Women
2001 | 2003 | 2004 | 2006 | 2008
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 metres details |
Gail Devers (USA) | 7.08 (SB) | Kim Gevaert (BEL) | 7.12 (NR) | Yulia Nestsiarenka (BLR) | 7.12 |
| Gail Devers took her third 60 m gold, to add to her 60 m hurdles title won in 2003, ahead of Gevaert (Belgian record) who pipped Nestsiarenka to silver in a photo finish though both were given the same time. Other finalists were former bronze medalist Torri Edwards USA (4th), Muriel Hurtis France (5th in seasons best), Yuliya Tabakova Russia (6th), Christine Arron France (7th) and Natalya Safronnikova Russia (8th). | ||||||
| 200 metres details |
Natallia Safronnikava (BLR) | 23.13 | Svetlana Goncharenko (RUS) | 23.15 | Karin Mayr-Krifka (AUT) | 23.18 |
| Anastasiya Kapachinskaya had crossed the line first and been awarded the gold medal but this was later taken back after she tested positive for the anabolic steroid stanozolol. This moved Safronnikava up to the gold medal position, 2 places better than her only other medal performance at the indoor championships in 2001 though her winning time of 23.13 s was the slowest the title had been won in. Goncharenko moved into silver position the same place that she had finished in 1999 and one better than her 1997 finish, and Mayr-Krifka took a surprise bronze. The other finalists were Maryna Maydanova and Nataliya Pygyda both of Ukraine. | ||||||
| 400 metres details |
Natalya Nazarova (RUS) | 50.19 CR | Olesya Forsheva (RUS) | 50.65 (PB) | Tonique Williams-Darling (BAH) | 50.87 NR |
| In a quickly run race Natalya took gold in a championship record of 50.19 seconds to retain her title with her two main challengers both running personal bests to claim the minor medals. The other finalists were Ionela Târlea ROM, Clay Julian USA and Fani Halkia GRE. | ||||||
| 800 metres details |
Maria de Lurdes Mutola (MOZ) | 1:58.50 | Jolanda Čeplak (SLO) | 1:58.72 (SB) | Joanne Fenn (GBR) | 1:59.50 NR |
| Mutola took her record sixth individual gold in the event ahead of world record holder and main rival Jolanda. Joanne ran a personal best in taking the bronze setting a new national record of 1:59.50. Jennifer Toomey USA (4th) and Tatyana Andrianova RUS (5th) also set PB's with Olga Raspopova RUS coming in sixth. | ||||||
| 1500 metres details |
Kutre Dulecha (ETH) | 4:06.40 | Carmen Douma-Hussar (CAN) | 4:08.18 NR | Gulnara Samitova (RUS) | 4:08.26 |
| Dulecha became Ethiopia's first ever women's 1,500 m medalist at the championships with a surprise win taking the gold ahead of Douma-Hussar (2nd), who set a Canadian national record and Samitova (3rd). It was by far Kutre's best performance at a major competition although she had set a junior world record at the distance outdoors back in 1997. The other finalists were Daniela Yordanova, Bulgaria (4th), Nataliya Tobias, Ukraine (5th), Yuliya Kosenkova Russia (6th), Alesya Turova, Belarus (7th), Lidia Okninska, Poland (8th) and Great Britain's Kelly Holmes who had probably been the favourite going into the race but took a fall just after half way through the race and could not make up the ground eventually finishing 9th. | ||||||
| 3000 metres details |
Meseret Defar (ETH) | 9:11.22 | Berhane Adere (ETH) | 9:11.43 | Shayne Culpepper (USA) | 9:12.15 |
| In the slowest women's 3,000 m the championship had seen, and 22 seconds slower than the quickest heat, 2003 bronze medalist Defar turned the tables on reigning champion Adere with Culpepper taking third. The other finalists were Spain's Marta Domínguez (4th), Great Britain's Joanne Pavey (5th), Yelena Zadorozhnaya, Russia (6th), Sabrina Mockenhaupt, Germany (7th), Ukraine's Maryna Dubrova (8th), Maria McCambridge, Ireland (9th), Belgian Veerle Dejaeghere (10th) and Galina Bogomolova (11th). Great Britain's Hayley Tullett had qualified for the final but did not start due to injury. | ||||||
| 60 metres hurdles details |
Perdita Felicien (CAN) | 7.75 CR | Gail Devers (USA) | 7.78 | Linda Ferga-Khodadin (FRA) | 7.82 NR |
| Canadian Felicien edged out reigning champion Devers by just 3/100th's of a second with Ferga-Khodadin third in a French national record. Other finalists were Joanna Hayes, USA (4th), Susanna Kallur, Sweden (5th), Lacena Golding-Clarke, Jamaica (6th), Flóra Redoúmi, Greece (7th) and Nicole Ramalalanirina, France (8th). | ||||||
| 4×400 metre relay details |
Russia (RUS) Olesya Krasnomovets Olga Kotlyarova Tatyana Levina Natalya Nazarova |
3:23.88 WR | Belarus (BLR) Natalya Sologub Anna Kozak Ilona Usovich Svetlana Usovich |
3:29.96 NR | Romania (ROU) Angela Morosanu Alina Râpanu Maria Rus Ionela Târlea |
3:30.06 NR |
| A scintillating run by the Russian women's team saw them take gold in a world record time of 3:23.88. The second placed Belarusians broke their national record to claim silver and the Romanians did the same to take the bronze. Poland also broke their national record but finished without a medal in 4th with the Jamaican ladies finishing 5th and the Greek team, who also set a national record in the heats coming in 6th. An inexperienced USA team could only manage fourth place in their first round heat. | ||||||
