The 2023 World Athletics Championships (), the nineteenth edition of the World Athletics Championships, were held from 19 to 27 August 2023 at the National Athletics Centre, in Budapest, Hungary. The tournament returned to its usual two-year cycle after the previous event in Eugene, Oregon, United States was postponed to 2022, held 13 months earlier due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

These are the first World Athletics Championships in Hungary. The city of Budapest had previously stated an interest in hosting the 2007 World Championships, but withdrew and it was eventually held in Osaka.

Schedule + Event schedule Saturday, August 19, 2023Local Time (CEST) Gender Event Division RoundCEST Time Track Events8:50 M 20 km Race Walk Final10:35 W 100 m hurdles Heptathlon11:05 Mixed 4x400 m relay Prelim11:35 M 3000 m steeplechase Prelim12:35 M 100 m Prelim13:15 W 1500 m Prelim19:02 M 1500 m Prelim19:43 M 100 m Prelim20:30 W 200 m Heptathlon20:55 W 10,000 m Final21:47 Mixed 4x400 m relay FinalCEST TimeField Events10:30 M Shot Put Prelim11:45 W High Jump Heptathlon12:00 M Hammer Throw Prelim (A)12:25 W Long Jump Prelim13:40 M Hammer Throw Prelim (B)19:05 W Shot Put Heptathlon19:10 M Discus Throw Prelim (A)19:35 M Triple Jump Prelim20:35 M Shot Put Final20:40 M Discus Throw Prelim (B) Sunday, August 20, 2023CEST Time Track Events7:15 W 20 km Race Walk Final9:35 W 400 m Prelim10:25 M 400 m Prelim11:25 M 400 m hurdles Prelim12:10 W 100 m Prelim13:05 M 110 m hurdles Prelim16:35 M 100 m Semi-Final17:05 W 1500 m Semi-Final17:35 M 1500 m Semi-Final18:00 W 800 m Heptathlon18:25 M 10,000 m Final19:10 M 100 m FinalCEST TimeField Events9:00 W Discus Throw Prelim (A)9:50 W Long Jump Heptathlon10:30 W Discus Throw Prelim (B)10:35 M High Jump Prelim12:00 W Javelin Throw Heptathlon (A)13:05 W Javelin Throw Heptathlon (B)16:55 W Long Jump Final17:50 M Hammer Throw Final Monday, August 21, 2023CEST Time Track Events18:50 W 400 m hurdles Prelim19:35 M 400 m hurdles Semi-Final20:05 M 110 m hurdles Semi-Final20:35 W 100 m Semi-Final21:10 W 400 m Semi-Final21:40 M 110 m hurdles Final21:50 W 100 m FinalCEST TimeField Events18:40 W Pole Vault Prelim19:40 M Triple Jump Final20:30 M Discus Throw Final Tuesday, August 22, 2023CEST Time Track Events18:40 W 100 m hurdles Prelim19:20 M 800 m Prelim20:25 W 400 m hurdles Semi-Final21:00 M 400 m Semi-Final21:30 W 1500 m Final21:42 M 3000 m steeplechase FinalCEST TimeField Events19:55 M High Jump Final20:20 W Discus Throw Final Wednesday, August 23, 2023CEST Time Track Events10:05 W 800 m Prelim11:20 W 200 m Prelim12:15 M 200 m Prelim19:00 W 5000 m Prelim19:53 W 3000 m steeplechase Prelim20:40 W 100 m hurdles Semi-Final21:15 M 1500 m Final21:35 W 400 m Final21:50 M 400 m hurdles FinalCEST TimeField Events10:15 M Pole Vault Prelim10:20 W Javelin Throw Prelim (A)11:15 M Long Jump Prelim11:55 W Javelin Throw Prelim (B)19:02 W Hammer Throw Prelim (A)19:10 W Triple Jump Prelim19:30 W Pole Vault Final20:35 W Hammer Throw Prelim (B) Thursday, August 24, 2023CEST Time Track Events7:00 M 35,000 m race walk Final7:00 W 35,000 m race walk Final19:00 M 5000 m Prelim19:45 W 200 m Semi-Final20:20 M 200 m Semi-Final20:50 M 800 m Semi-Final21:25 W 100 m hurdles Final21:35 M 400 m Final21:50 W 400 m hurdles FinalCEST TimeField Events19:30 M Long Jump Final20:15 W Hammer Throw Final Friday, August 25, 2023CEST Time Track Events10:05 M 100 m Decathlon19:30 M 4x100 m relay Prelim20:00 W 4x100 m relay Prelim20:25 W 800 m Semi-Final21:05 M 400 m Decathlon21:40 W 200 m Final21:50 M 200 m FinalCEST TimeField Events10:10 M Javelin Throw Prelim (A)10:20 W High Jump Prelim10:55 M Long Jump Decathlon11:45 M Javelin Throw Prelim (B)12:20 M Shot Put Decathlon18:30 M High Jump Decathlon19:35 W Triple Jump Final20:20 W Javelin Throw Final Saturday, August 26, 2023CEST Time Track Events7:00 W Marathon Final10:05 M 110 m hurdles Decathlon19:30 M 4x400 m relay Prelim19:55 W 4x400 m relay Prelim20:30 M 800 m Final20:50 W 5000 m Final21:25 M 1500 m Decathlon21:40 M 4x100 m relay Final21:50 W 4x100 m relay FinalCEST TimeField Events10:25 W Shot Put Prelim11:00 M Discus Throw Decathlon (A)12:05 M Discus Throw Decathlon (B)14:00 M Pole Vault Decathlon19:05 M Javelin Throw Decathlon (A)19:25 M Pole Vault Final20:10 M Javelin Throw Decathlon (B)20:15 W Shot Put Final Sunday, August 27, 2023CEST Time Track Events7:00 M Marathon Final20:10 M 5000 m Final20:45 W 800 m Final21:10 W 3000 m steeplechase Final21:37 M 4x400 m relay Final21:47 W 4x400 m relay FinalCEST TimeField Events20:05 W High Jump Final20:20 M Javelin Throw Final

