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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It was the second visit of the championships to
Budapest
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having previously visited there 15 years earlier in
1989
1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin W ...
. 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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Events
January
* January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute.
* January 12 – A stampede during t ...
,
2008
2008 was designated as:
*International Year of Languages
*International Year of Planet Earth
*International Year of the Potato
*International Year of Sanitation
The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...
Women
2001
The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...
,
2003
2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater.
In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War.
Demographic ...
, 2004 ,
2006
2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification.
Events
January
* January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute.
* January 12 – A stampede during t ...
,
2008
2008 was designated as:
*International Year of Languages
*International Year of Planet Earth
*International Year of the Potato
*International Year of Sanitation
The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...
Medal table
Participating nations
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* (1)
* (8)
* (3)
* (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