2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres
All eyes were on Bralon Taplin, who had run the three fastest times of the year, including his win in the semifinals. They included those of the defending champion Pavel Maslák, who followed Taplin closely as he led from the break. For 350 metres it was all Taplin, before Maslák made his move. In three strides, Taplin was beaten. Four metres behind them, Abdalelah Haroun executed an identical move on Deon Lendore. Taplin was spent and disappeared out the back. Haroun made a big rush at Maslák, but could make up only three of the four meters necessary by the time they crossed the finish line.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 2 (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres
The men's 60 metres at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on March 18, 2016.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres
Asafa Powell has spent a career where he was (until the advent of Usain Bolt), the fastest man in the world, but championships have evaded him. In the opening heats, most athletes try to get to the next round without fully extending themselves. Powell ran his opening heat in 6.44, just .05 off the world record, making him the fifth-fastest athlete in history. More impressive, he noticeably eased up ten meters away from the finish line. It was the Jamaican National Record and the world leading time for 2016.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres
In the semi-final round, Powell repeated the performance with exactly the same time. In the final, that speed wasn't there, instead Trayvon Bromell led from the first step out of the blocks and nobody could catch him. After getting a poor start, Powell made a late rush to capture the silver, still his best individual medal at the world level, edging out Ramon Gittens' national record for bronze.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 3 (Q) and next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 2 (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres hurdles
The men's 60 metres hurdles at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on March 19 and 20, 2016.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres hurdles
In the heats, Pascal Martinot-Lagarde was impressive, running a tenth of a second faster than his nearest rival. Slightly slower in the semi-final, Omar McLeod and Jarret Eaton essentially equalled Martinot-Lagarde.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres hurdles
In the final, McLeod had a fantastic start, gaining half a metre by the first hurdle. He never lost that gap and won standing up. Eaton was also out fast, still dominated by McLeod but ahead of the rest, but the tall Martinot-Lagarde was gaining inches over each hurdle, with his teammate Dimitri Bascou doing very much the same. They were three abreast over the final hurdle but Martinot-Lagarde's momentum put him ahead, diving over the line with Bascou just edging out Eaton, a metre ahead of the next best finishers. For the second World Championships in a row, Martinot-Lagarde led a French 2-3 sweep of the silver and bronze medals.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres hurdles, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 2 (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres
The men's 800 metres at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on March 18 and 19, 2016.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres
In the final, Boris Berian went out fast 23.92 for the first lap and 49.73, on the indoor level that is equivalent with taking the race into the Gray zone. The rest of the field chose not to go with him, giving up seven meters by the half way point, expecting to pick up the pieces when Berian slowed. At the end of the third lap, he had maintained the gap but looked tired. Through the next 100 metres Antoine Gakeme and Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla closed down the gap to three metres. Balla stumbled and lost ground. Through the final turn Gakeme couldn't gain any further and on the final straightaway Berian pulled away for a clear 5 metre victory. As Balla regained his form, Erik Sowinski pulled onto his shoulder and executed a perfect pass to take the bronze.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: The winner of each heat (Q) and next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's heptathlon
The men's heptathlon at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on March 18 and 19, 2016.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's heptathlon, Results, 60 metres
The 60 metres was started on March 18 at 11:30.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's heptathlon, Results, Long jump
The long jump was started on March 18 at 12:20.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's heptathlon, Results, Shot put
The shot put was started on March 18 at 17:15.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's heptathlon, Results, High jump
The high jump was started on March 18 at 18:45.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's heptathlon, Results, 60 metres hurdles
The 60 metres hurdles was started on March 19 at 11:00.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's heptathlon, Results, Pole vault
The pole vault was started on March 19 at 12:00.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's heptathlon, Results, 1000 metres
The 1000 metres was started on March 19 at 19:35.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's high jump
The men's high jump at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on March 19, 2016.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's high jump
With eight over 2.29, the medals were settled by clearing 2.33, but not in order. Robert Grabarz was the first over. Erik Kynard had a perfect round going until missing his first attempt. He cleared it on his second. Gianmarco Tamberi made it on his third attempt. Defending champion Mutaz Essa Barshim, also was perfect before 2.33, but after two misses, passed to make one big attempt at 2.36. Barshim failed, but Tamberi cleared it on his first attempt. Even though he had five misses, more than anyone else in the competition, Tamberi leaped from third to first.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's long jump
The men's long jump at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on March 20, 2016.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's long jump
The first round leader was Rushwal Samaai with an 8.14. He improved that on his second jump to a National Record equalling 8.18. Still in the same round, Americans Marquis Dendy and Jeff Henderson improved to the top two places, Dendy with a 8.26 m (27 ft 1 in) and Henderson edging into second with an 8.19. Neither improved after that. In the third round, Fabrice Lapierre jumped a continental record 8.25 to break up the duo, his 8.25 just 1 cm behind Dendy. Huang Changzhou also equalled Henderson with a personal best 8.19, but Henderson held the tiebreaker.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's long jump
Over the next two round, Henderson improved his tiebreaker advantage but could not improve his best. On his final jump, Huang improved his personal best again to 8.21 to take the bronze medal. The top 5 competitors were only separated by 8 cm. So close was the competition, minus their best jumps, Dendy would have finished in 5th position and Lapierre 11th, not even making the final.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault
The men's pole vault at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on March 17, 2016.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault
The men's and women's pole vault competition were the only events on the opening day. They were conducted simultaneously with two parallel runways down the center of the arena. The runways were at floor level, unlike the more common raised runways which is a more dangerous situation; one which resulted in the injury to Renaud Lavillenie minutes after setting the world record two years earlier. It was that injury that prevented Lavillenie from defending his world indoor title at the previous championship, but he was back this year with the world leading jump going into the competition.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault
Of the 14 competitors, six had already left the competition before Lavillenie even bothered to make his first attempt at 5.75, 2 hours into the competition. All of the competitors in this field had cleared 5.75, most of them this season, but no other had the confidence to wait until 5.75 for their opening height. Piotr Lisek had already cleared the height, but he already had a miss earlier in the competition, so with his easy clearance, shrugging before landing in the pit, Lavillenie was immediately in the lead.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault
Jan Kudlička and Shawn Barber struggled to clear on their third attempt. That would be the best those other jumpers would achieve. Sam Kendricks was still perfect in the competition to that point but had sat out 5.75. He remained perfect at 5.80 to take the lead while Lavillenie confidently passed and the others failed. Kendricks failed at his first attempt at 5.85, Barber and Lisek also saved one heroic attempt for 5.85, while Lavillenie remained on the sidelines. Kendricks then passed to 5.90 and failed again.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault
Lavillenie then picked up his pole, almost 45 minutes after his first attempt and cleared the bar in only his second attempt of the evening. Kendricks took one final attempt to stay in the competition but had to settle for silver. Lavillenie continued, moving the bar to 6.02 he rattled the bar on his way down but it stayed on the pegs and he remained perfect in the competition. Lavillenie then had the bar raised another half a foot to world record height 6.17 m (20 ft 2 3⁄4 in), though none of the attempts were close.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's shot put
The men's shot put at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on March 18, 2016.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's shot put
While Andrei Gag and Filip Mihaljevic were the leaders after the first round, in the second round Tomas Walsh took the lead. Any one of his remaining five throws would have won the competition, with a best of 21.78 on his final attempt. Gag finished second with his first round attempt of 20.89, while Mihaljevic's personal best 20.87 in round 5 saw him finish third.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's triple jump
The men's triple jump at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on March 19, 2016.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's triple jump
In the final, Dong Bin hit 17.18 on his first attempt, enough to win the competition. He later improved upon that with 17.29 in the third round and the ultimate winner 17.33 in the fifth. Benjamin Compaoré held down second place with a 16.77 in the first round, which he steadily improved three times. He looked to have enough for silver until Max Hess took his fourth attempt. On his last visit to Oregon, Hess hit a big personal best to get the World Junior silver medal. 20 months later, he hit another big personal best, a 59 cm (almost 2 feet) improvement to 17.14 to grab the silver. Almost to prove it wasn't a fluke, Hess jumped another 17.14 in the final round.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres
The women's 1500 metres at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on March 18 and 19, 2016.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres
Ethiopia managed to put three athletes into this final, but the early leader was Melissa Duncan who broke away for the first three laps. The peloton was not concerned until just before the 1 km mark, when Sifan Hassan made a move forward. That move was taken seriously with the Ethiopians, Brenda Martinez and Violah Lagat all scrambling to line up behind her. But after assuming the lead, Hassan didn't try to accelerate, instead slowing the pace while the pack jostled for position behind her, with the tiring Duncan in the middle as yet another obstacle.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres
With two laps to go, Hassan accelerated again, this time breaking away from the pack. At the bell only Dawit Seyaum and Gudaf Tsegay were able to stay with her. Along the back stretch and through the final turn, Seyaum pulled onto Hassan's outside shoulder with the obvious intent to pass her coming off the turn. Instead, Hassan just accelerated away from Seyaum to take the gold.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 3 (Q) and next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres
The women's 3000 metres at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on March 20, 2016.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres
The favorite was obviously world record holder Genzebe Dibaba, but the Outdoor World Championships revealed an achilles heel, a long, drawn out kick. The finals started off at a jog with Stephanie Twell and then Sviatlana Kudzelich on the front controlling the pace. After six laps of this, Dibaba took off, running a 30-second lap and putting a 12-metre gap on the field. From there, Dibaba maintained the gap then increased it at the end as the clear winner. After Twell was the last to try to hold on to Dibaba, Meseret Defar was the last to chase.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres
Too familiar a situation from the past with Defar chasing a Dibaba, but those were Genzebe's older sister Tirunesh. Defar had to take silver, still clear of the rest of the field. It was her seventh medal in this event, dating back to 2003. Behind them, Shannon Rowbury used her best 1500 metres kick to separate from Maureen Koster for bronze.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
The women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on March 20, 2016.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
The favorites and home team, USA, pulled no punches, strategically placing their fastest starter, Natasha Hastings on the lead leg. As planned, she took the lead at the break, holding off a feisty Romanian, Adelina Pastor around the third turn. Long striding Jamaican lead runner Patricia Hall found herself walled off. Down the backstretch she tangled legs, possibly with Poland's Ewelina Ptak and Nigeria's Margaret Bamgbose behind her. Suddenly Hall was down on her face, hard. The race was running away from her.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
With their closest competitors out of the race, the USA had no one near them and no traffic. They extended their lead with each leg, setting a new national record with an easy victory. Behind them was a close battle for the other medals, Romania holding the early lead with Nigeria's Regina George and Poland's Małgorzata Hołub edging ahead of Elena Mirela Lavric at the end of the second leg. Magdalena Gorzkowska took the lead for Poland at the second handoff and they never relinquished it. On the final lap Bianca Razor ran down Ada Benjamin to take the bronze for Romania. The Polish and Romanian teams were elated with their unexpected medals.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres
The women's 400 metres at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on March 18 and 19, 2016.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres
