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
- Key
Wild card athlete
100 metres
200 metres
400 metres
800 metres
1500 metres
3000 metres
5000 metres
110/100 metres hurdles
| - The original winner, Josephine Onyia, was retrospectively disqualified following a failed doping test.[2]
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400 metres hurdles
3000 metres steeplechase
Field
High jump
Pole vault
Long jump
Triple jump
Shot put
Discus throw
Hammer throw
Javelin throw
References
- ^ IAAF / VTB Bank World Athletics Final, Stuttgart, Germany, 13-14 September 2008. IAAF. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
- ^ La española Josephine Onyia, suspendida dos años por el TAS. El País (2009-10-07). Retrieved on 2009-10-07.
- ^ IOC sanctions two athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008. Olympic.org (2016-09-01). Retrieved 2018-04-24.
- Results
- 6th IAAF World Athletics Final. IAAF. Retrieved 2018-03-24.