IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics
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The International Association of Athletics Federations World Indoor Championships were inaugurated as the World Indoor Games in 1985 in Paris, France and were subsequently renamed in 1987 as they are known today.
(outdoors) in the future.
The 4 x 400 m relay race
for both men and women was added to the full schedule in 1991 as was the women's triple jump
, but only as an exhibition event before gaining full status at the following championships.
1993 saw the last of the racewalking events included and a 1600 m medley relay was tried but dropped for future games. This same year a men's heptathlon and women's pentathlon were successfully introduced as non-championship events and have remained in place since.
In 1997 the women's pole vault
entered the fray – two years before it made an appearance at the games' outdoor counterpart.
The 200 m has been absent since the 2006 championships in Moscow, as it was deemed unfair. Its results had become too predictable. Because of the tight bends involved, athletes not drawn in one of the outside lanes had next to no chance of winning.
's Maria de Lurdes Mutola won seven gold
, one silver and one bronze medal in the women's 800 m from 1993 to 2008.
Natalya Nazarova
has won seven gold and one silver medal from 1999 to 2008 in the 400 m and 4x400m relay.
n Iván Pedroso
won five straight golds in the men's long jump
from 1993–2001.
Stefka Kostadinova
of Bulgaria
won five gold medals in the women's high jump
.
History
They have been held every two years except for when they were held in consecutive years 2003 and 2004 to facilitate the need for them to be held in alternate years to the main IAAF World ChampionshipsIAAF World Championships in Athletics
The World Championships in Athletics is an event organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations . Originally, it was organised every four years, but this changed in 1991, and it has since been organised biennially.-History:...
(outdoors) in the future.
Championships
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| 1 | 1985 | Paris | 18–19 January 1985 | Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy Opened in 1984, Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, often abbreviated as POPB or Bercy, is an indoor sports arena on boulevard de Bercy located in the 12th arrondissement of Paris... |
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| 2 | 1987 1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 1st IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held in Indianapolis, United States from March 6 to March 8, 1987. The championship had previously been known as the World Indoor Games, which were held once before changing the name.... |
Indianapolis Indianapolis Indianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population is 839,489. It is by far Indiana's largest city and, as of the 2010 U.S... |
6–8 March 1987 | Hoosier Dome RCA Dome RCA Dome was a domed stadium, located in Indianapolis, Indiana, and the home of the Indianapolis Colts NFL franchise for 24 seasons .... |
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| 3 | 1989 1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 2nd IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Budapest Sportcsarnok in Budapest, Hungary from March 3 to March 5, 1989. There were a total number of 373 participating athletes from 62 countries.-Men:1985 | 1987 | 1989 | 1991 | 1993... |
Budapest Budapest Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter... |
3–5 March 1989 | Budapest Sportcsarnok Budapest Sportcsarnok Budapest Sportcsarnok was an indoor arena in Budapest, Hungary. It was primarily used for basketball, figure skating, volleyball and other indoor sporting events until it burned down on December 15, 1999. The arena had a seating capacity for 12,500 spectators and opened on 1982... |
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| 4 | 1991 1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 3rd IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo in Seville, Spain from March 8 to March 10, 1991. It was the first Indoor Championships to include women's triple jump, albeit as a non-championship event... |
Seville Seville Seville is the artistic, historic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of the autonomous community of Andalusia and of the province of Seville. It is situated on the plain of the River Guadalquivir, with an average elevation of above sea level... |
8–10 March 1991 | Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo Palacio Municipal De Deportes San Pablo is an arena in Seville, Spain. Built in 1988, It is primarily used for basketball and the home arena of CB Sevilla. The arena can hold up to 10,200 people.-References:... |
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| 5 | 1993 1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 4th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Skydome in Toronto, Canada from March 12 to March 14, 1993. It was the last Indoor Championships to feature the 5,000 and 3,000 metres race walk events. In addition, it was the first Indoor Championships to include heptathlon and... |
Toronto Toronto Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from... |
