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 (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.
Contents
1 History
2 Championships
3 All-time medal table
4 All-time placing table
5 Multiple medalists
6 Multiple winners
6.1 Men
6.1.1 All events
6.1.2 Individual events
6.2 Women
6.2.1 All events
6.2.2 Individual events
7 Athletes with most appearances
8 World records
9 TV
10 See also
11 Notes and references
12 External links
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 |
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- | 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 | 27 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
Updated after 2017 Championships
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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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 |
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 |
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 | |||
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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
Sixteen male athletes have won at least six medals.[7]
Twenty female athletes have won at least six medals.[7]
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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 |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
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 | 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 |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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See also
- IAAF Hall of Fame
- IAAF Athlete of the Year
- International Athletics Championships and Games
- World Para Athletics Championships
- List of World Championships in Athletics medalists (men)
- List of World Championships in Athletics medalists (women)
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.
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