Nigerian born Oluwakemi Adekoya, a mercenary runner for Bahrain, came into these championships as only the seventh fastest in the world this year, but she made her mark with the fastest times in each round. In the final, she was about even with Quanera Hayes at the break, but as Hayes broke for lane 1, Adekoya made a beeline for the apex of the next turn, effectively closing the door and relegating Hayes and the rest of the field to run behind her.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres
Hayes gathered herself and made one big push coming around the final turn, but Adekoya was able to hold her off. Hayes tried again coming off the turn but couldn't make any progress. As Hayes strained for the finish, she made a second strategic mistake and allowed Ashley Spencer to pass on her inside, Spencer pipping her for the silver medal at the line.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 2 (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres
The women's 60 metres at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on March 19, 2016.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres
Coming into these championships, world 200 champion Dafne Schippers and Barbara Pierre shared the fastest time in the world at 7.00. During the heats both ran 7.02, but in the semis, Schippers' slow start made her vulnerable as Elaine Thompson beat her to the line.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres
In the final, the start proved to be important, Pierre got out well with Thompson, Michelle-Lee Ahye and Asha Philip. The number 4 sprinter in the season Marie Josée Ta Lou was literally left in the blocks, yet 5 steps into the race, she had drawn even with Schippers. After spotting the leaders a step, Schippers got into her superior top end speed and ran down everybody, except Pierre,  Thompson losing silver in the last step.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 3 (Q) and next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 2 (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles
The women's 60 metres hurdles at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on March 18, 2016.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles
In the final, Angela Whyte had the best start, while Kendra Harrison led the American pack in the center of the track. While Harrison was the first to the first hurdle, she hit it flat with her shoe, losing her balance and all momentum. She was unable to clear the second hurdle in stride and was out of contention. To her left Brianna Rollins was clean over the first hurdles while on her right Nia Ali hit the first and was half a meter behind.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles
Rollins' speed between the hurdles easily passed Whyte, while Ali gained a little ground aggressively snapping over each hurdle. Coming off the last hurdle, Rollins lead was only inches, but Ali was able to make up just enough ground to out lean Rollins at the finish. To Ali's right, Tiffany Porter came off the first hurdle even with Ali, but her taller, more upright running form lost a little ground as Ali was chasing Rollins. Still Porter was clearly the next best of the field.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 2 (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres
The women's 800 metres at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on March 19 and 20, 2016.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres
Before the qualifying round here, Francine Niyonsaba had never run indoors. In the final, Ajee' Wilson took the lead at the break, with Margaret Nyairera Wambui following. Inexperienced at indoor strategy, Niyonsaba was in a frustrating position, blocked by the larger athletes ahead of her, boxed in, exchanging elbows with Habitam Alemu and Laura Roesler at her heels. On the second lap, Wambui got around Wilson to take the lead.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres
Niyonsaba had had enough of this frustration, dropping behind Alemu then bouncing out to lane 2 running around the field into the lead, her third 200 so fast she opened up a 3-metre gap. From there, Niyonsaba simply held the gap all the way to the finish, with Wambui trying her hardest to make up the gap. Coming off the final turn, Wilson threw her best move against Wambui to outsprint her for silver.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: The winner of each heat (Q) and next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's high jump
The women's high jump at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on March 20, 2016.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's high jump
Four athletes were perfect through 1.93, Sofie Skoog, Lavern Spencer, masters world record holder Ruth Beitia and still in high school, Vashti Cunningham, the new indoor world junior record holder. Airinė Palšytė and Kamila Lićwinko also managed the height but with several misses in the competition. At 1.96, Cunningham cleared it with room to spare on her first attempt, keeping the perfect round going, which turned out to be the gold medal performance. Beitia and Lićwinko cleared it on their second attempt with Beitia's perfect round beforehand being the difference for her silver medal. Palšytė also cleared 1.96 on her last attempt, but it was too little, too late. All athletes tried 1.99. The three medalists had been over 1.99 in the past but nobody made it on this day.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's high jump
Cunningham becomes the youngest female Indoor World Champion, just one day older than the youngest male, Mohammed Aman from the 2012 Championships.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's long jump
The women's long jump at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on March 18, 2016.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's long jump
On paper, Brittney Reese came into this meet with a 20 cm better personal best. But the personal best came before a 2014 injury. Her 2015 season was still hampered by recovery. Ivana Španović wasn't reading the paper and took the first round lead with a new indoor personal best 7.00, just short of her outdoor personal best of 7.02. Reese jumped 6.97 to assume second place but couldn't match that until her fifth round jump when she equalled it exactly. For a little over a minute, Reese held the lead based on the tie breaking second best jump.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's long jump
Španović broke that up by jumping a new personal best and National Record of 7.07. With her one remaining jump, Reese pulled out the big gun, letting out a scream as she boomed her 7.22 m (23 ft 8 1⁄4 in) winner, just 1 cm below her indoor personal best, set to win this championship 4 years earlier, also on her last jump.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's long jump
Behind the battle for gold, Lorraine Ugen was in third place after the first round with a 6.62. Janay DeLoach Soukup moved into bronze medal position with her second round 6.80 which also held up until the fifth round fireworks where Ugen flew out to a 6.93 National Record. DeLoach improved on her next two jumps, but her best of 6.89 couldn't quite make up the gap.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's pentathlon
The women's pentathlon at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on March 18, 2016.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's pentathlon
Returning silver medalist Brianne Theisen-Eaton came in with high expectations. She started the 60m hurdles with the fastest time of the day. Her high jump was the second best putting her firmly in the lead. In the shot put, Theisen-Eaton's 13.70 put her in the middle of the field, but paled in comparison to Alina Fyodorova's 15.44 personal best. And Anastasiya Mokhnyuk's 15.01 pushed both Ukrainian women ahead. In the Long Jump, extended her lead with a 6.66 personal best, while Fyodorova maintained second place.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's pentathlon
Going into the final event, the 800 metres, the medalists were apparently settled, Theisen-Eaton over a hundred points ahead of 4th place Györgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas but 36 points behind Fodorova and 140 points behind Mokhnyuk. Theisen-Eaton's faster 800 expected to overtake Fodorova for silver. In the race, Barbara Nwaba charged out to the lead with Theisen-Eaton marking her through 30 and 33 second laps. Even with the fast first half of the race, by the end of the third lap the lead pair had not dropped the pack enough to change the outcome.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's pentathlon
But Theisen-Eaton launched into a sprint that ultimately beat Nwaba to the finish line, a personal best 2:09.99 worth 965 points. Nwaba's 2:10.07 gave her enough of a gap on Zsivoczky-Farkas to get 4th place by 5 points. Further behind were Fodorova and even further to Mokhnyuk. Not only had Theisen-Eaton advanced to silver, she gained enough to get gold.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's pentathlon
Less than a month after the event, Mokhnyuk tested positive for meldonium. The IAAF officially disqualified her in January 2019 and awarded the bronze medal Barbara Nwaba. Meldonium was only added to the list of prohibited substances on January 1, 2016. WADA is investigating whether a plethora of positive test results from early 2016 could be the residual result of usage prior to the ban.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's pole vault
The women's pole vault at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on March 17, 2016. Jennifer Suhr of the United States won gold.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's pole vault
The men's and women's pole vault competition were the only events on the opening day. They were conducted simultaneously with two parallel runways down the center of the arena. The women's entrants included eight of the top 20 vaulters in history, most of them peaking in the weeks before the competition. One day after her 35th birthday, Fabiana Murer improved upon the listed Masters W35 world record by clearing 4.60. At 4.70, Eliza McCartney set her indoor New Zealand National Record, but barely a footnote considering she had cleared 4.80 at her outdoor national championships just 12 days earlier.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's pole vault
She passed her next jump to that same 4.80 mark. At 4.75, the world record holder (improved earlier this season) Jenn Suhr took only her second attempt of the competition to tie for the lead with Ekaterini Stefanidi, who had jumped clean at 5 heights. Nicole Büchler missed twice at 4.75 and put all her marbles on a final attempt at a personal best 4.80. She made it, setting the Swiss National Record. Sandi Morris also made it on her first attempt and Stefanidi kept her perfect streak going.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's pole vault
At 4.85, Stefanidi and Büchler failed while both Americans Morris and Suhr were successful. Having nothing to gain at 4.85 Stefanidi and Büchler took their remaining attempts at 4.90. After everyone else failed at 4.90, Suhr cleared it on only her fourth attempt of the competition which ultimately gave her the gold. With silver confirmed, Morris took her last attempt at 4.95 but after it failed, Suhr packed up her poles. Stefanidi's perfect round until 4.80 gave her the bronze.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's shot put
The women's shot put at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on March 19, 2016.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's shot put
That Valerie Adams took the lead in the first round was not a surprise. Over the previous decade, the only woman to defeat Adams in a major international competition, turned out to be a serial drug cheat. What might have been foretelling was that the lead was not already insurmountable. In the second round, Michelle Carter took the lead, which she solidified in the third round, even though Adams hit her best throw of the competition in that round.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's shot put
Adams may not be back to 100% after the multiple surgeries which caused her absence in Beijing, her best more than a meter short of where she would normally be throwing. But Carter was challenged, when Anita Márton threw her National Record 19.33 on her final attempt. That lasted only long enough for Carter to make her final attempt, 20.21 m (66 ft 3 1⁄2 in) was almost a 3-foot improvement for the winner.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's triple jump
The women's triple jump at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on March 19, 2016.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's triple jump
The first round of jumps were mostly disappointments to these 14 meter jumpers as Keturah Orji was the only one to break that barrier with 14.13. Four more athletes broke 14 in the second round, with Paraskevi Papachristou barely taking the lead with 14.15 and doing a dance to celebrate. The lead lasted barely 2 minutes before newcomer Yulimar Rojas popped 14.41. That jump stood up as the winner of the competition, neither Rojas or Panturoiu could find the board for the rest of their attempts.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's triple jump
Kristin Gierisch edged into second place with a fourth round 14.16, then confirmed her silver medal with a 14.30 in the fifth round. As the Olympics go to South America for the first time, Rojas joins Caterine Ibargüen as South American athletes at the top of world championships in this event.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Tour
The 2016 IAAF World Indoor Tour was the inaugural edition of the IAAF World Indoor Tour, planned as an annual series of track and field indoor meetings. It was designed to create an IAAF Diamond League-style circuit for indoor track and field events, to raise the profile of indoor track and field athletics.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Tour
The Tour was announced with initially four events for 2016, three in Europe and one in the United States, leading to the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Portland, Oregon. Winners of the Tour enjoyed similar privileges in relation to World Indoor Championships qualification as Diamond League winners do in relation to World Championships in Athletics. This was the only edition of the tour that featured the Globen Galan, and the Stockholm leg was replaced by the International Copernicus Cup, a long-standing indoor event in Torún, Poland for 2017.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Tour, Scoring system
At each meeting a minimum of 12 events were staged. Included in the 12 events will be a core group of five or six events split across the two-season cycle.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Tour, Scoring system
Tour events for 2016 were the men’s 60m, 800m, 3000/5000m, pole vault, triple jump and shot put, plus the women’s 400m, 1500m, 60m hurdles, high jump and long jump.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Tour, Scoring system
Points were allocated to the best four athletes in each event, with the winner getting 10 points, the runner up receiving seven points, the third-placed finisher getting five points and the athlete in fourth receiving three points.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Tour, Scoring system
The individual overall winner of each event received US $20,000 in prize money and, beginning with the 2016 edition in Portland, automatically qualified for the next edition of the IAAF World Indoor Championships as a ‘wild card’ entry, provided the member federation of that World Indoor Tour winner agreed to enter the athlete.


