2014 World Indoor Athletics Championships

15th World Indoor Athletics Championships
Ergo Arena (2011)
city	Sopot , Poland
Stadion	Ergo arena
participating countries	160
Participating athletes	538
Competitions	26th
opening	March 7, 2014
Final day	March 9, 2014
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The 15th World Indoor Athletics Championships in 2014 were awarded to the Polish city ​​of Sopot on the Baltic Sea . This was announced on November 11, 2011 at the IAAF World Athletics Gala in Monte Carlo . Sopot was the only remaining applicant for the event after the Croatian capital Zagreb refused to apply for financial reasons.

The venue was the Ergo Arena , which opened in 2010 and stands directly on the city limits between the two tri-cities Sopot and Gdansk .

Men

60 m

Richard Kilty celebrates his title win.

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Richard Kilty	GBR	6.49 (PB)
2	Marvin Bracy	United States	6.51
3	Femi Ogunode	QAT	6.52
4th	Su Bingtian	CHN	6.52 (NIR)
5	Gerald Phiri	ZAM	6.52 (NIR)
6th	Dwain Chambers	GBR	6.53
7th	Nesta Carter	JAM	6.57
8th	Kimmari Roach	JAM	6.58

Date: March 8, 2014, 8:56 pm

400 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Pavel Maslák	CZE	45.24 (NIR)
2	Chris Brown	BAH	45.58 (PB)
3	Kyle Clemons	United States	45.74
4th	David Verburg	United States	46.21
5	Lalonde Gordon	TTO	46.39
6th	Nery Brenes	CRC	47.32

Date: March 8, 2014, 8:27 pm

Pavel Maslák ran from the top to the title in a new national record time. Behind him, after three bronze and one gold medals, Chris Brown won a medal at indoor world championships for the fifth time in a row. Defending champion Nery Brenes finished last in the final.

800 m

Mohammed Aman successfully defended his title.

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Mohammed Aman	ETH	1: 46.40
2	Adam Kszczot	POLE	1: 46.76
3	Andrew Osagie	GBR	1: 47.10
4th	André Olivier	RSA	1: 47.31
5	Thijmen Kupers	NED	1: 47.74
	Marcin Lewandowski	POLE	DQ

Date: March 9, 2014, 5:17 p.m.

Mohammed Aman from Ethiopia successfully defended his title. Marcin Lewandowski, originally placed third, was subsequently disqualified for violating the inner lane limit (R163.3b).

1500 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Ayanleh Souleiman	DJI	3: 37.52
2	Aman Wote	ETH	3: 38.08
3	Abdalaati Iguider	MAR	3: 38.21
4th	İlham Tanui Özbilen	DOOR	3: 39.10
5	Jakub Holuša	CZE	3: 39.23
6th	Will empty	United States	3: 39.60
7th	Homiyu Tesfaye	GER	3: 39.90
8th	Bethwell Birgen	KEN	3: 40.66

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

Nick Willis from New Zealand, initially fourth, was subsequently disqualified for breaking the inner lane limit.

3000 m

Caleb Ndiku prevailed against defending champion Bernard Lagat in the final sprint.

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku	KEN	7: 54.94
2	Bernard Lagat	United States	7: 55.22
3	Dejen Gebremeskel	ETH	7: 55.39
4th	Galen Rupp	United States	7: 55.84
5	Hagos Gebrhiwet	ETH	7: 56.34
6th	Hayle Ibrahimov	AZE	7: 56.37
7th	Elroy Gelant	RSA	7: 57.31
8th	Cameron Levins	CAN	7: 57.37

Date: March 9th, 4:14 pm

60 m hurdles

The final in the 60-meter hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Omo Osaghae	United States	7.45 (WL)
2	Pascal Martinot-Lagarde	FRA	7.46
3	Garfield Darien	FRA	7.47 (PB)
4th	Andrew Pozzi	GBR	7.53 (PB)
5	Gregor Traber	GER	7.56 (PB)
6th	Erik Balnuweit	GER	7.56
7th	William Sharman	GBR	7.60
8th	Andrew Riley	JAM	DNS

Date: March 9th, 6:21 pm

With Gregor Traber and Erik Balnuweit, two Germans entered a hurdles final for the first time in the history of the World Indoor Championships. The European indoor champion Sergei Schubenkow from Russia surprisingly missed the finals.

