Check out the greatest runner-up results and the five best non-medal results in a Athletics World Indoor Championships.
We have compiled the greatest non-winning results and the best non-medal results in the history of world athletics indoor championships, listed by event.
The world indoor championships in Japan 1999 seem to have had the toughest competition for winning: as much as eight of the top non-winning results were made at this meeting.
The last world indoor championships took place in Birmingham 2018, giving rise to the two greatest non-winning results of all times – Su Bingtian at 60 m (6.42) and Anzhelika Sidorova at pole vault (490).
The tables below list the five greatest runner-up results and the five best non-medal results.
Stats: Tilastopaja
Men
60m – non-winning
Result |
Athlete |
Country |
Year |
6.42 |
Su Bingtian |
CHN |
2018 |
6.43 |
Tim Harden |
USA |
1999 |
6.44 |
Ronnie Baker |
USA |
2018 |
6.46 |
Jason Gardener |
GBR |
1999 |
6.46 |
Tim Montgomery |
USA |
2001 |
60 m – non-medal
Result |
Athlete |
Country |
Year |
6.52 |
Matt Shirvington |
AUS |
1999 |
6.52 |
Su Bingtian |
CHN |
2014 |
6.52 |
Gerald Phiri |
ZAM |
2014 |
6.52 |
Xie Zhenye |
CHN |
2018 |
6.53 |
Dwain Chambers |
GBR |
2014 |
200 m – non-winning
Result |
Athlete |
Country |
Year |
20.26 |
Obadele Thompson |
BAR |
1999 |
20.46 |
Iván García |
CUB |
1997 |
20.48 |
Kevin Little |
USA |
1999 |
20.71 |
Damien Marsh |
AUS |
1993 |
20.72 |
Linford Christie |
GBR |
1991 |
200 m – non-medal
Result |
Athlete |
Country |
Year |
20.82 |
Iván García |
CUB |
1993 |
20.85 |
Francis Obikwelu |
NGR |
1999 |
20.95 |
Koji Ito |
JPN |
1999 |
20.97 |
Gilles Quénéhervé |
FRA |
1987 |
21.05 |
James Butler |
USA |
1987 |
400 m – non-winning
Result |
Athlete |
Country |
Year |
45.34 |
Demetrius Pinder |
BAH |
2012 |
45.43 |
Daniel Caines |
GBR |
2003 |
45.58 |
Chris Brown |
BAH |
2014 |
45.59 |
Abdalelah Haroun |
QAT |
2016 |
45.62 |
Jamie Baulch |
GBR |
1997 |
400 m – non-medal
Result |
Athlete |
Country |
Year |
45.93 |
Davian Clarke |
JAM |
2006 |
45.94 |
Robert Maćkowiak |
POL |
1997 |
45.96 |
Tabarie Henry |
ISV |
2012 |
46.05 |
Troy McIntosh |
BAH |
1999 |
46.15 |
Milton Campbell |
USA |
2006 |
800 m – non-winning
Result |
Athlete |
Country |
Year |
1:44.91 |
Mbulaeni Mulaudzi |
RSA |
2008 |
1:45.26 |
Youssef Saad Kamel |
BRN |
2008 |
1:45.49 |
Wilson Kipketer |
DEN |
1999 |
1:45.72 |
Dmitrijs Miļkevičs |
LAT |
2008 |
1:45.74 |
Nico Motchebon |
GER |
1999 |
800 m – non-medal
Result |
Athlete |
Country |
Year |
1:45.72 |
Dmitrijs Miļkevičs |
LAT |
2008 |
1:45.76 |
Dmitriy Bogdanov |
RUS |
2008 |
1:46.19 |
Nico Motchebon |
GER |
1997 |
1:46.43 |
Marko Koers |
NED |
1997 |
1:46.47 |
Einārs Tupurītis |
LAT |
1997 |
