World Athletics Indoor Championships
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The World Athletics Indoor Championships are a biennial 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 outdoor World Athletics Championships in the future, and in 2024, 2025, and 2026. The Championships due to be held in China in 2020 were postponed because of the COVID pandemic, as were the attempted running of the China edition in then 2021 and 2023, eventually being scheduled for 2025. Two standard editions of the Championships were held in 2022 and 2024.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Events
The events held have been composed of a regular disciplines, 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 alleged 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 to all participants and too predictable, with the tighter bends of an indoor track causing any athletes not drawn in either of the outside lanes having minimal or no chance of winning.
Championships
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
- Iván Pedroso of Cuba 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.
- Genzebe Dibaba of Ethiopia won 2 gold medals in the women's 1,500m and 3 gold medals in the 3,000m from 2012 to 2018
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).
- Javier Sotomayor of Cuba 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.
- Gail Devers of the United States has won 3 golds at 60m and 1 gold and 1 silver at 60m hurdles
- Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia has won 4 golds and 1 silver at pole vault
- Valerie Adams of New Zealand has won 4 golds and 1 bronze at shot put
Championship records
Key to tables: Template:Legend2
Men
Women
Heptathlon disciplines
| Event | Record | Athlete | Nation | Date | Championships | Place | Template:Abbr | Video |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 m | 6.61 | Chris Huffins | Template:Flagu | 8 March 1997 | 1997 Championships | Paris, France | ||
| Long jump | 8.16 m | Ashton Eaton | Template:Flagu | 9 March 2012 | 2012 Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | [5] |
| Shot put | 17.17 m | Aleksey Drozdov | Template:Flagu | 12 March 2010 | 2010 Championships | Doha, Qatar | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | |
| High jump | 2.21 m | Andrei Krauchanka | Template:Flagu | 7 March 2014 | 2014 Championships | Sopot, Poland | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | |
| 60 m hurdles | 7.61 | Damian Warner | Template:Flagu | 19 March 2022 | 2022 Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | |
| Pole vault | 5.50 m | Erki Nool | Template:EST | 7 March 1999 | 1999 Championships | Maebashi, Japan | ||
| 1000 m | 2:29.04 | Curtis Beach | Template:Flagu | 19 March 2016 | 2016 Championships | Portland, United States | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
Pentathlon disciplines
| Event | Record | Athlete | Nation | Date | Championships | Place | Template:Abbr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 m hurdles | 7.91 | Jessica Ennis | Template:Flagu | 9 March 2012 | 2012 Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| High jump | 1.99 m | Tia Hellebaut | Template:Flagu | 7 March 2008 | 2008 Championships | Valencia, Spain | |
| Shot put | 17.18 m | Nataliya Dobrynska | Template:Flagu | 7 March 2008 | 2008 Championships | Valencia, Spain | |
| Long jump | 6.69 m | Natalya Sazanovich | Template:Flagu | 9 March 2001 | 2001 Championships | Lisbon, Portugal | |
| Kendell Williams | Template:Flagu | 18 March 2022 | 2022 Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | ||
| 800 m | 2:08.09 | Jessica Ennis | Template:Flagu | 9 March 2012 | 2012 Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
Records in defunct events
Men's events
| Event | Record | Athlete | Nation | Date | Championships | Place | Template:Abbr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 200 m | 20.10 | Frank Fredericks | Template:Flagu | 6 March 1999 | 1999 Championships | Maebashi, Japan | |
| 5000 m walk | 18:23.55 | Mikhail Shchennikov | Template:Flagu | 10 March 1991 | 1991 Championships | Seville, Spain | |
| 1600m medley relay (non-championship event) |
3:15.10 | Mark Everett James Trapp Kevin Little Butch Reynolds |
Template:Flagu | 14 March 1993 | 1993 Championships | Toronto, Canada |
Women's events
| Event | Record | Athlete | Nation | Date | Championships | Place | Template:Abbr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 200 m | 22.15 | Irina Privalova | Template:Flagu | 14 March 1993 | 1993 Championships | Toronto, Canada | |
| 3000 m walk | 11:49.73 | Yelena Nikolayeva | Template:Flagu | 13 March 1993 | 1993 Championships | Toronto, Canada | |
| 1600m medley relay (non-championship event) |
3:45.90 | Joetta Clark Wendy Vereen Kim Batten Jearl Miles |
