2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships

17th IAAF World Indoor Championships
Dates	1–4 March
Host city	Birmingham, United Kingdom
Venue	Arena Birmingham
Events	26
Participation	554 athletes from 134 nations
← Portland 2016 Belgrade 2022 →

The 17th IAAF World Indoor Championships was held from 1 to 4 March 2018 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. This was the city's second hosting of the event as it previously did so in 2003.

Bidding process

Birmingham bid for the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships as well as the 2018 event. Portland was selected unanimously to host the 2016 event with Birmingham being the only other bidder. ^[1] With Portland then out of the running for the 2018 event Birmingham was selected as the host of the 2018 event. ^[2] The reason Portland was selected for 2016 and Birmingham for 2018 is that the IAAF wanted more time between events in the UK with London hosting the 2012 Summer Olympics as well as the 2017 World Championships in Athletics along with Cardiff hosting the 2016 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships. ^[3] Portland would become the beginning of a similar sequence for the US, with the 2021 World Championships in Eugene, Oregon and the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

Venue

The event took place at the National Indoor Arena with seating for 8,000 spectators. ^[4]

Schedule

H	Heats	½	Semi-finals	F	Final
M = morning session, A = afternoon session

All dates are GMT (UTC±0)

Men [5] Date → 1 March 2 March 3 March 4 March Event ↓ A M A M A A 60 m H ½ F 400 m H ½ F 800 m H F 1500 m H F 3000 m H F 60 m hurdles H ½ F 4 × 400 m H F High jump F Pole vault F Long jump F Triple jump F Shot put F Heptathlon F

Women [5] Date → 1 March 2 March 3 March 4 March Event ↓ A M A M A A 60 m H ½ F 400 m H ½ F 800 m H F 1500 m H F 3000 m F 60 m hurdles H ½ F 4 × 400 m H F High jump F Pole vault F Long jump F Triple jump F Shot put F Pentathlon F

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Entry standards

The qualification period for all events runs from 1 January 2017 to 19 February 2018 (midnight Monaco time), except for the Combined Events where the qualification period runs from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2017 and the five best athletes from the 2018 Indoor Lists (as at 12 February 2018). Twelve athletes will be invited in the Heptathlon and in the Pentathlon as follows: the winner of the 2017 Combined Events Challenge. One athlete which may be invited at the discretion of the IAAF. In total no more than two male and two female athletes from any one Member will be invited. Upon refusals or cancellations, the invitations shall be extended to the next ranked athletes in the same lists respecting the above conditions. ^[7]

Event	Men			Women
	Indoor	Outdoor		Indoor	Outdoor
60 metres	6.63	10.10	100 m	7.30	11.15	100 m
400 metres	46.70	45.00		53.15	51.10
800 metres	1:46.50	1:44.00		2:02.00	1:58.00
1500 metres	3:39.50	3:33.00	1500 m	4:11.00	4:02.00	1500 m
		3:55.00	Mile		4:28.50	Mile
3000 metres	7:52.00	7:40.00	3000 m	8:50.00	8:28.00	3000 m
		13:10.00	5000 m		14:45.00	5000 m
60 metres hurdles	7.70	13.40	110 m h	8.14	12.80	100 m h
High jump	2.33 m			1.97 m
Pole vault	5.78 m			4.71 m
Long jump	8.19 m			6.76 m
Triple jump	17.05 m			14.30 m
Shot put	20.80 m			18.20 m
4 × 400 metres relay	No Standard			No Standard

