Sport and Leisure/World Athletics Championships
Two IAAF world championship events preceded the inaugural edition of the World Championships in Athletics in 1983. The 1976 World Championships (held in Malmo) had just one event – the men's 50 kilometres walk, which was dropped from the Olympic programme for the 1976 Summer Olympics, leading to the IAAF responding by setting up their own contest. Four years later, the 1980 World Championships contained only two newly approved women's events, (400 metres hurdles and 3000 metres), neither of which featured on the programme for the 1980 Summer Olympics
1983 Helsinki
100m – Carl Lewis. 4th Allan Wells
200m – Calvin Smith. 4th Allan Wells
800m - Willi Wülbeck. 4th Peter Elliott
1500m – Steve Cram. 4th Steve Ovett
5000m – Eammon Coghlan (Ireland)
Marathon – Rob de Castella (Australia)
110m hurdles – Greg Foster
400m hurdles – Ed Moses
Steeplechase - Patriz Ilg. Bronze – Colin Reitz
4 x 400m relay – Soviet Union. Bronze – GB (Ainsley Bennett, Cook, Todd Bennett, Brown)
Pole vault – Sergey Bubka (Soviet Union)
Long jump – Carl Lewis
Decathlon – Daley Thompson
Women’s 100m – Marlies Gohr (East Germany)
Women’s 200m – Marita Koch (East Germany). Bronze – Kathy Cook
Women’s 400m – Jarmila Kratochvilova (Czechoslovakia)
Women’s 800m – Jarmila Kratochvilova
Women’s 1500m – Mary Decker. 5th Wendy Sly
Women’s 3000m – Mary Decker. 5th Wendy Sly
Women’s marathon – Greta Waitz (Norway)
Women’s 4 x 100m relay – East Germany. Silver – GB (Baptiste, Cook, Callender, Thomas)
Women’s long jump. 5th Bev Kinch
Women’s javelin – Tina Lillak (Finland). Silver – Fatima Whitbread. 4th Tessa Sanderson
East Germany topped the medal table
Carl Lewis anchored the USA 4 x 100m relay team to a world record time of 37.86 seconds
Sergey Bubka’s win was the first of six consecutive world titles
Jarmila Kratochvilova broke the world record in the 400m with a time of 47.99 seconds, which has only been beaten by Marita Koch
1987 Rome
100m – Carl Lewis. Bronze – Linford Christie
200m – Calvin Smith. Bronze – John Regis
400m - Thomas Schönlebe. 5th Derek Redmond
800m – Billy Konchellah (Kenya). Silver – Peter Elliott
5000m – Said Aouita (Morocco). Bronze – Jack Bucknor
110m hurdles – Greg Foster. Silver – Jon Ridgeon. Bronze – Colin Jackson
400m hurdles – Ed Moses
4 x 400m relay – USA. Silver – GB (Redmond, Akabusi, Black, Brown)
High jump – Patrik Sjoberg (Sweden)
Pole vault – Sergey Bubka
Long jump – Carl Lewis
Women’s 100m – Silke Gladisch (East Germany)
Women’s 200m – Silke Gladisch
Women’s 10000m – Ingrid Kristiansen (Norway)
Women’s marathon – Rosa Mota (Portugal)
Women’s high jump – Stefka Kostadinova (Bulgaria)
Women’s long jump – Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Women’s javelin – Fatima Whitbread. 4th Tessa Sanderson
Heptathlon – Jackie Joyner-Kersee
East Germany topped the medal table
Women's 10000m and 10 km walk were added to the programme.
Carl Lewis broke the world record in the 100m with a time of 9.93 seconds
Giovanni Evangelisti of Italy originally won the bronze in the men’s long jump with a jump of 8.37m, but it was later determined that Italian field officials had entered a pre-arranged fake result for a jump of 7.85m
Stefka Kostadinova broke the world record in the high jump with 2.09m, a record which still stands today
1991 Tokyo
100m – Carl Lewis. 4th Linford Christie
200m – Michael Johnson
400m – Antonio Pettigrew. Silver – Roger Black
800m – Billy Konchellah
1500m – Noureddine Morceli (Algeria)
110m hurdles – Greg Foster. Bronze – Tony Jarrett
400m hurdles - Samuel Matete. Bronze – Kriss Akabusi
3000m steeplechase – Moses Kiptanui (Kenya)
4 x 100m relay. Bronze – GB (Jarrett, Regis, Braithwaite, Christie)
4 x 400m relay – GB (Black, Redmond, Regis, Akabusi)
High jump - Charles Austin. 4th Dalton Grant
Pole vault – Sergey Bubka
Long jump – Mike Powell
Triple jump – Kenny Harrison
Discus – Lars Riedel (Germany)
Decathlon – Dan O’Brien
Women’s 100m – Katrin Krabbe (Germany). Silver – Gwen Torrence (USA). Bronze – Merlene Ottey (Jamaica)
Women’s 200m – Katrin Krabbe. Silver – Gwen Torrence. Bronze – Merlene Ottey
Women’s 400m – Marie-Jose Perec (France)
Women’s 1500m – Hassima Boulmerka (Algeria)
Women’s 10000m – Liz McColgan
Women’s 400m hurdles. Silver – Sally Gunnell
Women’s long jump – Jackie Joyner-Kersee
USA topped the medal table
Originally, it was planned to be hold the World Championships every four years, but this changed after 1991, and it has since been run biennially
The event is best remembered for the men's long jump competition, when Carl Lewis made the best six-jump series in history, only to be beaten by Mike Powell, whose 8.95 m jump broke Bob Beamon’s long-standing world record from the 1968 Olympics
