# 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships

The 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics was the 14th edition of the global-level indoor track and field competition and was held between March 9–11, 2012 at the Ataköy Athletics Arena in Istanbul, Turkey. It was the first of four IAAF World Athletics Series events in 2012, which includes the World Race Walking Cup, the World Junior Championships and the World Half Marathon Championships.

## Preparation

The IAAF announced on March 25, 2007, at an IAAF Council meeting in Mombasa, Kenya that it had received bids from Turkey and Qatar to host the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships. In November 2007 at an IAAF Council meeting in Monaco, Doha was selected to host the 2010 edition, but due to the quality of the Istanbul bid, the Turkish city was chosen to host the following edition of the competition in 2012. It will be the first time that Turkey has hosted a major global athletics event. Previously, the highest level events that the country had hosted included the Athletics at the 2005 Summer Universiade and lower-level sections of the European Cup/European Team Championships.
The events took place at the 7,450-seater Ataköy Athletics Arena, which was constructed especially for the event in the Ataköy neighborhood of Bakırköy next to the Sinan Erdem Dome. The initial bid featured the Dome as the host stadium, but the venue was later changed as the Sinan Erdem Dome was host to the 2010 FIBA World Championship in the months before the event. The construction of the Ataköy Arena was behind schedule, leading to the cancellation of some tester events, meaning that the Turkish Indoor Championships in late January was the first competition to be held there.

## Schedule

Legend :
| Key | P | Q | H | ½ | F |
| Value | Preliminary round | Qualifiers | Heats | Semifinals | Final |
    All dates are EET (UTC+2)
Men :
| Date | Mar 9 | Mar 9 | Mar 10 | Mar 10 | Mar 10 | Mar 11 | Mar 11 | Mar 11 |
| 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 | Mar 9 | Mar 9 | Mar 10 | Mar 10 | Mar 10 | Mar 11 | Mar 11 | Mar 11 |
| 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 | | | | | | | 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 | | | | | | |

## Results
### Men

2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016
| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 60 metres details | Justin Gatlin United States | 6.46 SB | Nesta Carter Jamaica | 6.54 | Dwain Chambers Great Britain | 6.60 |
| 400 metres details | Nery Brenes Costa Rica | 45.11 CR, NR | Demetrius Pinder Bahamas | 45.34 SB | Chris Brown Bahamas | 45.90 SB |
| 800 metres details | Mohammed Aman Ethiopia | 1:48.36 | Jakub Holuša Czech Republic | 1:48.62 | Andrew Osagie Great Britain | 1:48.92 |
| 1500 metres details | Abdalaati Iguider Morocco | 3:45.21 | Ilham Tanui Özbilen Turkey | 3:45.35 | Mekonnen Gebremedhin Ethiopia | 3:45.90 |
| 3000 metres details | Bernard Lagat United States | 7:41.44 SB | Augustine Kiprono Choge Kenya | 7:41.77 | Edwin Soi Kenya | 7:41.78 |
| 60 metres hurdles details | Aries Merritt United States | 7.44 | Liu Xiang China | 7.49 | Pascal Martinot-Lagarde France | 7.53 PB |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | United States Frankie Wright Calvin Smith Jr. Manteo Mitchell Gil Roberts Jamaal Torrance* Quentin Iglehart-Summers* | 3:03.94 SB | Great Britain Conrad Williams Nigel Levine Michael Bingham Richard Buck Luke Lennon-Ford* | 3:04.72 SB | Trinidad and Tobago Lalonde Gordon Renny Quow Jereem Richards Jarrin Solomon | 3:06.85 NR |
| High jump details | Dimitrios Chondrokoukis Greece | 2.33 PB | Andrey Silnov Russia | 2.33 | Ivan Ukhov Russia | 2.31 |
| Pole vault details | Renaud Lavillenie France | 5.95 WL | Björn Otto Germany | 5.80 | Brad Walker United States | 5.80 |
| Long jump details | Mauro Vinícius da Silva Brazil | 8.23 | Henry Frayne Australia | 8.23 AR | Aleksandr Menkov Russia | 8.22 |
| Triple jump details | Will Claye United States | 17.70 WL | Christian Taylor United States | 17.63 SB | Lyukman Adams Russia | 17.36 PB |
| Shot put details | Ryan Whiting United States | 22.00 WL | David Storl Germany | 21.88 PB | Tomasz Majewski Poland | 21.72 NR |
| Heptathlon details | Ashton Eaton United States | 6645 WR | Oleksiy Kasyanov Ukraine | 6071 | Artem Lukyanenko Russia | 5969 |
| 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

