The6thIAAF World Athletics Final was held at theMercedes-Benz Arena inStuttgart, Germany on September 13 and September 14, 2008.

A number ofroad races also took place on the second day of competition. There were seven different starting points around the Stuttgart area and the distances varied from 21 to 30 kilometres, with every race finishing in the Arena. Runners could join mid-race at specified times to allow for shorter distances and the aim was to have the runners finishing at a similar time. The road race ceremony was inspired by a similar event during the1993 World Championships in Athletics, which was also held in the city.^[1]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m	Asafa Powell  Jamaica	9.87	Nesta Carter  Jamaica	10.07	Michael Frater  Jamaica	10.10
200 m	Stéphane Buckland  Mauritius	20.57	Paul Hession  Ireland	20.58	Brendan Christian  Antigua and Barbuda	20.61
400 m	LaShawn Merritt  United States	44.50	Jeremy Wariner  United States	44.51	Chris Brown  Bahamas	45.36
800 m	Alfred Kirwa Yego  Kenya	1:49.05	Abraham Chepkirwok  Uganda	1:49.22	Yusuf Saad Kamel  Bahrain	1:49.40
1500 m	Haron Keitany  Kenya	3:37.92	Asbel Kipruto Kiprop  Kenya	3:37.93	Nicholas Willis  New Zealand	3:38.22
3000 m	Bernard Lagat  United States	8:02.97	Edwin Cheruiyot Soi  Kenya	8:03.55	Matthew Tegenkamp  United States	8:03.56
5000 m	Edwin Cheruiyot Soi  Kenya	13:22.81	Moses Ndiema Kipsiro  Uganda	13:23.02	Micah Kogo  Kenya	13:23.37
3000 m steeplechase	Paul Kipsiele Koech  Kenya	8:05.35	Ezekiel Kemboi  Kenya	8:15.32	Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong  Kenya	8:16.05
110 m hurdles	David Oliver  United States	13.22	Petr Svoboda  Czech Republic	13.33	Ryan Wilson  United States	13.54
400 m hurdles	Kerron Clement  United States	48.96	Danny McFarlane  Jamaica	49.00	Isa Phillips  Jamaica	49.22
High jump	Andrey Silnov  Russia	2.35 CR	Stefan Holm  Sweden	2.33	Jesse Williams  United States	2.29
Pole vault	Derek Miles  United States	5.80	Brad Walker  United States	5.70	Maksym Mazuryk  Ukraine	5.60
Long jump	Fabrice Lapierre  Australia	8.14	Hussein Taher Al-Sabee  Saudi Arabia	8.13	Mohamed Salman Al Khuwalidi  Saudi Arabia	8.04
Triple jump	Nelson Évora  Portugal	17.24	Jadel Gregório  Brazil	17.09	Randy Lewis  Grenada	17.01
Shot put	Tomasz Majewski  Poland	20.88	Christian Cantwell  United States	20.73	Dan Taylor  United States	20.38
Discus	Gerd Kanter  Estonia	68.38	Piotr Małachowski  Poland	66.07	Robert Harting  Germany	65.76
Hammer	Primož Kozmus  Slovenia	79.99	Krisztián Pars  Hungary	79.37	Koji Murofushi  Japan	78.99
Javelin	Vadims Vasilevskis  Latvia	86.65	Andreas Thorkildsen  Norway	83.77	Tero Pitkämäki  Finland	81.64
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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m	Shelly-Ann Fraser  Jamaica	10.94	Kerron Stewart  Jamaica	11.06	Marshevet Hooker  United States	11.06
200 m	Sanya Richards  United States	22.50	Marshevet Hooker  United States	22.69	Kerron Stewart  Jamaica	22.72
400 m	Sanya Richards  United States	50.41	Christine Ohuruogu  Great Britain	50.83	Novlene Williams  Jamaica	51.30
800 m	Pamela Jelimo  Kenya	1:56.23CR	Janeth Jepkosgei  Kenya	1:58.41	Marilyn Okoro  Great Britain	1:58.64
1500 m	Maryam Yusuf Jamal  Bahrain	4:06.59	Gelete Burka  Ethiopia	4:07.45	Iryna Lishchynska  Ukraine	4:07.65
3000 m	Meseret Defar  Ethiopia	8:43.60	Vivian Cheruiyot  Kenya	8:44.64	Jane Kiptoo  Kenya	8.47.65
5000 m	Meseret Defar  Ethiopia	14:53.82	Vivian Cheruiyot  Kenya	14:54.60	Meselech Melkamu  Ethiopia	14:58.76
3000 m steeplechase	Gulnara Galkina  Russia	9:21.73CR	Eunice Jepkorir  Kenya	9:24.03	Ruth Bisibori Nyangau  Kenya	9:24.38
100 m hurdles	LoLo Jones  United States	12.56	Delloreen Ennis-London  Jamaica	12.56	Dawn Harper Nelson  United States	12.67
400 m hurdles	Melaine Walker  Jamaica	54.06	Anastasiya Rabchenyuk  Ukraine	54.92	Tiffany Williams  United States	55.16
High jump	Blanka Vlašić  Croatia	2.01CR	Anna Chicherova  Russia	1.99	Tia Hellebaut  Belgium	1.97
Pole vault	Silke Spiegelburg  Germany	4.70	Svetlana Feofanova  Russia	4.70	Monika Pyrek  Poland	4.70
Long jump	Naide Gomes  Portugal	6.71	Ksenija Balta  Estonia	6.65	Tatyana Lebedeva  Russia	6.64
Triple jump	Anna Pyatykh  Russia	14.78	Tatyana Lebedeva  Russia	14.63	Marija Šestak  Slovenia	14.63
Shot put	Valerie Vili  New Zealand	19.69	Nadine Kleinert  Germany	19.42	Misleydis González  Cuba	18.55
Discus	Nicoleta Grasu  Romania	62.48	Stephanie Brown-Trafton  United States	62.23	Vera Pospíšilová-Cechlová  Czech Republic	58.72
Hammer	Yipsi Moreno  Cuba	74.09	Martina Hrasnová  Slovakia	71.40	Anita Wlodarczyk  Poland	70.97
Javelin	Barbora Špotáková  Czech Republic	72.28WR	Christina Obergföll  Germany	63.28	Steffi Nerius  Germany	62.78
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• Josephine Onyia of Spain was the original women's 100 m hurdles winner. She had tested positive for stimulantmethylhexaneamine at the 2008Athletissima meeting and also tested positive forClenbuterol at the 2008 World Athletics Final, meaning her results were annulled.^[2]

• The original discus winner,Yarelys Barrios of Cuba, was retrospectively disqualified due to a failed doping test at the2008 Summer Olympics.^[3]

• Official 2008 IAAF World Athletics Final Site

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