2018 French Indoor Athletics Championships Explained

2018 French Indoor Athletics Championships
Events:	28
Dates:	17–18 February
Next:	2019

The 2018 French Indoor Athletics Championships was the 47th edition of the national championship in indoor track and field for France, organised by the French Athletics Federation. It was held on 17–18 February at the Arena Stade Couvert de Liévin in Liévin. A total of 28 events (divided evenly between the sexes) were contested over the two-day competition.

Results

Men

60 metres		6.65		6.68		6.69
200 metres		20.65		21.34		21.47
400 metres^[1]		46.85		47.51		47.55
800 metres^[2]		1:50.99		1:51.11		1:51.17
1500 metres^[3]		3:46.12		3:47.14		3:48.65
3000 metres^[4]		7:54.85		8:07.68		8:08.77
5000 m walk^[5]		19:46.73		20:12.26		20:17.44
60 m hurdles		7.53		7.54		7.72
High jump		2.18 m		2.14 m		2.10 m
Pole vault		5.83 m		5.72 m		5.72 m
Long jump		7.65 m		7.57 m		7.56 m
Triple jump^[6]		16.89 m		16.50 m		16.39 m
Shot put^[7]		18.80 m		18.09 m		17.95 m
Heptathlon		5864 pts		5810 pts		5713 pts

Women

60 metres^[8]		7.17		7.26		7.42
200 metres		23.44		23.57		23.60
400 metres		52.83		52.89		53.97
800 metres^[9]		2:04.43		2:09.33		2:09.80
1500 metres		4:18.00		4:18.13		4:26.14
3000 metres		9:15.22		9:27.34		9:29.40
3000 m walk^[10]		13:21.68		13:42.60		13:48.45
60 m hurdles		8.14		8.22		8.23
High jump		1.87 m		1.85 m		1.83 m
Pole vault		4.60 m		4.31 m		4.21 m
Long jump		6.69 m		6.16 m		5.96 m
Triple jump		14.07 m		14.06 m		13.36 m
Shot put^[11]		16.47 m		16.14 m		15.42 m
Pentathlon		4364 pts		4272 pts		4208 pts

References

Results

• Results. French Athletics Federation

Notes and References

1. Belgium's Dylan Borlée placed second in the men's 400 metres.
2. Moroccan Mouad Zahafi finished first in the men's 800 metres.
3. In the men's 1500 metres, Belgian Tarik Moukrime finished first, while Morocco's Abdelmajid Azzaoui came fourth.
4. In the men's 3000 metres Morocco's Rabii Doukkana and Amine Zahaf placed second and fourth respectively.
5. In the men's 5000 metres walk, Guatemala's Erick Barrondo and Tunisia's Hédi Teraoui placed first and second respectively.
6. Burkinabé Hugues Fabrice Zango was runner-up in the men's triple jump.
7. Congo's Franck Elemba placed first in the men's shot put with a distance of 19.71 metres.
8. Ivory Coast's Marie-Josée Ta Lou finished first in the women's 60 metres with a time of 7.16.
9. Benin's Noélie Yarigo placed first in the women's 800 metres.
10. Guatemala's Mirna Ortiz placed first in the women's 3000 metres walk.
11. Gabon's Carine Bacchetta-Mekam placed third in the women's shot put with a distance of 15.50 metres.