12–14 March 1993 | SkyDome Rogers Centre Rogers Centre is a multi-purpose stadium, in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated next to the CN Tower, near the shores of Lake Ontario. Opened in 1989, it is home to the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball and the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League... |
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| 6 | 1995 1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 5th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain from 10 March to 12 March 1995. There were a total number of 602 participating athletes from 130 countries.-Men:-Women:-Medal table:... |
Barcelona Barcelona Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of... |
10–12 March 1995 | Palau Sant Jordi Palau Sant Jordi Palau Sant Jordi is an indoor sporting arena and multi-purpose installation that is part of the Olympic Ring complex located in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain... |
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| 7 | 1997 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 6th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, France from March 7 to March 9, 1997. It was the first athletic championships to introduce women's pole vault... |
Paris | 7–9 March 1997 | Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy Opened in 1984, Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, often abbreviated as POPB or Bercy, is an indoor sports arena on boulevard de Bercy located in the 12th arrondissement of Paris... http://www2.iaaf.org/wic97/about/venue.html |
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| 8 | 1999 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 7th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held in the Green Dome Maebashi stadium in Maebashi, Japan from March 5 to March 7, 1999. It was the first time the Championships were staged outside Europe or North America. Primo Nebiolo, president of the IAAF, characterized the... |
Maebashi Maebashi, Gunma is the capital city of Gunma Prefecture, Japan.The city was founded on April 1, 1892, by the samurai Makuba Kawai.On December 5, 2004 the town of Ōgo, and the villages of Kasukawa and Miyagi, all from Seta District, were merged into Maebashi.... |
5–7 March 1999 | Green Dome Maebashi Green Dome Maebashi is an arena in Maebashi, Japan. With a capacity of 8,000, it is primarily used for indoor sports. One of its primary functions is as a velodrome - when it is known as - holding parimutuel Keirin races throughout the year... |
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| 9 | 2001 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 8th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Pavilhão Atlântico in Lisbon, Portugal from March 9 to March 11 2001. It was the first time the Championships had been held in Portugal... |
Lisbon Lisbon Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban... |
9–11 March 2001 | Pavilhão Atlântico Pavilhão Atlântico Pavilhão Atlântico is an indoor arena in Lisbon, Portugal. Pavilhão Atlântico holds 20,000 people and was built in 1998 for Expo '98.-History:... |
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| 10 | 2003 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 9th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held in the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, UK from 14 March to 16 March 2003. It was the first time the Championships had been held in the UK... |
Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a... |
14–16 March 2003 | National Indoor Arena National Indoor Arena The National Indoor Arena is a large indoor arena and is owned by the NEC Group. It is situated in central Birmingham, England and was opened in 1991, as the largest indoor arena at the time in the UK... |
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| 11 | 2004 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 10th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations were held in the Budapest Arena, Hungary between March 5 and March 7, 2004... |
Budapest Budapest Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter... |
5–7 March 2004 | Budapest Sports Arena Budapest Sports Arena Budapest Sports Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Budapest, Hungary, the biggest of its kind in the country. The venue holds 12,500 people in its largest concert configuration, 11,390 for boxing and 9,479 for ice hockey.-History:... |
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| 12 | 2006 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 11th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations was held in Moscow from March 10 to March 12, 2006 in the Olimpiyski Sport arena.... |
Moscow | 10–12 March 2006 | Olimpiysky Stadium Olympic Stadium (Moscow arena) Olympic Stadium, known locally as the Olimpiyskiy or Olimpiski, is a large indoor arena, located in Moscow, Russia. It was built for the 1980 Summer Olympics and hosted the basketball and boxing events. A part of the Olimpiyskiy Sports Complex, it makes up one architectural ensemble with another... |
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| 13 | 2008 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Luis Puig Palace in Valencia, Spain, March 7-9, 2008.-Bid:Valencia was announced the winning bidder by the IAAF on November 13, 2005 at an IAAF Council meeting in Moscow, Russia.-Men:... |
