The 2012

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was the 14th edition of the global-level

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competition and was held between March 9–11, 2012 at the

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. It was the first of four IAAF World Athletics Series events in 2012, which includes the

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, the World Junior Championships and the

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Preparation

The

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announced on March 25, 2007, at an IAAF Council meeting in

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that it had received bids from

and

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to host the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships. In November 2007 at an IAAF Council meeting in

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, Doha was selected to host the 2010 edition, but due to the quality of the

bid, the Turkish city was chosen to host the following edition of the competition in 2012. It will be the first time that Turkey has hosted a major global

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event. Previously, the highest level events that the country had hosted included the

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and lower-level sections of the European Cup/ European Team Championships. The events took place at the 7,450-seater

, which was constructed especially for the event in the Ataköy neighborhood of

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next to the

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. The initial bid featured the Dome as the host stadium, but the venue was later changed as the Sinan Erdem Dome was host to the 2010 FIBA World Championship in the months before the event. The construction of the Ataköy Arena was behind schedule, leading to the cancellation of some tester events, meaning that the Turkish Indoor Championships in late January was the first competition to be held there.

Schedule

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Results

Men

2008 , 2010 , 2012 , 2014 , 2016

Women

2008 , 2010 , 2012 , 2014 , 2016

Medal table

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Gallery from the games

Photos from the games in Istanbul: Justin Gatlin Istanbul 2012.jpg,

Justin Gatlin Justin Alexander Gatlin (born February 10, 1982) is a retired American sprinter who competed in the 60 meters, 100 meters, and 200 meters. He is the 2004 Olympic Champion in the 100 meters, the 2005 and 2017 World Champion in the 100 meters, the ...

celebrating his win in the 60 metres. Nery Brenes Istanbul 2012.jpg,

Nery Brenes Nery Antonio Brenes Cárdenas, (born September 25, 1985) is a Costa Rican sprinter. He is one of Costa Rica's most prominent track and field athletes and reached the semi-finals at the 400 m sprint in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Brenes ...

celebrating his win after the 400 metres. Ashton Eaton Istanbul 2012.jpg,

Ashton Eaton Ashton James Eaton (born January 21, 1988) is a retired American decathlete and two-time Olympic champion, who holds the world record in the indoor heptathlon event. Eaton was the second decathlete (after Roman Šebrle) to break the 9,000-point ...

en route to victory in the heptathlon. Mauro Vinícius da Silva Istanbul 2012.jpg, Mauro Vinícius da Silva celebrating his win after long jump. 1500 m final Istanbul 2012.jpg,

Abdalaati Iguider Reda Abdalaati Iguider ( ar, عبد العاطي إيكدير; born 25 March 1987) is a Moroccan runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. Over 1500 metres, he is the bronze medalist from the London Olympic Games and the 2012 World Indoor Champ ...

(far right) en route to victory in the 1500 metres. Ryan Whiting Istanbul 2012.jpg, Ryan Whiting during the shot put in which he won gold. File:Renaud Lavillenie Istanbul 2012.jpg,

Renaud Lavillenie Renaud Lavillenie ( or ; born 18 September 1986) is a French pole vaulter. Lavillenie won the gold medal at the 2012 Olympics in London and the silver medal at the 2016 Olympics in Rio. In addition to his Olympic success, he has won three Wor ...

during the pole vault in which he won gold. File:Mohammed Aman Istanbul 2012.jpg,

Mohammed Aman Mohammed Aman Geleto (Amharic: መሀመድ አማን; born 10 January 1994) is an Ethiopian middle-distance runner. Born in Asella, he is the winner of the 800-meter final at the 2013 World Athletics Championships in the Luzhniki stadium in Mos ...

celebrating his win after finishing the 800 metres. File:Dimítrios Chondrokoúkis Istanbul 2012.jpg,

Dimitrios Chondrokoukis Dimítrios Chondrokoúkis ( el, Δημήτρης Χονδροκούκης, born January 26, 1988) is a Greek-Cypriot high jumper who competes internationally for Cyprus, since 2013. He won the gold medal at the 2012 Word Indoor Championships in ...

celebrating his win in the high jump. File:Men pole vault podium Istanbul 2012.jpg, The winners in the pole vault (from left)

Björn Otto Björn Otto (born 16 October 1977) is a retired German pole vaulter. On 30 January 2013 in Cottbus, Germany, with the mark of 5.90 m, he set the masters world record M35. Biography His personal best is a jump of 6.01 metres, achieved on 5 Sept ...

and Brad Walker. File:Aries Merritt Istanbul 2012.jpg,

Aries Merritt Aries Merritt (born July 24, 1985) is an American track and field athlete who specializes in the 110 metre hurdles, and currently holds the world record in that event with a time of 12.80 s set on September 7, 2012. He won the gold medal i ...

en route to victory in the 60 metres hurdles. File:Christian Taylor Istanbul 2012.jpg, Silver medalist in the triple jump Christian Taylor. File:Bernard Lagat Istanbul 2012.jpg, Bernard Lagat en route to victory in the 3000 metres. Genzebe Dibaba Istanbul 2012.jpg,

Genzebe Dibaba Genzebe Dibaba Keneni ( Oromo: ''Ganzabee Dibaabaa Qananii''; Amharic: ገንዘቤ ዲባባ ቀነኒ; born 8 February 1991) is an Ethiopian middle- and long-distance runner. A 1500 metres 2016 Rio Olympics silver medalist, she won a gold med ...

celebrating her win after the 1500 metres. Yamilé Aldama Istanbul 2012.jpg, Yamilé Aldama celebrating her win after the triple jump. Nataliya Dobrynska 2012.jpg,

Nataliya Dobrynska Nataliya Dobrynska ( uk, Наталія Добринська; born 29 May 1982) is a retired Ukrainian heptathlete. She is the 2008 Olympic champion and also holds the heptathlon best in the shot put. Her indoor pentathlon best of 5013 points ...

celebrating her win after the pentathlon. File:Chaunte Howard-Lowe Istanbul 2012.jpg,

Chaunté Lowe Chaunté Lowe ( née Howard; born January 12, 1984) is an American athlete who competes in the high jump. A four-time Olympian ( 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016), she is the 2008 Olympic bronze medalist, the 2005 World Championship silver medalist ...

celebrating her win after the high jump. File:Pamela Jelimo Istanbul 2012.jpg,

Pamela Jelimo Pamela Jelimo (born 5 December 1989) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner, specialising in the 800 metres. She won the gold medal in 800 metres at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing at the age of 18. She is the first Kenyan woman to win an Olympic gold ...

celebrating her win after finishing the 800 metres. File:Asli Çakir Alptekin Istanbul 2012.jpg ,

Aslı Çakır Alptekin Aslı Çakır Alptekin (born 20 August 1985 in Antalya) is a former Turkish female middle-distance runner. A member of the Üsküdar Belediyespor in Istanbul, she is coached by her husband, runner Ihsan Alptekin. She was banned for life for r ...

celebrating her bronze medal performance in the 1500 metres. File:Hellen Obiri Istanbul 2012.jpg, Hellen Onsando Obiri winning the 3000 metres. File:Brittney Reese Istanbul 2012.jpg, Gold medalist in the long jump

Brittney Reese Brittney Davon Reese (born September 9, 1986) is a retired American long jumper, Olympic gold medalist, and a seven-time world champion. Reese is the indoor American record holder in the long jump with a distance of 7.23 meters. Personal Born in ...

Participating nations

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References

External links

Official websiteIAAF competition websiteTurkish athletics history, at a glance – Istanbul 2012
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