The 2008 World Athletics Gala in Monaco on 23 November, the prestigious annual global awards night for athletics, as well as the crowning of the 2008 World Athletes of the Year (Man and Woman), will witness the announcement of the 2008 Performance of the Year (Man and Woman) live on stage.
We are now giving you the chance to select your three performances for the men and three performances for the women who you think deserve to be shortlisted for the Performance of the Year Award. Each vote will count as one point.
The vote will close on Sunday 16 November 2008, midnight CET.
Click here to vote for the Performances of the Year
Candidates for the Performance of the Year Awards
Athletes listed in alphabetical order
Men
Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 12:57.82/5000m Beijing 23 August
An Olympic record to complete a superb 5000/10,000m double and a fantastic performance in the lead from 2000m out
Usain Bolt (JAM) 9.69/100m Beijing 16 August
A World record – set while easing off 15 metres from the finish line – to win the Olympic 100m final with the equal biggest winning margin
Usain Bolt (JAM) 19.30/200m Beijing 20 August
A World record to win the Olympic 200m final, an improvement of 2 hundredths of a second on Michael Johnson’s historical World record set 12 years ago at the Atlanta Olympic Games
Bryan Clay (USA) 8832/Decathlon Eugene 30 June
A rise to equal fifth in the all-time performers list and the best score in four years to win the US Olympic Trials
Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) 2:03:59/Marathon Berlin 28 September
A World Marathon record and barrier breaking performance, the first ever sub 2:04 and an improvement over the previous standard by 27 seconds
Jamaica’s 4x100m Relay Team 37.10/4x100m Beijing 22 August
A World record to win the Olympic 4x100m title and an improvement over the previous standard by 3 tenths of a second by the team of Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell
Abubaker Kaki (SUD) 1:42.69/800m Oslo 6 June
A World Junior record and impressive win over older athletes at the Oslo Golden League meeting
LaShawn Merritt (USA) 43.75/400m Beijing 21 August
A rise to fifth place in the all-time performers list to win the 400m Olympic final and the much awaited duel with defending champion Jeremy Wariner, the biggest winning margin in Olympic history since 1896
Dayron Robles (CUB) 12.87/110m Hurdles Ostrava 12 June
A World record improvement by 1 hundredth of a second
Irving Saladino (PAN) 8.73/Long Jump Hengelo 24 May
The longest jump in 14 years and a rise to 7th place in the all-time performers list
Zersenay Tadese (ERI) 59:56/Half Marathon Rio de Janeiro 12 October
A solo win to take his third consecutive World Half Marathon Championships title
Angelo Taylor (USA) 47.25/400m Hurdles Beijing 18 August
A rise to ninth place in the all-time performers list and the fastest time in three years to win the Olympic 400m Hurdles final
Samuel Wanjiru (KEN) 2:06.32/Marathon Beijing 24 August
The fastest ever Marathon in a championships and a performance achieved without pace makers and in tough conditions
Women
Veronica Campbell-Brown (JAM) 21.74/200m Beijing 21 August
The fastest time in 10 years to defend the 200m Olympic title and a rise to 10th on the all-time performers list
Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) 14:11.15/5000m Oslo 6 June
A World record improved by over 5 seconds on the one-year-old mark of arch-rival and compatriot Meseret Defar
Shelly-Ann Fraser (JAM) 10.78/100m Beijing 17 August
The fastest time of the year to win the Olympic 100m final and a rise to equal ninth on the all-time performers list
Gulnara Galkina-Samitova (RUS) 8:58.81/3000m Steeplechase Beijing 17 August
A World record and barrier breaking performance to win the Olympic 3000m steeplechase final; the first ever sub-9 minute run and an improvement of almost 3 minutes over the previous standard
Tia Hellebaut (BEL) 2.05/High Jump Beijing 23 August
A national record and rise to equal seventh on the all-time performers list to score an upset win at the Olympic Games
Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) 5.05/Pole Vault Beijing 18 August
A World record to defend her Olympic Pole Vault title, the 24th World record of her career and fourth of the year
Pamela Jelimo (KEN) 1:54.01/800m Zürich 29 August
A World Junior record and the fastest time in 25 years!
Susanna Kallur (SWE) 7.68/60m Hurdles Karlsruhe 10 February
A World record improved by 1 hundredth of a second over the 18-year-old former standard
Olga Kaniskina (RUS) 1:26.31/20km Race Walk Beijing 21 August
A bold solo performance to win the Olympic 20km race walk title in atrocious rainy conditions in Beijing
Lornah Kiplagat (NED) 68:37/Half Marathon Rio de Janeiro 12 October
A solo win to take her third consecutive World Half Marathon Championships title
Françoise Mbango (CMR) 15.39/Triple Jump Beijing 17 August
The second best performance of all time and the longest jump in 13 years to win the Olympic triple jump title
Barbora Spotakova (CZE) 72.28/Javelin Throw Stuttgart 13 September
A World record to win the World Athletics Final and an improvement over the previous standard by 58 centimetres
Melaine Walker (JAM) 52.64/400m Hurdles Beijing 20 August
The fourth fastest of all time to win the Olympic 400m Hurdles final and the fastest time in 5 years