World Athletics Indoor Championships

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World Athletics Indoor Championships
Statusactive
GenreAthletics World championship
Date(s)varying
Frequencybiannual
Countryvarying
Inaugurated1985 (1985)
Most recent2018
Next event2022
Organised byWorld Athletics
Websiteworldathletics.org

The World Athletics Indoor Championships are a bi-annual indoor track and field competition served as the global championship for that version of the sport. Organised by the World Athletics, the competition was inaugurated as the World Indoor Games in 1985 in Paris, France and were subsequently renamed to IAAF World Indoor Championships in 1987. The current name was adapted with the name change of the sports governing body in 2019.

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 World Athletics Championships (outdoors) in the future.

Championships[]

  Cancelled due to COVID-19 and postponed to 2023
Edition Year City Country Date Venue Events Nations Athletes Top of the
medal table
– 1985 Paris France France 18–19 January 1985 Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy 24 69 319  East Germany
1 1987 Indianapolis United States United States 6–8 March 1987 Hoosier Dome 24 85 419  Soviet Union
2 1989 Budapest Hungary Hungary 3–5 March 1989 Budapest Sportcsarnok 24 62 373  Soviet Union
3 1991 Seville Spain Spain 8–10 March 1991 Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo 26[a] 80 518  Soviet Union
4 1993 Toronto Canada Canada 12–14 March 1993 SkyDome 27[b] 93 537  Russia
5 1995 Barcelona Spain Spain 10–12 March 1995 Palau Sant Jordi 27 131 594  Russia
6 1997 Paris France France 7–9 March 1997 Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy [1] 28 118 712  United States
7 1999 Maebashi Japan Japan 5–7 March 1999 Green Dome Maebashi 28 115 451  United States
8 2001 Lisbon Portugal Portugal 9–11 March 2001 Pavilhão Atlântico 28 136 510  United States
9 2003 Birmingham United Kingdom United Kingdom 14–16 March 2003 National Indoor Arena 28 131 583  United States
10 2004 Budapest Hungary Hungary 5–7 March 2004 Budapest Sports Arena 28 139 677  Russia
11 2006 Moscow Russia Russia 10–12 March 2006 Olimpiysky Stadium 26 129 562  United States
12 2008 Valencia Spain Spain 7–9 March 2008 Luis Puig Palace 26 147 574  United States
13 2010 Doha Qatar Qatar 12–14 March 2010 Aspire Dome 26 146 585  United States
14 2012 Istanbul Turkey Turkey 9–11 March 2012 Ataköy Athletics Arena 26 171 629  United States
15 2014 Sopot Poland Poland 7–9 March 2014 Ergo Arena 26 134 538  United States
16 2016 Portland United States United States 17–20 March 2016 Oregon Convention Center 26 137 487  United States
17 2018 Birmingham United Kingdom United Kingdom 1–4 March 2018 National Indoor Arena 26 134 554  United States
[1] 2020 Nanjing China China 13–15 March 2020 Nanjing's Cube
18 2022 Belgrade Serbia Serbia 18–20 March 2022 Belgrade Arena
19 2023 Nanjing China China 17–19 March 2023 Nanjing's Cube
20 Glasgow United Kingdom United Kingdom TBA Emirates Arena

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 for both men and women was added to the full schedule in 1991 with the women's triple jump, the latter as an exhibition event, and gaining full status at the following championships.

Racewalking events were dropped after 1993, and a 1600 m medley relay was tried but was discontinued were due to poor interest. This same year, a men's heptathlon and women's pentathlon were successfully introduced as non-championship events, and have remained on the program since.

In 1997 the women's pole vault entered the fray, two years before it made an appearance at the event's outdoor counterpart.

Despite the event's popularity, the 200 m was removed from the program after the 2004 championships, as the event was deemed unfair and too predictable, with the tight bends involved in the race meaning any athletes not drawn in either of the outside lanes had minimal or no chance of winning.

Outstanding achievements[]

Seven gold medals[]

Mozambique'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 4 × 400 m relay.

Five gold medals[]

Cuban Iván Pedroso won five straight golds in the men's long jump from 1993 to 2001.
Stefka Kostadinova of Bulgaria won five gold medals in the women's high jump.

