Russia at the World Athletics Championships

Russia competed at every edition of the IAAF World Championships in Athletics 1993 to the 2017 World Championships, from which its athletes have been banned from competing as Russian. In order for Russian nationals to compete at the World Athletics Championship (from 2017 on), they must be approved as authorised neutral athletes by the IAAF. Prior to 1993, Russian athletes competed for the Soviet Union. Russia has the second-highest medal total among nations at the competition (153), after the United States. At 47 gold medals, it holds the third-highest total after the United States and Kenya. It has had the most success in women's events and in field events. As a major nation in the sport of athletics, it typically sent a delegation numbering over 100 athletes.

Russia at the
World Championships in Athletics
IAAF codeRUS
National federationAll-Russia Athletic Federation
Websiteeng.rusathletics.com
Medals
Ranked 3rd
Gold
47
Silver
54
Bronze
52
Total
153
World Championships in Athletics appearances (overview)

It topped the medal table at the 2001 tournament, following disqualifications of American medalists for doping. Russia also finished top of the medal table at the 2013 Moscow Championships, but lost this position due to doping disqualifications of its own athletes. Russia's performance at the competition has been strongly affected by doping. The country was banned from competing in 2017 due to systemic doping issues and Russians had to gain special dispensation to compete as Authorised Neutral Athletes.[1] Various members of the Russian delegation have been banned for doping at every edition of the competition it has competed at, with the exceptions of 2003 and 2015 (though Russian medalists in both those years were subsequently banned).[2][3]

Russia's most successful athlete at the competition is horizontal jumps specialist Tatyana Lebedeva, who between 2001 and 2009 won two triple jump gold medals, a long jump title, and two further silver medals. Women's pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva has also won three gold medals, in addition to a bronze. Yuliya Pechonkina, a 400 metres hurdles and relay athlete, has won the most medals for Russia, with her total of seven. The most successful Russian man at the World Championships is high jumper Yaroslav Rybakov, who won three high jump silvers before becoming champion in 2009.

Medal table

Championships Men Women Total
Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank Athletes
1993 Stuttgart033352385163
1995 Göteborg0101371471211
1997 Athens02212114389
1999 Seville310233543122
2001 Edmonton133443576181
2003 Paris121654775192
2005 Helsinki132642774182
2007 Osaka011462473143
2009 Berlin101104205710106
2011 Daegu1112023137676
2013 Moscow10222132386119
2015 Beijing1101012114962
Total1018163334324352481433

Medalists

Athlete Gold Silver Bronze Total Years
Tatyana Lebedeva32052001–2009
Yelena Isinbayeva30142003–2013
Yuliya Pechonkina23272001–2007
Tatyana Lysenko21032005–2013
Olimpiada Ivanova20022001–2005
Tatyana Tomashova20022003–2005
Yaroslav Rybakov13042001–2009
Irina Privalova *12251993–1995
Anna Chicherova12252007–2015
Maksim Tarasov *12141993–1999
* Includes medals won competing for the Soviet Union

Doping

Athlete Sex Event Year(s) Result Notes
Liliya NurutdinovaWomen800 m19937th
Olimpiada IvanovaWomen10,000 m walk1997
Lyubov TsyomaWomen800 m1997DNF (semis)
German SkuryginMen50 kilometres walk1999
Svetlana LaukhovaWomen100 m hurdles20015th (heats)
Yekaterina LeshchovaWomen200 m20016th (heats)
Natalya SadovaWomenDiscus throw2001
Svetlana KrivelyovaWomenShot put20054th
Tatyana KotovaWomenLong jump2005
Olga KuzenkovaWomenHammer throw2005
Svetlana CherkasovaWomen800 m20076th (h)
Yuliya FomenkoWomen1500 m20077th
Gulfiya KhanafeyevaWomenHammer throw200710th
Darya PishchalnikovaWomenDiscus throw2007
Yelena SobolevaWomen1500 m2007
Valeriy BorchinMen20 kilometres walk2009
2011
(2009)
(2011)
Disqualified at two editions
Sergey KirdyapkinMen50 kilometres walk2009
2011
(2009)
DNF (2011)
Disqualified at two editions
Mikhail LemayevMenMarathon200945th
Ildar MinshinMen3000 m steeplechase20097th
Anna AlminovaWomen1500 m200910th (semis)
Yuliya ChermoshanskayaWomen4 × 100 m relay20094thRussian relay team disqualified
Yelizaveta GrechishnikovaWomen5000 m2009
2011
10th (h)
14th
Olga KaniskinaWomen20 kilometres walk2009
2011
(2009)
(2011)
Disqualified at two editions
Anastasiya KapachinskayaWomen400 m
4 × 400 m relay
2009
2011
7th (2009)
(2011)
2009 and 2011 bronze medal-winning Russian relay teams annulled. Disqualified at two editions
Svetlana KlyukaWomen800 m20095th (semis)
Mariya KonovalovaWomen10,000 m200911th
Tatyana PetlyukWomen800 m
4 × 400 m relay
2009
2011
6th (semis)
DNF (h)
2009 Russian relay team disqualified
Nailya YulamanovaWomenMarathon20098thBronze medal-winning Russian team for the 2009 World Marathon Cup annulled
Denis AlekseyevMen4 × 400 m relay20114thRussian relay team disqualified
Sergey BakulinMen50 kilometres walk2011
Vladimir KanaykinMen20 kilometres walk2011
Sergey MorozovMen20 kilometres walk201112th
Stanislav YemelyanovMen20 kilometres walk20115th
Igor YerokhinMen50 kilometres walk2011
Yekaterina KostetskayaWomen800 m20115th
Olga KucherenkoWomenLong jump2011
2013

5th
Disqualified at two editions
Yekaterina SharminaWomen1500 m2011
2013
9th (semis)
6th
Disqualified at two editions
Tatyana MineyevaWomen20 kilometres walk201117th
Anna OmorovaWomenShot put201110th
Yuliya StepanovaWomen800 m20118th
Mariya SavinovaWomen800 m2011
2013

Disqualified at two editions
Olesya SyrevaWomen1500 m20119th (semis)
Yuliya ZaripovaWomen3000 m steeplechase2011
Soslan TsirikhovMenShot put201313th (q)
Anna BulgakovaWomenHammer throw20135th
Vera GaneyevaWomenDiscus throw20137th (q)
Yevgeniya KolodkoWomenShot put20135th
Antonina KrivoshapkaWomen400 m
4 × 400 m relay
2013Gold medal-winning Russian relay team disqualified

References

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