2008 IAAF World Athletics Final – Results

These are the results of the 2008 IAAF World Athletics Final, which took place in at the Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion in Stuttgart, Germany on 13–14 September.

The year's top seven athletes, based on their points ranking of the 2008 IAAF World Athletics Tour, qualified to compete in each event, with an extra four athletes selected for races of 1500 metres and above. One additional athlete, a wildcard, was allocated to each event by the IAAF and replacement athletes were admitted to replace the qualified athletes that could not attend the final.^[1]

Key

  Wild card athlete

Men's Rank Athlete Nation Time (sec) Reaction time Notes 1 Asafa Powell  Jamaica (JAM) 9.87 0.153 2 Nesta Carter  Jamaica (JAM) 10.07 0.154 3 Michael Frater  Jamaica (JAM) 10.10 0.137 4 Kim Collins  Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN) 10.22 0.152 5 Marc Burns  Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) 10.22 0.153 6 Mike Rodgers  United States (USA) 10.27 0.182 7 Ronald Pognon  France (FRA) 10.27 0.121 8 Marlon Devonish  Great Britain (GBR) 10.37 0.140

Women's Rank Athlete Nation Time (sec) Reaction time Notes 1 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce  Jamaica (JAM) 10.94 0.180 2 Kerron Stewart  Jamaica (JAM) 11.06 0.169 3 Marshevet Myers  United States (USA) 11.06 0.152 4 Carmelita Jeter  United States (USA) 11.21 0.171 5 Torri Edwards  United States (USA) 11.22 0.153 6 Lauryn Williams  United States (USA) 11.22 0.154 7 Chandra Sturrup  Bahamas (BAH) 11.23 0.136 8 Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie  Bahamas (BAH) 11.25 0.155

Men's Rank Athlete Nation Time (sec) Reaction time Notes 1 Stéphane Buckland  Mauritius (MRI) 20.57 0.149 2 Paul Hession  Ireland (IRL) 20.58 0.160 3 Brendan Christian  Netherlands Antilles (ANT) 20.61 0.153 4 Christopher Williams  Jamaica (JAM) 20.66 0.162 5 Rodney Martin  United States (USA) 20.66 0.164 6 Brian Dzingai  Zimbabwe (ZIM) 20.88 0.185 7 Marlon Devonish  Great Britain (GBR) 21.02 0.151 8 Joel Brown  United States (USA) 21.23 0.139

Women's Rank Athlete Nation Time (sec) Reaction time Notes 1 Sanya Richards-Ross  United States (USA) 22.50 0.156 2 Marshevet Myers  United States (USA) 22.69 0.182 3 Kerron Stewart  Jamaica (JAM) 22.72 0.162 4 Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie  Bahamas (BAH) 22.89 0.163 5 Carmelita Jeter  United States (USA) 22.98 0.170 6 Lauryn Williams  United States (USA) 23.30 0.185 7 Yulia Gushchina  Russia (RUS) 23.37 0.148 8 Muriel Hurtis  France (FRA) 23.43 0.148

Men's Rank Athlete Nation Time (sec) Reaction time Notes 1 LaShawn Merritt  United States (USA) 44.50 0.144 2 Jeremy Wariner  United States (USA) 44.51 0.175 3 Chris Brown  Bahamas (BAH) 45.36 0.133 4 Angelo Taylor  United States (USA) 45.37 0.161 5 Martyn Rooney  Great Britain (GBR) 45.82 0.179 6 Gary Kikaya  DR Congo (COD) 45.92 0.167 7 Kamghe Gaba  Germany (GER) 46.22 0.209 8 Johan Wissman  Sweden (SWE) 46.48 0.174

Women's Rank Athlete Nation Time (sec) Reaction time Notes 1 Sanya Richards-Ross  United States (USA) 50.41 0.173 2 Christine Ohuruogu  Great Britain (GBR) 50.83 0.234 3 Novlene Williams-Mills  Jamaica (JAM) 51.30 0.231 4 Amantle Montsho  Botswana (BOT) 51.54 0.387 5 Shericka Williams  Jamaica (JAM) 51.55 0.231 6 Mary Wineberg  United States (USA) 51.65 0.263 7 Tatyana Firova  Russia (RUS) 51.85 0.192 8 Shereefa Lloyd  Jamaica (JAM) 51.86 0.206

