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2008 in athletics
Major world events	2008 Olympics
World records set	10
IAAF Athletes of the Year	Usain Bolt Yelena Isinbayeva
World Marathon Majors winners	Martin Lel Irina Mikitenko
←2007 2009 →

Overview of the events of 2008 in the sport of athletics

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This article contains an overview of the year 2008 inathletics

International events

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2008 Summer Olympics, held inBeijing, China
African Championships, held inAddis Ababa,Ethiopia
European Cup, super league held inAnnecy, France
World Indoor Championships, held inValencia, Spain
Golden League, held in various venues
World Athletics Final, held inStuttgart, Germany
World Cross Country Championships, held inEdinburgh, United Kingdom
World Road Running Championships, held inRio de Janeiro, Brazil
World Junior Championships, held inBydgoszcz, Poland

World records

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Men

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Event	Performance	Athlete	Nation	Place	Date
100 m	9.72	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	New York City, United States	May 31
100 m	9.69			Beijing, China	August 16
200 m	19.30				August 20
4 × 100 m relay	37.10	Nesta Carter Michael Frater Usain Bolt Asafa Powell			August 22
110 m hurdles	12.87	Dayron Robles	Cuba	Ostrava,Czech Republic	June 12
50 km race walk	3:34:14	Denis Nizhegorodov	Russia	Cheboksary, Russia	May 11
Marathon	2:03:59	Haile Gebrselassie	Ethiopia	Berlin, Germany	September 28

Women

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Event	Performance	Athlete	Nation	Place	Date
5000 m	14:11.15	Tirunesh Dibaba	Ethiopia	Oslo, Norway	June 6
One hour run	18,517 m	Dire Tune	Ethiopia	Ostrava, Czech Republic	June 12
3000 m steeplechase	8:58.81	Gulnara Galkina-Samitova	Russia	Beijing, China	August 17
Pole vault	5.03 m	Yelena Isinbayeva		Rome, Italy	July 11
	5.04 m			Monte Carlo,Monaco	July 29
	5.05 m			Beijing, China	August 18
Javelin throw	72.28	Barbora Špotáková	Czech Republic	Stuttgart, Germany	September 13

Awards

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Men

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Award	Winner
IAAF World Athlete of the Year	Usain Bolt^[1]
Track & Field Athlete of the Year	Usain Bolt
European Athlete of the Year	Andreas Thorkildsen
European Athletics Rising Star	Raphael Holzdeppe

Women

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Award	Winner
IAAF World Athlete of the Year	Yelena Isinbayeva^[1]
Track & Field Athlete of the Year	Tirunesh Dibaba
European Athlete of the Year	Yelena Isinbayeva
European Athletics Rising Star	Stephanie Twell

Men's best year performances

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100 metres

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RANK	ATHLETE	TIME
1.	Usain Bolt (JAM)	9.69WR
2.	Asafa Powell (JAM)	9.72
3.	Tyson Gay (USA)	9.77
4.	Travis Padgett (USA)	9.89
	Darvis Patton (USA)	9.89
	Richard Thompson (TRI)	9.89

200 metres

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RANK	ATHLETE	TIME
1.	Usain Bolt (JAM)	19.30WR
2.	Walter Dix (USA)	19.86
2.	Shawn Crawford (USA)	19.86
4.	Wallace Spearmon (USA)	19.90
5.	Rodney Martin (USA)	19.99

400 metres

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RANK	ATHLETE	TIME
1.	LaShawn Merritt (USA)	43.75
2.	Jeremy Wariner (USA)	43.82
3.	Angelo Taylor (USA)	44.38
4.	Chris Brown (BAH)	44.40
5.	Martyn Rooney (GBR)	44.60

800 metres

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RANK	ATHLETE	TIME
1.	Abubaker Kaki (SUD)	1:42.69
2.	Yuriy Borzakovskiy (RUS)	1:42.79
2.	Yusuf Saad Kamel (BHR)	1:42.79
4.	Yeimer López (CUB)	1:43.07
5.	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (RSA)	1:43.26

1500 metres

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RANK	ATHLETE	TIME
1.	Daniel Kipchirchir Komen (KEN)	3:31.49
2.	Augustine Kiprono Choge (KEN)	3:31.57
3.	Asbel Kipruto Kiprop (KEN)	3:31.64
4.	Abdalaati Iguider (MAR)	3:31.88
5.	Shedrack Kibet Korir (KEN)	3:31.94

3000 metres

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RANK	ATHLETE	TIME
1.	Edwin Cheruiyot Soi (KEN)	7:31.83
2.	Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)	7:31.94
3.	Augustine Kiprono Choge (KEN)	7:32.01
4.	Moses Ndiema Kipsiro (UGA)	7:32.42
5.	Levy Matebo (KEN)	7:33.01