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
60 metres details [8]	Christian Coleman   United States	6.37 CR	Su Bingtian   China	6.42 AR	Ronnie Baker   United States	6.44
400 metres details [9]	Pavel Maslák   Czech Republic	45.47 SB	Michael Cherry   United States	45.84	Deon Lendore   Trinidad and Tobago	46.37
800 metres details [10]	Adam Kszczot   Poland	1:47.47	Drew Windle   United States	1:47.99	Saúl Ordóñez   Spain	1:48.01
1500 metres details [11]	Samuel Tefera   Ethiopia	3:58.19	Marcin Lewandowski   Poland	3:58.39	Abdelaati Iguider   Morocco	3:58.43
3000 metres details [12]	Yomif Kejelcha   Ethiopia	8:14.41	Selemon Barega   Ethiopia	8:15.59	Bethwell Birgen   Kenya	8:15.70
60 metres hurdles details [13]	Andrew Pozzi   Great Britain	7.46 SB	Jarret Eaton   United States	7.47	Aurel Manga   France	7.54
4 × 400 metres relay details [14]	Poland  (POL) Karol Zalewski Rafał Omelko Łukasz Krawczuk Jakub Krzewina Patryk Adamczyk*	3:01.77 WR	United States  (USA) Fred Kerley Michael Cherry Aldrich Bailey Vernon Norwood Marqueze Washington* Paul Dedewo*	3:01.97 SB	Belgium  (BEL) Dylan Borlée Jonathan Borlée Jonathan Sacoor Kevin Borlée	3:02.51 NR
High jump details [15]	Danil Lysenko   Authorised Neutral Athletes	2.36 m	Mutaz Essa Barshim   Qatar	2.33 m	Mateusz Przybylko   Germany	2.29 m
Pole vault details [16]	Renaud Lavillenie   France	5.90 m	Sam Kendricks   United States	5.85 m	Piotr Lisek   Poland	5.85 m
Long jump details [17]	Juan Miguel Echevarría   Cuba	8.46 m WL	Luvo Manyonga   South Africa	8.44 m AR	Marquis Dendy   United States	8.42 m PB
Triple jump details [18]	Will Claye   United States	17.43 m WL	Almir dos Santos   Brazil	17.41 m PB	Nelson Évora   Portugal	17.40 m NR
Shot put details [19]	Tomas Walsh   New Zealand	22.31 m CR , AR	David Storl   Germany	21.44 m SB	Tomáš Staněk   Czech Republic	21.44 m
Heptathlon details [20]	Kevin Mayer   France	6348 pts WL	Damian Warner   Canada	6343 pts NR	Maicel Uibo   Estonia	6265 pts PB

• Note: * = Relay athletes who only ran in heats

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
60 metres details [21]	Murielle Ahouré   Ivory Coast	6.97 WL, NR	Marie-Josée Ta Lou   Ivory Coast	7.05 PB	Mujinga Kambundji   Switzerland	7.05
400 metres details [22]	Courtney Okolo   United States	50.55 PB	Shakima Wimbley   United States	51.47	Eilidh Doyle   Great Britain	51.60 SB
800 metres details [23]	Francine Niyonsaba   Burundi	1:58.31 WL, NR	Ajeé Wilson   United States	1:58.99 PB	Shelayna Oskan-Clarke   Great Britain	1:59.81 PB
1500 metres details [24]	Genzebe Dibaba   Ethiopia	4:05.27	Laura Muir   Great Britain	4:06.23	Sifan Hassan   Netherlands	4:07.26
3000 metres details [25]	Genzebe Dibaba   Ethiopia	8:45.05	Sifan Hassan   Netherlands	8:45.68 SB	Laura Muir   Great Britain	8:45.78 SB
60 metres hurdles details [26]	Kendra Harrison   United States	7.70 CR , = AR	Christina Manning   United States	7.79	Nadine Visser   Netherlands	7.84
4 × 400 metres relay details [27]	United States  (USA) Quanera Hayes Georganne Moline Shakima Wimbley Courtney Okolo Joanna Atkins* Raevyn Rogers*	3:23.85 CR	Poland  (POL) Justyna Święty-Ersetic Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz Aleksandra Gaworska Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik Joanna Linkiewicz* Natalia Kaczmarek*	3:26.09 NR	Great Britain  (GBR) Meghan Beesley Hannah Williams Amy Allcock Zoey Clark Anyika Onuora*	3:29.38 SB
High jump details [28]	Mariya Lasitskene   Authorised Neutral Athletes	2.01 m	Vashti Cunningham   United States	1.93 m	Alessia Trost   Italy	1.93 m SB
Pole vault details [29]	Sandi Morris   United States	4.95 m CR , WL	Anzhelika Sidorova   Authorised Neutral Athletes	4.90 m PB	Katerina Stefanidi   Greece	4.80 m
Long jump details [30]	Ivana Španović   Serbia	6.96 WL	Brittney Reese   United States	6.89 m SB	Sosthene Moguenara-Taroum   Germany	6.85 m SB
Triple jump details [31]	Yulimar Rojas   Venezuela	14.63 m WL	Kimberly Williams   Jamaica	14.48 m PB	Ana Peleteiro   Spain	14.40 m PB
Shot put details [32]	Anita Márton   Hungary	19.62 m WL, NR	Danniel Thomas-Dodd   Jamaica	19.22 m NR	Gong Lijiao   China	19.08 m SB
Pentathlon details [33]	Katarina Johnson-Thompson   Great Britain	4750 pts SB	Ivona Dadic   Austria	4700 SB	Yorgelis Rodríguez   Cuba	4637 pts NR