Men's Rank Athlete Nation Time (min) Notes 1 Alfred Kirwa Yego  Kenya (KEN) 1:49.05 2 Abraham Chepkirwok  Uganda (UGA) 1:49.22 3 Yusuf Saad Kamel  Bahrain (BHR) 1:49.40 4 Marcin Lewandowski  Poland (POL) 1:49.40 5 Amine Laalou  Morocco (MAR) 1:50.03 6 Mbulaeni Mulaudzi  South Africa (RSA) 1:50.70 7 Richard Kiplagat  Kenya (KEN) 1:50.75 8 Steffen Co  Germany (GER) 1:55.69

Women's Rank Athlete Nation Time (min) Notes 1 Pamela Jelimo  Kenya (KEN) 1:56.23 CR 2 Janeth Jepkosgei Busienei  Kenya (KEN) 1:58.41 3 Marilyn Okoro  Great Britain (GBR) 1:58.64 4 Kenia Sinclair  Jamaica (JAM) 1:58.85 5 Lucia Klocová  Slovakia (SVK) 2:00.05 6 Elisa Cusma Piccione  Italy (ITA) 2:00.12 7 Jennifer Meadows  Great Britain (GBR) 2:00.80 8 Yuliya Krevsun  Ukraine (UKR) 2:04.44

Men's Rank Athlete Nation Time (min) Notes 1 Haron Keitany  Kenya (KEN) 3:37.92 2 Asbel Kiprop  Kenya (KEN) 3:37.93 3 Nicholas Willis  New Zealand (NZL) 3:38.22 4 Gideon Mwangi Gathimba  Kenya (KEN) 3:38.35 5 Yusuf Saad Kamel  Bahrain (BHR) 3:38.50 6 Bernard Lagat  United States (USA) 3:38.79 7 Belal Ali Mansoor  Bahrain (BHR) 3:39.62 8 Mohamed Moustaoui  Morocco (MAR) 3:39.90 9 Abdalaati Iguider  Morocco (MAR) 3:41.70 10 Nicholas Kiptanui Kemboi  Kenya (KEN) 3:43.91 — Deresse Mekonnen  Ethiopia (ETH) DNS

Women's Rank Athlete Nation Time (min) Notes 1 Maryam Yusuf Jamal  Bahrain (BHR) 4:06.59 2 Gelete Burka  Ethiopia (ETH) 4:07.45 3 Iryna Lishchynska  Ukraine (UKR) 4:07.65 4 Lisa Dobriskey  Great Britain (GBR) 4:07.72 5 Shannon Rowbury  United States (USA) 4:08.16 6 Nuria Fernández  Spain (ESP) 4:08.24 7 Sylwia Ejdys  Poland (POL) 4:08.56 8 Erin Donohue  United States (USA) 4:08.64 9 Sarah Jamieson  Australia (AUS) 4:09.21 10 Agnes Samaria  Namibia (NAM) 4:12.20 11 Btissam Lakhouad  Morocco (MAR) 4:18.68

Men's Rank Athlete Nation Time (min) Notes 1 Bernard Lagat  United States (USA) 8:02.97 SB 2 Edwin Cheruiyot Soi  Kenya (KEN) 8:03.55 3 Matthew Tegenkamp  United States (USA) 8:03.56 4 Mike Kipruto Kigen  Kenya (KEN) 8:03.63 5 James Kwalia C'Kurui  Qatar (QAT) 8:04.07 6 Mark Kosgei Kiptoo  Kenya (KEN) 8:04.30 7 Chris Solinsky  United States (USA) 8:04.78 8 Abraham Chebii  Kenya (KEN) 8:05.87 9 Mohamed Farah  Great Britain (GBR) 8:05.97 10 Isaac Kiprono Songok  Kenya (KEN) 8:06.33 11 Boniface Kiprotich Songok  Kenya (KEN) 8:07.59 12 Shadrack Kosgei  Kenya (KEN) 8:09.41

