World Athletics Championships

Editions

Edition	Host City	Country	Held	Events	Competitors	Countries
1976 World Athletics Championships	Malmö	SWE	18 September 1976	1	3	3
1980 World Athletics Championships	Sittard	NED	14 – 16 August 1980	3	9	7
1983 World Athletics Championships	Helsinki	FIN	7 – 14 August 1983	41	141	25
1987 World Athletics Championships	Roma	ITA	28 August – 6 September 1987	43	155	27
1991 World Athletics Championships	Tokyo	JPN	23 August – 1 September 1991	43	154	29
1993 World Athletics Championships	Stuttgart	GER	13 – 22 August 1993	44	158	36
1995 World Athletics Championships	Göteborg	SWE	5 – 13 August 1995	44	162	43
1997 World Athletics Championships	Athina	GRE	1 – 10 August 1997	44	172	41
1999 World Athletics Championships	Sevilla	ESP	20 – 29 August 1999	46	179	42
2001 World Athletics Championships	Edmonton	CAN	3 – 12 August 2001	46	188	42
2003 World Athletics Championships	Saint-Denis	FRA	23 – 31 August 2003	46	174	43
2005 World Athletics Championships	Helsinki	FIN	6 – 14 August 2005	47	171	40
2007 World Athletics Championships	Osaka	JPN	24 August – 2 September 2007	47	172	47
2009 World Athletics Championships	Berlin	GER	15 – 23 August 2009	47	183	38
2011 World Athletics Championships	Daegu	KOR	27 August – 4 September 2011	47	188	42
2013 World Athletics Championships	Moskva	RUS	10 – 18 August 2013	47	189	39
2015 World Athletics Championships	Beijing	CHN	22 – 30 August 2015	47	178	43
2017 World Athletics Championships	London	GBR	4 – 13 August 2017	48	181	44
2019 World Athletics Championships	Doha	QAT	25 September – 6 October 2019	49	189	44
2022 World Athletics Championships	Eugene	USA	6 – 15 August 2022	49	189	45
2023 World Athletics Championships	Budapest	HUN	19 – 27 August 2023	49	186	46
2025 World Athletics Championships	Tokyo	JPN	13 – 21 September 2025	49	190	53

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	United States	USA	211	139	119	469
2	Kenya	KEN	72	60	49	181
3	Germany	GER	43	44	52	139
4	Jamaica	JAM	41	67	51	159
5	Russia	RUS	41	55	49	145
6	Ethiopia	ETH	35	40	33	108
7	Great Britain	GBR	34	43	50	127
8	Soviet Union	URS	23	27	28	78
9	Cuba	CUB	23	25	18	66
10	China	CHN	22	28	28	78
11	East Germany	GDR	21	19	16	56
12	Poland	POL	20	21	25	66
13	Australia	AUS	16	16	17	49
14	France	FRA	15	19	24	58
15	Italy	ITA	14	21	23	58
16	Canada	CAN	14	19	19	52
17	Sweden	SWE	14	7	9	30
18	Czech Republic	CZE	14	5	9	28
19	Spain	ESP	13	19	17	49
20	Ukraine	UKR	12	15	16	43
21	Morocco	MAR	12	13	9	34
22	South Africa	RSA	12	7	9	28
23	Norway	NOR	12	6	6	24
24	Belarus	BLR	10	12	12	34
25	Netherlands	NED	9	11	14	34
26	Bahamas	BAH	9	9	8	26
27	Portugal	POR	9	7	8	24
28	Japan	JPN	8	9	20	37
29	Bahrain	BRN	8	4	4	16
30	New Zealand	NZL	8	1	2	11
31	Finland	FIN	7	8	8	23
32	Uganda	UGA	7	2	4	13
33	Greece	GRE	6	8	12	26
34	Algeria	ALG	6	3	3	12
35	Romania	ROU	5	8	12	25
36	Czechoslovakia	TCH	5	4	3	12
37	Bulgaria	BUL	5	3	8	16
38	Qatar	QAT	5	2	5	12
39	Switzerland	SUI	5	0	5	10
40	Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	4	6	7	17
41	Croatia	CRO	4	4	2	10
42	Ireland	IRL	4	4	0	8
43	Colombia	COL	4	3	3	10
44	Dominican Republic	DOM	4	3	1	8
45	Ecuador	ECU	4	2	2	8
46	Venezuela	VEN	4	0	2	6
47	Brazil	BRA	3	8	8	19
48	Neutral Participant	NEU	3	7	1	11
49	Mexico	MEX	3	6	7	16
50	Lithuania	LTU	3	4	3	10
51	Botswana	BOT	3	2	2	7
=	Grenada	GRN	3	2	2	7
53	Mozambique	MOZ	3	1	1	5
54	Denmark	DEN	3	0	1	4
55	Estonia	EST	2	6	2	10
56	Belgium	BEL	2	3	9	14
57	Slovenia	SLO	2	2	4	8
58	Peru	PER	2	1	0	3
=	Tajikistan	TJK	2	1	0	3
60	Nigeria	NGR	1	6	5	12
61	Namibia	NAM	1	4	1	6
62	Kazakhstan	KAZ	1	3	5	9
63	Turkey	TUR	1	2	1	4
64	Zambia	ZAM	1	2	0	3
65	Burkina Faso	BUR	1	1	1	3
=	India	IND	1	1	1	3
=	Tanzania	TAN	1	1	1	3
=	Tunisia	TUN	1	1	1	3
69	Eritrea	ERI	1	1	0	2
=	Panama	PAN	1	1	0	2
71	Saint Kitts and Nevis	SKN	1	0	4	5
=	Serbia	SRB	1	0	4	5
=	Slovakia	SVK	1	0	4	5
74	Barbados	BAR	1	0	2	3
=	Syria	SYR	1	0	2	3
76	Senegal	SEN	1	0	1	2
=	Somalia	SOM	1	0	1	2
78	North Korea	PRK	1	0	0	1
79	Hungary	HUN	0	7	9	16
80	Ivory Coast	CIV	0	4	1	5
=	Puerto Rico	PUR	0	4	1	5
82	Israel	ISR	0	3	2	5
83	Burundi	BDI	0	2	1	3
=	Djibouti	DJI	0	2	1	3
=	Latvia	LAT	0	2	1	3
=	South Korea	KOR	0	2	1	3
87	Cameroon	CMR	0	2	0	2
88	Austria	AUT	0	1	3	4
89	Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH	0	1	1	2
=	Cyprus	CYP	0	1	1	2
=	Dominica	DMA	0	1	1	2
=	Ghana	GHA	0	1	1	2
=	Philippines	PHI	0	1	1	2
=	Sri Lanka	SRI	0	1	1	2
=	Suriname	SUR	0	1	1	2
96	Bermuda	BER	0	1	0	1
=	British Virgin Islands	IVB	0	1	0	1
=	Egypt	EGY	0	1	0	1
=	Pakistan	PAK	0	1	0	1
=	Sudan	SUD	0	1	0	1
101	American Samoa	ASA	0	0	1	1
=	Cayman Islands	CAY	0	0	1	1
=	Haiti	HAI	0	0	1	1
=	Iran	IRI	0	0	1	1
=	Saint Lucia	LCA	0	0	1	1
=	Samoa	SAM	0	0	1	1
=	Saudi Arabia	KSA	0	0	1	1
=	Uruguay	URU	0	0	1	1
=	Zimbabwe	ZIM	0	0	1	1