2016 IAAF World Indoor Tour, Scoring system, Indoor Tour Events
The following events are core Tour events for the 2019 indoor season:


2016 IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships
The 2016 IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships (Italian: Campionati del mondo a squadre di marcia 2016) was the 27th edition of the global team racewalking competition organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations. It was held in Rome, Italy from 7 to 8 May 2016. It was the first edition of the tournament under its new name, having previously been known as the IAAF World Race Walking Cup since 1989.


2016 IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships, Overview
The programme remained unchanged, with senior men's races over 20 km and 50 km, a 20 km senior women's race, and junior category events for both sexes over 10 km. However, following the approval by the IAAF of the women's 50 km walk as an official event, for the first time women were permitted to enter the 50 km. A separate women's 50 km was not scheduled, but women were allowed to enter the men's event and were treated as equal competitors for team scoring.


2016 IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships, Overview
The local organising committee was headed by Alfio Giomi, the head of the Italian Athletics Federation, and included Maurizio Damilano, a former Olympic champion in racewalking. The competition was organised at relatively short notice – Cheboksary was originally chosen as the host city but the suspension of the All-Russia Athletic Federation for systemic doping issues by the IAAF meant the host bidding was reopened. Rome was the clear winner in the bidding process in January 2016, with nine votes compared to Guayaquil and Kyiv's four and two for Monterrey. It was the fourth time that the competition was held in Italy, with previous editions having visited the country in 1963, 1965 and 2002.


2016 IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships, Overview
The course was set on the streets of Rome around the Baths of Caracalla. It was a flat looped route, with one loop for the junior races and two for the senior races. The start point was beside the Arch of Constantine and the Colosseum and finishing point was the Stadio delle Terme di Caracalla.


2016 IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships, Overview
Chinese athletes won both the junior races: Ma Zhenxia took the women's title and Zhang Jun the men's.


2016 IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships, Overview
The competition was broadcast on television in the host country by Rai Sport 1 and Rai Sport 2.


2016 IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships, Overview
In June 2016, the Italian sports newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport, reported that gold medalist in the 50 km men's competition Alex Schwazer had again tested positive to a banned substance. He has since announced at a press conference that he had not taken anabolic steroids, despite his sample from January 1, testing positive on May 12. On 11 August 2016, Schwarzer was stripped of his title and banned for 8 years, due to positive doping test.


2016 IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 398 athletes from 55 countries participated.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships
The 2016 World U20 Championships in Athletics was an international athletics competition for athletes qualifying as juniors (born no earlier than 1 January 1997) which was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium in Bydgoszcz, Poland on 19–24 July 2016. It was the first time the competition had been held under the new name, having previously been known as World Junior Championships in Athletics.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships
The championships were originally awarded to Kazan, Russia before the hosting rights were withdrawn as a result of ARAF being suspended by the IAAF. Since then, three cities expressed an interest in hosting the championships; on 7 January 2016, the decision was made to reallocate the championships to Bydgoszcz as it was the only city to submit a bid.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships
The medal table was topped by the United States with 11 gold, 6 silver, and 4 bronze medals, followed by Kenya and Ethiopia.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 10,000 metres
The men's 10,000 metres event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 19 July.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 10,000 metres walk
The men's 10,000 metres walk event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 23 July.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 100 metres
The men's 100 metres event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 19 and 20 July.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 100 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the 6 fastest times (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 100 metres, Results, Heats
Wind:Heat 1: -0.4 m/s, Heat 2: +0.6 m/s, Heat 3: +0.7 m/s, Heat 4: +0.4 m/s, Heat 5: +0.6 m/s, Heat 6: -0.6 m/s


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 100 metres, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the 2 fastest times (q) qualified for the final.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 100 metres, Results, Semifinals
Wind:Heat 1: -0.6 m/s, Heat 2: +0.2 m/s, Heat 3: +0.7 m/s


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 110 metres hurdles
The men's 110 metres hurdles event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 20 and 21 July.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 110 metres hurdles, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the 3 fastest times (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 110 metres hurdles, Results, Heats
Wind:Heat 1: -0.8 m/s, Heat 2: -0.1 m/s, Heat 3: +0.7 m/s, Heat 4: -0.1 m/s, Heat 5: +0.4 m/s, Heat 6: +0.6 m/s, Heat 7: 0.0 m/s


