A record number of nations won medals at the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 from 13-21 September, during the most impactful edition of the sport’s flagship event in history.
A total of 53 nations made it on to the medal table after nine action-packed days of competition at the 20th running of the World Championships. This surpasses the previous record of 46 that was set at Osaka 2007 and equalled at Budapest 2023.
1992 athletes took part from 193 different countries and the Athlete Refugee Team (1034 male and 958 female athletes)
Other World Championships statistics
RECORDS
1 world record:
Mondo Duplantis (SWE) men's pole vault, 6.30m
9 championship records:
Melissa Jefferson-Wooden (USA) women's 100m, 10.61
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (USA) women's 400m, 47.78
Lilian Odira (KEN) women’s 800m, 1:54.62
Emmanuel Wanyonyi (KEN) men's 800m, 1:41.86
Faith Cherotich (KEN) women's 3000m steeplechase, 8:51.59
Mondo Duplantis (SWE) men's pole vault, 6.30m
Ethan Katzberg (CAN) men's hammer, 84.70m
United States (USA) women’s 4x400m, 3:16.61
United States (USA) mixed 4x400m, 3:08.80
9 area records:
Africa
South Africa (RSA) mixed 4x400m, 3:11.16
Europe
Mondo Duplantis (SWE) men's pole vault, 6.30m
North America, Central America and Caribbean
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (USA) women's 400m, 47.78
Camryn Rogers (CAN) women’s hammer, 80.51m
Ethan Katzberg (CAN) men's hammer, 84.70m
Alegna Gonzalez (MEX) women’s 20km race walk, 1:26:06
Oceania
Jessica Hull (AUS) women’s 800m, 1:57.15
Hamish Kerr (NZL) men’s high jump, 2.36m=
South America
Gianna Woodruff (PAN) women’s 400m hurdles, 52.66
1 championship decathlon best:
Leo Neugebauer (GER) decathlon discus, 56.15m
62 national records
22 world-leading performances
210 personal bests
20 countries won gold medals
28 countries won silver medals
34 countries won bronze medals
53 countries won medals
74 countries finished in top 8
Countries from 5 areas won gold medals:
Africa – 10 golds from 3 countries
Europe – 12 golds from 8 countries
NACAC – 22 golds from 5 countries
Oceania – 3 golds from 2 countries
South America – 2 golds from 2 countries
Competition performance rankings:
197279 Tokyo 2025
196796 Eugene 2022
196643 Budapest 2023
196457 Doha 2019
194547 Beijing 2015
193426 London 2017
192664 Moskva 2013
191168 Berlin 2009
190322 Paris-St-Denis 2003
190095 Osaka 2007
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