# 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships

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

Legend :
| Key | P | Q | H | ½ | F |
| Value | Preliminary round | Qualifiers | Heats | Semifinals | Final |
    All dates are CET (UTC+1)
Men :
| Date | 7 Mar | 7 Mar | 8 Mar | 8 Mar | 8 Mar | 9 Mar | 9 Mar | 9 Mar |
| Event | M | A | M | A | A | M | A | A |
| 60 m | | H | | ½ | F | | | |
| 400 m | H | ½ | | F | F | | | |
| 800 m | H | | | | | | F | F |
| 1500 m | H | | | F | F | | | |
| 3000 m | | H | | | | | F | F |
| 60 m hurdles | | | H | | | | ½ | F |
| 4 × 400 m relay | | | H | | | | F | F |
| Long jump | | Q | | F | F | | | |
| Triple jump | | | Q | | | | F | F |
| High jump | | | Q | | | | F | F |
| Pole vault | | | | F | F | | | |
| Shot put | Q | F | | | | | | |
| Heptathlon | F | F | F | F | F | | | |
Women :
| Date → | 7 Mar | 7 Mar | 8 Mar | 8 Mar | 8 Mar | 9 Mar | 9 Mar | 9 Mar |
| Event ↓ | M | A | M | A | A | M | A | A |
| 60 m | | | H | | | | ½ | F |
| 400 m | H | ½ | | F | F | | | |
| 800 m | H | | | | | | F | F |
| 1500 m | | H | | F | F | | | |
| 3000 m | H | | | | | | F | F |
| 60 m hurdles | | H | | ½ | F | | | |
| 4 × 400 m relay | | | H | | | | F | F |
| Long jump | | | Q | | | | F | F |
| Triple jump | Q | | | F | F | | | |
| High jump | Q | | | F | F | | | |
| Pole vault | | | | | | | F | F |
| Shot put | | | Q | F | F | | | |
| Pentathlon | F | F | | | | | | |

## Medal summary
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 60 metres details | Richard Kilty Great Britain | 6.49 PB | Marvin Bracy United States | 6.51 | Femi Ogunode Qatar | 6.52 |
| 400 metres details | Pavel Maslák Czech Republic | 45.24 NR | Chris Brown Bahamas | 45.58 PB | Kyle Clemons United States | 45.74 |
| 800 metres details | Mohammed Aman Ethiopia | 1:46.40 | Adam Kszczot Poland | 1:46.76 | Andrew Osagie Great Britain | 1:47.10 |
| 1500 metres details | Ayanleh Souleiman Djibouti | 3:37.52 | Aman Wote Ethiopia | 3:38.08 | Abdalaati Iguider Morocco | 3:38.21 |
| 3000 metres details | Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku Kenya | 7:54.94 | Bernard Lagat United States | 7:55.22 | Dejen Gebremeskel Ethiopia | 7:55.39 |
| 60 metres hurdles details | Omo Osaghae United States | 7.45 WL | Pascal Martinot-Lagarde France | 7.46 | Garfield Darien France | 7.47 PB |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | United States Kyle Clemons David Verburg Kind Butler III Calvin Smith Jr. Clayton Parros* Ricky Babineaux* | 3:02.13 WR | Great Britain Conrad Williams Jamie Bowie Luke Lennon-Ford Nigel Levine Michael Bingham* | 3:03.49 | Jamaica Errol Nolan Allodin Fothergill Akheem Gauntlett Edino Steele Dane Hyatt* Jermaine Brown* | 3:03.69 NR |
| High jump details | Mutaz Essa Barshim Qatar | 2.38 m AR | Andriy Protsenko Ukraine | 2.36 m PB | Erik Kynard United States | 2.34 m SB |
| Pole vault details | Konstadinos Filippidis Greece | 5.80 m SB | Malte Mohr Germany | 5.80 m | Jan Kudlička Czech Republic | 5.80 m PB |
| Long jump details | Mauro Vinícius da Silva Brazil | 8.28 m NR | Li Jinzhe China | 8.23 m SB | Michel Tornéus Sweden | 8.21 m SB |
| Triple jump details | Ernesto Revé Cuba | 17.33 m WL | Pedro Pichardo Cuba | 17.24 m | Marian Oprea Romania | 17.21 m |
| Shot put details | Ryan Whiting United States | 22.05 m | David Storl Germany | 21.79 m SB | Tomas Walsh New Zealand | 21.26 m AR |
| Heptathlon details | Ashton Eaton United States | 6632 pts WL | Andrei Krauchanka Belarus | 6303 pts NR | Thomas van der Plaetsen Belgium | 6259 pts NR |
* Note: * = Relay athletes who only ran in heats

