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De World Athletics Championships, dem know as de IAAF World Championships in Athletics til 2019, be biennial athletics competition organize by World Athletics, formerly International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). Alongsyd Olympic Games, dem dey represent de highest level championships of senior international outdoor athletics competition give track den field athletics globally, wey dey include marathon running den race walking. Dem dey hold separate World Championships by World Athletics give certain oda outdoor events, wey dey include cross-country running den half-marathon, as well as indoor den age-group championships.

Na dem start de World Championships insyd 1976 insyd response to de International Olympic Committee wey drop de men's 50 km walk from de Olympic programme give de 1976 Montreal Olympics, despite ein constant presence for de games since 1932. De IAAF choose make dem host ein own world championship event instead, a month den half after de Olympics.[1][2] Na ebe de first World Championships wey de IAAF host separately from de Olympic Games (traditionally de main championship give de sport).

Na dem hold de second limited event insyd 1980, den de inaugural championships insyd 1983, plus all de events, dem consider de official start of de competition. Til 1980, na dem sanso consider de Olympic champions as reigning world champions.

For dema debut, na dem dey hold dese championships every four years, til 1991 wen na dem switch am to two-year cycle.[3] Insyd 2024, World Athletics announce say de fresh biennial competition – World Athletics Ultimate Championship (wey dey feature up to 16 of de world ein top-ranked athletes per discipline per) – dem go hold am every even year from 2026 dey go (i.e. insyd de years between World Athletics Outdoor Championships).[4]

History

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Na de idea of make dem have Athletics World Championships be around well before de competition ein first event insyd 1983. Insyd 1913, de IAAF decide dat de Olympic Games go serve as de World Championships give athletics. Na dem consider dis suitable for over 50 years til insyd de late 1960s de desire of cha3 IAAF members make dem get dema own World Championships begin dey grow. Insyd 1976 for de IAAF Council Meeting insyd Puerto Rico dem approve Athletics World Championships separate from de Olympic Games.

Dey follow bids from both Stuttgart, West Germany den Helsinki, Finland, de IAAF Council award de inaugural competition to Helsinki, make dem take place insyd 1983 wey dem go hold am insyd de Helsinki Olympic Stadium (wer na dem hold de 1952 Summer Olympics).

Two IAAF world championship events precede de inaugural edition of de World Championships insyd Athletics insyd 1983. De 1976 World Championships get just one event – de men's 50 kilometres walk wich na dem drop from de Olympic programme for de 1976 Summer Olympics den de IAAF respond by make dem set up dema own contest. Four years later, de 1980 World Championships contain two freshly women's events per dem approve, (400 metres hurdles den 3000 metres), neither of wich feature for de programme top give de 1980 Summer Olympics.[5][6]

Over de years de competition grow for size insyd. Insyd 1983 1,333 athletes wey komot 153 countries participate.[7] By de 2003 competition, insyd Paris, na e grow to 1,679 athletes wey komot 198 countries plus dem dey transmit coverage to 179 countries.

From 2019 to 2022 na de championships be sponsored by Qatar National Bank,[8] wich na dem describe am as ebe part of Qatar ein soft power policy.[9]

Na der sanso be change insyd composition over de years, plus several fresh events, all give women, dem add. By 2005, na de differences per be men's competition insyd de 50 km walk, den equivalent events insyd women's 100 m hurdles den heptathlon to men's 110 m hurdles den decathlon.

De list wey dey follow dey show wen dem add fresh events for de first time.

  • 1987, na dem add women's 10,000 m den 10 km walk.
  • 1993, na dem add women's triple jump.
  • 1995, na dem replace women's 3,000 m by de 5000 m.
  • 1999, na dem add women's pole vault den hammer den de women's 20 km walk replace de 10 km walk.
  • 2005, na dem add women's 3000 m steeplechase.
  • 2017, na dem add women's 50 km walk.
  • 2019, na dem add mixed 4 × 400 m relay.
  • 2022, na men's den women's 35 km walk replace de 50 km walk.

