The 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics was the 14th edition of the global-level indoor track and field competition and was held between March 9–11, 2012 at the Ataköy Athletics Arena in Istanbul, Turkey.Basic Information Guide – IAAF World Indoor Championships, Istanbul 2012 . IAAF (2011-09-24). Retrieved on 2011-12-17. It was the first of four IAAF World Athletics Series events in 2012, which includes the World Race Walking Cup, the World Junior Championships and the World Half Marathon Championships.

Preparation

The IAAF announced on March 25, 2007, at an IAAF Council meeting in Mombasa, Kenya that it had received bids from Turkey and Qatar to host the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships. In November 2007 at an IAAF Council meeting in Monaco, Doha was selected to host the 2010 edition, but due to the quality of the Istanbul bid, the Turkish city was chosen to host the following edition of the competition in 2012.IAAF Council News highlights – Future Competition hosts agreed . IAAF (2007-11-24). Retrieved on 2011-12-17. It will be the first time that Turkey has hosted a major global athletics event. Previously, the highest level events that the country had hosted included the Athletics at the 2005 Summer Universiade and lower-level sections of the European Cup/European Team Championships.

The events took place at the 7,450-seater Ataköy Athletics Arena, which was constructed especially for the event in the Ataköy neighborhood of Bakırköy next to the Sinan Erdem Dome. The initial bid featured the Dome as the host stadium, but the venue was later changed as the Sinan Erdem Dome was host to the 2010 FIBA World Championship in the months before the event. The construction of the Ataköy Arena was behind schedule, leading to the cancellation of some tester events, meaning that the Turkish Indoor Championships in late January was the first competition to be held there.MacKay, Duncan (2012-01-05). Turkish officials allay fears over World Indoor Championships venue. Inside the Games. Retrieved on 2012-01-05.

Schedule

All dates are EET (UTC+2)

+MenCompetition Timetable . Doha 2012. Retrieved on 2012-02-28. Date Mar 9 Mar 10 Mar 11Event M A M A M A 60 m H ½ F 400 m H ½ F 800 m H F 1500 m H F 3000 m H F 60 m hurdles H ½ F relay H F Long jump Q F Triple jump Q F High jump Q F Pole vault F Shot put Q F Heptathlon F

+Women Date Mar 9 Mar 10 Mar 11Event M A M A M A 60 m H ½ F 400 m H ½ F 800 m H F 1500 m H F 3000 m H F 60 m hurdles H ½ F relay F Long jump Q F Triple jump Q F High jump Q F Pole vault F Shot put Q F Pentathlon F

Results

Men

2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 60 metres Justin Gatlin 6.46 SB Nesta Carter 6.54 Dwain Chambers 6.60400 metres Nery Brenes 45.11 CR, NR Demetrius Pinder 45.34 SB Chris Brown 45.90 SB800 metres Mohammed Aman 1:48.36 Jakub Holuša 1:48.62 Andrew Osagie 1:48.921500 metres Abdalaati Iguider 3:45.21 Ilham Tanui Özbilen 3:45.35 Mekonnen Gebremedhin 3:45.903000 metres Bernard Lagat 7:41.44 SB Augustine Kiprono Choge 7:41.77 Edwin Soi 7:41.78 60 metres hurdles Aries Merritt 7.44 Liu Xiang 7.49 Pascal Martinot-Lagarde 7.53 PB4 × 400 metres relayFrankie WrightCalvin Smith Jr.Manteo MitchellGil RobertsJamaal Torrance*Quentin Iglehart-Summers*3:03.94 SBConrad WilliamsNigel LevineMichael BinghamRichard BuckLuke Lennon-Ford*3:04.72 SBLalonde GordonRenny QuowJereem RichardsJarrin Solomon3:06.85 NRHigh jump Dimitrios Chondrokoukis 2.33 PB Andrey Silnov 2.33 Ivan Ukhov 2.31Pole vault Renaud Lavillenie 5.95 WL Björn Otto 5.80 Brad Walker 5.80Long jump Mauro Vinícius da Silva 8.23 Henry Frayne 8.23 AR Aleksandr Menkov 8.22Triple jump Will Claye 17.70 WL Christian Taylor 17.63 SB Lyukman Adams 17.36 PBShot put Ryan Whiting 22.00 WL David Storl 21.88 PB Tomasz Majewski 21.72 NRHeptathlon Ashton Eaton 6645 WR Oleksiy Kasyanov 6071 Artem Lukyanenko 5969

Women

2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 60 metres Veronica Campbell-Brown 7.01 WL Murielle Ahouré 7.04 NR Tianna Bartoletta 7.09400 metres Sanya Richards-Ross 50.79 Aleksandra Fedoriva 51.76 Natasha Hastings 51.82800 metres Pamela Jelimo 1:58.83 WL Nataliia Lupu 1:59.67 PB Erica Moore 1:59.97 PB 1500 metres Genzebe Dibaba 4:05.78 Mariem Alaoui Selsouli 4:07.78 Hind Déhiba 4:10.303000 metres Hellen Obiri 8:37.16 Meseret Defar 8:38.26 Gelete Burka 8:40.1860 metres hurdles Sally Pearson 7.73 WL Tiffany Porter 7.94 Alina Talay 7.97 SB4 × 400 metres relayShana CoxNicola SandersChristine OhuruoguPerri Shakes-Drayton3:28.76 WLLeslie ColeNatasha HastingsJernail HayesSanya Richards-Ross3:28.79 SBAngela Moroșanu Alina PanainteAdelina Pastor Elena Mirela Lavric3:33.41 SBHigh jump Chaunté Lowe 1.98 Antonietta Di Martino Anna Chicherova Ebba Jungmark 1.95 SB1.951.95 SB  Not awarded Pole vault Yelena Isinbayeva 4.80 Vanessa Boslak 4.70 NR Holly Bleasdale 4.70Long jump Brittney Reese 7.23 CR Janay DeLoach 6.98 SB Shara Proctor 6.89 NRTriple jump Yamilé Aldama 14.82 SB Olga Rypakova 14.63 Mabel Gay 14.29Shot put Valerie Adams 20.54 AR Michelle Carter 19.58 SB Jillian Camarena-Williams 19.44Pentathlon Nataliya Dobrynska 5013 WR Jessica Ennis 4965 NR Austra Skujytė 4802 NR

Medal table Medal Table

Gallery from the games Photos from the games in Istanbul:

Participating nations

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References

External links

IAAF competition website Official entry standards Turkish athletics history, at a glance – Istanbul 2012 from IAAF