Valencia | 7–9 March 2008 | Luis Puig Palace Luis Puig Palace Luis Puig Palace is an arena in Valencia, Spain. It is primarily used for indoor sports and hosted the 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships. The arena also hosts a painted concrete cycling track which played host to the 1992 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. It has a capacity of 6,500 people.... |
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| 14 | 2010 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics was held between 12 and 14 March at the ASPIRE Dome in Doha, Qatar. The championships was the first of six IAAF World Athletics Series events to take place in 2010.-Bidding and organisation:... |
Doha Doha Doha is the capital city of the state of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf, it had a population of 998,651 in 2008, and is also one of the municipalities of Qatar... |
12–14 March 2010 | ASPIRE Dome ASPIRE Academy for Sports Excellence ASPIRE Dome is an indoor sporting arena located in Doha, Qatar, and the home of the ASPIRE Academy for Sports Excellence. The ASPIRE academy is a part of the Aspire Zone which also houses the Khalifa Stadium.... |
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| 15 | 2012 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics will be the 15th edition of the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics and will be held in March 9-11, 2012 at the Ataköy Athletics Arena in Istanbul, Turkey.-Bidding Process:... |
Istanbul Istanbul Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and... |
9–11 March 2012 | Ataköy Athletics Arena Ataköy Athletics Arena Ataköy Athletics Arena is an indoor sporting arena for track and field athletics events located in Ataköy neighborhood of Bakırköy, Istanbul.... |
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| 16 | 2014 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics will be the 15th edition of the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics and will be held in 2014 at the Ergo Arena in Sopot, Poland.-Bidding Process:... |
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Events
The events held have remained more or less the same since they originated with the main alterations coming in the earlier years.The 4 x 400 m relay race
Relay race
During a relay race, members of a team take turns running, orienteering, swimming, cross-country skiing, biathlon, or ice skating parts of a circuit or performing a certain action. Relay races take the form of professional races and amateur games...
for both men and women was added to the full schedule in 1991 as was the women's triple jump
Triple jump
The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...
, but only as an exhibition event before gaining full status at the following championships.
1993 saw the last of the racewalking events included and a 1600 m medley relay was tried but dropped for future games. This same year a men's heptathlon and women's pentathlon were successfully introduced as non-championship events and have remained in place since.
In 1997 the women's pole vault
Pole vault
Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts...
entered the fray – two years before it made an appearance at the games' outdoor counterpart.
The 200 m has been absent since the 2006 championships in Moscow, as it was deemed unfair. Its results had become too predictable. Because of the tight bends involved, athletes not drawn in one of the outside lanes had next to no chance of winning.
Seven gold medals
MozambiqueMozambique
Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest...
's Maria de Lurdes Mutola won seven gold
Gold medal
A gold medal is typically the medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture...
, one silver and one bronze medal in the women's 800 m from 1993 to 2008.
Natalya Nazarova
Natalya Nazarova
Natalya Viktorovna Nazarova is a sprint athlete.She was born in Moscow.Following a personal best time of 49.65 seconds run a fortnight earlier, Natalya had lost form by the start of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, and only just made the final finishing 8th...
has won seven gold and one silver medal from 1999 to 2008 in the 400 m and 4x400m relay.
Five gold medals
CubaCuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
n Iván Pedroso
Iván Pedroso
Iván Lázaro Pedroso Soler is a retired Cuban athlete, specializing in long jump.In July 1990, still at the age of 17, Pedroso jumped more than 8 meters for the first time. Facing tough competition from Carl Lewis, Mike Powell and others, he still won numerous gold medals in international...
won five straight golds in the men's long jump
Long jump
The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...
from 1993–2001.
Stefka Kostadinova
Stefka Kostadinova
Stefka Kostadinova is a Bulgarian retired athlete and the current women's world record holder in the high jump. She is the current president of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee.-Career:...
of Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
won five gold medals in the women's high jump
High jump
The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....