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Great Britain)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States  (USA)	6	10	2	18
2	Ethiopia  (ETH)	4	1	0	5
3	Poland  (POL)	2	2	1	5
4	Great Britain  (GBR)*	2	1	4	7
–	Authorised Neutral Athletes  (ANA) [1]	2	1	0	3
5	France  (FRA)	2	0	1	3
6	Ivory Coast  (CIV)	1	1	0	2
7	Cuba  (CUB)	1	0	1	2
	Czech Republic  (CZE)	1	0	1	2
9	Burundi  (BDI)	1	0	0	1
	Hungary  (HUN)	1	0	0	1
	New Zealand  (NZL)	1	0	0	1
	Serbia  (SRB)	1	0	0	1
	Venezuela  (VEN)	1	0	0	1
14	Jamaica  (JAM)	0	2	0	2
15	Germany  (GER)	0	1	2	3
	Netherlands  (NED)	0	1	2	3
17	China  (CHN)	0	1	1	2
18	Austria  (AUT)	0	1	0	1
	Brazil  (BRA)	0	1	0	1
	Canada  (CAN)	0	1	0	1
	Qatar  (QAT)	0	1	0	1
	South Africa  (RSA)	0	1	0	1
23	Spain  (ESP)	0	0	2	2
24	Belgium  (BEL)	0	0	1	1
	Estonia  (EST)	0	0	1	1
	Greece  (GRE)	0	0	1	1
	Italy  (ITA)	0	0	1	1
	Kenya  (KEN)	0	0	1	1
	Morocco  (MAR)	0	0	1	1
	Portugal  (POR)	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland  (SUI)	0	0	1	1
	Trinidad and Tobago  (TTO)	0	0	1	1
Totals (32 entries)		26	26	26	78

Notes

^[1] IAAF does not include the three medals (2 gold, 1 silver) won by athletes competing as Authorised Neutral Athletes in their official medal table. ^[34]

Participating nations

In brackets the number of athletes participating.

•   Albania (1)
•   Andorra (1)
•   Argentina (1)
•   Armenia (1)
•   Aruba (1)
•   Australia (7)
•   Austria (4)
• Authorised Neutral Athletes (7) ^[35]
•   Azerbaijan (1)
•   Bahamas (5)
•   Bahrain (1)
•   Belarus (8)
•   Belgium (5)
•   Belize (1)
•   Bermuda (1)
•   Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)
•   Brazil (7)
•   British Virgin Islands (1)
•   Bulgaria (5)
•   Burkina Faso (1)
•   Burundi (3)
•   Cambodia (1)
•   Canada (15)
•   Cayman Islands (1)
•   Chile (1)
•   China (13)
•   Comoros (1)
•   Cook Islands (1)
•   Costa Rica (2)
•   Croatia (2)
•   Cuba (8)
•   Cyprus (1)
•   Czech Republic (21)
•   Denmark (1)
•   Djibouti (3)
•   Dominica (1)
•   Dominican Republic (5)
•   Egypt (1)
•   Equatorial Guinea (1)
•   Estonia (2)
•   Ethiopia (9)
•   Federated States of Micronesia (1)
•   Fiji (1)
•   Finland (3)
•   France (10)
•   French Polynesia (1)
•   Germany (22)
•   Ghana (2)
•   Gibraltar (1)
•   Great Britain (30)
•   Greece (9)
•   Grenada (3)
•   Guinea-Bissau (1)
•   Haiti (1)
• Honduras (1)
•   Hong Kong (1)
•   Hungary (5)
•   Iceland (1)
•   India (1)
•   Indonesia (1)
•   Iran (1)
•   Ireland (5)
•   Italy (12)
•   Ivory Coast (5)
•   Jamaica (23)
•   Japan (1)
•   Jordan (1)
•   Kazakhstan (5)
•   Kenya (8)
•   Kosovo (1)
•   Kuwait (2)
• Kyrgyzstan (1)
•   Latvia (4)
•   Lebanon (1)
•   Lithuania (2)
•   Macau (1)
• Macedonia (1)
•   Madagascar (1)
•   Maldives (1)
•   Mali (1)
•   Malta (1)
•   Mauritius (1)
•   Mexico (1)
•   Moldova (1)
•   Montserrat (1)
•   Morocco (6)
•   Namibia (1)
•   Nauru (1)
•   Netherlands (8)
•   New Zealand (4)
•   Nicaragua (1)
•   Nigeria (4)
•   Northern Mariana Islands (1)
•   Norway (3)
•   Oman (1)
•   Pakistan (1)
•   Papua New Guinea (1)
•   Peru (1)
•   Philippines (1)
•   Poland (26)
•   Portugal (8)
•   Puerto Rico (1)
•   Qatar (3)
•   Romania (4)
•   Saint Kitts and Nevis (1)
•   Saint Lucia (2)
•   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1)
•   El Salvador (1)
•   San Marino (1)
•   Saudi Arabia (2)
•   Serbia (4)
•   Seychelles (1)
•   Sierra Leone (1)
•   Slovakia (3)
•   Slovenia (2)
•   Solomon Islands (1)
•   Somalia (1)
•   South Africa (5)
•   South Sudan (1)
•   Spain (16)
• Swaziland (1)
•   Sweden (14)
•   Switzerland (5)
•   Tajikistan (1)
•   Trinidad and Tobago (12)
•   Turkey (1)
•   Tuvalu (1)
•   Ukraine (13)
•   United States (53)
•   United States Virgin Islands (1)
•   Uruguay (1)
•   Vanuatu (1)
•   Venezuela (2)
•   Zambia (1)