Women's Rank Athlete Nation Time (min) Notes 1 Meseret Defar  Ethiopia (ETH) 8:43.60 SB 2 Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot  Kenya (KEN) 8:44.64 3 Jane Jepkosgei Kiptoo  Kenya (KEN) 8:47.65 4 Zakia Mrisho  Tanzania (TAN) 8:49.41 5 Linet Chepkwemoi Masai  Kenya (KEN) 8:49.66 6 Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet  Kenya (KEN) 8:50.55 7 Stephanie Twell  Great Britain (GBR) 8:50.89 PB 8 Wude Ayalew  Ethiopia (ETH) 8:52.99 9 Laura Whittle  Great Britain (GBR) 8:59.73 10 Viola Jelagat Kibiwot  Kenya (KEN) 9:04.20 SB 11 Sara Slattery  United States (USA) 9:16.24

Men's Rank Athlete Nation Time (min) Notes 1 Edwin Cheruiyot Soi  Kenya (KEN) 13:22.81 2 Moses Ndiema Kipsiro  Uganda (UGA) 13:23.02 3 Micah Kipkemboi Kogo  Kenya (KEN) 13:23.37 4 Mark Kosgei Kiptoo  Kenya (KEN) 13:23.73 5 Eliud Kipchoge  Kenya (KEN) 13:24.13 6 Tariku Bekele  Ethiopia (ETH) 13:24.75 7 Silas Kipruto  Kenya (KEN) 13:25.21 8 Boniface Toroitich Kiprop  Uganda (UGA) 13:36.33 9 Bernard Kiprop Kipyego  Kenya (KEN) 13:41.43 10 Moses Ndiema Masai  Kenya (KEN) 13:46.04 — Markos Geneti  Ethiopia (ETH) DNS — Ali Abdosh  Ethiopia (ETH) DNS

Women's Rank Athlete Nation Time (min) Notes 1 Meseret Defar  Ethiopia (ETH) 14:53.82 2 Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot  Kenya (KEN) 14:54.60 3 Meselech Melkamu  Ethiopia (ETH) 14:58.76 4 Linet Chepkwemoi Masai  Kenya (KEN) 14:58.88 5 Priscah Jepleting Cherono  Kenya (KEN) 14:59.74 6 Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet  Kenya (KEN) 15:00.03 SB 7 Grace Kwamboka Momanyi  Kenya (KEN) 15:02.44 8 Jane Jepkosgei Kiptoo  Kenya (KEN) 15:03.80 PB 9 Lucy Wangui Kabuu  Kenya (KEN) 15:09.69 10 Zakia Mrisho  Tanzania (TAN) 15:21.68 11 Peninah Biwott Jepchumba  Kenya (KEN) 15:37.73 — Ejegayehu Dibaba  Ethiopia (ETH) DNS

Men's Rank Athlete Nation Time (sec) Reaction time Notes 1 David Oliver  United States (USA) 13.22 0.181 2 Petr Svoboda  Czech Republic (CZE) 13.33 0.191 3 Ryan Wilson  United States (USA) 13.54 0.163 4 Aries Merritt  United States (USA) 13.56 0.156 5 Marcel van der Westen  Netherlands (NED) 13.57 0.136 6 Tyron Akins  United States (USA) 13.62 0.150 7 Andy Turner  Great Britain (GBR) 13.68 0.125 8 Joel Brown  United States (USA) 13.81 0.139

Women's Rank Athlete Nation Time (sec) Reaction time Notes 1 LoLo Jones  United States (USA) 12.56 0.128 2 Delloreen Ennis-London  Jamaica (JAM) 12.56 0.148 3 Dawn Harper Nelson  United States (USA) 12.67 0.182 4 Brigitte Foster-Hylton  Jamaica (JAM) 12.76 0.137 5 Priscilla Lopes-Schliep  Canada (CAN) 12.81 0.139 6 Sally Pearson  Australia (AUS) 12.82 0.137 7 Joanna Hayes  United States (USA) 13.06 0.156 — Josephine Onyia  Spain (ESP) 12.54 0.154 DQ The original winner, Josephine Onyia, was retrospectively disqualified following a failed doping test.[2]

