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]

## Track

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Key

Wild card athlete

Events

100 m | 200 m | 400 m | 800 m | 1500 m | 3000 m | 5000 m | 110/100 m h | 400 m h | 3000 m st

### 100 metres

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Men's  | Rank  | Athlete  | Nation  | Time (sec)  | Reaction time  | Notes

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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

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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

### 200 metres

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Men's  | Rank  | Athlete  | Nation  | Time (sec)  | Reaction time  | Notes

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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

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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

### 400 metres

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Men's  | Rank  | Athlete  | Nation  | Time (sec)  | Reaction time  | Notes

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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

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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

### 800 metres

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Men's  | Rank  | Athlete  | Nation  | Time (min)  | Notes

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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

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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

### 1500 metres

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Men's  | Rank  | Athlete  | Nation  | Time (min)  | Notes

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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

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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

### 3000 metres

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Men's  | Rank  | Athlete  | Nation  | Time (min)  | Notes

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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

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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

### 5000 metres

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Men's  | Rank  | Athlete  | Nation  | Time (min)  | Notes

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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

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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

### 110/100 metres hurdles

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Men's  | Rank  | Athlete  | Nation  | Time (sec)  | Reaction time  | Notes

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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

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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]

### 400 metres hurdles

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Men's  | Rank  | Athlete  | Nation  | Time (sec)  | Reaction time  | Notes

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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

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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

### 3000 metres steeplechase

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Men's  | Rank  | Athlete  | Nation  | Time (min)  | Notes

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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

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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

## Field

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Events

High jump | Pole vault | Long jump | Triple jump | Shot put | Discus | Hammer | Javelin

### High jump

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Men's  | Rank  | Athlete  | Nation  | Result (m)  | Notes

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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

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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

### Pole vault

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Men's  | Rank  | Athlete  | Nation  | Result (m)  | Notes

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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

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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

### Long jump

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Men's  | Rank  | Athlete  | Nation  | Result (m)  | Wind  | Notes

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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

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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

### Triple jump

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Men's  | Rank  | Athlete  | Nation  | Result (m)  | Wind  | Notes

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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

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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

### Shot put

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Men's  | Rank  | Athlete  | Nation  | Result (m)  | Notes

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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

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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

### Discus throw

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Men's  | Rank  | Athlete  | Nation  | Result (m)  | Notes

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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

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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]

### Hammer throw

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Men's  | Rank  | Athlete  | Nation  | Result (m)  | Notes

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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

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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

### Javelin throw

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Men's  | Rank  | Athlete  | Nation  | Result (m)  | Notes

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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

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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

## References

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1. ^ IAAF / VTB Bank World Athletics Final, Stuttgart, Germany, 13-14 September 2008. IAAF. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
2. ^ La española Josephine Onyia, suspendida dos años por el TAS. El País (2009-10-07). Retrieved on 2009-10-07.
3. ^ IOC sanctions two athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008. Olympic.org (2016-09-01). Retrieved 2018-04-24.

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