IAAF World Championships in Athletics

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IAAF World Championships in Athletics
Sport	Athletics
Founded	1983
No. of teams	203 (2007)
Continent	International (IAAF)
Most recent champion(s)	Last winners lists
TV partner(s)	Eurovision (Europe) TBS (Japan)

The World Championships in Athletics is an event organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). Originally, it was organised every four years, but this changed in 1991, and it has since been organised biannually.

[edit] History

The idea of having an Athletics World Championships was around well before the competitions first event in 1983. In 1913, the IAAF decided that the Olympic Games would serve as the World Championships for athletics. This was considered suitable for over 50 years until in the 1960's the desire of many IAAF members to have their own World Championships began to grow. In 1976 at the IAAF Council Meeting in Puerto Rico an Athletics World Championships separate from the Olympic Games was approved.

Following bids from both Stuttgart, West Germany and Helsinki, Finland, the IAAF Council awarded the inaugural competition to Helsinki, to take place in 1983 and be held in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium (where the 1952 Summer Olympics were held).

Over the years the competition has grown in size. In 1983 an estimated 1,300 athletes from 154 countries participated. The event included the men's marathon, and music composed by Second City alumni Jan Randall. By the 2003 competition, in Paris, it had grown to 1,907 athletes from 203 countries with coverage being transmitted to 179 different countries.

There has also been a change in the schedule over the years, with several new events, mostly for women, being added. By 2005 the schedule for men and women was almost equal. The only differences being the men had the extra event of the 50 km Walk, while women competed in the 100 m Hurdles and Heptathlon compared to the men in the 110m Hurdles and Decathlon respectively.

The following shows when new events were added for the first time.

• 1987, women's 10,000 m and 10 km walk were added.
• 1993, women's triple jump was added.
• 1995, women's 5000 m was added, replacing the 3000 m race.
• 1999, women's pole vault and hammer were added and the women's 20 km walk replaced the 10 km walk.
• 2005, women's 3000 m Steeplechase was added.

[edit] Championships

For the detailed article, click on the year.

Order	Link to specific articles by year	City	Country	Date	Venue	No. of Events	No. of Athletes
1	1983	Helsinki	Finland	Aug 7 - Aug 14	Olympiastadion	41	1,355
2	1987	Rome	Italy	Aug 28 - Sept 6	Stadio Olimpico	43	1,451
3	1991	Tokyo	Japan	Aug 23 - Sept 1	National Olympic Stadium	43	1,517
4	1993	Stuttgart	Germany	Aug 13 - Aug 22	Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion	44	1,689
5	1995	Gothenburg	Sweden	Aug 5 - Aug 13	Ullevi	44	1,804
6	1997	Athens	Greece	Aug 1 - Aug 10	Olympiako Stadio	44	1,882
7	1999	Seville	Spain	Aug 20 - Aug 29	Estadio Olímpico de la Cartuja	46	1,821
8	2001	Edmonton	Canada	Aug 3 - Aug 12	Commonwealth Stadium	46	1,677
9	2003	Saint-Denis	France	Aug 23 - Aug 31	Stade de France	46	1,679
10	2005	Helsinki	Finland	Aug 6 - Aug 14	Olympiastadion	47	1,688
11	2007	Osaka	Japan	Aug 24 - Sept 2	Nagai Stadium	47	1,981
12	2009	Berlin	Germany	Aug 15 - Aug 23	Olympiastadion
13	2011	Daegu	South Korea	Aug 27 - Sept 4	Daegu Stadium
14	2013	Moscow	Russia	Aug 10 - Aug 18	Luzhniki Stadium

