World Athletics Championships
The World Athletics Championships (official name World Athletics Championships ) are competitions to determine the world champions in the individual athletics disciplines. They have been carried out by the World Athletics Association (until 2019: IAAF) since 1983 and are the fifth largest sporting event in the world after the Olympic Games , the World Cup , Rugby Union World Cup and the European Football Championship .
Originally the World Championships took place every four years, since 1991 every two years. In the years in between, either the Olympic Games and / or the European Championships took place.
In addition to the outdoor world championships, there have also been indoor world championships since 1985 . Since 2004, they have taken place in the even years between the outdoor world championships.
Forerunners were two events in the Olympic years 1976 and 1980, in which world champions in non-Olympic athletics disciplines were determined. In 1976 in Malmö the world champion in the men's 50 km walk was determined, in 1980 in Sittard, however, world champions were determined in two women's competitions ( 3000 meter run and 400 meter hurdles ).
Overview
The table lists all athletics world championships.
Medal table since 1983
As of April 26, 2020
| space | country | gold | silver | bronze | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 United States
|
169 | 117 | 94 | 380 |
| 2 |
 Germany
|
60 | 60 | 65 | 185 |
| 3 |
 Kenya
|
60 | 50 | 41 | 151 |
| 4th |
 Russia
|
45 | 55 | 56 | 156 |
| 5 |
 Jamaica
|
35 | 49 | 43 | 127 |
| 6th |
 Great Britain
|
30th | 36 | 35 | 101 |
| 7th |
 Ethiopia
|
29 | 30th | 26th | 85 |
| 8th |
 Soviet Union
|
22nd | 27 | 28 | 77 |
| 9 |
 Cuba
|
22nd | 24 | 14th | 60 |
| 10 |
 Poland
|
19th | 15th | 24 | 58 |
| 11 |
 China
|
17th | 24 | 21st | 62 |
| 12 |
 Czech Republic
|
16 | 5 | 5 | 26th |
| 13 |
 France
|
13 | 19th | 22nd | 54 |
| 14th |
 Australia
|
12 | 13 | 11 | 36 |
| 15th |
 South Africa
|
12 | 7th | 8th | 27 |
| 16 |
 Italy
|
11 | 15th | 17th | 43 |
| 17th |
 Ukraine
|
11 | 13 | 13 | 37 |
| 18th |
 Morocco
|
10 | 12 | 8th | 30th |
| 19th |
 Belarus
|
9 | 13 | 11 | 33 |
| 20th |
 Sweden
|
9 | 5 | 6th | 20th |
| 21st |
 Bahamas
|
8th | 9 | 8th | 25th |
| 22nd |
 Norway
|
8th | 5 | 3 | 16 |
| 23 |
 Spain
|
7th | 16 | 16 | 39 |
| 24 |
 Finland
|
7th | 8th | 7th | 22nd |
| 25th |
 Bahrain
|
7th | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| 26th |
 Canada
|
6th | 14th | 16 | 36 |
| 27 |
 Japan
|
6th | 7th | 16 | 29 |
| 28 |
 Portugal
|
6th | 7th | 8th | 21st |
| 29 |
 Algeria
|
6th | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 30th |
 New Zealand
|
6th | 1 | 1 | 8th |
| 31 |
 Romania
|
5 | 8th | 10 | 23 |
| 32 |
 Greece
|
5 | 6th | 11 | 22nd |
| 33 |
 Netherlands
|
5 | 5 | 19th | 19th |
| 34 |
 Bulgaria
|
5 | 3 | 8th | 16 |
| 35 |
 Czechoslovakia
|
4th | 4th | 3 | 11 |
| 36 |
 Croatia
|
4th | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 37 |
 Qatar
|
4th | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 38 |
 Colombia
|
4th | 2 | 2 | 8th |
| 38 |
 Uganda
|
4th | 2 | 2 | 8th |
| 40 |
 Ireland
|
4th | 2 | 0 | 6th |
| 41 |
 Switzerland
|
4th | 0 | 4th | 8th |
| 42 |
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|
3 | 8th | 1 | 12 |
| 43 |
 Trinidad and Tobago
|
3 | 5 | 7th | 15th |
| 44 |
 Mexico
|
3 | 2 | 8th | 13 |
| 45 |
 Lithuania
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 6th |
| 46 |
 Mozambique
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 46 |
 Ecuador
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 48 |
 Denmark
|
3 | 0 | 1 | 4th |
| 49 |
 Estonia
|
2 | 6th | 2 | 10 |
| 50 |
 Dominican Republic
|
2 | 1 | 1 | 4th |
| 51 |
 Tajikistan
|
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 52 |
 Venezuela
|
2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 52 |
 Grenada
|
2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 54 |
 Brazil
|
1 | 6th | 6th | 14th |
| 55 |
 Namibia
|
1 | 4th | 1 | 6th |
| 56 |
 Belgium
|
1 | 2 | 5 | 8th |
| 57 |
 Turkey
|
1 | 2 | 1 | 4th |