Venue The championships were held in the National Athletics Centre in Budapest, which was specially built for this event, and has a provisional capacity of 36,000.

Mascot

The official mascot of the event is a Racka, called Youhuu.

Entry standards World Athletics announced that athletes would qualify by their World Athletics Rankings position, wild card (reigning world champion or 2022 Diamond League winner) or by achieving the entry standard.

To qualify as a Wild Card required fulfilling one of the following conditions: Reigning World Outdoor Champion Winner of the 2022 Diamond League By finishing position at designated competitions (Area competitions) Leader (as at closing date of the qualification period): Hammer Throw 2022 World Athletics Continental Tour World Athletics Challenge - Race Walking aka World Race Walking Tour World Athletics Challenge - Combined Events aka World Combined Events Tour

Countries who had no male and/or no female athletes who had achieved the Entry Standard or considered as having achieved the entry standard or a qualified relay team, could enter one unqualified male athlete OR one unqualified female athlete in one event of the championships (except the road events and field events, combined events, 10,000 m and 3000 m steeplechase).

Since the postponement of the 2023 World Relays to 2024 Nassau, for Covid-pandemic reasons, a modified qualification system has been available for relay teams.

Event Men Quota Women Quota 100 metres 10.00 48 11.08 48 200 metres 20.16 48 22.60 48 400 metres 45.00 48 51.00 48 800 metres 1:44.70 56 1:59.80 56 1500 metres / Mile 3:34.20 / 3:51.00 56 4:03.50 / 4:22.00 56 5000 metres 13:07.00 42 14:57.00 42 10,000 metres / 10 km road 27:10.00 27 30:40.00 27 Marathon 2:09:40 100 2:28:00 100 3000 metres steeplechase 8:15.00 36 9:23.00 36 110/100 metres hurdles 13.28 40 12.78 40 400 metres hurdles 48.70 40 54.90 40 High jump 2.32 36 1.97 36 Pole vault 5.81 36 4.71 36 Long jump 8.25 36 6.85 36 Triple jump 17.20 36 14.52 36 Shot put 21.40 36 18.80 36 Discus throw 67.00 36 64.20 36 Hammer throw 78.00 36 73.60 36 Javelin throw 85.20 36 63.80 36 Decathlon / Heptathlon 8460 24 6480 24 20 kilometres race walk 1:20:10 50 1:29:20 50 35 kilometres race walk 2:29:40 50 2:51:30 50 4 × 100 metres relay Top 8 at the 2022 World Athletics Championships+ 8 from Top Lists 16 Top 8 at the 2022 World Athletics Championships+ 8 from Top Lists 16 4 × 400 metres relay Top 8 at the 2022 World Athletics Championships+ 8 from Top Lists 16 Top 8 at the 2022 World Athletics Championships+ 8 from Top Lists 16 4 × 400 metres relay mixed Top 8 at the 2022 World Athletics Championships+ 8 from Top Lists 16 Top 8 at the 2022 World Athletics Championships+ 8 from Top Lists 16

Target numbers At the end of the qualification period, the 2023 World Athletics Rankings were published. They were used to invite additional athletes to the World Championships where the target number of athletes had not been achieved for that event through other methods of qualification.

The maximum of three athletes per country in individual events was not affected by this rule. Member federations retained the right to confirm or reject athlete selections through this method.