4 × 400 m relay

Jamie Bowie ran for the silver medal with the British relay.

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	United States	Kyle Clemons David Verburg Child Butler III Calvin Smith	3: 02.13 (WE)
2	United Kingdom	Conrad Williams Jamie Bowie Luke Lennon-Ford Nigel Levine	3: 03.49 (SB)
3	Jamaica	Errol Nolan Allodin Fothergill Akheem Gauntlett Edino Steele	3:03:69 (NIR)
4th	Poland	Kacper Kozłowski Rafał Omelko Michał Pietrzak Jakub Krzewina	3: 04.39 (SB)
5	Russia	Konstantin Petriaschow Denis Kudrjawzew Alexander Chjutte Vladimir Krasnow	3: 07.12
6th	Ukraine	Vitaly Butrym Jewhen Huzol Dmytro Bikulow Danylo Danylenko	3: 08.79

Date: March 9, 2014, 6:39 pm

high jump

Iwan Uchow was narrowly beaten by Mutaz Essa Barshim.

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Mutaz Essa Barshim	QAT	2.38 (AIR)
2	Ivan Uchow	RUS	2.38
3	Andrij Prozenko	UKR	2.36 (PB)
4th	Erik Kynard	United States	2.34 (SB)
5	Daniil Zyplakov	RUS	2.32
6th	Marco Fassinotti	ITA	2.29
7th	Zhang Guowei	CHN	2.29 (SB)
8th	Michael Mason	CAN	2.25

Date: March 9, 2014, 4:34 pm

Pole vault

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Konstandinos Filippidis	GRE	5.80 (SB)
2	Malte Mohr	GER	5.80
3	Jan Kudlička	CZE	5.80 (PB)
4th	Thiago Braz da Silva	BRA	5.75
5	Xue Changrui	CHN	5.75
6th	Robert Sobera	POLE	5.70
7th	Augusto de Oliveira	BRA	5.65 (SB)
8th	Luke Cutts	GBR	5.65

Date: March 8, 2014, 6:00 p.m.

Konstandinos Filippidis was the only athlete up to and including 5.80 m without a failed attempt and thus prevailed against Malte Mohr (one failed attempt at 5.80 m) and Jan Kudlička (two failed attempts each at 5.75 m and 5.80 m).

Long jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Mauro Vinícius da Silva	BRA	8.28 (NIR)
2	Li Jinzhe	CHN	8.23 (SB)
3	Michel Tornéus	SWE	8.21 (SB)
4th	Louis Tsatoumas	GRE	8.13
5	Alexander Menkow	RUS	8.08
6th	Adrian Strzałkowski	POLE	7.96
7th	Luis Rivera	MEX	7.93
8th	Christian Reif	GER	7.75

Date: March 8, 2014, 7:53 p.m.

His sixth attempt brought Mauro Vinícius da Silva the successful title defense. Before the last round he was only sixth with 8.06 m.

Triple jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Lyukman Adams	RUS	17.37 (WL)
2	Ernesto Revé	CUB	17.33
3	Pedro Pablo Pichardo	CUB	17.24
4th	Marian Oprea	ROU	17.21
5	Karol Hoffmann	POLE	16.89 (SB)
6th	Chris Carter	United States	16.74
7th	Cao Shuo	CHN	16.55 (SB)
8th	Viktor Kuznyetsov	UKR	16.51

Date: March 9, 2014, 5:12 p.m.

Lyukman Adams, the 2012 bronze medalist, moved up from fourth to first place on his final attempt.