Carl Lewis anchored the USA 4 x 100m relay team to a world record time of 37.50 seconds
Lars Reidel’s win was the first of five world titles
1993 Stuttgart
100m – Linford Christie
200m – Frankie Fredericks (Namibia). Silver – John Regis. Bronze – Carl Lewis
400m – Michael Johnson
800m – Paul Ruto. 4th Curtis Robb
1500m – Noureddine Morceli
10000m – Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia)
110m hurdles – Colin Jackson. Silver – Tony Jarrett
3000m steeplechase – Moses Kiptanui (Kenya)
4 x 100m relay – USA. Silver – GB (Jackson, Jarrett, Regis, Christie)
High jump – Javier Sotomayor (Cuba). Bronze – Steve Smith
Pole vault – Sergey Bubka (Ukraine)
Long jump – Mike Powell
Triple jump – Mike Conley (USA). Bronze – Jonathan Edwards
Discus – Lars Riedel
Javelin – Jan Zelezny (Czech Republic). Bronze – Mick Hill. 4th Steve Backley
Decathlon – Dan O’Brien
Women’s 100m – Gail Devers
Women’s 200m – Merlene Ottey
Women’s 800m – Maria Mutola (Mozambique). 4th Diane Modahl
Women’s 1500m. Silver – Sonia O’Sullivan (Ireland)
Women’s 100m hurdles – Gail Devers
Women’s 400m hurdles – Sally Gunnell
Women’s 4 x 400m relay – USA. Bronze – GB (Keough, Smith, Goddard, Gunnell)
Women’s long jump – Heike Drechsler (Germany)
Heptathlon – Jackie Joyner-Kersee
USA topped the medal table
Held at the Gottlieb Daimler Stadium, Stuttgart
This was the final time the women's 3000m would be contested. At subsequent Championships the race was replaced by the 5000m
Women's triple jump was added to the programme
Haile Gebrselassie’s win was the first of four consecutive world titles
Colin Jackson won the 110m hurdles in a world record time of 12.91 seconds
Michael Johnson anchored the USA 4 x 400m relay team to a world record time of 2:54.29, a record which still stands today
Chinese athletes won the women’s 1500m, 3000m and 10000m titles
1995 Gothenburg
100m – Donovan Bailey (Canada)
200m – Michael Johnson
400m – Michael Johnson
800m – Wilson Kipketer (Denmark)
1500m – Noureddine Morceli
10000m – Haile Gebrselassie
Marathon - Martín Fiz. 4th Peter Whitehead
110m hurdles – Allen Johnson. Silver – Tony Jarrett
3000m steeplechase – Moses Kiptanui
High jump – Troy Kemp. 4th Steve Smith
Pole vault – Sergey Bubka
Long jump – Ivan Pedroso (Cuba)
Triple jump – Jonathan Edwards
Discus – Lars Riedel
Javelin – Jan Zelezny. Silver – Steve Backley
Decathlon – Dan O’Brien
Women’s 100m – Gwen Torrence
Women’s 200m – Merlene Ottey
Women’s 400m – Marie-Jose Perec
Women’s 800m – Ana Quirot (Cuba). Bronze – Kelly Holmes
Women’s 1500m – Hassima Boulmerka. Silver – Kelly Holmes
Women’s 5000m – Sonia O’Sullivan
Women’s 100m hurdles – Gail Devers
Women’s high jump – Stefka Kostadinova
Women’s long jump – Fiona May (Italy)
Heptathlon – Ghada Shouaa (Syria)
USA topped the medal table
Held at the Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg
Jonathan Edwards won the triple jump with a world record jump of 18.29m, the first ever jump to exceed 18m
Ivan Pedroso’s win was the first of four consecutive world titles
Wilson Kipketer was born in Kenya, but competed for Denmark
Fiona May was born in Slough, but competed for Italy
1997 Athens
100m – Maurice Greene
200m – Ato Boldon (Trinidad and Tobago)
400m – Michael Johnson. 4th Mark Richardson
800m – Wilson Kipketer
1500m – Hicham El Guerrouj (Morocco)
10000m – Haile Gebrselassie
110m hurdles – Allen Johnson. Silver – Colin Jackson
3000m steeplechase – Wilson Kipketer
4 x 100m relay. Canada. Bronze – GB (Braithwaite, Campbell, Walker, Golding)
4 x 400m relay – GB (Thomas, Black, Baulch, Richardson)
High jump – Javier Sotomayor
Pole vault – Sergey Bubka
Long jump – Ivan Pedroso
Triple jump – Yoelbi Quesada (Cuba). Silver – Jonathan Edwards
Discus – Lars Riedel
Javelin. Silver – Steve Backley
Decathlon – Tomas Dvorak (Czech Republic)
Women’s 100m – Marion Jones
Women’s 200m – Zhanna Pintusevich (Ukraine)
Women’s 400m – Cathy Freeman (Australia)
Women’s 800m – Ana Quirot
Women’s 5000m – Gabriela Szabo (Romania). 4th Paula Radcliffe
Women’s triple jump - Šárka Kašpárková. 5th Ashia Hansen
Heptathlon – Sabine Braun (Germany). Silver – Denise Lewis
USA topped the medal table
Hicham El Guerrouj’s win was the first of four consecutive world titles
USA originally won the 4 x 400 m relay, but were disqualified in 2009 after Antonio Pettigrew admitted to using illegal drugs
1999 Seville
100m – Maurice Greene. Bronze – Dwain Chambers
200m – Maurice Greene
400m – Michael Johnson
800m – Wilson Kipketer
1500m – Hicham El Guerrouj
10000m – Haile Gebrselassie
110m hurdles – Colin Jackson
4 x 100m relay – USA. Silver – GB (Gardner, Campbell, Devonish, Chambers)
4 x 400m relay – Poland
Long jump – Ivan Pedroso
