{"id":882,"date":"2012-02-21T10:38:10","date_gmt":"2012-02-21T18:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/?p=882"},"modified":"2012-02-22T06:55:33","modified_gmt":"2012-02-22T14:55:33","slug":"world-indoor-medalists-and-olympic-medals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/?p=882","title":{"rendered":"World Indoor Medalists and Olympic Medals"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The World Indoor Championships are right around the corner \u2013 and relatively speaking so are the Olympic Games. With so many top athletes not performing indoors, focusing instead of preparing for the outdoor season and ultimately the Games, it made me wonder which was more beneficial: using the indoor season to prepare, or continuing to train through the indoor season and opening in March\/April instead.<\/p>\n

Without undertaking a full scientific study on the subject, a quick and easy way to look at the matter would be to compare medalists from Indoor Worlds to those from the Olympics to see how well indoor success transferred to Olympic success. So here are the Olympic medalists from Valencia and Beijing.<\/p>\n

2008 World Indoor Championships Medalists<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Event<\/strong><\/td>\nGold<\/strong><\/td>\nSilver<\/strong><\/td>\nBronze<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
60<\/td>\nOlusoji Fasuba<\/td>\nDwain Chambers<\/td>\nKim Collins<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
400<\/td>\nTyler Christopher<\/td>\nJohan Wissman<\/td>\nChris Brown<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
800<\/td>\nAbubaker Kaki<\/td>\nMbulaeni Muladzi<\/td>\nYusuf Kamel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1500<\/td>\nDeresse Mekonnen<\/td>\nDaniel Komen<\/td>\nJuan Carlos Higuero<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3000<\/td>\nTariku Bekele<\/td>\nPaul Koech<\/td>\nAbreham Cherkos<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
60H<\/td>\nLiu Xiang<\/td>\nAllen Johnson<\/td>\nYevgeniy Borisov
\nStanislav Olijars<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4×4<\/td>\nUnited States<\/td>\nJamaica<\/td>\nDominican Republic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PV<\/td>\nYevgeniy Lukyanenko<\/td>\nBrad Walker<\/td>\nSteve Hooker<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LJ<\/td>\nGodfrey Mokoena<\/td>\nChris Tomlinson<\/td>\nMohamed Al Khuwalidi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HJ<\/td>\nStefan Holm<\/td>\nYaroslav Rybakov<\/td>\nKyriakos Ioannou
\nAndra manson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TJ<\/td>\nPhillips Idowu<\/td>\nDavid Giralt<\/td>\nNelson Evora<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shot<\/td>\nChristian Cantwell<\/td>\nReese Hoffa<\/td>\nTomasz Majewski<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hep<\/td>\nBryan Clay<\/td>\nAndrey Kravchenko<\/td>\nDmitriy Karpov<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
60<\/td>\nAngela Williams<\/td>\nJeanette Kwakey<\/td>\nTaheshia Harrigan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
400<\/td>\nOlesya Zykina<\/td>\nNatalya Nazarova<\/td>\nShareese Woods<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
800<\/td>\nTamsyn Lewis<\/td>\nTetiana Petlyuk<\/td>\nMaria Mutola<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1500<\/td>\nYelena Soboleva<\/td>\nYulia Formenko<\/td>\nGeleta Burka<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3000<\/td>\nMeseret Defar<\/td>\nMeselech Melkamu<\/td>\nMariem Selsouli<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
60H<\/td>\nLolo Jones<\/td>\nCandice Davis<\/td>\nAnay Tejeda<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4×4<\/td>\nRussia<\/td>\nBelarus<\/td>\nUnited States<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PV<\/td>\nYelena Isinbayeva<\/td>\nJenn Stuckzynski<\/td>\nFabiana Murer
\nMonika Pyrek<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LJ<\/td>\nNaide Gomes<\/td>\nMaurren Maggi<\/td>\nIrina Simagina<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HJ<\/td>\nBlanka Vlasic<\/td>\nYelena Slesarenko<\/td>\nVita Palamar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TJ<\/td>\nYargelis Savingne<\/td>\nPiyi Devetzi<\/td>\nMarija Sestak<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shot<\/td>\nValerie Vili<\/td>\nNadezhda Ostapchuk<\/td>\nMeiju Li<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pen<\/td>\nTia Hellebaut<\/td>\nKelly Sotherton<\/td>\nAnna Bogdanova<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