Four gold medals[]

  • Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia 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 Ukraine).
  • Cuban Javier Sotomayor won four gold and one bronze medal in the men's high jump.
  • Stefan Holm of Sweden has won four gold medals in the men's high jump.
  • Meseret Defar of Ethiopia has won four gold, one silver and one bronze medal in the women's 3,000 m.
  • Mikhail Shchennikov of Russia has won four gold medals in the 5000 m walk.

Championship records[]

Key to tables:   Disqualified
X = annulled due to doping violation

Men[]

Event Record Athlete Nation Date Championships Place Ref Video
60 m 6.37 Christian Coleman  United States 3 March 2018 2018 Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom [2]
400 m 45.11 Nery Brenes  Costa Rica 10 March 2012 2012 Championships Istanbul, Turkey [3] [2]
800 m 1:42.67 Wilson Kipketer  Denmark 9 March 1997 1997 Championships Paris, France [3]
1500 m 3:33.77 Haile Gebrselassie  Ethiopia 7 March 1999 1999 Championships Maebashi, Japan
3000 m 7:34.71 Haile Gebrselassie  Ethiopia 9 March 1997 1997 Championships Paris, France
60 m hurdles 7.34 Dayron Robles  Cuba 14 March 2010 2010 Championships Doha, Qatar [4] [4]
High jump 2.43 m Javier Sotomayor  Cuba 4 March 1989 1989 Championships Budapest, Hungary
Pole vault 6.02 m Renaud Lavillenie  France 17 March 2016 2016 Championships Portland, United States [5]
Long jump 8.62 m Iván Pedroso  Cuba 7 March 1999 1999 Championships Maebashi, Japan
Triple jump 17.90 m Teddy Tamgho  France 14 March 2010 2010 Championships Doha, Qatar [6] [5]
Shot put 22.31 m Tomas Walsh  New Zealand 3 March 2018 2018 Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom [7]
Heptathlon 6645 pts Ashton Eaton  United States 9–10 March 2012 2012 Championships Istanbul, Turkey [8]
6.79 (60 m), 8.16 m (long jump), 14.56 m (shot put), 2.03 m (high jump) / 7.68 (60 m hurdles), 5.20 m (pole vault), 2:32.77 (1000 m)
4 × 400 m relay 3:01.77 Karol Zalewski
Rafał Omelko
Łukasz Krawczuk
Jakub Krzewina 		 Poland 4 March 2018 2018 Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom [9]

Women[]

Event Record Athlete Nation Date Championships Place Ref Video
60 m 6.95 Gail Devers  United States 12 March 1993 1993 Championships Toronto, Canada
400 m 50.04 Olesya Forsheva  Russia 12 March 2006 2006 Championships Moscow, Russia
800 m 1:56.90 Ludmila Formanová  Czech Republic 7 March 1999 1999 Championships Maebashi, Japan
1500 m 3:59.41 X Yuliya Fomenko  Russia 9 March 2008 2008 Championships Valencia, Spain
3:59.75 Gelete Burka  Ethiopia 9 March 2008 2008 Championships Valencia, Spain
3000 m 8:33.82 Elly van Hulst  Netherlands 4 March 1989 1989 Championships Budapest, Hungary
60 m hurdles 7.70 Kendra Harrison  United States 3 March 2018 2018 Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom [10]
High jump 2.05 m Stefka Kostadinova  Bulgaria 8 March 1987 1987 Championships Indianapolis, United States
Pole vault 4.95 m Sandi Morris  United States 3 March 2018 2018 Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom [11]
Long jump 7.23 m Brittney Reese  United States 11 March 2012 2012 Championships Istanbul, Turkey [12] [6]
Triple jump 15.36 m Tatyana Lebedeva  Russia 6 March 2004 2004 Championships Budapest, Hungary
Shot put 20.67 m Valerie Adams  New Zealand 8 March 2014 2014 Championships Sopot, Poland
20.85 m X Nadzeya Ostapchuk  Belarus 14 March 2010 2010 Championships Doha, Qatar [13]
Pentathlon 5013 pts Nataliya Dobrynska  Ukraine 9 March 2012 2012 Championships Istanbul, Turkey [14]
8.38 (60 m hurdles), 1.84 m (high jump), 16.51 m (shot put), 6.57 m (long jump), 2:11.15 (800 m)
4 × 400 m relay 3:23.85 Quanera Hayes
Georganne Moline
Shakima Wimbley
Courtney Okolo 		 United States 4 March 2018 2018 Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom [15]