Championships

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Edition Year City Country Date Venue Capacity Events Nations Athletes Top of de medal table
1976 Malmö Sweden 18 Sep Malmö Stadion 30,000 1 20 42 Soviet Union
1980 Sittard Netherlands 14 – 16 Aug De Baandert 22,000 2 22 42 East Germany
1st 1983 Helsinki Finland 7 – 14 Aug Olympiastadion 50,000 41 153 1,333 East Germany
2nd 1987 Rome Italy 28 Aug – 6 Sep Stadio Olimpico 60,000 43 156 1,419 East Germany
3rd 1991 Tokyo Japan 23 Aug – 1 Sep National Stadium 48,000 43 162 1,491 United States
4th 1993 Stuttgart Germany 13 – 22 Aug Neckarstadion 70,000 44 187 1,630 United States
5th 1995 Gothenburg Sweden 5 – 13 Aug Ullevi 42,000 44 190 1,755 United States
6th 1997 Athens Greece 1 – 10 Aug Olympiako Stadio 75,000 44 197 1,785 United States
7th 1999 Seville Spain 20 – 29 Aug Estadio de La Cartuja 70,000 46 200 1,750 United States
8th 2001 Edmonton Canada 3 – 12 Aug Commonwealth Stadium 60,000 46 189 1,602 Russia
9th 2003 Paris France 23 – 31 Aug Stade de France 78,000 46 198 1,679 United States
10th 2005 Helsinki Finland 6 – 14 Aug Olympiastadion 45,000 47 191 1,687 United States
11th 2007 Osaka Japan 24 Aug – 2 Sep Yanmar Stadium Nagai 45,000 47 197 1,800 United States
12th 2009 Berlin Germany 15 – 23 Aug Olympiastadion 74,000 47 200 1,895 United States
13th 2011 Daegu South Korea 27 Aug – 4 Sep Daegu Stadium 65,000 47 199 1,742 United States
14th 2013 Moscow Russia 10 – 18 Aug Luzhniki Stadium 78,000 47 203 1,784 United States
15th 2015 Beijing China 22 – 30 Aug Beijing National Stadium 80,000 47 205 1,761 Kenya
16th 2017 London Great Britain 4 – 13 Aug London Stadium 60,000 48 199 1,857 United States
17th 2019 Doha Qatar 27 Sep – 6 Oct Khalifa International Stadium 48,000 49 206 1,775 United States
18th 2022 Eugene United States 15 – 24 Jul Hayward Field 25,000 49 180 1,705 United States
19th 2023 Budapest Hungary 19 – 27 Aug National Athletics Centre 36,000 49 202 2,187 United States
20th 2025 Tokyo Japan 13 – 21 Sep Japan National Stadium 68,000
21st 2027 Beijing China Beijing National Stadium 80,000

All-time medal table

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Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 United States 195 134 114 443
2 Kenya 65 58 48 171
3 Russia 42 52 48 142
4 Jamaica 40 61 48 149
5 Germany 39 36 48 123
6 Ethiopia 35 38 31 104
7 Great Britain & Northern Ireland 33 40 48 121
8 Soviet Union 23 27 28 78
9 China 22 26 27 75
10 Cuba 22 25 16 63
11 East Germany 21 19 16 56
12 Poland 20 20 25 65
13 Australia 15 16 14 45
14 Czech Republic 15 5 8 28
15 France 14 19 23 56
16 Italy 13 18 20 51
17 Ukraine 12 15 16 43
18 Morocco 12 12 9 33
19 South Africa 12 7 8 27
Sweden 12 7 8 27
21 Norway 12 6 6 24
22 Spain 11 19 16 46
23 Canada 11 18 17 46
24 Belarus 10 11 12 33
25 Bahamas 9 9 8 26
26 Japan 8 9 18 35
27 Bahrain 8 3 3 14
28 Netherlands 7 9 12 28
29 Finland 7 8 8 23
30 Portugal 7 7 9 23
31 Uganda 7 2 4 13
32 Greece 6 7 12 25
33 Algeria 6 2 3 11
34 New Zealand 6 1 1 8
35 Romania 5 8 12 25
36 Bulgaria 5 3 8 16
37 Qatar 5 2 4 11
38 Czechoslovakia 4 4 3 11
39 Croatia 4 4 2 10
40 Colombia 4 3 2 9
41 Dominican Republic 4 2 1 7
42 Ireland 4 2 0 6
43 Switzerland 4 0 5 9
44 Venezuela 4 0 1 5
Authorised Neutral Athletes[1] 3 8 1 12
45 West Germany 3 6 3 12
46 Trinidad and Tobago 3 5 7 15
47 Mexico 3 4 7 14
48 Lithuania 3 3 3 9
49 Ecuador 3 2 1 6
50 Grenada 3 1 2 6
51 Mozambique 3 1 1 5
52 Denmark 3 0 1 4
53 Brazil 2 6 8 16
54 Estonia 2 6 2 10
55 Belgium 2 2 7 11
56 Slovenia 2 2 3 7
57 Peru 2 1 0 3
Tajikistan 2 1 0 3
59 Nigeria 1 5 5 11
60 Namibia 1 4 1 6
61 Kazakhstan 1 3 5 9
62 Turkey 1 3 0 4
63 Botswana 1 2 1 4
64 Zambia 1 2 0 3
65 Burkina Faso 1 1 1 3
India 1 1 1 3
Tunisia 1 1 1 3
68 Eritrea 1 1 0 2
Panama 1 1 0 2
70 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1 0 4 5
71 Serbia 1 0 3 4
Slovakia 1 0 3 4
73 Barbados 1 0 2 3
Syria 1 0 2 3
75 Senegal 1 0 1 2
Somalia 1 0 1 2
77 North Korea 1 0 0 1
78 Hungary 0 7 8 15
79 Ivory Coast 0 4 1 5
80 Israel 0 3 2 5
81 Puerto Rico 0 3 1 4
82 Burundi 0 2 1 3
Djibouti 0 2 1 3
84 Cameroon 0 2 0 2
85 Austria 0 1 3 4
86 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 1 1 2
Cyprus 0 1 1 2
Ghana 0 1 1 2
Latvia 0 1 1 2
Philippines 0 1 1 2
South Korea 0 1 1 2
Sri Lanka 0 1 1 2
Suriname 0 1 1 2
Tanzania 0 1 1 2
95 Bermuda 0 1 0 1
British Virgin Islands 0 1 0 1
Egypt 0 1 0 1
Pakistan 0 1 0 1
Sudan 0 1 0 1
100 American Samoa 0 0 1 1
Cayman Islands 0 0 1 1
Dominica 0 0 1 1
Haiti 0 0 1 1
Iran 0 0 1 1
Saudi Arabia 0 0 1 1
Zimbabwe 0 0 1 1
Totals (106 entries) 878 884 880 2,642

