IAAF World Championships in Athletics

IAAF World Championships in Athletics
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Status	active
Genre	Athletics World championship
Date(s)	varying
Frequency	biannual
Country	varying
Inaugurated	1983
Most recent	2017
Next event	2019
Organised by	IAAF
Website	www.iaaf.org

The IAAF World Championships, commonly referred to as the World Championships in Athletics, is a biennial athletics event organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). The World Championships was started in 1976 in response to the International Olympic Committee dropping the men's 50 km walk from the Olympic athletics programme for the 1976 Montreal Olympics, despite its constant presence at the games since 1932. The IAAF chose to host its own world championship event instead, a month and a half after the Olympics.^[1]^[2] It was the first World Championships that the IAAF had hosted separate from the Olympic Games (traditionally the main championship for the sport). A second limited event was held in 1980, and a major expansion in 1983 is considered the official start of the event. It was then held every four years until 1991, when it switched to a two year cycle.

History

The idea of having an Athletics World Championships was around well before the competition's first event in 1983. In 1913, the IAAF decided that the Olympic Games would serve as the World Championships for athletics. This was considered suitable for over 50 years until in the late 1960s the desire of many IAAF members to have their own World Championships began to grow. In 1976 at the IAAF Council Meeting in Puerto Rico an Athletics World Championships separate from the Olympic Games was approved.

Following bids from both Stuttgart, West Germany and Helsinki, Finland, the IAAF Council awarded the inaugural competition to Helsinki, to take place in 1983 and be held in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium (where the 1952 Summer Olympics had been held).

Two IAAF world championship events preceded the inaugural edition of the World Championships in Athletics in 1983. The 1976 World Championships had just one event – the men's 50 kilometres walk which was dropped from the Olympic programme for the 1976 Summer Olympics and the IAAF responded by setting up their own contest. Four years later, the 1980 World Championships contained only two newly approved women's events, (400 metres hurdles and 3000 metres), neither of which featured on the programme for the 1980 Summer Olympics.^[3]^[4]

Over the years the competition has grown in size. In 1983 an estimated 1,300 athletes from 154 countries participated.^[5] By the 2003 competition, in Paris, it had grown to 1,907 athletes from 203 countries with coverage being transmitted to 179 different countries.

There has also been a change in composition over the years, with several new events, all for women, being added. By 2005, the only differences were men's competition in the 50 km walk, and equivalent events in women's 100 m hurdles and heptathlon to men's 110 m hurdles and decathlon.

The following list shows when new events were added for the first time.

1987, women's 10,000 m and 10 km walk were added.
1993, women's triple jump was added.
1995, women's 3,000 m was replaced by the 5000 m.
1999, women's pole vault and hammer were added and the women's 20 km walk replaced the 10 km walk.
2005, women's 3000 m steeplechase was added.
2017, women's 50 km walk was added.
2019, mixed 4x400 m relay will be added.

Championships

Edition	Year	City	Country	Date	Venue	Capacity	Events	Nations	Athletes	Top of the medal table
-	1976	Malmö	Sweden	18 Sep	Malmö Stadion	30,000	1	20	42	Soviet Union
-	1980	Sittard	Netherlands	14 Aug – 16 Aug	De Baandert	22,000	2	21	42	East Germany
1st	1983	Helsinki	Finland	7 Aug – 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	Olympic Stadium	48,000	43	162	1,491	United States
4th	1993	Stuttgart	Germany	13 Aug – 22 Aug	Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion	70,000	44	187	1,630	United States
5th	1995	Gothenburg	Sweden	5 Aug – 13 Aug	Ullevi	42,000	44	190	1,755	United States
6th	1997	Athens	Greece	1 Aug – 10 Aug	Olympiako Stadio	75,000	44	197	1,785	United States
7th	1999	Seville	Spain	20 Aug – 29 Aug	Estadio Olímpico	70,000	46	200	1,750	United States
8th	2001	Edmonton	Canada	3 Aug – 12 Aug	Commonwealth Stadium	60,000	46	189	1,677	Russia
9th	2003	Saint-Denis	France	23 Aug – 31 Aug	Stade de France	78,000	46	198	1,679	United States
10th	2005	Helsinki	Finland	6 Aug – 14 Aug	Olympiastadion	45,000	47	191	1,688	United States
11th	2007	Osaka	Japan	24 Aug – 2 Sep	Nagai Stadium	45,000	47	197	1,800	United States
12th	2009	Berlin	Germany	15 Aug – 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 Aug – 18 Aug	Luzhniki Stadium	78,000	47	203	1,784	United States
15th	2015	Beijing	China	22 Aug – 30 Aug	Beijing National Stadium	80,000	47	205	1,771	Kenya
16th	2017	London	United Kingdom	4 Aug – 13 Aug	London Stadium	60,000	48	205	2,036	United States
17th	2019	Doha	Qatar	28 Sep – 6 Oct	Khalifa International Stadium	48,000	49
18th	2021	Eugene	United States	6 Aug – 15 Aug	Hayward Field	30,000	49

