2008 IAAF World Athletics Final

Template:Short description 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.

Results

Men

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

Women

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

• 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.

• The original discus winner, Yarelys Barrios of Cuba, was retrospectively disqualified due to a failed doping test at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

External links

• Official 2008 IAAF World Athletics Final Site