World Athletics Indoor Championships

Sport Athletics
Competition Category World Championships
Years 1985—2025
Editions 21
Competitors 1425
Countries 93

The 2020 edition scheduled for Nanjing (CHN) from 13 to 15 March is postponed to 2025 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Editions

Edition Host City Country Held Events Competitors Countries
1985 World Athletics Indoor Championships Paris FRA 18 – 19 January 1985 24 74 24
1987 World Athletics Indoor Championships Indianapolis USA 6 – 8 March 1987 24 72 23
1989 World Athletics Indoor Championships Budapest HUN 3 – 5 March 1989 24 70 24
1991 World Athletics Indoor Championships Sevilla ESP 8 – 10 March 1991 27 97 25
1993 World Athletics Indoor Championships Toronto CAN 12 – 14 March 1993 31 119 32
1995 World Athletics Indoor Championships Barcelona ESP 10 – 12 March 1995 27 103 34
1997 World Athletics Indoor Championships Paris FRA 7 – 9 March 1997 28 107 32
1999 World Athletics Indoor Championships Maebashi JPN 5 – 7 March 1999 28 103 30
2001 World Athletics Indoor Championships Lisboa POR 9 – 11 March 2001 28 103 29
2003 World Athletics Indoor Championships Birmingham GBR 14 – 16 March 2003 28 111 28
2004 World Athletics Indoor Championships Budapest HUN 5 – 7 March 2004 28 110 33
2006 World Athletics Indoor Championships Moskva RUS 10 – 12 March 2006 26 104 33
2008 World Athletics Indoor Championships Valencia ESP 7 – 9 March 2008 26 102 37
2010 World Athletics Indoor Championships Doha QAT 12 – 14 March 2010 26 113 31
2012 World Athletics Indoor Championships İstanbul TUR 9 – 11 March 2012 26 100 28
2014 World Athletics Indoor Championships Sopot POL 7 – 9 March 2014 26 105 30
2016 World Athletics Indoor Championships Portland USA 17 – 20 March 2016 26 99 29
2018 World Athletics Indoor Championships Birmingham GBR 2 – 4 March 2018 26 98 33
2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships Beograd SRB 18 – 20 March 2022 26 101 31
2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships Glasgow GBR 1 – 3 March 2024 26 101 32
2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships Nanjing CHN 21 – 23 March 2025 26 92 33

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 United States USA 126 97 87 310
2 Russia RUS 51 43 38 132
3 Ethiopia ETH 34 15 13 62
4 Great Britain GBR 22 34 32 88
5 Soviet Union URS 20 17 16 53
6 Cuba CUB 19 19 16 54
7 Jamaica JAM 17 24 18 59
8 Germany GER 16 23 28 67
9 France FRA 16 14 21 51
10 Sweden SWE 14 9 9 32
11 East Germany GDR 12 7 4 23
12 Canada CAN 11 4 15 30
13 Ukraine UKR 9 16 11 36
14 Australia AUS 9 12 10 31
15 Romania ROU 9 10 9 28
16 Italy ITA 9 9 15 33
17 Bulgaria BUL 9 6 6 21
18 New Zealand NZL 9 3 6 18
19 Kenya KEN 8 14 16 38
20 Czech Republic CZE 8 8 11 27
21 Netherlands NED 8 7 9 24
22 Greece GRE 7 3 6 16
23 Mozambique MOZ 7 1 1 9
24 Bahamas BAH 6 7 9 22
25 Morocco MAR 6 5 8 19
26 Belgium BEL 6 5 5 16
27 Ireland IRL 6 3 2 11
28 Poland POL 5 14 18 37
29 Brazil BRA 5 6 6 17
30 Portugal POR 5 5 7 17
31 Switzerland SUI 5 5 5 15
32 South Africa RSA 4 5 3 12
33 Norway NOR 4 3 3 10
34 Spain ESP 3 22 20 45
35 China CHN 3 9 8 20
36 Belarus BLR 3 8 6 17
37 Kazakhstan KAZ 3 4 3 10
38 Venezuela VEN 3 0 0 3
39 Nigeria NGR 2 7 3 12
40 Czechoslovakia TCH 2 4 2 8
41 Hungary HUN 2 2 4 8
42 Burundi BDI 2 2 0 4
43 Croatia CRO 2 1 3 6
44 Serbia SRB 2 1 1 4
= Sudan SUD 2 1 1 4
46 Finland FIN 2 1 0 3
= Neutral Participant NEU 2 1 0 3
48 South Korea KOR 2 0 1 3
49 Grenada GRN 2 0 0 2
50 Qatar QAT 1 3 2 6
51 Denmark DEN 1 3 1 5
52 Ivory Coast CIV 1 3 0 4
53 Trinidad and Tobago TTO 1 2 4 7
54 Bahrain BRN 1 2 3 6
55 Algeria ALG 1 1 1 3
= Bermuda BER 1 1 1 3
57 Ghana GHA 1 1 0 2
= Namibia NAM 1 1 0 2
59 Burkina Faso BUR 1 0 1 2
60 Costa Rica CRC 1 0 0 1
= Djibouti DJI 1 0 0 1
= Dominica DMA 1 0 0 1
= Saint Lucia LCA 1 0 0 1
64 Slovenia SLO 0 4 4 8
65 Austria AUT 0 4 1 5
66 Estonia EST 0 3 2 5
67 Iceland ISL 0 2 1 3
68 Cameroon CMR 0 2 0 2
= Saint Kitts and Nevis SKN 0 2 0 2
70 Barbados BAR 0 1 1 2
= Botswana BOT 0 1 1 2
= Latvia LAT 0 1 1 2
73 Cayman Islands CAY 0 1 0 1
= Panama PAN 0 1 0 1
= Turkey TUR 0 1 0 1
76 Japan JPN 0 0 3 3
77 Lithuania LTU 0 0 2 2
= Mexico MEX 0 0 2 2
= Serbia and Montenegro SCG 0 0 2 2
80 Antigua and Barbuda ANT 0 0 1 1
= Benin BEN 0 0 1 1
= British Virgin Islands IVB 0 0 1 1
= Chile CHI 0 0 1 1
= Cyprus CYP 0 0 1 1
= Democratic Republic of the Congo COD 0 0 1 1
= Dominican Republic DOM 0 0 1 1
= Gabon GAB 0 0 1 1
= Luxembourg LUX 0 0 1 1
= Saudi Arabia KSA 0 0 1 1
= Senegal SEN 0 0 1 1
= Suriname SUR 0 0 1 1
= Uganda UGA 0 0 1 1