The 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics was the fifteenth edition of the international indoor track and field competition, organised by the IAAF. The event was held between 7–9 March 2014 at the Ergo Arena in Sopot, Poland.

Preparation Host bidding The IAAF announced on 1 September 2011 that it had received bids from Poland and Croatia to host the championships. Later Zagreb, Croatia withdrew due to lack of funding. On 11 November 2011 at a Council meeting in Monaco, the IAAF announced that Sopot, as the only remaining bidder, would host the championships. Budapest, Hungary had shown interest but eventually did not bid.

Venue

The Championships were held at the Ergo Arena, opened in 2010, on the border of the cities of Sopot and Gdańsk. For the Championships it seated 11,000.

For the competition a six-lane, banked 200-metre oval, with a blue surface, was installed on the arena floor, with an eight-lane straight-away track in the center for the 60-metre sprints and hurdles. The track officially opened on 16 February and almost 6000 people came to the ERGO Arena to mark its inauguration. The indoor portable banked track made by Mondo used the company's "Super X" rubberized surface (two layers, total 13.5 mm thick), which was used at both the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. After the competition the track has been dismantled and moved permanently to the newly built indoor arena in Toruń.

American television coverage The IAAF again chose not to get wide coverage in the large United States market. Instead they sold exclusive rights to Universal Sports, a network associated with NBC Sports. Universal Sports can only be seen in about ten percent of the households in the American market. Universal Sports limited other distribution of the content, even online content requiring login with cable subscription user names. For those viewers without access to Universal Sports, nationwide coverage of the entire meet was blacked out. IAAF supported the blackout of coverage. Unlike previous World Championship meetings, IAAF's YouTube channel provided only post race interviews and no coverage of the actual events at the meet.

Schedule

All dates are CET (UTC+1)

+MenCompetition Timetable . Sopot 2014. Retrieved on 2014-03-02. Date 7 Mar 8 Mar 9 MarEvent 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 → 7 Mar 8 Mar 9 MarEvent ↓ 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 Pentathlon F

Medal summary Men 60 metres 6.49 6.51 6.52400 metres 45.24 45.58 45.74800 metres 1:46.40 1:46.76 1:47.101500 metres 3:37.52 3:38.08 3:38.213000 metres 7:54.94 7:55.22 7:55.3960 metres hurdles 7.45 7.46 7.47 4 × 400 metres relayKyle ClemonsDavid VerburgKind Butler IIICalvin Smith Jr.Clayton Parros*Ricky Babineaux*3:02.13 Conrad Williams Jamie Bowie Luke Lennon-Ford Nigel LevineMichael Bingham*3:03.49Errol Nolan Allodin Fothergill Akheem Gauntlett Edino SteeleDane Hyatt*Jermaine Brown*3:03.69 High jump 2.38 m 2.36 m 2.34 m Pole vault 5.80 m 5.80 m 5.80 m Long jump 8.28 m 8.23 m 8.21 m Triple jump 17.33 m 17.24 m 17.21 m Shot put 22.05 m 21.79 m 21.26 m Heptathlon 6632 pts 6303 pts 6259 pts Note: * = Relay athletes who only ran in heats

Women 60 metres 6.98 7.01 7.06 400 metres 51.12 51.54 52.06800 metres 2:00.09 2:00.45 2:00.79 1500 metres 4:00.61 4:07.12 4:07.61 3000 metres 8:55.04 8:57.72 8:59.1660 metres hurdles 7.80 7.85 7.86 4 × 400 metres relayNatasha HastingsJoanna AtkinsFrancena McCororyCassandra TateJernail Hayes*Monica Hargrove*3:24.83 Patricia Hall Anneisha McLaughlin Kaliese Spencer Stephenie Ann McPhersonVerone Chambers*Natoya Goule*3:26.54 Eilidh Child Shana Cox Margaret Adeoye Christine OhuruoguVictoria Ohuruogu*3:27.90High jump 2.00 m 2.00 m =  Not awarded 2.00 m Pole vault 4.70 m 4.70 m4.70 m  Not awardedLong jump 6.85 m 6.81 m 6.77 mTriple jump 14.46 m 14.45 m 14.39 m Shot put 20.67 m 19.94 m 19.24 m Pentathlon 4830 pts , 4768 pts 4724 pts Note: * = Relay athletes who only ran in heats

Medal table

Disqualifications

+Athletes with track boundary disqualificationsAthleteNationEventEdino Steele Men's 400 m semi-finalSaddam Hussain Men's 800 m heatsMarcin Lewandowski Men's 800 m finalAníta Hinriksdóttir Women's 800 m heatsNicholas Willis Men's 1500 m finalRababe Arafi Women's 1500 m finalHeather Kampf Women's 1500 m finalYoann Kowal Men's 3000 m heats

A number of athletes were disqualified for stepping over the inside track boundary and onto the in-field. The most high profile of these disqualifications was Poland's Marcin Lewandowski in the men's 800 m final. The host nation athlete originally won the bronze medal but a single step on the in-field led to his disqualification and the promotion of Great Britain's Andrew Osagie into the third podium position.Jalava, Mirko (9 March 2014). Report: men’s 800m final – Sopot 2014. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-03-09.

There was a similar occurrence in the women's 1500 m final, where Rababe Arafi took the bronze and she also received the honour in a medal ceremony. Half an hour afterwards, a review of race footage led to her being disqualified with Canada's Nicole Sifuentes being promoted to bronze position.Minshull, Phil (8 March 2014). Report: women's 1500m final – Sopot 2014. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-03-09. Nick Willis, the original men's 1500 m fourth placer, was another high-profile disqualification.Smith, Tony (9 March 2014). Nick Willis disqualified at world indoor champs. Stuff. Retrieved on 2014-03-09.