5000 metres

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RANK	ATHLETE	TIME
1.	Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)	12:50.18
2.	Moses Ndiema Masai (KEN)	12:50.55
3.	Tariku Bekele (ETH)	12:52.45
4.	Moses Ndiema Kipsiro (UGA)	12:54.70
5.	Abreham Cherkos (ETH)	12:57.56

10,000 metres

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RANK	ATHLETE	TIME
1.	Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)	26:25.97
2.	Sileshi Sihine (ETH)	26:50.53
3.	Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)	26:51.20
4.	Eliud Kipchoge (KEN)	26:54.32
5.	Leonard Komon (KEN)	26:57.08

110 metres hurdles

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RANK	ATHLETE	TIME
1.	Dayron Robles (CUB)	12.87WR
2.	David Oliver (USA)	12.95
3.	Terrence Trammell (USA)	13.08
4.	Antwon Hicks (USA)	13.09
5.	Anwar Moore (USA)	13.15

400 metres hurdles

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RANK	ATHLETE	TIME
1.	Angelo Taylor (USA)	47.25
2.	Kerron Clement (USA)	47.79
3.	Bershawn Jackson (USA)	48.02
4.	L.J. van Zyl (RSA)	48.22
5.	Danny McFarlane (JAM)	48.30

3000 metres steeplechase

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RANK	ATHLETE	TIME
1.	Paul Kipsiele Koech (KEN)	8:00.57
2.	Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong (KEN)	8:07.64
3.	Tareq Mubarak Taher (BHR)	8:08.53
4.	Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad (FRA)	8:08.95
5.	Michael Kipyego (KEN)	8:09.05

Half marathon

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RANK	ATHLETE	TIME
1.	Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)	59:15
1.	Deriba Merga (ETH)	59:15
3.	Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich (KEN)	59:16
4.	Samuel Wanjiru (KEN)	59:26
5.	Patrick Makau Musyoki (KEN)	59:29
5.	Evans Kiprop Cheruiyot (KEN)	59:29

Marathon

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RANK	ATHLETE	TIME
1.	Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)	2:03:59WR
2.	Martin Lel (KEN)	2:05:15
3.	Samuel Wanjiru (KEN)	2:05:24
4.	Abderrahim Goumri (MAR)	2:05:30
5.	James Kipsang Kwambai (KEN)	2:05:36

High jump

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RANK	ATHLETE	HEIGHT
1.	Andrey Silnov (RUS)	2.38
2.	Stefan Holm (SWE)	2.37
3.	Dusty Jonas (USA)	2.36
4.	Michał Bieniek (POL)	2.35
5.	Kabelo Kgosiemang (BOT)	2.34
	Germaine Mason (GBR)	2.34
	Yaroslav Rybakov (RUS)	2.34

Pole vault

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RANK	ATHLETE	HEIGHT
1.	Brad Walker (USA)	6.04
2.	Evgeniy Lukyanenko (RUS)	6.01
3.	Steven Hooker (AUS)	6.00
4.	Denys Yurchenko (UKR)	5.83
5.	Maksym Mazuryk (UKR)	5.82

Long jump

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RANK	ATHLETE	MARK
1.	Irving Saladino (PAN)	8.73
2.	Ibrahim Camejo (CUB)	8.46
3.	Loúis Tsátoumas (GRE)	8.44
4.	Mohamed Salman Al Khuwalidi (KSA)	8.37
5.	Trevell Quinley (USA)	8.36

Triple jump

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RANK	ATHLETE	MARK
1.	Nelson Évora (POR)	17.67
2.	Phillips Idowu (GBR)	17.62
3.	Leevan Sands (BAH)	17.59
4.	Arnie David Giralt (CUB)	17.52
5.	Alexis Copello (CUB)	17.50

Shot put

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RANK	ATHLETE	MARK
1.	Adam Nelson (USA)	22.12
2.	Reese Hoffa (USA)	22.10
3.	Andrei Mikhnevich (BLR)	22.00
4.	Christian Cantwell (USA)	21.76
5.	Tomasz Majewski (POL)	21.51

Javelin throw

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RANK	ATHLETE	MARK
1.	Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR)	90.57
2.	Jarrod Bannister (AUS)	89.02
3.	Tero Pitkämäki (FIN)	87.70
4.	Antti Ruuskanen (FIN)	87.33
5.	Sergey Makarov (RUS)	86.88

Discus throw

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RANK	ATHLETE	MARK
1.	Gerd Kanter (EST)	71.88
2.	Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)	71.25
3.	Mario Pestano (ESP)	69.50
4.	Ehsan Haddadi (IRI)	69.32
5.	Ian Waltz (USA)	68.90

