| 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Track events | ||
| 60 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 3000 m | men | women |
| 60 m hurdles | men | women |
| 4 × 400 m relay | men | women |
| Field events | ||
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | women |
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | women |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Combined events | ||
| Pentathlon | women | |
| Heptathlon | men | |
| Gold | ||
 | Christian Cantwell |  |
| Silver | ||
 | Reese Hoffa | |
| Bronze | ||
 | Tomasz Majewski |  |
Qualification rule: qualification standard 20.20m or at least best 8 qualified
| Pos | Athlete | Country | Mark | Q | Attempts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| 1 | Reese Hoffa | | 21.49 SB | Q | 21.49 | ||
| 2 | Christian Cantwell | | 20.91 | Q | 19.25 | 20.91 | |
| 3 | Scott Martin |  | 20.83 AR | Q | 20.12 | 19.85 | 20.83 |
| 4 | Dorian Scott |  | 20.62 NR | Q | 19.56 | 20.62 | |
| 5 | Rutger Smith |  | 20.30 | Q | 19.96 | 19.60 | 20.30 |
| 6 | Peter Sack |  | 20.27 | Q | 20.27 | ||
| 7 | Tomasz Majewski | | 20.23 | Q | 19.89 | 20.23 | |
| 8 | Hamza Alić |  | 20.00 | 19.36 | 20.00 | 19.96 | |
| 9 | Pavel Sofin |  | 19.95 | 19.71 | 19.95 | 19.95 | |
| 10 | Miran Vodovnik |  | 19.80 | 19.26 | 18.94 | 19.94 | |
| 11 | Carl Myerscough |  | 19.86 SB | X | X | 19.86 | |
| 12 | Milan Haborák |  | 19.80 | 19.80 | X | X | |
| 13 | Manuel Martínez |  | 19.75 SB | 19.56 | 19.64 | 19.75 | |
| 14 | Dylan Armstrong |  | 19.56 | 19.56 | X | 19.03 | |
| 15 | Robert Häggblom |  | 19.42 | 19.56 | X | 19.42 | |
| 16 | Yuriy Bilonoh |  | 19.02 | 19.02 | X | - | |
| 17 | Kim Christensen |  | 18.26 | 17.95 | 17.87 | 18.26 | |
| 18 | Ivan Emilianov |  | 18.16 | 18.16 | 18.70 | X | |
| 19 | Marco Fortes |  | 17.96 | X | 17.96 | X | |
| 20 | Chang Ming-Huang |  | 17.73 | 17.73 | X | X | |
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| Pos | Athlete | Country | Mark | Attempts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
 | Christian Cantwell | | 21.77 | 21.14 | 21.19 | 21.59 | X | 21.77 | 21.69 |
 | Reese Hoffa | | 21.20 | 20.31 | 21.20 | 20.74 | X | X | X |
 | Tomasz Majewski | | 20.93 NR | X | 20.78 | 20.93 | X | X | X |
| 4 | Rutger Smith | | 20.78 | 20.75 | 20.78 | X | X | X | X |
| 5 | Dorian Scott | | 20.29 | 20.03 | 20.12 | 20.05 | X | 20.29 | X |
| 6 | Scott Martin | | 20.13 | 18.96 | 20.13 | X | X | X | 19.54 |
| 7 | Peter Sack | | 20.05 | 19.95 | 19.94 | 19.67 | 19.96 | 20.05 | X |
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