# 2000 Russian Indoor Athletics Championships

The 2000 Russian Indoor Athletics Championships (Russian: Чемпионат России по лёгкой атлетике в помещении 2000) was the 9th edition of the national championship in indoor track and field for Russia. It was held on 4–6 February at the WGAFC Indoor Stadium in Volgograd. A total of 26 events (13 for men and 13 for women) were contested over the three-day competition. It was used for selection of the Russian team for the 2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships.
The Russian Combined Events Indoor Championships was held separately on 18–20 February in Chelyabinsk at the Ural State University of Physical Culture arena.
Yelena Isinbayeva won her first national indoor title in the women's pole vault with a clearance of 4.45 m (14 ft 7 in), which was a Russian indoor record and a world under-20 record.

## Results
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 60 metres | Valeriy Kirdyashev Volgograd Oblast | 6.74 | Dmitri Vasilyev Nizhny Novgorod Oblast | 6.74 | Sergey Bychkov Omsk Oblast | 6.79 |
| 200 metres | Valeriy Kirdyashev Volgograd Oblast | 21.59 | Sergey Bychkov Omsk Oblast | 21.66 | Anton Galkin Saint Petersburg | 21.92 |
| 400 metres | Andrey Semyonov Saint Petersburg | 47.11 | Boris Gorban Moscow | 47.45 | Dmitry Golovastov Moscow | 47.63 |
| 800 metres | Sergey Kozhevnikov Moscow/Ryazan Oblast | 1:48.60 | Dmitry Bogdanov Saint Petersburg | 1:48.87 | Boris Kaveshnikov Sverdlovsk Oblast/Moscow Oblast | 1:49.29 |
| 1500 metres | Vyacheslav Shabunin Moscow | 3:47.14 | Anton Bochkarev Moscow | 3:48.51 | Andrey Ryazanov Kurgan Oblast | 3:49.19 |
| 3000 metres | Sergey Drygin Moscow | 8:03.05 | Mikhail Eginov Moscow/Yaroslavl Oblast | 8:03.71 | Sergey Emelyanov Chuvashia | 8:04.28 |
| 3000 m s'chase | Roman Usov Kursk Oblast | 8:37.72 | Andrey Korolev Penza Oblast | 8:39.34 | Andrey Olshanskiy Volgograd Oblast | 8:40.65 |
| 60 m hurdles | Andrey Kislykh Kemerovo Oblast | 7.70 | Evgeny Pechonkin Novosibirsk Oblast | 7.86 | Yaroslav Fedorov Tula Oblast | 7.87 |
| High jump | Pyotr Brayko Saint Petersburg | 2.25 m | Aleksey Krysin Chelyabinsk Oblast | 2.25 m | Igor Sukharev Tula Oblast | 2.20 m |
| Pole vault | Vadim Strogalev Moscow | 5.65 m | Vasiliy Gorshkov Moscow | 5.55 m | Radion Gataullin Saint Petersburg | 5.55 m |
| Long jump | Vitaliy Shkurlatov Volgograd Oblast | 8.15 m | Sergey Novozhilov Perm Oblast | 7.82 m | Danil Burkenya Moscow | 7.80 m |
| Triple jump | Igor Spasovkhodskiy Moscow | 16.86 m | Sergey Kochkin Samara Oblast | 16.65 m | Viktor Gushchinskiy Krasnoyarsk Krai | 16.56 m |
| Shot put | Sergey Lyakhov Moscow | 18.33 m | Aleksandr Salnikov Tatarstan | 18.25 m | Vladimir Lukovkin Rostov Oblast | 18.11 m |
| 4 × 200 m relay | Nizhny Novgorod Oblast Dmitri Vasilyev Aleksey Kokonin Sergey Blinov Sergey Babaev | 1:27.54 | | | | |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 60 metres | Natalya Ignatova Bryansk Oblast | 7.30 | Marina Kislova Saint Petersburg | 7.34 | Irina Khabarova Sverdlovsk Oblast | 7.34 |
| 200 metres | Irina Khabarova Sverdlovsk Oblast | 23.30 | Yekaterina Leshcheva Volgograd Oblast | 23.41 | Elena Anisimova Ulyanovsk Oblast | 23.96 |
| 400 metres | Irina Rosikhina Rostov Oblast | 52.34 | Svetlana Goncharenko Stavropol Krai | 52.70 | Svetlana Pospelova Saint Petersburg | 52.87 |
| 800 metres | Yuliya Kosenkova Omsk Oblast | 2:02.78 | Olga Kuznetsova Moscow | 2:03.01 | Ekaterina Fedotova Volgograd Oblast | 2:03.07 |
| 1500 metres | Olga Kuznetsova Moscow | 4:05.44 | Yuliya Kosenkova Omsk Oblast | 4:06.07 | Tatyana Lisnichenko Sverdlovsk Oblast | 4:12.40 |
| 3000 metres | Lyubov Kremlyova Moscow Oblast | 8:51.40 | Olga Churbanova Sverdlovsk Oblast | 8:54.53 | Yuliya Vinokurova Penza Oblast | 9:18.61 |
| 2000 m s'chase | Svetlana Berdysheva Moscow/Udmurtia | 6:17.31 | Yekaterina Volkova Kursk Oblast | 6:17.95 | Marina Pluzhnikova Nizhny Novgorod Oblast | 6:27.93 |
| 60 m hurdles | Yuliya Graudyn Moscow | 8.14 | Nataliya Shekhodanova Krasnoyarsk Krai | 8.15 | Tatyana Murzakova Moscow | 8.28 |
| High jump | Viktoriya Seregina Primorsky Krai | 1.92 m | Olga Kaliturina Moscow/Ryazan Oblast | 1.92 m | Yelena Gulyayeva Moscow | 1.92 m |
| Pole vault | Yelena Isinbayeva Volgograd Oblast | 4.45 m NR WJR | Yelena Belyakova Moscow | 4.35 m | Alla Checheleva Moscow/Krasnodar Krai | 4.10 m |
| Long jump | Tatyana Ter-Mesrobyan Saint Petersburg | 6.68 m | Inna Ivleva Samara Oblast | 6.43 m | Mariya Sokova Moscow Oblast | 6.33 m |
| Triple jump | Tatyana Lebedeva Volgograd Oblast | 14.75 m | Oksana Rogova Tambov Oblast | 14.18 m | Mariya Sokova Moscow Oblast | 13.86 m |
| Shot put | Larisa Peleshenko Saint Petersburg | 19.51 m | Lyudmila Sechko Saint Petersburg | 18.55 m | Anna Romanova Bryansk Oblast | 18.26 m |
| 4 × 200 m relay | Sverdlovsk Oblast Margarita Konoyko Irina Khabarova Natalya Mikhaylovskaya Olga Golendukhina | 1:37.71 | | | | |

