The 17th IAAF World Indoor Championships was held from 1 to 4 March 2018 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. This was the city's second hosting of the event as it previously did so in 2003.

Bidding process Birmingham bid for the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships as well as the 2018 event. Portland was selected unanimously to host the 2016 event with Birmingham being the only other bidder. With Portland then out of the running for the 2018 event Birmingham was selected as the host of the 2018 event. The reason Portland was selected for 2016 and Birmingham for 2018 is that the IAAF wanted more time between events in the UK with London hosting the 2012 Summer Olympics as well as the 2017 World Championships in Athletics along with Cardiff hosting the 2016 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships. Portland would become the beginning of a similar sequence for the US, with the 2021 World Championships in Eugene, Oregon and the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

Venue The event took place at the National Indoor Arena with seating for 8,000 spectators.

Schedule HHeats½Semi-finalsFFinalM = morning session, A = afternoon session All dates are GMT (UTC±0)

+Men . Birmingham 2018. Access-date: 3 October 2017. Date → 1 March 2 March 3 March 4 MarchEvent ↓ A M A M A A 60 m H ½ F 400 m H ½ F 800 m H F 1500 m H F 3000 m H F 60 m hurdles H ½ F 4 × 400 m H F High jump F Pole vault F Long jump F Triple jump F Shot put F Heptathlon F

+Women Date → 1 March 2 March 3 March 4 MarchEvent ↓ A M A M A A 60 m H ½ F 400 m H ½ F 800 m H F 1500 m H F 3000 m F 60 m hurdles H ½ F 4 × 400 m H F High jump F Pole vault F Long jump F Triple jump F Shot put F Pentathlon F

IAAF WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS BIRMINGHAM 2018 SCHEDULE PUBLISHED 4 October 2017 IAAF

Entry standards The qualification period for all events runs from 1 January 2017 to 19 February 2018 (midnight Monaco time), except for the Combined Events where the qualification period runs from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2017 and the five best athletes from the 2018 Indoor Lists (as at 12 February 2018). Twelve athletes will be invited in the Heptathlon and in the Pentathlon as follows: the winner of the 2017 Combined Events Challenge. One athlete which may be invited at the discretion of the IAAF. In total no more than two male and two female athletes from any one Member will be invited. Upon refusals or cancellations, the invitations shall be extended to the next ranked athletes in the same lists respecting the above conditions.IAAF WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS BIRMINGHAM 2018 QUALIFICATION SYSTEM AND ENTRY STANDARDS PUBLISHED 15 May 2017 IAAF Event Men Women Indoor Outdoor Indoor Outdoor 60 metres 6.63 10.10 100 m 7.30 11.15 100 m 400 metres 46.70 45.00 53.15 51.10 800 metres 1:46.50 1:44.00 2:02.00 1:58.00 1500 metres3:39.50 3:33.00 1500 m 4:11.00 4:02.00 1500 m 3:55.00 Mile 4:28.50 Mile 3000 metres7:52.00 7:40.00 3000 m 8:50.00 8:28.00 3000 m 13:10.00 5000 m 14:45.00 5000 m 60 metres hurdles 7.70 13.40 110 m h 8.14 12.80 100 m h High jump2.33 m 1.97 m Pole vault5.78 m 4.71 m Long jump8.19 m 6.76 m Triple jump17.05 m 14.30 m Shot put20.80 m 18.20 m 4 × 400 metres relayNo Standard No Standard

Medal summary Men 6.37 6.42 AR 6.44 45.47 45.84 46.37 1:47.47 1:47.99 1:48.01 3:58.19 3:58.39 3:58.43 8:14.41 8:15.59 8:15.70 7.46 7.47 7.54Karol ZalewskiRafał OmelkoŁukasz KrawczukJakub KrzewinaPatryk Adamczyk* 3:01.77 WRFred KerleyMichael CherryAldrich BaileyVernon NorwoodMarqueze Washington*Paul Dedewo* 3:01.97 Dylan BorléeJonathan BorléeJonathan SacoorKevin Borlée 3:02.51 NR 2.36 m 2.33 m 2.29 m 5.90 m 5.85 m 5.85 m 8.46 m 8.44 m AR 8.42 m 17.43 m 17.41 m 17.40 m NR 22.31 m , AR 21.44 m 21.44 m 6348 pts 6343 pts NR 6265 pts Note: * = Relay athletes who only ran in heats

Women 6.97 , NR 7.05 7.05 50.55 51.47 51.60 1:58.31 , NR 1:58.99 1:59.81 4:05.27 4:06.23 4:07.26 8:45.05 8:45.68 8:45.78 7.70 , =AR 7.79 7.84Quanera HayesGeorganne MolineShakima WimbleyCourtney OkoloJoanna Atkins*Raevyn Rogers* 3:23.85 Justyna Święty-ErseticPatrycja WyciszkiewiczAleksandra GaworskaMałgorzata Hołub-KowalikJoanna Linkiewicz*Natalia Kaczmarek* 3:26.09 NRMeghan BeesleyHannah WilliamsAmy AllcockZoey ClarkAnyika Onuora* 3:29.38 2.01 m 1.93 m 1.93 m 4.95 m , 4.90 m 4.80 m 6.96 6.89 m 6.85 m 14.63 m 14.48 m 14.40 m 19.62 m , NR 19.22 m NR 19.08 m 4750 pts 4700 4637 pts NR

Medal table

Notes IAAF does not include the three medals (2 gold, 1 silver) won by athletes competing as Authorised Neutral Athletes in their official medal table.

Participating nations In brackets the number of athletes participating.

(1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (7) (4) Authorised Neutral Athletes (7)A total of eight Russian athletes were cleared to compete as Authorised Neutral Athletes, all in the field events: Maksim Afonin and Aleksandr Lesnoy (men's shot put), Anna Krylova and Viktoriya Prokopenko (women's triple jump), Danil Lysenko and Mariya Lasitskene (high jump), and Olga Mullina and Anzhelika Sidorova (women's pole vault). Authorised Neutral Athletes 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships. IAAF. Retrieved 2018-01-03. (1) (5) (1) (8) (5) (1) (1) (1) (7) (1) (5) (1) (3) (1) (15) (1) (1) (13) (1) (1) (2) (2) (8) (1) (21) (1) (3) (1) (5) (1) (1) (2) (9) (1) (1) (3) (10) (1) (22) (2) (1) (30) (9) (3) (1) (1) (1) (1) (5) (1) (1) (1) (1) (5) (12) (5) (23) (1) (1) (5) (8) (1) (2) (1) (4) (1) (2) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (6) (1) (1) (8) (4) (1) (4) (1) (3) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (26) (8) (1) (3) (4) (1) (2) (1) (1) (1) (2) (4) (1) (1) (3) (2) (1) (1) (5) (1) (16) (1) (14) (5) (1) (12) (1) (1) (13) (53) (1) (1) (1) (2) (1)

Disqualifications This championship was notable for the large number of disqualifications, primarily lane violations (IAAF rule 163.3(a)). One entire heat of the Men's 400 metres was disqualified, a World Championship first. Some athletes appeared to have difficulty with the steep banking of the track. Accusations were raised about the heavy handedness of the officiating and inconsistencies relative to similar acts committed by star British athletes at the 2017 Outdoor World Championships held in London just 5 and a half months earlier.

References

External links Official website IAAF website Statistics Handbook