2008 in the sport of athletics

2008 in athletics
Major world events2008 Olympics
World records set10
IAAF Athletes of the YearUsain Bolt
Yelena Isinbayeva
World Marathon Majors winnersMartin Lel
Irina Mikitenko
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Years in the sport of athletics
2008 in sports

This article contains an overview of the year 2008 in athletics

International events

World records

Men

Event Performance Athlete Nation Place Date
100 m 9.72 Usain Bolt  Jamaica New York City, United States May 31
9.69 Beijing, China August 16
200 m 19.30 August 20
4 × 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
50 km race walk 3:34:14 Denis Nizhegorodov  Russia 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 6
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
IAAF World Athlete of the Year Jamaica Usain Bolt
Track & Field Athlete of the Year Jamaica Usain Bolt
European Athlete of the Year Norway Andreas Thorkildsen
European Athletics Rising Star Germany Raphael Holzdeppe

Women

Award Winner
IAAF World Athlete of the Year Russia Yelena Isinbayeva
Track & Field Athlete of the Year Ethiopia Tirunesh Dibaba
European Athlete of the Year Russia Yelena Isinbayeva
European Athletics Rising Star United Kingdom Stephanie Twell

Men's best year performances

100 metres

RANK ATHLETE TIME
1.  Usain Bolt (JAM) 9.69 WR
2.  Asafa Powell (JAM) 9.72
3.  Tyson Gay (USA) 9.77
4.  Travis Padgett (USA) 9.89
 Darvis Patton (USA) 9.89
 Richard Thompson (TRI) 9.89

200 metres

RANK ATHLETE TIME
1.  Usain Bolt (JAM) 19.30 WR
2.  Walter Dix (USA) 19.86
 Shawn Crawford (USA) 19.86
4.  Wallace Spearmon (USA) 19.90
5.  Rodney Martin (USA) 19.99

400 metres

RANK ATHLETE TIME
1.  LaShawn Merritt (USA) 43.75
2.  Jeremy Wariner (USA) 43.82
3.  Angelo Taylor (USA) 44.38
4.  Chris Brown (BAH) 44.40
5.  Martyn Rooney (GBR) 44.60

800 metres

RANK ATHLETE TIME
1.  Abubaker Kaki (SUD) 1:42.69
2.  Yuriy Borzakovskiy (RUS) 1:42.79
 Yusuf Saad Kamel (BHR) 1:42.79
4.  Yeimer López (CUB) 1:43.07
5.  Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (RSA) 1:43.26

1500 metres

RANK ATHLETE TIME
1.  Daniel Kipchirchir Komen (KEN) 3:31.49
2.  Augustine Kiprono Choge (KEN) 3:31.57
3.  Asbel Kipruto Kiprop (KEN) 3:31.64
4.  Abdalaati Iguider (MAR) 3:31.88
5.  Shedrack Kibet Korir (KEN) 3:31.94

3000 metres

RANK ATHLETE TIME
1.  Edwin Cheruiyot Soi (KEN) 7:31.83
2.  Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 7:31.94
3.  Augustine Kiprono Choge (KEN) 7:32.01
4.  Moses Ndiema Kipsiro (UGA) 7:32.42
5.  Levy Matebo (KEN) 7:33.01

5000 metres

RANK ATHLETE TIME
1.  Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 12:50.18
2.  Moses Ndiema Masai (KEN) 12:50.55
3.  Tariku Bekele (ETH) 12:52.45
4.  Moses Ndiema Kipsiro (UGA) 12:54.70
5.  Abreham Cherkos (ETH) 12:57.56

10,000 metres

RANK ATHLETE TIME
1.  Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 26:25.97
2.  Sileshi Sihine (ETH) 26:50.53
3.  Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) 26:51.20
4.  Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) 26:54.32
5.  Leonard Komon (KEN) 26:57.08

