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	Heptathlon – Anna Hall (USA). Silver – Kate O’Connor (Ireland). Bronze – Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Taliyah Brooks (tied on 6581 points)		Heptathlon – Anna Hall (USA). Silver – Kate O’Connor (Ireland). Bronze – Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Taliyah Brooks (tied on 6581 points)

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	Mixed 4x400m relay – USA		Mixed 4x400m relay – USA

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 Heptathlon – Anna Hall (USA). Silver – Kate O’Connor (Ireland). Bronze – Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Taliyah Brooks (tied on 6581 points)
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 GB failed to win a gold medal and a relay medal for the first time since 2003
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 The track and field events are scheduled to be in the Beijing National Stadium in September

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 Mixed 4 x 400m relay – Dominican Republic
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 Final medal table – 1<sup>st</sup> USA (12-8-9) 29, 2<sup>nd</sup> Canada, 3<sup>rd</sup> Spain, 7<sup>th</sup> GB (2-3-5) 10
 Spain won four gold medals, winning all the walking events
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 Hungary won one bronze medal
-'''2025: Tokyo'''
+== 2025: Tokyo ==
-USA has won 195 gold medals; Kenya is second on the all-time list with 65 gold medals
+USA has won 211 gold medals; Kenya is second on the all-time list with 72 gold medals
 GB has won 33 gold medals
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 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)
+Women – Allyson Felix 20 (14-3-3), Shelly-Anne Fraser-Pryce 17 (10-6-1), Merlene Ottey 14 (3-4-7)
 Host nations not to win any medals:
 Canada (2001), Sweden (1995) and South Korea (2011)

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-Two IAAF world championship events preceded the inaugural edition of the World Championships in Athletics in 1983. The 1976 World Championships had just one event – the men's 50 kilometres walk which was dropped from the Olympic programme for the 1976 Summer Olympics and the IAAF responded 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
+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 ==
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 Heptathlon – Katarina Johnson-Thompson. Silver – Anna Hall (USA). Johnson-Thompson won by 20 points
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 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
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 Helsinki is the only city to have held the World Championships twice
 USA has won 195 gold medals; Kenya is second on the all-time list with 65 gold medals

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 Heptathlon – Nafissatou Thiam (Belgium)
 Mixed 4 x 400m relay – Dominican Republic
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 Dorian Keletela, Jamal Abdelmaji Eisa Mohammed, and Anjelina Nadai Lohalith competed for the Athlete Refugee Team
-Final medal table – 1<sup>st</sup> USA (13-9-11) 33 2<sup>nd</sup> Ethiopia 3<sup>rd</sup> Jamaica11<sup>th</sup> GB (1-1-5) 7
+Triple jump – Hughes Fabrice Zango (Burkina Faso)
-'''2023: Budapest'''
+Shot put – Ryan Crouser (USA)
 '''2025: Tokyo'''
 Helsinki is the only city to have held the World Championships twice
-USA has won 183 gold medals; Kenya is second on the all-time list with 62 gold medals
+USA has won 195 gold medals; Kenya is second on the all-time list with 65 gold medals
-GB has won 31 gold medals
+GB has won 33 gold medals
 Leading medal winners:
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 Men – Usain Bolt 14 (11-2-1), LaShawn Merritt 11 (8-3-0)
-Women – Allyson Felix 20 (14-3-3), Shelly-Anne Fraser-Pryce 14 (10-4-0) Merlene Ottey 14 (3-4-7)
+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)

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 Women’s 10000m – Gete Wami. Silver – Paula Radcliffe
 Women’s 100m hurdles – Gail Devers
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 m – Asbel Kiprop
 m steeplechase – Ezekiel Kemboi
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 Final medal table – 1<sup>st</sup> USA (14-11-4) 29, 2<sup>nd</sup> Kenya, 3<sup>rd</sup> Jamaica, 6<sup>th</sup> GB (2-3-0) 5
-'''2021: Eugene'''
+== 2022 Eugene ==
-Eugene, Oregon was awarded the 2021 World Championships without going through the normal bidding process. On April 8, 2020, World Athletics announced that the event would take place from July 15–24, 2022
+<u>Men</u>
-Helsinki is the only city to have held the world Championships twice
+m – Fred Kerley (USA)
-USA has won 170 gold medals, Kenya 60
+m – Noah Lyles (USA)
-GB has won 30 gold medals
+m – Michael Norman (USA). Silver – Kirani James (Grenada). Bronze – Matthew Hudson-Smith
-'''Leading medal winners:'''
+m – Emmanuel Korir (Kenya)
 Men – Usain Bolt 14 (11-2-1), LaShawn Merritt 11 (8-3-0)
-Women – Allyson Felix 18 (13-3-2), Merlene Ottey 14 (3-4-7)
+Women – Allyson Felix 20 (14-3-3), Shelly-Anne Fraser-Pryce 14 (10-4-0) Merlene Ottey 14 (3-4-7)
-Host nations not to win any medals: Canada (2001), Sweden (1995) and South Korea (2011)
+Canada (2001), Sweden (1995) and South Korea (2011)