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Four gold medals
- Haile GebrselassieHaile GebrselassieHaile Gebrselassie is an Ethiopian long-distance track and road running athlete. He won two Olympic gold medals over 10,000 metres and four World Championship titles in the event. He won the Berlin Marathon four times consecutively and also had three straight wins at the Dubai Marathon...
of EthiopiaEthiopiaEthiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...
won three golds in the 3,000 m and one in the 1,500 m. - Sergey Bubka won four pole vault gold medals (three while competing for the Soviet Union and one for UkraineUkraineUkraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
). - Cuban Javier SotomayorJavier SotomayorJavier Sotomayor Sanabria is a Cuban former track and field athlete who specialized in the high jump and is the current world record holder. The 1992 Olympic champion, he was the dominant high jumper of the 1990s; he is the only person ever to have cleared 8 feet . He is widely regarded as the...
won four gold and one bronze medal in the men's high jumpHigh jumpThe high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....
. - Stefan HolmStefan HolmStefan Christian Holm is a retired Swedish high jumper. He has won an Olympic gold medal, a silver in the World Championships, and one silver and one bronze medal in the European Championships...
of Sweden has won four gold medals in the men's high jump.
Men
| Event | Record | Athlete | Nation | Date | Venue | Ref | Video |
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| 60 m 60 metres 60 metres is a sprint event in track and field athletics. It is a championship event for indoor championships, normally dominated by the best outdoor 100 metres runners. At outdoor venues it is a rare distance, at least for senior athletes... |
6.42 | Maurice Greene Maurice Greene (athlete) Maurice Greene is a retired American track and field sprinter who specialized in the 100 meters and 200 meters. He is a former 100 m world record holder with a time of 9.79 seconds. During the height of his career he won four Olympic medals and was a five-time World Champion... |
7 March 1999 |  Maebashi1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 7th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held in the Green Dome Maebashi stadium in Maebashi, Japan from March 5 to March 7, 1999. It was the first time the Championships were staged outside Europe or North America. Primo Nebiolo, president of the IAAF, characterized the... |
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| 200 m 200 metres A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first... |
20.10* | Frank Fredericks | 6 March 1999 | Maebashi 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 7th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held in the Green Dome Maebashi stadium in Maebashi, Japan from March 5 to March 7, 1999. It was the first time the Championships were staged outside Europe or North America. Primo Nebiolo, president of the IAAF, characterized the... |
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| 400 m 400 metres The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a common sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 . On a standard outdoor running track, it is exactly one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and... |
45.26 | Harry Reynolds Butch Reynolds Harry "Butch" Reynolds is an American former track and field athlete who competed in the 400 meter dash. He held the world record for the event for eleven years with his personal best time of 43.29 seconds set in 1988. That year he was the silver medalist at the 1988 Seoul Olympics and a... |
14 March 1993 |  Toronto1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 4th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Skydome in Toronto, Canada from March 12 to March 14, 1993. It was the last Indoor Championships to feature the 5,000 and 3,000 metres race walk events. In addition, it was the first Indoor Championships to include heptathlon and... |
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| 800 m 800 metres The 800 meter race is a common track running event. It is the shortest common middle distance track event. The 800 meter is run over two laps of the track and has always been an Olympic event. During indoor track season the event is usually run on a 200 meter track, therefore requiring four laps... |
1:42.67 | Wilson Kipketer Wilson Kipketer Wilson Kosgei Kipketer is a Kenyan born Danish former middle distance runner. He holds the current indoor world records at the 1000 and 800 metres distance. While dominating the 800 m distance for a decade, remaining undefeated for a three-year period and running 8 of the 17 currently all-time... |
9 March 1997 |  Paris1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 6th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, France from March 7 to March 9, 1997. It was the first athletic championships to introduce women's pole vault... |
