2015 World Championships in Athletics

IAAF World Championships
Beijing 2015

Nations	205
Athletes	1,781
Events	47
Dates	22 August 2015 – 30 August 2015
Opened by	President Xi Jinping
Closed by	IAAF President Lamine Diack
Main venue	Beijing National Stadium
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Events at the 2015 World Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The 2015 IAAF World Championships (Chinese: 第十五届世界田径锦标赛), the fifteenth edition of the IAAF World Championships, were held from 22 to 30 August at the National Stadium in Beijing, China.^[1][2] Forty-three nations won medals, 144 of which were awarded. Kenya topped the medal table for the first time, with 7 gold, 6 silver and 3 bronze medals. The United States won 18 medals, six gold, six silver and six bronze, which was the highest tally. Host nation China, finished 11th on the medals table, while Russia finished ninth.

205 IAAF member countries and territories participated, two more than in 2013, with new IAAF member, Kosovo, making its debut. South Sudan was also set to participate for the first time, but its sole athlete did not show up in Beijing.^[3]

Eritrea won their first world title at these championships, with Ghirmay Ghebreslassie winning the men's marathon.^[4]

The event was the largest sporting event to take place at the Beijing National Stadium ("Bird's Nest") since the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[5]

When the seeking deadline passed on 15 March 2010, three candidate cities (Beijing, London and Chorzów) had confirmed their candidatures.^[6][7] London then withdrew citing that they didn't want to seem to be biased towards the bids for the Olympic Stadium by committing themselves to an athletics event, as the host for this event was to be announced before their 2011 stadium bid deadline. London then stated that they would bid for 2017 and had the blessing of the IAAF to do so.^[8] The IAAF announced Beijing as the winning candidate at the IAAF Council Meeting in Monaco on 20 November 2010.^[9] The Council of IAAF approved the dates of 22 August until 30 August 2015.

Beijing National Stadium during the championships

Inside in daylight

Outside at night

The event was primarily held at the Beijing National Stadium, which served as the athletics venue during the 2008 Summer Olympics. Weather concerns prompted a reduction in capacity for the World Championships in Athletics; only the lower and middle tiers of the stadium were open, capping the venue at around 54,000 spectators rather than its capacity of 80,000.^[10] Tickets for the championships were available in three price categories, ranging from 50 RMB to 500 RMB.^[11]

All dates are CST (UTC+8)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details[13]	Usain Bolt  Jamaica (JAM)	9.79 SB	Justin Gatlin  United States (USA)	9.80	Trayvon Bromell  United States (USA) Andre De Grasse  Canada (CAN) PB	9.92
200 metres details[14]	Usain Bolt  Jamaica (JAM)	19.55 WL	Justin Gatlin  United States (USA)	19.74	Anaso Jobodwana  South Africa (RSA)	19.87 NR
400 metres details[15]	Wayde van Niekerk  South Africa (RSA)	43.48 WL AR	LaShawn Merritt  United States (USA)	43.65 PB	Kirani James  Grenada (GRN)	43.78
800 metres details[16]	David Rudisha  Kenya (KEN)	1:45.84	Adam Kszczot  Poland (POL)	1:46.08	Amel Tuka  Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)	1:46.30
1500 metres details[17]	Asbel Kiprop  Kenya (KEN)	3:34.40	Elijah Manangoi  Kenya (KEN)	3:34.63	Abdalaati Iguider  Morocco (MAR)	3:34.67
5000 metres details[18]	Mo Farah  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	13:50.38	Caleb Ndiku  Kenya (KEN)	13:51.75	Hagos Gebrhiwet  Ethiopia (ETH)	13:51.86
10,000 metres details[19]	Mo Farah  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	27:01.13	Geoffrey Kamworor  Kenya (KEN)	27:01.76	Paul Tanui  Kenya (KEN)	27:02.83
Marathon details[20]	Ghirmay Ghebreslassie  Eritrea (ERI)	2:12:27	Yemane Tsegay  Ethiopia (ETH)	2:13:07	Solomon Mutai  Uganda (UGA)	2:13:29
110 metres hurdles details[21]	Sergey Shubenkov  Russia (RUS)	12.98 NR	Hansle Parchment  Jamaica (JAM)	13.03	Aries Merritt  United States (USA)	13.04
400 metres hurdles details[22]	Nicholas Bett  Kenya (KEN)	47.79 WL NR	Denis Kudryavtsev  Russia (RUS)	48.05 NR	Jeffery Gibson  Bahamas (BAH)	48.17 NR
3000 metres steeplechase details[23]	Ezekiel Kemboi  Kenya (KEN)	8:11.28	Conseslus Kipruto  Kenya (KEN)	8:12.38	Brimin Kipruto  Kenya (KEN)	8:12.54
20 kilometres walk details[24]	Miguel Ángel López  Spain (ESP)	1:19:14 PB	Wang Zhen  China (CHN)	1:19:29	Benjamin Thorne  Canada (CAN)	1:19:57 NR
50 kilometres walk details[25]	Matej Tóth  Slovakia (SVK)	3:40:32	Jared Tallent  Australia (AUS)	3:42:17	Takayuki Tanii  Japan (JPN)	3:42:55
4 × 100 metres relay details[26]	Jamaica (JAM) Nesta Carter Asafa Powell Nickel Ashmeade Usain Bolt Rasheed Dwyer*	37.36 WL	China (CHN) Mo Youxue Xie Zhenye Su Bingtian Zhang Peimeng	38.01	Canada (CAN) Aaron Brown Andre De Grasse Brendon Rodney Justyn Warner	38.13
4 × 400 metres relay details[27]	United States (USA) David Verburg Tony McQuay Bryshon Nellum LaShawn Merritt Kyle Clemons* Vernon Norwood*	2:57.82 WL	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) Renny Quow Lalonde Gordon Deon Lendore Machel Cedenio Jarrin Solomon*	2:58.20 NR	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) Rabah Yousif Delanno Williams Jarryd Dunn Martyn Rooney	2:58.51
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season) * Runners who participated in the heats only and received medals