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 110 metres hurdles, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the 2 fastest times (q) qualified for the final.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 110 metres hurdles, Results, Semifinals
Wind:Heat 1: +0.1 m/s, Heat 2: -0.1 m/s, Heat 3: +0.6 m/s


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 1500 metres
The men's 1500 metres event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 19 and 21 July.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 1500 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the 3 fastest times (q) qualified for the final.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 200 metres
The men's 200 metres event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 21 and 22 July.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 200 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the 4 fastest times (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 200 metres, Results, Heats
Wind:Heat 1: +1.3 m/s, Heat 2: +0.9 m/s, Heat 3: +1.6 m/s, Heat 4: -1.2 m/s, Heat 5: +1.3 m/s


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 200 metres, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the 2 fastest times (q) qualified for the final.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 200 metres, Results, Semifinals
Wind:Heat 1: +1.5 m/s, Heat 2: +1.1 m/s, Heat 3: +2.0 m/s


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 21 and 24 July.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 5 of each heat (Q) and the 5 fastest times (q) qualified for the final.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
The men's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 22 and 23 July.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified for the final.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
The men's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 23 and 24 July.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified for the final.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 400 metres
The men's 400 metres event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 20, 21 and 22 July.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 400 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the 6 fastest times (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 400 metres, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the 2 fastest times (q) qualified for the final.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles
The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 21, 22 and 23 July.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the 3 fastest times (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the 2 fastest times (q) qualified for the final.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 5000 metres
The men's 5000 metres event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 23 July.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 800 metres
The men's 800 metres event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 22, 23 and 24 July.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 800 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the 4 fastest times (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 800 metres, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the 2 fastest times (q) qualified for the final.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's decathlon
The men's decathlon event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 19 and 20 July.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's discus throw
The men's discus throw event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 24 July. A 1.75 kg (junior implement) discus was used.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's discus throw, Results, Qualifications
24 JulyWith qualifying standard of 59.00 (Q) or at least the 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's hammer throw
The men's hammer throw event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 20 and 22 July.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's hammer throw, Results, Qualification
Qualification: 72.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) qualified for the final.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's high jump
The men's high jump event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 20 and 22 July.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's high jump, Results, Qualification
Qualification: 2.18 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) qualified for the final.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's javelin throw
The men's javelin throw event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 22 and 23 July.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's javelin throw, Results, Qualification
Qualification: 72.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) qualified for the final.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's long jump
The men's long jump event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 19 and 20 July.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's long jump, Results, Qualification
Qualification: 7.70 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) qualified for the final.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's pole vault
The men's pole vault event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 21 and 23 July.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's pole vault, Results, Qualification
Qualification: 5.35 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) qualified for the final.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's shot put
The men's shot put event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 19 July. A 6kg (junior implement) shot was used.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's shot put, Results, Qualifications
19 JulyWith qualifying standard of 19.40 (Q) or at least the 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's shot put, Results, Qualifications, Details
With qualifying standard of 19.40 (Q) or at least the 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's triple jump
The men's triple jump event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 20 and 21 July.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's triple jump, Results, Qualification
Qualification: 16.10 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) qualified for the final.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 10,000 metres walk
The women's 10,000 metres walk event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Poland's Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 19 July.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 100 metres
The women's 100 metres event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 20 and 21 July.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 100 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: The first 3 of each heat (Q) and the 6 fastest times (q) qualified


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 100 metres, Results, Heats
Wind:Heat 1: -1.6 m/s, Heat 2: -0.8 m/s, Heat 3: +1.7 m/s, Heat 4: +2.7 m/s, Heat 5: -0.4 m/s, Heat 6: +0.2 m/s


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 100 metres, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: The first 2 of each heat (Q) and the 2 fastest times (q) qualified


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 100 metres, Results, Semifinals
Wind:Heat 1: +0.7 m/s, Heat 2: +2.0 m/s, Heat 3: +0.4 m/s


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 100 metres hurdles
The women's 100 metres hurdles event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 22, 23 and 24 July.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 100 metres hurdles, Results, Final
24 JulyStart time: 16:04  Temperature: 25 °C  Humidity: 61 %Wind: +2.0 m/s


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 100 metres hurdles, Results, Semifinals
23 JulyFirst 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 100 metres hurdles, Results, Semifinals, Details
First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 100 metres hurdles, Results, Semifinals, Details
23 JulyStart time: 17:13  Temperature: 22 °C  Humidity: 65 %Wind: +0.6 m/s


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 100 metres hurdles, Results, Semifinals, Details
23 JulyStart time: 17:21  Temperature: 22 °C  Humidity: 65 %Wind: -0.1 m/s


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 100 metres hurdles, Results, Semifinals, Details
23 JulyStart time: 17:30  Temperature: 22 °C  Humidity: 65 %Wind: +0.9 m/s


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 100 metres hurdles, Results, Heats
22 JulyFirst 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advance to the Semi-Finals


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 100 metres hurdles, Results, Heats, Details
First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advance to the Semi-Finals


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 100 metres hurdles, Results, Heats, Details
22 JulyStart time: 9:34  Temperature: 21 °C  Humidity: 49 %Wind: +2.0 m/s


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 100 metres hurdles, Results, Heats, Details
22 JulyStart time: 9:41  Temperature: 21 °C  Humidity: 49 %Wind: +1.6 m/s


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 100 metres hurdles, Results, Heats, Details
22 JulyStart time: 9:48  Temperature: 21 °C  Humidity: 49 %Wind: +1.3 m/s


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 100 metres hurdles, Results, Heats, Details
22 JulyStart time: 9:55  Temperature: 21 °C  Humidity: 49 %Wind: +0.7 m/s


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 100 metres hurdles, Results, Heats, Details
Note:IAAF Rule 168.7 - Not jumping each hurdleIAAF Rule 168.7(b) - Deliberately knocking down a hurdle


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 100 metres hurdles, Results, Heats, Details
22 JulyStart time: 10:02  Temperature: 21 °C  Humidity: 49 %Wind: +1.5 m/s


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 100 metres hurdles, Results, Heats, Heat 6
22 JulyStart time: 10:10  Temperature: 21 °C  Humidity: 49 %Wind: +1.0 m/s


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 1500 metres
The women's 1500 metres event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 22 and 24 July.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 1500 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the 4 fastest times (q) qualified for the final.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 200 metres
The women's 200 metres event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 22 and 23 July.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 200 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the 4 fastest times (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 200 metres, Results, Heats
Wind:Heat 1: +0.6 m/s, Heat 2: +1.9 m/s, Heat 3: +1.2 m/s, Heat 4: +1.1 m/s, Heat 5: +0.5 m/s


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 200 metres, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the 2 fastest times (q) qualified for the final.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 200 metres, Results, Semifinals
Wind:Heat 1: +0.1 m/s, Heat 2: +1.0 m/s, Heat 3: +0.6 m/s


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 3000 metres
The women's 3000 metres event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 20 July.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase
The women's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 19 and 22 July.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 5 of each heat (Q) and the 5 fastest times (q) qualified for the final.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
The women's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 22 and 23 July.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified for the final.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
The women's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 23 and 24 July.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified for the final.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 400 metres
The women's 400 metres event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 19, 20 and 21 July.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 400 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the 6 fastest times (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 400 metres, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the 2 fastest times (q) qualified for the final.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles
The women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 20, 21 and 22 July.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the 4 fastest times (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the 2 fastest times (q) qualified for the final.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 5000 metres
The women's 5000 metres event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 23 July.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 800 metres
The women's 800 metres event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 19, 20 and 21 July.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 800 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the 4 fastest times (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 800 metres, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the 2 fastest times (q) qualified for the final.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's discus throw
The women's discus throw event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 19 and 21 July.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's discus throw, Results, Qualification
Qualification: 51.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) qualified for the final.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's hammer throw
The women's hammer throw event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 21 and 23 July.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's hammer throw, Results, Qualification
Qualification: 61.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) qualified for the final.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's heptathlon
The women's heptathlon event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 21 and 22 July.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's high jump
The women's high jump event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 22 and 24 July.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's high jump, Results, Qualification
Qualification: 1.84 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) qualified for the final.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's javelin throw
The women's javelin throw event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 19 and 20 July.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's javelin throw, Results, Qualifications
19 JulyWith qualifying standard of 53.50 (Q) or at least the 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's javelin throw, Results, Qualifications, Details
With qualifying standard of 53.50 (Q) or at least the 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's long jump
The women's long jump event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 21 and 22 July.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's long jump, Results, Qualification
Qualification: 6.25 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) qualified for the final.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's pole vault
The women's pole vault event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 19 and 21 July.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's pole vault, Results, Qualification
Qualification: 4.20 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) qualified for the final.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's shot put
The women's shot put event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 20 July.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's shot put, Results, Qualification
Qualification: 15.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) qualified for the final.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's triple jump
The women's triple jump event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 22 and 23 July.