Hammer throw

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Main article:2008 Hammer Throw Year Ranking

RANK	ATHLETE	MARK
1.	Ivan Tsikhan (BLR)	84.51
2.	Primož Kozmus (SLO)	82.02
3.	Krisztián Pars (HUN)	81.96
4.	Koji Murofushi (JPN)	81.87
5.	Vadim Devyatovskiy (BLR)	81.70

Decathlon

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Main article:2008 Decathlon Year Ranking

RANK	ATHLETE	POINTS
1.	Bryan Clay (USA)	8832
2.	Andrei Krauchanka (BLR)	8585
3.	Trey Hardee (USA)	8534
4.	Leonel Suárez (CUB)	8527
5.	Tom Pappas (USA)	8511

Women's best year performances

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100 metres

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RANK	ATHLETE	TIME
1.	Torri Edwards (USA)	10.78
1.	Shelly-Ann Fraser (JAM)	10.78
3.	Kerron Stewart (JAM)	10.80
4.	Muna Lee (USA)	10.85
5.	Sherone Simpson (JAM)	10.87
5.	Veronica Campbell Brown (JAM)	10.87

200 metres

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RANK	ATHLETE	TIME
1.	Veronica Campbell Brown (JAM)	21.74
2.	Allyson Felix (USA)	21.93
3.	Kerron Stewart (JAM)	21.99
4.	Muna Lee (USA)	22.01
5.	Sherone Simpson (JAM)	22.11

400 metres

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RANK	ATHLETE	TIME
1.	Christine Ohuruogu (GBR)	49.62
2.	Shericka Williams (JAM)	49.69
3.	Sanya Richards (USA)	49.74
4.	Amantle Montsho (BOT)	49.83
4.	Allyson Felix (USA)	49.83

800 metres

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RANK	ATHLETE	TIME
1.	Pamela Jelimo (KEN)	1:54.01
2.	Yelena Soboleva (RUS)	1:54.85
3.	Tatyana Andrianova (RUS)	1:56.00
4.	Janeth Jepkosgei (KEN)	1:56.07
5.	Svetlana Klyuka (RUS)	1:56.64

1500 metres

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RANK	ATHLETE	TIME
1.	Yelena Soboleva (RUS)	3:56.59
2.	Tatyana Tomashova (RUS)	3:59.42
3.	Maryam Yusuf Jamal (BHR)	3:59.84
4.	Nancy Jebet Lagat (KEN)	4:00.23
5.	Shannon Rowbury (USA)	4:00.33

3000 metres

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RANK	ATHLETE	TIME
1.	Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN)	8:33.66
2.	Wude Ayalew (ETH)	8:35.50
3.	Dolores Checa (ESP)	8:37.78
4.	Peninah Jepchumba (KEN)	8:40.12
5.	Priscah Jepleting Cherono (KEN)	8:42.04

5000 metres

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RANK	ATHLETE	TIME
1.	Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH)	14:11.15WR
2.	Meseret Defar (ETH)	14:12.88
3.	Liliya Shobukhova (RUS)	14:23.75
4.	Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN)	14:25.43
5.	Gulnara Samitova-Galkina (RUS)	14:33.13

10,000 metres

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RANK	ATHLETE	TIME
1.	Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH)	29:54.66
2.	Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR)	29:56.34
3.	Shalane Flanagan (USA)	30:22.22
4.	Linet Masai (KEN)	30:26.50
5.	Kimberley Smith (NZL)	30:35.54

100 metres hurdles

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RANK	ATHLETE	TIME
1.	Lolo Jones (USA)	12.43
2.	Damu Cherry (USA)	12.47
3.	Brigitte Foster-Hylton (JAM)	12.49
4.	Josephine Onyia (ESP)	12.50
5.	Sally McLellan (AUS)	12.53

400 metres hurdles

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RANK	ATHLETE	TIME
1.	Melaine Walker (JAM)	52.64
2.	Tiffany Williams (USA)	53.54
3.	Sheena Tosta (USA)	53.58
4.	Tasha Danvers (GBR)	53.84
5.	Anastasiya Rabchenyuk (UKR)	53.96

3000 metres steeplechase

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RANK	ATHLETE	TIME
1.	Gulnara Samitova-Galkina (RUS)	8:58.81WR
2.	Eunice Jepkorir (KEN)	9:07.41
3.	Yekaterina Volkova (RUS)	9:07.64
4.	Tatyana Petrova (RUS)	9:12.33
5.	Cristina Casandra (ROU)	9:16.85

