2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships
International athletics championship event
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The 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics was the 14th edition of the global-level indoor track and field competition and was held between March 9–11, 2012 at the Ataköy Athletics Arena in Istanbul, Turkey.[1][2] It was the first of four IAAF World Athletics Series events in 2012, which includes the World Race Walking Cup, the World Junior Championships and the World Half Marathon Championships.
| 14th IAAF World Indoor Championships | |
|---|---|
Official competition logo | |
| Dates | 9–11 March |
| Host city | Istanbul, Turkey |
| Venue | Ataköy Athletics Arena |
| Events | 26 |
| Participation | 629 athletes from 171 nations |
Preparation
The IAAF announced on March 25, 2007, at an IAAF Council meeting in Mombasa, Kenya that it had received bids from Turkey and Qatar to host the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships. In November 2007 at an IAAF Council meeting in Monaco, Doha was selected to host the 2010 edition, but due to the quality of the Istanbul bid, the Turkish city was chosen to host the following edition of the competition in 2012.[3] It will be the first time that Turkey has hosted a major global athletics event. Previously, the highest level events that the country had hosted included the Athletics at the 2005 Summer Universiade and lower-level sections of the European Cup/European Team Championships.
The events took place at the 7,450-seater Ataköy Athletics Arena, which was constructed especially for the event in the Ataköy neighborhood of Bakırköy next to the Sinan Erdem Dome.[4] The initial bid featured the Dome as the host stadium, but the venue was later changed as the Sinan Erdem Dome was host to the 2010 FIBA World Championship in the months before the event. The construction of the Ataköy Arena was behind schedule, leading to the cancellation of some tester events, meaning that the Turkish Indoor Championships in late January was the first competition to be held there.[5]
Schedule
| Key | P | Q | H | ½ | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | Preliminary round | Qualifiers | Heats | Semifinals | Final |
| Date | Mar 9 | Mar 10 | Mar 11 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | M | A | M | A | M | 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 relay | H | F | ||||||
| Long jump | Q | F | ||||||
| Triple jump | Q | F | ||||||
| High jump | Q | F | ||||||
| Pole vault | F | |||||||
| Shot put | Q | F | ||||||
| Heptathlon | F | |||||||
| Date | Mar 9 | Mar 10 | Mar 11 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | M | A | M | A | M | 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 relay | F | |||||||
| Long jump | Q | F | ||||||
| Triple jump | Q | F | ||||||
| High jump | Q | F | ||||||
| Pole vault | F | |||||||
| Shot put | Q | F | ||||||
| Pentathlon | F | |||||||
Results
Men
2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 metres[7] |
Justin Gatlin  United States | 6.46 SB | Nesta Carter  Jamaica | 6.54 | Dwain Chambers  Great Britain | 6.60 |
| 400 metres[8] |
Nery Brenes  Costa Rica | 45.11 CR, NR | Demetrius Pinder  Bahamas | 45.34 SB | Chris Brown Bahamas | 45.90 SB |
| 800 metres[9] |
Mohammed Aman  Ethiopia | 1:48.36 | Jakub Holuša  Czech Republic | 1:48.62 | Andrew Osagie Great Britain | 1:48.92 |
| 1500 metres[10] |
Abdalaati Iguider  Morocco | 3:45.21 | Ilham Tanui Özbilen  Turkey | 3:45.35 | Mekonnen Gebremedhin Ethiopia | 3:45.90 |
| 3000 metres[11] |
Bernard Lagat United States | 7:41.44 SB | Augustine Kiprono Choge  Kenya | 7:41.77 | Edwin Soi Kenya | 7:41.78 |
| 60 metres hurdles[12] |
Aries Merritt United States | 7.44 | Liu Xiang  China | 7.49 | Pascal Martinot-Lagarde  France | 7.53 PB |
| 4 × 400 metres relay[13] |
United States Frankie Wright Calvin Smith Jr. Manteo Mitchell Gil Roberts Jamaal Torrance* Quentin Iglehart-Summers* | 3:03.94 SB | Great Britain Conrad Williams Nigel Levine Michael Bingham Richard Buck Luke Lennon-Ford* | 3:04.72 SB |  Trinidad and TobagoLalonde Gordon Renny Quow Jereem Richards Jarrin Solomon | 3:06.85 NR |
| High jump[14] |
Dimitrios Chondrokoukis  Greece | 2.33 PB | Andrey Silnov  Russia | 2.33 | Ivan Ukhov Russia | 2.31 |
| Pole vault[15] |
Renaud Lavillenie France | 5.95 WL | Björn Otto  Germany | 5.80 | Brad Walker United States | 5.80 |
