2008 World Championships
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2008 World Championships may refer to:
- Athletics: 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships2008 IAAF World Indoor ChampionshipsThe 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Luis Puig Palace in Valencia, Spain, March 7-9, 2008.-Bid:Valencia was announced the winning bidder by the IAAF on November 13, 2005 at an IAAF Council meeting in Moscow, Russia.-Men:...
- Cross-country running: 2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships2008 IAAF World Cross Country ChampionshipsThe 36th IAAF World Cross Country Championships were held in the Holyrood Park at Edinburgh, Scotland on 30 March 2008. Four races took place, one for men, women, junior men and junior women respectively. All races encompassed both individual and team competition...
- Half marathon: 2008 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships2008 IAAF World Half Marathon ChampionshipsThe 2008 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships were held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 12 October 2008.This event was first announced as the 2008 IAAF World Road Running Championships, but in November 2007, the IAAF announced that the name of the IAAF World Road Running Championships would revert...
- Cross-country running: 2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
- Bowls: World Bowls Championships 2008
- Chess: World Chess Championship 2008World Chess Championship 2008The World Chess Championship 2008 was a best-of-twelve-games match between the World Chess Champion, Viswanathan Anand, and the previous World Champion, Vladimir Kramnik...
- Curling:
- 2008 Ford World Men's Curling Championship
- 2008 World Women's Curling Championship
- Darts: 2008 BDO World Darts Championship2008 BDO World Darts Championship*Michael Rosenauer was originally drawn to face Mark Webster, but chose to withdraw from the event to compete in the 2008 PDC World Championship. Jones had won the standby play-off at Bridlington prior to the World Masters-Statistics:- Women's Championship :...
- Darts: 2008 PDC World Darts Championship2008 PDC World Darts ChampionshipThe 2008 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship, sponsored by Ladbrokes, was the 15th World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation since it separated from the British Darts Organisation...
- Figure skating: 2008 World Figure Skating Championships2008 World Figure Skating ChampionshipsThe 2008 World Figure Skating Championships was the World Figure Skating Championships of the 2007–2008 figure skating season. The World Championships are an annual figure skating competition in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion. The event was open to figure skaters...
- Ice hockey: 2008 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships2008 Men's World Ice Hockey ChampionshipsThe 2008 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships was the 72nd such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams representing 48 countries will participate in four levels of competition. The competition will also serve as qualifications for the 2009 competition...
- Ice hockey: 2008 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships2008 Women's World Ice Hockey ChampionshipsThe 2008 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships were held from April 4 to April 13, 2008, in Harbin, People's Republic of China.It was the 11th event, and was run by the International Ice Hockey Federation ....
- Snooker: 2008 World Snooker Championship
- Speed skating:
- Allround: 2008 World Allround Speed Skating Championships2008 World Allround Speed Skating ChampionshipsThe 2008 World Allround Speed Skating Championships were held in the indoor arena in Berlin on 9 and 10 February 2008. The Dutch skaters Paulien van Deutekom and the Dutch Sven Kramer became World Champions.-500 meter:-1500 meter:...
- Sprint: 2008 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships2008 World Sprint Speed Skating ChampionshipsThe 2008 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships were held in Thialf, Heerenveen on 19 and 20 January 2008. They were the 37th World Championships.-Women:Source: ISU -Men:...
- Single distances: 2008 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships2008 World Single Distance Speed Skating ChampionshipsThe 2008 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships were held between 6 March and 9 March 2008 in the M-Wave, Nagano, Nagano.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medals table:-References:*...
- Allround: 2008 World Allround Speed Skating Championships
See also
- 2008 World Cup (disambiguation)
- 2008 Continental Championships (disambiguation)
- 2008 World Junior Championships (disambiguation)