World Athletics Indoor Championships

The 2020 edition scheduled for Nanjing (CHN) from 13 to 15 March was 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	107	31
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	88	311
2	Russia	RUS	50	42	38	130
3	Ethiopia	ETH	34	15	13	62
4	Great Britain	GBR	22	34	32	88
5	Cuba	CUB	20	19	15	54
6	Soviet Union	URS	20	17	16	53
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	17	10	36
14	Australia	AUS	9	12	10	31
15	Romania	ROU	9	10	10	29
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