World Indoor Athletics Championships 2016

16. World Indoor Athletics Championships
Portland Convention Center (2007)
city	Portland , USA
Stadion	Oregon Convention Center
participating countries	137
Participating athletes	487
Competitions	26th
opening	17th March 2016
Final day	March 20, 2016
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← Sopot 2014	Birmingham 2018 →

The 16th IAAF World Indoor Championships took place March 17-20, 2016 in Portland , Oregon , United States .

The US city was awarded the IAAF in 2013 . The only competitor was Birmingham , which was also designated as the venue for the 2018 World Indoor Championships .

The competitions were held at the Oregon Convention Center , which holds 8,400 spectators.

Due to the suspension of the All-Russian Athletics Federation (ARAF) by the IAAF in November 2015, all Russian athletes were excluded from participating in the championships. What was new in the regulations was that there was no qualification in the jumping disciplines or the shot put. In the long jump, triple jump and shot put, the finals started with 16 participants and not with 12 athletes as is usual. The top eight had a fourth and fifth attempt after the third attempt. Then only the top four were given a further sixth attempt.

Men

60 m

Tray from Bromell

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Tray from Bromell	United States	6.47 PB
2	Asafa Powell	JAM	6.50
3	Ramon Gittens	BAR	6.51 NIR
4th	Xie Zhenye	CHN	6.53 PB
5	Su Bingtian	CHN	6.54 (6.531)
6th	Mike Rodgers	United States	6.54 (6.534)
7th	Marvin Bracy	United States	6.56 (6.554)
8th	Kim Collins	SKN	6.56 (6.557)

Date: March 18, 2016, 8:40 p.m.

Asafa Powell had the fastest times in the run-up and in the semifinals with the world best time of 6.44 s, but then had to admit defeat to Trayvon Bromell in the final.

400 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Pavel Maslák	CZE	45.44
2	Abdalelah Haroun	QAT	45.59 SB
3	Deon Lendore	TTO	46.17
4th	Bralon Taplin	GRN	46.56
5	Bonface Ontuga Mweresa	KEN	46.86
6th	Lalonde Gordon	TTO	47.62

Date: March 19, 2016, 7:05 p.m.

800 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Boris Berian	United States	1: 45.83 SB
2	Antoine Gakeme	BDI	1: 46.65 SB
3	Erik Sowinski	United States	1: 47.22
4th	Mohammed Aman	ETH	1: 47.97
5	Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla	QAT	1: 48.31
6th	Mostafa Smaili	MAR	1: 52.32

Date: March 19, 2016, 6:35 p.m.

1500 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Matthew Centrowitz	United States	3: 44.22
2	Jakub Holuša	CZE	3: 44.30
3	Nicholas Willis	NZL	3: 44.37
4th	Robby Andrews	United States	3: 44.77
5	Dawit Wolde	ETH	3: 44.81
6th	Aman Wote	ETH	3: 44.86
7th	Vincent Kibet	KEN	3: 45.17
8th	Chris O'Hare	GBR	3: 46.50

Date: March 20, 2016, 2:05 p.m.

3000 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Yomif Kejelcha	ETH	7: 57.21
2	Ryan Hill	United States	7: 57.39
3	Augustine Kiprono Choge	KEN	7: 57.43
4th	Abdalaati Iguider	MAR	7: 58.04
5	Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku	KEN	7: 58.81
6th	Lee Emanuel	GBR	8:00 am
7th	Paul Kipkemoi Chelimo	United States	8: 00.76
8th	Isiah Kiplangat Koech	KEN	8: 01.70

Date: March 20, 2016, 1:10 p.m.

60 m hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Omar McLeod	JAM	7.41 WL
2	Pascal Martinot-Lagarde	FRA	7.46 SB
3	Dimitri Bascou	FRA	7.48
4th	Jarret Eaton	United States	7.50 SB
5	Spencer Adams	United States	7.64
6th	Balázs Baji	HUN	7.65
7th	Eddie Lovett	ISV	7.75
8th	Shane Brathwaite	BAR	7.88

Date: March 20, 2016, 2:40 p.m.

