2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships

16th IAAF World Indoor Championships
Host city	Portland, Oregon, United States
Date(s)	March 17–20
Main stadium	Oregon Convention Center
Participation	487 (+12 in exhibition events) athletes from 137 nations
Events	26 (+2 exhibition)
← 2014 Sopot 2018 Birmingham →

The 16th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held between March 17 and 20, 2016 in Portland, Oregon, United States.^[1]

The event did not feature Russia. Following a WADA investigation into widespread and institutional doping practices in Russian athletics, the IAAF provisionally suspended Russia's membership of the organisation in November 2015, effectively excluding the country both from hosting events and entering competitions.

Russia's effective exclusion from the tournament was confirmed in November 2015 when it was announced by IAAF that a decision over lifting its provisional suspension from international athletics would not be taken until the end of March at the earliest.^[2][3][4]

Bidding process

Portland was selected unanimously with the only other bidder being 2003 host Birmingham, England.^[5] Birmingham was ultimately selected as the host of the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships.^[6] The reason Portland was selected for 2016 and Birmingham being selected in 2018 is that the IAAF wanted more time between events in the UK with London hosting the 2012 Olympics as well as the 2017 World Championships in Athletics along with Cardiff hosting the 2016 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships.^[7]

Venue

Oregon Convention Center in 2007

The event took place inside the Oregon Convention Center, fitted with the necessary 200m track and seating for 8,000 spectators.^[5] A concept drawing of the plans were released in early 2015, showing a two toned track colored (Oregon) green, with trees adorning the peristyle of the indoor arena.^[8]

Schedule

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
60 metres [10]	Trayvon Bromell  United States	6.47 PB	Asafa Powell  Jamaica	6.50	Ramon Gittens  Barbados	6.51 NR
400 metres [11]	Pavel Maslák  Czech Republic	45.44	Abdelalelah Haroun  Qatar	45.59 SB	Deon Lendore  Trinidad and Tobago	46.17
800 metres [12]	Boris Berian  United States	1:45.83 SB	Antoine Gakeme  Burundi	1:46.65 SB	Erik Sowinski  United States	1:47.22
1500 metres [13]	Matthew Centrowitz  United States	3:44.22	Jakub Holuša  Czech Republic	3:44.30	Nick Willis  New Zealand	3:44.37
3000 metres [14]	Yomif Kejelcha  Ethiopia	7:57.21	Ryan Hill  United States	7:57.39	Augustine Kiprono Choge  Kenya	7:57.43
60 metres hurdles [15]	Omar McLeod  Jamaica	7.41 WL	Pascal Martinot-Lagarde  France	7.46 SB	Dimitri Bascou  France	7.48
4 × 400 metres relay [16]	United States Kyle Clemons Calvin Smith Christopher Giesting Vernon Norwood	3:02.45 WL	Bahamas Michael Mathieu Alonzo Russell Shavez Hart Chris Brown	3:04.75 NR	Trinidad and Tobago Jarrin Solomon Lalonde Gordon Ade Alleyne-Forte Deon Lendore	3:05.51 NR
High jump [17]	Gianmarco Tamberi  Italy	2.36 m	Robert Grabarz  Great Britain	2.33 m SB	Erik Kynard  United States	2.33 m SB
Pole vault [18]	Renaud Lavillenie  France	6.02 m CR	Sam Kendricks  United States	5.80 m	Piotr Lisek  Poland	5.75 m
Long jump [19]	Marquis Dendy  United States	8.26 m	Fabrice Lapierre  Australia	8.25 m AR	Changzhou Huang  China	8.21 m PB
Triple jump [20]	Dong Bin  China	17.33 m	Max Hess  Germany	17.14 m PB	Benjamin Compaoré  France	17.09 m SB
Shot put [21]	Tomas Walsh  New Zealand	21.78 m WL, AR	Andrei Gag  Romania	20.89 m SB	Filip Mihaljević  Croatia	20.87 m PB
Heptathlon [22]	Ashton Eaton  United States	6470 pts WL	Oleksiy Kasyanov  Ukraine	6182 pts SB	Mathias Brugger  Germany	6126 pts PB