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| 1500 m 1500 metres The 1,500-metre run is the premier middle distance track event.Aerobic endurance is the biggest factor contributing to success in the 1500 metres but the athlete also requires significant sprint speed.In modern times, the 1,500-metre run has been run at a pace faster than the average person could... |
3:33.77 | Haile Gebrselassie Haile Gebrselassie Haile Gebrselassie is an Ethiopian long-distance track and road running athlete. He won two Olympic gold medals over 10,000 metres and four World Championship titles in the event. He won the Berlin Marathon four times consecutively and also had three straight wins at the Dubai Marathon... |
7 March 1999 | Maebashi 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 7th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held in the Green Dome Maebashi stadium in Maebashi, Japan from March 5 to March 7, 1999. It was the first time the Championships were staged outside Europe or North America. Primo Nebiolo, president of the IAAF, characterized the... |
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| 3000 m 3000 metres The 3000 metres is a popular amateur middle distance track event where 7.5 laps are completed around a 400 metre track. This event is generally classified as middle distance, but it could be classed as a long distance event in many high schools, since they do not promote races such as the 5000 and... |
7:34.71 | Haile Gebrselassie Haile Gebrselassie Haile Gebrselassie is an Ethiopian long-distance track and road running athlete. He won two Olympic gold medals over 10,000 metres and four World Championship titles in the event. He won the Berlin Marathon four times consecutively and also had three straight wins at the Dubai Marathon... |
9 March 1997 | Paris 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 6th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, France from March 7 to March 9, 1997. It was the first athletic championships to introduce women's pole vault... |
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| 60 m hurdles 60 metres hurdles 60 metres hurdles is a distance in hurdling which is generally run in indoor competitions. It is equivalent with the first 60 metres including the first 5 hurdles of a standard outdoor hurdle race. The current women's and men's world records are 7.68 seconds and 7.30 seconds ,... |
7.34 | Dayron Robles Dayron Robles Dayron Robles is a track and field athlete who specialises in the 110 metre hurdles.He won his first major medal in the 60 metres hurdles at the 2006 World Indoor Championships. He finished the 2006 season having improved his outdoor best to 13 seconds and become the Central American and... |
14 March 2010 |  Doha2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics was held between 12 and 14 March at the ASPIRE Dome in Doha, Qatar. The championships was the first of six IAAF World Athletics Series events to take place in 2010.-Bidding and organisation:... |
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| High jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years.... |
2.43 m | Javier Sotomayor Javier Sotomayor Javier Sotomayor Sanabria is a Cuban former track and field athlete who specialized in the high jump and is the current world record holder. The 1992 Olympic champion, he was the dominant high jumper of the 1990s; he is the only person ever to have cleared 8 feet . He is widely regarded as the... |
4 March 1989 |  Budapest1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 2nd IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Budapest Sportcsarnok in Budapest, Hungary from March 3 to March 5, 1989. There were a total number of 373 participating athletes from 62 countries.-Men:1985 | 1987 | 1989 | 1991 | 1993... |
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| Pole vault Pole vault Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts... |
6.01 m | Steven Hooker Steven Hooker Steven Leslie "Steve" Hooker OAM is an Australian pole vaulter and Olympic gold medalist. His personal best is 6.06 m, making him the second highest pole-vaulter in history behind only Sergey Bubka.-Career:... |
13 March 2010 | Doha 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics was held between 12 and 14 March at the ASPIRE Dome in Doha, Qatar. The championships was the first of six IAAF World Athletics Series events to take place in 2010.-Bidding and organisation:... |
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| Long jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point... |
8.62 m | Iván Pedroso Iván Pedroso Iván Lázaro Pedroso Soler is a retired Cuban athlete, specializing in long jump.In July 1990, still at the age of 17, Pedroso jumped more than 8 meters for the first time. Facing tough competition from Carl Lewis, Mike Powell and others, he still won numerous gold medals in international... |
7 March 1999 | Maebashi 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 7th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held in the Green Dome Maebashi stadium in Maebashi, Japan from March 5 to March 7, 1999. It was the first time the Championships were staged outside Europe or North America. Primo Nebiolo, president of the IAAF, characterized the... |
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| Triple jump Triple jump The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a... |
