World Athletics Championships 2023 Budapest

World Athletics Championships 2023 are held in Budapest, Hungary. Read all the information you need about the competitions: schedule, timetable, results, and historical facts.

World Athletics Championships have been organised since 1983, when Helsinki had the honour of hosting the games for the first time. Titled World Athletics Championships, the games of 2023 will be held in August in Budapest, Hungary.

The 19th World Athletics Championships will be launched in Budapest on August 19th, 2023 and end on August 27th, 2023.

World Athletics Championships 2023 Budapest - Schedule

Below you will find the schedule & timetable for the games.

NOTE! CET Time

Saturday 19.8.

Time	M/W	Event	Stage
9:50	Men	20 km Race Walk	Final
11:30	Men	Shot Put	Qualification
11:35	Seka	4x400 m	Round 1
12:05	Women	100 m Hurdles	Heptathlon
12:35	Men	3000 m steeple.	Round 1
13:00	Men	Hammer Throw	Qualification (A)
13:20	Women	High Jump	Heptathlon
13:25	Women	Long Jump	Qualification
13:35	Men	100 m	Round 1
14:15	Women	1500 m	Round 1
14:40	Men	Hammer Throw	Qualification (B)
20:05	Women	Shot Put	Heptathlon
20:05	Men	1500 m	Round 1
20:10	Men	Discus Throw	Qualification (A)
20:35	Women	Triple Jump	Qualification
20:40	Men	100 m	Round 1
21:30	Women	200 m	Heptathlon
21:35	Men	Shot Put	Final
21:40	Men	Discus Throw	Qualification (B)
21:55	Women	10000 m	Final
22:47	Seka	4x400 m	Final

Sunday 20.8.

Time	M/W	Event	Stage
8:15	Women	20 km Race Walk	Final
10:00	Women	Discus Throw	Qualification (A)
10:35	Women	400 m	Round 1
10:50	Women	Pituushyppy	Heptathlon
11:25	Men	400 m	Round 1
11:30	Women	Discus Throw	Qualification (B)
11:35	Men	High Jump	Qualification
12:25	Men	400 m Hurdles	Round 1
13:00	Women	Javelin Throw	Heptathlon (A)
13:15	Women	100 m	Round 1
14:05	Men	110 m Hurdles	Round 1
14:05	Women	Javelin Throw	Heptathlon (B)
17:35	Men	100 m	Semi-final
17:55	Women	Long Jump	Final
18:05	Women	1500 m	Semi-final
18:35	Men	1500 m	Semi-final
18:50	Men	Hammer Throw	Final
19:00	Women	800 m	Heptathlon
19:35	Men	10 000 m	Final
20:10	Men	100 m	Final

Monday 21.8.

Time	M/W	Event	Stage
19:40	Women	Pole Vault	Qualification (A+B)
19:50	Women	400 m Hurdles	Round 1
20:35	Men	400 m Hurdles	Semi-final
20:40	Men	Triple Jump	Final
21:05	Men	110 m Hurdles	Semi-final
21:30	Men	Discus Throw	Final
21:35	Women	100 m	Semi-final
22:10	Women	400 m	Semi-final
22:40	Men	110 m Hurdles	Final
22:50	Women	110 m	Final

Tiistai 22.8.

Time	M/W	Event	Stage
19:40	Women	100 m Hurdles	Qualification
20:20	Men	800 m	Round 1
20:55	Men	High Jump	Final
21:20	Women	Discus Throw	Final
21:25	Women	400 m Hurdles	Semi-final
22:00	Men	400 m	Semi-final
22:30	Women	1500 m	Final
22:42	Men	3000 m steeple.	Final

Wednesday 23.8.

Time	M/W	Event	Stage
11:05	Women	800 m	Round 1
11:15	Men	Pole Vault	Qualification
11:20	Women	Javelin Throw	Qualification
12:10	Women	5000 m	Women
12:15	Men	Long Jump	Qualification
12:55	Women	Javelin Throw	Qualification
13:05	Women	200 m	Round 1
13:50	Men	200 m	Round 1
20:00	Women	Hammer Throw	Qualification
2010	Women	Triple Jump	Qualification
20:30	Women	Pole Vault	Final
20:45	Women	3000 m steeple.	Round 1
21:35	Women	Hammer Throw	Qualification
21:40	Women	100 m Hurdles	Semi-final
22:15	Men	1500 m	Final
22:35	Women	400 m	Final
22:50	Men	400 m Hurdles	Final

Thursday 24.8.

Time	M/W	Event	Stage
8:00	Men /Women	35 km Race Walk	Final
20:00	Men	5000 m	Round 1
20:30	Men	Pituushyppy	Final
20:45	Women	200 m	Semi-final
21:15	Women	Hammer Throw	Final
21:20	Men	200 m	Semi-final
21:50	Men	800 m	Semi-final
22:25	Women	100 m Hurdles	Final
22:35	Men	400 m	Final
22:50	Women	400 m Hurdles	Final

Friday 25.8.