Heptathlon disciplines[]

Event Record Athlete Nation Date Championships Place Ref Video
60 m 6.61 Chris Huffins  United States 8 March 1997 1997 Championships Paris, France
Long jump 8.16 m Ashton Eaton  United States 9 March 2012 2012 Championships Istanbul, Turkey [16] [7]
Shot put 17.17 m Aleksey Drozdov  Russia 12 March 2010 2010 Championships Doha, Qatar [17]
High jump 2.21 m Andrei Krauchanka  Belarus 7 March 2014 2014 Championships Sopot, Poland [18]
60 m hurdles 7.64 Ashton Eaton  United States 8 March 2014 2014 Championships Sopot, Poland [19]
Pole vault 5.50 m Erki Nool  Estonia 7 March 1999 1999 Championships Maebashi, Japan
1000 m 2:29.04 Curtis Beach  United States 19 March 2016 2016 Championships Portland, United States [20]

Pentathlon disciplines[]

Event Record Athlete Nation Date Championships Place Ref
60 m hurdles 7.91 Jessica Ennis  Great Britain 9 March 2012 2012 Championships Istanbul, Turkey [21]
High jump 1.99 m Tia Hellebaut  Belgium 7 March 2008 2008 Championships Valencia, Spain
Shot put 17.18 m Nataliya Dobrynska  Ukraine 7 March 2008 2008 Championships Valencia, Spain
Long jump 6.69 m Natalya Sazanovich  Belarus 9 March 2001 2001 Championships Lisbon, Portugal
800 m 2:08.09 Jessica Ennis  Great Britain 9 March 2012 2012 Championships Istanbul, Turkey [22]

Records in defunct events[]

Men's events[]

Event Record Athlete Nation Date Championships Place Ref
200 m 20.10 Frank Fredericks  Namibia 6 March 1999 1999 Championships Maebashi, Japan
5000 m walk 18:23.55 Mikhail Shchennikov  Soviet Union 10 March 1991 1991 Championships Seville, Spain
Distance medley relay
(non-championship event) 		3:15.10 Mark Everett
James Trapp
Kevin Little
Butch Reynolds 		 United States 14 March 1993 1993 Championships Toronto, Canada

Women's events[]

Event Record Athlete Nation Date Championships Place Ref
200 m 22.15 Irina Privalova  Russia 14 March 1993 1993 Championships Toronto, Canada
3000 m walk 11:49.73 Yelena Nikolayeva  Russia 13 March 1993 1993 Championships Toronto, Canada
Distance medley relay
(non-championship event) 		3:45.90 Joetta Clark
Wendy Vereen
Kim Batten
Jearl Miles 		 United States 14 March 1993 1993 Championships Toronto, Canada

All-time medal table[]

Medal table includes 1985–2018 Championships.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States1107564249
2 Russia524845145
3 Ethiopia27101350
4 Great Britain20343185
5 Soviet Union19171753
6 Jamaica17231151
7 Cuba17161750
8 France15122148
9 Germany14222157
10 East Germany127524
11 Sweden118827
12 Kenya10141539
13 Ukraine9141134
14 Romania910928
15 Bulgaria95721
16 Czech Republic881127
17 Canada841527
18 Australia79521
19 Morocco76821
20 Mozambique7119
21 Italy661224
22 Netherlands63514
23 Ireland62210
24 Poland5111733
25 Greece53513
26 New Zealand51410
27 Brazil45615
28 Portugal44513
29 Belarus312823
30 Bahamas371020
31 China37818
32 Kazakhstan3519
33 South Africa3429
34 Spain2201537
35 Nigeria26311
36 Czechoslovakia2428
37 Hungary2237
 West Germany2237
39 Burundi2204
40  Switzerland2147
41 Croatia2136
42 Sudan2114
– Authorised Neutral Athletes[1]2103
43 Grenada2002
 Venezuela2002
45 Belgium1449
46 Qatar1326
47 Denmark1315
48 Ivory Coast1304
49 Bahrain1135
50 Bermuda1113
 Serbia1113
52 Ghana1102
 Namibia1102
54 Norway1023
55 Algeria1012
56 Costa Rica1001
 Djibouti1001
 Finland1001
59 Austria0404
60 Trinidad and Tobago0257
61 Slovenia0224
62 Estonia0213
 Iceland0213
64 Cameroon0202
 Saint Kitts and Nevis0202
66 Barbados0112
 Latvia0112
68 Botswana0101
 Cayman Islands0101
 Panama0101
 Turkey0101
 U.S. Virgin Islands0101
73 Japan0033
74 FR Yugoslavia0022
 Lithuania0022
 Mexico0022
77 Antigua and Barbuda0011
 British Virgin Islands0011
 Chile0011
 DR Congo0011
 Dominican Republic0011
 Saudi Arabia0011
 Senegal0011
 Suriname0011
Totals (84 nations)4824944971473
Notes

