Brazil has participated in all the World Athletics Championships since the beginning in 1983. Brazil is 47th on the all time medal table. Brazil's first World Championships medal was a bronze medal won by Joaquim Cruz in the Men's 800 metres in 1983. Fabiana Murer won Brazil's first gold medal and the first woman's medal in the pole vault in 2011. Alison dos Santos was the first man to win a gold medal in the 400 metres hurdles in 2022. Caio Bonfim has the most medals with four (one gold, one silver and two bronze).
Medalists MedalNameYearEvent Joaquim Cruz 1983 Helsinki Men's 800 metres Zequinha Barbosa 1987 Rome Men's 800 metres Zequinha Barbosa 1991 Tokyo Men's 800 metres Luíz Antônio dos Santos 1995 Gothenburg Men's marathon Claudinei Quirino 1997 Athens Men's 200 metres Claudinei Quirino 1999 Seville Men's 200 metres Sanderlei Parrela 1999 Seville Men's 400 metres André Domingos, Claudinei Quirino, Édson Luciano Ribeiro, Raphael de Oliveira 1999 Seville Men's 4 × 100 metres relay André Domingos, Cláudio Roberto Souza, Édson Luciano Ribeiro, Vicente Lenílson 2003 Saint-Denis Men's 4 × 100 metres relay Jadel Gregório 2007 Osaka Men's triple jump Fabiana Murer 2011 Daegu Women's pole vault Fabiana Murer 2015 Beijing Women's pole vault Caio Bonfim 2017 London Men's 20 km walk Alison dos Santos 2022 Eugene Men's 400 metres hurdles Leticia Oro Melo 2022 Eugene Women's long jump Caio Bonfim 2023 Budapest Men's 20 km walk Caio Bonfim 2025 Tokyo Men's 35 km walk Alison dos Santos 2025 Tokyo Men's 400 metres hurdles Caio Bonfim 2025 Tokyo Men's 20 km walk Source:
Medal tables
By championships
By event
By gender
Best Finishes Men Event Gold Silver Bronze Total Best finish Men's 100 metres 0 0 0 0 7th (1991) Men's 200 metres 0 1 1 2 (1999) Men's 400 metres 0 1 0 1 (1999) Men's 800 metres 0 1 2 3 (1991) Men's 1500 metres 0 0 0 0 14th (2001) Men's 5000 metres 0 0 0 0 24th (1991, 1993) Men's 10000 metres 0 0 0 0 22nd (1991) Men's 110 m hurdles 0 0 0 0 5th (2003) Men's 400 m hurdles 1 1 0 2 (2022) Men's 3000 m steeplechase 0 0 0 0 17th (1997) Men's 4 × 100 metres relay 0 1 1 2 (2003) Men's 4 × 400 metres relay 0 0 0 0 4th (2001) Men's Marathon 0 0 1 1 (1995) Men's 20 km walk 1 0 2 3 (2025) Men's 35 km walk 0 1 0 1 (2025) Men's 50 km walk 0 0 0 0 29th (1993) Men's High jump 0 0 0 0 13th (2007) Men's Pole vault 0 0 0 0 4th (2022) Men's Long jump 0 0 0 0 5th (1997, 2013) Men's Triple jump 0 1 0 0 (2007) Men's Shot put 0 0 0 0 4th (2019) Men's Discus throw 0 0 0 0 21st (2015) Men's Javelin throw 0 0 0 0 15th (2015) Men's Hammer throw 0 0 0 0 19th (2017) Men's Decathlon 0 0 0 0 6th (2013)
Women Event Gold Silver Bronze Total Best finish Women's 100 metres 0 0 0 0 7th (2017) Women's 200 metres 0 0 0 0 11th (2005, 2011) Women's 400 metres 0 0 0 0 14th (2011) Women's 800 metres 0 0 0 0 9th (1997) Women's 1500 metres 0 0 0 0 28th (1993) Women's 5000 metres 0 0 0 0 x Women's 10000 metres 0 0 0 0 11th (1993) Women's 100 m hurdles 0 0 0 0 15th (2003) Women's 400 m hurdles 0 0 0 0 28th (2011) Women's 3000 m steeplechase 0 0 0 0 23rd (2022) Women's 4 × 100 metres relay 0 0 0 0 5th (2009) Women's 4 × 400 metres relay 0 0 0 0 Finalist (2005) Women's Marathon 0 0 0 0 30th (2019) Women's 20 km walk 0 0 0 0 4th (2017, 2019) Women's 35 km walk 0 0 0 0 4th (2023) Women's High jump 0 0 0 0 14th (1991) Women's Pole vault 1 1 0 2 (2011) Women's Long jump 0 0 1 1 (2022) Women's Triple jump 0 0 0 0 7th (2007) Women's Shot put 0 0 0 0 9th (2003, 2017) Women's Discus throw 0 0 0 0 6th (2019) Women's Javelin throw 0 0 0 0 8th (2023) Women's Hammer throw 0 0 0 0 29th (2022) Women's Heptathlon 0 0 0 0 24th (2017)
See also Brazil at the Olympics Brazil at the Pan American Games Brazil at the World Indoor Championships in Athletics
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