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{{Short description|International track and field competition}}
The '''6th [[IAAF World Athletics Final]]''' was held at the [[MHPArena|Mercedes-Benz Arena]] in [[Stuttgart]], Germany on September 13 and September 14, 2008.

A number of [[road running|road race]]s 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&nbsp;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.<ref>Wenig, Jörg (2008-09-08). [http://www.iaaf.org/WAF08/news/kind=100/newsid=47564.html  All roads lead to Stuttgart - IAAF / VTB World Athletics Final]. [[IAAF]]. Retrieved on 2009-09-07. [https://web.archive.org/web/20081014025317/http://www.iaaf.org/WAF08/news/kind=100/newsid=47564.html Archived] 2009-09-09.</ref>

==Results==
{{see|2008 IAAF World Athletics Final – Results}}

===Men===
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-
|rowspan=1|[[100 metres|100 m]]
|[[Asafa Powell]] <br> {{flagcountry|JAM}}|| 9.87
|[[Nesta Carter]] <br> {{flagcountry|JAM}}|| 10.07
|[[Michael Frater]] <br> {{flagcountry|JAM}}|| 10.10
|-
|rowspan=1|[[200 metres|200 m]]
|[[Stéphane Buckland]] <br> {{flagcountry|MRI}}|| 20.57
|[[Paul Hession]] <br> {{flagcountry|IRL}}|| 20.58
|[[Brendan Christian]] <br> {{flagcountry|Antigua and Barbuda}}|| 20.61
|-
|rowspan=1|[[400 metres|400 m]]
|[[LaShawn Merritt]]<br>{{flagcountry|USA}}||44.50
|[[Jeremy Wariner]]<br>{{flagcountry|USA}}||44.51
|[[Chris Brown (athlete)|Chris Brown]]<br>{{flagcountry|BAH}}||45.36
|-
|rowspan=1|[[800 metres|800 m]]
|[[Alfred Kirwa Yego]]<br>{{flagcountry|KEN}}||1:49.05
|[[Abraham Chepkirwok]]<br>{{flagcountry|UGA}}||1:49.22
|[[Yusuf Saad Kamel]]<br>{{flagcountry|BHR}}||1:49.40
|-
|rowspan=1|[[1500 metres|1500 m]]
|[[Haron Keitany]]<br>{{flagcountry|KEN}}||3:37.92
|[[Asbel Kipruto Kiprop]]<br>{{flagcountry|KEN}}||3:37.93
|[[Nicholas Willis]]<br>{{flagcountry|NZL}}||3:38.22
|-
|rowspan=1|[[3000 metres|3000 m]]
|[[Bernard Lagat]]<br>{{flagcountry|USA}}||8:02.97
|[[Edwin Cheruiyot Soi]]<br>{{flagcountry|KEN}}||8:03.55
|[[Matthew Tegenkamp]]<br>{{flagcountry|USA}}||8:03.56
|-
|rowspan=1|[[5000 metres|5000 m]]
|[[Edwin Cheruiyot Soi]]<br>{{flagcountry|KEN}}||13:22.81
|[[Moses Ndiema Kipsiro]]<br>{{flagcountry|UGA}}||13:23.02
|[[Micah Kogo]]<br>{{flagcountry|KEN}}||13:23.37
|-
|rowspan=1|[[3000 m steeplechase]]