All-time medal table

Proportional symbol map of the world showing medal totals by country since 1983 for the IAAF World Championships in Athletics

Updated after 2017 Championships


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	155	106	91	352
2	Kenya (KEN)	55	48	37	140
3	Russia (RUS)	46	53	49	148
4	Germany (GER)	36	35	44	115
5	Jamaica (JAM)	32	44	39	115
6	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	28	33	38	99
7	Ethiopia (ETH)	27	25	25	77
8	Soviet Union (URS)	23	27	28	78
9	Cuba (CUB)	21	23	13	57
10	East Germany (GDR)	21	19	16	56
11	Poland (POL)	17	14	22	53
12	China (CHN)	15	21	17	53
13	Czech Republic (CZE)	15	5	5	25
14	France (FRA)	13	17	22	52
15	South Africa (RSA)	12	7	8	27
16	Italy (ITA)	11	15	17	43
17	Australia (AUS)	11	14	10	35
18	Ukraine (UKR)	11	11	15	37
19	Belarus (BLR)	10	13	12	35
20	Morocco (MAR)	10	12	7	29
21	Sweden (SWE)	8	5	5	18
22	Norway (NOR)	8	4	4	16
23	Spain (ESP)	7	16	15	38
24	Bahamas (BAH)	7	8	8	23
25	Finland (FIN)	7	8	7	22
26	Canada (CAN)	6	13	12	31
27	Portugal (POR)	6	6	8	20
28	Bahrain (BHR)	6	2	2	10
29	New Zealand (NZL)	6	1	0	7
30	Algeria (ALG)	6	0	3	9
31	Romania (ROM)	5	8	11	24
32	Greece (GRE)	5	6	10	21
33	Bulgaria (BUL)	5	3	8	16
34	Japan (JPN)	4	7	15	26
35	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	4	4	3	11
36	Croatia (CRO)	4	3	1	8
37	Ireland (IRL)	4	2	0	6
38	Colombia (COL)	4	1	1	6
39	Switzerland (SUI)	4	0	3	7
40	West Germany (FRG)	3	6	3	12
41	Netherlands (NED)	3	5	9	17
42	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	3	5	7	15
43	Mexico (MEX)	3	4	7	14
44	Qatar (QAT)	3	2	2	7
45	Lithuania (LTU)	3	2	1	6
46	Mozambique (MOZ)	3	1	1	5
47	Ecuador (ECU)	3	1	0	4
48	Denmark (DEN)	3	0	1	4
49	Estonia (EST)	2	4	2	8
50	Uganda (UGA)	2	2	2	6
51	Dominican Republic (DOM)	2	1	1	4
52	Tajikistan (TJK)	2	1	0	3
53	Brazil (BRA)	1	6	6	13
–	Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA)^[1]	1	5	0	6
54	Namibia (NAM)	1	4	0	5
55	Turkey (TUR)	1	3	0	4
56	Zambia (ZAM)	1	2	0	3
57	Belgium (BEL)	1	1	4	6
58	Slovenia (SLO)	1	1	3	5
59	Tunisia (TUN)	1	1	1	3
60	Botswana (BOT)	1	1	0	2
	Eritrea (ERI)	1	1	0	2
	Panama (PAN)	1	1	0	2
63	Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)	1	0	4	5
64	Slovakia (SVK)	1	0	3	4
65	Syria (SYR)	1	0	2	3
66	Grenada (GRN)	1	0	1	2
	Senegal (SEN)	1	0	1	2
	Somalia (SOM)	1	0	1	2
	Venezuela (VEN)	1	0	1	2
70	Barbados (BAR)	1	0	0	1
70	North Korea (PRK)	1	0	0	1
72	Hungary (HUN)	0	7	6	13
73	Nigeria (NGR)	0	4	4	8
74	Ivory Coast (CIV)	0	4	0	4
75	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	0	3	5	8
76	Burundi (BDI)	0	2	1	3
	Djibouti (DJI)	0	2	1	3
	Israel (ISR)	0	2	1	3
79	Cameroon (CMR)	0	2	0	2
79	Puerto Rico (PUR)	0	2	0	2
81	Austria (AUT)	0	1	1	2
	Cyprus (CYP)	0	1	1	2
	Ghana (GHA)	0	1	1	2
	Latvia (LAT)	0	1	1	2
	Sri Lanka (SRI)	0	1	1	2
	Suriname (SUR)	0	1	1	2
	Tanzania (TAN)	0	1	1	2
88	Bermuda (BER)	0	1	0	1
	Egypt (EGY)	0	1	0	1
	Sudan (SUD)	0	1	0	1
91	Serbia (SRB)	0	0	3	3
92	American Samoa (ASA)	0	0	1	1
	Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)	0	0	1	1
	Cayman Islands (CAY)	0	0	1	1
	Dominica (DMA)	0	0	1	1
	Haiti (HAI)	0	0	1	1
	India (IND)	0	0	1	1
	Iran (IRI)	0	0	1	1
	Saudi Arabia (KSA)	0	0	1	1
	South Korea (KOR)	0	0	1	1
	Zimbabwe (ZIM)	0	0	1	1
Totals (101 nations)		730	737	732	2199