| Long jump[16] |
Mauro Vinícius da Silva  Brazil | 8.23 | Henry Frayne  Australia | 8.23 AR | Aleksandr Menkov Russia | 8.22 |
| Triple jump[17] |
Will Claye United States | 17.70 WL | Christian Taylor United States | 17.63 SB | Lyukman Adams Russia | 17.36 PB |
| Shot put[18] |
Ryan Whiting United States | 22.00 WL | David Storl Germany | 21.88 PB | Tomasz Majewski  Poland | 21.72 NR |
| Heptathlon[19] |
Ashton Eaton United States | 6645 WR | Oleksiy Kasyanov  Ukraine | 6071 | Artem Lukyanenko Russia | 5969 |
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
2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 metres[20] |
Veronica Campbell-Brown Jamaica | 7.01 WL | Murielle Ahouré  Ivory Coast | 7.04 NR | Tianna Bartoletta United States | 7.09 |
| 400 metres[21] |
Sanya Richards-Ross United States | 50.79 | Aleksandra Fedoriva Russia | 51.76 | Natasha Hastings United States | 51.82 |
| 800 metres[22] |
Pamela Jelimo Kenya | 1:58.83 WL | Nataliia Lupu Ukraine | 1:59.67 PB | Erica Moore United States | 1:59.97 PB |
| 1500 metres[23] |
Genzebe Dibaba Ethiopia | 4:05.78 | Mariem Alaoui Selsouli Morocco | 4:07.78 | Hind Déhiba France | 4:10.30 |
| 3000 metres[24] |
Hellen Obiri Kenya | 8:37.16 | Meseret Defar Ethiopia | 8:38.26 | Gelete Burka Ethiopia | 8:40.18 |
| 60 metres hurdles[25] |
Sally Pearson Australia | 7.73 WL | Tiffany Porter Great Britain | 7.94 | Alina Talay  Belarus | 7.97 SB |
| 4 × 400 metres relay[26] |
Great Britain Shana Cox Nicola Sanders Christine Ohuruogu Perri Shakes-Drayton | 3:28.76 WL | United States Leslie Cole Natasha Hastings Jernail Hayes Sanya Richards-Ross | 3:28.79 SB |  RomaniaAngela Moroșanu Alina Panainte Adelina Pastor Elena Mirela Lavric | 3:33.41 SB |
| High jump[27] |
Chaunté Lowe United States | 1.98 | Antonietta Di Martino  ItalyAnna Chicherova RussiaEbba Jungmark  Sweden | 1.95 SB 1.95 1.95 SB |
Not awarded | |
| Pole vault[28] |
Yelena Isinbayeva Russia | 4.80 | Vanessa Boslak France | 4.70 NR | Holly Bleasdale  United Kingdom | 4.70 |
| Long jump[29] |
Brittney Reese United States | 7.23 CR | Janay DeLoach United States | 6.98 SB | Shara Proctor Great Britain | 6.89 NR |
| Triple jump[30] |
Yamilé Aldama Great Britain | 14.82 SB | Olga Rypakova  Kazakhstan | 14.63 | Mabel Gay  Cuba | 14.29 |
| Shot put[31] |
Valerie Adams  New Zealand | 20.54 AR | Michelle Carter United States | 19.58 SB | Jillian Camarena-Williams United States | 19.44 |
| Pentathlon[32] |
Nataliya Dobrynska Ukraine | 5013 WR | Jessica Ennis Great Britain | 4965 NR | Austra Skujytė  Lithuania | 4802 NR |
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) | ||||||
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States (USA) | 10 | 4 | 5 | 19 |
| 2 | Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | Ethiopia (ETH) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | Kenya (KEN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Australia (AUS) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Jamaica (JAM) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Morocco (MAR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 11 | Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Costa Rica (CRC) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Greece (GRE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| New Zealand (NZL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 15 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | Bahamas (BAH) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | China (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ivory Coast (CIV) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 24 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Lithuania (LTU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Romania (ROU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (29 entries) | 26 | 28 | 25 | 79 | |
Gallery from the games
Photos from the games in Istanbul:
Justin Gatlin celebrating his win in the 60 metres.
Nery Brenes celebrating his win after the 400 metres.
Ashton Eaton en route to victory in the heptathlon.
Mauro Vinícius da Silva celebrating his win after long jump.
Abdalaati Iguider (far right) en route to victory in the 1500 metres.
Ryan Whiting during the shot put in which he won gold.
Renaud Lavillenie during the pole vault in which he won gold.
Mohammed Aman celebrating his win after finishing the 800 metres.