Disqualifications

This championship was notable for the large number of disqualifications, primarily lane violations (IAAF rule 163.3(a)). One entire heat of the Men's 400 metres was disqualified, a World Championship first. Some athletes appeared to have difficulty with the steep banking of the track. Accusations were raised about the heavy handedness of the officiating and inconsistencies relative to similar acts committed by star British athletes at the 2017 Outdoor World Championships held in London just 5 and a half months earlier. ^[36]

References

1. Red Shannon (17 November 2013). "Portland, Ore., Wins Bid for 2016 World Indoor Championships: Why It Matters". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
2. "Portland, Ore., to hold IAAF 2016 world indoors". ESPN. 15 November 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
3. Gambaccini, Peter (15 November 2013). "Portland Will Host 2016 World Indoor Championships | Runner's World". Runnersworld.com. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
4. "IAAF Council Meeting, Monaco, 15 Nov - World Indoors: Portland 2016 and Birmingham 2018". iaaf.org. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
5. . Birmingham 2018. Access-date: 3 October 2017.
6. IAAF WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS BIRMINGHAM 2018 SCHEDULE PUBLISHED 4 October 2017 IAAF
7. IAAF WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS BIRMINGHAM 2018 QUALIFICATION SYSTEM AND ENTRY STANDARDS PUBLISHED 15 May 2017 IAAF
8. "Men's 60 metres results" (PDF).
9. "Men's 400 metres results" (PDF).
10. "Men's 800 metres results" (PDF).
11. "Men's 1500 metres results" (PDF).
12. "Men's 3000 metres results" (PDF).
13. "Men's 60 metres hurdles results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
14. "Men's 4 × 400 metres relay results" (PDF).
15. "Men's high jump results" (PDF).
16. "Men's pole vault results" (PDF).
17. "Men's long jump results" (PDF).
18. "Men's triple put results" (PDF).
19. "Men's shot put results" (PDF).
20. "Men's heptathlon results" (PDF).
21. "Women's 60 metres results" (PDF).
22. "Women's 400 metres results" (PDF).
23. "Women's 800 metres results" (PDF).
24. "Women's 1500 metres results" (PDF).
25. "Women's 3000 metres results" (PDF).
26. "Women's 60 metres hurdles results" (PDF).
27. "Women's 4 × 400 metres relay results" (PDF).
28. "Women's high jump results" (PDF).
29. "Women's pole vault results" (PDF).
30. "Women's long jump results" (PDF).
31. "Women's triple jump results" (PDF).
32. "Women's shot put results" (PDF).
33. "Women's pentathlon results" (PDF).
34. "IAAF World Indoor Championships Medal Table | WIC 18 | World Athletics". www.worldathletics.org.
35. A total of eight Russian athletes were cleared to compete as Authorised Neutral Athletes, all in the field events: Maksim Afonin and Aleksandr Lesnoy (men's shot put), Anna Krylova and Viktoriya Prokopenko (women's triple jump), Danil Lysenko and Mariya Lasitskene (high jump), and Olga Mullina and Anzhelika Sidorova (women's pole vault). Authorised Neutral Athletes 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships. IAAF. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
36. "Are The British Officials Playing Favorites At IAAF World Championships? - FloTrack". www.flotrack.org. 3 March 2018.

External links

• Official website
• IAAF website
• Statistics Handbook