List of world champions in athletics / most successful participants

World champion in athletics

Overview All medal winners All medal winners The most successful participants Nations ratings

This list is part of the list of world champions in athletics . Those athletes who have won at least two world championship gold medals are listed.

• Place: order of the athletes. This is determined by the number of gold medals. If the number is the same, the silver medals are compared, then the bronze medals.
• Name: Name of the athlete.
• Country: The country for which the athlete started. When changing nationality, the country for which the athlete won the last medal is named.
• By: The year the athlete won the first World Championship medal.
• Until: The year in which the athlete won the last World Championship medal.
• Gold: Number of gold medals won.
• Silver: Number of silver medals won.
• Bronze: Number of bronze medals won.
• Total: Number of all medals won.

Status: October 7, 2019

Top 10

space	Surname	country	From	To	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Allyson Felix	United States	2005	2019	13	3	2	18th
2	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	2007	2017	11	2	1	14th
3	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	Jamaica	2007	2019	9	2	-	11
4th	Carl Lewis	United States	1983	1993	8th	1	1	10
5	Michael Johnson	United States	1991	1999	8th	-	-	8th
6th	LaShawn Merritt	United States	2007	2015	7th	3	-	10
7th	Mo Farah	United Kingdom	2011	2017	6th	2	-	8th
8th	Serhiy Bubka	Ukraine	1983	1997	6th	-	-	6th
9	Gail Devers	United States	1991	2001	5	3	-	8th
10	Sanya Richards-Ross	United States	2003	2015	5	2	-	7th