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump details[28]	Derek Drouin  Canada (CAN)	2.34 m	Bohdan Bondarenko  Ukraine (UKR) Zhang Guowei  China (CHN)	2.33 m	Not awarded
Pole vault details[29]	Shawnacy Barber  Canada (CAN)	5.90 m	Raphael Holzdeppe  Germany (GER)	5.90 m	Renaud Lavillenie  France (FRA) Piotr Lisek  Poland (POL) Paweł Wojciechowski  Poland (POL)	5.80 m
Long jump details[30]	Greg Rutherford  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	8.41 m	Fabrice Lapierre  Australia (AUS)	8.24 m	Wang Jianan  China (CHN)	8.18 m
Triple jump details[31]	Christian Taylor  United States (USA)	18.21 m WL AR	Pedro Pablo Pichardo  Cuba (CUB)	17.73 m	Nelson Évora  Portugal (POR)	17.52 m
Shot put details[32]	Joe Kovacs  United States (USA)	21.93 m	David Storl  Germany (GER)	21.74 m	O'Dayne Richards  Jamaica (JAM)	21.69 m NR
Discus throw details[33]	Piotr Małachowski  Poland (POL)	67.40 m	Philip Milanov  Belgium (BEL)	66.90 m NR	Robert Urbanek  Poland (POL)	65.18 m
Hammer throw details[34]	Paweł Fajdek  Poland (POL)	80.88 m	Dilshod Nazarov  Tajikistan (TJK)	78.55 m	Wojciech Nowicki  Poland (POL)	78.55 m
Javelin throw details[35]	Julius Yego  Kenya (KEN)	92.72 m WL AR	Ihab El-Sayed  Egypt (EGY)	88.99 m	Tero Pitkämäki  Finland (FIN)	87.64 m
Decathlon details[36]	Ashton Eaton  United States (USA)	9045 pts WR	Damian Warner  Canada (CAN)	8695 pts NR	Rico Freimuth  Germany (GER)	8561 pts PB
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details[37]	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce  Jamaica (JAM)	10.76	Dafne Schippers  Netherlands (NED)	10.81 NR	Tori Bowie  United States (USA)	10.86
200 metres details[38]	Dafne Schippers  Netherlands (NED)	21.63 CR AR WL	Elaine Thompson  Jamaica (JAM)	21.66 PB	Veronica Campbell-Brown  Jamaica (JAM)	21.97
400 metres details[39]	Allyson Felix  United States (USA)	49.26 WL PB	Shaunae Miller  Bahamas (BAH)	49.67 PB	Shericka Jackson  Jamaica (JAM)	49.99 PB
800 metres details[40]	Maryna Arzamasava  Belarus (BLR)	1:58.03	Melissa Bishop  Canada (CAN)	1:58.12	Eunice Jepkoech Sum  Kenya (KEN)	1:58.18
1500 metres details[41]	Genzebe Dibaba  Ethiopia (ETH)	4:08.09	Faith Kipyegon  Kenya (KEN)	4:08.96	Sifan Hassan  Netherlands (NED)	4:09.34
5000 metres details[42]	Almaz Ayana  Ethiopia (ETH)	14:26.83 CR	Senbere Teferi  Ethiopia (ETH)	14:44.07	Genzebe Dibaba  Ethiopia (ETH)	14:44.14
10,000 metres details[43]	Vivian Cheruiyot  Kenya (KEN)	31:41.31	Gelete Burka  Ethiopia (ETH)	31:41.77	Emily Infeld  United States (USA)	31:43.49
Marathon details[44]	Mare Dibaba  Ethiopia (ETH)	2:27:35	Helah Kiprop  Kenya (KEN)	2:27:36	Eunice Kirwa  Bahrain (BHR)	2:27:39
100 metres hurdles details[45]	Danielle Williams  Jamaica (JAM)	12.57 PB	Cindy Roleder  Germany (GER)	12.59 PB	Alina Talay  Belarus (BLR)	12.66 NR
400 metres hurdles details[46]	Zuzana Hejnová  Czech Republic (CZE)	53.50 WL	Shamier Little  United States (USA)	53.94	Cassandra Tate  United States (USA)	54.02
3000 metres steeplechase details[47]	Hyvin Jepkemoi  Kenya (KEN)	9:19.11	Habiba Ghribi  Tunisia (TUN)	9:19.24	Gesa Felicitas Krause  Germany (GER)	9:19.25 PB
20 kilometres walk details[48]	Liu Hong  China (CHN)	1:27:45	Lü Xiuzhi  China (CHN)	1:27:45	Lyudmyla Olyanovska  Ukraine (UKR)	1:28:13
4 × 100 metres relay details[49]	Jamaica (JAM) Veronica Campbell-Brown Natasha Morrison Elaine Thompson Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Sherone Simpson* Kerron Stewart*	41.07 CR WL	United States (USA) English Gardner Allyson Felix Jenna Prandini Jasmine Todd	41.68	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) Kelly-Ann Baptiste Michelle-Lee Ahye Reyare Thomas Semoy Hackett Khalifa St. Fort*	42.03 NR
4 × 400 metres relay details[50]	Jamaica (JAM) Christine Day Shericka Jackson Stephenie Ann McPherson Novlene Williams-Mills Anastasia Le-Roy* Chrisann Gordon*	3:19.13 WL	United States (USA) Sanya Richards-Ross Natasha Hastings Allyson Felix Francena McCorory Phyllis Francis* Jessica Beard*	3:19.44	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) Christine Ohuruogu Anyika Onuora Eilidh Child Seren Bundy-Davies Kirsten McAslan*	3:23.62
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season) * Runners who participated in the heats only and received medals