Dimitrios Chondrokoukis celebrating his win in the high jump.
Aries Merritt en route to victory in the 60 metres hurdles.
Silver medalist in the triple jump Christian Taylor.
Bernard Lagat en route to victory in the 3000 metres.
Genzebe Dibaba celebrating her win after the 1500 metres.
Yamilé Aldama celebrating her win after the triple jump.
Nataliya Dobrynska celebrating her win after the pentathlon.
Chaunté Lowe celebrating her win after the high jump.
Pamela Jelimo celebrating her win after finishing the 800 metres.
Aslı Çakır Alptekin celebrating her bronze medal performance in the 1500 metres.
Hellen Onsando Obiri winning the 3000 metres.
Gold medalist in the long jump Brittney Reese.
Participating nations
Afghanistan (1)
Albania (2)
Algeria (2)
Andorra (2)
Anguilla (2)
Argentina (1)
Armenia (2)
Aruba (1)
Australia (6)
Austria (3)
Azerbaijan (2)
Bahamas (6)
Bahrain (4)
Bangladesh (2)
Belarus (17)
Belgium (3)
Benin (2)
Bermuda (1)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (2)
Botswana (4)
Brazil (7)
British Virgin Islands (1)
Brunei (2)
Bulgaria (8)
Burkina Faso (1)
Cambodia (1)
Cameroon (2)
Canada (4)
Cayman Islands (1)
Chad (1)
China (13)
Chinese Taipei (2)
Colombia (1)
Comoros (2)
Cook Islands (1)
Costa Rica (1)
Croatia (1)
Cuba (10)
Cyprus (2)
Czech Republic (13)
Democratic Republic of the Congo (1)
Denmark (2)
Djibouti (1)
Dominica (1)
Dominican Republic (1)
Ecuador (1)
Egypt (1)
Equatorial Guinea (1)
Estonia (2)
Ethiopia (10)
Federated States of Micronesia (1)
Fiji (2)
France (11)
French Polynesia (2)
Gambia (1)
Georgia (2)
Germany (17)
Ghana (3)
Gibraltar (1)
Great Britain (30)
Greece (7)
Grenada (1)
Guam (2)
Guinea (1)
Guinea-Bissau (2)
Guyana (2)
Haiti (1)
Hong Kong (2)
Hungary (3)
Iceland (2)
India (1)
Indonesia (1)
Iran (3)
Iraq (2)
Ireland (3)
Israel (2)
Italy (14)
Ivory Coast (2)
Jamaica (10)
Japan (1)
Kazakhstan (6)
Kenya (9)
Kiribati (2)
Kuwait (1)
Kyrgyzstan (2)
Latvia (2)
Lebanon (1)
Lesotho (1)
Lithuania (5)
Macau (1)
Macedonia (1)
Madagascar (1)
Malawi (1)
Maldives (1)
Mali (1)
Malta (1)
Marshall Islands (1)
Mauritania (1)
Mauritius (2)
Mexico (1)
Moldova (2)
Monaco (1)
Mongolia (2)
Morocco (6)
Namibia (1)
Nauru (2)
Netherlands (4)
New Zealand (1)
Nicaragua (1)
Nigeria (4)
Norfolk Island (1)
Northern Mariana Islands (1)
Norway (1)
Oman (1)
Pakistan (2)
Palau (2)
Palestine (2)
Panama (1)
Papua New Guinea (2)
Paraguay (1)
Peru (1)
Philippines (1)
Poland (13)
Portugal (2)
Puerto Rico (1)
Qatar (3)
Republic of the Congo (1)
Romania (13)
Russia (42)
Rwanda (2)
Saint Kitts and Nevis (2)
Saint Lucia (1)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (2)
El Salvador (1)
Samoa (1)
San Marino (2)
Saudi Arabia (1)
Senegal (1)
Serbia (1)
Seychelles (1)
Sierra Leone (1)
Singapore (2)
Slovakia (1)
Slovenia (4)
Solomon Islands (2)
South Africa (3)
South Korea (1)
Spain (20)
Sudan (2)
Swaziland (1)
Sweden (4)
Switzerland (2)
Syria (2)
Tajikistan (2)
Tanzania (1)
Thailand (1)
Tonga (2)
Trinidad and Tobago (7)
Turkey (16)
Turkmenistan (1)
Tuvalu (1)
Uganda (2)
Ukraine (25)
United Arab Emirates (2)
United States (46)
United States Virgin Islands (2)
Uruguay (2)
Uzbekistan (5)
Vanuatu (2)
Venezuela (4)
Zambia (2)