|[[Paul Kipsiele Koech]]<br>{{flagcountry|KEN}}||8:05.35
|[[Ezekiel Kemboi]]<br>{{flagcountry|KEN}}||8:15.32
|[[Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong]]<br>{{flagcountry|KEN}}||8:16.05
|-
|rowspan=1|[[110 metres hurdles|110 m hurdles]]
|[[David Oliver (athlete)|David Oliver]]<br>{{flagcountry|USA}}||13.22
|[[Petr Svoboda (athlete)|Petr Svoboda]]<br>{{flagcountry|CZE}}||13.33
|[[Ryan Wilson (athlete)|Ryan Wilson]]<br>{{flagcountry|USA}}||13.54
|-
|rowspan=1|[[400 metres hurdles|400 m hurdles]]
|[[Kerron Clement]]<br>{{flagcountry|USA}}|| 48.96
|[[Danny McFarlane]]<br>{{flagcountry|JAM}}|| 49.00
|[[Isa Phillips]]<br>{{flagcountry|JAM}}|| 49.22
|-
|rowspan=1|[[High jump]]
|[[Andrey Silnov]]<br>{{flagcountry|RUS}}||2.35 CR
|[[Stefan Holm]]<br>{{flagcountry|SWE}}||2.33
|[[Jesse Williams (high jumper)|Jesse Williams]]<br>{{flagcountry|USA}}||2.29
|-
|rowspan=1|[[Pole vault]]
|[[Derek Miles]]<br>{{flagcountry|USA}}||5.80
|[[Brad Walker (athlete)|Brad Walker]]<br>{{flagcountry|USA}}||5.70
|[[Maksym Mazuryk]]<br>{{flagcountry|UKR}}||5.60
|-
|rowspan=1|[[Long jump]]
|[[Fabrice Lapierre]]<br>{{flagcountry|AUS}}||8.14
|[[Hussein Taher Al-Sabee]]<br>{{flagcountry|KSA}}||8.13
|[[Mohamed Salman Al Khuwalidi]]<br>{{flagcountry|KSA}}||8.04
|-
|rowspan=1|[[Triple jump]]
|[[Nelson Évora]]<br>{{flagcountry|POR}}|| 17.24
|[[Jadel Gregório]]<br>{{flagcountry|BRA}}|| 17.09
|[[Randy Lewis (athlete)|Randy Lewis]]<br>{{flagcountry|GRN}}|| 17.01
|-
|rowspan=1|[[Shot put]]
|[[Tomasz Majewski]]<br>{{flagcountry|POL}}|| 20.88
|[[Christian Cantwell]]<br>{{flagcountry|USA}}|| 20.73 
|[[Dan Taylor (shot putter)|Dan Taylor]]<br>{{flagcountry|USA}}|| 20.38
|-
|rowspan=1|[[Discus throw|Discus]]
|[[Gerd Kanter]]<br>{{flagcountry|EST}}|| 68.38
|[[Piotr Małachowski]]<br>{{flagcountry|POL}}|| 66.07
|[[Robert Harting]]<br>{{flagcountry|GER}}||65.76
|-
|rowspan=1|[[Hammer throw|Hammer]]
|[[Primož Kozmus]]<br>{{flagcountry|SLO}}||79.99
|[[Krisztián Pars]]<br>{{flagcountry|HUN}}||79.37
|[[Koji Murofushi]]<br>{{flagcountry|JPN}}||78.99
|-
|rowspan=1|[[Javelin throw|Javelin]]
|[[Vadims Vasilevskis]]<br>{{flagcountry|LAT}}||86.65
|[[Andreas Thorkildsen]]<br>{{flagcountry|NOR}}||83.77
|[[Tero Pitkämäki]]<br>{{flagcountry|FIN}}||81.64
|-
|- bgcolor= e8e8e8
|colspan=7|{{Sports record codes}}
|}