2008 Olympic Medalists<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Event<\/strong><\/td>\nGold<\/strong><\/td>\nSilver<\/strong><\/td>\nBronze<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
100<\/td>\nUsain Bolt<\/td>\nRichard Thompson<\/td>\nWalter Dix<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
400<\/td>\nLaShawn Merritt<\/td>\nJeremy Wariner<\/td>\nDavid Neville<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
800<\/td>\nWilfred Bungei<\/td>\nAhmad Ismail<\/td>\nAlfred Kira Yego<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1500<\/td>\nRashid Ramzi<\/td>\nAsbel Kiprop<\/td>\nNick Willis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5000<\/td>\nKenenisa Bekele<\/td>\nEliud Kipchoge<\/td>\nEdwin Soi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
110H<\/td>\nDayron Robles<\/td>\nDavid Payne<\/td>\nDavid Oliver<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4×4<\/td>\nUnited States<\/td>\nBahamas<\/td>\nRussia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PV<\/td>\nSteve Hooker<\/td>\nYevgeniy Lukyanenko<\/td>\nDenys Yurchenko<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LJ<\/td>\nIrving Saladino<\/td>\nGodfrey Mokoena<\/td>\nIbrahim Camejo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HJ<\/td>\nAndrey Silnov<\/td>\nGermaine Mason<\/td>\nYaroslav Rybakov<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TJ<\/td>\nNelson Evora<\/td>\nPhillips Idowu<\/td>\nLeevan Sands<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shot<\/td>\nTomasz Majewski<\/td>\nChristian Cantwell<\/td>\nAndrei Mikhnevich<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dec<\/td>\nBryan Clay<\/td>\nAndrey Kravchenko<\/td>\nLeonel Suarez<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
100<\/td>\nShelly Ann Fraser<\/td>\nKerron Stewart<\/td>\nSherone Simpson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
400<\/td>\nChristine Ohuruogu<\/td>\nShericka Williams<\/td>\nSanya Richards<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
800<\/td>\nPamela Jelimo<\/td>\nJaneth Jepkosgei<\/td>\nHasna Benhassi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1500<\/td>\nNancy Lagat<\/td>\nIryna Lishchynska<\/td>\nNatalya Tobias<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5000<\/td>\nTirunesh Dibaba<\/td>\nElvan Abeylegesse<\/td>\nMeseret Defar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
100H<\/td>\nDawn Harper<\/td>\nSally McLellan<\/td>\nPriscilla Lopes Schliep<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4×4<\/td>\nUnited States<\/td>\nRussia<\/td>\nJamaica<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PV<\/td>\nYelena Isinbayeva<\/td>\nJenn Stuckzynski<\/td>\nSveltana Feofanova<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LJ<\/td>\nMaurren Maggi<\/td>\nTatyana Lebedeva<\/td>\nBlessing Okagbare<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HJ<\/td>\nTia Hellebaut<\/td>\nBlanka Vlasic<\/td>\nAnna Chicherova<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TJ<\/td>\nFrancoise Mbango<\/td>\nTatyana Lebedeva<\/td>\nPiyi Devetzi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shot<\/td>\nValerie Vili<\/td>\nNatalya Mikhnevich<\/td>\nNadezhda Ostapchuk<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hep<\/td>\nNatalya Dobrinska<\/td>\nHyleas Fountain<\/td>\nTatyana Chernova<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

The first thing that stands out, is that only three individual gold medalists were able to repeat their indoor performances outdoors:\u00a0 Bryan Clay winning both multis; Valerie Vili the shot put; and Yelena Isinbayeva the pole vault. Coincidentally two of those runner ups also repeated outdoors: Andrey Kravchenko in the multis and Jenn Stuckzynski in the pole vault.<\/p>\n

As a matter of fact, the field events saw several individiuals win medals indoors and out \u2013 especially on the men\u2019s side, with nine athletes medaling in both events. On the track however, the indoor results could not have been more different as not a single individuals medalist indoors managed to pick up hardware in Beijing. The greatest irony being in the women\u2019s 1500 where all three indoor medalists ran under 4:00, yet couldn\u2019t medal in an Olympic final won in 4:00.23 \u2013 as a matter of fact none of the indoor medalists even made the Olympic final!<\/p>\n