^[1]  ANA was the name, under which Russian athletes competed in the 2018 Championships. Their medals were not included in the official medal table.[23]

All-time placing table[]

In the IAAF placing table the total score is obtained from assigning eight points to the first place and so on to one point for the eight place. Points are shared in situations where a tie occurs.

Updated after 2016 Championships[24]

Rank Country 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 5 6 7 8 Medals Points
1  United States 108 66+1= 62+2= 62+1= 43+2= 41+3= 28+1= 32+1= 239 2429.5
2  Russia 50+1= 42+3= 37+1= 25+1= 35 29+1= 20+1= 10 134 1358
3  Germany 28 28 28+2= 27+1= 30+1= 21+2= 19 20+3 86 989
4  Great Britain 16 30+1= 22+1= 20+1= 23+1= 20+3= 15 9+1 70 788.5
5  Cuba 16 17 13+2= 12 19+2= 10 13+1= 7 48 543
6  France 12 11 18+1 16+1= 14+1= 20+2= 13 15 42 536.5
7  Jamaica 16 20 10+1= 13+1= 18 11 5 5 47 523
8  Soviet Union 21 17 15+1= 16 7 5+1= 4 3 54 519
9  Spain 2 21 13 14+1= 15+2= 18 13+1= 11+1= 36 475.5
10  Poland 2+1= 10 13+2= 21+1= 8+2= 18+3= 6 8 28 412

See also[]

  • International Athletics Championships and Games

Notes[]

  1. ^ +1 non-championship event
  2. ^ +4 non-championship events

References[]

  1. ^ "World Athletics to postpone World Athletics Indoor Championships Nanjing 2020". worldathletics.org. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Men's 60m Results" (PDF). IAAF. 3 March 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  3. ^ "400 Metres Results". IAAF. 10 March 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
  4. ^ "60 Metres Hurdles Results" (PDF). IAAF. 14 March 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  5. ^ "Pole Vault Results" (PDF). IAAF. 17 March 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  6. ^ "Triple Jump Results" (PDF). IAAF. 14 March 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  7. ^ "Men's Shot Put Results" (PDF). IAAF. 3 March 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  8. ^ "Heptathlon Results" (PDF). IAAF. 10 March 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
  9. ^ "Men's 4×400m Relay Results" (PDF). IAAF. 4 March 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  10. ^ "Women's 60m Hurdles Results" (PDF). IAAF. 3 March 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  11. ^ "Women's Pole Vault Results" (PDF). IAAF. 3 March 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  12. ^ "Long Jump Results" (PDF). IAAF. 11 March 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
  13. ^ "Shot Put Results" (PDF). IAAF. 14 March 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  14. ^ "Pentathlon Results" (PDF). IAAF. 9 March 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
  15. ^ "Women's 4×400m Relay Results" (PDF). IAAF. 4 March 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  16. ^ "Long Jump Results" (PDF). IAAF. 9 March 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
  17. ^ "Shot Put Results" (PDF). IAAF. 12 March 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
  18. ^ "Heptathlon – High Jump Results Summary". IAAF. 7 March 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
  19. ^ "Heptathlon – 60m Hurdles Results Summary". IAAF. 8 March 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  20. ^ "1000m Heptathlon Results" (PDF). IAAF. 19 March 2016. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  21. ^ "60 Metres Hurdles Results" (PDF). IAAF. 9 March 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
  22. ^ "800 Metres Results" (PDF). IAAF. 9 March 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
  23. ^ "IAAF: IAAF World Indoor Championships Medal Table - iaaf.org". iaaf.org.
  24. ^ "IAAF Statistics Book – IAAF World Indoor Championships Birmingham 2018". iaaf.org. p. 30. Retrieved 8 June 2018.

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