110 metres hurdles

RANK ATHLETE TIME
1.  Dayron Robles (CUB) 12.87 WR
2.  David Oliver (USA) 12.95
3.  Terrence Trammell (USA) 13.08
4.  Antwon Hicks (USA) 13.09
5.  Anwar Moore (USA) 13.15

400 metres hurdles

RANK ATHLETE TIME
1.  Angelo Taylor (USA) 47.25
2.  Kerron Clement (USA) 47.79
3.  Bershawn Jackson (USA) 48.02
4.  L.J. van Zyl (RSA) 48.22
5.  Danny McFarlane (JAM) 48.30

3000 metres steeplechase

RANK ATHLETE TIME
1.  Paul Kipsiele Koech (KEN) 8:00.57
2.  Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong (KEN) 8:07.64
3.  Tareq Mubarak Taher (BHR) 8:08.53
4.  Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad (FRA) 8:08.95
5.  Michael Kipyego (KEN) 8:09.05

Half marathon

RANK ATHLETE TIME
1.  Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) 59:15
 Deriba Merga (ETH) 59:15
3.  Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich (KEN) 59:16
4.  Samuel Wanjiru (KEN) 59:26
5.  Patrick Makau Musyoki (KEN) 59:29
 Evans Kiprop Cheruiyot (KEN) 59:29

Marathon

RANK ATHLETE TIME
1.  Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) 2:03:59 WR
2.  Martin Lel (KEN) 2:05:15
3.  Samuel Wanjiru (KEN) 2:05:24
4.  Abderrahim Goumri (MAR) 2:05:30
5.  James Kipsang Kwambai (KEN) 2:05:36

High jump

RANK ATHLETE HEIGHT
1.  Andrey Silnov (RUS) 2.38
2.  Stefan Holm (SWE) 2.37
3.  Dusty Jonas (USA) 2.36
4.  Michał Bieniek (POL) 2.35
5.  Kabelo Kgosiemang (BOT) 2.34
 Germaine Mason (GBR) 2.34
 Yaroslav Rybakov (RUS) 2.34

Pole vault

RANK ATHLETE HEIGHT
1.  Brad Walker (USA) 6.04
2.  Evgeniy Lukyanenko (RUS) 6.01
3.  Steven Hooker (AUS) 6.00
4.  Denys Yurchenko (UKR) 5.83
5.  Maksym Mazuryk (UKR) 5.82

Long jump

RANK ATHLETE MARK
1.  Irving Saladino (PAN) 8.73
2.  Ibrahim Camejo (CUB) 8.46
3.  Loúis Tsátoumas (GRE) 8.44
4.  Mohamed Salman Al Khuwalidi (KSA) 8.37
5.  Trevell Quinley (USA) 8.36

Triple jump

RANK ATHLETE MARK
1.  Nelson Évora (POR) 17.67
2.  Phillips Idowu (GBR) 17.62
3.  Leevan Sands (BAH) 17.59
4.  Arnie David Giralt (CUB) 17.52
5.  Alexis Copello (CUB) 17.50

Shot put

RANK ATHLETE MARK
1.  Adam Nelson (USA) 22.12
2.  Reese Hoffa (USA) 22.10
3.  Andrei Mikhnevich (BLR) 22.00
4.  Christian Cantwell (USA) 21.76
5.  Tomasz Majewski (POL) 21.51

Javelin throw

RANK ATHLETE MARK
1.  Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR) 90.57
2.  Jarrod Bannister (AUS) 89.02
3.  Tero Pitkämäki (FIN) 87.70
4.  Antti Ruuskanen (FIN) 87.33
5.  Sergey Makarov (RUS) 86.88

Discus throw

RANK ATHLETE MARK
1.  Gerd Kanter (EST) 71.88
2.  Virgilijus Alekna (LTU) 71.25
3.  Mario Pestano (ESP) 69.50
4.  Ehsan Haddadi (IRI) 69.32
5.  Ian Waltz (USA) 68.90