Men's Rank Athlete Nation Time (sec) Reaction time Notes 1 Kerron Clement  United States (USA) 48.96 0.175 2 Danny McFarlane  Jamaica (JAM) 49.00 0.166 3 Isa Phillips  Jamaica (JAM) 49.22 0.185 4 Markino Buckley  Jamaica (JAM) 49.52 0.276 5 L.J. van Zyl  South Africa (RSA) 49.95 0.158 6 Marek Plawgo  Poland (POL) 51.13 0.161 7 Reuben McCoy  United States (USA) 51.38 0.212 8 LaRon Bennett  United States (USA) 52.02 0.172

Women's Rank Athlete Nation Time (sec) Reaction time Notes 1 Melaine Walker  Jamaica (JAM) 54.06 0.279 2 Anastasiya Rabchenyuk  Ukraine (UKR) 54.92 0.219 3 Tiffany Williams  United States (USA) 55.16 0.151 4 Yevgeniya Isakova  Russia (RUS) 55.23 0.186 5 Sheena Tosta  United States (USA) 55.33 0.153 6 Anna Jesień  Poland (POL) 55.44 0.151 7 Christine Spence  United States (USA) 58.15 0.208 8 Tasha Danvers  Great Britain (GBR) 58.40 0.174

Men's Rank Athlete Nation Time (min) Notes 1 Paul Kipsiele Koech  Kenya (KEN) 8:05.35 2 Ezekiel Kemboi  Kenya (KEN) 8:15.32 3 Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong  Kenya (KEN) 8:16.05 4 Tareq Mubarak Taher  Bahrain (BHR) 8:16.27 5 Benjamin Kiplagat  Uganda (UGA) 8:16.58 6 Mustafa Mohamed  Sweden (SWE) 8:16.77 7 Bouabdellah Tahri  France (FRA) 8:18.28 8 Michael Kipkorir Kipyego  Kenya (KEN) 8:24.77 9 Brimin Kiprop Kipruto  Kenya (KEN) 8:29.11 10 Wesley Kiprotich  Kenya (KEN) 8:30.66 11 Collins Kosgei  Kenya (KEN) 8:35.04 — Hamid Ezzine  Morocco (MAR) DNS

Women's Rank Athlete Nation Time (min) Notes 1 Gulnara Galkina  Russia (RUS) 9:21.73 CR 2 Eunice Jepkorir Kertich  Kenya (KEN) 9:24.03 3 Ruth Bisibori Nyangau  Kenya (KEN) 9:24.38 4 Wioletta Frankiewicz  Poland (POL) 9:31.89 5 Cristina Casandra  Romania (ROU) 9:35.27 6 Donna MacFarlane  Australia (AUS) 9:36.72 7 Ancuta Bobocel  Romania (ROU) 9:37.89 8 Helen Clitheroe  Great Britain (GBR) 9:39.72 9 Zemzem Ahmed  Ethiopia (ETH) 10:03.20 — Yekaterina Volkova  Russia (RUS) DQ — Victoria Mitchell  Australia (AUS) DNS

Men's Rank Athlete Nation Result (m) Notes 1 Andrey Silnov  Russia (RUS) 2.35 CR 2 Stefan Holm  Sweden (SWE) 2.33 3 Jesse Williams  United States (USA) 2.29 4 Yaroslav Rybakov  Russia (RUS) 2.29 5 Linus Thörnblad  Sweden (SWE) 2.26 6 Germaine Mason  Great Britain (GBR) 2.26 7 Jamie Nieto  United States (USA) 2.22 8 Kabelo Kgosiemang  Botswana (BOT) 2.18

Women's Rank Athlete Nation Result (m) Notes 1 Blanka Vlašić  Croatia (CRO) 2.01 CR 2 Tia Hellebaut  Belgium (BEL) 1.97 3 Ariane Friedrich  Germany (GER) 1.97 4 Chaunté Lowe  United States (USA) 1.97 5 Marina Aitova  Kazakhstan (KAZ) 1.94 6 Ruth Beitia  Spain (ESP) 1.94 Anna Chicherova  Russia (RUS) 1.99 DQ Elena Slesarenko  Russia (RUS) 1.94 DQ