2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's triple jump, Results, Qualification
Qualification: 13.20 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) qualified for the final.


2016 IAM Cycling season
The 2016 season for the IAM Cycling cycling team began in January at the Tour Down Under. As a UCI WorldTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.


2016 IBL Indonesia
The 2016 Indonesian Basketball League is the eight season under the name of IBL, a nationwide basketball competition which previously known as National Basketball League (NBL).


2016 IBL Indonesia
The league will continue, despite the fact that Azrul, the owner of PT DBL Indonesia did not renew his contract. The format will be different, closer to what is done in the Philippines. Teams will play each other twice rather than three times.


2016 IBL Indonesia, Players, Foreign players
The teams were not allowed to have foreign players but were allowed to have a naturalized player of Indonesian descent.


2016 IBL Indonesia, Playoffs, Format
In the quarter-finals, the two highest-seeded teams in the series has the twice-to-beat advantage; in this case, the team with the twice to beat advantage needs to be beaten twice by its opponent, while it only has to win once, in a de facto 1–0 lead in a best-of-3 series. All other series has the best-of-three format. All games were played in BritAma Arena, Jakarta from 15 to 29 May 2016.


2016 IBL Indonesia, Playoffs, Bracket
Teams in bold advanced to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding in the regular season, and the numbers to the right indicate the number of games the team won in that round.


2016 IBSF World Snooker Championship – Men's
The 2016 IBSF World Snooker Championship was an amateur snooker tournament that took place from 19 November to 29 November 2016 in Doha, Qatar. It was the 42nd edition of the IBSF World Snooker Championship and also doubled as a qualification event for the World Snooker Tour.


2016 IBSF World Snooker Championship – Men's
119 players representing 52 nations and sovereign states competed in the tournament including 2015 champion, Pankaj Advani who declined his invitation to join the professional World Snooker Tour and as such was able to compete in this year's tournament. Advani however he was defeated in the semi-finals by Welshmen Andrew Pagett. In doing so Pagett became the first player from outside the Asian confederation to reach the final since 2012. The tournament was eventually won by Iran's Soheil Vahedi, who defeated Pagett of Wales 8–1 in the final. Vahedi became only the second Iranian player after Hossein Vafaei to win the championship and as a result, Vahedi was offered that chance to turn professional with a two-year card to play World Snooker Tour for the 2017/2018 and 2018/2019 seasons.


2016 IBSF World Under-18 Snooker Championship
The 2016 IBSF World Under-18 Snooker Championship was an amateur snooker tournament that took place from 16 August to 20 August 2016 in Mol, Belgium  It was the 2nd edition of the IBSF World Under-18 Snooker Championship.


2016 IBSF World Under-18 Snooker Championship
The tournament was won by number 30 seed Jackson Page who defeated the number 1 seed Yun Fung Tam 5–4 in a final frame decider.


2016 IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship
The 2016 IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship was an amateur snooker tournament that took place from 20 August to 25 August 2016 in Mol, Belgium. It was the 28th edition of the IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship and also doubles as a qualification event for the World Snooker Tour.


2016 IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship
The tournament was won by 25th seed Xu Si who defeated former world number 102 Alexander Ursenbacher 6–5 in the final. As a result, Xu Si was given a two-year card on the professional World Snooker Tour for the 2017/2018 and 2018/2019 seasons.


2016 IBU Open European Championships
The 23nd IBU Open European Championships were held in Tyumen, Russia from February 24 to February 28, 2016.


2016 IBU Open European Championships
There were total of 8 competitions: single mixed relay, relay mixed, sprint women, sprint men, pursuit women, pursuit men, mass start women and mass start men.


2016 IBU Open European Championships, Schedule of events
The schedule of the event stands below. All times in CET.


2016 ICC Africa Twenty20 Division Two
The 2016 ICC Africa Twenty20 Division Two was an international 20-over cricket tournament held in Benoni, South Africa, from 16 to 19 April 2016. All matches were played at the Willowmoore Park complex. Sierra Leone were undefeated in their four matches, qualifying for Division One.


2016 ICC Africa Twenty20 Division Two, Teams
Swaziland, which placed fifth at the 2014 Division Two tournament, were disqualified from the event for fielding ineligible players in a previous competition.


2016 ICC Awards
The 2016 ICC Awards were the thirteenth edition of ICC Awards. The voting panel took into account players' performance between 14 September 2015 and 20 September 2016. The announcement of the ICC Test Team of the Year and ICC ODI Team of the Year, along with the winners of the men's individual ICC awards, was made on 21 December 2016. The ICC awards the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy to the Cricketer of the Year, which is considered to be the most prestigious award in world cricket.


2016 ICC Awards, ICC World XI Teams, ICC Test Team of the Year
Alastair Cook was selected as the captain of the Test Team of the Year, with Jonny Bairstow selected as the wicket-keeper. Other players are:


2016 ICC Awards, ICC World XI Teams, ICC ODI Team of the Year
Virat Kohli was selected as the captain of the ODI Team of the Year, with Quinton de Kock selected as the wicket-keeper. Other players are:


2016 ICC Awards, ICC World XI Teams, ICC Women’s Team of the Year
Stafanie Taylor was selected as the captain of the Women's Team of the Year, with Rachel Priest selected as the wicket-keeper. Other players are:


2016 ICC Europe Division Two
The 2016 ICC World Cricket League Europe Division Two was an international 20-over cricket tournament played in Stockholm, Sweden, from 17 to 20 August 2016. It was the first official (ICC-approved) international cricket tournament to be played in Sweden.


2016 ICC Europe Division Two
Six teams participated in the tournament – Germany, Gibraltar, the Isle of Man, Israel, Spain, and Sweden. The tournament was heavily affected by the weather, with five out of the fifteen games being abandoned. The top two teams, Germany and Sweden, qualified for the 2017 ICC Europe Division One event. Germany finished undefeated, while Sweden were level with Israel and Spain on points, but had a superior net run rate. The leading run-scorer was Israel's Josh Evans, while the leading wicket-taker was another Israeli player, Srinath Arachichige.


2016 ICC Europe Division Two
The tournament featured the first international cricket match between Gibraltar and Spain. That match may also have been the first senior international between the two teams in any sport (Gibraltar being a disputed territory that is claimed by both Spain and the United Kingdom).


2016 ICC Europe Division Two, Statistics, Most runs
The top five run scorers (total runs) are included in this table.


2016 ICC Europe Division Two, Statistics, Most wickets
The top five wicket takers are listed in this table, listed by wickets taken and then by bowling average.


2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20
The 2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20 was the fifth edition of the ICC Women's World Twenty20, the world championship of women's Twenty20 International cricket. India hosted the event for the first time, with matches played from 15 March to 3 April 2016. For the first time, the tournament was run simultaneously with the men's World Twenty20, with the final of each tournament played on the same day at the same venue (at Eden Gardens, Kolkata). In the tournament final, the West Indies defeated defending champions Australia by eight wickets, claiming their first title. West Indian captain Stafanie Taylor was named player of the tournament, having scored more runs than any other player.


2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20, Teams
The top eight teams from the 2014 tournament earned direct qualification to the 2016 tournament. The remaining two spots were decided at the 2015 World Twenty20 Qualifier, with Bangladesh and Ireland qualifying:


2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20, Venues
On 21 July 2015, the Indian cricket board announced the name of the eight hosting cities (Bengaluru, Chennai, Dharamshala, Mohali, Mumbai, Nagpur and New Delhi) along with Kolkata, which would host the final of the event.


2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20, Warm-up matches
A total of 9 warm-up matches were played between 10 and 14 of March in Bangalore (at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium) and Chennai (at M. A. Chidambaram Stadium) featuring 9 of the tournament's 10 participating teams.


2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20, Group stage
On 11 December 2015, International Cricket Council announced the schedule for the tournament with the 10 teams split into 2 groups. Each team played every other team in its group once. The top two teams from each group qualified to the knockout phase.


2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20, Knockout stage, Final
Australia were appearing in the World Twenty20 final for a fourth consecutive time (and hoping to claim a fourth consecutive title), whereas the West Indies had only made it as far as the semi-finals in previous tournaments. Both teams had finished second in their groups (to New Zealand and England, respectively), but Australia went into the final as favourites. Australian captain Meg Lanning won the toss and elected to bat, with Australia posting what was regarded as a highly competitive total of 148/5 from their 20 overs. Lanning and Elyse Villani both scored half-centuries, while Ellyse Perry hit two sixes in a quickfire innings of 28 towards the end of the innings.


2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20, Knockout stage, Final
In response, the West Indian openers Hayley Matthews (66 from 45 balls) and Stafanie Taylor (59 from 57 balls) put on a partnership of 120 runs for the first wicket, setting a new team record for Twenty20 Internationals. Matthews and Taylor were both dismissed within the final five overs, but Deandra Dottin and Britney Cooper combined to carry the West Indies to victory with three balls remaining. Matthews, who turned 18 during the tournament, was named player of the final. By winning the tournament, the West Indies became only the fourth team to win a global women's cricket tournament, after Australia, England, and New Zealand. In all World Twenty20 matches, only one higher successful chase has been carried out.


