The 2023 World Athletics Championships (Hungarian: 2023-as atlétikai világbajnokság), the nineteenth edition of the World Athletics Championships, were held from 19 to 27 August 2023 at the National Athletics Centre, in Budapest, Hungary.[2] The tournament returned to its usual two-year cycle after the previous event in Eugene, Oregon, United States was postponed to 2022, held a little 13 months earlier due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

World Athletics Championships
Budapest 2023
Host cityBudapest
Country Hungary
MottoWitness The Wonder (Hungarian: Láss csodát!)
OrganisersWorld Athletics, Hungarian Athletics Association
Edition19th
Events49
Dates19–27 August 2023[1]
Opened byPresident Katalin Novák
Closed byWorld Athletics President Sebastian Coe
Main venueNational Athletics Centre
WebsiteBudapest23

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.[3] The official mascot of the event is a Racka, called Youhuu.[4][5]

Schedule

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Venue

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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.[8]

Entry standards

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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.[9]

To qualify as a Wild Card required fulfilling one of the following conditions:[10]

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.[11]

Target numbers

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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

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  *   Host nation (Hungary)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States128929
2  Canada4206
3  Spain4105
4  Jamaica35412
5  Kenya33410
6  Ethiopia2439
7  Great Britain and Northern Ireland23510
8  Netherlands2125
9  Norway2114
10  Sweden2103
11  Uganda2002
12  Australia1236
13  Italy1214
14  Ukraine1102
15  Greece1012
  Japan1012
  Morocco1012
18  Bahrain1001
  Burkina Faso1001
  Dominican Republic1001
  India1001
  Serbia1001
  Venezuela1001
24  Poland0202
25  Cuba0123
26  Botswana0112
27  British Virgin Islands0101
  Colombia0101
  Ecuador0101
  France0101
  Israel0101
  Pakistan0101
  Peru0101
  Philippines0101
  Puerto Rico0101
  Slovenia0101
37  China0022
  Czech Republic0022
39  Barbados0011
  Brazil0011
  Finland0011
  Grenada0011
  Hungary*0011
  Lithuania0011
  Qatar0011
  Romania0011
Totals (46 entries)504850148

Results

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Track

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Chronology: 2019 | 2021 | 2023 | 2025 | 2027
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
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Noah Lyles
  United States
9.83 =WL Letsile Tebogo
  Botswana
9.88NR Zharnel Hughes
  Great Britain and Northern Ireland
9.88
200 metres
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Noah Lyles
  United States
19.52 Erriyon Knighton
  United States
19.75 Letsile Tebogo
  Botswana
19.81
400 metres
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Antonio Watson
  Jamaica
44.22 Matthew Hudson-Smith
  Great Britain and Northern Ireland
44.31 Quincy Hall
  United States
44.37 PB
800 metres
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Marco Arop
  Canada
1:44.24 Emmanuel Wanyonyi
  Kenya
1:44.53 Ben Pattison
  Great Britain and Northern Ireland
1:44.83
1500 metres
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Josh Kerr
  Great Britain and Northern Ireland
3:29.38 SB Jakob Ingebrigtsen
  Norway
3:29.65 Narve Gilje Nordås
  Norway
3:29.68
5000 metres
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Jakob Ingebrigtsen
  Norway
13:11.30 SB Mohamed Katir
  Spain
13:11.44 Jacob Krop
  Kenya
13:12.28
10,000 metres
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Joshua Cheptegei
  Uganda
27:51.42 SB Daniel Ebenyo
  Kenya
27:52.60 Selemon Barega
  Ethiopia
27:52.72
Marathon
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Victor Kiplangat
  Uganda
2:08.53 Maru Teferi
  Israel
2:09.12 SB Leul Gebresilase
  Ethiopia
2:09.19
110 metres hurdles
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Grant Holloway
  United States
12.96 SB Hansle Parchment
  Jamaica
13.07 SB Daniel Roberts
  United States
13.09
400 metres hurdles
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Karsten Warholm
  Norway
46.89 Kyron McMaster
  British Virgin Islands
47.34 Rai Benjamin
  United States
47.56
3000 metres steeplechase
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Soufiane El Bakkali
  Morocco
8:03.53 Lamecha Girma
  Ethiopia
8:05.44 Abraham Kibiwot
  Kenya
8:11.98
20 kilometres walk
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Álvaro Martín
  Spain
1:17:32 WL Perseus Karlström
  Sweden
1:17:39 NR Caio Bonfim
  Brazil
1:17:47 NR
35 kilometres walk
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Álvaro Martín
  Spain
2:24:30 NR Brian Pintado
  Ecuador
2:24:34 AR Masatora Kawano
  Japan
2:25:12 SB
4 × 100 metres relay
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  United States (USA)
Christian Coleman
Fred Kerley
Brandon Carnes
Noah Lyles
J.T. Smith*
37.38 WL   Italy (ITA)
Roberto Rigali
Marcell Jacobs
Lorenzo Patta
Filippo Tortu
37.62 SB   Jamaica (JAM)
Ackeem Blake
Oblique Seville
Ryiem Forde
Rohan Watson
37.76
4 × 400 metres relay
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  United States (USA)
Quincy Hall
Vernon Norwood
Justin Robinson
Rai Benjamin
Trevor Bassitt*
Matthew Boling*
Christopher Bailey*
2:57.31 WL   France (FRA)
Ludvy Vaillant
Gilles Biron
David Sombé
Téo Andant
Loïc Prévot*
2:58.45 NR   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)
Alex Haydock-Wilson
Charlie Dobson
Lewis Davey
Rio Mitcham
2:58.71 SB
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)