Shot put

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Ryan Whiting	United States	22.05
2	David Storl	GER	21.79 (SB)
3	Tomas Walsh	NZL	21.26 (AIR)
4th	Tomasz Majewski	POLE	21.04
5	Georgi Ivanov	BUL	21.02 (NIR)
6th	German Lauro	ARG	20.50
7th	Orazio Cremona	RSA	20.49 (SB)
8th	Alexander Lesnoi	RUS	20.16

Date: March 7, 214, 8:06 p.m.

As at the last World Indoor Championships in 2012 in Istanbul, Ryan Whiting won with the only 22-meter kick in front of David Storl. Tomasz Majewski was unable to defend his bronze medal because New Zealander Tomas Walsh surprisingly pushed him to fourth place in the last round.

Heptathlon

Ashton Eaton lived up to his role as a favorite.

space	athlete	country	Points
1	Ashton Eaton	United States	6632 (WL)
2	Andrei Krautschanka	BLR	6303 (NIR)
3	Thomas Van der Plaetsen	BEL	6259 (NIR)
4th	Eelco Sintnicolaas	NED	6198
5	Oleksiy Kasyanov	UKR	6176 (SB)
6th	Kai Kazmirek	GER	6173 (PB)
7th	Damian Warner	CAN	6129 (SB)
8th	Pascal Behrenbruch	GER	4983 (SB)

Date: 7./8. March 2014

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 Ashton Eaton missed his own world record by just 13 points. Pascal Behrenbruch did not start the final 1000 meter run.

Women

60 m

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce was the only runner to stay under 7 seconds in the final.

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	JAM	6.98 (WL)
2	Murielle Ahouré	CIV	7.01 (SB)
3	Tianna Bartoletta	United States	7.06 (SB)
4th	Asha Philip	GBR	7.11
5	Veronica Campbell-Brown	JAM	7.13 (SB)
6th	Michelle-Lee Ahye	TTO	7.16
7th	Gloria Asumnu	NGR	7.18
8th	Verena Sailer	GER	7.18

Date: March 9, 2014, 6:08 p.m.

Defending champion Veronica Campbell-Brown was only fifth and had to let her compatriot Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce win. Second and third place went to Murielle Ahouré and Tianna Bartoletta (Madison) like two years earlier.

400 m

Winner Francena McCorory

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Francena McCorory	United States	51.12
2	Kaliese Spencer	JAM	51.54 (PB)
3	Shaunae Miller	BAH	52.06
4th	Justyna Święty	POLE	52.20
5	Patricia Hall	JAM	52.51
6th	Joanna Atkins	United States	52.55

Date: March 8, 2014, 7:38 pm

800 m

Surprise winner Chanelle Price

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Chanelle Price	United States	2: 00.09 WL
2	Angelika Cichocka	POLE	2: 00.45
3	Maryna Arsamassawa	BLR	2: 00.79 PB
4th	Selina Büchel	SUI	2: 01.06
5	Lenka Masná	CZE	2: 02.46
	Natalija Lupu	UKR	DQ

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

Chanelle Price tried to escape from the start and was rewarded with a start-finish victory. Natalija Lupu, who finished fifth in 2: 01.17 min, tested positive for methylhexanamine and was disqualified.

1500 m

Abeba Aregawi won by a large margin over the rest of the field.

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Ababa Aregawi	SWE	4: 00.61
2	Axumawit Embaye	ETH	4: 07.12 (PB)
3	Nicole Sifuentes	CAN	4: 07.61 (NIR)
4th	Siham Hilali	MAR	4: 07.62 (SB)
5	Treniere Moser	United States	4: 07.84 (PB)
6th	Luiza Gega	ALB	4: 08.24
7th	Svetlana Karamesheva	RUS	4: 13.89

Date: March 8, 2014, 6:59 p.m.