Triple jump. Bronze – Jonathan Edwards
Shot put – C.J. Hunter
Decathlon – Tomas Dvorak. Silver – Dean Macey
Women’s 100m – Marion Jones
Women’s 200m – Inger Miller
Women’s 400m – Cathy Freeman. 5th Katharine Merry
Women’s 1500m – Svetlana Masterkova
Women’s 5000m – Gabriela Szabo
Women’s 10000m – Gete Wami. Silver – Paula Radcliffe
Women’s marathon – Jong Song-ok (North Korea)
To date, it is the only medal ever won by a North Korean athlete at the World Championships
Women’s 100m hurdles – Gail Devers
Women’s 4 x 100m relay – Bahamas
Women’s pole vault – Stacy Dragila
Heptathlon – Eunice Barber. Silver – Denise Lewis
USA topped the medal table
Women's pole vault and hammer were added to the programme and the women's 20 km walk replaced the 10 km walk
Michael Johnson won the 400m in a world record time of 43.18 seconds, a record which still stands today
Marion Jones was allowed to keep the medals she won in 1997 and 1999, but was later stripped of the titles she won at the 2000 Olympic Games after admitting to steroid use
C.J. Hunter was the husband of Marion Jones and was involved in the BALCO drugs scandal
USA originally won the 4 x 400 m relay, but were disqualified in 2009 after Antonio Pettigrew admitted to using illegal drugs
2001 Edmonton
100m – Maurice Greene. Silver – Bernard Williams
200m – Konstantinos Kenteris (Greece)
1500m – Hicham El Guerrouj
110m hurdles – Allen Johnson
400m hurdles – Felix Sanchez (Dominican Republic). 5th Chris Rawlinson
4 x 100m relay – South Africa
4 x 400m relay – Bahamas
Long jump – Ivan Pedroso
Triple jump – Jonathan Edwards
Discus – Lars Riedel
Javelin – Jan Zelezny
Decathlon – Tomas Dvorak. Silver – Erki Nool (Estonia). Bronze – Dean Macey
Women’s 100m – Zhanna Pintusevich
Women’s 200m – Debbie Ferguson (Bahamas)
Women’s 800m – Maria Mutola
Women’s 1500m – Gabriela Szabo
Women’s 10000m – Derartu Tulu (Ethiopia). 4th Paula Radcliffe
Women’s pole vault – Stacy Dragila (USA)
Women’s long jump – Fiona May
Women’s triple jump – Tatyana Lebedeva (Russia)
Women’s javelin – Osleidys Menendez (Cuba)
Russia topped the medal table
Held at the Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
Tim Montgomery (USA) originally came second in the men's 100m, but was disqualified in 2005 after he admitted to drug use
USA originally finished first in men’s 4 x 100m relay but they were disqualified in 2005 after Tim Montgomery admitted to drug use
Marion Jones finished second in the 100m and first in the 200m, but she was disqualified in 2005 after she admitted to using steroids
USA originally finished first in women’s 4 x 100m relay, but were disqualified in 2004 after Kelli White admitted to using steroids
Natalya Sadova of Russia originally won the gold medal in women’s discus, but she was later disqualified after she tested positive for caffeine
2003 Paris
100m – Kim Collins. Bronze – Darren Campbell
200m – John Capel.. 4th Darren Campbell
400m – Tyree Washington (USA)
1500m – Hicham El Guerrouj
10000m – Kenenise Bekele (Ethiopia)
110m hurdles – Allen Johnson
400m hurdles – Felix Sanchez
20km walk – Jefferson Perez (Ecuador)
Long jump – Dwight Phillips
Triple jump – Christian Olsson (Sweden)
Women’s 100m – Torri Edwards (USA)
Women’s 400m – Ana Guevara (Mexico)
Women’s 800m – Maria Mutola. Silver – Kelly Holmes
Women’s 1500m - Tatyana Tomashova. Bronze – Hayley Tullett
Women’s 5000m – Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia)
Women’s 10000m – Berhane Adere (Ethiopia)
Women’s 400m hurdles – Jana Pittman-Rawlinson (Australia)
Women’s pole vault – Svetlana Feofanova (Russia)
Women’s long jump – Eunice Barber (France). 4th Jade Johnson
Women’s triple jump – Tatyana Lebedeva
Heptathlon – Carolina Kluft (Sweden)
USA topped the medal table
Jon Drummond was disqualified in the quarterfinals of 100m for a false start. However, he contested that he did not false start, repeatedly shouting "I did not move". He delayed competition for almost an hour by refusing to leave the track. He protested for a period of time by lying down on the track
Dwain Chambers finished fourth in the 100m final but was disqualified following his drug ban
Jerome Young originally finished first in the 400m, but was disqualified after he tested positive for drugs
GB team (Devonish, Malcolm, Campbell, Chambers) were stripped of 4 x100m relay silver medal due to drug ban on Chambers
USA originally finished first in 4 x 400m relay, but were disqualified after Jerome Young and Calvin Harrison both tested positive for drugs in 2004
Dwight Phillips’s win was the first of four world titles
Kelli White finished first in women’s 100m and 200m, but was stripped of her medals after testing positive for drugs
2005 Helsinki
100m – Justin Gatlin
