The 10th

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under the auspices of the

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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

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s.2004 X World Indoor Championships
. Doha 2010. Retrieved on 2010-03-04. It was the second visit of the championships to

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having previously visited there 15 years earlier in 1989. The newly built 13,000 capacity

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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 , 2003 , 2004 ,

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, 2008

Women

2001 , 2003 , 2004 ,

, 2008

Medal table

Participating nations

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References

External links

IAAF Official website
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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