2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016
| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 60 metres details | Veronica Campbell-Brown Jamaica | 7.01 WL | Murielle Ahouré Ivory Coast | 7.04 NR | Tianna Bartoletta United States | 7.09 |
| 400 metres details | Sanya Richards-Ross United States | 50.79 | Aleksandra Fedoriva Russia | 51.76 | Natasha Hastings United States | 51.82 |
| 800 metres details | Pamela Jelimo Kenya | 1:58.83 WL | Nataliia Lupu Ukraine | 1:59.67 PB | Erica Moore United States | 1:59.97 PB |
| 1500 metres details | Genzebe Dibaba Ethiopia | 4:05.78 | Mariem Alaoui Selsouli Morocco | 4:07.78 | Hind Déhiba France | 4:10.30 |
| 3000 metres details | Hellen Onsando Obiri Kenya | 8:37.16 | Meseret Defar Ethiopia | 8:38.26 | Gelete Burka Ethiopia | 8:40.18 |
| 60 metres hurdles details | Sally Pearson Australia | 7.73 WL | Tiffany Porter Great Britain | 7.94 | Alina Talay Belarus | 7.97 SB |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | Great Britain Shana Cox Nicola Sanders Christine Ohuruogu Perri Shakes-Drayton | 3:28.76 WL | United States Leslie Cole Natasha Hastings Jernail Hayes Sanya Richards-Ross | 3:28.79 SB | Romania Angela Moroșanu Alina Panainte Adelina Pastor Elena Mirela Lavric | 3:33.41 SB |
| High jump details | Chaunté Lowe United States | 1.98 | Antonietta Di Martino Italy Anna Chicherova Russia Ebba Jungmark Sweden | 1.95 SB 1.95 1.95 SB | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| Pole vault details | Yelena Isinbayeva Russia | 4.80 | Vanessa Boslak France | 4.70 NR | Holly Bleasdale United Kingdom | 4.70 |
| Long jump details | Brittney Reese United States | 7.23 CR | Janay DeLoach United States | 6.98 SB | Shara Proctor Great Britain | 6.89 NR |
| Triple jump details | Yamilé Aldama Great Britain | 14.82 SB | Olga Rypakova Kazakhstan | 14.63 | Mabel Gay Cuba | 14.29 |
| Shot put details | Valerie Adams New Zealand | 20.54 AR | Michelle Carter United States | 19.58 SB | Jillian Camarena-Williams United States | 19.44 |
| Pentathlon details | Nataliya Dobrynska Ukraine | 5013 WR | Jessica Ennis Great Britain | 4965 NR | Austra Skujytė Lithuania | 4802 NR |
| 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) |||||| |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 10 | 4 | 5 | 19 |
| 2 | Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | Ethiopia (ETH) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | Kenya (KEN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Australia (AUS) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Jamaica (JAM) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Morocco (MAR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Costa Rica (CRC) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Greece (GRE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | New Zealand (NZL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | Bahamas (BAH) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | China (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Ivory Coast (CIV) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | Lithuania (LTU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (29 entries) | Totals (29 entries) | 26 | 28 | 25 | 79 |

## Gallery from the games

Photos from the games in Istanbul:
* Justin Gatlin celebrating his win in the 60 metres.
* Nery Brenes celebrating his win after the 400 metres.
* Ashton Eaton en route to victory in the heptathlon.
* Mauro Vinícius da Silva celebrating his win after long jump.
* Abdalaati Iguider (far right) en route to victory in the 1500 metres.
* Ryan Whiting during the shot put in which he won gold.
* Renaud Lavillenie during the pole vault in which he won gold.
* Mohammed Aman celebrating his win after finishing the 800 metres.
* Dimitrios Chondrokoukis celebrating his win in the high jump.
* The winners in the pole vault (from left) Björn Otto, Renaud Lavillenie and Brad Walker.
* Aries Merritt en route to victory in the 60 metres hurdles.
* Silver medalist in the triple jump Christian Taylor.
* Bernard Lagat en route to victory in the 3000 metres.
* Genzebe Dibaba celebrating her win after the 1500 metres.
* Yamilé Aldama celebrating her win after the triple jump.
* Nataliya Dobrynska celebrating her win after the pentathlon.
* Chaunté Lowe celebrating her win after the high jump.
* Pamela Jelimo celebrating her win after finishing the 800 metres.
* Aslı Çakır Alptekin celebrating her bronze medal performance in the 1500 metres.
* Hellen Onsando Obiri winning the 3000 metres.
* Gold medalist in the long jump Brittney Reese.

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