Men's Rank Athlete Nation Result (m) Notes 1 Derek Miles  United States (USA) 5.80 SB 2 Brad Walker  United States (USA) 5.70 3 Maksym Mazuryk  Ukraine (UKR) 5.60 4 Evgeniy Lukyanenko  Russia (RUS) 5.60 4 Alexander Straub  Germany (GER) 5.60 6 Fabian Schulze  Germany (GER) 5.40 — Sergey Kucheryanu  Russia (RUS) NM — Denys Yurchenko  Ukraine (UKR) DQ

Women's Rank Athlete Nation Result (m) Notes 1 Silke Spiegelburg  Germany (GER) 4.70 PB 2 Svetlana Feofanova  Russia (RUS) 4.70 3 Monika Pyrek  Poland (POL) 4.70 4 Yuliya Golubchikova  Russia (RUS) 4.50 5 Tatyana Polnova  Russia (RUS) 4.50 6 Carolin Hingst  Germany (GER) 4.50 6 Fabiana Murer  Brazil (BRA) 4.50 — Elena Isinbaeva  Russia (RUS) DNS

Men's Rank Athlete Nation Result (m) Wind Notes 1 Fabrice Lapierre  Australia (AUS) 8.14 +0.6 SB 2 Hussein Taher Al-Sabee  Saudi Arabia (KSA) 8.13 +1.0 3 Mohamed Salman Al Khuwalidi  Saudi Arabia (KSA) 8.04 +0.7 4 Luis Felipe Méliz  Spain (ESP) 8.03 +0.6 5 Sebastian Bayer  Germany (GER) 8.00 +1.1 6 Miguel Pate  United States (USA) 7.99 +0.9 7 Ndiss Kaba Badji  Senegal (SEN) 7.76 +0.8 8 Nils Winter  Germany (GER) 7.54 +1.1

Women's Rank Athlete Nation Result (m) Wind Notes 1 Naide Gomes  Portugal (POR) 6.71 +0.1 2 Ksenija Balta  Estonia (EST) 6.65 +0.1 SB 3 Tatyana Lebedeva  Russia (RUS) 6.64 +0.1 4 Grace Upshaw  United States (USA) 6.48 +0.4 5 Oksana Udmurtova  Russia (RUS) 6.46 0.0 6 Karin Mey Melis  Turkey (TUR) 6.37 +0.2 7 Tatyana Kotova  Russia (RUS) 6.25 +0.1 8 Funmi Jimoh  United States (USA) 6.00 -1.0

Men's Rank Athlete Nation Result (m) Wind Notes 1 Nelson Évora  Portugal (POR) 17.24 +0.3 2 Jadel Gregório  Brazil (BRA) 17.09 +0.1 3 Randy Lewis  Grenada (GRN) 17.01 -0.4 4 Walter Davis  United States (USA) 16.94 -0.2 5 Dmitrij Valukevic  Slovakia (SVK) 16.94 +0.1 6 Leevan Sands  Bahamas (BAH) 16.78 0.0 7 Charles Michael Friedek  Germany (GER) 16.10 +0.2 8 Ndiss Kaba Badji  Senegal (SEN) 15.66 -0.5

Women's Rank Athlete Nation Result (m) Wind Notes 1 Anna Pyatykh  Russia (RUS) 14.78 +0.6 2 Tatyana Lebedeva  Russia (RUS) 14.63 +0.6 3 Marija Šestak  Slovenia (SLO) 14.63 +0.4 4 Françoise Mbango Etone  Cameroon (CMR) 14.50 +1.3 5 Oksana Udmurtova  Russia (RUS) 14.46 +0.3 6 Olga Saladukha  Ukraine (UKR) 14.40 +0.8 7 Dana Veldáková  Slovakia (SVK) 13.89 -0.1 8 Gisele de Oliveira  Brazil (BRA) 13.55 +1.4

Men's Rank Athlete Nation Result (m) Notes 1 Tomasz Majewski  Poland (POL) 20.88 2 Christian Cantwell  United States (USA) 20.73 3 Dan Taylor  United States (USA) 20.38 4 Reese Hoffa  United States (USA) 20.37 5 Dorian Scott  Jamaica (JAM) 20.04 6 Peter Sack  Germany (GER) 19.91 7 Dylan Armstrong  Canada (CAN) 19.30 8 Garrett Johnson  United States (USA) 19.24