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 60 metres details | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Jamaica | 6.98 WL | Murielle Ahouré Ivory Coast | 7.01 SB | Tianna Bartoletta United States | 7.06 SB |
| 400 metres details | Francena McCorory United States | 51.12 | Kaliese Spencer Jamaica | 51.54 PB | Shaunae Miller Bahamas | 52.06 |
| 800 metres details | Chanelle Price United States | 2:00.09 WL | Angelika Cichocka Poland | 2:00.45 | Maryna Arzamasava Belarus | 2:00.79 PB |
| 1500 metres details | Abeba Aregawi Sweden | 4:00.61 | Axumawit Embaye Ethiopia | 4:07.12 PB | Nicole Sifuentes Canada | 4:07.61 NR |
| 3000 metres details | Genzebe Dibaba Ethiopia | 8:55.04 | Hellen Onsando Obiri Kenya | 8:57.72 | Maryam Yusuf Jamal Bahrain | 8:59.16 |
| 60 metres hurdles details | Nia Ali United States | 7.80 PB | Sally Pearson Australia | 7.85 | Tiffany Porter Great Britain | 7.86 SB |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | United States Natasha Hastings Joanna Atkins Francena McCorory Cassandra Tate Jernail Hayes* Monica Hargrove* | 3:24.83 WL | Jamaica Patricia Hall Anneisha McLaughlin Kaliese Spencer Stephenie Ann McPherson Verone Chambers* Natoya Goule* | 3:26.54 NR | Great Britain Eilidh Child Shana Cox Margaret Adeoye Christine Ohuruogu Victoria Ohuruogu* | 3:27.90 |
| High jump details | Mariya Kuchina RussiaKamila Lićwinko Poland | 2.00 m SB2.00 m =NR | Not awarded | Not awarded | Ruth Beitia Spain | 2.00 m SB |
| Pole vault details | Yarisley Silva Cuba | 4.70 m | Anzhelika Sidorova RussiaJiřina Svobodová Czech Republic | 4.70 m4.70 m | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| Long jump details | Éloyse Lesueur France | 6.85 m | Katarina Johnson-Thompson Great Britain | 6.81 m PB | Ivana Španović Serbia | 6.77 m |
| Triple jump details | Ekaterina Koneva Russia | 14.46 m | Olha Saladuha Ukraine | 14.45 m | Kimberly Williams Jamaica | 14.39 m SB |
| Shot put details | Valerie Adams New Zealand | 20.67 m WL | Christina Schwanitz Germany | 19.94 m | Gong Lijiao China | 19.24 m SB |
| Pentathlon details | Nadine Broersen Netherlands | 4830 pts WL,NR | Brianne Theisen-Eaton Canada | 4768 pts NR | Alina Fyodorova Ukraine | 4724 pts PB |
* Note: * = Relay athletes who only ran in heats

## Medal table

* Host nation (Poland)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 8 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| 2 | Ethiopia (ETH) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Cuba (CUB) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Russia (RUS) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Jamaica (JAM) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | Poland (POL)* | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Kenya (KEN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | New Zealand (NZL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Qatar (QAT) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Djibouti (DJI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Greece (GRE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 19 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 20 | Bahamas (BAH) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 20 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 20 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 20 | China (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 24 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Ivory Coast (CIV) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | Bahrain (BHR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 26 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 26 | Morocco (MAR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 26 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 26 | Serbia (SRB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 26 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (31 entries) | Totals (31 entries) | 27 | 26 | 25 | 78 |

## Disqualifications

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.
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. Nick Willis, the original men's 1500 m fourth placer, was another high-profile disqualification.
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

The Russian women's 4×400 m relay team was disqualified after Kseniya Ryzhovas doping sample from 7 March was found positive for trimetazidine. Nataliia Lupu (UKR) was disqualified from the Women's 800 meters after her doping sample was found positive for Methylhexaneamine. 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.