Half marathon

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RANK	ATHLETE	TIME
1.	Philes Ongori (KEN)	1:07:57
2.	Yukiko Akaba (JPN)	1:08:11
3.	Aselefech Mergia (ETH)	1:08:17
4.	Genet Getaneh (ETH)	1:08:18
5.	Peninah Arusei (KEN)	1:08:20

Marathon

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RANK	ATHLETE	TIME
1.	Irina Mikitenko (GER)	2:19:19
2.	Askale Tafa (ETH)	2:21:31
3.	Zhang Yingying (CHN)	2:22:38
4.	Berhane Adere (ETH)	2:22:42
5.	Galina Bogomolova (RUS)	2:22:53

High jump

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RANK	ATHLETE	HEIGHT
1.	Blanka Vlašić (CRO)	2.06
2.	Tia Hellebaut (BEL)	2.05
3.	Anna Chicherova (RUS)	2.04
4.	Ariane Friedrich (GER)	2.03
4.	Elena Slesarenko (RUS)	2.03

Pole vault

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RANK	ATHLETE	HEIGHT
1.	Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS)	5.05WR
2.	Jennifer Stuczynski (USA)	4.92
3.	Fabiana Murer (BRA)	4.80
4.	Monika Pyrek (POL)	4.75
	Svetlana Feofanova (RUS)	4.75
	Yuliya Golubchikova (RUS)	4.75

Long jump

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RANK	ATHLETE	MARK
1.	Naide Gomes (POR)	7.12
2.	Lyudmila Kolchanova (RUS)	7.04
2.	Maurren Maggi (BRA)	7.04
4.	Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS)	7.03
5.	Brittney Reese (USA)	6.95

Triple jump

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RANK	ATHLETE	MARK
1.	Françoise Mbango Etone (CMR)	15.39
2.	Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS)	15.32
3.	Hrysopiyi Devetzi (GRE)	15.23
4.	Yargelis Savigne (CUB)	15.20
5.	Olga Rypakova (KAZ)	15.11

Shot put

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RANK	ATHLETE	MARK
1.	Nadzeya Ostapchuk (BLR)	20.98
2.	Natallia Mikhnevich (BLR)	20.70
3.	Valerie Vili (NZL)	20.56
4.	Nadine Kleinert (GER)	19.89
5.	Yulia Leantsiuk (BLR)	19.79

Javelin throw

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RANK	ATHLETE	MARK
1.	Barbora Špotáková (CZE)	72.28WR
2.	Mariya Abakumova (RUS)	70.78
3.	Christina Obergföll (GER)	69.81
4.	Steffi Nerius (GER)	68.34
5.	Linda Stahl (GER)	66.06

Discus throw

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RANK	ATHLETE	MARK
1.	Iryna Yatchenko (BLR)	67.89
2.	Darya Pishchalnikova (RUS)	67.28
3.	Nicoleta Grasu (ROU)	66.51
4.	Stephanie Brown-Trafton (USA)	66.17
5.	Yarelis Barrios (CUB)	66.13

Hammer throw

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Main article:2008 Hammer Throw Year Ranking

RANK	ATHLETE	MARK
1.	Aksana Miankova (BLR)	77.32
2.	Martina Hrasnová (SVK)	76.82
3.	Yipsi Moreno (CUB)	76.62
4.	Darya Pchelnik (BLR)	76.33
5.	Gulfiya Khanafeyeva (RUS)	75.07

Heptathlon

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RANK	ATHLETE	POINTS
1.	Nataliya Dobrynska (UKR)	6733
2.	Hyleas Fountain (USA)	6667
3.	Tatyana Chernova (RUS)	6618
4.	Lyudmyla Blonska (UKR)	6570
5.	Olga Kurban (RUS)	6559

Deaths

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June 9 —Peter Rwamuhanda (54), Ugandan hurdler (b. 1953)
December 22 —Jani Lehtonen (40), Finnish pole vaulter (b. 1968)

References

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^^a ^b"Usain Bolt crowned as the Male World Athlete of the Year 2008".South Florida Caribbean News. August 31, 2008. RetrievedNovember 1, 2025.

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Regional

Championships	Asian Indoor African Balkan Outdoor Indoor Central American Central American and Caribbean Ibero-American Oceanian
Cross country	Balkan European NACAC South American
Other	Asian Race Walking European Cup Indoor Cup Mountain Running Throwing 10,000 m South American Half Marathon Mile Race Walking Pan American Combined Events
Age group	Arab U20 Asian U20 CARIFTA Games Central American U20/U18 Commonwealth Youth Games Dutch Caribbean U14 European O35 Leeward Islands U20 Oceania U18 NACAC U23 South American U23 South American U18 Southeast Asian U18

Seasonal

World Marathon Majors	Berlin Boston Chicago London New York Olympics men women
Golden League	Berlin Brussels Oslo Paris Rome Zürich
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