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	170	46
2009 World Athletics Championships	Berlin	GER	15 – 23 August 2009	47	172	38
2011 World Athletics Championships	Daegu	KOR	27 August – 4 September 2011	47	173	42
2013 World Athletics Championships	Moskva	RUS	10 – 18 August 2013	47	179	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	Budepest	HUN	19 – 27 August 2023	49	186	46

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	United States	USA	194	134	115	443
2	Kenya	KEN	65	58	47	170
3	Russia	RUS	45	57	52	154
4	Germany	GER	42	40	52	134
5	Jamaica	JAM	40	61	48	149
6	Ethiopia	ETH	35	38	31	104
7	Great Britain	GBR	34	40	47	121
8	Soviet Union	URS	23	27	28	78
9	Cuba	CUB	22	25	16	63
10	China	CHN	21	24	25	70
11	East Germany	GDR	21	19	16	56
12	Poland	POL	19	21	25	65
13	Australia	AUS	15	15	15	45
14	France	FRA	14	19	23	56
15	Czech Republic	CZE	14	5	8	27
16	Italy	ITA	13	17	19	49
17	Ukraine	UKR	12	15	14	41
18	Morocco	MAR	12	12	9	33
19	South Africa	RSA	12	7	8	27
=	Sweden	SWE	12	7	8	27
21	Norway	NOR	12	6	6	24
22	Canada	CAN	11	18	18	47
23	Spain	ESP	11	18	17	46
24	Belarus	BLR	10	13	12	35
25	Bahamas	BAH	9	9	8	26
26	Japan	JPN	8	9	18	35
27	Bahrain	BRN	8	3	3	14
28	Netherlands	NED	7	9	12	28
29	Finland	FIN	7	8	8	23
30	Portugal	POR	7	7	8	22
31	Uganda	UGA	7	2	4	13
32	Greece	GRE	6	7	12	25
33	Algeria	ALG	6	2	3	11
34	New Zealand	NZL	6	1	1	8
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	4	11
39	Croatia	CRO	4	4	2	10
40	Colombia	COL	4	3	2	9
41	Ireland	IRL	4	3	0	7
42	Dominican Republic	DOM	4	2	1	7
43	Switzerland	SUI	4	0	5	9
44	Venezuela	VEN	4	0	1	5
45	Neutral Participant	NEU	3	7	1	11
46	Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	3	5	7	15
47	Mexico	MEX	3	4	7	14
48	Lithuania	LTU	3	3	3	9
49	Ecuador	ECU	3	2	1	6
50	Grenada	GRN	3	1	2	6
51	Mozambique	MOZ	3	1	1	5
52	Denmark	DEN	3	0	1	4
53	Brazil	BRA	2	6	8	16
54	Estonia	EST	2	6	2	10
55	Belgium	BEL	2	2	8	12
56	Slovenia	SLO	2	2	2	6
57	Peru	PER	2	1	0	3
=	Tajikistan	TJK	2	1	0	3
59	Nigeria	NGR	1	5	5	11
60	Namibia	NAM	1	4	1	6
61	Kazakhstan	KAZ	1	3	5	9
62	Botswana	BOT	1	2	1	4
=	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
=	Tunisia	TUN	1	1	1	3
68	Eritrea	ERI	1	1	0	2
=	Panama	PAN	1	1	0	2
70	Saint Kitts and Nevis	SKN	1	0	4	5
71	Serbia	SRB	1	0	3	4
=	Slovakia	SVK	1	0	3	4
73	Barbados	BAR	1	0	2	3
=	Syria	SYR	1	0	2	3
75	Senegal	SEN	1	0	1	2
=	Somalia	SOM	1	0	1	2
77	North Korea	PRK	1	0	0	1
78	Hungary	HUN	0	7	8	15
79	Ivory Coast	CIV	0	4	1	5
80	Israel	ISR	0	3	2	5
81	Puerto Rico	PUR	0	3	1	4
82	Burundi	BDI	0	2	1	3
=	Djibouti	DJI	0	2	1	3
84	Cameroon	CMR	0	2	0	2
85	Austria	AUT	0	1	3	4
86	Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH	0	1	1	2
=	Cyprus	CYP	0	1	1	2
=	Ghana	GHA	0	1	1	2
=	Latvia	LAT	0	1	1	2
=	Philippines	PHI	0	1	1	2
=	South Korea	KOR	0	1	1	2
=	Sri Lanka	SRI	0	1	1	2
=	Suriname	SUR	0	1	1	2
=	Tanzania	TAN	0	1	1	2
95	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
100	American Samoa	ASA	0	0	1	1
=	Cayman Islands	CAY	0	0	1	1
=	Dominica	DMA	0	0	1	1
=	Haiti	HAI	0	0	1	1
=	Iran	IRI	0	0	1	1
=	Saudi Arabia	KSA	0	0	1	1
=	Zimbabwe	ZIM	0	0	1	1