Where the highest ranked athletes were from a country that already had three entrants for the event, or where member federations had rejected an entrant, the next highest ranked athlete became eligible for entry via the world rankings.

Medal table

Medal summary Men 9.83 = 9.88 9.88 19.52 19.75 19.81 44.22 44.31 44.37 1:44.24 1:44.53 1:44.83 3:29.38 3:29.65 3:29.68 13:11.30 13:11.44 13:12.28 27:51.42 27:52.60 27:52.72 Christian ColemanFred KerleyBrandon CarnesNoah LylesJ.T. Smith* 37.38 Roberto RigaliMarcell JacobsLorenzo PattaFilippo Tortu 37.62 Ackeem BlakeOblique SevilleRyiem FordeRohan Watson 37.76 Quincy HallVernon NorwoodJustin RobinsonRai BenjaminTrevor Bassitt*Matthew Boling*Christopher Bailey* 2:57.31 Ludvy VaillantGilles BironDavid SombéTéo AndantLoïc Prévot* 2:58.45 Alex Haydock-WilsonCharlie DobsonLewis DaveyRio Mitcham 2:58.71 12.96 13.07 13.09 46.89 47.34 47.56 8:03.53 8:05.44 8:11.98 2:08.53 2:09.12 2:09.19 1:17:32 1:17:39 1:17:47 2:24:30 2:24:34 2:25:12 2.36 m = 2.36 m = 2.33 m 6.10 m 6.00 m = 5.95 m =5.95 m 8.52 m 8.50 m 8.27 m = 17.64 m 17.41 m 17.40 m 23.51 m 22.34 m 22.12 m 71.46 m 70.02 m 68.85 m 88.17 m 87.82 m 86.67 m 81.25 m 81.02 m 80.82 m 8909 8804 8756 * Indicates the athletes only competed in the preliminary heats and received medals

Women 10.65 10.72 10.77 21.41 21.81 21.92 48.76 49.57 49.60 1:56.03 1:56.34 1:56.61 3:54.87 3:55.69 3:56.00 14:53.88 14:54.11 14:54.33 31:27.18 31:28.16 31:28.31 Tamari DavisTwanisha TerryGabrielle ThomasSha'Carri RichardsonTamara Clark*Melissa Jefferson* 41.03 Natasha MorrisonShelly-Ann Fraser-PryceShashalee ForbesShericka JacksonBriana Williams*Elaine Thompson-Herah* 41.21 Asha PhilipImani LansiquotBianca WilliamsDaryll NeitaAnnie Tagoe* 41.98 Eveline SaalbergLieke KlaverCathelijn PeetersFemke BolLisanne de Witte* 3:20.72 , Candice McLeodJanieve RussellNickisha PryceStacey-Ann WilliamsCharokee Young*Shiann Salmon* 3:20.88 Laviai NielsenAmber AnningAma PipiNicole YearginYemi Mary John* 3:21.04 12.43 12.44 12.46 51.70 52.80 52.81 8:54.29 8:58.98 9:00.69 2:24:23 2:24:34 2:25:17 1:26:51 1:27:16 1:27:26 2:38:40 2:40:52 2:43:22 2.01 m 1.99 m 1.99 m 4.90 m =Not awarded 4.80 m = 7.14 m 6.91 m 6.88 m 15.08 m 15.00 m 14.96 m 20.43 m 20.08 m 19.69 m 69.49 m 69.23 m 68.20 m 77.22 m 76.36 m 75.41 m 66.73 m 65.47 m 63.38 m 6740 6720 6501 * Indicates the athletes only competed in the preliminary heats and received medals

Mixed Justin RobinsonRosey EffiongMatthew BolingAlexis HolmesRyan Willie* 3:08.80 Lewis DaveyLaviai NielsenRio MitchamYemi Mary JohnJoseph Brier* 3:11.06 Matěj KrsekTereza PetržilkováPatrik ŠormLada Vondrová 3:11.98 * Indicates the athletes only competed in the preliminary heats and received medals.

Participating nations According to an unofficial count there were 2001 athletes from 195 nations competing at the Championships out of 2187 athletes from 202 nations who had been originally entered.

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Media coverage

In the United States, television rights to the championships belong to NBC Sports.

Eurovision Sport and ESPN jointly hold and distribute World Athletics media rights in Europe and Africa for 2023. Warner Bros. Discovery has agreed with World Athletics rights-holders Eurovision Sport and ESPN to broadcast the nine-day event on its channels – Eurosport 1, Eurosport 2 and Eurosport App – including its platform Discovery+ on a non-exclusive basis in more than 45 countries across Europe, excluding the Nordics region – Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden. Streaming is available on Discovery+ in Austria, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, UK and Ireland.

In India, live streaming is available on JioCinema.

References

External links

Competition overview on worldathletics.org