The 16th
IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics
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were held between March 17 and 20, 2016 in
Portland, Oregon
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,
United States
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.
The event did not feature
Russia
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. Following a
WADA investigation into widespread and institutional doping practices in Russian athletics, the IAAF provisionally suspended Russia's membership of the organisation in November 2015, effectively excluding the country both from hosting events and entering competitions.
Russia's effective exclusion from the tournament was confirmed in November 2015 when it was announced by IAAF that a decision over lifting its provisional suspension from international athletics would not be taken until the end of March at the earliest.
Bidding process
Portland was selected unanimously with the only other bidder being
2003
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host
Birmingham
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,
England
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.
Birmingham was ultimately selected as the host of the
2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships
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 Indo ...
. The reason Portland was selected for 2016 and Birmingham being selected in 2018 is that the
IAAF
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wanted more time between events in the UK with
London
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hosting the
2012 Olympics
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as well as the
2017 World Championships in Athletics
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along with
Cardiff
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hosting the
2016 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships.
Venue
![Portland Convention Center 2](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/Portland_Convention_Center_2.jpg)
The event took place inside the
Oregon Convention Center
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, fitted with the necessary 200m track and seating for 8,000 spectators.
A concept drawing of the plans were released in early 2015, showing a two toned track colored (Oregon) green, with trees adorning the peristyle of the indoor arena.
Schedule
:''All dates are
PDT (
UTC-7)''
Medal summary
Men
Exhibition event
Women
Exhibition event
Medal table
Records
Men
Women
Participating nations
In brackets the number of athletes participating.
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* (14)
* (1)
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* (1)
* (10)
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* (1)
* (2)
* (1)
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* (12)
* (2)
* (10)
* (1)
* (14)
* (2)
* (23)
* (6)
* (3)
* (1)
* (1)
* (1)
* (1)
* (1)
* (1)
* (6)
* (1)
* (1)
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* (5)
* (3)
* (19)
* (4)
* (1)
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* (12)
* (1)
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* (1)
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* (8)
* (5)
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* (10)
* (1)
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* (1)
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* (15)
* (4)
* (1)
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* (10)
* (1)
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* (2)
* (1)
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* (2)
* (1)
* (1)
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* (1)
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* (3)
* (6)
* (15)
* (1)
* (1)
* (8)
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* (1)
* (11)
* (2)
* (1)
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* (13)
* (1)
* (57)
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* (1)
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References
External links
Official website
{{World championships in 2016
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World Indoor Championships
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Sports competitions in Portland, Oregon
International track and field competitions hosted by the United States
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 ...
Track and field in Oregon
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 ...