Hammer throw

RANK ATHLETE MARK
1.  Ivan Tsikhan (BLR) 84.51
2.  Primož Kozmus (SLO) 82.02
3.  Krisztián Pars (HUN) 81.96
4.  Koji Murofushi (JPN) 81.87
5.  Vadim Devyatovskiy (BLR) 81.70

Decathlon

Main article: 2008 Decathlon Year Ranking
RANK ATHLETE POINTS
1.  Bryan Clay (USA) 8832
2.  Andrei Krauchanka (BLR) 8585
3.  Trey Hardee (USA) 8534
4.  Leonel Suárez (CUB) 8527
5.  Tom Pappas (USA) 8511

Women's best year performances

100 metres

RANK ATHLETE TIME
1.  Torri Edwards (USA) 10.78
 Shelly-Ann Fraser (JAM) 10.78
3.  Kerron Stewart (JAM) 10.80
4.  Muna Lee (USA) 10.85
5.  Sherone Simpson (JAM) 10.87
 Veronica Campbell Brown (JAM) 10.87

200 metres

RANK ATHLETE TIME
1.  Veronica Campbell Brown (JAM) 21.74
2.  Allyson Felix (USA) 21.93
3.  Kerron Stewart (JAM) 21.99
4.  Muna Lee (USA) 22.01
5.  Sherone Simpson (JAM) 22.11

400 metres

RANK ATHLETE TIME
1.  Christine Ohuruogu (GBR) 49.62
2.  Shericka Williams (JAM) 49.69
3.  Sanya Richards (USA) 49.74
4.  Amantle Montsho (BOT) 49.83
 Allyson Felix (USA) 49.83

800 metres

RANK ATHLETE TIME
1.  Pamela Jelimo (KEN) 1:54.01
2.  Yelena Soboleva (RUS) 1:54.85
3.  Tatyana Andrianova (RUS) 1:56.00
4.  Janeth Jepkosgei (KEN) 1:56.07
5.  Svetlana Klyuka (RUS) 1:56.64

1500 metres

RANK ATHLETE TIME
1.  Yelena Soboleva (RUS) 3:56.59
2.  Tatyana Tomashova (RUS) 3:59.42
3.  Maryam Yusuf Jamal (BHR) 3:59.84
4.  Nancy Jebet Lagat (KEN) 4:00.23
5.  Shannon Rowbury (USA) 4:00.33

3000 metres

RANK ATHLETE TIME
1.  Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN) 8:33.66
2.  Wude Ayalew (ETH) 8:35.50
3.  Dolores Checa (ESP) 8:37.78
4.  Peninah Jepchumba (KEN) 8:40.12
5.  Priscah Jepleting Cherono (KEN) 8:42.04

5000 metres

RANK ATHLETE TIME
1.  Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) 14:11.15 WR
2.  Meseret Defar (ETH) 14:12.88
3.  Liliya Shobukhova (RUS) 14:23.75
4.  Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN) 14:25.43
5.  Gulnara Samitova-Galkina (RUS) 14:33.13

10,000 metres

RANK ATHLETE TIME
1.  Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) 29:54.66
2.  Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR) 29:56.34
3.  Shalane Flanagan (USA) 30:22.22
4.  Linet Masai (KEN) 30:26.50
5.  Kimberley Smith (NZL) 30:35.54

100 metres hurdles

RANK ATHLETE TIME
1.  Lolo Jones (USA) 12.43
2.  Damu Cherry (USA) 12.47
3.  Brigitte Foster-Hylton (JAM) 12.49
4.  Josephine Onyia (ESP) 12.50
5.  Sally McLellan (AUS) 12.53

400 metres hurdles

RANK ATHLETE TIME
1.  Melaine Walker (JAM) 52.64
2.  Tiffany Williams (USA) 53.54
3.  Sheena Tosta (USA) 53.58
4.  Tasha Danvers (GBR) 53.84
5.  Anastasiya Rabchenyuk (UKR) 53.96