200m – Justin Gatlin
400m – Jeremy Wariner. 5th Tim Benjamin
800m – Rashid Ramzi (Bahrain)
1500m – Rashid Ramzi
10000m – Kenenise Bekele
400m hurdles – Bershawn Jackson (USA)
20km walk – Jefferson Perez
4 x 100m relay – France. Bronze – GB (Gardener, Devonish, Malcolm, Lewis-Francis)
Long jump – Dwight Phillips
Decathlon – Bryan Clay (USA)
Women’s 100m – Lauryn Williams
Women’s 200m – Allyson Felix
Women’s 400m – Tonique Williams-Darling (Bahamas)
Women’s 5000m – Tirunesh Dibaba
Women’s 10000m – Tirunesh Dibaba
Women’s marathon – Paula Radcliffe
Women’s 4 x 400m. Bronze – GB (McConnell, Fraser, Sanders, Ohuruogu)
Women’s pole vault – Yelena Isinbayeva
Women’s javelin – Osleidys Menendez
Heptathlon – Carolina Kluft. 5th Kelly Sotherton
USA topped the medal table
Women's 3000m steeplechase was added to the programme
The original winning bid for the competition was from London, but the cost to build the required stadium at Picketts Lock and host the event was deemed too expensive by the government. UK Athletics suggested to move the host city to Sheffield (using Don Valley Stadium), but the IAAF stated that having London as the host city was central to their winning the bid. The championships bidding process was reopened as a result
Much of the event in Helsinki was held in heavy rain
Finland’s only medal was a bronze in the men’s long jump from Tommi Evila
USA finished in first four places in men’s 200m
Tirunesh Dibaba became the first woman to win the 5000m and 10000m at the same championships
Osleidys Menendez set a new world record in the women’s javelin
2007 Osaka
100m – Tyson Gay
200m – Tyson Gay. Silver – Usain Bolt
400m – Jeremy Wariner
1500m – Bernard Lagat (Kenya)
5000m – Bernard Lagat. 6th Mo Farah
10000m – Kenenise Bekele
110m hurdles – Liu Xiang (China)
20km walk – Jefferson Perez
4 x 100m relay - USA. Bronze – GB (Malcolm, Pickering, Devonish, Lewis-Francis)
Long jump – Irving Saladino (Panama)
Triple jump – Nelson Evora (Portugal)
Javelin – Tero Pitkamaki (Finland)
Decathlon – Roman Sebrle (Czech Republic)
Women’s 100m – Veronica Campbell
Women’s 200m – Allyson Felix
Women’s 400m – Christine Ohuruogu. Silver – Nicola Sanders
Women’s 5000m – Meseret Defar (Ethiopia)
Women’s 10000m – Tirunesh Dibaba. 4th Jo Pavey
Women’s 400m hurdles – Jana Pittman-Rawlinson
Women’s 4 x 400m. Bronze – GB (Ohuruogu, Okoro, McConnell, Sanders)
Women’s high jump – Blanka Vlasic (Croatia)
Women’s pole vault – Yelena Isinbayeva
Women’s long jump – Tatyana Lebedeva
Women’s triple jump. Silver – Tatyana Lebedeva
Women’s shot put – Valerie Adams
Women’s javelin – Barbora Spotakova (Czech Republic)
Heptathlon – Carolina Kluft. Bronze – Kelly Sotherton. 4th Jessica Ennis
USA topped the medal table
Held at the Nagai Stadium, Osaka. No world records were broken
Tyson Gay and Allyson Felix collected three gold medals each. USA won all four relays
Bernard Lagat became the first man to win both the 1500m and 5000m titles at the same World Championships
Kyriakos Ioannou claimed the first ever medal for Cyprus in a World Championships, a bronze in the high jump
Japan gained its only medal on the final day with a bronze for Reiko Tosa in the women's marathon
Ohuruogu won the gold medal just 24 days after her 12-month suspension for missing three out-of-competition doping tests expired
Valerie Adams (NZ) (formerly known as Valerie Vili) won the first of her four successive World Championships in the shot put
2009 Berlin
100m – Usain Bolt. Silver – Tyson Gay. Bronze – Asafa Powell
200m – Usain Bolt. Silver – Alonso Edward (Panama)
400m – LaShawn Merritt
1500m – Yusuf Saad Kamel (Bahrain)
5000m – Kenenise Bekele
10000m – Kenenise Bekele
110m hurdles – Ryan Braithwaite (Barbados). 4th Will Sharman
3000m steeplechase – Ezekiel Kemboi (Kenya)
4 x 100m relay – Jamaica. Bronze – GB (Williamson, Edgar, Devonish, Aikines-Aryeetey)
4 x 400m relay – USA. Silver – GB (Williams, Bingham, Tobin, Rooney)
Pole vault – Steve Hooker (Australia)
Long jump – Dwight Phillips
Triple jump – Phillips Idowu
Discus – Robert Harting (Germany)
Javelin – Andreas Thorkildsen (Norway)
Women’s 100m – Shelly-Ann Fraser
Women’s 200m – Allyson Felix
Women’s 400m – Sanya Richards
Women’s 800m – Caster Semenya (South Africa). Bronze – Jenny Meadows
Women’s 1500m - Maryam Yusuf Jamal. Silver – Lisa Dobriskey
Women’s 5000m – Vivian Cheruiyot (Kenya)
Women’s pole vault – Anna Rogowska (Poland)
Women’s long jump – Brittney Reese (USA). 6th Shara Proctor (Anguilla)
Women’s high jump – Blanka Vlasic
Women’s shot put – Valerie Adams
Heptathlon – Jessica Ennis
USA topped the medal table
Usain Bolt won the 100m in a world record time of 9.58 seconds and the 200m in a world record time of 19.19 seconds.