Notes

^[1] ANA was the name, under which Russian athletes competed in the 2017 Championships. Their medals were not included in the official medal table.^[6]

All-time placing table

In the IAAF placing table the total score is obtained from assigning eight points to the first place and so on to one point for the eight placed finalists. Points are shared in situations where a tie occurs. However, the IAAF site shows all points rounded to the nearest integer.

Updated after 2015 Championships (30 June 2017)^[7]

Rank	Country				4	5	6	7	8	Medals	Points
1	United States	145	94+1=	80+2=	62+5=	72+3=	62+2=	62+1=	58+4=	322	3320
2	Germany	59	56	60+2=	69+2=	60+1=	59+1=	49+5=	40+1=	177	2156.5
3	Russia	48	51+5=	50+3=	50+2=	45+3=	45+1=	38+1=	41	157	1795.5
4	Kenya	50	46	33	37	33	21	38	16	129	1392
5	Jamaica	31	44	35+1=	25	24	21	24	20	111	1123.5
6	Great Britain	25	31	36	32+2=	43+1=	24	26+1=	18	92	1120.5
7	Soviet Union	23	25+2=	28	21+1=	17	12	11	17+1=	78	793
8	Ethiopia	25	22	25	18	15	13	16	13	72	738
9	France	10	17	19+1=	21	25+1=	26	23+1=	29+1=	47	679.6
10	Cuba	21	22+1=	12	27	7+2=	15	20	17	56	672.5
11	China	13	17+1=	15	19	25	16+1=	17	15	46	614
12	Poland	15	11+1=	14+3=	21+1=	16	18+1=	21+1=	18+2=	44	595.3
13	Italy	11	14+1=	15	12	17+2=	22	28+3=	25+1=	41	568
14	Spain	7	16	14+1	15	18	22	11	16	38	508.5
15	Ukraine	11	8+2=	13	19	17	14+1=	19+1=	7	34	487.6

Multiple medalists

Men

Sixteen male athletes have won at least six medals.^[7]

Athlete	Country	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Usain Bolt	Jamaica	3	11	2	1	14^[8]
LaShawn Merritt	United States	2	8	3	0	11
Carl Lewis	United States	4	8	1	1	10
Michael Johnson	United States	3	8	0	0	8
Mo Farah	Great Britain	2	6	2	0	8
Justin Gatlin	United States	3	3	5	0	8
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
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

Twenty female athletes have won at least six medals.^[7]

Athlete	Country	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Allyson Felix	United States	4	11	3	2	16
Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	3	3	4	7	14
Veronica Campbell-Brown	Jamaica	2	3	7	1	11
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	Jamaica	3	7	2	0	9
Jearl Miles Clark	United States	2	4	3	2	9
Gail Devers	United States	3	5	3	0	8
Gwen Torrence	United States	3	3	4	1	8
Christine Ohuruogu	Great Britain	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 Graham	Jamaica	2	1	3	3	7
Tirunesh Dibaba	Ethiopia	2	5	1	0	6
Natasha Hastings	United States	1	5	1	0	6
Kerron Stewart	Jamaica	2	3	3	0	6
Heike Drechsler (Daute)	East Germany / Germany	2	2	2	2	6
Novlene Williams-Mills	Jamaica	2	1	4	1	6
Irina Privalova	Russia	2	1	3	2	6
Grit Breuer	East Germany / Germany	2	1	2	3	6

Multiple winners

Boldface denotes active athletes and highest medal count among all athletes (including these who not included in these tables) per type.