2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Final
The 2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Final was played at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on 3 April 2016 to determine the winners of the 2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20 between Australia and West Indies. Australia had made the final four consecutive times, winning the previous three. This appearance in the final was the first for the West Indies, having lost the semi-final on three previous occasions. West Indies chased down 148 runs to win the match by 8 wickets..


2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Final, Road to the Final, Australia
Australia began their title defence against South Africa and after a poor start came away with an easy victory. Chasing 103 to win they were reduced to 9 for 3 in the fourth over before Alex Blackwell and captain Meg Lanning got them over the line with six wickets and nine balls remaining. They then suffered a heavy defeat against New Zealand. Batting first they lost 3 wickets for just two runs and never recovered, scoring just 103, mainly thanks to 42 runs from Ellyse Perry. New Zealand began briskly and reached the target with 22 balls remaining. Australia returned to form with a comprehensive nine wicket win over Sri Lanka. Lanning and Elyse Villani both scored fifties in the chase. This continued with a seven wicket victory over Ireland. Australia finished second in their group and qualified for the semi finals.


2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Final, Road to the Final, Australia
Australia meet England in the first semi-final. England won the toss and sent Australia into bat on a slow pitch at Feroz Shah Kotla. The openers started well with Villani and Alyssa Healy combining for a 41 run stand. Lanning then scored a 55 ball 50 taking Australia to a total of 132 for 6. To win England would have to achieve the highest winning run chase so far in the tournament. They came out strong and the opening partnership scored 67 runs at better than a run-a-ball. They needed just 17 runs from the final 10 balls to win, and 12 from the last over bowled by Rene Farrell, but fell short by five runs. Australia reached their fourth straight Twenty20 final, a match they have won three times previously.


2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Final, Road to the Final, West Indies
The West Indies first match off the tournament was a close low scoring game against Pakistan. Batting first the West Indies scored 103 for 8, with captain Stafanie Taylor scoring 40 runs. Pakistan looked to have the target well in hand, before three quick wickets by West Indian spinner Anisa Mohammed swung the match their way. The West Indies ended up winning their opening game by four runs. Taylor, Hayley Matthews and Deandra Dottin put in strong performances with the bat and the ball as they dominated their next match against Bangladesh.


2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Final, Road to the Final, West Indies
The West Indies scored 148 runs, before bowling Bangladesh out for 99 to go to the top of their group. The third match was much closer. Batting first the West Indies scored 108, and after looking like they were cruising to victory England need a bye from the final delivery to win by a single wicket. Their final group game was against India and the West Indies defended 114 to knock the hosts out of the tournament.


2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Final, Road to the Final, West Indies
The West Indies came up against the unbeaten New Zealanders in the other semi-final. Batting first the West Indies scored an imposing 143 for 6, led by Britney Cooper's 48 ball 61. Taylor and Dottin also contributed important runs during the middle of the innings before Merissa Aguilleira finished it off with a quick 15 runs from 10 balls. In reply New Zealand were reduced to 49 for 3, before recovering to need 43 from the last five overs.


2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Final, Road to the Final, West Indies
Two wickets in two balls from Taylor, both New Zealand wickets caught by Shemaine Campbelle, gave the advantage back to the West Indies and they ended up winning the match by six runs. The West Indies made it through to their first final, having fallen at the semi-final stage three previous times.


2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Final, Match, Summary
The final was played at Eden Gardens before the men's final which also featured the West Indies. Australia won the toss and elected to bat scoring an imposing 148 for 5, with Lanning and Villani both contributing 52 runs. Despite losing opening partner Healy in the second over, Villani played aggressively and Australia scored 54 runs in the first six overs. Her 77 run second wicket partnership with Lanning was broken when Villani was caught off Taylors bowling. Lanning and Perry, 28 from 23 balls, continued the assault as Australia reached 100 in the 14th over. The West Indies fought back well to only concede 36 runs from the last five overs, including only one run from the last over.


2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Final, Match, Summary
The West Indies began the chase slowly, scoring just nine runs from the first three overs. Matthews and Taylor warmed up quickly, scoring 120 runs at more than a run a ball before Matthews was dismissed in the 15th over. When Taylor was finally caught in the 18th over, the West Indies needed just five runs for victory from eight balls. With two runs required from four balls, Cooper pushed for a tight run and the throw that would have run her out had it hit the stumps missed. The overthrow saw the West Indies win their maiden Twenty20 title, completing the second highest successful run chase in the tournament's history.


2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Final, Match, Summary
Counterparts from the West Indian men's team, including Carlos Brathwaite and captain Darren Sammy, quickly joined the women's team in celebrating their victory. The West Indian women's team stayed at Eden Gardens to watch the men's team in their final against England immediately afterwards and joined the men's team after Brathwaite's and Marlon Samuels' heroics secured a four-wicket victory, making the West Indies the first to win both the men's and women's World Twenty20s on the same day.


2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20 squads
2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20 is the fifth edition of ICC Women's World Twenty20. The tournament will be hosted in India for first time. Australia are the defending champions, after winning the 2014 tournament in Bangladesh.


2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20 squads
Below is a list of the squads which participate of the 2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20. The list display the player's age and the number of T20I matches played (excluding the warm-up matches) at the start of the tournament.


2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20 squads, Australia
On 9 February 2016, Cricket Australia announced its squad. Coach:  Matthew Mott


2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20 squads, Australia
1On 11 March 2016, Cricket Australia reported it was withdrawing Grace Harris, diagnosed with deep vein thrombosis and named Nicola Carey as replacement.


2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20 squads, Bangladesh
On 10 February 2016, the Bangladesh Cricket Board announced its squad. Coach:  Janak Gamage


2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20 squads, England
On 17 February 2016, the England and Wales Cricket Board announced its squad. Coach:  Mark Robinson


2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20 squads, England
1On 22 March 2016, the England and Wales Cricket Board reported it was withdrawing Danielle Hazell, due to a calf injury and named Laura Marsh as replacement.


2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20 squads, India
On 5 February 2016, the Board of Control for Cricket in India announced its squad. Coach:  Purnima Rau


2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20 squads, Ireland
On 19 January 2016, Cricket Ireland announced its squad. Coach:  Aaron Hamilton


2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20 squads, New Zealand
On 3 February 2016, New Zealand Cricket announced its squad. Coach:  Haidee Tiffen


2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20 squads, Pakistan
On 10 February 2016, the Pakistan Cricket Board announced its squad. Coach:  Mohtashim Rasheed


2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20 squads, Pakistan
1On 9 March 2016, the Pakistan Cricket Board reported it was withdrawing Sania Khan due to a fractured thumb and named Diana Baig as replacement.


2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20 squads, South Africa
On 25 February 2016, Cricket South Africa announced its squad. Coach:  Hilton Moreeng


2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20 squads, Sri Lanka
On 9 February 2016, Sri Lanka Cricket announced its squad. Coach:  Lanka de Silva


2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20 squads, West Indies
On 13 January 2016, the West Indies Cricket Board announced its squad. Coach:  Vasbert Drakes


2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Five
The 2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Five was an international cricket tournament that took place in Jersey during May 2016. It formed part of the 2012–18 cycle of the World Cricket League (WCL). The Jersey Cricket Board were awarded the hosting rights in October 2015, with the Nigeria Cricket Federation the only other bidder.


2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Five
The competition's final was played at the Grainville Cricket Ground in Saint Saviour, with Jersey defeating Oman by 44 runs. Both teams were promoted to the 2016 Division Four tournament.


2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Five, Teams
In March 2016 Suriname withdrew from the tournament due to an ICC investigation about the eligibility of some of their players. At least six players had doubts raised regarding their eligibility, including the Division Six tournament's man of the series, Gavin Singh and the leading wicket-taker, Muneshwar Patandin. Vanuatu were named as their replacement.


2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Five, Match officials
For the fixture between Oman and Nigeria on 22 May, Sue Redfern was one of the standing umpires, while Jacqueline Williams was the third umpire. It was the first time two female umpires had officiated in a men's match in an ICC tournament.


2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Five, Preparation
Vanuatu played warm-up matches against Denmark and the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in London. After continuing on to Jersey, the team also played a final warm-up match against Oman, before the start of the tournament proper. Guernsey played a series of warm-up matches in Sussex, England, including two against a Netherlands A side.


2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Five, Final placings
After the conclusion of the tournament the teams were distributed as follows:


2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Five, Statistics, Most runs
The top five runscorers are included in this table, ranked by runs scored and then by batting average.


2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Five, Statistics, Most wickets
The top five wicket takers are listed in this table, ranked by wickets taken and then by bowling average.