Template:Flagu | 14 March 1993 | 1993 Championships | Toronto, Canada |
All-time medal table
Medal table includes 1985–2025 Championships. Template:Medals table
- Notes
Template:Note Template:Flag was the name, under which Russian athletes competed in the 2018 Championships. Their medals were not included in the official medal table.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
All-time placing table
In the World Athletics 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 2022 Championships<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
| Rank | Country | Template:Gold1 | Template:Silver2 | Template:Bronze3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Medals | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:USA | 113 | 81+1 | 73+2 | 69+1 | 51+4 | 40+3 | 34+2 | 32 | 270 | 2724 |
| 2 | Template:RUSTemplate:Ref | 51+1 | 40+3 | 36+1 | 25+1 | 34 | 29+1 | 20+1 | 9 | 132 | 1341 |
| 3 | Template:GERTemplate:Ref | 24 | 27 | 29+2 | 28+1 | 31+2 | 20+2 | 18 | 21+3 | 82 | 964.5 |
| 4 | Template:GBR2 | 18 | 27+1 | 27+1 | 21+1 | 23+1 | 26+3 | 14 | 11+1 | 74 | 836.5 |
| 5 | Template:JAM | 17 | 22 | 12+1 | 16+1 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 52 | 589 |
| 6 | Template:CUB | 9 | 15 | 12+1 | 12 | 20+2 | 10 | 16+1 | 7 | 47 | 552 |
| 7 | Template:FRA | 13 | 9 | 17+1 | 14 | 13+1 | 17+2 | 15 | 14 | 40 | 500 |
| 8 | Template:ETH | 30 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 53 | 496 |
| 9 | Template:ESP | 2 | 19 | 15 | 16+1 | 17+2 | 17 | 15+1 | 13+1 | 36 | 494.5 |
| 10 | Template:POL | 4+1 | 12 | 15+1 | 25 | 8+2 | 18+3 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 462.5 |
- Notes
Template:NoteDoes not include results achieved by Authorized Neutral Athletes in 2018.
Template:NoteIncludes results achieved by East Germany and West Germany between 1987 and 1989.
Multiple medallists
A total of 8 men and 19 women have won five or more medals at the competition.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Men
| Name | Country | Years | Total | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Javier Sotomayor | Template:CUB | 1985-1999 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Chris Brown | Template:BAH | 2006-2016 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Iván Pedroso | Template:CUB | 1993-2001 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Bernard Lagat | Template:KEN / Template:USA | 2003-2014 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Tom Walsh | Template:NZL | 2014-2024 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Roman Šebrle | Template:CZE | 1999-2006 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Yaroslav Rybakov | Template:RUS | 2003-2010 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Jamie Baulch | Template:GBR | 1997-2003 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Women
| Name | Country | Years | Total | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maria Mutola | Template:MOZ | 1993-2008 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| Natalya Nazarova | Template:RUS | 1999-2008 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Meseret Defar | Template:ETH | 2003-2016 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Sandie Richards | Template:JAM | 1993-2003 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Merlene Ottey | Template:JAM / Template:SLO | 1987-2003 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Olesya Zykina | Template:RUS | 2001-2008 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Gail Devers | Template:USA | 1993-2004 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Svetlana Goncharenko | Template:RUS | 1995-2004 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Jearl Miles Clark | Template:USA | 1991-1999 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Stefka Kostadinova | Template:BUL | 1985-1997 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Genzebe Dibaba | Template:ETH | 2012-2018 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Gabriela Szabo | Template:ROM | 1995-2001 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Yelena Isinbayeva | Template:RUS | 2003-2012 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Olga Kotlyarova | Template:RUS | 1997-2004 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Valerie Adams | Template:NZL | 2008-2016 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Irina Privalova | Template:RUS | 1991-1995 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Natasha Hastings | Template:USA | 2010-2016 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Grit Breuer | Template:GER | 1991-2003 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Svetlana Feofanova | Template:RUS | 2001-2010 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
See also
Notes
References
External links
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