2008 IAAF World Athletics Final

The 6th IAAF World Athletics Final was held at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Stuttgart, Germany on September 13 and September 14, 2008.

A number of road races also took place on the second day of competition. There were seven different starting points around the Stuttgart area and the distances varied from 21 to 30 kilometres, with every race finishing in the Arena. Runners could join mid-race at specified times to allow for shorter distances and the aim was to have the runners finishing at a similar time. The road race ceremony was inspired by a similar event during the 1993 World Championships in Athletics, which was also held in the city. ^[1]

Results

Further information: 2008 IAAF World Athletics Final – Results

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m	Asafa Powell   Jamaica	9.87	Nesta Carter   Jamaica	10.07	Michael Frater   Jamaica	10.10
200 m	Stéphane Buckland   Mauritius	20.57	Paul Hession   Ireland	20.58	Brendan Christian   Antigua and Barbuda	20.61
400 m	LaShawn Merritt   United States	44.50	Jeremy Wariner   United States	44.51	Chris Brown   Bahamas	45.36
800 m	Alfred Kirwa Yego   Kenya	1:49.05	Abraham Chepkirwok   Uganda	1:49.22	Yusuf Saad Kamel   Bahrain	1:49.40
1500 m	Haron Keitany   Kenya	3:37.92	Asbel Kipruto Kiprop   Kenya	3:37.93	Nicholas Willis   New Zealand	3:38.22
3000 m	Bernard Lagat   United States	8:02.97	Edwin Cheruiyot Soi   Kenya	8:03.55	Matthew Tegenkamp   United States	8:03.56
5000 m	Edwin Cheruiyot Soi   Kenya	13:22.81	Moses Ndiema Kipsiro   Uganda	13:23.02	Micah Kogo   Kenya	13:23.37
3000 m steeplechase	Paul Kipsiele Koech   Kenya	8:05.35	Ezekiel Kemboi   Kenya	8:15.32	Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong   Kenya	8:16.05
110 m hurdles	David Oliver   United States	13.22	Petr Svoboda   Czech Republic	13.33	Ryan Wilson   United States	13.54
400 m hurdles	Kerron Clement   United States	48.96	Danny McFarlane   Jamaica	49.00	Isa Phillips   Jamaica	49.22
High jump	Andrey Silnov   Russia	2.35 CR	Stefan Holm   Sweden	2.33	Jesse Williams   United States	2.29
Pole vault	Derek Miles   United States	5.80	Brad Walker   United States	5.70	Maksym Mazuryk   Ukraine	5.60
Long jump	Fabrice Lapierre   Australia	8.14	Hussein Taher Al-Sabee   Saudi Arabia	8.13	Mohamed Salman Al Khuwalidi   Saudi Arabia	8.04
Triple jump	Nelson Évora   Portugal	17.24	Jadel Gregório   Brazil	17.09	Randy Lewis   Grenada	17.01
Shot put	Tomasz Majewski   Poland	20.88	Christian Cantwell   United States	20.73	Dan Taylor   United States	20.38
Discus	Gerd Kanter   Estonia	68.38	Piotr Małachowski   Poland	66.07	Robert Harting   Germany	65.76
Hammer	Primož Kozmus   Slovenia	79.99	Krisztián Pars   Hungary	79.37	Koji Murofushi   Japan	78.99
Javelin	Vadims Vasilevskis   Latvia	86.65	Andreas Thorkildsen   Norway	83.77	Tero Pitkämäki   Finland	81.64
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

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m	Shelly-Ann Fraser   Jamaica	10.94	Kerron Stewart   Jamaica	11.06	Marshevet Hooker   United States	11.06
200 m	Sanya Richards   United States	22.50	Marshevet Hooker   United States	22.69	Kerron Stewart   Jamaica	22.72
400 m	Sanya Richards   United States	50.41	Christine Ohuruogu   Great Britain	50.83	Novlene Williams   Jamaica	51.30
800 m	Pamela Jelimo   Kenya	1:56.23 CR	Janeth Jepkosgei   Kenya	1:58.41	Marilyn Okoro   Great Britain	1:58.64
1500 m	Maryam Yusuf Jamal   Bahrain	4:06.59	Gelete Burka   Ethiopia	4:07.45	Iryna Lishchynska   Ukraine	4:07.65
3000 m	Meseret Defar   Ethiopia	8:43.60	Vivian Cheruiyot   Kenya	8:44.64	Jane Kiptoo   Kenya	8.47.65
5000 m	Meseret Defar   Ethiopia	14:53.82	Vivian Cheruiyot   Kenya	14:54.60	Meselech Melkamu   Ethiopia	14:58.76
3000 m steeplechase	Gulnara Galkina   Russia	9:21.73 CR	Eunice Jepkorir   Kenya	9:24.03	Ruth Bisibori Nyangau   Kenya	9:24.38
100 m hurdles	LoLo Jones   United States	12.56	Delloreen Ennis-London   Jamaica	12.56	Dawn Harper Nelson   United States	12.67
400 m hurdles	Melaine Walker   Jamaica	54.06	Anastasiya Rabchenyuk   Ukraine	54.92	Tiffany Williams   United States	55.16
High jump	Blanka Vlašić   Croatia	2.01 CR	Anna Chicherova   Russia	1.99	Tia Hellebaut   Belgium	1.97
Pole vault	Silke Spiegelburg   Germany	4.70	Svetlana Feofanova   Russia	4.70	Monika Pyrek   Poland	4.70
Long jump	Naide Gomes   Portugal	6.71	Ksenija Balta   Estonia	6.65	Tatyana Lebedeva   Russia	6.64
Triple jump	Anna Pyatykh   Russia	14.78	Tatyana Lebedeva   Russia	14.63	Marija Šestak   Slovenia	14.63
Shot put	Valerie Vili   New Zealand	19.69	Nadine Kleinert   Germany	19.42	Misleydis González   Cuba	18.55
Discus	Nicoleta Grasu   Romania	62.48	Stephanie Brown-Trafton   United States	62.23	Vera Pospíšilová-Cechlová   Czech Republic	58.72
Hammer	Yipsi Moreno   Cuba	74.09	Martina Hrasnová   Slovakia	71.40	Anita Wlodarczyk   Poland	70.97
Javelin	Barbora Špotáková   Czech Republic	72.28 WR	Christina Obergföll   Germany	63.28	Steffi Nerius   Germany	62.78
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)

• Josephine Onyia of Spain was the original women's 100 m hurdles winner. She had tested positive for stimulant methylhexaneamine at the 2008 Athletissima meeting and also tested positive for Clenbuterol at the 2008 World Athletics Final, meaning her results were annulled. ^[2]

• The original discus winner, Yarelys Barrios of Cuba, was retrospectively disqualified due to a failed doping test at the 2008 Summer Olympics. ^[3]

References

1. Wenig, Jörg (2008-09-08). All roads lead to Stuttgart - IAAF / VTB World Athletics Final. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-09-07. Archived 2009-09-09.
2. La española Josephine Onyia, suspendida dos años por el TAS. El País (2009-10-07). Retrieved on 2009-10-07.
3. IOC sanctions two athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008. Olympic.org (2016-09-01). Retrieved 2018-04-24.

External links

• Official 2008 IAAF World Athletics Final Site