2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Four
The 2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Four was an international limited-overs cricket tournament held in Los Angeles from 29 October – 5 November 2016. It was the fifth edition of WCL Division Four, and the first World Cricket League tournament played in the United States. All matches were played at the Leo Magnus Cricket Complex.


2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Four
The tournament was won by the United States, who defeated Oman in the final by 13 runs. Both the finalists were promoted to the 2017 Division Three tournament. The bottom two teams, Jersey and Italy, were relegated to Division Five. Jersey's Corey Bisson was the leading run-scorer, while Denmark's Aftab Ahmed and American pace bowler Timil Patel were the equal leading wicket-takers. Oman's Khawar Ali, an all-rounder, was named player of the tournament.


2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Four
After the conclusion of the tournament, the United States captain Steven Taylor said that "this victory means a lot to us, especially as it came with the home crowd behind us". The United States coach Pubudu Dassanayake said "I wouldn't have settled for runner-up in the final" and that he was "very happy how things went in the final".


2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Four, Venue
All matches were played at Leo Magnus Cricket Complex in Van Nuys, Los Angeles.


2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Four, Preparation
Bermuda prepared for the tournament by playing four exhibition games in Toronto against club teams and a High Performance XI. Canada traveled to Bermuda to play three 50 over matches. The United States held a five-day camp in Indianapolis between 17 and 21 September. This included two 50 over matches against a Marylebone Cricket Club side. The United States also played Canada in the Auty Cup on 13, 14 and 16 October 2016 in Los Angeles.


2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Four, Statistics, Most runs
The top five run-scorers are included in this table, ranked by runs scored and then by batting average.


2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Four, Statistics, Most wickets
The top five wicket-takers are listed in this table, ranked by wickets taken and then by bowling average.


2016 ICC World Twenty20
The 2016 ICC World Twenty20 was the sixth edition of the ICC World Twenty20, the world championship of Twenty20 International cricket. It was held in India from 8 March to 3 April 2016, and was the first edition to be hosted by India.


2016 ICC World Twenty20
Seven cities hosted matches in the tournament – Bangalore, Dharamshala, Kolkata, Mohali, Mumbai, Nagpur, and New Delhi. For the second time there were sixteen participating teams, ten qualifying automatically through their status as full members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), and another six qualifying through the 2015 World Twenty20 Qualifier. The tournament was divided into three stages. In the first stage, the eight lowest-ranked teams played off, with the top two joining the eight highest-ranked teams in the Super 10 stage. Finally, the top four teams overall contested the knockout stage. In the final, played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, the West Indies defeated England by four wickets. Indian batsman Virat Kohli was named the player of the tournament, while Bangladesh's Tamim Iqbal and Afghanistan's Mohammad Nabi led the tournament in runs and wickets, respectively.


2016 ICC World Twenty20, Teams
For the second time, the tournament featured 16 teams. All ten full members qualified automatically, joined by the six associate members: Ireland, Scotland, Netherlands, Afghanistan, Hong Kong and Oman who all qualified through the 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, played in Ireland and Scotland between 6 and 26 July 2015. Oman made its debut in the tournament.


2016 ICC World Twenty20, Teams
The top eight Full Member nations in the ICC T20I Championship rankings as of 30 April 2014 automatically progressed to the Super 10 stage, with the remaining eight teams competed in the group stage. From the group stage, Bangladesh and associate nation Afghanistan advanced to the Super 10 stage. Test playing nation Zimbabwe and Ireland failed to advance to the Super 10 stage for the second time.


2016 ICC World Twenty20, Teams
In October 2015 Shahryar Khan, chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), said that Pakistan would consider pulling out of the tournament if the series against India did not go ahead. Although the series was ultimately cancelled, Pakistan received government clearance in February 2016 to visit India to compete in the tournament. In early March, Pakistan sent a delegation to assess the security arrangements ahead of the tournament. Following the visit, the match between India and Pakistan was moved from Dharamsala to Eden Gardens in Kolkata, at the request of the PCB, and on 11 March, Pakistan confirmed their participation at the tournament.


2016 ICC World Twenty20, Match officials
The match referees’ responsibilities throughout the men's tournament were shared between six members of the Elite Panel of ICC Referees :


2016 ICC World Twenty20, Match officials
The on-field responsibilities for officiating the men's tournament were shared by all twelve of the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires and three umpires from the International Panel of ICC Umpires :


2016 ICC World Twenty20, Squads
Prior to the tournament, each team selected a squad of fifteen players.


2016 ICC World Twenty20, Venues
On 21 July 2015, the Indian cricket board announced the name of the cities which will be hosting the matches. Bangalore, Chennai, Dharamshala, Mohali, Mumbai, Nagpur and New Delhi were the venues along with Kolkata, which also hosted the final of the event. Chennai could not host a match due to legal issues regarding the construction of three stands at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium. VCA Stadium, Nagpur hosted all Group B games and HPCA Stadium, Dharamshala hosted all Group A matches. The India vs Pakistan match, was scheduled to be played at HPCA Stadium. With the announcement that HPCA authority could not provide the required security for Pakistani team, the match was moved to Eden Gardens, Kolkata.


2016 ICC World Twenty20, Venues
There were some initial concerns about the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium in Delhi hosting the first semi-final, due to one of the block of stands needing a clearance certificate from the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC). If the clearance was not approved, the ICC and BCCI were planning an alternative venue to host the match. However, on 23 March, the Delhi & District Cricket Association were granted clearance from the SDMC to use the block at the Feroz Shah Kotla.


2016 ICC World Twenty20, Prize money
The 2016 ICC World Twenty20 declared a total prize money pool of $10 million for the tournament, 33% more than the 2014 edition. The prize money was distributed according to the performance of the teams as follows:


2016 ICC World Twenty20, First Round
All times listed below are in Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30).


2016 ICC World Twenty20, Knockout stage
Due to security concerns, the ICC stated that if Pakistan finished second in Group 2, the two semi final venues would be switched.


2016 ICC World Twenty20, Knockout stage, Final
England and the West Indies were both contesting the tournament final for a second time, having won one previous tournament each (in 2010 and 2012, respectively). West Indian captain Darren Sammy won the toss and elected to bowl, as he had done throughout the tournament. England posted a total of 155/9 from their 20 overs, with Joe Root top-scoring with 54 runs from 36 balls. For the West Indies, Carlos Brathwaite took 3/23 and Samuel Badree took 2/16, including a maiden. The West Indies subsequently reached their target with just two balls to spare.


2016 ICC World Twenty20, Knockout stage, Final
They required 19 runs from the final over, bowled by Ben Stokes, which Brathwaite reached by hitting four consecutive sixes. Marlon Samuels scored 85 not out from 66 balls – the highest score in World T20 final history – and was named the final's Man of the Match for the second time. The match was played to a near-capacity crowd, with 66,000 people in attendance.


2016 ICC World Twenty20, Statistics
The leading run-scorer in the tournament was Tamim Iqbal, with 295, and the highest wicket-taker Mohammad Nabi with 12. The top-five in each category are:


2016 ICC World Twenty20 Final
The 2016 ICC World Twenty20 Final was played at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on 3 April 2016 to determine the winners of the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 between England and the West Indies. The West Indies won the match by 4 wickets, thus becoming the first team to win the ICC World Twenty20 twice. The match recorded the highest attendance ever for an ICC World T20 Finals.


2016 ICC World Twenty20 Final, Background
Prior to the tournament, there were concerns that some of the West Indies players may withdraw from the tournament with a dispute over pay, with a possibility of a second-string team being sent. West Indies captain Darren Sammy had exchanged letters with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) expressing his concerns regarding the payment players were due to receive for taking part in the tournament. Sammy went on to say that "...we want to play and will represent the West Indies to the best of our abilities".


2016 ICC World Twenty20 Final, Background
Before this match England and the West Indies had played each other in two ICC finals – the final of the 1979 World Cup at Lord's and the final of the 2004 Champions Trophy final at the Oval – both of which the West Indies won. This was also the first final between two previous champions – England won the 2010 World T20 for their first ICC world championship while the West Indies won the 2012 World T20.


2016 ICC World Twenty20 Final, Background
Both teams were drawn into Super 10s Group 1 alongside Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and South Africa. They played each other in their opening game on 16 March at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, with the West Indies winning by six wickets with 11 balls to spare. West Indian opener Chris Gayle scored an unbeaten 100 runs off 47 balls, including 11 sixes, becoming the first player to hit two T20 International centuries.


2016 ICC World Twenty20 Final, Background
Immediately before the men's final, the West Indies won the women's tournament with an eight-wicket victory over three-time defending champions Australia, also at Eden Gardens, which gave them the chance to be the first to win both the men's and women's World Twenty20 on the same day.


2016 ICC World Twenty20 Final, Road to the Final, England
Despite having been the 2010 World T20 champions, England had not advanced past the group stage of the previous year's World Cup and had included only one member of their 2010 champion squad – Irish-born batsman and captain Eoin Morgan. Despite selecting a relatively inexperienced team, England did include players who had World Cup experience and had won Ashes series.