* Indicates the athletes only competed in the preliminary heats and received medals.

Field

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Chronology: 2019 | 2021 | 2023 | 2025 | 2027
Event Gold Silver Bronze
High jump
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Gianmarco Tamberi
  Italy
2.36 m =WL JuVaughn Harrison
  United States
2.36 m =WL Mutaz Essa Barshim
  Qatar
2.33 m
Pole vault
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Armand Duplantis
  Sweden
6.10 m EJ Obiena
  Philippines
6.00 m =AR Kurtis Marschall
  Australia
Chris Nilsen
  United States
5.95 m =PB
5.95 m SB
Long jump
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Miltiadis Tentoglou
  Greece
8.52 m SB Wayne Pinnock
  Jamaica
8.50 m Tajay Gayle
  Jamaica
8.27 m =SB
Triple jump
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Hugues Fabrice Zango
  Burkina Faso
17.64 m Lázaro Martínez
  Cuba
17.41 m Cristian Nápoles
  Cuba
17.40 m PB
Shot put
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Ryan Crouser
  United States
23.51 m CR Leonardo Fabbri
  Italy
22.34 m PB Joe Kovacs
  United States
22.12 m
Discus throw
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Daniel Ståhl
  Sweden
71.46 m CR Kristjan Čeh
  Slovenia
70.02 m Mykolas Alekna
  Lithuania
68.85 m
Javelin throw
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Neeraj Chopra
  India
88.17 m Arshad Nadeem
  Pakistan
87.82 m SB Jakub Vadlejch
  Czech Republic
86.67 m
Hammer throw
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Ethan Katzberg
  Canada
81.25 NR Wojciech Nowicki
  Poland
81.02 Bence Halász
  Hungary
80.82 SB
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)

Combined

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Chronology: 2019 | 2021 | 2023 | 2025 | 2027
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Decathlon
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Pierce LePage
  Canada
8909 WL Damian Warner
  Canada
8804 SB Lindon Victor
  Grenada
8756 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)