4 × 400 m relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	United States	Kyle Clemons Calvin Smith Christopher Giesting Vernon Norwood	3: 02.45 WL
2	Bahamas	Michael Mathieu Alonzo Russell Shavez Hart Chris Brown	3: 04.75 NIR
3	Trinidad and Tobago	Jarrin Solomon Lalonde Gordon Ade Alleyne-Forte Deon Lendore	3: 05.51 NIR
4th	Jamaica	Ricardo Chambers Dane Hyatt Demish Gaye Fitzroy Dunkley	3: 06.02 SB
5	Nigeria	Noah Akwu Chidi Okezie Abiola Onakoya Samson Oghenewegba Nathaniel	3: 08.55
6th	Belgium	Dylan Borlée Jonathan Borlée Robin Vanderbemden Kévin Borlée	3: 09.71

Date: March 20, 2016, 2:50 p.m.

high jump

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Gianmarco Tamberi	ITA	2.36
2	Robert Grabarz	GBR	2.33 SB
3	Erik Kynard	United States	2.33 SB
4th	Mutaz Essa Barshim	QAT	2.29
5	Konstandinos Baniotis	GRE	2.29
6th	Zhang Guowei	CHN	2.29
7th	Andrij Prozenko	UKR	2.29
8th	Chris Baker	GBR	2.29

Date: March 19, 2016, 6:22 p.m.

Pole vault

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Renaud Lavillenie	FRA	6.02 CR
2	Sam Kendricks	United States	5.80
3	Piotr Lisek	POLE	5.75
4th	Jan Kudlička	CZE	5.75
4th	Shawnacy Barber	CAN	5.75
6th	Robert Sobera	POLE	5.65
7th	Konstandinos Filippidis	GRE	5.65
8th	Mike Arnold	United States	5.65

Date: March 17, 2016, 7:05 p.m.

The favorite Renaud Lavillenie won unchallenged with a new championship record without fail. Three attempts over the new world record height of 6.17 m failed. Carlo Paech ( GER ) finished tenth with a skipped 5.55 m together with the Japanese Seito Yamamoto.

Long jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Marquis Dendy	United States	8.26
2	Fabrice Lapierre	OUT	8.25 AIR
3	Huang Changzhou	CHN	8.21 PB
4th	Jeff Henderson	United States	8.19 SB
5	Ruswahl Samaai	ZAF	8.18 NIR
6th	Dan Bramble	GBR	8.14 SB
7th	Emiliano Lasa	URY	7.94 NIR
8th	Wang Jianan	CHN	7.93

Date: March 20, 2016, 1:05 p.m.

Triple jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Dong bin	CHN	17.33
2	Max Hess	GER	17.14 PB
3	Benjamin Compaoré	FRA	17.09 SB
4th	Nelson Évora	POR	16.89 SB
5	Omar Craddock	United States	16.87
6th	Tosin Oke	NGR	16.73 SB
7th	Pablo Torrijos	ESP	16.67
8th	Nazim Babayev	AZE	16.43

Date: March 19, 2016, 5:00 p.m.

Shot put

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Tomas Walsh	NZL	21.78 WL
2	Andrei gag	ROU	20.89 SB
3	Filip Mihaljevic	CRO	20.87 PB
4th	Konrad Bukowiecki	POLE	20.53
5	Jonathan Jones	United States	20.31
6th	German Lauro	ARG	20.24
7th	Tim Nedow	CAN	20.23
8th	Tobias Dahm	GER	20.22

Date: March 18, 2016, 6:45 p.m.

Heptathlon

space	athlete	country	Points
1	Ashton Eaton	United States	6470 WL
2	Oleksiy Kasyanov	UKR	6182 SB
3	Mathias Brugger	GER	6126 PB
4th	Curtis Beach	United States	6118 SB
5	Adam Sebastian Helcelet	CZE	6003 SB
6th	Kurt Felix	GRN	5986 NO
7th	Tim Nowak	GER	5832 PB
8th	Jérémy Lelièvre	FRA	5769

Date: 18./19. March 2016

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

Women

60 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Barbara Pierre	United States	7.02
2	Dafne Schippers	NLD	7.04
3	Elaine Thompson	JAM	7.06
4th	Michelle-Lee Ahye	TTO	7.11
5	Asha Philip	GBR	7.14
6th	Tori Bowie	United States	7.14
7th	Marie Josée Ta Lou	CIV	7.29
	Dina Asher-Smith	GBR	DNS

Date: March 19, 2016, 7:53 p.m.

