2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships

The 17th IAAF World Indoor Championships was held from 1 to 4 March 2018 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. This was the city's second hosting of the event as it previously did so in 2003.

17th IAAF World Indoor Championships
Dates1–4 March
Host cityBirmingham, United Kingdom
VenueArena Birmingham
Events26
Participation554 athletes from
134 nations

Bidding process

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Birmingham bid for the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships as well as the 2018 event. Portland was selected unanimously to host the 2016 event with Birmingham being the only other bidder.[1] With Portland then out of the running for the 2018 event Birmingham was selected as the host of the 2018 event.[2] The reason Portland was selected for 2016 and Birmingham for 2018 is that the IAAF wanted more time between events in the UK with London hosting the 2012 Summer Olympics as well as the 2017 World Championships in Athletics along with Cardiff hosting the 2016 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships.[3] Portland would become the beginning of a similar sequence for the US, with the 2021 World Championships in Eugene, Oregon and the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

Venue

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The event took place at the National Indoor Arena with seating for 8,000 spectators.[4]

Schedule

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H Heats ½ Semi-finals F Final
M = morning session, A = afternoon session
All dates are GMT (UTC±0)

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Entry standards

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The qualification period for all events runs from 1 January 2017 to 19 February 2018 (midnight Monaco time), except for the Combined Events where the qualification period runs from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2017 and the five best athletes from the 2018 Indoor Lists (as at 12 February 2018). Twelve athletes will be invited in the Heptathlon and in the Pentathlon as follows: the winner of the 2017 Combined Events Challenge. One athlete which may be invited at the discretion of the IAAF. In total no more than two male and two female athletes from any one Member will be invited. Upon refusals or cancellations, the invitations shall be extended to the next ranked athletes in the same lists respecting the above conditions.[7]

Event Men Women
Indoor Outdoor Indoor Outdoor
60 metres 6.63 10.10 100m 7.30 11.15 100m
400 metres 46.70 45.00 53.15 51.10
800 metres 1:46.50 1:44.00 2:02.00 1:58.00
1500 metres 3:39.50 3:33.00 1500m 4:11.00 4:02.00 1500m
3:55.00 Mile 4:28.50 Mile
3000 metres 7:52.00 7:40.00 3000m 8:50.00 8:28.00 3000m
13:10.00 5000m 14:45.00 5000m
60 metres hurdles 7.70 13.40 110mh 8.14 12.80 100mh
High jump 2.33 m 1.97 m
Pole vault 5.78 m 4.71 m
Long jump 8.19 m 6.76 m
Triple jump 17.05 m 14.30 m
Shot put 20.80 m 18.20 m
4 × 400 metres relay No Standard No Standard

Medal summary

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
60 metres
details[8]
Christian Coleman
  United States
6.37 CR Su Bingtian
  China
6.42 AR Ronnie Baker
  United States
6.44
400 metres
details[9]
Pavel Maslák
  Czech Republic
45.47 SB Michael Cherry
  United States
45.84 Deon Lendore
  Trinidad and Tobago
46.37
800 metres
details[10]
Adam Kszczot
  Poland
1:47.47 Drew Windle
  United States
1:47.99 Saúl Ordóñez
  Spain
1:48.01
1500 metres
details[11]
Samuel Tefera
  Ethiopia
3:58.19 Marcin Lewandowski
  Poland
3:58.39 Abdelaati Iguider
  Morocco
3:58.43
3000 metres
details[12]
Yomif Kejelcha
  Ethiopia
8:14.41 Selemon Barega
  Ethiopia
8:15.59 Bethwell Birgen
  Kenya
8:15.70
60 metres hurdles
details[13]
Andrew Pozzi
  Great Britain
7.46 SB Jarret Eaton
  United States
7.47 Aurel Manga
  France
7.54
4 × 400 metres relay
details[14]
  Poland (POL)
Karol Zalewski
Rafał Omelko
Łukasz Krawczuk
Jakub Krzewina
Patryk Adamczyk*
3:01.77 WR   United States (USA)
Fred Kerley
Michael Cherry
Aldrich Bailey
Vernon Norwood
Marqueze Washington*
Paul Dedewo*
3:01.97 SB   Belgium (BEL)
Dylan Borlée
Jonathan Borlée
Jonathan Sacoor
Kevin Borlée
3:02.51 NR
High jump
details[15]
Danil Lysenko
  Authorised Neutral Athletes
2.36 m Mutaz Essa Barshim
  Qatar
2.33 m Mateusz Przybylko
  Germany
2.29 m
Pole vault
details[16]
Renaud Lavillenie
  France
5.90 m Sam Kendricks
  United States
5.85 m Piotr Lisek
  Poland
5.85 m
Long jump
details[17]
Juan Miguel Echevarría
  Cuba
8.46 m WL Luvo Manyonga
  South Africa
8.44 m AR Marquis Dendy
  United States
8.42 m PB
Triple jump
details[18]
Will Claye
  United States
17.43 m WL Almir dos Santos
  Brazil
17.41 m PB Nelson Évora
  Portugal
17.40 m NR
Shot put
details[19]
Tomas Walsh
  New Zealand
22.31 m CR, AR David Storl
  Germany
21.44 m SB Tomáš Staněk
  Czech Republic
21.44 m
Heptathlon
details[20]
Kevin Mayer
  France
6348 pts WL Damian Warner
  Canada
6343 pts NR Maicel Uibo
  Estonia
6265 pts PB
  • Note: * = Relay athletes who only ran in heats