The defending champion and world record holder Genzebe Dibaba decided against a start over 1500 meters in favor of the 3000 meter run. So Abeba Aregawi, as the clear number two in the world, had no trouble winning the race. Rababe Arafi from Morocco and Heather Kampf from the USA were disqualified for leaving the track.

3000 m

Genzebe Dibaba crowned an outstanding indoor season with her title win in Sopot.

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Genzebe Dibaba	ETH	8: 55.04
2	Bright Obiri	KEN	8: 57.72
3	Maryam Yusuf Jamal	BRN	8: 59.16
4th	Irene Jelagat	KEN	9: 02.67
5	Sifan Hassan	NED	9: 03.22
6th	Bethlhem Desalegn	UAE	9: 04.06
7th	Renata Pliś	POLE	9: 07.05
8th	Shannon Rowbury	United States	9: 07.82

Date: March 9, 2014, 4:48 p.m.

After her indoor world records over 1500 meters, 1 mile and 3000 meters, Genzebe Dibaba was the clear favorite in the race. After a slow first kilometer, she took the lead and in the end won well ahead of defending champion Hellen Obiri from Kenya.

60 m hurdles

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Nia Ali	United States	7.80 (PB)
2	Sally Pearson	OUT	7.85
3	Tiffany Porter	GBR	7.86 (SB)
4th	Cindy Billaud	FRA	7.89
5	Janay DeLoach Soukup	United States	7.90
6th	Cindy Roleder	GER	8.01
7th	Nadine Hildebrand	GER	8.02
8th	Yulia Kondakova	RUS	8.08

Date: March 8, 2014, 8:42 pm

Somewhat surprisingly, Nia Ali beat the slightly favored defending champion Sally Pearson.

4 × 400 m relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	United States	Natasha Hastings Joanna Atkins Francena McCorory Cassandra Tate	3: 24.83 (WL)
2	Jamaica	Patricia Hall Anneisha McLaughlin Kaliese Spencer Stephenie Ann McPherson	3: 26.54 (NIR)
3	United Kingdom	Eilidh Child Shana Cox Margaret Adeoye Christine Ohuruogu	3: 27.90 (SB)
4th	Russia	Olga Towarnowa Aljona Tamkowa Julija Terechowa Xenija Ryschowa	3: 28.39 (SB)
5	Poland	Ewelina Ptak Małgorzata Hołub Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz Justyna Święty	3: 29.89
	Nigeria	Omolara Omotoso Folashade Abugan Bukola Abogunloko Patience Okon George	3: 31.59

Date: March 9, 2014, 5:41 pm

high jump

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Maria Kuchina	RUS	2.00
	Kamila Lićwinko	POLE	2.00 (NIR)
3	Ruth Beitia	ESP	2.00 (SB)
4th	Justyna Kasprzycka	POLE	1.97 (PB)
5	Emma Green Tregaro	SWE	1.94
6th	Blanka Vlašić	CRO	1.94
7th	Levern Spencer	LCA	1.94
8th	Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch	GER	1.90
8th	Nafissatou Thiam	BEL	1.90

Date: March 8, 2014, 7:16 pm

Marina Kutschina and Kamila Lićwinko waived a possible jump-off and shared first place. Ruth Beitia, who was at the same height, took third place because of a failed attempt at 2.00 m. The two-time indoor world champion Blanka Vlašić was unable to intervene in the battle for the medals after a long injury break.

Pole vault

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Yarisley Silva	CUB	4.70 (SB)
2	Anselika Sidorova	RUS	4.70
2	Jiřina Svobodová	CZE	4.70
4th	Fabiana Murer	BRA	4.70 (SB)
5	Anna Rogowska	POLE	4.65
5	Jennifer Suhr	United States	4.65
7th	Silke Spiegelburg	GER	4.65
8th	Mary Saxer	United States	4.55

Date: March 9, 2014, 3:02 p.m.

Yarisley Silva was the only athlete to fail over 4.70 m without fail and thus secured the gold medal.