400 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Oluwakemi Adekoya	BHR	51.45 AIR
2	Ashley Spencer	United States	51.72
3	Quanera Hayes	United States	51.76
4th	Stephenie Ann McPherson	JAM	52.20
5	Justyna Święty	POLE	52.46
6th	Iveta Putalová	SVK	54.39

Date: March 19, 2016, 6:47 p.m.

800 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Francine Niyonsaba	BDI	2: 00.01 WL
2	Ajee Wilson	United States	2: 00.27
3	Margaret Nyairera Wambui	KEN	2: 00.44 PB
4th	Laura Roesler	United States	2: 00.80
5	Aníta Hinriksdóttir	ISL	2: 02.58
6th	Habitam Alemu	ETH	2: 04.61

Final: March 20, 2016, 1:30 p.m.

1500 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Sifan Hassan	NLD	4: 04.96
2	Dawit Seyaum	ETH	4: 05.30
3	Gudaf Tsegay	ETH	4: 05.71
4th	Axumawit Embaye	ETH	4: 09.37
5	Brenda Martinez	United States	4: 09.57
6th	Melissa Duncan	OUT	4: 09.69
7th	Renata Pliś	POLE	4: 10.14
8th	Violah Cheptoo Lagat	KEN	4: 10.45 SB

Date: March 19, 2016, 7:18 pm

3000 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Genzebe Dibaba	ETH	8: 47.43
2	Meseret Defar	ETH	8: 54.26
3	Shannon Rowbury	United States	8: 55.55
4th	Maureen Koster	NLD	8: 56.44
5	Abbey D'Agostino	United States	8: 58.40
6th	Stephanie Twell	GBR	9: 00.38
7th	Betsy Saina	KEN	9: 01.86
8th	Bethlhem Desalegn	UAE	9: 03.30

Date: March 20, 2016, 1:45 p.m.

60 m hurdles

Nia Ali

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Nia Ali	United States	7.81 SB
2	Brianna Rollins	United States	7.82
3	Tiffany Porter	GBR	7.90
4th	Andrea Ivančević	CRO	7.95
5	Angela Whyte	CAN	7.99 SB
6th	Alina Talaj	BLR	8.00
7th	Serita Solomon	GBR	8.29
8th	Kendra Harrison	United States	8.87

Date: March 18, 2016, 8:30 p.m.

The co-favorite Kendra Harrison stepped into the first hurdle after a good start. After a brief stumble, she managed to continue the run, but she had nothing more to do with the outcome.

4 × 400 m relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	United States	Natasha Hastings Quanera Hayes Courtney Okolo Ashley Spencer	3: 26.38 WL
2	Poland	Ewelina Ptak Małgorzata Hołub Magdalena Gorzkowska Justyna Święty	3: 31.15 SB
3	Romania	Adelina Pastor Elena Mirela Lavric Andrea Miklós Bianca Răzor	3: 31.51 SB
4th	Nigeria	Margaret Bamgbose Regina George Tameka Jameson Ada Benjamin	3: 34.03 SB
5	Ukraine	Anastasija Lebid Olha Bibik Anastasija Bryshina Jojs Koba	3: 40.42
	Jamaica	Patricia Hall Chrisann Gordon Anneisha McLaughlin-Whilby Stephenie Ann McPherson	DNF

Date: March 20, 2016, 2:20 p.m.

high jump

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Vashti Cunningham	United States	1.96
2	Ruth Beitia	ESP	1.96
3	Kamila Lićwinko	POLE	1.96
4th	Airinė Palšytė	LTU	1.96
5	Sofie Skoog	SWE	1.93
	Levern Spencer	LCA	1.93
7th	Alessia consolation	ITA	1.93
8th	Erika Kinsey	SWE	1.93 PB

Date: March 20, 2016, 1:00 p.m.

Pole vault

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Jennifer Suhr	United States	4.90 CR
2	Sandi Morris	United States	4.85
3	Ekaterini Stefanidi	GRE	4.80
4th	Nicole Büchler	SUI	4.80 NIR
5	Eliza McCartney	NZL	4.70 NIR
6th	Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou	GRE	4.60
	Fabiana Murer	BRA	4.60
8th	Romana Maláčová	CZE	4.50

Date: March 17, 2016, 7:05 p.m.

Jennifer Suhr won unchallenged with a new championship record without fail. Silke Spiegelburg ( GER ) was nominated, but couldn't start because of a flu-like infection.

