2008 Men's Track & Field
Updated August 28, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
| Event | Time | |
|---|---|---|
| 100m | Usain Bolt, Jamaica | 9.69 |
| Richard Thompson, Trinidad and Tobago | 9.89 | |
| Walter Dix, USA | 9.91 | |
| 200m | Usain Bolt, Jamaica | 19.30 |
| Shawn Crawford, USA | 19.96 | |
| Walter Dix, USA | 19.98 | |
| 400m | LaShawn Merrit, USA | 43.75 |
| Jeremy Warner, USA | 44.74 | |
| David Neville, USA | 44.80 | |
| 800m | Wilfred Bungei, Kenya | 1:44.65 |
| Ismail Ahmed Ismail, Sudan | 1:44.82 | |
| Alfred Kirwa Yego, Kenya | 1:44.82 | |
| 1500m | Rashid Ramzi, Bahrain | 3:32.94 |
| Azbel Kipruto Kiprop, Kenya | 3:33.11 | |
| Nicolas Willis, New Zealand | 3:34.16 | |
| 5000m | Kenenisa Bekele, ETH | 12:57.82 |
| Eliud Kipchoge, KEN | 13:02.80 | |
| Edwin Cheruiyot Soi, KEN | 13:06.22 | |
| 10,000m | Kenenisa Bekele, ETH | 27:01.17 |
| Sileshi Sihine, ETH | 27:02.77 | |
| Micah Kogo, Kenya | 27:04.11 | |
| Marathon | Samuel Kamau Wansiru, Kenya | 2:06:32 |
| Jaouad Gharib, Morroco | 2:07:16 | |
| Tsegay Kebede, ETH | 2:10:00 | |
| 110m H | Dayron Robles, Cuba | 12.93 |
| David Payne, USA | 13.17 | |
| David Oliver, USA | 13.18 | |
| 400m H | Angelo Taylor, USA | 47.25 |
| Kerron Clement, USA | 47.98 | |
| Bershawn Jackson, USA | 48.06 | |
| 3000m Steeplechase |
Brimin Kiprop Kipruto, Kenya | 8:10.34 |
| Mahiedine Mekhissa-B, France | 8:10.49 | |
| Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong, Kenya | 8:11.01 | |
| 20k Walk | Veleriy Borchin, Russia | 1:19:01 |
| Jefferson Perez, Ecuador | 1:19:42 | |
| Jared Tallent, Australia | 1:19:42 | |
| 50k Walk | Alex Schwazer, Italy | 3:37:09 |
| Jared Tallent, Australia | 3:39:27 | |
| Denis Nizhegorodov, Russia | 3:40:14 | |
| 4x100m | Jamaica (Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell) | 37.10 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 38.06 | |
| Japan | 38.15 | |
| 4x400m | USA (LaShawn Merrit, Angelo Taylor, David Neville, Jeremy Wariner) | 2:55.39 |
| Bahamas | 2:58.03 | |
| Russia | 2:58.06 |
Field Events
| Event | Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| High Jump | Andrea Silnov, Russia | 7.74 ft |
| Germaine Mason, Britain | 7.68 ft | |
| Yaroslav Rybakov, Russia | 7.68 ft | |
| Pole Vault | Steve Hooker, Australia | 19.55 ft |
| Evgeny Lukyanenko, Russia | 19.19 ft | |
| Denys Yurchenko, Ukraine | 18.7 ft | |
| Long Jump | Bryan Clay, USA | 25.51 ft |
| Trey Hardee, USA | 25.32 ft | |
| Michael Schrader, Germany | 25.26 | |
| Triple Jump | Nelson Evora, Portugal | 57.96 ft |
| Phillips Idowu, Britain | 57.79 ft | |
| Leevan Sands, Bahamas | 57.70 ft | |
| Discus | Gerd Kanter, Estonia | 225.73 ft |
| Piotr Malachowski, Poland | 222.45 ft | |
| Virgilijus Alekna, Lithuania | 222.35 ft | |
| Hammer | Primoz Kozmus, Slovenia | 269 ft |
| Vadim Devyatovskiy, Belarus | 267.68 ft | |
| Ivan Tsikhan, Belarus | 267.35 ft | |
| Javelin | Leonel Suarez, Cuba | 242.65 ft |
| Vadims Vasilevskis, LAT | 234.32 ft | |
| Sergey Makarov, RUS | 232.78 ft | |
| Decathlon | Michael Schrader, Germany | 4:26.77 |
| Bryan Clay, USA | 4:27.47 | |
| Dmitriy Karpov, KAZ | 4:28.94 |
w indicates wind-aided.
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