Men

space	Surname	country	From	To	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	2007	2017	11	2	1	14th
2	Carl Lewis	United States	1983	1993	8th	1	1	10
3	Michael Johnson	United States	1991	1999	8th	-	-	8th
4th	LaShawn Merritt	United States	2007	2015	7th	3	-	10
5	Mo Farah	United Kingdom	2011	2017	6th	2	-	8th
6th	Serhiy Bubka	Ukraine	1983	1997	6th	-	-	6th
7th	Jeremy Wariner	United States	2005	2009	5	1	-	6th
8th	Kenenisa Bekele	Ethiopia	2003	2009	5	-	1	6th
8th	Lars Riedel	Germany	1991	2001	5	-	1	6th
10	Maurice Greene	United States	1997	2001	5	-	-	5
11	Justin Gatlin	United States	2005	2019	4th	6th	-	10
12	Ezekiel Kemboi	Kenya	2003	2015	4th	3	-	7th
13	Haile Gebrselassie	Ethiopia	1993	2003	4th	2	1	7th
14th	Hicham El Guerrouj	Morocco	1995	2003	4th	2	-	6th
15th	Kerron Clement	United States	2007	2017	4th	-	1	5
15th	Allen Johnson	United States	1995	2005	4th	-	1	5
15th	Dwight Phillips	United States	2003	2011	4th	-	1	5
18th	Paweł Fajdek	Poland	2011	2019	4th	-	-	4th
18th	Iván Pedroso	Cuba	1995	2001	4th	-	-	4th
18th	Christian Taylor	United States	2013	2019	4th	-	-	4th
21st	Harry Reynolds	United States	1987	1995	3	2	1	6th
22nd	Nesta Carter	Jamaica	2007	2015	3	1	1	5
23	Donovan Bailey	Canada	1995	1997	3	1	-	4th
23	Tyson Gay	United States	2007	2009	3	1	-	4th
23	Robert Harting	Germany	2007	2013	3	1	-	4th
23	Bershawn Jackson	United States	2005	2011	3	1	-	4th
23	Moses Kiptanui	Kenya	1991	1997	3	1	-	4th
23	Jefferson Perez	Ecuador	1999	2007	3	1	-	4th
23	Calvin Smith	United States	1983	1987	3	1	-	4th
30th	Jan Železný	Czech Republic	1987	2001	3	-	2	5
31	Robert Korzeniowski	Poland	1995	2003	3	-	1	4th
31	Angelo Taylor	United States	1999	2011	3	-	1	4th
33	Tomáš Dvořák	Czech Republic	1997	2001	3	-	-	3
33	John Godina	United States	1995	2001	3	-	-	3
33	Werner Günthör	Switzerland	1987	1993	3	-	-	3
33	Greg Foster	United States	1983	1991	3	-	-	3
33	Wilson Kipketer	Denmark	1995	1999	3	-	-	3
33	Asbel Kiprop	Kenya	2011	2015	3	-	-	3
33	Noureddine Morceli	Algeria	1991	1995	3	-	-	3
33	Dan O'Brien	United States	1991	1995	3	-	-	3
33	Ivan Zichan	Belarus	2003	2007	3	-	-	3
42	Bernard Lagat	United States	2001	2011	2	3	1	6th
43	Colin Jackson	United Kingdom	1987	1999	2	2	1	5
43	Bruny Surin	Canada	1993	1999	2	2	1	5
45	Virgilijus Alekna	Lithuania	1997	2005	2	2	-	4th
45	Christian Coleman	United States	2017	2019	2	2	-	4th
45	Conseslus Kipruto	Kenya	2013	2019	2	2	-	4th
45	Tony McQuay	United States	2013	2017	2	2	-	4th
45	Javier Sotomayor	Cuba	1991	1997	2	2	-	4th
50	Jonathan Edwards	United Kingdom	1993	2001	2	1	2	5
50	Asafa Powell	Jamaica	2007	2015	2	1	2	5
52	Stéphane Diagana	France	1995	2003	2	1	1	4th
53	Mutaz Essa Barshim	Qatar	2013	2017	2	1	-	3
53	Leroy Burrell	United States	1991	1993	2	1	-	3
53	Andre Cason	United States	1991	1993	2	1	-	3
53	Ashton Eaton	United States	2011	2015	2	1	-	3
53	Michael Frater	Jamaica	2005	2011	2	1	-	3
53	Joe Kovacs	United States	2015	2019	2	1	-	3
53	Wilbert London	United States	2017	2019	2	1	-	3
53	Darvis Patton	United States	2003	2007	2	1	-	3
53	Rashid Ramzi	Bahrain	2005	2007	2	1	-	3
53	Félix Sánchez	Dominican Republic	2001	2007	2	1	-	3
53	David Storl	Germany	2011	2015	2	1	-	3
53	Wayde van Niekerk	South Africa	2015	2017	2	1	-	3
65	Dennis Mitchell	United States	1991	1993	2	-	2	4th
66	John Capel	United States	2003	2005	2	-	1	3
66	Robert Esmie	Canada	1993	1997	2	-	1	3
66	Glenroy Gilbert	Canada	1993	1997	2	-	1	3
66	Billy Konchellah	Kenya	1987	1993	2	-	1	3
66	Mike Powell	United States	1991	1995	2	-	1	3
71	Andrei Abduvaliev	Tajikistan	1993	1995	2	-	-	2
71	Abel Antón	Spain	1997	1999	2	-	-	2
71	Nickel Ashmeade	Jamaica	2013	2015	2	-	-	2
71	Yohan Blake	Jamaica	2011	2011	2	-	-	2
71	Valery Borchin	Russia	2009	2011	2	-	-	2
71	Maurizio Damilano	Italy	1987	1991	2	-	-	2
71	Ladji Doucouré	France	2005	2005	2	-	-	2
71	Jon Drummond	United States	1993	1999	2	-	-	2
71	Muktar Edris	Ethiopia	2017	2019	2	-	-	2
71	Jaouad Gharib	Morocco	2003	2005	2	-	-	2
71	Trey Hardee	United States	2009	2011	2	-	-	2
71	Sam Kendricks	United States	2017	2019	2	-	-	2
71	Sergei Kirdjapkin	Russia	2005	2009	2	-	-	2
71	Abel Kirui	Kenya	2009	2011	2	-	-	2
71	Ismael Kirui	Kenya	1993	1995	2	-	-	2
71	Sergei Litvinov	Soviet Union	1983	1987	2	-	-	2
71	Noah Lyles	United States	2019	2019	2	-	-	2
71	Edwin Moses	United States	1983	1987	2	-	-	2
71	David Rudisha	Kenya	2011	2015	2	-	-	2
71	Saif Saaeed Shaheen	Qatar	2003	2005	2	-	-	2
71	David Verburg	United States	2013	2015	2	-	-	2
71	Karsten Warholm	Norway	2017	2019	2	-	-	2
71	Darold Williamson	United States	2005	2007	2	-	-	2