Women

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Track

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
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Sha'Carri Richardson
  United States
10.65 CR Shericka Jackson
  Jamaica
10.72 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
  Jamaica
10.77 SB
200 metres
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Shericka Jackson
  Jamaica
21.41 CR Gabrielle Thomas
  United States
21.81 Sha'Carri Richardson
  United States
21.92 PB
400 metres
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Marileidy Paulino
  Dominican Republic
48.76 NR Natalia Kaczmarek
  Poland
49.57 Sada Williams
  Barbados
49.60
800 metres
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Mary Moraa
  Kenya
1:56.03 PB Keely Hodgkinson
  Great Britain and Northern Ireland
1:56.34 Athing Mu
  United States
1:56.61 SB
1500 metres
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Faith Kipyegon
  Kenya
3:54.87 Diribe Welteji
  Ethiopia
3:55.69 Sifan Hassan
  Netherlands
3:56.00
5000 metres
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Faith Kipyegon
  Kenya
14:53.88 Sifan Hassan
  Netherlands
14:54.11 Beatrice Chebet
  Kenya
14:54.33
10,000 metres
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Gudaf Tsegay
  Ethiopia
31:27.18 Letesenbet Gidey
  Ethiopia
31:28.16 SB Ejgayehu Taye
  Ethiopia
31:28.31
Marathon
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Amane Beriso
  Ethiopia
2:24:23 SB Gotytom Gebreslase
  Ethiopia
2:24:34 SB Fatima Ezzahra Gardadi
  Morocco
2:25:17
100 metres hurdles
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Danielle Williams
  Jamaica
12.43 SB Jasmine Camacho-Quinn
  Puerto Rico
12.44 Kendra Harrison
  United States
12.46
400 metres hurdles
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Femke Bol
  Netherlands
51.70 Shamier Little
  United States
52.80 SB Rushell Clayton
  Jamaica
52.81 PB
3000 metres steeplechase
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Winfred Yavi
  Bahrain
8:54.29 WL Beatrice Chepkoech
  Kenya
8:58.98 SB Faith Cherotich
  Kenya
9:00.69 PB
20 kilometres walk
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María Pérez
  Spain
1:26:51 Jemima Montag
  Australia
1:27:16 AR Antonella Palmisano
  Italy
1:27:26 SB
35 kilometres walk
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María Pérez
  Spain
2:38:40 CR Kimberly García
  Peru
2:40:52 Antigoni Drisbioti
  Greece
2:43:22 SB
4 × 100 metres relay
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  United States (USA)
Tamari Davis
Twanisha Terry
Gabrielle Thomas
Sha'Carri Richardson
Tamara Clark*
Melissa Jefferson*
41.03 CR   Jamaica (JAM)
Natasha Morrison
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Shashalee Forbes
Shericka Jackson
Briana Williams*
Elaine Thompson-Herah*
41.21 SB   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)
Asha Philip
Imani Lansiquot
Bianca Williams
Daryll Neita
Annie Tagoe*
41.98 SB
4 × 400 metres relay
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  Netherlands (NED)
Eveline Saalberg
Lieke Klaver
Cathelijn Peeters
Femke Bol
Lisanne de Witte*
3:20.72 WL NR   Jamaica (JAM)
Candice McLeod
Janieve Russell
Nickisha Pryce
Stacey-Ann Williams
Charokee Young*
Shiann Salmon*
3:20.88 SB   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)
Laviai Nielsen
Amber Anning
Ama Pipi
Nicole Yeargin
Yemi Mary John*
3:21.04 SB
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)

* Indicates the athletes only competed in the preliminary heats and received medals.

Field

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Chronology: 2019 | 2021 | 2023 | 2025 | 2027
Event Gold Silver Bronze
High jump
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Yaroslava Mahuchikh
  Ukraine
2.01 Eleanor Patterson
  Australia
1.99 Nicola Olyslagers
  Australia
1.99
Pole vault
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Nina Kennedy
  Australia
Katie Moon
  United States
4.90 =WL Not awarded Wilma Murto
  Finland
4.80 =SB
Long jump
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Ivana Vuleta
  Serbia
7.14 WL Tara Davis-Woodhall
  United States
6.91 Alina Rotaru-Kottmann
  Romania
6.88
Triple jump
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Yulimar Rojas
  Venezuela
15.08 Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk
  Ukraine
15.00 SB Leyanis Pérez
  Cuba
14.96
Shot put
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Chase Ealey
  United States
20.43 SB Sarah Mitton
  Canada
20.08 SB Gong Lijiao
  China
19.69
Discus throw
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Laulauga Tausaga
  United States
69.49 PB Valarie Allman
  United States
69.23 Feng Bin
  China
68.20 SB
Hammer throw
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Camryn Rogers
  Canada
77.22 Janee' Kassanavoid
  United States
76.36 DeAnna Price
  United States
75.41
Javelin throw
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Haruka Kitaguchi
  Japan
66.73 Flor Ruiz
  Colombia
65.47 AR Mackenzie Little
  Australia
63.38
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)

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Heptathlon
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Katarina Johnson-Thompson
  Great Britain and Northern Ireland
6740 Anna Hall
  United States
6720 Anouk Vetter
  Netherlands
6501
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)

Mixed

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
4 × 400 metres relay
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  United States (USA)
Justin Robinson
Rosey Effiong
Matthew Boling
Alexis Holmes
Ryan Willie*
3:08.80 WR   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)
Lewis Davey
Laviai Nielsen
Rio Mitcham
Yemi Mary John
Joseph Brier*
3:11.06 NR   Czech Republic (CZE)
Matěj Krsek
Tereza Petržilková
Patrik Šorm
Lada Vondrová
3:11.98 NR

* Indicates the athletes only competed in the preliminary heats and received medals.

Participating nations

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Media coverage

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In the United States, television rights to the championships belong to NBC Sports.[13]

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.[14]

In India, live streaming is available on JioCinema.[15]

References

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