Yusuf Saad Kamel’s father is Billy Konchellah, who won the 800m for Kenya at the 1987 and 1991 World Championships
Ryan Braithwaite won Barbados’s first ever gold medal in the World Championships
Ezekiel Kemboi won the first of his four successive World Championships
Marathon and racewalking events started and finished at the Brandenburg Gate
Berlino, the bear mascot, dropped women’s 400m hurdles champion Melaine Walker after crashing into a hurdle
Marta Dominguez of Spain won the women’s 3000m steeplechase, but was found guilty of doping in 2015
Yelena Isanbeyeva failed to clear a height in the women’s pole fault and finished last
Shara Proctor was born in Anguilla and has represented Great Britain since 2011
2011 Daegu
100m – Yohan Blake (Jamaica). Silver – Walter Dix (USA)
200m – Usain Bolt. Silver – Walter Dix
400m – Kirani James (Grenada)
800m – David Rudisha (Kenya)
1500m – Asbel Kiprop (Kenya)
5000m – Mo Farah
10000m. Silver – Mo Farah
110m hurdles – Jason Richardson (USA). Bronze – Andy Turner. 5th Will Sharman
400m hurdles – Dai Greene
3000m steeplechase – Ezekiel Kemboi
Long jump – Dwight Phillips
Triple jump – Christian Taylor. Silver – Phillips Idowu
Women’s 100m – Carmelita Jeter
Women’s 200m – Veronica Campbell-Brown
Women’s 400m – Amantle Montsho (Botswana)
Women’s 1500m – Jennifer Simpson. Silver – Hannah England
Women’s 5000m – Vivian Cheruiyot
Women’s 10000m – Vivian Cheruiyot
Women’s marathon – Edna Kiplagat (Kenya)
Women’s 100m hurdles – Sally Pearson (Australia). 4th Tiffany Porter
Women’s long jump – Brittney Reese
Women’s shot put – Valerie Adams
Heptathlon. Silver – Jessica Ennis
USA topped the medal table
Mascot was Sarbi, a local dog
Dwain Chambers was disqualified from 100m semi-final after a false start
Usain Bolt was disqualified from 100m final after a false start. Aged 21, Yohan Blake became the youngest 100m world champion
Kirani James was aged18
Cuba's Dayron Robles finished first in the final of the men's 110 metres hurdles, but was disqualified for interfering with Liu Xiang twice before and over the last barrier. Jason Richardson was awarded the gold, Liu the silver, and Andy Turner promoted to the bronze medal
Jamaica won the men’s 4 x 100m relay in 37.04 seconds to set the only world record at the championships
Oscar Pistorius became the first paralympic to win a medal at the World Championships, winning a silver medal in 4 x 400m relay for South Africa
Christine Ohuruogu was disqualified in her 400m heat for a false start
2013 Moscow
100m – Usain Bolt. Silver – Justin Gatlin
200m – Usain Bolt. Silver – Warren Weir (Jamaica)
400m – LaShawn Merritt
1500m – Asbel Kiprop
5000m – Mo Farah
10000m – Mo Farah
400m hurdles - LaShawn Merritt. 5th Will Sharman
Marathon – Stephen Kiprotich (Uganda)
3000m steeplechase – Ezekiel Kemboi
50km walk – Rob Heffernan (Ireland)
High jump – Bohdan Bondarenko (Ukraine)
Discus – Robert Harting
Decathlon – Ashton Eaton
Women’s 100m – Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce. Silver – Murielle Ahoure (Ivory Coast)
Women’s 200m – Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce. Silver – Murielle Ahoure
Women’s 400m – Christine Ohuruogu. Silver – Amantle Montsho
Women’s1500m - Abeba Aregawi. 4th Hannah England
Women’s 5000m – Meseret Defar
Women’s 10000m – Tirunesh Dibaba
Women’s marathon – Edna Kiplagat
Women’s 100m hurdles – Brianna Rollins (USA). Silver – Sally Pearson. Bronze – Tiffany Porter
Women’s 400m hurdles - Zuzana Hejnová. 5th Eilidh Child
Women’s 4 x 100m relay – Jamaica. Bronze – GB (Asher-Smith, Nelson, Lewis, Jones)
Women’s 4 x 400m relay – Russia. Bronze – GB (Child, Cox, Adeoye, Ohuruogu)
Women’s pole vault – Yelena Isinbayeva
Women’s long jump – Brittney Reese
Women’s shot put – Valerie Adams
Heptathlon - Hanna Melnychenko. 5th Katarina Johnson-Thompson
Russia won the most gold medals to top the table for the first time since 2001. It was also the first time ever the host nation took the top of the medal table. The United States won the most overall medals
Main venue was Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow
Mascot was a sparrow
No world records were set at the event
Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce both won three gold medals in the men's and women's 100m, 200m and 4 x 100m relay. This achievement also earned Bolt the title of being the most successful athlete in the history of the World Championships with eight gold and two silver medals
