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2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships
The 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics was the fifteenth edition of the international indoor track and field competition, organised by the IAAF. The event was held between 7–9 March 2014 at the Ergo Arena in Sopot, Poland. Preparation Host bidding The IAAF announced on 1 September 2011 that it had received bids from Poland and Croatia to host the championships. Later Zagreb, Croatia withdrew due to lack of funding. On 11 November 2011 at a Council meeting in Monaco, the IAAF announced that Sopot, as the only remaining bidder, would host the championships. Budapest, Hungary had shown interest but eventually did not bid. Venue The Championships were held at the Ergo Arena, opened in 2010, on the border of the cities of Sopot and Gdańsk. For the Championships it seated 11,000. For the competition a six-lane, banked 200-metre oval, with a blue surface, was installed on the arena floor, with an eight-lane straight-away track in the center for the 60-metre sprints a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sopot
Sopot is a seaside resort city in Pomerelia on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea in northern Poland, with a population of approximately 40,000. It is located in Pomeranian Voivodeship, and has the status of the county, being the smallest city in Poland to do so. It lies between the larger cities of Gdańsk to the southeast and Gdynia to the northwest. The three cities together form the metropolitan area of Tricity. Sopot is a major health-spa and tourist resort destination. It has the longest wooden pier in Europe, at 515.5 metres, stretching out into the Bay of Gdańsk. The city is also famous for its Sopot International Song Festival, the largest such event in Europe after the Eurovision Song Contest. Among its other attractions is a fountain of bromide spring water, known as the "inhalation mushroom". Etymology The name is thought to derive from an Old Slavic word ''sopot'' meaning "stream" or "spring". The same root occurs in a number of other Old Slavic toponyms; it i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NBC Sports
NBC Sports is an American programming division of the broadcast network NBC, owned and operated by NBC Sports Group division of NBCUniversal and subsidiary of Comcast. The division is responsible for sports broadcasts on the network, and its dedicated national sports cable channels. Formerly operating as "a service of NBC News", it broadcasts a diverse array of sports events, including Major League Baseball, the French Open, the Premier League, the IndyCar Series, NASCAR, the National Football League (NFL), Notre Dame Fighting Irish football, Notre Dame Fighting Irish college football, the Olympic Games, professional golf,the Tour de France and Thoroughbred racing, among others. Other programming from outside producers – such as coverage of the Ironman Triathlon – is also presented on the network through NBC Sports. With Comcast's acquisition of NBCUniversal in 2011, its own cable sports networks were aligned with NBC Sports into a part of the division known as the NBC Spo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's Pole Vault
The men's Pole Vault at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 8 March 2014. The best vaulter of the 2014 indoor season, France's Renaud Lavillenie did not compete at Sopot after suffering a foot injury shortly after he set a new world record of 6.16 metres on 15 February at Donetsk, Ukraine. Medalists Records Qualification standards Schedule Results References {{DEFAULTSORT:2014 Iaaf World Indoor Championships - Men's Pole Vault Pole Vault Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the Myc ... Pole vault at the World Athletics Indoor Championships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's High Jump
The men's High Jump at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 8–9 March 2014. Medalists Records Qualification standards Schedule Results Qualification Qualification: 2.31 (Q) or at least 8 best performers (q) qualified for the final. Final References {{DEFAULTSORT:2014 Iaaf World Indoor Championships - Men's High Jump High Jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ... High jump at the World Athletics Indoor Championships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's Triple Jump
The men's Triple jump at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 8–9 March 2014. Medalists Records Qualification standards Schedule Results Qualification Qualification: 16.90 (Q) or at least 8 best performers (q) qualified for the final. Final References {{DEFAULTSORT:2014 Iaaf World Indoor Championships - Men's Triple Jump Triple Jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ... Triple jump at the World Athletics Indoor Championships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's Long Jump
The men's Long Jump at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 7–8 March 2014. Medalists Records Qualification standards Schedule Results Qualification Qualification: 8.05 (Q) or at least 8 best performers (q) qualified for the final. Final References {{DEFAULTSORT:2014 Iaaf World Indoor Championships - Men's Long Jump Long Jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ... Long jump at the World Athletics Indoor Championships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 Metres Relay
The men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics was the fifteenth edition of the international indoor track and field competition, organised by the IAAF. The event was held between 7–9 March 2014 at the Ergo Arena in Sopot, Poland. Prepar ... took place on 8 and 9 March. Records Schedule Results Heats Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final. Final References {{DEFAULTSORT:2014 Iaaf World Indoor Championships - Men's 4 by 400 Metres Relay Relay 4x400 metres 4 × 400 metres relay at the World Athletics Indoor Championships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 Metres Hurdles
The men's 60 metres hurdles at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 8–9 March 2014. Records Qualification standards Schedule Results Heats Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinal. Semifinals Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) qualified for the final. Final References {{DEFAULTSORT:2014 Iaaf World Indoor Championships - Men's 60 Metres Hurdles 60 metres Hurdles 60 metres hurdles is a distance in hurdling which is generally run in indoor competitions. It is equivalent with the first 5 hurdles of a standard outdoor hurdle race. The current women's and men's world records are 7.68 seconds ( Susanna K ... 60 metres hurdles at the World Athletics Indoor Championships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 Metres
The men's 3000 metres at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 7 and 9 March 2014. Records Qualification standards Schedule Results Heats Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the final. Final References {{DEFAULTSORT:2014 Iaaf World Indoor Championships - Men's 3000 Metres 3000 metres The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000m shoul ... 3000 metres at the World Athletics Indoor Championships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 Metres
The men's 1500 metres at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 7–8 March 2014. Records Qualification standards Schedule Results Heats Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the final. Final References {{DEFAULTSORT:2014 Iaaf World Indoor Championships - Men's 1500 Metres 1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ... 1500 metres at the World Athletics Indoor Championships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 Metres
The men's 800 metres at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 7 and 9 March 2014. Poland's Marcin Lewandowski originally won the bronze medal, but a single step on the infield led to his disqualification and the promotion of Great Britain's Andrew Osagie to the third podium position. Medalists Records Qualification standards Schedule Results Heats Qualification: The winner of each heat (Q) and next 3 fastest (q) qualified. Final References {{DEFAULTSORT:2014 Iaaf World Indoor Championships - Men's 800 Metres 800 metres The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since t ... 800 metres at the World Athletics Indoor Championships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 400 Metres
The men's 400 metres at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics was the fifteenth edition of the international indoor track and field competition, organised by the IAAF. The event was held between 7–9 March 2014 at the Ergo Arena in Sopot, Poland. Prepa ... took place on 7–8 March 2014. Records Qualification standards Schedule Results Heats Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the semi-finals. Semifinals Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) qualified for the finals. Final References {{DEFAULTSORT:2014 Iaaf World Indoor Championships - Men's 400 Metres 400 metres 400 metres at the World Athletics Indoor Championships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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