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.

13th IAAF World Indoor Championships
Official competition logo
Dates12 March–14 March
Host cityDoha, Qatar
VenueAspire Dome
Events26
Participation585 athletes from
146 nations

Bidding and organisation

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The IAAF announced on March 25, 2007, at an IAAF Council meeting in Mombasa, Kenya that it had received bids from Turkey and Qatar to host the championships. On November 25, in a Council meeting in Monaco, the IAAF announced that Doha would host the championships.[1] This was the first time that a world athletics championship was held in the Middle-East and the second time the World Indoor Championships was held outside of Europe or North America (after the 1999 Championships in Japan).[2]

 
The Aspire Zone during the 2006 Asian Games

The venue for the event was the indoor arena located within Doha's Aspire Zone – the ASPIRE Dome, which has previously hosted indoor athletics for the 2008 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships.[3] The World Indoor Championships was the first of two significant athletics events to take place in Doha in 2010 – the inaugural 2010 IAAF Diamond League will begin with the Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix meeting in May.[4]

Prior to the championships, the Qatar organising committee held the Doha Indoor Athletics Meeting for Juniors as a test event for the venue. The meeting began on 26 February and featured junior athletes from 11 countries within the region competing in a total of 13 events.[5]

The competition set a new high for the number of nations at the World Indoor Championships: 150 countries sent teams to the championships, with a total of 374 men and 283 women athletes entered to compete.[2]

The competition mascot was an anthropomorphic caracal named Saham – the caracal is a medium-sized cat which is native to the Middle-East.[6] The inclusion of a mascot follows on from the mainstream success of the 2009 World Championships in Athletics mascot – Berlino the Bear.[7]

The IAAF extended live audio and video coverage of the championships to the internet for certain countries,[8] including a deal with IEC in Sports which saw events available live and on-demand via Dailymotion. This was the first deal of its kind for the competition.[9]

Drug tests

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Anna Alminova, a Russian athlete who competed in the 1500 m failed a drug test while at the championships. She tested positive for pseudoephedrine, which was present in a cold medicine she was taking, and received a three-month ban.[10]

Schedule

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Legend
Key P Q H ½ F
Value Preliminary round Qualifiers Heats Semifinals Final
All dates are AST (UTC+3)
Men[11]
Date → 12 13 14
Event ↓ M A M A M A
60 m H 12 F
400 m H 12 F
800 m H 12 F
1500 m H F
3000 m H F
60 m hurdles H 12 F
4 × 400 m relay H F
Long jump Q F
Triple jump Q F
High jump Q F
Pole vault Q F
Shot put Q F
Heptathlon F
Women[11]
Date → 12 13 14
Event ↓ M A M A M A
60 m H 12 F
400 m H 12 F
800 m H F
1500 m H F
3000 m H F
60 m hurdles H 12 F
4 × 400 m relay F
Long jump Q F
Triple jump Q F
High jump Q F
Pole vault Q F
Shot put Q F
Pentathlon F

Results

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2006 | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014

Event Gold Silver Bronze
60 m
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Dwain Chambers
  Great Britain
6.48 WL Mike Rodgers
  United States
6.53 Daniel Bailey
  Antigua and Barbuda
6.57
400 m
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Chris Brown
  Bahamas
45.96 SB William Collazo
  Cuba
46.31 PB Jamaal Torrance
  United States
46.43
800 m
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Abubaker Kaki
  Sudan
1:46.23 SB Boaz Kiplagat Lalang
  Kenya
1:46.39 Adam Kszczot
  Poland
1:46.69
1500 m
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Deresse Mekonnen
  Ethiopia
3:41.86 Abdalaati Iguider
  Morocco
3:41.96 Haron Keitany
  Kenya
3:42.32
3000 m
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Bernard Lagat
  United States
7:37.97 SB Sergio Sánchez
  Spain
7:39.55 Sammy Alex Mutahi
  Kenya
7:39.90
60 m hurdles
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Dayron Robles
  Cuba
7.34 CR Terrence Trammell
  United States
7.36 NR David Oliver
  United States
7.44 PB
4 × 400 m relay
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  United States
Jamaal Torrance
Greg Nixon
Tavaris Tate
Bershawn Jackson
LeJerald Betters*
Kerron Clement*
3:03.40 WL   Belgium
Cedric van Branteghem
Kévin Borlée
Antoine Gillet
Jonathan Borlée
Nils Duerinck*
3:06.94 NR   Great Britain
Conrad Williams
Nigel Levine
Christopher Clarke
Richard Buck
Luke Lennon-Ford*
3:07.52 SB
High jump
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Ivan Ukhov
  Russia
2.36 Yaroslav Rybakov
  Russia
2.31 Dusty Jonas
  United States
2.31
Pole vault
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Steven Hooker
  Australia
6.01 CR Malte Mohr
  Germany
5.70 Alexander Straub
  Germany
5.65
Long jump
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Fabrice Lapierre
  Australia
8.17 Godfrey Khotso Mokoena
  South Africa
8.08 SB Mitchell Watt
  Australia
8.05
Triple jump
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Teddy Tamgho
  France
17.90 WR Yoandris Betanzos
  Cuba
17.69 PB Arnie David Girat
  Cuba
17.36 SB
Shot put
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Christian Cantwell
  United States
21.83 Ralf Bartels
  Germany
21.44 PB Dylan Armstrong
  Canada
21.39
Heptathlon
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Bryan Clay
  United States
6204 Trey Hardee
  United States
6184 Aleksey Drozdov
  Russia
6141
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Women

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2006 | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014

Event Gold Silver Bronze
60 m
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Veronica Campbell-Brown
  Jamaica
7.00 PB Carmelita Jeter
  United States
7.05 Ruddy Zang Milama
  Gabon
Sheri-Ann Brooks
  Jamaica
7.14