Felix Sanchez made his seventh consecutive World Championship 400m hurdles final
Stephen Kiprotich won Uganda’s first ever gold medal
France finished second in the women’s 4 x 100m relay but were disqualified more than two hours after the race. USA were upgraded to the silver medal, and GB received the bronze medal
Caterine Ibarguen won Colombia's first ever World Championship gold medal, in the triple jump
2015 Beijing
100m – Usain Bolt. Silver – Justin Gatlin
200m – Usain Bolt. Silver – Justin Gatlin. 5th Zharnel Hughes
800m – David Rudisha (Kenya)
1500m – Asbel Kiprop
400m hurdles – Nicholas Bett (Kenya)
Nicholas Bett died three years later in a road accident in Kenya aged 28
3000m steeplechase – Ezekiel Kemboi
5000m – Mo Farah
10000m – Mo Farah
4 x 400m relay - USA. Bronze – GB (Yousif, Williams, Dunn, Rooney)
Long jump – Greg Rutherford
Triple jump – Christian Taylor
Javelin – Julius Yego (Kenya)
Decathlon – Ashton Eaton
Women’s 100m – Shelly-Anne Fraser-Pryce. Silver – Dafne Schippers (Netherlands)
Women’s 200m – Dafne Schippers. 5th Dina Asher-Smith
Women’s 400m – Allyson Felix
Women’s 1500m – Genzebe Dibaba (Ethiopia). 5th Laura Muir
Women’s marathon – Mare Dibaba (Ethiopia)
Women’s 4 x 400m relay. Bronze – GB (Ohuruogu, Onuora, Child, Bundy-Davies)
Women’s long jump. Silver – Shara Proctor
Women’s hammer. 4th – Sophie Hitchon
Heptathlon – Jessica Ennis-Hill
Kenya finished top of the medal table, ahead of Jamaica, USA, and Great Britain
The event was the largest sporting event to take place at the Beijing National Stadium ("Bird's Nest") since the 2008 Summer Olympics
Mascot was Yan’er, an abstract red swallow
Usain Bolt was knocked over after the 200m final by a cameraman on a segway
Greg Rutherford joined Daley Thompson, Linford Christie, Sally Gunnell and Jonathan Edwards in holding all four major titles at the same time
Great Britain failed to finish in the final of the final of the 4 x 100m relay following a botched final exchange between James Ellington and Chijindu Ujah
LaShawn Merritt won his sixth gold in 4 x 400m relay
Christian Taylor’s winning jump of 18.21m in the triple jump was the second best jump in history only behind the world record of Jonathan Edwards
Julius Yego learnt how to throw the javelin by watching videos on YouTube
Ashton Eaton won the decathlon with a world record 9045 points
Eritrea won its first world title, with Ghirmay Ghebreslassie winning the men’s marathon and Kosovo made its debut.
Allyson Felix won her ninth gold medal at the World Championships
In the heptathlon, Katrina Johnson-Thompson had three fouls in the long jump, scoring no points
2017 London
Doha also bid for the World Championships. On 11 November 2011, the winner was officially announced as London. London unveiled its bid for the 2017 championships with the slogan “Ready to break records”. The mascot was ‘Hero the Hedgehog’
The main venue was London Stadium
100m – Justin Gatlin. Silver – Christian Coleman. Bronze – Usain Bolt
200m – Ramil Guliyev (Turkey)
400m – Wayde van Niekerk
800m – Pierre Ambroise-Bosse (France)
1500m – Elijah Manangoi (Kenya)
3000m steeplechase – Consesius Kipruto (Kenya)
5000m – Muktar Edris (Ethiopia). Silver – Mo Farah
10000m – Mo Farah
Marathon – Geoffrey Kirui (Kenya). 4th Callum Hawkins
110m hurdles – Omar McLeod (Jamaica)
400m hurdles – Karsten Warholm (Norway)
4 x 100m relay – GB (Ujah, Gemili, Talbot, Mitchell-Blake)
4 x 400m relay – Trinidad and Tobago. Bronze – GB (Hudson-Smith, Yousif, Cowan, Rooney)
Pole vault – Sam Kendricks
Long jump – Luvo Manyonga (South Africa)
High jump – Mutaz Barshim (Qatar)
Triple jump – Christian Taylor
Decathlon – Kevin Mayer (France)
Women’s 100m – Tori Bowie (USA)
Women’s 200m – Dafne Schippers
Women’s 400m – Phyllis Francis (USA)
Women’s 800m – Caster Semenya
Women’s 10000m – Almaz Ayana (Ethiopia)
Women’s marathon – Rose Chelimo (Bahrain)
Women’s 100m hurdles – Sally Pearson
Women’s 4 x 100m relay – USA. Silver – GB (Philip, Henry, Asher-Smith, Neita)
Women’s 4 x 400m relay – USA. Silver – GB (Clark, Nielsen, Doyle, Diamond)
Women’s long jump – Brittney Reece (USA)
Women’s high jump – Maria Lasitskene, a Russian competing as an Authorized Neutral Athlete (ANA)
Women’s discus – Sandra Perkovic (Croatia)
Women’s hammer – Anita Wlodarczyk (Poland)
Women’s javelin – Barbora Spotakova (Czech Republic)
Heptathlon – Nafissatou Thiem (Belgium)
Norovirus outbreak at Tower Hotel affected athletes at World Athletics Championships. Isaac Makwala (Bostwana) banned from 400m final