17.90 m | Teddy Tamgho Teddy Tamgho Teddy Tamgho is a French triple jumper. He is the third best ever triple jumper in all conditions with a mark of 17.98 metres from the Adidas Grand Prix in June 2010.... |
14 March 2010 | Doha 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics was held between 12 and 14 March at the ASPIRE Dome in Doha, Qatar. The championships was the first of six IAAF World Athletics Series events to take place in 2010.-Bidding and organisation:... |
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| Shot put Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action.... |
22.24 m | Ulf Timmermann Ulf Timmermann Ulf Timmermann is a German shot putter who broke many world records during the 1980s and is the first and one of only two people to ever throw over 23 metres .... |
7 March 1987 |  Indianapolis1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 1st IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held in Indianapolis, United States from March 6 to March 8, 1987. The championship had previously been known as the World Indoor Games, which were held once before changing the name.... |
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| Heptathlon Heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field athletics combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek hepta and athlon . A competitor in a heptathlon is referred to as a heptathlete.-Women's Heptathlon:... |
6476 pts | Dan O'Brien Dan O'Brien Daniel Dion O'Brien is a former American decathlete. He was deemed one of the best decathlon athletes of the 1990s, winning an Olympic gold medal after winning three consecutive world titles.... |
14 March 1993 | Toronto 1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 4th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Skydome in Toronto, Canada from March 12 to March 14, 1993. It was the last Indoor Championships to feature the 5,000 and 3,000 metres race walk events. In addition, it was the first Indoor Championships to include heptathlon and... |
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| 5000 m walk | 18:23.55* | Mikhail Shchennikov Mikhail Shchennikov Mikhail Anatolyevich Shchennikov is a Russian race walker.He was born in Sverdlovsk. His son Georgi Shchennikov is a professional footballer for PFC CSKA Moscow.-Achievements:-External links:... |
10 March 1991 |  Seville1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 3rd IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo in Seville, Spain from March 8 to March 10, 1991. It was the first Indoor Championships to include women's triple jump, albeit as a non-championship event... |
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| 4 x 400 m relay | 3:02.83 | Andre Morris Dameon Johnson Deon Minor Deon Minor Deon Minor is an American former track and field athlete who specialized in the 400 meter dash. He won two consecutive gold medals in the relay at the IAAF World Indoor Championships from 1997 to 1999, setting a world record mark of 3:02.83 minutes in the latter competition.-Career:Minor grew up... Milton Campbell Milton Campbell Milton Campbell is a former track and field athlete from the United States who mainly competes in the 400 metres.His success comes during the indoor season... |
7 March 1999 | Maebashi 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 7th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held in the Green Dome Maebashi stadium in Maebashi, Japan from March 5 to March 7, 1999. It was the first time the Championships were staged outside Europe or North America. Primo Nebiolo, president of the IAAF, characterized the... |
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| Event | Record | Athlete | Country | Venue | Date | |
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| 60 m 60 metres 60 metres is a sprint event in track and field athletics. It is a championship event for indoor championships, normally dominated by the best outdoor 100 metres runners. At outdoor venues it is a rare distance, at least for senior athletes... |
6.95 | Gail Devers Gail Devers Yolanda Gail Devers is a retired three-time Olympic champion in track and field for the US Olympic Team. Devers was born in Seattle, Washington, and grew up near National City, California and graduated from Sweetwater High School in 1984... |
Toronto Toronto Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from... |
12 March 1993 | ||
| 200 m 200 metres A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first... |
22.15* | Irina Privalova Irina Privalova Irina Anatoljewna Privalova is a Russian athlete.She first competed in the sprint events, winning two Olympic medals in the 100 m and 200 m in 1992 whilst representing the Unified Team. Irina Privalova had been a formidable competitor during most of the 1990s but had not yet won an... |
Toronto | 14 March 1993 | ||
| 400 m 400 metres The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a common sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 . On a standard outdoor running track, it is exactly one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and... |