Source: World Athletics Championships Budapest 23 – Statistical Booklet 2023 Medal Table

Notes

^[1]  ANA be de name under wich Russian athletes compete insyd de 2017 den 2019 Championships. Dem no include dema medals insyd de official medal table.[10][11]

All-time placing table

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Insyd de IAAF placing table de total score dem obtain from dem dey assign eight points to de first place den so on to one point give de eight placed finalists. Dem dey share points for situations wer a tie dey occur. However, de IAAF site dey show all points dem round to de nearest integer.

Dem update after de 2022 Championships[12]

Rank Country 4 5 6 7 8 Medals Points
1 United States 183 125+1= 103+2= 77+5= 90+3= 84+3= 74+2= 80+4= 414 4240.5
2 Germany[a] 63 61 65+2= 78+2= 66+2= 61+2= 53+5= 45+1= 191 2347.5
3 Russia[b] 45 54+6= 47+2= 56+2= 39+3= 43+2= 35+1= 40+1= 154 1771.5
4 Kenya 62 55 44 48 40 28 47 21 161 1744
5 Jamaica 37 56 43+1= 34 31 29 31 24 137 1418.5
6 Great Britain & N.I. 31 37 43 43+2= 50+1= 34+1= 31+1= 21 111 1381
7 Ethiopia 33 34 28 26 21 18 20 20 95 998
8 China 22 25+1= 25 20 34+1= 21+1= 21 24+1= 73 879
9 France 14 18 21+2= 27 28+2= 31+1= 24+1= 32+1= 55 804.1
10 Poland 20 17+1= 21+4= 23+1= 24 22+2= 27 21+2= 63 794.8
11 Soviet Union 23 25+2= 28 21+1= 17 12 11 17+1= 78 793
12 Cuba 22 23+1= 13+1= 33 10+2= 17+1= 23 19 60 757.5
13 Italy 12 15+1= 19 15 17+2= 24+1= 32+2= 30+2= 47 642.5
14 Spain 7 17+1= 15+1 19 20 24 18 20 41 580
15 Ukraine 11 12+2= 16 19 21 16+1= 21+1= 9 41 561.6
Notes
  • ^[a] dey include points earn by athletes from East Germany (510 pts) den West Germany (191.5 pts) for de 1976, 1980, 1983 den 1987 Championships.
  • ^[b] dey include points earn by Authorised Neutral Athletes (103.5 pts) for de 2017 den 2019 Championships.