| High jump details |
Yelena Slesarenko (RUS) | 2.04 =WL | Anna Chicherova (RUS) | 2.00 | Blanka Vlašić (CRO) | 1.97 |
| Two 22-year-old Russians took the main medals with Slesarenko beating her compatriot Chicherova with a near faultless display, failing on only one of her jumps. Blanka took bronze on countback ahead of Ukrainian Vita Palamar (4th) and Daniela Rath of Germany (6th) all clearing 1.97 m. Spain's Marta Mendía set a personal best in qualifying for the final but ended up in 7th place ahead of Bulgarian Venelina Veneva (8th) and Viktoriya Styopina of Ukraine in 9th. | ||||||
| Pole vault details |
Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) | 4.86 WR | Stacy Dragila (USA) | 4.81 AR | Svetlana Feofanova (RUS) | 4.70 |
| With three former winners of the title along with the previous years silver medalist this was always going to be a fascinating contest in this relatively young event. The 21 year old world junior record holder Isinbayeva added to her growing reputation with a world record clearance of 4.86 m. to improve on her silver from a year ago and her bronze at the 2003 outdoors championship taking the gold ahead of the reigning Olympic champion Dragila in silver and reigning world champion Feofanova, bronze. Jillian Schwartz of USA set a personal best in 4th place ahead of Vanessa Boslak who set a French national record in finishing equal fifth with Monika Pyrek of Poland. Pyrek compatriot Anna Rogowska took 7th place with a disappointing 8th place for 1999 champion Nastja Ryjikh. | ||||||
| Long jump details |
Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS) | 6.98 WL | Tatyana Kotova (RUS) | 6.93 (SB) | Carolina Klüft (SWE) | 6.92 NR |
| Lebedeva, fresh from her world record in the triple jump the previous day, jumped a world leading distance of 6.98 m to record her second gold medal ahead of reigning champion Kotova who jumped a seasons best and Sweden's heptathlete queen Klüft who set a national record. The other finalists were China's Yingnan Guan (4th), Latvia's Valentīna Gotovska (5th), Italy's Fiona May (6th), Spain's Concepción Montaner (7th) Adina Anton of Romania who finished 8th. | ||||||
| Triple jump details |
Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS) | 15.36 WR | Yamilé Aldama (SUD) | 14.90 AR | Hrysopiyí Devetzí (GRE) | 14.73 |
| Lebedeva first qualifying jump put her through to the final where her second round jump of 15.25 m gave her a comfortable lead over the field. She then opted out of her third and fifth round jumps saving herself in case a big jump was required in the final round. Her nearest rival Aldama had recorded 14.90 m also in the second round to lie in silver medal position with Devetzí's fourth round 14.73 m giving her bronze. Tatyana decided to take her last jump in the knowledge that gold medal was hers and produced a world record jump of 15.36 m. She followed this up by winning the long jump also the following day. The other finalists were Trecia Smith (4th in a Jamaican record), Italy's Magdelin Martinez (5th), Françoise Mbango Etone of Cameroon (6th), Romania's Adelina Gavrila (7th), Olena Hovorova, Ukraine (8th), Mabel Gay, Cuba (9th), Baya Rahouli, Algeria (10th), Italy's Simona La Mantia (11th) and Natallia Safronava of Belarus (12th). | ||||||
| Shot put details |
Svetlana Krivelyova (RUS) | 19.90 (SB) | Yumileidi Cumbá (CUB) | 19.31 (SB) | Nadine Kleinert (GER) | 19.05 (SB) |
| In an amazing turn of events Ukrainian Vita Pavlysh finished first only to be stripped of her title when receiving a lifetime ban after testing positive for anabolic steroids again. This was a repeat of the events following the 1999 Indoor Championship when she had also taken the gold only for it to be taken away when she was given a two year ban for the same offence. This left Krivelyova to actually be awarded first place ahead of Cumbá and Kleinert. The other finalists were Krystyna Zabawska tantalisingly just 5 cm. back in 4th, China's Li Meiju (5th), Misleydis González of Cuba 6th, and two-time silver medalist Nadzeya Astapchuk of Belarus 7th. | ||||||
| Pentathlon details |
Naide Gomes (POR) | 4759 WL | Nataliya Dobrynska (UKR) | 4727 NR | Austra Skujytė (LTU) | 4679 NR |
| With the lowest ever winning number of points, Gomes, who had led from the third event held on from Dobrynska by 32 points with Lithuanian Skujyte a further 48 points behind in the bronze medal position. The second- and third-place finishers set national records as did Karin Ruckstuhl of Netherlands who was (4th). Belgium's Tia Hellebaut came (5th), Irina Butor of Belarus (6th), Larisa Netšeporuk of Estonia (7th) with Kim Schiemenz of USA completing the line up in (8th) place. | ||||||
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