2026 World Athletics Ultimate Championship

Host City Budepest
Country HUN
Held 11 – 13 September 2026
Competitors 97
Countries 35

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
100 m Men — Medal 3 2
200 m Men — Medal 3 2
400 m Men — Medal 3 3
800 m Men — Medal 3 3
1,500 m Men — Medal 3 3
5,000 m Men — Medal 3 2
110 m Hurdles Men — Medal 3 1
400 m Hurdles Men — Medal 3 3
High Jump Men — Medal 3 3
Pole Vault Men — Medal 3 3
Long Jump Men — Medal 3 3
Hammer Throw Men — Medal 3 3
Javelin Throw Men — Medal 3 3
100 m Women — Medal 3 2
200 m Women — Medal 3 1
400 m Women — Medal 3 3
800 m Women — Medal 3 3
1,500 m Women — Medal 3 3
5,000 m Women — Medal 3 2
100 m Hurdles Women — Medal 3 3
400 m Hurdles Women — Medal 3 2
High Jump Women — Medal 4 3
Pole Vault Women — Medal 3 2
Long Jump Women — Medal 3 3
Triple Jump Women — Medal 3 2
Javelin Throw Women — Medal 3 3
4 x 100 m Relay Mixed — Medal 12 3
4 x 400 m Relay Mixed — Medal 12 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 United States USA 10 7 10 27
2 Italy ITA 2 0 0 2
3 Great Britain GBR 1 4 1 6
4 Norway NOR 1 1 2 4
5 Botswana BOT 1 1 0 2
= Greece GRE 1 1 0 2
7 Switzerland SUI 1 0 2 3
8 Ethiopia ETH 1 0 1 2
= Germany GER 1 0 1 2
= Ukraine UKR 1 0 1 2
11 Algeria ALG 1 0 0 1
= Brazil BRA 1 0 0 1
= Dominican Republic DOM 1 0 0 1
= Japan JPN 1 0 0 1
= Poland POL 1 0 0 1
= Senegal SEN 1 0 0 1
= Sri Lanka SRI 1 0 0 1
= Sweden SWE 1 0 0 1
19 Australia AUS 0 3 1 4
20 Jamaica JAM 0 2 1 3
21 Cuba CUB 0 1 1 2
22 Bulgaria BUL 0 1 0 1
= Canada CAN 0 1 0 1
= China CHN 0 1 0 1
= Grenada GRN 0 1 0 1
= Hungary HUN 0 1 0 1
= Nigeria NGR 0 1 0 1
= Saint Lucia LCA 0 1 0 1
= Slovakia SVK 0 1 0 1
30 Netherlands NED 0 0 3 3
31 Colombia COL 0 0 1 1
= Kenya KEN 0 0 1 1
= Mexico MEX 0 0 1 1
= Serbia SRB 0 0 1 1
= Trinidad and Tobago TTO 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
100 m, Men Kenny Bednarek USA Oblique Seville JAM Ronnie Baker USA
200 m, Men Kenny Bednarek USA Letsile Tebogo BOT Courtney Lindsey USA
400 m, Men Busang Kebinatshipi BOT Rai Benjamin USA Jereem Richards TTO
800 m, Men Djamel Sedjati ALG Marco Arop CAN Emmanuel Wanyonyi KEN
1,500 m, Men Josh Kerr GBR Cameron Myers AUS Hobbs Kessler USA
5,000 m, Men Jakob Ingebrigtsen NOR Cole Hocker USA Parker Wolfe USA
110 m Hurdles, Men Ja'Kobe Tharp USA Cordell Tinch USA Bradley Franklin USA
400 m Hurdles, Men Alison dos Santos BRA Rai Benjamin USA Karsten Warholm NOR
High Jump, Men Gianmarco Tamberi ITA JuVaughn Harrison USA Erick Portillo MEX
Pole Vault, Men Mondo Duplantis SWE Emmanouil Karalis GRE Sondre Guttormsen NOR
Long Jump, Men Miltiadis Tentoglou GRE Bozhidar Saraboyukov BUL Simon Ehammer SUI
Hammer Throw, Men Merlin Hummel GER Bence Halász HUN Mykhailo Kokhan UKR
Javelin Throw, Men Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage SRI Anderson Peters GRN Julian Weber GER
100 m, Women Melissa Jefferson-Wooden USA Julien Alfred LCA Sha'Carri Richardson USA
200 m, Women Melissa Jefferson-Wooden USA Gabby Thomas USA Kayla White USA
400 m, Women Marileidy Paulino DOM Henriette Jæger NOR Nickisha Pryce JAM
800 m, Women Audrey Werro SUI Keely Hodgkinson GBR Femke Broeders-Bol NED
1,500 m, Women Klaudia Kazimierska POL Georgia Hunter Bell GBR Nikki Hiltz USA
5,000 m, Women Likina Amebaw ETH Jessica Hull-Jolliffe AUS Fantaye Belayneh ETH
100 m Hurdles, Women Masai Russell USA Tobi Amusan NGR Nadine Visser NED
400 m Hurdles, Women Jasmine Jones USA Emma Zapletalová SVK Anna Cockrell USA
High Jump, Women Yaroslava Mahuchikh UKR Nicola McDermott-Olyslagers AUS Eleanor Patterson
Angelina Topić 		AUS
SRB
Pole Vault, Women Sandi Morris USA Hana Moll USA Angelica Moser SUI
Long Jump, Women Larissa Iapichino ITA Jazmin Sawyers GBR Alyssa Jones USA
Triple Jump, Women Saly Sarr SEN Davisleydi Velazco CUB Leyanis Pérez CUB
Javelin Throw, Women Haruka Kitaguchi JPN Yan Ziyi CHN Flor Ruiz COL
4 x 100 m Relay, Mixed United States USA Jamaica JAM Great Britain GBR
4 x 400 m Relay, Mixed United States USA Great Britain GBR Netherlands NED