Long jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Brittney Reese	United States	7.22 WL
2	Ivana Španović	SRB	7.07 NIR
3	Lorraine Ugen	GBR	6.93 NIR
4th	Janay DeLoach	United States	6.89 SB
5	Brooke Stratton	OUT	6.75
6th	Alexandra Wester	GER	6.67
7th	Ksenija Balta	EST	6.60
8th	Shara Proctor	GBR	6.57

Date: March 18, 2016, 6:55 pm

Xenia Stolz ( GER ) took 12th place with 6.37 m.

Triple jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Yulimar Rojas	VEN	14.41
2	Kristin Gierisch	GER	14.30 SB
3	Paraskevi Papachristou	GRE	14.15
4th	Keturah Orji	United States	14.14 SB
5	Elena Panțuroiu	ROU	14.11
6th	Kristiina Mäkelä	FIN	14.07
7th	Jeanine Assani-Issouf	FRA	14.07
8th	Shanieka Thomas	JAM	13.95 SB

Date: March 19, 2016, 11:37 a.m.

Shot put

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Michelle Carter	United States	20.21 WL
2	Anita Marton	HUN	19.33 NIR
3	Valerie Adams	NZL	19.25
4th	Cleopatra Borel	TTO	18.38 SB
5	Jillian Camarena-Williams	United States	18.17
6th	Radoslava Mawrodiewa	BUL	18.00 SB
7th	Lena Urbaniak	GER	17.91
8th	Gao Yang	CHN	17.67

Date: March 19, 2016, 5:45 p.m.

Pentathlon

Brianne Theisen-Eaton in the 60-meter hurdles

space	Athlete	country	Points
1	Brianne Theisen-Eaton	CAN	4881 WL
2	Anastassija Mochnyuk	UKR	4847 PB
3	Alina Feodorova	UKR	4770 PB
4th	Barbara Nwaba	United States	4661 PB
5	Györgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas	HUN	4656 SB
6th	Kendell Williams	United States	4586
7th	Morgan Lake	GBR	4499
8th	Kateřina Cachová	CZE	4403

Date: March 18, 2016

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

From the first discipline on, the three later medalists led. The two amazingly strong Ukrainians were in first and second place after four disciplines. After a courageous 800-meter run, Brianne Theisen-Eaton was ultimately able to secure the gold medal. The only nineteen year old Celina Leffler ( GER ) finished eleventh with 4181 points.

Medal table

Medal table as of 26 of 26 decisions
space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	United States	13	6th	4th	23
2	Ethiopia	2	2	1	5
3	France	1	1	2	4th
4th	Jamaica	1	1	1	3
5	Burundi	1	1	-	2
5	Czech Republic	1	1	-	2
5	Netherlands	1	1	-	2
8th	New Zealand	1	-	2	3
9	People's Republic of China	1	-	1	2
10	Bahrain	1	-	-	1
10	Canada	1	-	-	1
10	Italy	1	-	-	1
10	Venezuela	1	-	-	1
14th	Germany	-	2	1	3
14th	Ukraine	-	2	1	3
16	United Kingdom	-	1	2	3
16	Poland	-	1	2	3
18th	Romania	-	1	1	2
19th	Australia	-	1	-	1
19th	Bahamas	-	1	-	1
19th	Spain	-	1	-	1
19th	Hungary	-	1	-	1
19th	Qatar	-	1	-	1
19th	Serbia	-	1	-	1
25th	Greece	-	-	2	2
25th	Kenya	-	-	2	2
25th	Trinidad and Tobago	-	-	2	2
28	Barbados	-	-	1	1
28	Croatia	-	-	1	1

doping

The Romanian Mirela Lavric (bronze 4 × 400) and the Ukrainian Anastasija Mochnjuk (silver pentathlon) tested positive in the doping control .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Team manual IAAF of 23 February 2016 point 9.9.2, accessed on March 3, 2016
2. ↑ Elena Mirela Lavric, Romanian runner, tests positive for meldonium cbc.ca April 12, 2016
3. ↑ Ukrainian Anastasiya Mokhnyuk tests positive for meldonium skysports.com April 14, 2016

Web links

Commons : 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• IAAF event website
• https://www.iaaf.org/news/press-release/iaaf-council-meeting-monaco-15-nov-world-in