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump details[51]	Maria Kuchina  Russia (RUS)	2.01 m PB	Blanka Vlašić  Croatia (CRO)	2.01 m	Anna Chicherova  Russia (RUS)	2.01 m
Pole vault details[52]	Yarisley Silva  Cuba (CUB)	4.90 m	Fabiana Murer  Brazil (BRA)	4.85 m =AR	Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou  Greece (GRE)	4.80 m
Long jump details[53]	Tianna Bartoletta  United States (USA)	7.14 m WL PB	Shara Proctor  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	7.07 m NR	Ivana Španović  Serbia (SRB)	7.01 m NR
Triple jump details[54]	Caterine Ibargüen  Colombia (COL)	14.90 m	Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko  Israel (ISR)	14.78 m NR	Olga Rypakova  Kazakhstan (KAZ)	14.77 m
Shot put details[55]	Christina Schwanitz  Germany (GER)	20.37 m	Gong Lijiao  China (CHN)	20.30 m	Michelle Carter  United States (USA)	19.76 m
Discus throw details[56]	Denia Caballero  Cuba (CUB)	69.28 m	Sandra Perković  Croatia (CRO)	67.39 m	Nadine Müller  Germany (GER)	65.53 m
Hammer throw details[57]	Anita Włodarczyk  Poland (POL)	80.85 m CR	Zhang Wenxiu  China (CHN)	76.33 m	Alexandra Tavernier  France (FRA)	74.02 m
Javelin throw details[58]	Katharina Molitor  Germany (GER)	67.69 m WL PB	Lü Huihui  China (CHN)	66.13 m AR	Sunette Viljoen  South Africa (RSA)	65.79 m
Heptathlon details[59]	Jessica Ennis-Hill  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	6669 pts	Brianne Theisen-Eaton  Canada (CAN)	6554 pts	Laura Ikauniece-Admidiņa  Latvia (LAT)	6516 pts NR
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Masters 800 metres details	David Heath  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	2:00.92	Gunnar Rune Durén  Sweden (SWE)	2:03.41	Michael Sherar  Canada (CAN)	2:03.61
Masters 400 metres details	Sarah Louise Read Cayton  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	1:00.05	Virginia Corinne Mitchell  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	1:00.81	Elizabeth Gail Wilson  New Zealand (NZL)	1:02.54