Multiple winners

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Boldface dey denote active athletes den highest medal count among all athletes (wey dey include dese wey dem no include insyd dese tables) per type.

All events

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Rank Athlete Country Events From To Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Usain Bolt Jamaica 100 m / 200 m / 4 × 100 m relay 2007 2017 11 2 1 14
2 LaShawn Merritt United States 400 m / 4 × 400 m relay 2005 2015 8 * 3 11 *
3 Carl Lewis United States 100 m / 200 m / 4 × 100 m relay / Long jump 1983 1993 8 1 1 10
4 Michael Johnson United States 200 m / 400 m / 4 × 400 m relay 1991 1999 8 8
5 Mo Farah Great Britain & N.I. 5000 m / 10,000 m 2011 2017 6 2 8
6 Noah Lyles United States 100 m / 200 m / 4 × 100 m relay 2019 2023 6 1 7
7 Sergey Bubka Soviet Union

Ukraine

Pole vault 1983 1997 6 6
8 Jeremy Wariner United States 400 m / 4 × 400 m relay 2005 2009 5 1 6
9 Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia 5000 m / 10,000 m 2003 2009 5 1 6
Lars Riedel Germany Discus throw 1991 2001 5 1 6

* dey include one medal insyd de relay event insyd wich he participate insyd de heats per

Individual events

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Rank Athlete Country Events From To Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Usain Bolt Jamaica 100 m / 200 m 2007 2017 7 1 1 9
2 Mo Farah Great Britain & N.I. 5000 m / 10,000 m 2011 2017 6 2 8
3 Sergey Bubka Soviet Union

Ukraine

Pole vault 1983 1997 6 6
Michael Johnson United States 200 m / 400 m 1991 1999 6 6
5 Carl Lewis United States 100 m / 200 m / Long jump 1983 1993 5 1 1 7
6 Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia 5000 m / 10,000 m 2003 2009 5 1 6
Lars Riedel Germany Discus throw 1991 2001 5 1 6
8 Paweł Fajdek Poland Hammer throw 2013 2022 5 5
9 Ezekiel Kemboi Kenya 3000 m steeplechase 2003 2015 4 3 7
10 Haile Gebrselassie Ethiopia 5000 m / 10,000 m 1993 2003 4 2 1 7

Women

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All events

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Rank Athlete Country Events From To Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Allyson Felix United States 200 m / 400 m / 4 × 100 m relay /

4 × 400 m relay / 4 × 400 m mixed relay

2005 2022 14 ** 3 3 20 **
2 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Jamaica 100 m / 200 m / 4 × 100 m relay 2007 2023 10 5 * 1 16 *
3 Gail Devers United States 100 m / 100 m hurdles / 4 × 100 m relay 1991 2001 5 3 8
4 Sanya Richards-Ross United States 400 m / 4 × 400 m relay 2003 2015 5 2 7
5 Jessica Beard United States 4 × 400 m relay / 4 × 400 m mixed relay 2009 2019 5 *** 1 * 6 ****
Tirunesh Dibaba Ethiopia 5000 m / 10,000 m 2003 2017 5 1 6
Natasha Hastings United States 4 × 400 m relay 2007 2017 5 **** 1 6 ****
8 Shericka Jackson Jamaica 100 m / 200 m / 400 m /

4 × 100 m relay / 4 × 400 m relay

2015 2023 4 4 3 11
9 Jearl Miles Clark United States 400 m / 4 × 400 m relay 1991 2003 4 3 2 9
10 Faith Kipyegon Kenya 1500 m / 5000 m 2015 2023 4 2 6

* dey include one medal insyd de relay event for wich she participate insyd de heats per

** dey include two medal insyd de relay event for wich she participate insyd de heats per

*** dey include three medal insyd de relay event for wich she participate insyd de heats per

**** dey include four medal insyd de relay event for wich she participate insyd de heats per

Individual events

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Rank Athlete Country Events From To Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Jamaica 100 m / 200 m 2009 2023 6 1 1 8
2 Tirunesh Dibaba Ethiopia 5000 m / 10,000 m 2003 2017 5 1 6
3 Gail Devers United States 100 m / 100 m hurdles 1991 2001 4 2 6
Faith Kipyegon Kenya 1500 m / 5000 m 2015 2023 4 2 6
5 Allyson Felix United States 200 m / 400 m 2005 2017 4 1 2 7
6 Valerie Adams (Vili) New Zealand Shot put 2005 2013 4 1 5
Vivian Cheruiyot Kenya 5000 m / 10,000 m 2007 2015 4 1 5
Liu Hong China 20 km walk 2009 2019 4 1 5
9 Jackie Joyner-Kersee United States Heptathlon / Long jump 1987 1993 4 4
Brittney Reese United States Long jump 2009 2017 4 4
Yulimar Rojas Venezuela Triple jump 2017 2023 4 4
Anita Włodarczyk Poland Hammer throw 2009 2017 4 4

