List of World Athletics Championships medalists (men)
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Men have contested events at the World Athletics Championships since its inauguration in 1983. The top three athletes in each event win gold, silver and bronze medals, respectively. A one-off edition of the championships was held in 1976 for the men's 50 kilometres race walk only, as the International Olympic Committee excluded that event for the Olympic athletics programme that year.
Track
[edit]100 m
[edit]Medalists by country
[edit]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States (USA) |
12 | 11 | 6 | 29 |
| 2 |  Jamaica (JAM) |
4 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 |  Canada (CAN) |
1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 |  Great Britain (GBR) |
1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 5 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN) |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 |  Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 |  Bahamas (BAH) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Botswana (BOT) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
200 m
[edit]Medalists by country
[edit]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States (USA) |
11 | 7 | 8 | 26 |
| 2 | Jamaica (JAM) |
4 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 |  Namibia (NAM) |
1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 |  Greece (GRE) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Turkey (TUR)
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 |  Brazil (BRA) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Canada (CAN)
|
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
 France (FRA)
|
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Great Britain (GBR)
|
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
 South Africa (RSA)
|
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 7 |  Panama (PAN) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Botswana (BOT)
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Ecuador (ECU)
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Italy (ITA)
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Japan (JPN)
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Nigeria (NGR)
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
400 m
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Medalists by country
[edit]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States (USA) |
11 | 8 | 6 | 27 |
| 2 | South Africa (RSA) |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 |  East Germany (GDR) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Bahamas (BAH) |
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Jamaica (JAM) |
2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 |  Grenada (GRN) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Great Britain (GBR) |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Brazil (BRA) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| France (FRA) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Germany (GER) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Nigeria (NGR) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Uganda (UGA) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 |  Belgium (BEL) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Canada (CAN) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Dominican Republic (DOM) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Kenya (KEN) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Mexico (MEX) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
800 m
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Medalists by country
[edit]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenya (KEN) |
7 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 2 |  Denmark (DEN) |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | United States (USA)
|
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 |  Algeria (ALG) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| South Africa (RSA)
|
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Canada (CAN)
|
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 7 |  Bahrain (BHR) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 |  Ethiopia (ETH) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Switzerland (SUI)
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| West Germany (FRG)
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| France (FRA)
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 12 |  Russia (RUS)
|
0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 13 |  Poland (POL) |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | Brazil (BRA) |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Great Britain (GBR)
|
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 17 | Italy (ITA)
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Netherlands (NED)
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Sudan (SUD)
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Burundi (BDI)
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Cuba (CUB) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 22 |  Djibouti (DJI)
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Norway (NOR)
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
1500 m
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Medalists by country
[edit]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenya (KEN) |
5 | 6 | 1 | 12 |
| 2 |  Morocco (MAR) |
4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | Algeria (ALG) |
3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Great Britain (GBR) |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Bahrain (BHR) |
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | United States (USA) |
1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 |  Somalia (SOM) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 |  Spain (ESP) |
0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | Norway (NOR)
|
0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 11 | France (FRA) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Ethiopia (ETH) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Burundi (BDI)
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Germany (GER)
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Poland (POL)
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Portugal (POR)
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| South Africa (RSA)
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Ukraine (UKR)
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
5000 m
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10,000 m
[edit]
110 m hurdles
[edit]Medal table
[edit]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States (USA) | 12 | 6 | 9 | 27 |
| 2 | Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 |  China (CHN) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Jamaica (JAM) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Russia (RUS) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 7 |  Barbados (BRB) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| – |  Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 |  Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 |  Haiti (HAI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (13 entries) | 19 | 19 | 20 | 58 | |
400 m hurdles
[edit]
Medal table
[edit]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States (USA) | 7 | 6 | 5 | 18 |
| 2 | Norway (NOR) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Dominican Republic (DOM) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 |  Zambia (ZAM) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kenya (KEN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 11 |  Puerto Rico (PUR) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Jamaica (JAM) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 15 |  British Virgin Islands (BVI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Russia (RUS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 18 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 19 | Bahamas (BAH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Greece (GRE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Qatar (QAT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Serbia (SRB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Soviet Union (URS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (25 entries) | 19 | 19 | 19 | 57 | |
3000 m steeplechase
[edit]Medal table
[edit]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenya (KEN) | 13 | 12 | 7 | 32 |
| 2 | Morocco (MAR) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Qatar (QAT) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Ethiopia (ETH) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 | France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | Algeria (ALG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| United States (USA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (15 entries) | 19 | 19 | 19 | 57 | |
4 × 100 metres relay
[edit]Note * Indicates athletes who ran only in the preliminary round and also received medals.
- 4x100m dq1 The Nigerian team of Innocent Asonze, Francis Obikwelu, Daniel Effiong and Deji Aliu originally finished third in the 1999 World Championship, but were disqualified after Asonze was found to have used performance-enhancing drugs.