Makwala had to run a solo time trial in the 200m, successfully performing well enough to be given a place in the semi-final
Only world record broken at World Championships was by Ines Henriques (Portugal) in the women’s 50km walk
Allyson Felix has now won 11 gold medals, and was a member of both the successful USA relay teams
Final medal table – 1st USA (10-11-9) 30, 2nd Kenya, 3rd South Africa, 6th GB (2-3-1) 6
2019 Doha
Doha in Qatar won the bid for the 2019 World Championships, beating Eugene and Barcelona
The main venue was Khalifa International Stadium
Mascot – Falah, an anthropomorphic falcon
100m – Christian Coleman. Silver – Justin Gatlin. Bronze – Andre De Grasse
200m – Noah Lyles. 4th Adam Gemili
400m – Steven Gardiner (Bahamas)
800m – Donavan Brazier
1500m – Timothy Cheruiyot
3000m steeplechase – Consesius Kipruto
5000m – Muktar Edris (Ethiopia)
10000m – Joshua Cheptegei (Uhganda)
Marathon – Lelisa Dasisa (Ethiopia). 4th Callum Hawkins
110m hurdles – Grant Holloway
400m hurdles – Karsten Warholm (Norway)
4 x 100m relay – USA. Silver – GB (Gemili, Hughes, Kilty, Mitchell-Blake)
Pole vault – Sam Kendricks
Long jump – Tajay Gayle (Jamaica)
High jump – Mutaz Barshim
Triple jump – Christian Taylor
Decathlon – Niklas Kaul (Germany)
Women’s 100m – Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce. Siver – Dina Asher-Smith
Women’s 200m – Dina Asher-Smith
Women’s 400m – Salwa Eid Naser (Bahrain)
Women’s 800m – Halimar Nakaayi (Uganda)
Women’s 1500m – Sifan Hassan (Netherlands)
Women’s 10000m – Sifan Hassan
Women’s marathon – Ruth Chepngetich (Kenya)
Women’s 400m hurdles – Dalilah Muhammad (USA) in a world record time
Women’s 4 x 100m relay – Jamaica. Silver – GB (Philip, Asher-Smith, Nelson, Neita)
Women’s triple jump – Yulimar Rojas (Venezuela)
Women’s pole vault – Anzhelika Sidorova (ANA). 4th Holly Bradshaw
Heptathlon – Katarina Johnson-Thompson
Mixed 4 x 400m relay – USA
Women’s marathon started at midnight due to extreme temperatures. 28 of the 68 entrants dropped out
Allyson Felix took her tally of gold medals to thirteen
Final medal table – 1st USA (14-11-4) 29, 2nd Kenya, 3rd Jamaica, 6th GB (2-3-0) 5
2022 Eugene
Eugene, Oregon was awarded the 2021 World Championships without going through the normal bidding process. The championships were originally scheduled for August 2021; but the event was postponed until July 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic
The main venue was Hayward Field
Mascot – Legend the Bigfoot
Men
100m – Fred Kerley (USA)
200m – Noah Lyles (USA)
400m – Michael Norman (USA). Silver – Kirani James (Grenada). Bronze – Matthew Hudson-Smith
800m – Emmanuel Korir (Kenya)
1500m – Jake Wightman. Silver – Jakob Ingebritsen (Norway)
Jake Wightman is the first British man to win the world 1500m title since Steve Cram in 1983
5000m – Jakob Ingebritsen
10000m – Joshua Cheptegei (Uganda)
Marathon – Tamirat Tola (Ethiopia)
110m hurdles – Grant Holloway (USA)
400m hurdles – Alison dos Santos (Brazil)
3000m steeplechase – Soufiane El Bakkali (Morocco)
20km walk – Toshikazu Yamanishi (Japan)
35km walk – Massimo Stano (Italy)
4 x 100m relay – Canada. Bronze – GB (Efoloko, Hughes, Mitchell-Blake, Prescod)
4 x 400m relay – USA
Long jump – Wang Jianan (China)
High jump – Mutaz Essa Barshim (Qatar)
Triple jump – Pedro Pichardo (Portugal)
Pole vault – Armand Duplantis (Sweden). New world record 6.21 m
Shot put – Ryan Crouser (USA)
Discus – Kristjan Ceh (Slovenia)
Javelin – Anderson Peters (Grenada)
Hammer – Pawel Fajdek (Poland). 5th successive win
Decathlon – Kevin Mayer (France)
Women
100m – Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce. Silver – Shericka Jackson. Bronze – Elaine Thompson-Herah. 4th Dina Asher-Smith
200m – Shericka Jackson (Jamaica). Silver – Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce. Bronze – Dina Asher-Smith
400m – Shaunae Miller-Uibo (Bahamas)
800m – Athing Mu (USA). Silver – Keely Hodgkinson
1500m – Faith Kipyegon (Kenya). Bronze – Laura Muir
5000m – Gudaf Tsegay (Ethiopia)
10000m – Letesenbet Gidey (Ethiopia)
Marathon – Gotytom Gebreslase (Ethiopia)
100m hurdles – Tobi Amusan (Nigeria)
Tobi Amusan set a world record of 12.12 seconds in the semi-final
400m hurdles – Sydney McLaughlin (USA). New world record 50.68 seconds
3000m steeplechase – Norah Jeruto (Kazakhstan)
20km walk – Kimberly Garcia (Peru)
35km walk – Kimberly Garcia (Peru)
4 x 100m relay – USA
4 x 400m relay – USA. Bronze – GB (Ohuruogu, Yeargin, Knight, Nielsen)