Long jump

Éloyse Lesueur after her victory in the long jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Éloyse Lesueur	FRA	6.85
2	Katarina Johnson-Thompson	GBR	6.81 (PB)
3	Ivana Španović	SRB	6.77
4th	Shara Proctor	GBR	6.68
5	Tori Polk	United States	6.61
6th	Teresa Dobija	POLE	6.52
7th	Darja Klischina	RUS	6.51
8th	Erica Jarder	SWE	6.36

Date: March 9, 2014, 3:04 p.m.

The German Sosthene Moguenara missed the final as tenth in the qualification.

Triple jump

Ekaterina Konewa won by just one centimeter.

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Ekaterina Koneva	RUS	14.46
2	Olha Saladucha	UKR	14.45
3	Kimberly Williams	JAM	14.39
4th	Patrícia Mamona	POR	14.26
5	Li Yanmei	CHN	14.19
6th	Xenya Jyazuk	BLR	14.13
7th	Yarianna Martínez	CUB	13.99
8th	Dana Velďáková	SVK	13.75

Date: March 8, 2014, 6:05 p.m.

Shot put

The medal winners Schwanitz, Adams and Gong

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Valerie Adams	NZL	20.67 (WL)
2	Christina Schwanitz	GER	19.94
3	Gong Lijiao	CHN	19.24 (SB)
4th	Yevgenia Kolodko	RUS	19.11 (SB)
5	Michelle Carter	United States	19.10 (SB)
6th	Anita Marton	HUN	18.17
7th	Julija Leanzjuk	BLR	18.16
8th	Jeneva McCall	United States	18.05

Date: March 8, 2014, 6:49 pm

The title win meant the 44th consecutive competition victory for Valerie Adams.

The second German starter Josephine Terlecki was eliminated in the qualification.

Pentathlon

The medalists Theisen-Eaton, Broersen and Fodorowa

space	Athlete	country	Points
1	Nadine Broersen	NED	4830 (WL)
2	Brianne Theisen-Eaton	CAN	4768 (NIR)
3	Alina Feodorova	UKR	4724 (PB)
4th	Sharon Day-Monroe	United States	4718
5	Claudia Rath	GER	4681 (PB)
6th	Jana Maksimawa	BLR	4651
7th	Hanna Melnytschenko	UKR	4587 (SB)
8th	Karolina Tymińska	POLE	4557 (SB)

Date: March 7, 2014

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

Medal table

Medal table final after 26 decisions
space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	United States	8th	2	3	13
2	Russia	3	2	-	5
3	Ethiopia	2	2	1	5
4th	United Kingdom	1	2	3	6th
5	Jamaica	1	2	2	5
6th	Poland	1	2	-	3
7th	Czech Republic	1	1	1	3
7th	France	1	1	1	3
7th	Cuba	1	1	1	1
10	Kenya	1	1	-	2
11	Qatar	1	-	1	2
11	New Zealand	1	-	1	2
11	Sweden	1	-	1	2
14th	Djibouti	1	-	-	1
14th	Greece	1	-	-	1
14th	Brazil	1	-	-	1
14th	Netherlands	1	-	-	1
18th	Germany	-	3	-	3
19th	Ukraine	-	1	2	3
20th	People's Republic of China	-	1	1	2
20th	Bahamas	-	1	1	2
20th	Canada	-	1	1	2
23	Belarus	-	1	-	1
23	Ivory Coast	-	1	-	1
23	Australia	-	1	-	1
26th	Morocco	-	-	1	1
26th	Belgium	-	-	1	1
26th	Brunei	-	-	1	1
26th	Spain	-	-	1	1
26th	Serbia	-	-	1	1

Web links

Commons : IAAF World Indoor Championships 2014  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics - Sopot 2014 on the IAAF website
• www.sopot2014.com: Homepage of the Indoor World Championships (Polish, English)

Footnotes

1. ↑ spox.com: Poland wins the contract - 2014 Indoor World Cup in Sopot