1500 m – non-winning
Result |
Athlete |
Country |
Year |
3:33.98 |
Laban Rotich |
KEN |
1999 |
3:34.46 |
Andrés Manuel Díaz |
ESP |
1999 |
3:34.77 |
William Tanui |
KEN |
1999 |
3:34.99 |
Rui Silva |
POR |
1999 |
3:37.24 |
Rüdiger Stenzel |
GER |
1997 |
1500 m – non-medal
Result |
Athlete |
Country |
Year |
3:34.77 |
William Tanui |
KEN |
1999 |
3:34.99 |
Rui Silva |
POR |
1999 |
3:37.88 |
Ali Hakimi |
TUN |
1999 |
3:38.14 |
Sydney Maree |
USA |
1989 |
3:38.48 |
Adil Kaouch |
MAR |
1999 |
3000 m – non-winning
Result |
Athlete |
Country |
Year |
7:38.84 |
Paul Bitok |
KEN |
1997 |
7:38.94 |
Mohammed Mourhit |
BEL |
2001 |
7:39.55 |
Sergio Sánchez |
ESP |
2010 |
7:39.90 |
Sammy Mutahi |
KEN |
2010 |
7:39.96 |
Alberto García |
ESP |
2001 |
3000 m – non-medal
Result |
Athlete |
Country |
Year |
7:40.10 |
Tariku Bekele |
ETH |
2010 |
7:41.05 |
Gennaro Di Napoli |
ITA |
1997 |
7:41.79 |
Mo Farah |
GBR |
2012 |
7:41.87 |
Moses Kiptanui |
KEN |
1997 |
7:42.40 |
Galen Rupp |
USA |
2010 |
60 m H. – non-winning
Result |
Athlete |
Country |
Year |
7.36 |
Terrence Trammell |
USA |
2010 |
7.40 |
Reggie Torian |
USA |
1999 |
7.41 |
Courtney Hawkins |
USA |
1995 |
7.42 |
Tony Jarrett |
GBR |
1995 |
7.43 |
Colin Jackson |
GBR |
1993 |
60 m H. – non-medal
Result |
Athlete |
Country |
Year |
7.46 |
Mark McKoy |
AUT |
1995 |
7.49 |
Staņislav Olijar |
LAT |
2004 |
7.50 |
Duane Ross |
USA |
1999 |
7.50 |
Jarret Eaton |
USA |
2016 |
7.52 |
Tomasz Ścigaczewski |
POL |
1999 |
High jump – non-winning
Result |
Athlete |
Country |
Year |
2.39 |
Patrik Sjöberg |
SWE |
1993 |
2.38 |
Gennadiy Avdeyenko |
URS |
1987 |
2.37 |
Artur Partyka |
POL |
1991 |
2.37 |
Steve Smith |
GBR |
1993 |
2.36 |
Vyacheslav Voronin |
RUS |
1999 |
High jump – non-medal
Result |
Athlete |
Country |
Year |
2.35 |
Dalton Grant |
GBR |
1989 |
2.34 |
Dalton Grant |
GBR |
1993 |
2.34 |
Troy Kemp |
BAH |
1993 |
2.33 |
Carlo Thränhardt |
FRG |
1989 |
2.32 |
Javier Sotomayor |
CUB |
1987 |
Pole vault – non-winning
Result |
Athlete |
Country |
Year |
5.95 |
Jeff Hartwig |
USA |
1999 |
5.90 |
Tye Harvey |
USA |
2001 |
5.85 |
Lawrence Johnson |
USA |
1997 |
5.85 |
Danny Ecker |
GER |
1999 |
5.85 |
Romain Mesnil |
FRA |
2001 |
Pole vault – non-medal
Result |
Athlete |
Country |
Year |
5.80 |
Ferenc Salbert |
FRA |
1987 |
5.80 |
Igor Trandenkov |
URS |
1993 |
5.80 |
Kurtis Marschall |
AUS |
2018 |
5.80 |
Emmanouíl Karalís |
GRE |
2018 |
5.80 |
Raphael Holzdeppe |
GER |
2018 |
Long jump – non-winning
Result |
Athlete |
Country |
Year |
8.56 |
Yago Lamela |
ESP |
1999 |
8.44 |
Luvo Manyonga |
RSA |
2018 |
8.42 |
Marquis Dendy |
USA |
2018 |
8.41 |
Kirill Sosunov |
RUS |
1997 |
8.41 |
Joe Greene |
USA |
1997 |
Long jump – non-medal
Result |
Athlete |
Country |