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
60 metres
details[21]
Murielle Ahouré
  Ivory Coast
6.97 WL, NR Marie-Josée Ta Lou
  Ivory Coast
7.05 PB Mujinga Kambundji
  Switzerland
7.05
400 metres
details[22]
Courtney Okolo
  United States
50.55 PB Shakima Wimbley
  United States
51.47 Eilidh Doyle
  Great Britain
51.60 SB
800 metres
details[23]
Francine Niyonsaba
  Burundi
1:58.31 WL, NR Ajeé Wilson
  United States
1:58.99 PB Shelayna Oskan-Clarke
  Great Britain
1:59.81 PB
1500 metres
details[24]
Genzebe Dibaba
  Ethiopia
4:05.27 Laura Muir
  Great Britain
4:06.23 Sifan Hassan
  Netherlands
4:07.26
3000 metres
details[25]
Genzebe Dibaba
  Ethiopia
8:45.05 Sifan Hassan
  Netherlands
8:45.68 SB Laura Muir
  Great Britain
8:45.78 SB
60 metres hurdles
details[26]
Kendra Harrison
  United States
7.70 CR, =AR Christina Manning
  United States
7.79 Nadine Visser
  Netherlands
7.84
4 × 400 metres relay
details[27]
  United States (USA)
Quanera Hayes
Georganne Moline
Shakima Wimbley
Courtney Okolo
Joanna Atkins*
Raevyn Rogers*
3:23.85 CR   Poland (POL)
Justyna Święty-Ersetic
Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz
Aleksandra Gaworska
Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik
Joanna Linkiewicz*
Natalia Kaczmarek*
3:26.09 NR   Great Britain (GBR)
Meghan Beesley
Hannah Williams
Amy Allcock
Zoey Clark
Anyika Onuora*
3:29.38 SB
High jump
details[28]
Mariya Lasitskene
  Authorised Neutral Athletes
2.01 m Vashti Cunningham
  United States
1.93 m Alessia Trost
  Italy
1.93 m SB
Pole vault
details[29]
Sandi Morris
  United States
4.95 m CR, WL Anzhelika Sidorova
  Authorised Neutral Athletes
4.90 m PB Katerina Stefanidi
  Greece
4.80 m
Long jump
details[30]
Ivana Španović
  Serbia
6.96 WL Brittney Reese
  United States
6.89 m SB Sosthene Moguenara-Taroum
  Germany
6.85 m SB
Triple jump
details[31]
Yulimar Rojas
  Venezuela
14.63 m WL Kimberly Williams
  Jamaica
14.48 m PB Ana Peleteiro
  Spain
14.40 m PB
Shot put
details[32]
Anita Márton
  Hungary
19.62 m WL, NR Danniel Thomas-Dodd
  Jamaica
19.22 m NR Gong Lijiao
  China
19.08 m SB
Pentathlon
details[33]
Katarina Johnson-Thompson
  Great Britain
4750 pts SB Ivona Dadic
  Austria
4700 SB Yorgelis Rodríguez
  Cuba
4637 pts NR

