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World Athletics Indoor Championships

World Athletics Indoor Championships

Bi-annual global indoor track and field competition

The World Athletics Indoor Championships are a biennial indoor track and field competition served as the global championship for that version of the sport. Organised by the World Athletics, the competition was inaugurated as the World Indoor Games in 1985 in Paris, France and were subsequently renamed to IAAF World Indoor Championships in 1987. The current name was adapted with the name change of the sports governing body in 2019.

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They have been held every two years except for when they were held in consecutive years 2003 and 2004 to facilitate the need for them to be held in alternate years to the main World Athletics Championships (outdoors) in the future.

Championships

  Cancelled due to COVID-19 and postponed to a later year
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Events

The events held have remained more or less the same since they originated, with the main alterations coming in the earlier years.

The 4 x 400 m relay race for both men and women was added to the full schedule in 1991 with the women's triple jump, the latter as an exhibition event, and gaining full status at the following championships.

Racewalking events were dropped after 1993, and a 1600 m medley relay was tried but was discontinued were due to poor interest. This same year, a men's heptathlon and women's pentathlon were successfully introduced as non-championship events, and have remained on the program since.

In 1997 the women's pole vault entered the fray, two years before it made an appearance at the event's outdoor counterpart.

Despite the event's popularity, the 200 m was removed from the program after the 2004 championships, as the event was deemed unfair and too predictable, with the tight bends involved in the race meaning any athletes not drawn in either of the outside lanes had minimal or no chance of winning.

Outstanding achievements

Seven gold medals

Five gold medals

Four gold medals

Championship records

Key to tables:   Disqualified
X = annulled due to doping violation

Men

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Women

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Heptathlon disciplines

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Pentathlon disciplines

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Records in defunct events

Men's events

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Women's events

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All-time medal table

Medal table includes 1985–2024 Championships.

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Notes

^[1]  ANA was the name, under which Russian athletes competed in the 2018 Championships. Their medals were not included in the official medal table.[30]

All-time placing table

In the World Athletics placing table the total score is obtained from assigning eight points to the first place and so on to one point for the eight place. Points are shared in situations where a tie occurs.

Updated after 2022 Championships[31]

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Notes

^[2] Does not include results achieved by Authorized Neutral Athletes in 2018.
^[3] Includes results achieved by East Germany and West Germany between 1987 and 1989.

Multiple medallists

A total of 8 men and 19 women have won five or more medals at the competition.[32]

Men

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See also

Notes

  1. +1 non-championship event
  2. +4 non-championship events

References

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    "World Athletics to postpone World Athletics Indoor Championships Nanjing 2020". worldathletics.org. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
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    "Men's 60m Results" (PDF). IAAF. 3 March 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
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    "400m Results" (PDF). World Athletics. 19 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
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    "1500m Final Results Summary" (PDF). World Athletics. 20 March 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
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    "60m Hurdles Semi-Final Results Summary" (PDF). World Athletics. 20 March 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
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    "60m Hurdles Final Results" (PDF). World Athletics. 2 March 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
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    "Pole Vault Final Results" (PDF). World Athletics. 20 March 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
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    "Triple Jump Results" (PDF). IAAF. 14 March 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
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    "Shot Put Results" (PDF). World Athletics. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
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    "Heptathlon Results" (PDF). IAAF. 10 March 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
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    "Men's 4×400m Relay Results" (PDF). IAAF. 4 March 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
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    "400m Final Result" (PDF). World Athletics. 2 March 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
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    "1500m Results" (PDF). World Athletics. 19 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
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    "3000m Final Results" (PDF). World Athletics. 2 March 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
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    "Women's 60m Hurdles Final Results" (PDF). World Athletics. 3 March 2024. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
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    "Women's Pole Vault Results" (PDF). IAAF. 3 March 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
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    "Long Jump Results" (PDF). IAAF. 11 March 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
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    "Triple Jump Final Results" (PDF). World Athletics. 20 March 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
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    "Shot Put Results" (PDF). IAAF. 14 March 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
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    "Pentathlon Results" (PDF). IAAF. 9 March 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
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    "Women's 4×400m Relay Results" (PDF). IAAF. 4 March 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
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    "Long Jump Results" (PDF). IAAF. 9 March 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
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    "Shot Put Results" (PDF). IAAF. 12 March 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
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    "Heptathlon – High Jump Results Summary". IAAF. 7 March 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
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    "Heptathlon – 60m Hurdles Results" (PDF). World Athletics. 19 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
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    "1000m Heptathlon Results" (PDF). IAAF. 19 March 2016. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
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    "60 Metres Hurdles Results" (PDF). IAAF. 9 March 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
  28. [28]
    "Pentathlon – Long Jump Results" (PDF). World Athletics. 18 March 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  29. [29]
    "800 Metres Results" (PDF). IAAF. 9 March 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
  30. [30]
    "Birmingham IAAF World Indoor Championships Medal Table". World Athletics.
  31. [31]
    "World Athletics Indoor Championships Glasgow 2024 Facts and Figures" (PDF). World Athletics. 29 February 2024. p. 21. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  32. [32]
    "World Athletics Indoor Championships Glasgow 2024 Facts and Figures" (PDF). World Athletics. 29 February 2024. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
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