Year |
8.28 |
Gregor Cankar |
SLO |
1999 |
8.26 |
Bogdan Ţăruş |
ROU |
2004 |
8.24 |
Erick Walder |
USA |
1997 |
8.23 |
Volodymyr Zyuskov |
UKR |
2004 |
8.19 |
Jeffery Henderson |
USA |
2016 |
Triple jump – non-winning
Result |
Athlete |
Country |
Year |
17.69 |
Yoandri Betanzos |
CUB |
2010 |
17.63 |
Christian Taylor |
USA |
2012 |
17.62 |
Yoelbi Quesada |
CUB |
1995 |
17.56 |
Jadel Gregório |
BRA |
2006 |
17.47 |
David Girat |
CUB |
2008 |
Triple jump – non-medal
Result |
Athlete |
Country |
Year |
17.34 |
Marian Oprea |
ROU |
2006 |
17.28 |
Fabrizio Donato |
ITA |
2012 |
17.28 |
Daniele Greco |
ITA |
2012 |
17.27 |
Fabrizio Donato |
ITA |
2008 |
17.25 |
Igor Spasovkhodskiy |
RUS |
2006 |
Shot put – non-winning
Result |
Athlete |
Country |
Year |
21.88 |
David Storl |
GER |
2012 |
21.79 |
David Storl |
GER |
2014 |
21.72 |
Tomasz Majewski |
POL |
2012 |
21.61 |
Werner Günthör |
SUI |
1987 |
21.55 |
Reese Hoffa |
USA |
2012 |
Shot put – non-medal
Result |
Athlete |
Country |
Year |
21.55 |
Reese Hoffa |
USA |
2012 |
21.37 |
Darlan Romani |
BRA |
2018 |
21.20 |
Tomasz Majewski |
POL |
2010 |
21.15 |
Mesud Pezer |
BIH |
2018 |
21.06 |
Darrell Hill |
USA |
2018 |
Heptathlon – non-winning
Result |
Athlete |
Country |
Year |
6374 |
Erki Nool |
EST |
1999 |
6365 |
Bryan Clay |
USA |
2004 |
6343 |
Damian Warner |
CAN |
2018 |
6319 |
Roman Šebrle |
CZE |
1999 |
6309 |
Tomáš Dvořák |
CZE |
1999 |
Heptathlon – non-medal
Result |
Athlete |
Country |
Year |
6309 |
Tomáš Dvořák |
CZE |
1999 |
6293 |
Jón Arnar Magnússon |
ISL |
1999 |
6238 |
Kai Kazmirek |
GER |
2018 |
6198 |
Eelco Sintnicolaas |
NED |
2014 |
6185 |
Jón Arnar Magnússon |
ISL |
2003 |
Women
60 m – non-winning
Result |
Athlete |
Country |
Year |
6.97 |
Irina Privalova |
URS |
1993 |
7.01 |
Lauryn Williams |
USA |
2006 |
7.01 |
Murielle Ahouré |
CIV |
2014 |
7.02 |
Gail Devers |
USA |
1999 |
7.04 |
Murielle Ahouré |
CIV |
2012 |
60 m – non-medal
Result |
Athlete |
Country |
Year |
7.07 |
Philomena Mensah |
CAN |
1999 |
7.08 |
Elaine Thompson |
JAM |
2018 |
7.09 |
Savatheda Fynes |
BAH |
1999 |
7.10 |
Joan Ekah |
NGR |
1999 |
7.10 |
Dafne Schippers |
NED |
2018 |
200 m – non-winning
Result |
Athlete |
Country |
Year |
22.41 |
Irina Privalova |
URS |
1991 |
22.58 |
Grit Breuer |
GER |
1991 |
22.66 |
Merlene Ottey |
JAM |
1987 |
22.68 |
Pauline Davis |
BAH |
1995 |
22.69 |
Svetlana Goncharenko |
RUS |
1999 |
200 m – non-medal
Result |
Athlete |
Country |
Year |
22.88 |
Merlene Frazer |
JAM |
1997 |
22.94 |
Andrea Thomas |
JAM |
1991 |
23.03 |
Sanna Hernesniemi |
FIN |
1993 |
23.03 |
Oksana Ekk |
RUS |
1999 |
23.11 |
Juliet Campbell |
JAM |
1999 |
400 m – ei voittoa
Result |
Athlete |
Country |
Year |
50.21 |
Vania Stambolova |
BUL |
2006 |