50.04 | Olesya Forsheva Olesya Forsheva Olesya Aleksandrovna Forsheva is a Russian athlete.She was born in Nizhny Tagil and is married to Dmitriy Forshev.Specializing in the 400 metres, she won a silver medal at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships... |
Moscow | 12 March 2006 | ||
| 800 m | 1:56.90 | Ludmila Formanová Ludmila Formanová Ludmila Formanová is a former Czech middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres.In 1999 she broke Maria de Lurdes Mutola's running streak at the World Indoor Championships, and won in a championship record of 1:56.90... |
Maebashi | 7 March 1999 | ||
| 1500 m | 3:59.41 | Yuliya Fomenko | Valencia | 9 March 2008 | ||
| 3000 m | 8:33.82 | Elly van Hulst Elly van Hulst Elisa Maria van Hulst is a former middle distance runner from the Netherlands, who competed for her native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984.... |
Budapest Budapest Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter... |
4 March 1989 | ||
| 60 m hurdles | 7.72 | Lolo Jones Lolo Jones Lori "Lolo" Jones, more commonly known as Lolo Jones, is an American track and field athlete who specializes in the 60 and 100 meter hurdles. She won three NCAA titles and garnered 11 All-American honors while at LSU... |
Doha | 13 March 2010 | ||
| High jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years.... |
2.05 m | Stefka Kostadinova Stefka Kostadinova Stefka Kostadinova is a Bulgarian retired athlete and the current women's world record holder in the high jump. She is the current president of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee.-Career:... |
 Bulgaria |
Indianapolis Indianapolis Indianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population is 839,489. It is by far Indiana's largest city and, as of the 2010 U.S... |
8 March 1987 | |
| Pole vault Pole vault Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts... |
4.86 m | Yelena Isinbayeva Yelena Isinbayeva Yelena Gadzhievna Isinbayeva is a Russian pole vaulter. She is twice an Olympic gold medalist , five-times a World Champion, and the current world record holder in the event... |
Budapest | 6 March 2004 | ||
| Long jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point... |
7.10 m | Heike Drechsler Heike Drechsler Heike Gabriela Drechsler née Daute is a German track and field athlete. She is one of the most successful female long jumpers of all time and also had several successes in sprint disciplines.She is the only woman who has won two Olympic gold medals in the long jump... |
Indianapolis | 7 March 1987 | ||
| Triple jump Triple jump The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a... |
15.36 m | Tatyana Lebedeva Tatyana Lebedeva Tatyana Romanovna Lebedeva is a Russian athlete who competes in both the long jump and triple jump events. She is one of most successful athletes in the disciplines, having won gold medals at Olympic, world and European levels... |
Budapest | 6 March 2004 | ||
| Shot put Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action.... |
20.85 m | Nadzeya Ostapchuk Nadzeya Ostapchuk Nadzeya Astapchuk is a Belarusian shot putter.Born in Stolin, she was initially interested in basketball but the lack of a local team left her unable to pursue the sport further. Astapchuk instead began practising in throwing events and her first international title came at the age of seventeen,... |
Doha Doha Doha is the capital city of the state of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf, it had a population of 998,651 in 2008, and is also one of the municipalities of Qatar... |
14 March 2010 | ||
| Pentathlon Pentathlon A pentathlon is a contest featuring five different events. The name is derived from Greek: combining the words pente and -athlon . The first pentathlon was documented in Ancient Greece and was part of the Ancient Olympic Games... |
4937 pts | Jessica Ennis Jessica Ennis Jessica Ennis, MBE is a British track and field athlete specialising in multi-eventing disciplines and 100m hurdles... |
Doha | 13 March 2010 | ||
| 3000 m walk | 11:49.73* | Yelena Nikolayeva Yelena Nikolayeva Yelena Nikolayevna Nikolayeva is a Russian race walker.Her first international achievement was a fifth place at the 1987 World Championships, something which happened again at the 1991 World Indoor Championships. One year later she won an Olympic silver medal behind Chen Yueling... |
Toronto | 12 March 1993 | ||
| 4 x 400 m | 3:23.88 | Olesya Forsheva Olesya Forsheva Olesya Aleksandrovna Forsheva is a Russian athlete.She was born in Nizhny Tagil and is married to Dmitriy Forshev.Specializing in the 400 metres, she won a silver medal at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships... Olga Kotlyarova Olga Kotlyarova Olga Kotlyarova is a Russian runner. She used to compete mainly in 400 metres, and has an Olympic bronze medal from 2000 in relay... Tatyana Levina Tatyana Levina Tatyana Levina is a Russian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres and 4 x 400 metres relay.-Achievements:-External links:... Natalya Nazarova Natalya Nazarova Natalya Viktorovna Nazarova is a sprint athlete.She was born in Moscow.Following a personal best time of 49.65 seconds run a fortnight earlier, Natalya had lost form by the start of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, and only just made the final finishing 8th... |