  *   Host nation (China)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Kenya (KEN)	7	6	3	16
2	Jamaica (JAM)	7	2	3	12
3	United States (USA)	6	6	6	18
4	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	4	1	2	7
5	Ethiopia (ETH)	3	3	2	8
6	Poland (POL)	3	1	4	8
7	Canada (CAN)	2	3	3	8
	Germany (GER)	2	3	3	8
9	Russia (RUS)	2	1	1	4
10	Cuba (CUB)	2	1	0	3
11	China (CHN)*	1	7	1	9
12	Netherlands (NED)	1	1	1	3
13	South Africa (RSA)	1	0	2	3
14	Belarus (BLR)	1	0	1	2
15	Colombia (COL)	1	0	0	1
	Czech Republic (CZE)	1	0	0	1
	Eritrea (ERI)	1	0	0	1
	Slovakia (SVK)	1	0	0	1
	Spain (ESP)	1	0	0	1
20	Australia (AUS)	0	2	0	2
	Croatia (CRO)	0	2	0	2
22	Bahamas (BAH)	0	1	1	2
	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	0	1	1	2
	Ukraine (UKR)	0	1	1	2
25	Belgium (BEL)	0	1	0	1
	Brazil (BRA)	0	1	0	1
	Egypt (EGY)	0	1	0	1
	Israel (ISR)	0	1	0	1
	Tajikistan (TJK)	0	1	0	1
	Tunisia (TUN)	0	1	0	1
31	France (FRA)	0	0	2	2
32	Bahrain (BHR)	0	0	1	1
	Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)	0	0	1	1
	Finland (FIN)	0	0	1	1
	Greece (GRE)	0	0	1	1
	Grenada (GRN)	0	0	1	1
	Japan (JPN)	0	0	1	1
	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	0	0	1	1
	Latvia (LAT)	0	0	1	1
	Morocco (MAR)	0	0	1	1
	Portugal (POR)	0	0	1	1
	Serbia (SRB)	0	0	1	1
	Uganda (UGA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (43 entries)		47	48	49	144

Two hundred and seven countries (or, more accurately, IAAF members) with a total of 1,933 athletes were entered.^[60] Of those 1,771 athletes from 205 countries actually competed (thus excluding reserve athletes and non-starters). The biggest delegation was the one from the US with 130 athletes. Two countries, Ghana and South Sudan, were set to participate, but none of their athletes showed up. The number of athletes per nation is shown in parentheses.

As part of the event, the IAAF conducted a wide-reaching anti-doping programme. This included information-led targeted tests in the months previous to the championships and testing of athletes in and outside of competition during the championships. In total, the IAAF undertook 1,405 instances of athlete doping controls in Beijing. This included 662 blood tests to inform the longitudinal athlete biological passport programme, 161 blood tests specifically directed at identifying usage of either human growth hormone and/or erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (EPO), 54 out-of-competition urine tests and 528 urine tests conducted on-site (which also incorporates 239 for EPO analysis).^[61]

As was the case since the 2005 World Championships, athletes' doping samples were stored for future analysis, which could allow retrospective disqualifications via subsequent improvements to testing technology and methods. The number of tests was a new high for the event and the largest ever conducted by a sport-specific governing body at an event. The testing was undertaken in partnership with the Chinese National Anti-Doping Agency (CHINADA). An anti-doping education programme was also conducted, which included presentations on the risks of doping and a questionnaire designed by the World Anti-Doping Agency.^[61]

Initial analysis identified two failed tests, both Kenyan women: hurdler Koki Manunga and sprinter Joy Nakhumicha Sakari. Both were disqualified immediately from the competition.^[61]

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