Best non-winning and non-medal results


Check out the greatest runner-up results and the five best non-medal results in a Athletics World Indoor Championships.

Etusuora: 16.03.2022 18:52Athletics


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Roman Sebrle & Ashton Eaton.

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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