| 17th IAAF World Indoor Championships | |
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| Dates | 1–4 March |
| Host city | Birmingham, United Kingdom |
| Venue | Arena Birmingham |
| Events | 26 |
| Participation | 554 athletes from 134 nations |
The 17thIAAF World Indoor Championships was held from 1 to 4 March 2018 inBirmingham, United Kingdom. This was the city's second hosting of the event as it previously did so in2003.
Birmingham bid for the2016 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 theIAAF wanted more time between events in the UK with London hosting the2012 Summer Olympics as well as the2017 World Championships in Athletics along withCardiff hosting the2016 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships.[3] Portland would become the beginning of a similar sequence for the US, with the2021 World Championships inEugene, Oregon and the2028 Summer Olympics inLos Angeles.
The event took place at theNational Indoor Arena with seating for 8,000 spectators.[4]
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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 | ||||
* 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 | |
^[1]IAAF does not include the three medals (2 gold, 1 silver) won by athletes competing asAuthorised Neutral Athletes in their official medal table.[34]
In brackets the number of athletes participating.
Albania (1)
Andorra (1)
Argentina (1)
Armenia (1)
Aruba (1)
Australia (7) Austria (4).svg)
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)This championship was notable for the large number of disqualifications, primarily lane violations (IAAF rule 163.3(a)). One entire heat of theMen'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 the2017 Outdoor World Championships held inLondon just 5 and a half months earlier.[36]
World Championships organised byWorld Athletics | |
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| Outdoor | |
| Indoor | |
| Continental Cup* | |
| U20 | |
| U18 | |
| Cross Country | |
| Race Walking | |
| Women's Road Race | |
| Marathon | |
| Half Marathon | |
| Road Relay | |
| Relays | |
| Ultimate | |
| Road Running | |
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