So it would seem that indoors seems to work in the preparation of the field eventers, but may not be that beneficial on the track. Something to think about while watching the upcoming Indoor Championships in Istanbul. I\u2019ll be curious to compare charts again in September.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The World Indoor Championships are right around the corner \u2013 and relatively speaking so are the Olympic Games. With so many top athletes not performing indoors, focusing instead of preparing for the outdoor season and ultimately the Games, it made me wonder which was more beneficial: using the indoor season to prepare, or continuing to train through the indoor season and opening in March\/April instead. Without undertaking a full scientific study on the subject, a quick and easy way to look at the matter would be to compare medalists from Indoor Worlds to those from the Olympics to see how well indoor success transferred to Olympic success. So here are the Olympic medalists from Valencia and Beijing. 2008 World Indoor Championships Medalists Event Gold Silver Bronze 60 Olusoji Fasuba Dwain Chambers Kim Collins 400 Tyler Christopher Johan Wissman Chris Brown 800 Abubaker Kaki Mbulaeni Muladzi Yusuf Kamel 1500 Deresse Mekonnen Daniel Komen Juan Carlos Higuero 3000 Tariku Bekele Paul Koech Abreham Cherkos 60H Liu Xiang Allen Johnson Yevgeniy Borisov Stanislav Olijars 4×4 United States Jamaica Dominican Republic PV Yevgeniy Lukyanenko Brad Walker Steve Hooker LJ Godfrey Mokoena Chris Tomlinson Mohamed Al Khuwalidi HJ Stefan Holm Yaroslav Rybakov Kyriakos Ioannou Andra manson TJ Phillips Idowu David Giralt Nelson Evora Shot Christian Cantwell Reese Hoffa Tomasz Majewski Hep Bryan Clay Andrey Kravchenko Dmitriy Karpov 60 Angela Williams Jeanette Kwakey Taheshia Harrigan 400 Olesya Zykina Natalya Nazarova Shareese Woods 800 Tamsyn Lewis Tetiana Petlyuk Maria Mutola 1500 Yelena Soboleva Yulia Formenko Geleta Burka 3000 Meseret Defar Meselech Melkamu Mariem Selsouli 60H Lolo Jones Candice Davis Anay Tejeda 4×4 Russia Belarus United States PV Yelena Isinbayeva Jenn Stuckzynski Fabiana Murer Monika Pyrek LJ Naide Gomes Maurren Maggi Irina Simagina HJ Blanka Vlasic Yelena Slesarenko Vita Palamar TJ Yargelis Savingne Piyi Devetzi Marija Sestak Shot Valerie Vili Nadezhda Ostapchuk Meiju Li Pen Tia Hellebaut Kelly Sotherton Anna Bogdanova   2008 Olympic Medalists Event Gold Silver Bronze 100 Usain Bolt Richard Thompson Walter Dix 400 LaShawn Merritt Jeremy Wariner David Neville 800 Wilfred Bungei Ahmad Ismail Alfred Kira Yego 1500 Rashid Ramzi Asbel Kiprop Nick Willis 5000 Kenenisa Bekele Eliud Kipchoge Edwin Soi 110H Dayron Robles David Payne David Oliver 4×4 United States Bahamas Russia PV Steve Hooker Yevgeniy Lukyanenko Denys Yurchenko LJ Irving Saladino Godfrey Mokoena Ibrahim Camejo HJ Andrey Silnov Germaine Mason Yaroslav Rybakov TJ Nelson Evora Phillips Idowu Leevan Sands Shot Tomasz Majewski Christian Cantwell Andrei Mikhnevich Dec Bryan Clay Andrey Kravchenko Leonel Suarez 100 Shelly Ann Fraser Kerron Stewart Sherone Simpson 400 Christine Ohuruogu Shericka Williams Sanya Richards 800 Pamela Jelimo Janeth Jepkosgei Hasna Benhassi 1500 Nancy Lagat Iryna Lishchynska Natalya Tobias 5000 Tirunesh Dibaba Elvan Abeylegesse Meseret Defar 100H Dawn Harper Sally McLellan Priscilla Lopes Schliep 4×4 United States Russia Jamaica PV Yelena Isinbayeva Jenn Stuckzynski Sveltana Feofanova LJ Maurren Maggi Tatyana Lebedeva Blessing Okagbare HJ Tia Hellebaut Blanka Vlasic Anna Chicherova TJ Francoise Mbango Tatyana Lebedeva Piyi Devetzi Shot Valerie Vili Natalya Mikhnevich Nadezhda Ostapchuk Hep Natalya Dobrinska Hyleas Fountain Tatyana Chernova   The first thing that stands out, is that only three individual gold medalists were able to repeat their indoor performances outdoors:\u00a0 Bryan Clay winning both multis; Valerie Vili the shot put; and Yelena Isinbayeva the pole vault. Coincidentally two of those runner ups also repeated outdoors: Andrey Kravchenko in the multis and Jenn Stuckzynski in the pole vault. As a matter of fact, the field events saw several individiuals win medals indoors and out \u2013 especially on the men\u2019s side, with nine athletes medaling in both events. On the track however, the indoor results could not have been more different as not a single individuals medalist indoors managed to pick up hardware in Beijing. The greatest irony being in the women\u2019s 1500 where all three indoor medalists ran under 4:00, yet couldn\u2019t medal in an Olympic final won in 4:00.23 \u2013 as a matter of fact none of the indoor medalists even made the Olympic final! So it would seem that indoors seems to work in the preparation of the field eventers, but may not be that beneficial on the track. Something to think about while watching the upcoming Indoor Championships in Istanbul. I\u2019ll be curious to compare charts again in September.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[8],"class_list":["post-882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-olympics"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa3DCY-ee","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":214,"url":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/?p=214","url_meta":{"origin":882,"position":0},"title":"In the 100 Meters Silver is a Curse","author":"CHill","date":"August 5, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"The most glamorous event on the World Championships stage just might be the Men's 100 meters. 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