Women's Rank Athlete Nation Result (m) Notes 1 Valerie Adams  New Zealand (NZL) 19.69 2 Nadine Kleinert  Germany (GER) 19.42 3 Misleydis González  Cuba (CUB) 18.55 4 Cleopatra Borel  Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) 18.50 5 Christina Schwanitz  Germany (GER) 18.19 6 Elizabeth Wanless  United States (USA) 17.72 7 Kristin Heaston  United States (USA) 16.87 8 Anca Heltne  Romania (ROU) 16.60

Men's Rank Athlete Nation Result (m) Notes 1 Gerd Kanter  Estonia (EST) 68.38 2 Piotr Małachowski  Poland (POL) 66.07 3 Robert Harting  Germany (GER) 65.76 4 Zoltán Kövágó  Hungary (HUN) 65.11 5 Gábor Máté  Hungary (HUN) 63.28 6 Ehsan Hadadi  Iran (IRI) 62.76 7 Mario Pestano  Spain (ESP) 61.67 8 Virgilijus Alekna  Lithuania (LTU) 61.03

Women's Rank Athlete Nation Result (m) Notes 1 Nicoleta Grasu  Romania (ROU) 62.48 2 Stephanie Brown Trafton  United States (USA) 62.23 3 Vera Pospíšilová-Cechlová  Czech Republic (CZE) 58.72 4 Anna Söderberg  Sweden (SWE) 57.40 5 Aretha Thurmond  United States (USA) 56.99 6 Becky Breisch  United States (USA) 53.92 — Yarelys Barrios  Cuba (CUB) 64.88 DQ — Beatrice Faumuina  New Zealand (NZL) DNS The original winner, Yarelys Barrios, was retrospectively disqualified due to a failed doping test at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[3]

Men's Rank Athlete Nation Result (m) Notes 1 Primož Kozmus  Slovenia (SLO) 79.99 2 Krisztián Pars  Hungary (HUN) 79.37 3 Koji Murofushi  Japan (JPN) 78.99 4 Szymon Ziólkowski  Poland (POL) 75.33 5 Ali Mohamed Al-Zankawi  Kuwait (KUW) 74.19 6 Marco Lingua  Italy (ITA) 73.59 7 Artem Rubanko  Ukraine (UKR) 65.63 8 Miloslav Konopka  Slovakia (SVK) 49.76

Women's Rank Athlete Nation Result (m) Notes 1 Yipsi Moreno  Cuba (CUB) 74.09 2 Martina Hrasnová  Slovakia (SVK) 71.40 3 Anita Wlodarczyk  Poland (POL) 70.97 4 Ivana Brkljacic  Croatia (CRO) 70.00 5 Betty Heidler  Germany (GER) 69.72 6 Manuela Montebrun  France (FRA) 69.52 7 Stéphanie Falzon  France (FRA) 68.85 8 Clarissa Claretti  Italy (ITA) 68.67

Men's Rank Athlete Nation Result (m) Notes 1 Vadims Vasilevskis  Latvia (LAT) 86.65 SB 2 Andreas Thorkildsen  Norway (NOR) 83.77 3 Tero Pitkämäki  Finland (FIN) 81.64 4 Eriks Rags  Latvia (LAT) 80.78 5 Tero Järvenpää  Finland (FIN) 79.96 6 Ainars Kovals  Latvia (LAT) 79.57 7 Alexander Vieweg  Germany (GER) 74.65 8 Tom Goyvaerts  Belgium (BEL) 73.47

Women's Rank Athlete Nation Result (m) Notes 1 Barbora Špotáková  Czech Republic (CZE) 72.28 WR 2 Christina Obergföll  Germany (GER) 63.28 3 Steffi Nerius  Germany (GER) 62.78 4 Zahra Bani  Italy (ITA) 60.22 5 Linda Stahl  Germany (GER) 58.90 6 Goldie Sayers  Great Britain (GBR) 58.04 7 Barbara Madejczyk  Poland (POL) 56.71 8 Mercedes Chilla  Spain (ESP) 54.29

Results

• 6th IAAF World Athletics Final. IAAF. Retrieved 2018-03-24.