| 58 |
 Zambia
|
1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 59 |
 Slovenia
|
1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 60 |
 Tunisia
|
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 61 |
 Panama
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 61 |
 Botswana
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 61 |
 Eritrea
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 64 |
 St. Kitts and Nevis
|
1 | 0 | 4th | 5 |
| 65 |
 Slovakia
|
1 | 0 | 3 | 4th |
| 66 |
 Syria
|
1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 67 |
 Senegal
|
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 67 |
 Somalia
|
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 69 |
 Barbados
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 69 |
 North Korea
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 71 |
 Hungary
|
0 | 7th | 7th | 14th |
| 72 |
 Nigeria
|
0 | 4th | 5 | 9 |
| 73 |
 Ivory Coast
|
0 | 4th | 1 | 5 |
| 74 |
 Kazakhstan
|
0 | 3 | 5 | 8th |
| 75 |
 Burundi
|
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 75 |
 Djibouti
|
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 75 |
 Israel
|
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 78 |
 Cameroon
|
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 78 |
 Puerto Rico
|
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 80 |
 Austria
|
0 | 1 | 3 | 4th |
| 81 |
 Ghana
|
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 81 |
 Sri Lanka
|
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 81 |
 Suriname
|
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 81 |
 Cyprus
|
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 81 |
 Tanzania
|
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 81 |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 87 |
 Bermuda
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 87 |
 Sudan
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 87 |
 Egypt
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 90 |
 Serbia
|
0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 91 |
 Latvia
|
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 92 |
 American Samoa
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 92 |
 Cayman Islands
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 92 |
 Dominica
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 92 |
 Haiti
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 92 |
 India
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 92 |
 Iran
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 92 |
 Saudi Arabia
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 92 |
 Zimbabwe
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 92 |
 Burkina Faso
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 95 | Total | 776 | 783 | 780 | 2337 |
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(As of August 13, 2017) team gold silver bronze total Federal Republic of Germany (1983 and 1987)
2 6th 3 11 
German Democratic Republic (1983 and 1987)
20th 18th 15th 53 Germany (since 1991)
36 35 43 114
Doping cases
This section provides a list of all medals at World Athletics Championships that have been withdrawn because of doping. By July 31, 2017, the IAAF awarded a total of 47 medals (25 gold, 13 silver and nine bronze medals) after a medal winner was disqualified. In the case of relays, those athletes are given in brackets whose offense led to the withdrawal of the medal. 14 medals were withdrawn from the United States and 25 from the former Soviet Union, including Russia with 16 and Belarus with five.
Men
Women
See also
literature
- Mark Butler (Ed.): IAAF Statistics Handbook - 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, Berlin 2009. IAAF Media & Public Relations Department, 2009
- Part 1: PDF; 6.84 MB
- Part 2: PDF; 4.77 MB
Web links
- 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, Berlin 2009 - Competition Archive on the IAAF website
Individual evidence
- ↑ World Athletics Championships postponed by one year. In: svz.de . March 30, 2020, accessed March 30, 2020 .