Multiple medalists

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Na der be 44 athletes (18 men den 26 women) wey won at least 6 medals.[12]

Athlete Country Events Gold Silver Bronze Total
Usain Bolt Jamaica 3 11 2 1 14
LaShawn Merritt United States 2 8 3 0 11
Carl Lewis United States 4 8 1 1 10
Justin Gatlin United States 3 4 6 0 10
Michael Johnson United States 3 8 0 0 8
Mo Farah Great Britain & N.I. 2 6 2 0 8
Noah Lyles United States 3 6 1 0 7
Ezekiel Kemboi Kenya 1 4 3 0 7
Haile Gebrselassie Ethiopia 2 4 2 1 7
Sergey Bubka Soviet Union /

Ukraine

1 6 0 0 6
Jeremy Wariner United States 2 5 1 0 6
Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia 2 5 0 1 6
Lars Riedel Germany 1 5 0 1 6
Hicham El Guerrouj Morocco 2 4 2 0 6
Christian Coleman United States 2 3 3 0 6
Butch Reynolds United States 2 3 2 1 6
Bernard Lagat Kenya /

United States

2 2 3 1 6
Greg Haughton Jamaica 2 0 4 2 6

Women

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Athlete Country Events Gold Silver Bronze Total
Allyson Felix United States 5 14 3 3 20
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Jamaica 3 10 5 1 16
Merlene Ottey Jamaica 3 3 4 7 14
Shericka Jackson Jamaica 5 4 4 3 11
Veronica Campbell Brown Jamaica 3 3 7 1 11
Jearl Miles Clark United States 2 4 3 2 9
Gail Devers United States 3 5 3 0 8
Gwen Torrence United States 4 3 4 1 8
Gong Lijiao China 1 2 2 4 8
Christine Ohuruogu Great Britain & N.I. 2 2 1 5 8
Sanya Richards-Ross United States 2 5 2 0 7
Carmelita Jeter United States 3 3 1 3 7
Yuliya Pechonkina (Nosova) Russia 2 2 3 2 7
Beverly McDonald Jamaica 2 1 4 2 7
Lorraine Fenton (Graham) Jamaica 2 1 3 3 7
Jessica Beard United States 2 5 1 0 6
Tirunesh Dibaba Ethiopia 2 5 1 0 6
Natasha Hastings United States 1 5 1 0 6
Faith Kipyegon Kenya 2 4 2 0 6
Kerron Stewart Jamaica 2 3 3 0 6
Heike Drechsler (Daute) East Germany /

Germany

3 2 2 2 6
Sifan Hassan Netherlands 3 2 1 3 6
Novlene Williams-Mills Jamaica 2 1 4 1 6
Dina Asher-Smith Great Britain & N.I. 3 1 3 2 6
Irina Privalova Soviet Union /

Russia

4 1 3 2 6
Grit Breuer Germany 3 1 2 3 6

Athletes plus most appearances

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Na der be 71 athletes (37 men den 34 women) wey compete insyd at least eight editions.[12]

