The 10th
IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics
The World Athletics Indoor Championships are a biennial indoor track and field competition served as the global championship for that version of the sport. Organised by the World Athletics, the competition was inaugurated as the ''World Indoor G ...
under the auspices of the
International Association of Athletics Federations
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(IAAF) were held in the
Budapest Arena, Hungary between March 5 and March 7, 2004. A total off 139 countries were represented by 677 athletes at the
championship
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Championship systems
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Title match system
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s.
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It was the second visit of the championships to Budapest
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having previously visited there 15 years earlier in 1989
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. The newly built 13,000 capacity arena
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was built on the site of a former stadium that was destroyed by fire in 1999.
This was the last World Indoor Championships where the 200 m event was contested. The event was discontinued as the tight bends involved in running indoors left athletes drawn to run on the inside lanes with minimal or no chance of winning.
Results
Men
2001
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, 2003
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, 2004 , 2006
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, 2008
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Women
2001
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, 2003
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, 2004 , 2006
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, 2008
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Medal table
Participating nations
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* (8)
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* (9)
* (3)
* (1)
* (16)
* (11)
* (1)
* (1)
* (2)
* (10)
* (7)
* (1)
* (1)
* (3)
* (10)
* (1)
* (1)
* (1)
* (1)
* (9)
* (1)
* (1)
* (3)
* (11)
* (2)
* (11)
* (2)
* (2)
* (2)
* (1)
* (2)
* (7)
* (1)
* (6)
* (25)
* (2)
* (21)
* (3)
* (25)
* (19)
* (1)
* (1)
* (1)
* (1)
* (1)
* (17)
* (2)
* (1)
* (1)
* (13)
* (1)
* (14)
* (24)
* (3)
* (1)
* (3)
* (6)
* (1)
* (1)
* (3)
* (1)
* (1)
* (2)
* (2)
* (1)
* (1)
* (1)
* (1)
* (1)
* (1)
* (1)
* (1)
* (2)
* (1)
* (1)
* (1)
* (10)
* (1)
* (2)
* (1)
* (11)
* (2)
* (1)
* (3)
* (1)
* (1)
* (1)
* (1)
* (1)
* (1)
* (1)
* (1)
* (18)
* (8)
* (2)
* (1)
* (18)
* (50)
* (1)
* (1)
* (1)
* (1)
* (1)
* (1)
* (1)
* (2)
* (1)
* (1)
* (1)
* (1)
* (9)
* (1)
* (4)
* (1)
* (32)
* (3)
* (16)
* (5)
* (1)
* (2)
* (1)
* (1)
* (3)
* (1)
* (1)
* (1)
* (2)
* (23)
* (48)
* (1)
* (1)
* (1)
* (1)
* (1)
References
External links
IAAF Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:2004 Iaaf World Indoor Championships
IAAF World Indoor Championships
The World Athletics Indoor Championships are a biennial indoor track and field competition served as the global championship for that version of the sport. Organised by the World Athletics, the competition was inaugurated as the ''World Indoor G ...
IAAF World Indoor Championships
The World Athletics Indoor Championships are a biennial indoor track and field competition served as the global championship for that version of the sport. Organised by the World Athletics, the competition was inaugurated as the ''World Indoor G ...
World Athletics Indoor Championships
International athletics competitions hosted by Hungary
March 2004 sports events in Europe
2000s in Budapest
International sports competitions in Budapest