Long jump – Malaika Mihambo (Germany)
High jump – Eleanor Patterson (Australia)
Triple jump – Yulimar Rojas (Venezuela)
Pole vault – Katie Nageotte (USA)
Holly Bradshaw’s pole snapped in the qualifying competition, and she had to withdraw due to injury
Shot put – Chase Ealey (USA)
Discus – Feng Bin (China)
Javelin – Kelsey-Lee Barber (Australia)
Hammer – Brooke Anderson (USA)
Heptathlon – Nafissatou Thiam (Belgium)
Mixed 4 x 400m relay – Dominican Republic
Allyson Felix took her tally of medals to twenty, winning a bronze medal in the mixed 4 x 400m relay
Peru, Kazakhstan, and Nigeria won their first ever gold medals
A record 29 countries won at least one gold medal
Dorian Keletela, Jamal Abdelmaji Eisa Mohammed, and Anjelina Nadai Lohalith competed for the Athlete Refugee Team
Final medal table – 1st USA (13-9-11) 33, 2nd Ethiopia, 3rd Jamaica,11th GB (1-1-5) 7
2023 Budapest
The championships were held in the National Athletics Centre
Mascot – Youhuu, a Racka (a sheep with spiral-shaped horns)
Men
100m – Noah Lyles (USA). Silver – Letsile Tebogo (Botswana). Bronze – Zharnel Hughes
200m – Noah Lyles (USA). 4th Zharnel Hughes
400m – Antonio Watson (Jamaica). Silver – Matthew Hudson-Smith
800m – Marco Arop (Canada). Bronze – Ben Pattison
1500m – Josh Kerr. Silver – Jakob Ingebritsen (Norway)
5000m – Jakob Ingebritsen (Norway)
10000m – Joshua Cheptegei (Uganda)
Marathon – Joseph Kiplangat (Kenya)
110m hurdles – Grant Holloway (USA)
400m hurdles – Karsten Warholm (Norway)
3000m steeplechase – Soufiane El Bakkali (Morocco)
20km walk – Alvaro Martin (Spain)
35km walk – Alvaro Martin (Spain)
4 x 100m relay – USA
4 x 400m relay – USA. Bronze – GB (Haydock-Wilson, Dobson, Davey, Mitcham)
Long jump – Miltiadis Tentoglou (Greece)
High jump – Gianmarco Tamberi (Italy)
Triple jump – Hughes Fabrice Zango (Burkina Faso)
Pole vault – Armand Duplantis (Sweden)
Shot put – Ryan Crouser (USA)
Discus – Daniel Stahl (Sweden)
Javelin – Neerav Chopra (India)
Hammer – Ethan Katsberg (Canada)
Decathlon – Pierce LePage (Canada)
Women
100m – Sha’Carri Richardson (USA). Silver – Shericka Jackson (Jamaica). Bronze – Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (Jamaica)
200m – Shericka Jackson (Jamaica). Silver – Gabrielle Thomas (USA). Bronze – Sha’Carri Richardson (USA)
400m – Marileidy Paulino (Dominican Republic)
800m – Mary Moraa (Kenya). Silver – Keely Hodgkinson
1500m – Faith Kipyegon (Kenya)
5000m – Faith Kipyegon (Kenya). Silver – Sifan Hassan (Netherlands)
10000m – Gudaf Tsegay (Ethiopia)
Marathon – Amane Beriso Shankule (Ethiopia)
100m hurdles – Danielle Williams (Jamaica)
400m hurdles – Femke Bol (Netherlands)
3000m steeplechase – Winifred Yavi (Bahrain)
20km walk – Maria Perez (Spain)
35km walk – Maria Perez (Spain)
4 x 100m relay – USA. Bronze GB (Philip, Lansiquot, Williams, Neita)
4 x 400m relay – Netherlands. Bronze – GB (Nielsen, Anning, Pipi, Yeargin)
Long jump – Ivana Vuleta (Serbia)
High jump – Yaroslava Mahuchikh (Ukraine). 4th Morgan Lake
Triple jump – Yulimar Rojas (Venezuela)
Pole vault – Nina Kennedy (Australia) and Katie Moon (USA) tied for first place. 5th Molly Caudery
Shot put – Chase Ealey (USA)
Discus – Laulauga Tausaga (USA)
Javelin – Haruka Kitaguchi (Japan)
Hammer – Camryn Rogers (Canada)
Heptathlon – Katarina Johnson-Thompson. Silver – Anna Hall (USA). Johnson-Thompson won by 20 points
Mixed 4x400m relay – USA. Silver – GB (Davey, Mitcham, Nielsen, John)
Ten metres from the finish, Femke Bol (Netherlands) started to lean for the finish and crashed to the track. This was the only event in which a World Record was set during the championships
Final medal table – 1st USA (12-8-9) 29, 2nd Canada, 3rd Spain, 7th GB (2-3-5) 10
Spain won four gold medals, winning all the walking events
Hungary won one bronze medal
2025: Tokyo
The 2025 World Athletics Championships are scheduled to be held from 13 to 21 September 2025. The championships will use the National Stadium
Helsinki is the only city to have held the World Championships twice. Tokyo will host the championships for the second time in 2025
USA has won 195 gold medals; Kenya is second on the all-time list with 65 gold medals
GB has won 33 gold medals
Leading medal winners:
Men – Usain Bolt 14 (11-2-1), LaShawn Merritt 11 (8-3-0)
Women – Allyson Felix 20 (14-3-3), Shelly-Anne Fraser-Pryce 16 (10-5-1), Merlene Ottey 14 (3-4-7)
Host nations not to win any medals:
Canada (2001), Sweden (1995) and South Korea (2011)
