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2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships


 

The 10th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations were held in the Budapest Arena, Hungary between March 5 and March 7, 2004.

Related Topics:
IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics - International Association of Athletics Federations - Budapest Arena - Hungary - March 5 - March 7 - 2004

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It was the second visit of the championships to Budapest having previously visited there 15 years earlier in 1989.

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The newly built 13,000 capacity arena was built on the site of a former stadium that was destroyed by fire in 1999.

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This was to be the last World Indoor Championships where the 200 m. would be contested as due to the tight bends involved in running indoors any athlete drawn to run on an inside lane was given an enormous disadvantage.

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