7.14 PB
400 m
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Debbie Dunn
  United States
51.04 Vania Stambolova
  Bulgaria
51.50 SB Amantle Montsho
  Botswana
52.53
800 m
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Mariya Savinova
  Russia
1:58.26 WL Jenny Meadows
  Great Britain
1:58.43 NR Alysia Johnson
  United States
1:59.60 PB
1500 m
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Kalkidan Gezahegne
  Ethiopia
4:08.14 Natalia Rodríguez
  Spain
4:08.30 Gelete Burka
  Ethiopia
4:08.39
3000 m
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Meseret Defar
  Ethiopia
8:51.17 Vivian Cheruiyot
  Kenya
8:51.85 Sentayehu Ejigu
  Ethiopia
8:52.08
60 m hurdles
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LoLo Jones
  United States
7.72 CR Perdita Felicien
  Canada
7.86 SB Priscilla Lopes-Schliep
  Canada
7.87
4 × 400 m relay
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  United States
Debbie Dunn
DeeDee Trotter
Natasha Hastings
Allyson Felix
3:27.34 WL   Czech Republic
Denisa Rosolová
Jitka Bartoničková
Zuzana Bergrová
Zuzana Hejnová
3:30.05 SB   Great Britain
Kim Wall
Vicki Barr
Perri Shakes-Drayton
Lee McConnell
3:30.29 SB
High jump
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Blanka Vlašić
  Croatia
2.00 Ruth Beitia
  Spain
1.98 Chaunte Howard Lowe
  United States
1.98 SB
Pole vault
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Fabiana Murer
  Brazil
4.80 Svetlana Feofanova
  Russia
4.80 SB Anna Rogowska
  Poland
4.70
Long jump
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Brittney Reese
  United States
6.70 Naide Gomes
  Portugal
6.67 Keila Costa
  Brazil
6.63 SB
Triple jump
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Olga Rypakova
  Kazakhstan
15.14 WL Yargelis Savigne
  Cuba
14.86 SB Anna Pyatykh
  Russia
14.64 SB
Shot put
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Valerie Vili
  New Zealand
20.49 AR Anna Avdeyeva
  Russia
19.47 SB Nadine Kleinert
  Germany
19.34 SB
Pentathlon
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Jessica Ennis
  Great Britain
4937 CR Nataliya Dobrynska
  Ukraine
4851 Hyleas Fountain
  United States
4753
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Medal table

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Bernard Lagat became the oldest athlete to win at the championships.[12]
 
Teddy Tamgho, France's only medallist, set a world indoor record in the triple jump.[13]
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States (USA)84618
2  Ethiopia (ETH)3025
3  Russia (RUS)2327
4  Great Britain (GBR)2125
5  Australia (AUS)2013
6  Cuba (CUB)1315
7  Brazil (BRA)1012
  Jamaica (JAM)1012
9  Bahamas (BAH)1001
  Croatia (CRO)1001
  France (FRA)1001
  Kazakhstan (KAZ)1001
  New Zealand (NZL)1001
  Sudan (SUD)1001
15  Spain (ESP)0303
16  Germany (GER)0224
  Kenya (KEN)0224
18  Canada (CAN)0123
19  Belgium (BEL)0101
  Bulgaria (BUL)0101
  Czech Republic (CZE)0101
  Morocco (MAR)0101
  Portugal (POR)0101
  South Africa (RSA)0101
  Ukraine (UKR)0101
26  Poland (POL)0022
27  Antigua and Barbuda (ATG)0011
  Botswana (BOT)0011
  Gabon (GAB)0011
Totals (29 entries)26262779

Participating nations

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References

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  1. ^ Basic Information Guide - 13th IAAF World Indoor Championships 2010 - Doha - QAT Archived 2009-10-06 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-10-07.
  2. ^ a b Record breaking gathering expected in Doha - 150 countries confirm participation. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-04.
  3. ^ Ramsak, Bob (2009-11-04). The Aspire Dome, centre stage for Doha 2010. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-02-26.
  4. ^ Doha indoors to Doha outdoors - Two months to go to IAAF Diamond League. IAAF (2010-03-15). Retrieved on 2010-03-17.
  5. ^ The Doha Indoor Athletics Meeting for Juniors to be Organized in Aspire Archived 2012-02-27 at the Wayback Machine. QAAF (2010-02-21). Retrieved on 2010-02-26.
  6. ^ Doha 2010 Unveils Official Brand Mascot "Saham" Archived 2011-10-08 at the Wayback Machine. Doha 2010 (2009-12-13). Retrieved on 2010-03-11.
  7. ^ Fordyce, Tom (2009-08-21). Berlino the Bear - love him or loathe him?. BBC Sport. Retrieved on 2010-03-11.
  8. ^ Follow Doha 2010 – Read, Listen, Watch.... IAAF (2010-03-11). Retrieved on 2010-03-11.
  9. ^ Athletics: New partnership agreement with Dailymotion for live and VOD broadcast of the 2010 World Indoor Championships in Doha Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF (2010-03-11). Retrieved on 2010-03-11.
  10. ^ IAAF Newsletter Edition 112 Archived 2012-10-25 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF (2010-04-27). Retrieved on 2010-04-27.
  11. ^ a b Competition Timetable Archived 2011-10-08 at the Wayback Machine. Doha 2010. Retrieved on 2010-02-26.
  12. ^ Landells, Steve (2010-03-14). Doha 2010 - Lagat makes 3000m win look easy. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-17.
  13. ^ Jalava, Mirko (2010-03-14). Doha 2010 - Tamgho triples to 17.90 World Indoor record! - UPDATED. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-17.
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