Women

space	Surname	country	From	To	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Allyson Felix	United States	2005	2019	13	3	2	18th
2	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	Jamaica	2007	2019	9	2	-	11
3	Gail Devers	United States	1991	2001	5	3	-	8th
4th	Sanya Richards-Ross	United States	2003	2015	5	2	-	7th
5	Jessica Beard	United States	2009	2019	5	1	-	6th
5	Tirunesh Dibaba	Ethiopia	2003	2017	5	1	-	6th
7th	Jearl Miles Clark	United States	1991	2003	4th	3	2	9
8th	Vivian Cheruiyot	Kenya	2007	2015	4th	1	-	5
9	Valerie Adams	New Zealand	2005	2013	4th	-	1	5
10	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	United States	1987	1993	4th	-	-	4th
10	Brittney Reese	United States	2009	2017	4th	-	-	4th
12	Veronica Campbell-Brown	Jamaica	2005	2015	3	7th	1	11
13	Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	1983	1997	3	4th	7th	14th
14th	Gwen Torrence	United States	1991	1995	3	4th	1	8th
15th	Natasha Hastings	United States	2007	2017	3	2	-	5
15th	Liu Hong	People's Republic of China	2011	2019	3	2	-	5
15th	Tatiana Lebedeva	Russia	2001	2009	3	2	-	5
18th	Carmelita Jeter	United States	2007	2013	3	1	3	7th
19th	Maria de Lurdes Mutola	Mozambique	1993	2003	3	1	1	5
19th	Phyllis Francis	United States	2015	2019	3	1	-	4th
19th	Marita Koch	German Democratic Republic	1983	1983	3	1	-	4th
19th	Silke Möller	German Democratic Republic	1983	1987	3	1	-	4th
19th	Tetiana Samolenko	Soviet Union	1987	1991	3	1	-	4th
19th	Lauryn Williams	United States	2005	2007	3	1	-	4th
19th	Anita Włodarczyk	Poland	2009	2017	3	1	-	4th
26th	Elena Isinbayeva	Russia	2003	2013	3	-	1	4th
26th	Marion Jones	United States	1997	1999	3	-	1	4th
28	Sabine Busch	German Democratic Republic	1983	1987	3	-	-	3
28	Franka Dietzsch	Germany	1999	2007	3	-	-	3
28	Carolina Klüft	Sweden	2003	2007	3	-	-	3
28	Astrid Kumbernuss	Germany	1995	1999	3	-	-	3
28	Marija Lassizkene	Russia	2015	2019	3	-	-	3
28	Gabriela Szabo	Romania	1997	2001	3	-	-	3
34	Julia Pechonkina	Russia	2001	2007	2	3	2	7th
35	Shericka Jackson	Jamaica	2015	2019	2	3	-	5
35	Kerron Stewart	Jamaica	2007	2013	2	3	-	5
37	Heike Drechsler	Germany	1983	1993	2	2	2	6th
38	Eunice Barber	France	1999	2005	2	2	1	5
38	Lashinda Demus	United States	2005	2013	2	2	1	5
40	Schanna block	Ukraine	1997	2003	2	2	-	4th
40	Torri Edwards	United States	2003	2007	2	2	-	4th
40	Sifan Hassan	Netherlands	2015	2019	2	2	-	4th
40	Inger Miller	United States	1997	2003	2	2	-	4th
40	Yipsi Moreno	Cuba	2001	2007	2	2	-	4th
40	Dalilah Muhammad	Cuba	2013	2019	2	2	-	4th
40	Barbora Špotáková	Czech Republic	2007	2017	2	2	-	4th
40	Blanka Vlašić	Croatia	2007	2015	2	2	-	4th
48	Gong Lijiao	People's Republic of China	2009	2019	2	1	3	6th
49	Meseret Defar	Ethiopia	2005	2013	2	1	2	5