Outside of the in-field track infringements, there were a smaller number of disqualifications. Reflecting the more physical nature of indoor competition, Richard Buck, Lisanne de Witte and Ioan Zaizan were all disqualified for obstruction or jostling. Siologa Viliamu Sepa and Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla were removed for lane infringement, while Michael Herreros' performance was erased due to improper hurdling. No athletes fell foul of the false start rule.

Doping +Athletes disqualified for dopingAthleteNationEventKseniya Ryzhova Women's 4×400 m relayNataliia Lupu Women's 800 metersAnca Heltne Women's shot put The Russian women's 4×400 m relay team was disqualified after Kseniya Ryzhovas doping sample from 7 March was found positive for trimetazidine.IAAF: IAAF World Indoor Championships > IAAF World Indoor Championships 2014 > 4x400 Metres Relay - womenREVISED RESULTS 4 x 400 Metres Relay Women - Final Nataliia Lupu (UKR) was disqualified from the Women's 800 meters after her doping sample was found positive for Methylhexaneamine.IAAF: Athletes currently suspended from all competitions in athletics following an Anti-Doping Rule Violation as at: 31.10.14IAAF: Revised RESULTS 800 Metres Women - Final The Romanian shot putter Anca Heltne took part in the championships but was disqualified from all her results after a doping control carried out on 7 February 2014 showed she'd been using the anabolic steroids Dianabol and Oral Turinabol.Doping sanctions - News 155, Positive cases in athletics SANCTIONED ACCORDING TO INFORMATION RECEIVED BY THE IAAF AS OF JULY – AUGUST 2014Anca Heltne. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2014-09-24.IAAF: IAAF World Indoor Championships > IAAF World Indoor Championships 2014 > Shot Put - women

Records One championship record was broken at the competition: the American men's 4 × 400 metres relay team ran a time of 3:02.13 minutes, which was also a world indoor record for the event (a time of 3:01.96 minutes was set by an American team in 2006 but this was not ratified due to a lack of a post-race EPO drug test).World Records ratified. IAAF (11 July 2006). Retrieved on 2014-03-09.Bamford, Nicola (9 March 2014). Report: men’s 4x400m final – Sopot 2014. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-03-09. Six area (continental) indoor records were broken at the competition, as well as two men's heptathlon championship bests and numerous indoor national records in athletics.Records Broken IAAF World Indoor Championships 2014 . IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-03-09.

AthleteNationEventPerformanceTypeLevern SpencerHigh jump1.95 mTomas WalshShot put20.41 m21.26 mFranck ElembaShot put17.74 mBrianne Theisen-EatonPentathlon4768 ptsMitja Krevs1500 metres3:43.22 minWesam Al-Massri1500 metres3:53.84 minNadine BroersenHigh jump (in heptathlon)1.93 mPentathlon4830 ptsAshton Eaton60 metres hurdles (heptathlon)7.64 secChampionship bestFarkhod Kuralov800 metres1:52.36 minBrice Etès800 metres1:51.24 minYvette Lewis60 metres hurdles7.91 secAndrea Ivančević60 metres hurdles8.10 sec8.09 secGnima Faye60 metres hurdles8.15 secLaVonne Idlette60 metres hurdles8.16 secReza Ghasemi60 metres6.58 secSibusiso Matsenjwa60 metres6.88 secFaresa Kapisi60 metres7.14 secBenjamín Véliz60 metres7.27 secAdrian StrzałkowskiLong jump8.18 mLuis RiveraLong jump8.01 mEliane Saholinirina1500 metres4:19.64Georgi IvanovShot put21.02 mZane Robertson3000 metres7:44.16 minAbdulaziz Al-Mandeel60 metres hurdles7.74 secAmir Shaker60 metres hurdles7.96 secIong Kim Fai60 metres hurdles8.34 secNelson Camilo Acebey60 metres hurdles8.48 secNatalia DucóShot put17.24 mPatricia Taea60 metres7.93 secLovelite Detenamo60 metres7.94 secVitaliy ButrymYevhen HutsolDmytro BikulovDanylo Danylenko4 × 400 metres relay3:07.54 minTobi OgunmolaNoah AkwuSalihu IsahCristian Morton4 × 400 metres relay3:07.95 minMaria Enrica SpaccaElena Maria BonfantiMarta MilaniChiara Bazzoni4 × 400 metres relay3:31.99 minVerone ChambersAnneisha McLaughlinNatoya GouleStephenie Ann McPherson4 × 400 metres relay3:29.43 minGerald Phiri60 metres6.57 sec6.52 secGabriel Mvumvure60 metres6.60 secNicole Sifuentes1500 metres4:07.61 minAndrei KrauchankaHeptathlon6303 ptsHigh jump (in heptathlon)2.21 mChampionship bestThomas van der PlaetsenHeptathlon6259 ptsOleksiy Kasyanov1000 metres (in heptathlon)2:39.44 minPavel Maslák400 metres45.24 secKamila LićwinkoHigh jump2.00 mSu Bingtian60 metres6.52 secAitor Gomez1500 metres4:07.34 minMauro Vinícius da SilvaLong jump8.28 m

Participating nations

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References

External links

Official site IAAF Entry Standards (PDF)