2008 IAAF World Athletics Final explained

The 6th IAAF World Athletics Final was held at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Stuttgart, Germany on September 13 and September 14, 2008.

A number of road 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 the 1993 World Championships in Athletics, which was also held in the city.^[1]

Results

See also: 2008 IAAF World Athletics Final – Results.

Men

100 m	Asafa Powell	9.87	Nesta Carter	10.07	Michael Frater	10.10
200 m	Stéphane Buckland	20.57	Paul Hession	20.58	Brendan Christian	20.61
400 m	LaShawn Merritt	44.50	Jeremy Wariner	44.51	Chris Brown	45.36
800 m	Alfred Kirwa Yego	1:49.05	Abraham Chepkirwok	1:49.22	Yusuf Saad Kamel	1:49.40
1500 m	Haron Keitany	3:37.92	Asbel Kipruto Kiprop	3:37.93	Nicholas Willis	3:38.22
3000 m	Bernard Lagat	8:02.97	Edwin Cheruiyot Soi	8:03.55	Matthew Tegenkamp	8:03.56
5000 m	Edwin Cheruiyot Soi	13:22.81	Moses Ndiema Kipsiro	13:23.02	Micah Kogo	13:23.37
3000 m steeplechase	Paul Kipsiele Koech	8:05.35	Ezekiel Kemboi	8:15.32	Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong	8:16.05
110 m hurdles	David Oliver	13.22	Petr Svoboda	13.33	Ryan Wilson	13.54
400 m hurdles	Kerron Clement	48.96	Danny McFarlane	49.00	Isa Phillips	49.22
High jump	Andrey Silnov	2.35 CR	Stefan Holm	2.33	Jesse Williams	2.29
Pole vault	Derek Miles	5.80	Brad Walker	5.70	Maksym Mazuryk	5.60
Long jump	Fabrice Lapierre	8.14	Hussein Taher Al-Sabee	8.13	Mohamed Salman Al Khuwalidi	8.04
Triple jump	Nelson Évora	17.24	Jadel Gregório	17.09	Randy Lewis	17.01
Shot put	Tomasz Majewski	20.88	Christian Cantwell	20.73	Dan Taylor	20.38
Discus	Gerd Kanter	68.38	Piotr Małachowski	66.07	Robert Harting	65.76
Hammer	Primož Kozmus	79.99	Krisztián Pars	79.37	Koji Murofushi	78.99
Javelin	Vadims Vasilevskis	86.65	Andreas Thorkildsen	83.77	Tero Pitkämäki	81.64

Women

100 m	Shelly-Ann Fraser	10.94	Kerron Stewart	11.06	Marshevet Hooker	11.06
200 m	Sanya Richards	22.50	Marshevet Hooker	22.69	Kerron Stewart	22.72
400 m	Sanya Richards	50.41	Christine Ohuruogu	50.83	Novlene Williams	51.30
800 m	Pamela Jelimo	1:56.23	Janeth Jepkosgei	1:58.41	Marilyn Okoro	1:58.64
1500 m	Maryam Yusuf Jamal	4:06.59	Gelete Burka	4:07.45	Iryna Lishchynska	4:07.65
3000 m	Meseret Defar	8:43.60	Vivian Cheruiyot	8:44.64	Jane Kiptoo	8.47.65
5000 m	Meseret Defar	14:53.82	Vivian Cheruiyot	14:54.60	Meselech Melkamu	14:58.76
3000 m steeplechase	Gulnara Galkina	9:21.73	Eunice Jepkorir	9:24.03	Ruth Bisibori Nyangau	9:24.38
100 m hurdles	LoLo Jones	12.56	Delloreen Ennis-London	12.56	Dawn Harper Nelson	12.67
400 m hurdles	Melaine Walker	54.06	Anastasiya Rabchenyuk	54.92	Tiffany Williams	55.16
High jump	Blanka Vlašić	2.01	Anna Chicherova	1.99	Tia Hellebaut	1.97
Pole vault	Silke Spiegelburg	4.70	Svetlana Feofanova	4.70	Monika Pyrek	4.70
Long jump	Naide Gomes	6.71	Ksenija Balta	6.65	Tatyana Lebedeva	6.64
Triple jump	Anna Pyatykh	14.78	Tatyana Lebedeva	14.63	Marija Šestak	14.63
Shot put	Valerie Vili	19.69	Nadine Kleinert	19.42	Misleydis González	18.55
Discus	Nicoleta Grasu	62.48	Stephanie Brown-Trafton	62.23	Vera Pospíšilová-Cechlová	58.72
Hammer	Yipsi Moreno	74.09	Martina Hrasnová	71.40	Anita Wlodarczyk	70.97
Javelin	Barbora Špotáková	72.28	Christina Obergföll	63.28	Steffi Nerius	62.78

• Josephine Onyia of Spain was the original women's 100 m hurdles winner. She had tested positive for stimulant methylhexaneamine at the 2008 Athletissima meeting and also tested positive for Clenbuterol 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 the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[3]

External links

• Official 2008 IAAF World Athletics Final Site

Notes and References

1. Wenig, Jörg (2008-09-08). All roads lead to Stuttgart - IAAF / VTB World Athletics Final. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-09-07. Archived 2009-09-09.
2. http://www.elpais.com/articulo/deportes/espanola/Josephine/Onyia/suspendida/anos/TAS/elpepudep/20091007elpepudep_9/Tes La española Josephine Onyia, suspendida dos años por el TAS
3. https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-sanctions-two-athletes-for-failing-anti-doping-tests-at-beijing-2008 IOC sanctions two athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008