2016 ICC World Twenty20 Final, Road to the Final, England
They were also in the midst of a limited overs overhaul that eventually brought them victory in the 2019 World Cup on home soil, with members who eventually played in both tournaments including batsmen Joe Root and Jason Roy, all-rounder Ben Stokes, wicketkeeper Jos Buttler, fast bowler Liam Plunkett and leg-spinner Adil Rashid.


2016 ICC World Twenty20 Final, Road to the Final, England
After their loss to the West Indies, England beat South Africa with the highest successful run chase (229) in World T20 history before beating Afghanistan and then Sri Lanka to reach the semifinal. In the semifinal they came up against unbeaten New Zealand in Delhi. New Zealand made a strong start to be 89 for 1 after 10 overs, before tight bowling by Stokes and Chris Jordan kept them to 153. Opener Roy scored 78 off 44, a Man of the Match performance, to lead England to a seven-wicket victory with 17 balls remaining.


2016 ICC World Twenty20 Final, Road to the Final, West Indies
Despite subpar performances in Test and ODI play, the West Indies were confident heading into the tournament and entered the final as the second-ranked T20 team behind only India. Much of this was due to the number of players with IPL experience and that the majority were part of the 2012 champion squad. Off-spinner Sunil Narine and all-rounder Kieron Pollard were notable exceptions, but the Windies still fielded power-hitting all-rounders Chris Gayle, Andre Russell and Marlon Samuels in addition to captain Darren Sammy among others.


2016 ICC World Twenty20 Final, Road to the Final, West Indies
After prevailing against England, they defeated Sri Lanka in a rematch of the 2012 final and then South Africa. They suffered an upset loss to Afghanistan in their final group match, but with first place in the group already secured. In the semifinal they came up against the hosts India in Mumbai, and India batted first with Virat Kohli's unbeaten 89 off 47 propelling India to 192/2 in their 20 overs. In reply, Gayle was bowled for just 5 and Samuels was dismissed soon after to leave the West Indies in trouble at 19/2.


2016 ICC World Twenty20 Final, Road to the Final, West Indies
However, power hitting saw the West Indies home, with Russell’s six off Kohli with two balls to spare clinching a win by seven wickets. Late replacement Lendl Simmons led the chase, surviving being caught twice off no-balls to score an unbeaten 82 off 51 balls and earn Man of the Match.


2016 ICC World Twenty20 Final, Match details, Match summary
The West Indies started well with Badree bowling Roy for a duck with just the second ball and fellow opener Alex Hales being caught off Andre Russell in the second over. Morgan was caught at slip by Gayle off Badree to leave England at 3/23 after 4.4 overs. Root helped England climb back into the game with 54 off 36, but he was caught playing an uncharacteristic paddle sweep off Carlos Brathwaite. Dwayne Bravo then took two wickets in three balls dropping England from 110/4 to 111/7. Batting deep, England managed to finish at 155/9 after their 20 overs.


2016 ICC World Twenty20 Final, Match details, Match summary
Root was a surprising choice to bowl the second over of the West Indian innings but immediately dismissed both Gayle and fellow opener Johnson Charles. David Willey subsequently had Simmons out LBW for a golden duck leaving the West Indies 11/3 in the third over. A partnership of 75 between Bravo and Samuels kept the West Indies in the game and they were still in with a chance with 45 runs needed from the last four overs. Tight bowling left them nineteen runs behind going into the final over, but Brathwaite hit four consecutive sixes off the first four balls from Ben Stokes to seal the win.


2016 ICC World Twenty20 Final, Match details, Match summary
Only three West Indian batsmen reached double figures: Samuels, Brathwaite and Bravo. Samuels finished with an unbeaten 85 off 66, the highest score in World Twenty20 final history. Brathwaite broke the record for the most runs by a single batsman in the final over of a successful chase (Brathwaite's 24 beating Michael Hussey's 22 for Australia off Pakistan's Saeed Ajmal in the 2010 semifinals in St. Lucia). Samuels earned Man of the Match for his 85 not out for his second World Twenty20 final Man of the Match and his second final half century.


2016 ICC World Twenty20 Final, Match details, Match summary
Victory meant that the West Indies had won their fourth ICC world championship after the 1975 and 1979 World Cups and the 2012 World Twenty20. They also became the first to win two men's World Twenty20s and the first to win both the women's and men's tournaments on the same day.


2016 ICC World Twenty20 Final, Match details, Post match
At the presentation ceremony, man of the match Marlon Samuels dedicated his award to Shane Warne, saying "I answer with the bat, not the mic". This was in response to an ongoing war-of-words between the two players that dates back to an altercation at the 2013–14 Big Bash League. West Indies captain Darren Sammy criticised the WICB during the presentation speech, saying "I'm yet to hear from our own cricket board (during the tournament). That is very disappointing". England captain Eoin Morgan said that "we let ourselves down with the bat and probably fell about 40 short" and defended Ben Stokes bowling in the final over saying "it's not his fault".


2016 ICC World Twenty20 Final, Match details, Post match
Following the conclusion of the match, the ICC named its World Twenty20 team of the tournament. This included two players from the West Indies team (Andre Russell and Samuel Badree) and four players from the England team (Jason Roy, Joe Root, Jos Buttler and David Willey). In Saint Lucia, the Beauséjour Stadium was renamed the Darren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, following the West Indies win.


2016 ICC World Twenty20 Final, Match details, Post match
On 25 April, the ICC reprimanded some of the West Indies players for their comments at the post-match interviews saying that "certain comments and actions were inappropriate, disrespectful and brought the event into disrepute".


2016 ICC World Twenty20 squads
The 2016 ICC World Twenty20 was the sixth ICC World Twenty20, and the first to be hosted by India. Sri Lanka were the defending champions, having won the 2014 edition. The following squads were chosen for the tournament. The player ages are as on 8 March 2016, the opening day of the tournament, and where a player plays for more than one team in Twenty20 cricket, only their domestic team is listed (for example: at the time, Jos Buttler played for Lancashire Lightning in the T20 Blast and Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League).


2016 ICC World Twenty20 squads, West Indies
The West Indian squad was announced on 29 January 2016.


2016 ICC World Twenty20 squads, Changes
On 19 March, Taskin Ahmed and Arafat Sunny, members of the Bangladesh squad, were suspended from bowling in international cricket due to probable illegal bowling actions. They were replaced with Shuvagata Hom and Saqlain Sajib.


2016 ICC World Twenty20 squads, Changes
On 26 February, England's Liam Plunkett was named as the replacement for Steven Finn,who was ruled out with a calf strain.


2016 ICC World Twenty20 squads, Changes
Tom Cooper was added to the Netherlands squad on 25 February, 19 days after the squad was announced.


2016 ICC World Twenty20 squads, Changes
On 23 February, Babar Azam and Rumman Raees withdrew from the tournament due to injury. They were replaced in the Pakistan squad by Sharjeel Khan and Mohammad Sami. Khalid Latif was also added to Pakistan's squad in place of Iftikhar Ahmed. On 3 March, Ahmed Shehzad was also added to the squad in place of Khurram Manzoor.


2016 ICC World Twenty20 squads, Changes
Sri Lanka's squad was changed after the initial announcement. This new squad was named on 8 March 2016, where Jeffrey Vandersay and Niroshan Dickwella were replaced by Suranga Lakmal and Lahiru Thirimanne. Lasith Malinga stepped down from the captaincy due to his slow recovery from  an injury and Angelo Mathews was appointed as the captain. On 18 March Sri Lanka Cricket announced that Malinga was ruled out of the tournament after failing to sufficiently recover from his knee injury. Jeffrey Vandersay, who was withdrawn earlier from the original squad, was named as Malinga's replacement.


2016 ICC World Twenty20 squads, Changes
After the West Indies squad was announced, Kieron Pollard, Sunil Narine and Darren Bravo withdrew before the tournament started. Pollard was replaced by Carlos Brathwaite, while Ashley Nurse replaced Narine. Bravo's replacement in the squad is Johnson Charles. Lendl Simmons was ruled out of the tournament after suffering a back injury. He was replaced with Evin Lewis. Before the semi-finals, Andre Fletcher suffered a hamstring injury and was ruled out of the rest of the tournament. Lendl Simmons, who had recovered from his back injury was called in as a replacement.


2016 ICC World Twenty20 squads, Changes
Yuvraj Singh was ruled out before semi final. Manish Pandey was called to replaced him.


2016 ICC World Twenty20 warm-up matches
The following warm-up matches for the 2016 ICC World Twenty20  were played between 3 March and 15 March between all participants.


2016 ICF Paracanoe World Championships
The 2016 ICF Paracanoe World Championships was held in Duisburg, Germany, from 17 to 19 May 2016. This event, which is usually part of the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, was held separately as the latter is not held in Olympic years. It shared the venue with, and was held concurrently with the 2016 European Canoe Sprint Olympic Qualifier tournament.