## Russian Combined Events Indoor Championships
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Heptathlon | Dmitriy Ivanov Saint Petersburg | 5917 pts | Nikolay Afanasev Tatarstan | 5692 pts | Roman Razbeyko Rostov Oblast | 5614 pts |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Pentathlon | Dina Koritskaya Krasnodar Krai | 4665 pts | Irina Tyukhay Chuvashia/Krasnoyarsk Krai | 4520 pts | Tatyana Gordeyeva Volgograd Oblast | 4506 pts |

## International team selection

Following the results of the championships, taking into account the qualifying standards, the Russian team for the 2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships included:

### Men

* 60 m: Valeriy Kirdyashev, Dmitri Vasilyev, Sergey Bychkov
* 200 m: Valeriy Kirdyashev
* 400 m: Andrey Semyonov, Boris Gorban, Ruslan Mashchenko
* 4 × 400 m relay: Andrey Semyonov, Boris Gorban, Dmitry Golovastov, Ruslan Mashchenko, Oleg Kovalyov
* 800 m: Yuriy Borzakovskiy$^†$, Sergey Kozhevnikov, Dmitry Bogdanov
* 1500 m: Vyacheslav Shabunin
* 3000 m: Sergey Drygin
* 60 m hurdles: Andrey Kislykh
* High jump: Vjacheslav Voronin$^†$, Pyotr Brayko, Aleksey Krysin
* Pole vault: Vadim Strogalev
* Long jump: Vitaliy Shkurlatov
* Triple jump: Gennadiy Markov$^†$, Igor Spasovkhodskiy, Sergey Kochkin
* Shot put: Sergey Lyakhov

### Women

* 60 m: Natalya Ignatova$^‡$, Marina Kislova
* 200 m: Irina Khabarova, Yekaterina Leshcheva, Natalya Voronova
* 400 m: Natalya Nazarova$^†$, Irina Rosikhina, Svetlana Pospelova
* 4 × 400 m relay: Natalya Nazarova, Irina Rosikhina, Svetlana Pospelova, Yuliya Sotnikova, Olesya Zykina
* 800 m: Natalya Tsyganova$^†$
* 1500 m: Olga Kuznetsova, Yuliya Kosenkova, Lyubov Kremlyova
* 3000 m: Olga Yegorova$^†$
* 60 m hurdles: Yuliya Graudyn
* High jump: Viktorija Seregina, Olga Kaliturina, Viktorija Slivka
* Pole vault: Yelena Isinbayeva, Yelena Belyakova, Svetlana Feofanova
* Long jump: Olga Rublyova$^†$, Tatyana Ter-Mesrobyan
* Triple jump: Tatyana Lebedeva, Oksana Rogova
* Shot put: Svetlana Krivelyova$^†$, Larisa Peleshenko, Lyudmila Sechko
* Pentathlon: Yelena Prokhorova, Irina Vostrikova
$^†$ Had exemption for selection and allowed not to compete at the national championships $^‡$ Later withdrew from the international competition