World Athletics Championships 2025

Japan hosts the World Championships
for the third time, as top track and field stars
showcase their skills in Tokyo

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Tokyo hosts 20th edition – first official
Championships held in Helsinki in 1983

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Disciplines in 147 medal events – equal number
for women and men, with one mixed event

$8.5m
Total prize fund – more than 2000 athletes
from 200 countries are set to compete

Kishane Thompson (JAM)
and Melissa Jefferson-Wooden
(USA) – world’s fastest in 2025
– while Noah Lyles (USA),
Armand Duplantis (SWE),
Nafissatou Thiam (BEL),
Keely Hodgkinson
(GBR) aim to build
on Olympic
glory

100M MEN
Best times 2025
K. Thompson	JAM	9.75
K. Bednarek	USA	9.79
B. Levell	JAM	9.82
C. Lindsey	USA	9.82
O. Seville	JAM	9.83
T. McCallum	USA	9.83

100M WOMEN
Best times 2025
M. J-Wooden	USA	10.65
J. Alfred	LCA	10.75
Tina Clayton	JAM	10.81
Tia Clayton	JAM	10.82
K. White		USA	10.84                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                    
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SAT SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN 

TRACK 
100m
200m 
400m 
800m
1500m
5000m 
10,000m 
Marathon 
100m Hurdles 
110m Hurdles 
400m Hurdles 
3000m S’chase 
20km Race Walk 
35km Race Walk 
4 x 100m Relay 
4 x 400m Relay

FIELD
High Jump 
Pole Vault 
Long Jump 
Triple Jump 
Shot Put 
Discus Throw 
Hammer Throw 
Javelin Throw 
Heptathlon 
Decathlon


ALL-TIME WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS MEDAL TABLE
Ranked by number of gold medals
               
195 134 114 	United States	Total medals: 443
65 58 48 	Kenya 		171
63 61 67 	Germany*	191
42 52 48 	Russia 		142
40 61 48 	Jamaica 	149
35 38 31 	Ethiopia 	104
33 40 48	Great Britain	121

*Includes East Germany and West Germany


Pictures: Getty Images
Source: IAAF
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