App. Name Country Years contested Events
13 Jesús Ángel García Spain 93, 95, 97, 99, 01, 03, 05, 07, 09, 11, 13, 15, 19 50 km walk
João Vieira Portugal 99, 01, 03, 05, 07, 09, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 22, 23 20 km walk / 35 km walk / 50 km walk
11 Susana Feitor Portugal 91, 93, 95, 97, 99, 01, 03, 05, 07, 09, 11 10 km walk / 20 km walk
Inês Henriques Portugal 01, 05, 07, 09, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 22, 23 20 km walk / 35 km walk / 50 km walk
Bat-Ochiryn Ser-Od Mongolia 03, 05, 07, 09, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 22, 23 Marathon
10 Franka Dietzsch Germany 91, 93, 95, 97, 99, 01, 03, 05, 07, 09 Discus throw
Nicoleta Grasu Romania 93, 95, 97, 99, 01, 05, 07, 09, 11, 13 Discus throw
Virgilijus Alekna Lithuania 95, 97, 99, 01, 03, 05, 07, 09, 11, 13 Discus throw
Kim Collins Saint Kitts and Nevis 95, 97, 99, 01, 03, 05, 07, 09, 11, 15 100 m / 200 m / 4x100 m
Mélina Robert-Michon France 01, 03, 07, 09, 13, 15, 17, 19, 22, 23 Discus throw
Allyson Felix United States 03, 05, 07, 09, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 22 200 m / 400 m / 4x100 m / 4x400 m / 4x400 m mixed
9 Laverne Eve Bahamas 87, 91, 95, 97, 99, 01, 03, 05, 07 Javelin throw
Tim Berrett Canada 91, 93, 95, 97, 99, 01, 03, 05, 07 20 km walk / 50 km walk
Jackie Edwards Bahamas 91, 93, 95, 97, 99, 01, 03, 05, 07 Long jump / Triple jump
Maria Mutola Mozambique 91, 93, 95, 97, 99, 01, 03, 05, 07 800 m
Elisângela Adriano Brazil 91, 93, 97, 01, 03, 05, 07, 09, 11 Shot put / Discus throw
Venelina Veneva-Mateeva Bulgaria 91, 95, 99, 01, 03, 05, 09, 11, 15 High jump
Danny McFarlane Jamaica 93, 95, 97, 99, 01, 03, 05, 07, 09 400 m / 400 m hurdles / 4x400 m
Hatem Ghoula Tunisia 93, 95, 97, 99, 01, 03, 05, 07, 13 20 km walk
Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie Bahamas 95, 97, 99, 01, 03, 07, 09, 11, 13 100 m / 200 m / 4x100 m
Nicola Vizzoni Italy 97, 99, 01, 03, 05, 07, 09, 11, 13 Hammer throw
Chris Brown Bahamas 99, 01, 03, 05, 07, 09, 11, 13, 15 400 m / 4x400 m
Zhang Wenxiu China 01, 03, 05, 07, 09, 11, 13, 15, 17 Hammer throw
Andrés Chocho Ecuador 07, 09, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 22, 23 20 km walk / 35 km walk / 50 km walk
Gong Lijiao China 07, 09, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 22, 23 Shot put
Donald Thomas Bahamas 07, 09, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 22, 23 High jump
8 Merlene Ottey Jamaica /  Slovenia 83, 87, 91, 93, 95, 97, 03, 07 100 m / 200 m / 4x100 m
Jan Železný Czechoslovakia /  Czech Republic 87, 91, 93, 95, 97, 99, 01, 03 Javelin throw
Yelena Nikolayeva Soviet Union /  Russia 87, 93, 95, 97, 99, 01, 03, 05 10 km walk / 20 km walk
Fiona May Great Britain & N.I. /  Italy 91, 93, 95, 97, 99, 01, 03, 05 Long jump
Beverly McDonald Jamaica 91, 93, 95, 97, 99, 01, 03, 05 100 m / 200 m / 4x100 m
Lars Riedel Germany 91, 93, 95, 97, 99, 01, 03, 05 Discus throw
Dragutin Topić SFR Yugoslavia / IWP * /