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 Two IAAF world championship events preceded the inaugural edition of the World Championships in Athletics in 1983. The 1976 World Championships had just one event – the men's 50 kilometres walk which was dropped from the Olympic programme for the 1976 Summer Olympics and the IAAF responded 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''' ==
+== 1983 Helsinki ==
 m – Carl Lewis. 4<sup>th</sup> Allan Wells
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 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''' ==
+== 1987 Rome ==
 m – Carl Lewis. Bronze – Linford Christie
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 Stefka Kostadinova broke the world record in the high jump with 2.09m, a record which still stands today
-== '''1991 Tokyo''' ==
+== 1991 Tokyo ==
 m – Carl Lewis. 4<sup>th</sup> Linford Christie
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 Lars Reidel’s win was the first of five world titles
-== '''1993 Stuttgart''' ==
+== 1993 Stuttgart ==
 m – Linford Christie
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 Chinese athletes won the women’s 1500m, 3000m and 10000m titles
-== '''1995 Gothenburg''' ==
+== 1995 Gothenburg ==
 m – Donovan Bailey (Canada)
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 Fiona May was born in Slough, but competed for Italy
-== '''1997 Athens''' ==
+== 1997 Athens ==
 m – Maurice Greene
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 USA originally won the 4 x 400 m relay, but were disqualified in 2009 after Antonio Pettigrew admitted to using illegal drugs
-== '''1999 Seville''' ==
+== 1999 Seville ==
 m – Maurice Greene. Bronze – Dwain Chambers
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 USA originally won the 4 x 400 m relay, but were disqualified in 2009 after Antonio Pettigrew admitted to using illegal drugs
-== '''2001 Edmonton''' ==
+== 2001 Edmonton ==
 m – Maurice Greene. Silver – Bernard Williams
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 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''' ==
+== 2003 Paris ==
 m – Kim Collins. Bronze – Darren Campbell
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 Kelli White finished first in women’s 100m and 200m, but was stripped of her medals after testing positive for drugs
-== '''2005 Helsinki''' ==
+== 2005 Helsinki ==
 m – Justin Gatlin
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 Osleidys Menendez set a new world record in the women’s javelin
-== '''2007 Osaka''' ==
+== 2007 Osaka ==
 m – Tyson Gay
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 Valerie Adams (NZ) (formerly known as Valerie Vili) won the first of her four successive World Championships in the shot put
-== '''2009 Berlin''' ==
+== 2009 Berlin ==
 m – Usain Bolt. Silver – Tyson Gay. Bronze – Asafa Powell
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 Shara Proctor was born in Anguilla and has represented Great Britain since 2011
-== '''2011 Daegu''' ==
+== 2011 Daegu ==
 m – Yohan Blake (Jamaica). Silver – Walter Dix (USA)
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 Christine Ohuruogu was disqualified in her 400m heat for a false start
-== '''2013 Moscow''' ==
+== 2013 Moscow ==
 m – Usain Bolt. Silver – Justin Gatlin
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 Caterine Ibarguen won Colombia's first ever World Championship gold medal, in the triple jump
-== '''2015 Beijing''' ==
+== 2015 Beijing ==
 m – Usain Bolt. Silver – Justin Gatlin
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 In the heptathlon, Katrina Johnson-Thompson had three fouls in the long jump, scoring no points
-== '''2017 London''' ==
+== 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’
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 Final medal table – 1<sup>st</sup> USA (10-11-9) 30, 2<sup>nd</sup> Kenya, 3<sup>rd</sup> South Africa, 6<sup>th</sup> GB (2-3-1) 6
-== '''2019 Doha''' ==
+== 2019 Doha ==
 Doha in Qatar won the bid for the 2019 World Championships, beating Eugene and Barcelona