## 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). 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.
| Athlete | Nation | Event | Performance | Type |
| Levern Spencer | Saint Lucia | High jump | 1.95 m | NR |
| Tomas Walsh | New Zealand | Shot put | 20.41 m | NR |
| Tomas Walsh | New Zealand | Shot put | 21.26 m | AR |
| Franck Elemba | Republic of the Congo | Shot put | 17.74 m | NR |
| Brianne Theisen-Eaton | Canada | Pentathlon | 4768 pts | NR |
| Mitja Krevs | Slovenia | 1500 metres | 3:43.22 min | NR |
| Wesam Al-Massri | Palestine | 1500 metres | 3:53.84 min | NR |
| Nadine Broersen | Netherlands | High jump (in heptathlon) | 1.93 m | NR |
| Nadine Broersen | Netherlands | Pentathlon | 4830 pts | NR |
| Ashton Eaton | United States | 60 metres hurdles (heptathlon) | 7.64 sec | Championship best |
| Farkhod Kuralov | Tajikistan | 800 metres | 1:52.36 min | NR |
| Brice Etès | Monaco | 800 metres | 1:51.24 min | NR |
| Yvette Lewis | Panama | 60 metres hurdles | 7.91 sec | AR |
| Andrea Ivančević | Croatia | 60 metres hurdles | 8.10 sec | NR |
| Andrea Ivančević | Croatia | 60 metres hurdles | 8.09 sec | NR |
| Gnima Faye | Senegal | 60 metres hurdles | 8.15 sec | NR |
| LaVonne Idlette | Dominican Republic | 60 metres hurdles | 8.16 sec | NR |
| Reza Ghasemi | Iran | 60 metres | 6.58 sec | NR |
| Sibusiso Matsenjwa | Swaziland | 60 metres | 6.88 sec | NR |
| Faresa Kapisi | American Samoa | 60 metres | 7.14 sec | NR |
| Benjamín Véliz | Nicaragua | 60 metres | 7.27 sec | NR |
| Adrian Strzałkowski | Poland | Long jump | 8.18 m | NR |
| Luis Rivera | Mexico | Long jump | 8.01 m | NR |
| Eliane Saholinirina | Madagascar | 1500 metres | 4:19.64 | NR |
| Georgi Ivanov | Bulgaria | Shot put | 21.02 m | NR |
| Zane Robertson | New Zealand | 3000 metres | 7:44.16 min | NR |
| Abdulaziz Al-Mandeel | Kuwait | 60 metres hurdles | 7.74 sec | NR |
| Amir Shaker | Iraq | 60 metres hurdles | 7.96 sec | NR |
| Iong Kim Fai | Macau | 60 metres hurdles | 8.34 sec | NR |
| Nelson Camilo Acebey | Bolivia | 60 metres hurdles | 8.48 sec | NR |
| Natalia Ducó | Chile | Shot put | 17.24 m | NR |
| Patricia Taea | Cook Islands | 60 metres | 7.93 sec | NR |
| Lovelite Detenamo | Nauru | 60 metres | 7.94 sec | NR |
| Vitaliy Butrym Yevhen Hutsol Dmytro Bikulov Danylo Danylenko | Ukraine | 4 × 400 metres relay | 3:07.54 min | NR |
| Tobi Ogunmola Noah Akwu Salihu Isah Cristian Morton | Nigeria | 4 × 400 metres relay | 3:07.95 min | AR |
| Maria Enrica Spacca Elena Maria Bonfanti Marta Milani Chiara Bazzoni | Italy | 4 × 400 metres relay | 3:31.99 min | NR |
| Verone Chambers Anneisha McLaughlin Natoya Goule Stephenie Ann McPherson | Jamaica | 4 × 400 metres relay | 3:29.43 min | NR |
| Gerald Phiri | Zambia | 60 metres | 6.57 sec | NR |
| Gerald Phiri | Zambia | 60 metres | 6.52 sec | NR |
| Gabriel Mvumvure | Zimbabwe | 60 metres | 6.60 sec | NR |
| Nicole Sifuentes | Canada | 1500 metres | 4:07.61 min | NR |
| Andrei Krauchanka | Belarus | Heptathlon | 6303 pts | NR |
| Andrei Krauchanka | Belarus | High jump (in heptathlon) | 2.21 m | Championship best |
| Thomas van der Plaetsen | Belgium | Heptathlon | 6259 pts | NR |
| Oleksiy Kasyanov | Ukraine | 1000 metres (in heptathlon) | 2:39.44 min | NR |
| Pavel Maslák | Czech Republic | 400 metres | 45.24 sec | NR |
| Kamila Lićwinko | Poland | High jump | 2.00 m | NR |
| Su Bingtian | China | 60 metres | 6.52 sec | NR |
| Aitor Gomez | Gibraltar | 1500 metres | 4:07.34 min | NR |
| Mauro Vinícius da Silva | Brazil | Long jump | 8.28 m | NR |

## Participating nations

* Albania (1)
* American Samoa (1)
* Andorra (1)
* Anguilla (1)
* Antigua and Barbuda (1)
* Argentina (1)
* Armenia (1)
* Aruba (1)
* Australia (3)
* Austria (2)
* Azerbaijan (1)
* Bahamas (11)
* Bahrain (2)
* Belarus (8)
* Belgium (4)
* Bolivia (1)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)
* Brazil (7)
* British Virgin Islands (1)
* Bulgaria (2)
* Canada (9)
* Chile (1)
* China (12)
* Chinese Taipei (1)
* Comoros (1)
* Republic of the Congo (1)
* Cook Islands (1)
* Costa Rica (1)
* Croatia (3)
* Cuba (6)
* Cyprus (1)
* Czech Republic (8)
* Denmark (2)
* Djibouti (2)
* Dominica (1)
* Dominican Republic (3)
* Egypt (1)
* Equatorial Guinea (1)
* Estonia (2)
* Ethiopia (9)
* Finland (3)
* France (7)
* French Polynesia (1)
* Gabon (1)
* Georgia (1)
* Germany (20)
* Ghana (1)
* Gibraltar (1)
* Great Britain (32)
* Greece (GRE) (5)
* Grenada (1)
* Guam (1)
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