FR Yugoslavia /  Serbia and Montenegro /  Serbia

91, 93, 95, 97, 99, 05, 07, 09 High jump
Iryna Yatchenko Soviet Union /  Belarus 91, 95, 97, 99, 01, 03, 07, 09 Discus throw
Eunice Barber Sierra Leone /  France 93, 95, 97, 99, 01, 03, 05, 07 Heptathlon / Long jump / 100 m hurdles
Kevin Sullivan Canada 93, 95, 97, 99, 01, 03, 05, 07 1500 m
Manuel Martínez Spain 93, 95, 97, 01, 03, 05, 07, 09 Shot put
Steffi Nerius Germany 93, 95, 99, 01, 03, 05, 07, 09 Javelin throw
Amy Acuff United States 95, 97, 99, 01, 03, 05, 07, 09 High jump
Chandra Sturrup Bahamas 95, 97, 99, 01, 03, 05, 07, 09 100 m / 200 m / 4x100 m
Aleksander Tammert Estonia 95, 97, 99, 01, 03, 05, 07, 09 Discus throw
María Vasco Spain 95, 99, 01, 03, 05, 07, 09, 11 10 km walk / 20 km walk
Koji Murofushi Japan 95, 97, 99, 01, 03, 07, 11, 13 Hammer throw
Szymon Ziółkowski Poland 95, 99, 01, 05, 07, 09, 11, 13 Hammer throw
Marlon Devonish Great Britain & N.I. 97, 99, 01, 03, 05, 07, 09, 11 100 m / 200 m / 4x100 m
Nadine Kleinert Germany 97, 99, 01, 03, 05, 07, 09, 11 Shot put
Sergey Makarov Russia 97, 99, 01, 03, 05, 07, 09, 11 Javelin throw
Ēriks Rags Latvia 97, 99, 01, 03, 05, 07, 09, 11 Javelin throw
Roman Šebrle Czech Republic 97, 99, 01, 03, 05, 07, 09, 11 Decathlon
Omar Zepeda Mexico 97, 01, 05, 07, 09, 11, 13, 17 20 km walk / 50 km walk
Mario Pestano Spain 99, 01, 03, 05, 07, 09, 11, 13 Discus throw
Félix Sánchez Dominican Republic 99, 01, 03, 05, 07, 09, 11, 13 400 m hurdles / 4x400 m
Bouabdellah Tahri France 99, 01, 03, 05, 07, 09, 11, 13 1500 m / 3000 m steeplechase
Zoltán Kővágó Hungary 01, 03, 05, 07, 09, 11, 15, 17 Discus throw
Ruth Beitia Spain 03, 05, 07, 09, 11, 13, 15, 17 High jump / 4x100 m
Gerd Kanter Estonia 03, 05, 07, 09, 11, 13, 15, 17 Discus throw
Ezekiel Kemboi Kenya 03, 05, 07, 09, 11, 13, 15, 17 3000 m steeplechase
Churandy Martina Netherlands Antilles /  Netherlands 03, 05, 07, 09, 11, 13, 15, 19 100 m / 200 m / 4x100 m
Zuzana Hejnová Czech Republic 05, 07, 09, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19 400 m hurdles / 4x400 m
Horacio Nava Mexico 05, 07, 09, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19 20 km walk / 50 km walk
Krisztián Pars Hungary 05, 07, 09, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19 Hammer throw
Martyn Rooney Great Britain & N.I. 05, 07, 09, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19 400 m / 4x400 m / 4x400 m mixed
Levern Spencer Saint Lucia 05, 07, 09, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19 High jump
Dragana Tomašević Serbia and Montenegro /  Serbia 05, 07, 09, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19 Discus throw
Renny Quow Trinidad and Tobago 05, 07, 09, 11, 13, 15, 17, 23 400 m / 4x400 m
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Jamaica 07, 09, 11, 13, 15, 19, 22, 23 100 m / 200 m / 4x100 m
Liu Hong China 07, 09, 11, 13, 15, 19, 22, 23 20 km walk
Bianca Ghelber (Perie) Romania 07, 09, 11, 13, 17, 19, 22, 23 Hammer throw
Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal Norway 07, 09, 13, 15, 17, 19, 22, 23 1500 m / 5000 m / 3000 m steeplechase
Andriy Protsenko Ukraine 09, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 22, 23 High jump
Kimberly Williams Jamaica 09, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 22, 23 Triple jump

* For de 1993 World Championships insyd Athletics insyd Stuttgart, Germany, Dragutin Topić compete as an Individual World Championship Participant (IWP) as dem suspend Athletic Federation of Yugoslavia by IAAF due to United Nations sanctions wey dey stem from de Yugoslav wars.

World records

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Na dem set anaa equal total of 36 world records for de competition: 18 by men, 15 by women, den 3 insyd de mixed relay.

De first world record make dem set for de World Championships be by Jarmila Kratochvílová of Czechoslovakia, wey ran 47.99 seconds make she win de 1983 women's 400 m final.

Peak of five world records cam for de 1993 Championships.

Na de most recent world record be insyd de Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay insyd 2023, wen de US team set time of 3:08.80. World records cam turn less common as de history of de event expand, plus no world records set insyd de 1997, 2001, 2007 anaa 2013 editions.

American athletes be de most successful plus fifteen world records, follow by Jamaica den Great Britain for four each. Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt break de most world records for de competition, for four, while American Carl Lewis set three. Jonathan Edwards dey hold de distinction of he break de world record twice insyd one championships: wey dey improve upon ein own newly-set world record insyd de 1995 men's triple jump final. Na de men's 4 × 100 metres relay yield de most world records, plus five set between 1983 den 2011.