[edit] All-time medal since 1983

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	114	61	59	234
2	Russia	33	51	37	121
3	Kenya	27	22	23	72
4	Germany (Federal Republic of Germany)	26	26	34	86
5	Soviet Union	21	27	28	76
6	East Germany	21	19	15	55
7	Cuba	17	16	6	39
8	Ethiopia	16	14	11	41
9	Great Britain	13	24	26	63
10	Italy	11	14	12	37
11	Belarus	10	11	11	32
12	Morocco	10	11	6	27
13	Czech Republic	10	3	3	16
14	France	9	11	12	32
15	Ukraine	8	9	11	28
16	China	8	7	8	23
17	Jamaica	7	29	30	66
18	Finland	7	7	5	19
19	Poland	7	5	9	21
20	Australia	7	5	8	20
21	Sweden	7	3	5	15
22	Spain	6	15	12	33
23	Algeria	6	0	3	9
24	Romania	5	8	8	21
25	Bahamas	5	6	4	15
26	Portugal	5	5	5	15
27	Bulgaria	5	3	7	15
28	Norway	5	3	2	10
29	South Africa	5	3	1	9
30	Canada	4	7	5	16
31	Greece	4	5	10	19
32	Czechoslovakia	4	4	3	11
33	Switzerland	4	0	3	7
34	Japan	3	5	10	18
35	Mexico	3	1	6	10
36	Mozambique	3	1	1	5
37	Ecuador	3	1	0	4
37	Bahrain	3	1	0	4
39	Denmark	3	0	1	4
40	Estonia	2	3	0	5
41	Lithuania	2	2	1	5
42	Ireland	2	2	0	4
43	Dominican Republic	2	1	0	3
43	Qatar	2	1	0	3
45	New Zealand	2	0	1	3
46	Tajikistan	2	0	0	2
47	Namibia	1	4	0	5
48	Netherlands	1	3	3	7
49	Trinidad and Tobago	1	3	2	6
50	Zambia	1	2	0	3
51	Uganda	1	1	1	3
52	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1	0	2	3
53	Somalia	1	0	1	2
53	Syria	1	0	1	2
53	Senegal	1	0	1	2
56	North Korea	1	0	0	1
56	Croatia	1	0	0	1
56	Panama	1	0	0	1
59	Brazil	0	5	5	10
60	Hungary	0	4	5	9
61	Nigeria	0	3	3	6
62	Kazakhstan	0	2	3	5
63	Djibouti	0	2	0	2
63	Cameroon	0	2	0	2
63	Turkey	0	2	0	2
66	Austria	0	1	1	2
66	Burundi	0	1	1	2
66	Suriname	0	1	1	2
66	Sri Lanka	0	1	1	2
66	Israel	0	1	1	2
66	Slovenia	0	1	1	2
66	Ghana	0	1	1	2
73	Bermuda	0	1	0	1
73	Tanzania	0	1	0	1
75	Belgium	0	0	3	3
76	Slovakia	0	0	2	2
77	Dominica	0	0	1	1
77	Saudi Arabia	0	0	1	1
77	American Samoa	0	0	1	1
77	Haiti	0	0	1	1
77	India	0	0	1	1
77	Cyprus	0	0	1	1
77	Tunisia	0	0	1	1
83	Total	491	494	488	1473

NOTE: The Federal Republic of Germany refers to the former West Germany (1983-90) and the unified Germany (1990-present) NOTE: Some United States medals are expected to be stripped following the Marion Jones drug admission in 2007.

[edit] Ceremonies

The opening and closing ceremonies of the 8th IAAF World Championships held in Edmonton, Alberta in 2001 were broadcast live to over 200 countries and featured a thousand voice choir and original music by Jan Randall.

[edit] Other Athletics World Championship events

Prior to the inaugural IAAF World Championships in Helsinki in 1983 there had been several single events and races in the years leading up to them which were considered World Championships in those events. These mostly consisted of non-Olympic events for which the Olympics didn't provide the opportunity for the holding of World Championships. Below are the medal winners from these events.

[edit] 1976 (Malmö, Sweden)

Event:		Gold:		Silver:		Bronze:
50 km Walk	Men	Veniamin Soldatenko  USSR	3:54:40	Enrique Vera  Mexico	3:58:14	Reima Salonen  Finland	3:58:53

[edit] 1980 (Sittard, Netherlands)

Event:		Gold:		Silver:		Bronze:
3000 m	Women	Brigit Friedmann  West Germany	8:48.05	Karoline Nemetz  Sweden	8:50.22	Ingrid Kristiansen  Norway	8:58.80
400 m hurdles	Women	Bärbel Broschat  East Germany	54.55	Ellen Neumann  East Germany	54.56	Petra Pfatt  East Germany	55.84

[edit] External links

• Results of past World Championships
• Official site of the 2007 World Championships in Osaka
• Official site of the 2009 World Championships in Berlin
• Official Site of the 2011 IAAF World Championships in Athletics - Daegu
• Track and Field Results Almanac
• Results and detailed statistics of past World Championships in Athletics

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