50.34 |
Christine Amertil |
BAH |
2006 |
50.60 |
Natalya Nazarova |
RUS |
2006 |
50.65 |
Olesya Krasnomovets |
RUS |
2004 |
50.87 |
Tonique Williams |
BAH |
2004 |
400 m – non-medal
Result |
Athlete |
Country |
Year |
50.60 |
Natalya Nazarova |
RUS |
2006 |
51.45 |
Sandra Myers |
ESP |
1993 |
51.53 |
Antonina Yefremova |
UKR |
2008 |
51.55 |
Ana Guevara |
MEX |
1999 |
51.58 |
Ionela Tîrlea |
ROU |
2004 |
800 m – non-winning
Result |
Athlete |
Country |
Year |
1:57.17 |
Maria Mutola |
MOZ |
1999 |
1:57.47 |
Natalya Tsyganova |
RUS |
1999 |
1:58.43 |
Jenny Meadows |
GBR |
2010 |
1:58.72 |
Jolanda Čeplak |
SLO |
2004 |
1:58.99 |
Ajee’ Wilson |
USA |
2018 |
800 m – non-medal
Result |
Athlete |
Country |
Year |
1:59.11 |
Meredith Valmon |
USA |
1999 |
1:59.54 |
Jolanda Čeplak |
SLO |
2003 |
1:59.57 |
Hasna Benhassi |
MAR |
1999 |
1:59.64 |
Jen Toomey |
USA |
2004 |
1:59.71 |
Tatyana Andrianova |
RUS |
2004 |
1500 m – non-winning
Result |
Athlete |
Country |
Year |
3:59.79 |
Maryam Jamal |
BRN |
2008 |
4:02.66 |
Kelly Holmes |
GBR |
2003 |
4:02.80 |
Yekaterina Rozenberg |
RUS |
2003 |
4:03.53 |
Violeta Szekely |
ROU |
1999 |
4:04.19 |
Daniela Yordanova |
BUL |
2008 |
1500 m – non-medal
Result |
Athlete |
Country |
Year |
4:05.67 |
Hind Dehiba |
FRA |
2006 |
4:06.18 |
Olga Komyagina |
RUS |
1999 |
4:06.18 |
Natalya Gorelova |
RUS |
2003 |
4:06.20 |
Svetlana Kandemir |
RUS |
1999 |
4:06.33 |
Carla Sacramento |
POR |
1997 |
3000 m – non-winning
Result |
Athlete |
Country |
Year |
8:34.80 |
Liz McColgan |
GBR |
1989 |
8:38.26 |
Meseret Defar |
ETH |
2012 |
8:38.43 |
Zahra Ouaziz |
MAR |
1999 |
8:39.14 |
Regina Jacobs |
USA |
1999 |
8:39.65 |
Gabriela Szabo |
ROU |
2001 |
3000 m – non-medal
Result |
Athlete |
Country |
Year |
8:40.50 |
Sylvia Kibet |
KEN |
2012 |
8:40.98 |
Marta Domínguez |
ESP |
2001 |
8:41.34 |
Dong Yanmei |
CHN |
2001 |
8:41.63 |
Yamna Belkacem |
FRA |
1999 |
8:41.82 |
Sylvia Kibet |
KEN |
2008 |
60 m H. – non-winning
Result |
Athlete |
Country |
Year |
7.78 |
Gail Devers |
USA |
2004 |
7.79 |
Christina Manning |
USA |
2018 |
7.82 |
Linda Khodadin |
FRA |
2004 |
7.82 |
Brianna Rollins |
USA |
2016 |
7.83 |
Ludmila Narozhilenko |
URS |
1989 |
60 m H. – non-medal
Result |
Athlete |
Country |
Year |
7.86 |
Joanna Hayes |
USA |
2004 |
7.86 |
Sharika Nelvis |
USA |
2018 |
7.87 |
Cindy Roleder |
GER |
2018 |
7.88 |
Melissa Morrison |
USA |
1997 |
7.88 |
Danielle Carruthers |
USA |
2006 |
High jump – non-winning
Result |
Athlete |
Country |
Year |
2.02 |
Susanne Beyer |
GDR |
1987 |
2.02 |
Heike Henkel |
GER |
1993 |
2.01 |
Yelena Slesarenko |
RUS |
2008 |
2.01 |
Vita Palamar |
UKR |
2008 |
2.00 |
Emilia Dragieva |
BUL |
1987 |
High jump – non-medal
Result |
Athlete |
Country |
Year |