Birmingham | 7 March 2004 | ||
All-time medal table 1985–2010
| 1 | United States |
72 | 56 | 55 | 183 |
| 2 |  Russia |
48 | 40 | 34 | 122 |
| 3 |  Soviet Union |
19 | 17 | 17 | 53 |
| 4 |  Germany |
16 | 13 | 22 | 51 |
| 5 |  Cuba |
15 | 15 | 13 | 43 |
| 6 |  Ethiopia |
15 | 3 | 7 | 25 |
| 7 |  United Kingdom |
13 | 24 | 14 | 51 |
| 8 |  Jamaica |
13 | 16 | 8 | 37 |
| 9 |  German Democratic Republic |
12 | 7 | 5 | 24 |
| 10 |  Sweden |
10 | 6 | 7 | 23 |
| 11 |  Kingdom of Romania |
9 | 9 | 8 | 26 |
| 11 |  Ukraine |
9 | 9 | 8 | 26 |
| 13 |  Early Modern France |
9 | 8 | 14 | 31 |
| 14 |  Kingdom of Bulgaria |
9 | 5 | 7 | 21 |
| 15 | Canada |
7 | 2 | 13 | 22 |
| 16 |  Mozambique |
7 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 17 |  Australia |
6 | 6 | 5 | 17 |
| 18 |  Republic of Ireland |
6 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 19 |  Kenya |
5 | 11 | 10 | 16 |
| 20 |  Czech Republic |
5 | 4 | 9 | 18 |
| 21 |  Morocco |
5 | 4 | 6 | 15 |
| 22 |  Italy |
4 | 5 | 11 | 20 |
| 23 |  Portugal |
4 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 24 |  Netherlands |
4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 25 |  Belarus |
3 | 11 | 5 | 19 |
| 26 |  The Bahamas |
3 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 27 |  Greece |
3 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 27 |  South Africa |
3 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 29 |  Kazakhstan |
3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 30 | Spain |
2 | 19 | 11 | 32 |
| 31 |  Poland |
2 | 6 | 12 | 20 |
| 32 |  Nigeria |
2 | 6 | 3 | 11 |
| 33 |  Mainland China |
2 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 34 |  Czechoslovakia |
2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 35 |  Brazil |
2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 36 |  Switzerland |
2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 37 |  Independent State of Croatia |
2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 38 |  Sudan |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 39 |  Grenada |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 40 |  Belgium |
1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 41 |  Denmark |
1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 42 | Hungary |
1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 43 |  Bermuda |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 43 |  New Zealand |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 45 |  Ghana |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 45 |  Namibia |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 47 |  Norway |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 48 |  Algeria |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 49 |  Finland |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 50 |  Austria |
0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 51 |  Slovenia |
0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 52 |  Iceland |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 53 |  Cameroon |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 53 |  Estonia |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 53 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 53 |  Trinidad and Tobago |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 57 |  Bahrain |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 58 |  Latvia |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 59 | Qatar |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 60 |  Barbados |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 60 |  Botswana |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 60 |  Burundi |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 60 |  Cayman Islands |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 60 |  Panama |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 60 |  United States Virgin Islands |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 66 | Japan |
0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 67 |  Mexico |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 67 |  Kingdom of Yugoslavia |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 69 |  Antigua and Barbuda |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 69 |  British Virgin Islands |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 69 |  Chile |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 69 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 69 |  Dominican Republic |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 69 |  Lithuania |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 69 |  Saudi Arabia |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 69 |  Senegal |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 69 |  Suriname |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 367 | 370 | 380 | 1117 | |
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External links
- International Association of Athletics Federation
- Event History 1987–2003 from BBCBBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...