=== Women ===
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-
|[[100 metres|100 m]]
|[[Shelly-Ann Fraser]]<br>{{flagcountry|JAM}}||10.94
|[[Kerron Stewart]]<br>{{flagcountry|JAM}}||11.06
|[[Marshevet Hooker]]<br>{{flagcountry|USA}}||11.06
|-
|[[200 metres|200 m]]
|[[Sanya Richards]]<br>{{flagcountry|USA}}||22.50
|[[Marshevet Hooker]]<br>{{flagcountry|USA}}||22.69
|[[Kerron Stewart]]<br>{{flagcountry|JAM}}||22.72
|-
|[[400 metres|400 m]]
|[[Sanya Richards]]<br>{{flagcountry|USA}}||50.41
|[[Christine Ohuruogu]]<br>{{flagcountry|GBR}}||50.83
|[[Novlene Williams]]<br>{{flagcountry|JAM}}||51.30
|-
|[[800 metres|800 m]]
|[[Pamela Jelimo]]<br>{{flagcountry|KEN}}||1:56.23 {{AthAbbr|CR}}
|[[Janeth Jepkosgei]]<br>{{flagcountry|KEN}}||1:58.41
|[[Marilyn Okoro]]<br>{{flagcountry|GBR}}||1:58.64
|-
|[[1500 metres|1500 m]]
|[[Maryam Yusuf Jamal]]<br>{{flagcountry|BHR}}|| 4:06.59
|[[Gelete Burka]]<br>{{flagcountry|ETH|1996}}|| 4:07.45
|[[Iryna Lishchynska]]<br>{{flagcountry|UKR}}|| 4:07.65
|-
|[[3000 metres|3000 m]]
|[[Meseret Defar]]<br>{{flagcountry|ETH|1996}}||8:43.60
|[[Vivian Cheruiyot]]<br>{{flagcountry|KEN}}||8:44.64
|[[Jane Kiptoo]]<br>{{flagcountry|KEN}}||8.47.65
|-
|[[5000 metres|5000 m]]
|[[Meseret Defar]]<br>{{flagcountry|ETH|1996}}|| 14:53.82
|[[Vivian Cheruiyot]]<br>{{flagcountry|KEN}}|| 14:54.60
|[[Meselech Melkamu]] <br>{{flagcountry|ETH|1996}}|| 14:58.76
|-
|[[3000 m steeplechase]]
|[[Gulnara Galkina-Samitova|Gulnara Galkina]]<br>{{flagcountry|RUS}}|| 9:21.73 {{AthAbbr|CR}}
|[[Eunice Jepkorir]]<br>{{flagcountry|KEN}}|| 9:24.03 
|[[Ruth Bisibori Nyangau]]<br>{{flagcountry|KEN}}|| 9:24.38
|-
|[[100 metres hurdles|100 m hurdles]]
|[[LoLo Jones]]<br>{{flagcountry|USA}}|| 12.56
|[[Delloreen Ennis-London]]<br>{{flagcountry|JAM}}||12.56
|[[Dawn Harper Nelson]]<br>{{flagcountry|USA}} || 12.67
|-
|[[400 metres hurdles|400 m hurdles]]
|[[Melaine Walker]]<br>{{flagcountry|JAM}}||54.06
|[[Anastasiya Rabchenyuk]]<br>{{flagcountry|UKR}}||54.92
|[[Tiffany Williams]]<br>{{flagcountry|USA}}||55.16
|-
|[[High jump]]
|[[Blanka Vlašić]]<br>{{flagcountry|CRO}}||2.01 {{AthAbbr|CR}}
|[[Anna Chicherova]]<br>{{flagcountry|RUS}}||1.99
|[[Tia Hellebaut]]<br>{{flagcountry|BEL}}||1.97
|-
|[[Pole vault]]
|[[Silke Spiegelburg]]<br>{{flagcountry|GER}}|| 4.70
|[[Svetlana Feofanova]]<br>{{flagcountry|RUS}}|| 4.70
|[[Monika Pyrek]]<br>{{flagcountry|POL}}|| 4.70
|-
|[[Long jump]]
|[[Naide Gomes]]<br>{{flagcountry|POR}}|| 6.71
|[[Ksenija Balta]]<br>{{flagcountry|EST}}|| 6.65
|[[Tatyana Lebedeva]]<br>{{flagcountry|RUS}}|| 6.64
|-
|[[Triple jump]]
|[[Anna Pyatykh]]<br>{{flagcountry|RUS}}||14.78
|[[Tatyana Lebedeva]]<br>{{flagcountry|RUS}}||14.63
|[[Marija Šestak]]<br>{{flagcountry|SLO}}||14.63
|-
|[[Shot put]]
|[[Valerie Vili]]<br>{{flagcountry|NZL}}||19.69
|[[Nadine Kleinert]]<br>{{flagcountry|GER}}||19.42
|[[Misleydis González]]<br>{{flagcountry|CUB}}||18.55
|-
|[[Discus throw|Discus]]
|[[Nicoleta Grasu]]<br>{{flagcountry|ROU}}||62.48
|[[Stephanie Brown-Trafton]]<br>{{flagcountry|USA}}||62.23
|[[Vera Pospíšilová-Cechlová]]<br>{{flagcountry|CZE}} || 58.72
|-
|[[Hammer throw|Hammer]]
|[[Yipsi Moreno]]<br>{{flagcountry|CUB}}|| 74.09
|[[Martina Hrasnová]]<br>{{flagcountry|SVK}}|| 71.40
|[[Anita Wlodarczyk]]<br>{{flagcountry|POL}}|| 70.97
|-
|[[Javelin throw|Javelin]]
|[[Barbora Špotáková]] <br> {{flagcountry|CZE}} || 72.28 {{AthAbbr|WR}}
|[[Christina Obergföll]] <br> {{flagcountry|GER}} || 63.28
|[[Steffi Nerius]] <br> {{flagcountry|GER}}|| 62.78
|-
|- bgcolor= e8e8e8
|colspan=7|{{Sports record codes}}
|}

*[[Josephine Onyia]] of Spain was the original women's 100&nbsp;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.<ref>[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]. ''[[El País]]'' (2009-10-07). Retrieved on 2009-10-07.</ref>

*The original discus winner, [[Yarelys Barrios]] of Cuba, was retrospectively disqualified due to a failed doping test at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]].<ref>[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]. Olympic.org (2016-09-01). Retrieved 2018-04-24.</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080818032118/http://www.iaaf.org/WAF08/index.html Official 2008 IAAF World Athletics Final Site]

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