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
60 metres [23]	Barbara Pierre  United States	7.02	Dafne Schippers  Netherlands	7.04	Elaine Thompson  Jamaica	7.06
400 metres [24]	Kemi Adekoya  Bahrain	51.45	Ashley Spencer  United States	51.72	Quanera Hayes  United States	51.76
800 metres [25]	Francine Niyonsaba  Burundi	2:00.01 WL	Ajee' Wilson  United States	2:00.27	Margaret Wambui  Kenya	2:00.44 PB
1500 metres [26]	Sifan Hassan  Netherlands	4:04.96	Dawit Seyaum  Ethiopia	4:05.30	Gudaf Tsegay  Ethiopia	4:05.71
3000 metres [27]	Genzebe Dibaba  Ethiopia	8:47.43	Meseret Defar  Ethiopia	8:54.26	Shannon Rowbury  United States	8:55.55
60 metres hurdles [28]	Nia Ali  United States	7.80 SB	Brianna Rollins  United States	7.82	Tiffany Porter  Great Britain	7.90
4 × 400 metres relay [29]	United States Natasha Hastings Quanera Hayes Courtney Okolo Ashley Spencer	3:26.38 WL	Poland Ewelina Ptak Małgorzata Hołub Magdalena Gorzkowska Justyna Święty	3:31.15 SB	Romania Adelina Pastor Elena Mirela Lavric Andrea Miklós Bianca Răzor	3:31.51 SB
High jump [30]	Vashti Cunningham  United States	1.96 m	Ruth Beitia  Spain	1.96 m	Kamila Lićwinko  Poland	1.96 m
Pole vault [31]	Jenn Suhr  United States	4.90 m CR	Sandi Morris  United States	4.85 m	Ekaterini Stefanidi  Greece	4.80 m
Long jump [32]	Brittney Reese  United States	7.22 m WL	Ivana Španović  Serbia	7.07 m NR	Lorraine Ugen  Great Britain	6.93 m NR
Triple jump [33]	Yulimar Rojas  Venezuela	14.41 m	Kristin Gierisch  Germany	14.30 m SB	Paraskevi Papachristou  Greece	14.15 m
Shot put [34]	Michelle Carter  United States	20.21 m WL	Anita Márton  Hungary	19.33 m NR	Valerie Adams  New Zealand	19.25 m
Pentathlon [35]	Brianne Theisen-Eaton  Canada	4881 pts AR	Anastasiya Mokhnyuk  Ukraine	4847 pts PB	Alina Fyodorova  Ukraine	4770 pts PB

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	13	6	4	23
2	Ethiopia	2	2	1	5
3	France	1	1	2	4
4	Jamaica	1	1	1	3
5	Burundi	1	1	0	2
	Czech Republic	1	1	0	2
	Netherlands	1	1	0	2
8	New Zealand	1	0	2	3
9	China	1	0	1	2
10	Bahrain	1	0	0	1
	Canada	1	0	0	1
	Italy	1	0	0	1
	Venezuela	1	0	0	1
14	Germany	0	2	1	3
	Ukraine	0	2	1	3
16	Great Britain	0	1	2	3
	Poland	0	1	2	3
18	Romania	0	1	1	2
19	Australia	0	1	0	1
	Bahamas	0	1	0	1
	Hungary	0	1	0	1
	Qatar	0	1	0	1
	Serbia	0	1	0	1
	Spain	0	1	0	1
25	Greece	0	0	2	2
	Kenya	0	0	2	2
	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	2	2
28	Barbados	0	0	1	1
	Croatia	0	0	1	1
Total		26	26	26	78

Records

Men

Athlete	Nation	Event	Performance	Type
Renaud Lavillenie	France	Pole vault	6.02 m	CR
Su Bingtian	China	60 metres	6.50	AR
Tomas Walsh	New Zealand	Shot put	21.78 m	AR
Darlan Romani	Brazil	Shot put	18.50 m	NR
Asafa Powell Ramon Gittens Shaun Gill	Jamaica  Barbados  Belize	60 metres	6.44 6.51 6.99	NR
Wais Ibrahim Khairandesh	Afghanistan	800 metres	1:57.36	NR

Women

Athlete	Nation	Event	Performance	Type
Jenn Suhr	United States	Pole vault	4.90 m	CR
Brianne Theisen-Eaton	Canada	Pentathlon	4881	AR
Oluwakemi Adekoya	Bahrain	400 m	51.45	AR
Ivana Španović Lorraine Ugen	Serbia  Great Britain	Long jump	7.07 6.93	NR
Anita Márton	Hungary	Shot put	19.33	NR
Michelle-Lee Ahye Ángela Tenorio Kariman Abuljadayel	Trinidad and Tobago  Ecuador  Saudi Arabia	60 m	7.09 7.21 9.48	NR
Andrea Ivančević	Croatia	60 m Hurdles	7.91	NR
Kabange Mupopo Djénébou Danté Christina Francisco	Zambia  Mali  Guam	400 m	52.68 55.76 1:00.08	NR
Francine Niyonsaba	Burundi	800 m	2.02.37	NR
Beatha Nishimwe Tamara Armoush	Rwanda  Jordan	1500 m	4:19.39 4:37.61	NR
Lissa Labiche	Seychelles	High jump	1.89	NR

Participating nations

In brackets the number of athletes participating.

References

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