- 4x100m dq2 The United States team of Mickey Grimes, Bernard Williams, Dennis Mitchell and Tim Montgomery originally won the 2001 World Championship in a time of 37.96 seconds, but were disqualified after Montgomery admitted to drug use as a result of the BALCO scandal in 2005.
- 4x100m dq3 The British team of Christian Malcolm, Darren Campbell, Marlon Devonish and Dwain Chambers originally finished second in the 2003 World Championship, but were disqualified after Chambers was found to have used performance-enhancing drugs.
Medals by country
[edit]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States (USA) |
9 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | Jamaica (JAM) |
4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Canada (CAN) |
3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Great Britain (GBR) |
1 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 5 | France (FRA) |
1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | South Africa (RSA) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) |
0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Italy (ITA) |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 |  Australia (AUS) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Brazil (BRA) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Soviet Union (URS) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 12 | Nigeria (NGR) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| China (CHN) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 | Japan (JPN) |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | Netherlands (NED) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
4 × 400 metres relay
[edit]Note: * Indicates athletes who ran only in the preliminary round and also received medals.
- dq1 The United States team (Jerome Young, Antonio Pettigrew, Chris Jones and Tyree Washington) originally won the 1997 World Championships in a time of 2:56.47 minutes, but was disqualified in 2009 after Pettigrew admitted to doping during the period.
- dq2 The United States team (Jerome Davis, Antonio Pettigrew, Angelo Taylor and Michael Johnson) originally won the 1999 World Championships, but was disqualified in 2009 after Pettigrew admitted to doping during the period.
- dq3 The United States team (Leonard Byrd, Antonio Pettigrew, Derrick Brew and Angelo Taylor) originally won the 2001 World Championships, but was disqualified in 2009 after Pettigrew admitted to doping during the period.
- dq4 The United States team (Calvin Harrison, Tyree Washington, Derrick Brew and Jerome Young) originally won the 2003 World Championships, but was disqualified in 2004 after Harrison and Young were found to have used performance-enhancing drugs.
- dq5 The Russian team (Maksim Dyldin, Lev Mosin, Sergey Petukhov and Vladimir Krasnov) originally finished third in the 2013 World Championships, but was disqualified after Dyldin was found to have used performance-enhancing drugs.
Medalists by country
[edit]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States (USA) |
12 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| 2 |  Great Britain (GBR) |
2 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 |  Bahamas (BAH) |
1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 |  France (FRA) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 6 |  Poland (POL) |
1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 |  Soviet Union (URS) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 |  Jamaica (JAM) |
0 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| 9 |  Germany (GER) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 South Africa (RSA)
|
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 11 |  Belgium (BEL) |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 |  Australia (AUS) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
4 × 400 metres mixed relay
[edit]Note: * Indicates athletes who ran only in the preliminary round and also received medals.
Road
[edit]Marathon
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20 km walk
[edit]
35 km walk
[edit]| Championships | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Eugene |
Massimo Stano (ITA)
|
Masatora Kawano (JPN)
|
 Perseus Karlström (SWE)
|
| 2023 Budapest |
Álvaro Martín (ESP)
|
Brian Pintado (ECU)
|
Masatora Kawano (JPN)
|
50 km walk
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Field
[edit]High jump
[edit]Medal table
[edit]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar (QAT) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | Russia (RUS) | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | Cuba (CUB) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | United States (USA) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Ukraine (UKR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Bahamas (BAH) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Soviet Union (URS) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| South Africa (RSA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| – | Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | China (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Cyprus (CYP) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 16 |  South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Syria (SYR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (19 entries) | 19 | 23 | 16 | 58 | |
Pole vault
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Long jump
[edit]Medal table
[edit]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States (USA) | 8 | 6 | 5 | 19 |
| 2 | Cuba (CUB) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Jamaica (JAM) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| South Africa (RSA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 6 | Greece (GRE) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | China (CHN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Panama (PAN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 |  Ghana (GHA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Soviet Union (URS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 16 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mexico (MEX) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Portugal (POR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Slovenia (SLO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Zimbabwe (ZIM) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (22 entries) | 19 | 19 | 19 | 57 | |
Triple jump
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Shot put
[edit]
Discus throw
[edit]
Javelin throw
[edit]
Hammer throw
[edit]
Medal table
[edit]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poland (POL) | 7 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 |  Belarus (BLR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Germany (GER) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 |  Tajikistan (TJK) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Slovenia (SLO) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 8 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 10 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| – | Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 13 |  Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (17 entries) | 19 | 19 | 20 | 58 | |
Decathlon
[edit]See also
[edit]- List of Olympic medalists in athletics (men)
- List of World Championships in Athletics medalists (women)
- List of men's Olympic and World Championship athletics sprint champions
References
[edit]- IAAF World Championships in Athletics. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-07-04.