1.99 |
Ruth Beitia |
ESP |
2008 |
1.98 |
Yekaterina Savchenko |
RUS |
2006 |
1.97 |
Alina Astafei |
ROU |
1993 |
1.97 |
Alison Inverarity |
AUS |
1993 |
1.97 |
Ioamnet Quintero |
CUB |
1993 |
Pole vault – non-winning
Result |
Athlete |
Country |
Year |
4.90 |
Anzhelika Sidorova |
RUS |
2018 |
4.85 |
Sandi Morris |
USA |
2016 |
4.81 |
Stacy Dragila |
USA |
2004 |
4.80 |
Svetlana Feofanova |
RUS |
2010 |
4.80 |
Ekateríni Stefanídi |
GRE |
2016 |
Pole vault – non-medal
Result |
Athlete |
Country |
Year |
4.80 |
Nicole Büchler |
SUI |
2016 |
4.75 |
Eliza McCartney |
NZL |
2018 |
4.70 |
Fabiana Murer |
BRA |
2014 |
4.70 |
Eliza McCartney |
NZL |
2016 |
4.70 |
Katie Nageotte |
USA |
2018 |
Long jump – non-winning
Result |
Athlete |
Country |
Year |
7.07 |
Ivana Španović |
SRB |
2016 |
6.98 |
Tatyana Kotova |
RUS |
2001 |
6.98 |
Janay DeLoach |
USA |
2012 |
6.94 |
Helga Radtke |
GDR |
1987 |
6.93 |
Tatyana Kotova |
RUS |
2004 |
Long jump – non-medal
Result |
Athlete |
Country |
Year |
6.89 |
Janay DeLoach |
USA |
2016 |
6.87 |
Fiona May |
ITA |
2001 |
6.85 |
Darya Klishina |
RUS |
2012 |
6.81 |
Nicole Staines |
AUS |
1995 |
6.81 |
Quanesha Burks |
USA |
2018 |
Triple jump – non-winning
Result |
Athlete |
Country |
Year |
14.94 |
Iva Prandzheva |
BUL |
1999 |
14.93 |
Anna Pyatykh |
RUS |
2006 |
14.90 |
Yamilé Aldama |
SUD |
2004 |
14.88 |
Françoise Mbango |
CMR |
2003 |
14.87 |
Šárka Kašpárková |
CZE |
1999 |
Triple jump – non-medal
Result |
Athlete |
Country |
Year |
14.84 |
Trecia Smith |
JAM |
2006 |
14.76 |
Tereza Marinova |
BUL |
1999 |
14.72 |
Yargelis Savigne |
CUB |
2006 |
14.71 |
Trecia Smith |
JAM |
2004 |
14.67 |
Magdelin Martinez |
ITA |
2004 |
Shot put – non-winning
Result |
Athlete |
Country |
Year |
20.33 |
Huang Zhihong |
CHN |
1991 |
20.31 |
Nadzeya Ostapchuk |
BLR |
2003 |
20.28 |
Ilona Slupianek |
GDR |
1987 |
20.25 |
Huang Zhihong |
CHN |
1989 |
20.14 |
Claudia Losch |
FRG |
1987 |
Shot put – non-medal
Result |
Athlete |
Country |
Year |
20.00 |
Heidi Krieger |
GDR |
1987 |
19.73 |
Vita Pavlysh |
UKR |
2003 |
19.63 |
Stephanie Storp |
FRG |
1989 |
19.57 |
Svetlana Krivelyova |
RUS |
2003 |
19.44 |
Heike Hartwig |
GDR |
1989 |
Pentathlon – non-winning
Result |
Athlete |
Country |
Year |
4965 |
Jessica Ennis |
GBR |
2012 |
4852 |
Kelly Sotherton |
GBR |
2008 |
4851 |
Nataliya Dobrynska |
UKR |
2010 |
4802 |
Austra Skujytė |
LTU |
2012 |
4770 |
Alina Fodorova |
UKR |
2016 |
Pentathlon – non-medal
Result |
Athlete |
Country |
Year |
4742 |
Nataliya Dobrynska |
UKR |
2008 |
4725 |
Karolina Tymińska |
POL |
2012 |
4718 |
Sharon Day-Monroe |
USA |
2014 |
4681 |
Claudia Rath |
GER |
2014 |
4664 |
Natalya Roshchupkina |
RUS |
2001 |
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