49	Caterine Ibargüen	Colombia	2011	2019	2	1	2	5
49	Dafne Schippers	Netherlands	2013	2017	2	1	2	5
52	Almaz Ayana	Ethiopia	2013	2017	2	1	1	4th
52	Fiona May	Italy	1995	2001	2	1	1	4th
52	Sandra Perković	Croatia	2013	2019	2	1	1	4th
52	Caster Semenya	South Africa	2009	2017	2	1	1	4th
56	Nezha Bidouane	Morocco	1997	2001	2	1	-	3
56	Sabine Braun	Germany	1991	1997	2	1	-	3
56	Michael Cherry	United States	2017	2019	2	1	-	3
56	Jessica Ennis-Hill	United Kingdom	2009	2015	2	1	-	3
56	Chryste Gaines	United States	1995	2003	2	1	-	3
56	Marlies Goehr	German Democratic Republic	1983	1987	2	1	-	3
56	Edna Kiplagat	Kenya	2011	2017	2	1	-	3
56	Jarmila Kratochvílová	Czechoslovakia	1983	1983	2	1	-	3
56	Mirela Manjani	Greece	1999	2003	2	1	-	3
56	Sally Pearson	Australia	2011	2017	2	1	-	3
56	Ana Fidelia Quirot	Cuba	1991	1997	2	1	-	3
56	Catherine Ndereba	Kenya	2003	2007	2	1	-	3
56	Yargelis Savigne	Cuba	2005	2009	2	1	-	3
56	Elina Swerava	Belarus	1995	2001	2	1	-	3
56	Olha Wladykina-Bryshina	Soviet Union	1987	1991	2	1	-	3
56	Huang Zhihong	People's Republic of China	1991	1995	2	1	-	3
72	Christine Ohuruogu	United Kingdom	2005	2015	2	-	4th	6th
73	Natalja Antjuch	Russia	2005	2013	2	-	3	5
74	Katrin Krabbe	Germany	1991	1991	2	-	2	4th
75	Tianna Bartoletta	United States	2005	2017	2	-	1	3
75	Hassiba Boulmerka	Algeria	1991	1995	2	-	1	3
75	Tori Bowie	United States	2015	2017	2	-	1	3
75	Ludmila Engquist	Sweden	1991	1999	2	-	1	3
79	Tatiana Firowa	Russia	2005	2013	2	-	1	3
79	Cathy Freeman	Australia	1995	1999	2	-	1	3
79	Trine Hattestad	Norway	1993	1999	2	-	1	3
79	Tatiana Lysenko	Russia	2011	2013	2	-	1	3
79	Bright Obiri	Kenya	2013	2019	2	-	1	3
84	Me'Lisa Barber	United States	2003	2005	2	-	-	2
84	Hestrie Cloete	South Africa	2001	2003	2	-	-	2
84	Mary Decker	United States	1983	1983	2	-	-	2
84	Stacy Dragila	United States	1999	2001	2	-	-	2
84	Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie	Bahamas	1999	2001	2	-	-	2
84	Martina Hellmann	German Democratic Republic	1983	1987	2	-	-	2
84	Olimpiada Ivanova	Russia	2001	2005	2	-	-	2
84	Zuzana Hejnová	Czech Republic	2013	2015	2	-	-	2
84	Maryam Yusuf Jamal	Bahrain	2007	2009	2	-	-	2
84	Edna Kiplagat	Kenya	2011	2013	2	-	-	2
84	Stefka Kostadinova	Bulgaria	1987	1995	2	-	-	2
84	Tazzjana Ljadouskaja	Soviet Union	1991	1991	2	-	-	2
84	Osleidys Menéndez	Cuba	2001	2005	2	-	-	2
84	Dagmar Neubauer	German Democratic Republic	1983	1987	2	-	-	2
84	Courtney Okolo	United States	2019	2019	2	-	-	2
84	Marie-José Pérec	France	1991	1995	2	-	-	2
84	Michelle Perry	United States	2005	2007	2	-	-	2
84	Jana Pittman	Australia	2005	2007	2	-	-	2
84	Yulimar Rojas	Venezuela	2017	2019	2	-	-	2
84	Tatiana Tomaschowa	Russia	2003	2005	2	-	-	2