2008 World Athletics Indoor Championships

Host City Valencia
Country ESP
Held 7 – 9 March 2008
Competitors 102
Countries 37

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
60 m Men 7 March 2008 Medal 3 3
400 m Men 7 – 9 March 2008 Medal 3 3
800 m Men 7 – 9 March 2008 Medal 3 3
1,500 m Men 7 – 8 March 2008 Medal 3 3
3,000 m Men 7 – 9 March 2008 Medal 3 2
60 m Hurdles Men 8 March 2008 Medal 4 4
4 x 400 m Relay Men 9 March 2008 Medal 14 3
High Jump Men 7 – 8 March 2008 Medal 4 4
Pole Vault Men 8 – 9 March 2008 Medal 3 3
Long Jump Men 7 – 8 March 2008 Medal 3 3
Triple Jump Men 7 – 9 March 2008 Medal 3 3
Shot Put Men 7 March 2008 Medal 3 2
Heptathlon Men 8 – 9 March 2008 Medal 3 3
60 m Women 7 March 2008 Medal 3 3
400 m Women 7 – 9 March 2008 Medal 3 2
800 m Women 7 – 9 March 2008 Medal 3 3
1,500 m Women 8 – 9 March 2008 Medal 5 4
3,000 m Women 7 – 8 March 2008 Medal 3 2
60 m Hurdles Women 8 March 2008 Medal 3 2
4 x 400 m Relay Women 9 March 2008 Medal 12 3
High Jump Women 8 – 9 March 2008 Medal 3 3
Pole Vault Women 7 – 8 March 2008 Medal 4 4
Long Jump Women 8 – 9 March 2008 Medal 3 3
Triple Jump Women 7 – 8 March 2008 Medal 4 4
Shot Put Women 8 – 9 March 2008 Medal 4 4
Pentathlon Women 7 March 2008 Medal 3 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 United States USA 5 5 3 13
2 Russia RUS 4 3 3 10
3 Ethiopia ETH 4 1 1 6
4 Great Britain GBR 1 4 0 5
5 Cuba CUB 1 1 2 4
6 China CHN 1 1 0 2
= South Africa RSA 1 1 0 2
= Sweden SWE 1 1 0 2
9 Australia AUS 1 0 1 2
= Portugal POR 1 0 1 2
11 Belgium BEL 1 0 0 1
= Canada CAN 1 0 0 1
= Croatia CRO 1 0 0 1
= New Zealand NZL 1 0 0 1
= Nigeria NGR 1 0 0 1
= Sudan SUD 1 0 0 1
17 Belarus BLR 0 2 0 2
= Kenya KEN 0 2 0 2
19 Bahrain BRN 0 1 1 2
= Brazil BRA 0 1 1 2
= Ukraine UKR 0 1 1 2
22 Jamaica JAM 0 1 0 1
= Saint Kitts and Nevis SKN 0 1 0 1
= Slovenia SLO 0 1 0 1
25 Kazakhstan KAZ 0 0 2 2
= Poland POL 0 0 2 2
27 Bahamas BAH 0 0 1 1
= British Virgin Islands IVB 0 0 1 1
= Bulgaria BUL 0 0 1 1
= Cyprus CYP 0 0 1 1
= Dominican Republic DOM 0 0 1 1
= Latvia LAT 0 0 1 1
= Morocco MAR 0 0 1 1
= Mozambique MOZ 0 0 1 1
= Saudi Arabia KSA 0 0 1 1
= Spain ESP 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
60 m, Men Olusoji Fasuba NGR Kim Collins
Dwain Chambers
SKN
GBR
400 m, Men Tyler Christopher CAN Johan Wissman SWE Chris Brown BAH
800 m, Men Abubaker Kaki Khamis SUD Mbulaeni Mulaudzi RSA Youssef Saad Kamel BRN
1,500 m, Men Deresse Mekonnen ETH Daniel Kipchirchir Komen KEN Juan Carlos Higuero ESP
3,000 m, Men Tariku Bekele ETH Paul Kipsiele Koech KEN Abreham Cherkos ETH
60 m Hurdles, Men Liu Xiang CHN Allen Johnson USA Staņislavs Olijars
Yevgeny Borisov
LAT
RUS
4 x 400 m Relay, Men United States USA Jamaica JAM Dominican Republic DOM
High Jump, Men Stefan Holm SWE Yaroslav Rybakov RUS Kyriakos Ioannou
Andra Manson
CYP
USA
Pole Vault, Men Yevgeny Lukyanenko RUS Brad Walker USA Steve Hooker AUS
Long Jump, Men Godfrey Khotso Mokoena RSA Chris Tomlinson GBR Mohammed Khuwalidi KSA
Triple Jump, Men Phillips Idowu GBR Arnie Giralt CUB Nelson Évora POR
Shot Put, Men Christian Cantwell USA Reese Hoffa USA Tomasz Majewski POL
Heptathlon, Men Bryan Clay USA Andrey Kravchenko BLR Dmitry Karpov KAZ
60 m, Women Angela Williams USA Jeannette Kwakye GBR Tahesia Harrigan IVB
400 m, Women Olesya Zykina RUS Nataliya Nazarova RUS Shareese Woods USA
800 m, Women Tamsyn Lewis AUS Tetiana Petliuk UKR Maria Mutola MOZ
1,500 m, Women Gelete Burka ETH Maryam Jamal BRN Daniela Yordanova BUL
3,000 m, Women Meseret Defar ETH Meselech Melkamu ETH Mariem Alaoui Selsouli MAR
60 m Hurdles, Women Lolo Jones USA Candice Davis USA Anay Tejeda CUB
4 x 400 m Relay, Women Russia RUS Belarus BLR United States USA
High Jump, Women Blanka Vlašić CRO Yelena Slesarenko RUS Vita Palamar UKR
Pole Vault, Women Yelena Isinbayeva RUS Jenn Stuczynski USA Monika Pyrek
Fabiana Murer
POL
BRA
Long Jump, Women Naide Gomes POR Maurren Maggi BRA Irina Simagina RUS
Triple Jump, Women Yargelis Savigne CUB Marija Šestak SLO Olga Rypakova KAZ
Shot Put, Women Valerie Vili NZL Li Meiju CHN Misleydis González CUB
Pentathlon, Women Tia Hellebaut BEL Kelly Sotherton GBR Anna Bogdanova RUS