2008 in athletics (track and field).html



This page contains an overview of the year 2008 in athletics (track and field).

International Events

World Records

Men

Event	Performance	Athlete	Nation	Place	Date
100 m	9.72	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	New York City NY, USA	May 31
	9.69			Beijing, China	August 16
200 m	19.30				August 20
4 x 100 m relay	37.10	Nesta Carter Michael Frater Usain Bolt Asafa Powell			August 22
110 m hurdles	12.87	Dayron Robles	Cuba	Ostrava, Czech Republic	June 12
20 km race walk	1:16:43	Sergey Morozov	Russia	Saransk, Russia	June 08
50 km race walk	3:34:14	Denis Nizhegorodov		Cheboksary, Russia	May 11
Marathon	2:03:59	Haile Gebrselassie	Ethiopia	Berlin, Germany	September 28

Women

Event	Performance	Athlete	Nation	Place	Date
5000 m	14:11.15	Tirunesh Dibaba	Ethiopia	Oslo, Norway	June 06
One hour run	18,517 m	Dire Tune		Ostrava, Czech Republic	June 12
3000 m steeplechase	8:58.81	Gulnara Galkina-Samitova	Russia	Beijing, China	August 17
Pole vault	5.03 m	Yelena Isinbayeva		Rome, Italy	July 11
	5.04 m			Monte Carlo, Monaco	July 29
	5.05 m			Beijing, China	August 18
Javelin throw	72.28	Barbora Špotáková	Czech Republic	Stuttgart, Germany	September 13

Awards

Men

Award	Winner
World Athlete of the Year	Usain Bolt
European Athlete of the Year	Andreas Thorkildsen
European Athletics Rising Star	Raphael Holzdeppe

Women

Award	Winner
World Athlete of the Year	Yelena Isinbayeva
European Athlete of the Year	Yelena Isinbayeva
European Athletics Rising Star	Stephanie Twell

Men's best year performances

100 metres

Rank	Athlete	Time
1.	Usain Bolt	9.69 WR
2.	Asafa Powell	9.72
3.	Tyson Gay	9.77 NR
4.	Travis Padgett	9.89
=.	Darvis Patton	9.89
=.	Richard Thompson	9.89

200 metres

Rank	Athlete	Time
1.	Usain Bolt	19.30 WR
2.	Walter Dix	19.86
3.	Shawn Crawford	19.86
4.	Wallace Spearmon	19.90
5.	Rodney Martin	19.99

400 metres

Rank	Athlete	Time
1.	LaShawn Merritt	43.75
2.	Jeremy Wariner	43.82
3.	Angelo Taylor	44.38
4.	Chris Brown	44.40
5.	Martyn Rooney	44.60

800 metres

Rank	Athlete	Time
1.	Abubaker Kaki	1:42.69 WJR
2.	Yuriy Borzakovskiy	1:42.79
3.	Yusuf Saad Kamel	1:42.79
4.	Yeimer López	1:43.07
5.	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	1:43.26

1500 metres

Rank	Athlete	Time
1.	Daniel Kipchirchir Komen	3:31.49
2.	Augustine Kiprono Choge	3:31.57
3.	Asbel Kipruto Kiprop	3:31.64
4.	Abdalaati Iguider	3:31.88
5.	Shadrack Korir	3:31.94

Mile

Rank	Athlete	Time
1.	Andrew Baddeley	3:49.38
2.	Haron Keitany	3:49.70
3.	Deresse Mekonnen	3:49.72
4.	Mohamed Moustaoui	3:50.08
5.	Augustine Kiprono Choge	3:50.30

3000 m

Rank	Athlete	Time
1.	Edwin Cheruiyot Soi	7:31.83
2.	Kenenisa Bekele	7:31.94
3.	Augustine Kiprono Choge	7:32.01
4.	Moses Ndiema Kipsiro	7:32.42
5.	Levy Matebo	7:33.01

5000 m

Rank	Athlete	Time
1.	Kenenisa Bekele	12:50.18
2.	Moses Ndiema Masai	12:50.55
3.	Tariku Bekele	12:52.45
4.	Moses Ndiema Kipsiro	12:54.70
5.	Abarahm Cherkos	12:57.56

10,000 m

Rank	Athlete	Time
1.	Kenenisa Bekele	26:25.97
2.	Sileshi Sihine	26:50.53
3.	Haile Gebrselassie	26:51.20
4.	Eliud Kipchoge	26:54.32
5.	Leonard Patrick Komon	26:57.08

Half marathon

Rank	Athlete	Time
1.	Haile Gebrselassie	59:15
	Deriba Merga	59:15
3.	Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich	59:16
4.	Samuel Kamau Wanjiru	59:26
5.	Patrick Makau Musyoki	59:29
	Evans Kiprop Cheruiyot	59:29

Marathon

Rank	Athlete	Time
1.	Haile Gebrselassie	2:03:59
2.	Martin Lel	2:05:15
3.	Samuel Kamau Wanjiru	2:05:24
4.	Abderrahim Goumri	2:05:30
5.	James Kipsang Kwambai	2:05:36

3000 m steeplechase

Rank	Athlete	Time
1.	Paul Kipsiele Koech	8:00.57
2.	Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong	8:07.64
3.	Tareq Mubarak Taher	8:08.53
4.	Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad	8:08.95
5.	Michael Kipyego	8:09.05

110 m hurdles

Rank	Athlete	Time
1.	Dayron Robles	12.87 WR
2.	David Oliver	12.95
3.	Terrence Trammell	13.08
4.	Antwon Hicks	13.09
5.	Anwar Moore	13.15

400 m hurdles

Rank	Athlete	Time
1.	Angelo Taylor	47.25
2.	Kerron Clement	47.79
3.	Bershawn Jackson	48.02
4.	L. J. van Zyl	48.22
5.	Danny McFarlane	48.30

High jump

Rank	Athlete	Perf
1.	Andrey Silnov	2.38
2.	Stefan Holm	2.37
3.	Dusty Jonas	2.36
4.	Michal Bieniek	2.35
5.	Kabelo Kgosiemang	2.34
	Germaine Mason	2.34
	Yaroslav Rybakov	2.34

Pole vault

Rank	Athlete	Perf
1.	Brad Walker	6.04
2.	Yevgeny Lukyanenko	6.01
3.	Steven Hooker	6.00
4.	Denys Yurchenko	5.83
5.	Maksym Mazuryk	5.82

Long jump

Rank	Athlete	Perf
1.	Irving Saladino	8.73
2.	Ibrahim Camejo	8.46
3.	Loúis Tsátoumas	8.44
4.	Mohamed Salman Al Khuwalidi	8.37
5.	Trevell Quinley	8.36

Triple jump

Rank	Athlete	Perf
1.	Nelson Évora	17.67
2.	Phillips Idowu	17.62
3.	Leevan Sands	17.59
4.	Arnie David Girat	17.52
5.	Alexis Copello	17.50

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