Men

All events

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	5000 m / 10,000 m	2011	2017	6	2	-	8
6	Sergey Bubka	Soviet Union Ukraine	Pole vault	1983	1997	6	-	-	6
7	Jeremy Wariner	United States	400 m / 4 × 400 m relay	2005	2009	5	1	-	6
8	Kenenisa Bekele	Ethiopia	5000 m / 10,000 m	2003	2009	5	-	1	6
8	Lars Riedel	Germany	Discus throw	1991	2001	5	-	1	6
10	Maurice Greene	United States	100 m / 200 m / 4 × 100 m relay	1997	2001	5	-	-	5

* including one medal in the relay event in which he participated in the heats only

Individual events

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	5000 m / 10,000 m	2011	2017	6	2	-	8
3	Sergey Bubka	Soviet Union Ukraine	Pole vault	1983	1997	6	-	-	6
3	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
6	Lars Riedel	Germany	Discus throw	1991	2001	5	-	1	6
8	Ezekiel Kemboi	Kenya	3000 m steeplechase	2003	2015	4	3	-	7
9	Haile Gebrselassie	Ethiopia	5000 m / 10,000 m	1993	2003	4	2	1	7
10	Hicham El Guerrouj	Morocco	1500 m / 5000 m	1995	2003	4	2	-	6

Women

All events

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	2005	2017	11	3	2	16
2	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	Jamaica	100 m / 200 m / 4 × 100 m relay	2007	2015	7	* 2 *	-	* 9 *
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	Tirunesh Dibaba	Ethiopia	5000 m / 10,000 m	2003	2017	5	1	-	6
5	Natasha Hastings	United States	4 × 400 m relay	2007	2017	** 5 **	1	-	** 6 **
7	Jearl Miles Clark	United States	400 m / 4 × 400 m relay	1993	2003	4	3	2	9
8	Valerie Adams (Vili)	New Zealand	Shot put	2005	2013	4	1	-	5
8	Vivian Cheruiyot	Kenya	5000 m / 10,000 m	2007	2015	4	1	-	5
10	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	United States	Heptathlon / Long jump	1987	1993	4	-	-	4
10	Brittney Reese	United States	Long jump	2009	2017	4	-	-	4

* including one medal in the relay event in which she participated in the heats only
**** including four medals in the relay events in which she participated in the heats only

Individual events

Rank	Athlete	Country	Events	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Tirunesh Dibaba	Ethiopia	5000 m / 10,000 m	2003	2017	5	1	-	6
2	Gail Devers	United States	100 m / 100 m hurdles	1991	2001	4	2	-	6
3	Allyson Felix	United States	200 m / 400 m	2005	2017	4	1	2	7
4	Valerie Adams (Vili)	New Zealand	Shot put	2005	2013	4	1	-	5
4	Vivian Cheruiyot	Kenya	5000 m / 10,000 m	2007	2015	4	1	-	5
6	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	Jamaica	100 m / 200 m	2009	2015	4	-	-	4
	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	United States	Heptathlon / Long jump	1987	1993	4	-	-	4
	Brittney Reese	United States	Long jump	2009	2017	4	-	-	4
9	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	800 m	1993	2003	3	1	1	5
10	Tetyana Dorovskikh (Samolenko)	Soviet Union	1500 m / 3000 m	1987	1991	3	1	-	4
	Tatyana Lebedeva	Russia	Triple jump / Long jump	2001	2007	3	1	-	4
	Yipsi Moreno	Cuba	Hammer throw	2001	2007	3	1	-	4
	Barbora Špotáková	Czech Republic	Javelin throw	2007	2017	3	1	-	4
	Anita Włodarczyk	Poland	Hammer throw	2009	2017	3	1	-	4

Athletes with most appearances

There are 53 athletes that have competed in at least eight editions.^[7]