3000 metres steeplechase

RANK ATHLETE TIME
1.  Gulnara Samitova-Galkina (RUS) 8:58.81 WR
2.  Eunice Jepkorir (KEN) 9:07.41
3.  Yekaterina Volkova (RUS) 9:07.64
4.  Tatyana Petrova (RUS) 9:12.33
5.  Cristina Casandra (ROU) 9:16.85

Half marathon

RANK ATHLETE TIME
1.  Philes Ongori (KEN) 1:07:57
2.  Yukiko Akaba (JPN) 1:08:11
3.  Aselefech Mergia (ETH) 1:08:17
4.  Genet Getaneh (ETH) 1:08:18
5.  Peninah Arusei (KEN) 1:08:20

Marathon

RANK ATHLETE TIME
1.  Irina Mikitenko (GER) 2:19:19
2.  Askale Tafa (ETH) 2:21:31
3.  Zhang Yingying (CHN) 2:22:38
4.  Berhane Adere (ETH) 2:22:42
5.  Galina Bogomolova (RUS) 2:22:53

High jump

RANK ATHLETE HEIGHT
1.  Blanka Vlašić (CRO) 2.06
2.  Tia Hellebaut (BEL) 2.05
3.  Anna Chicherova (RUS) 2.04
4.  Ariane Friedrich (GER) 2.03
 Elena Slesarenko (RUS) 2.03

Pole vault

RANK ATHLETE HEIGHT
1.  Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) 5.05 WR
2.  Jennifer Stuczynski (USA) 4.92
3.  Fabiana Murer (BRA) 4.80
4.  Monika Pyrek (POL) 4.75
 Svetlana Feofanova (RUS) 4.75
 Yuliya Golubchikova (RUS) 4.75

Long jump

RANK ATHLETE MARK
1.  Naide Gomes (POR) 7.12
2.  Lyudmila Kolchanova (RUS) 7.04
 Maurren Maggi (BRA) 7.04
4.  Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS) 7.03
5.  Brittney Reese (USA) 6.95

Triple jump

RANK ATHLETE MARK
1.  Françoise Mbango Etone (CMR) 15.39
2.  Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS) 15.32
3.  Hrysopiyi Devetzi (GRE) 15.23
4.  Yargelis Savigne (CUB) 15.20
5.  Olga Rypakova (KAZ) 15.11

Shot put

RANK ATHLETE MARK
1.  Nadzeya Ostapchuk (BLR) 20.98
2.  Natallia Mikhnevich (BLR) 20.70
3.  Valerie Vili (NZL) 20.56
4.  Nadine Kleinert (GER) 19.89
5.  Yulia Leantsiuk (BLR) 19.79

Javelin throw

RANK ATHLETE MARK
1.  Barbora Špotáková (CZE) 72.28 WR
2.  Mariya Abakumova (RUS) 70.78
3.  Christina Obergföll (GER) 69.81
4.  Steffi Nerius (GER) 68.34
5.  Linda Stahl (GER) 66.06

Discus throw

RANK ATHLETE MARK
1.  Iryna Yatchenko (BLR) 67.89
2.  Darya Pishchalnikova (RUS) 67.28
3.  Nicoleta Grasu (ROU) 66.51
4.  Stephanie Brown-Trafton (USA) 66.17
5.  Yarelis Barrios (CUB) 66.13

Hammer throw

RANK ATHLETE MARK
1.  Aksana Miankova (BLR) 77.32
2.  Martina Hrasnová (SVK) 76.82
3.  Yipsi Moreno (CUB) 76.62
4.  Darya Pchelnik (BLR) 76.33
5.  Gulfiya Khanafeyeva (RUS) 75.07

Heptathlon

RANK ATHLETE POINTS
1.  Nataliya Dobrynska (UKR) 6733
2.  Hyleas Fountain (USA) 6667
3.  Tatyana Chernova (RUS) 6618
4.  Lyudmyla Blonska (UKR) 6570
5.  Olga Kurban (RUS) 6559

Deaths


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