Time	M/W	Event	Stage
11:05	Men	100 m	Decathlon
11:10	Men	Javelin Throw	Qualification
11:20	Women	High Jump	Qualification
11:55	Men	Pituushyppy	Decathlon
12:45	Men	Javelin Throw	Qualification
13:20	Men	Shot Put	Decathlon
19:30	Men	High Jump	Ottelu
20:30	Men	4 x 100 m	Round 1
20:35	Women	Triple Jump	Final
21:00	Women	4 x x100 m	Round 1
21:20	Women	Javelin Throw	Final
21:25	Women	800 m	Semi-final
22:05	Men	400 m Decathlon
22:40	Women	200 m	Final
22:50	Men	200 m	Final

Saturday 26.8.

Time	M/W	Event	Stage
8:00	Women	Maraton	Final
11:05	Men	110 m Hurdles	Decathlon
11:25	Women	Shot Put	Qualification
12:00	Men	Discus Throw	Ottelu (A)
13:05	Men	Discus Throw	Ottelu (B)
15:00	Men	Pole Vault	Qualification
20:05	Men	Javelin Throw	Decathlon (A)
20:25	Men	Pole Vault	Final
20:30	Men	4 x 400 m	Round 1
20:55	Women	4 x 400 m	Round 1
21:10	Men	Javelin Throw	Ottelu (B)
21:15	Women	Shot Put	Final
21:30	Men	800 m	Final
21:50	Women	5000 m	Final
22:25	Men	1 500m	Decathlon
22:40	Men	4 x 100 m	Final
22:50	Women	4 x 100 m	Final

Sunday 27.8.

Time	M/W	Event	Stage
8:00	Men	Marathon	Final
21:05	Women	High Jump	Final
21:10	Men	5000 m	Final
21:20	Men	Javelin Throw	Final
21:45	Women	800 m	Final
22:10	Women	3000 m steeple.	Final
22:37	Men	4 x 400 m	Final
22:47	Women	4 x 400 m	Final

Budapest 2023 Entry Standards

Entry Standards

Event	Men	Women
100m	10.00	11.08
200m	20.16	22.60
400m	45.00	51.00
800m	1:44.70	1:59.80
1500m/mile	3:34.20 (3:51.00)	4:03.50 (4:22.00)
5000m/5km	13:07.00	14:57.00
10 000m/10km	27:10.00	30:40.00
Marathon	2:09:40	2:28:00
3000m steeple.	8:15.00	9:23.00
110m H	13.28	-
100m H	-	12.78
400m H	48.70	54.90
High Jump	2.32	1.97
Pole Vault	5.81	4.71
Long Jump	8.25	6.85
Triple Jump	17.20	14.52
Shot Put	21.40	18.80
Discus Throw	67.00	64.20
Hammer Throw	78.00	73.60
Javelin	85.20	63.80
Heptathlon	-	6480
Decathlon	8460	-
20 km Race Walk	1:20:10	1:29:20
35 km Race Walk	2:29:40	2:51:30

Read also: Ranking System and current situation

World Athletics Championships 2022 - Results & live results

Results

Liveresults

Most successful athletes in World Athletics Championships history

Allyson Felix is the leader of gold medals of World Championships. American has won 13 gold medals (including a medal in the relay event in which she participated in the heats only) and 18 medals total.

Without a doubt, the most successful men athlete in the history of track & field World Championships is Usain Bolt. The Jamaican runner won an impressive total of 14 World Championships medals, 11 of which were gold. In addition, he set world records at the World Championships arenas. Bolt retired from competing in 2017.

Traditionally, the U.S. have dominated the medal count in the World Championships. They have been number one for seven times in the 2000s, with Russia and Kenya taking first place once each. The U.S. have also gained the most medals (30 in London, 2017) and gold medals (14 in Osaka, 2007, and Helsinki, 2005) in a single Championships in the 2000s.

The Most Medals

Athlete	Country	Disciplines	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Tot.
Allyson Felix	USA	4	13	3	2	18
Usain Bolt	Jamaica	3	11	2	1	14
Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	3	3	4	7	14
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	Jamaica	3	9	2	0	11
LaShawn Merritt	USA	2	8	3	0	11
Veronica Campbell-Brown	Jamaica	2	3	7	1	11
Carl Lewis	USA	4	8	1	1	10
Justin Gatlin	USA	3	4	6	0	10
Jearl Miles Clark	USA	2	4	3	2	9
Michael Johnson	USA	3	8	0	0	8
Mo Farah	Great Britain	2	6	2	0	8
Gail Devers	USA	3	5	3	0	8
Gwen Torrence	USA	3	3	4	1	8
Christine Ohuruogu	Great Britain	2	2	1	5	8

World Athletics Championships – Hosting Cities & Countries

Year	City	Country
1983	Helsinki	Finland
1987	Rome	Italy
1991	Tokyo	Japan
1993	Stuttgart	Germany
1995	Gothenburg	Sweden
1997	Athens	Greece
1999	Seville	Spain
2001	Edmonton	Canada
2003	Paris	France
2005	Helsinki	Finland
2007	Osaka	Japan
2009	Berlin	Germany
2011	Daegu	South Korea
2013	Moscow	Russia
2015	Beijing	China
2017	London	Great Britain
2019	Doha	Qatar
2022	Eugene	United States
2023	Budapest	Hungary