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Great Britain)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States (USA)610218
2  Ethiopia (ETH)4105
3  Poland (POL)2215
4  Great Britain (GBR)*2147
  Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA)[1]2103
5  France (FRA)2013
6  Ivory Coast (CIV)1102
7  Cuba (CUB)1012
  Czech Republic (CZE)1012
9  Burundi (BDI)1001
  Hungary (HUN)1001
  New Zealand (NZL)1001
  Serbia (SRB)1001
  Venezuela (VEN)1001
14  Jamaica (JAM)0202
15  Germany (GER)0123
  Netherlands (NED)0123
17  China (CHN)0112
18  Austria (AUT)0101
  Brazil (BRA)0101
  Canada (CAN)0101
  Qatar (QAT)0101
  South Africa (RSA)0101
23  Spain (ESP)0022
24  Belgium (BEL)0011
  Estonia (EST)0011
  Greece (GRE)0011
  Italy (ITA)0011
  Kenya (KEN)0011
  Morocco (MAR)0011
  Portugal (POR)0011
  Switzerland (SUI)0011
  Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)0011
Totals (32 entries)26262678
Notes

^[1] IAAF does not include the three medals (2 gold, 1 silver) won by athletes competing as Authorised Neutral Athletes in their official medal table.[34]

Participating nations

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In brackets the number of athletes participating.

Disqualifications

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This championship was notable for the large number of disqualifications, primarily lane violations (IAAF rule 163.3(a)). One entire heat of the Men's 400 metres was disqualified, a World Championship first. Some athletes appeared to have difficulty with the steep banking of the track. Accusations were raised about the heavy handedness of the officiating and inconsistencies relative to similar acts committed by star British athletes at the 2017 Outdoor World Championships held in London just 5 and a half months earlier.[36]

References

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  1. ^ Red Shannon (17 November 2013). "Portland, Ore., Wins Bid for 2016 World Indoor Championships: Why It Matters". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Portland, Ore., to hold IAAF 2016 world indoors". ESPN. 15 November 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  3. ^ Gambaccini, Peter (15 November 2013). "Portland Will Host 2016 World Indoor Championships | Runner's World". Runnersworld.com. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  4. ^ "IAAF Council Meeting, Monaco, 15 Nov - World Indoors: Portland 2016 and Birmingham 2018". iaaf.org. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  5. ^ a b [1]. Birmingham 2018. Access-date: 3 October 2017.
  6. ^ IAAF WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS BIRMINGHAM 2018 SCHEDULE PUBLISHED 4 October 2017 IAAF
  7. ^ IAAF WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS BIRMINGHAM 2018 QUALIFICATION SYSTEM AND ENTRY STANDARDS PUBLISHED 15 May 2017 IAAF
  8. ^ "Men's 60 metres results" (PDF).
  9. ^ "Men's 400 metres results" (PDF).
  10. ^ "Men's 800 metres results" (PDF).
  11. ^ "Men's 1500 metres results" (PDF).
  12. ^ "Men's 3000 metres results" (PDF).
  13. ^ "Men's 60 metres hurdles results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  14. ^ "Men's 4 × 400 metres relay results" (PDF).
  15. ^ "Men's high jump results" (PDF).
  16. ^ "Men's pole vault results" (PDF).
  17. ^ "Men's long jump results" (PDF).
  18. ^ "Men's triple put results" (PDF).
  19. ^ "Men's shot put results" (PDF).
  20. ^ "Men's heptathlon results" (PDF).
  21. ^ "Women's 60 metres results" (PDF).
  22. ^ "Women's 400 metres results" (PDF).
  23. ^ "Women's 800 metres results" (PDF).
  24. ^ "Women's 1500 metres results" (PDF).
  25. ^ "Women's 3000 metres results" (PDF).
  26. ^ "Women's 60 metres hurdles results" (PDF).
  27. ^ "Women's 4 × 400 metres relay results" (PDF).
  28. ^ "Women's high jump results" (PDF).
  29. ^ "Women's pole vault results" (PDF).
  30. ^ "Women's long jump results" (PDF).
  31. ^ "Women's triple jump results" (PDF).
  32. ^ "Women's shot put results" (PDF).
  33. ^ "Women's pentathlon results" (PDF).
  34. ^ "IAAF World Indoor Championships Medal Table | WIC 18 | World Athletics". www.worldathletics.org.
  35. ^ A total of eight Russian athletes were cleared to compete as Authorised Neutral Athletes, all in the field events: Maksim Afonin and Aleksandr Lesnoy (men's shot put), Anna Krylova and Viktoriya Prokopenko (women's triple jump), Danil Lysenko and Mariya Lasitskene (high jump), and Olga Mullina and Anzhelika Sidorova (women's pole vault). Authorised Neutral Athletes 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships. IAAF. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
  36. ^ "Are The British Officials Playing Favorites At IAAF World Championships? - FloTrack". www.flotrack.org. 3 March 2018.
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