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Brittney Reese	United States	7.23 CR
2	Janay DeLoach	United States	6.98
3	Shara Proctor	GBR	6.89 NO
4th	Darja Klischina	RUS	6.85
5	Nastassja Mirontschyk-Ivanova	BLR	6.64
6th	Veranika Shutkova	BLR	6.63
7th	Viorica Țigau	ROU	6.34
8th	Bianca Stuart	BAH	4.71

Date: March 11, 2:05 p.m.

The German Nadja Käther and the Swiss Irene Pusterla could not qualify for the final.

Triple jump

Yamilé Aldama after her triple jump success

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Yamilé Aldama	GBR	14.82
2	Olga Rypakova	KAZ	14.63
3	Mabel Gay	CUB	14.29
4th	Yargelis Savigne	CUB	14.28
5	Kimberly Williams	JAM	14.27
6th	Anna Krylova	RUS	14.21
7th	Li Yanmei	CHN	14.02
8th	Dana Velďáková	SVK	13.97

Date: March 10, 5:05 p.m.

Yamilé Aldama achieved the winning distance of 14.82 m in the second attempt and relegated defending champion Rypakowa to second place in the final result. The German Kristin Gierisch could not qualify for the final as seventh in her qualifying group with 13.67 m.

Shot put

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Valerie Adams	NZL	20.54 AR
2	Michelle Carter	United States	19.58 SB
3	Jillian Camarena-Williams	United States	19.44
4th	Nadine Kleinert	GER	19.29
5	Liu Xiangrong	CHN	18.63 SB
6th	Yevgenia Kolodko	RUS	18.57
7th	Irina Tarasova	RUS	18.54
-	Nadsey Astaptchuk	BLR	DSQ

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

With the Oceania record of 20.54 m, Valerie Adams won the gold medal. Overall, only she was able to validly pass the 20-meter mark in each of her attempts. Michelle Carter and Liu Xiangrong set new season records. For the German Nadine Kleinert, her second attempt with 19.29 m was her best. Nadseja Astaptschuk was disqualified for doping and lost her silver medal.

The second German starter Christina Schwanitz was eliminated in the qualification.

Pentathlon

World record holder Nataliya Dobrynska

space	Athlete	country	Points
1	Natalia Dobrynska	UKR	5013 (WR)
2	Jessica Ennis	GBR	4965 (NR)
3	Austra Skujytė	LTU	4802 (NR)
4th	Karolina Tymińska	POLE	4725 (SB)
5	Tatiana Chernova	RUS	4725 (SB)
6th	Ekaterina Bolshova	RUS	4639
7th	Hanna Melnytschenko	UKR	4623
8th	Jana Maksimawa	BLR	4601

Date: March 9th

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

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	10	3	5	18th
2	United Kingdom	2	3	4th	9
3	Ethiopia	2	1	2	5
4th	Kenya	2	1	1	4th
5	Russia	1	3	5	9
6th	Ukraine	1	2	-	3
7th	France	1	1	2	4th
8th	Australia	1	1	-	2
8th	Jamaica	1	1	-	2
8th	Morocco	1	1	-	2
11	Brazil	1	-	-	1
11	Costa Rica	1	-	-	1
11	Greece	1	-	-	1
11	New Zealand	1	-	-	1
15th	Germany	-	2	-	2
16	Bahamas	-	1	1	2
16	Belarus	-	1	1	2
19th	People's Republic of China	-	1	-	1
19th	Czech Republic	-	1	-	1
19th	Ivory Coast	-	1	-	1
19th	Italy	-	1	-	1
19th	Kazakhstan	-	1	-	1
19th	Sweden	-	1	-	1
19th	Turkey	-	1	-	1
25th	Cuba	-	-	1	1
25th	Lithuania	-	-	1	1
25th	Poland	-	-	1	1
25th	Trinidad and Tobago	-	-	1	1

doping

The Turkish Aslı Çakır Alptekin and the Belarusian Natallja Karejwa , third and fourth placed in the 1,500 meter run, were disqualified for doping .

Web links

Commons : IAAF World Indoor Championships 2012  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics - Istanbul 2012 on the IAAF website
• Website of the Local Organizing Committee ( Memento of March 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (Turkish, with English version ( Memento of March 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive ))

Footnotes

1. ↑ ISTANBUL 2012 - Record 172 countries confirm participation - Updated Entry Lists, 3 March General News Monte at iaaf.org, March 2, 2012, accessed 2013
2. ↑ DLV nominates 17 athletes for the Indoor World Championships Peter Schmitt on Leichtathletik.de, from February 27, 2012, accessed 2013
3. ↑ Athletics: Olympic champion banned for eight years because of doping . In: Spiegel Online . 17th August 2015
4. ↑ IAAF: Doping sanctions News 156 September 2014 ( Memento from October 21, 2014 in the web archive archive.today )