App.	Name	Country	Years contested	Events
12	Jesús Ángel García Bragado	Spain	93, 95, 97, 99, 01, 03, 05, 07, 09, 11, 13, 15	50 km walk
11	Susana Feitor	Portugal	91, 93, 95, 97, 99, 01, 03, 05, 07, 09, 11	10 km walk / 20 km walk
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
	João Vieira	Portugal	99, 01, 03, 05, 07, 09, 11, 13, 15, 17	20 km walk / 50 km walk
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	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
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 / 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	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
	Inês Henriques	Portugal	01, 05, 07, 09, 11, 13, 15, 17	20 km walk / 50 km walk
	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
	Allyson Felix	United States	03, 05, 07, 09, 11, 13, 15, 17	200 m / 400 m / 4x100 m / 4x400 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
	Bat-Ochiryn Ser-Od	Mongolia	03, 05, 07, 09, 11, 13, 15, 17	Marathon

* At the 1993 World Championships in Athletics in Stuttgart, Germany, Dragutin Topić completed as Individual World Championship Participant (IWP) as Athletic Federation of Yugoslavia was suspended by IAAF due to United Nations sanctions stemming from the Yugoslav wars.

World records

A total of 29 world records have been set or equalled at the competition, 17 by men and 12 by women.

The first world record to be set at the World Championships was by Jarmila Kratochvílová of Czechoslovakia, who ran 47.99 seconds to win the women's 400 m final.

A peak of five world records came at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics. The most recent world record was in the women's 50 kilometres race walk, which Portugal's Inês Henriques finished in 4:05:56 in 2017. World records have become less common as the history of the event has expanded, with no world records set in the 1997, 2001, 2007 and 2013 editions.

American athletes have been the most successful with ten world records set by that nation in total, followed by Jamaica and Great Britain on four each. Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt has broken the most world records at the competition, at four, one more than American Carl Lewis. Jonathan Edwards holds the distinction of breaking the world record twice in one championships – improving upon his own newly-set world record in the 1995 men's triple jump final. The men's 4 × 100 metres relay has yielded the most world records, with five set between 1983 and 2011.

Ben Johnson's time of 9.83 seconds at the 1987 World Championships men's 100 m final was initially considered a world record, but this was later rescinded after Johnson admitted to steroid use between 1981 and 1988.

Also, a doping disqualification has led to a performance being retrospectively recognised as a world record: the 2009 Jamaican men's 4 × 100 metres relay team time of 37.31 seconds was taken as the world record after the team's time of 37.10 at the 2008 Beijing Olympics was rescinded due to the disqualification of Nesta Carter (not present in the 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 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	9045 pts	Ashton Eaton	United States (USA)	29 August	2015
Women	50 kilometres race walk	4:05:56	Inês Henriques	Portugal (POR)	13 August	2017

TV

SBS Two (Australia)
CBC (Canada)
Eurovision (Europe except United Kingdom)
KBS (South Korea)
CCTV (China)
TBS (Japan)
BBC (United Kingdom)
NBCUniversal (United States)
Sportv (Brazil)
TyC Sports (Latin America except Brazil)

Notes and references

↑ Matthews, Peter (2012). Historical Dictionary of Track and Field (pg. 217). Scarecrow Press (eBook). Retrieved on 2013-09-08.
↑ IAAF Statistics Book Moscow 2013 (pg. 179). IAAF/AFTS (2013). Edited by Mark Butler. Retrieved on 2013-09-09.
↑ IAAF World Championships in Athletics. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2013-09-08.
↑ Archive of Past Events. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-09-08.
↑ "First World Outdoor Championships in Helsinki a landmark for track & field." Usatf.org. Retrieved 2012-07-23.
↑ "IAAF: IAAF World Championships London 2017 Medal Table - iaaf.org". iaaf.org.
1 2 3 4 "IAAF Statistics Book – IAAF World Championships London 2017" (PDF). iaaf.org. p. 51. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
↑ "IAAF: Usain BOLT - Profile". iaaf.org.

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[1] Matthews, Peter (2012). Historical Dictionary of Track and Field (pg. 217). Scarecrow Press (eBook). Retrieved on 2013-09-08.

[book13-2] IAAF Statistics Book Moscow 2013 (pg. 179). IAAF/AFTS (2013). Edited by Mark Butler. Retrieved on 2013-09-09.

[GBR-3] IAAF World Championships in Athletics. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2013-09-08.

[4] Archive of Past Events. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-09-08.

[5] "First World Outdoor Championships in Helsinki a landmark for track & field." Usatf.org. Retrieved 2012-07-23.

[6] "IAAF: IAAF World Championships London 2017 Medal Table - iaaf.org". iaaf.org.

[book17-7] 1 2 3 4 "IAAF Statistics Book – IAAF World Championships London 2017" (PDF). iaaf.org. p. 51. Retrieved 15 August 2017.

[8] "IAAF: Usain BOLT - Profile". iaaf.org.

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