Ben Johnson ein time of 9.83 seconds for de 1987 World Championships men's 100 m final na dem initially consider am to be world record, buh na dem rescind am insyd 1989 after Johnson admit to steroid use between 1981 den 1988.

De 2009 Jamaican men's 4 × 100 metres relay team time of 37.31 seconds be retrospectively recognised to as de world record after de team ein time of 37.10 for de 2008 Olympics na dem rescind am after de disqualification of Nesta Carter (wey he no be present insyd de World Championships team).

Sex Event Record Athlete Nation Date Year
Men 4 × 100 metres relay 37.86 Emmit King

Willie Gault Calvin Smith Carl Lewis

United States (USA) 10 August 1983
Women 400 metres 47.99 Jarmila Kratochvílová Czechoslovakia (TCH) 10 August 1983
Women High jump 2.09 m Stefka Kostadinova Bulgaria (BUL) 30 August 1987
Men 100 metres 9.86 Carl Lewis United States (USA) 25 August 1991
Men Long jump 8.95 m Mike Powell United States (USA) 30 August 1991
Men 4 × 100 metres relay 37.50 Andre Cason

Leroy Burrell Dennis Mitchell Carl Lewis

United States (USA) 1 September 1991
Men 110 metres hurdles 12.91 Colin Jackson Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 20 August 1993
Men 4 × 100 metres relay 37.40 Jon Drummond

Andre Cason Dennis Mitchell Leroy Burrell

United States (USA) 21 August 1993
Men 4 × 400 metres relay 2:54.29 Andrew Valmon

Quincy Watts Butch Reynolds Michael Johnson

United States (USA) 22 August 1993
Women 400 metres hurdles 52.74 Sally Gunnell Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 19 August 1993
Women Triple jump 15.09 m Anna Biryukova Russia (RUS) 21 August 1993
Men Triple jump 18.16 m Jonathan Edwards Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 7 August 1995
Men Triple jump 18.29 m Jonathan Edwards Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 7 August 1995
Women 400 metres hurdles 52.61 Kim Batten United States (USA) 11 August 1995
Women Triple jump 15.50 m Inessa Kravets Ukraine (UKR) 10 August 1995
Men 400 metres 43.18 Michael Johnson United States (USA) 26 August 1999
Women Pole vault 4.60 m Stacy Dragila United States (USA) 21 August 1999
Men 20 kilometres race walk 1:17:21 Jefferson Pérez Ecuador (ECU) 23 August 2003
Men 50 kilometres race walk 3:36:03 Robert Korzeniowski Poland (POL) 27 August 2003
Women Pole vault 5.01 m Yelena Isinbaeva Russia (RUS) 12 August 2005
Women Javelin throw 71.70 m Osleidys Menéndez Cuba (CUB) 14 August 2005
Women 20 kilometres race walk 1:25:41 Olimpiada Ivanova Russia (RUS) 7 August 2005
Men 100 metres 9.58 Usain Bolt Jamaica (JAM) 16 August 2009
Men 200 metres 19.19 Usain Bolt Jamaica (JAM) 20 August 2009
Men 4 × 100 metres relay 37.31 Steve Mullings

Michael Frater Usain Bolt Asafa Powell

Jamaica (JAM) 22 August 2009
Women Hammer throw 77.96 m Anita Włodarczyk Poland (POL) 22 August 2009
Men 4 × 100 metres relay 37.04 Nesta Carter

Michael Frater Yohan Blake Usain Bolt

Jamaica (JAM) 4 September 2011
Men Decathlon 9,045 pts Ashton Eaton United States (USA) 29 August 2015
Women 50 kilometres race walk 4:05:56 Inês Henriques Portugal (POR) 13 August 2017
Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay 3:12.42 Tyrell Richard

Jessica Beard Jasmine Blocker Obi Igbokwe

United States (USA) 28 September 2019
Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay 3:09.34 Wilbert London III

Allyson Felix Courtney Okolo Michael Cherry

United States (USA) 29 September 2019
Women 400 metres hurdles 52.16 Dalilah Muhammad United States (USA) 4 October 2019
Women 400 metres hurdles 50.68 Sydney McLaughlin United States (USA) 22 July 2022
Women 100 metres hurdles 12.12 Tobi Amusan Nigeria (NGR) 24 July 2022
Men Pole vault 6.21 m Armand Duplantis Sweden (SWE) 24 July 2022
Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay 3:08.80 Justin Robinson

Rosey Effiong Matthew Boling Alexis Holmes

United States (USA) 19 August 2023

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