World Athletics Championships 2025 Tokyo


World Athletics Championships 2025 are held in Tokyo, Japan in mid September. 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 2025 will be held between September 13th and 21st in Tokyo, Japan. It's the 20th edition of the games.



World Athletics Championships 2025 Tokyo - Schedule


Below you will find the schedule & timetable for the games. The times are CET (UTC+2).

Saturday 13.9.

TimeDisciplineM/WInfo
01:0035 km Race walkMenFinal
01:0035 km Race walkWomenFinal
02:00Discus throwWomenQualification – Group A
03:55Shot putMenQualification
03:55Discus throwWomenQualification – Group B
04:08100 mMenPrelimiary round
04:404x400 m relayMixedHeats
11:053000 m steeplechaseMenHeats
11:15Long jumpWomenQualification
11:50Pole vaultMenQualification
11:55100 mWomenHeats
12:501500 mWomenHeats
13:35100 mMenHeats
14:10Shot putMenFinal
14:3010000 mWomenFinal
15:204x400 m relayMixedFinal


Sunday 14.9.

TimeDisciplineM/WInfo
01:00MarathonWomenFinal
02:00Hammer throwWomenQualification – Group A
02:351500 mMenHeats
03:45Hammer throwWomenQualification – Group B
04:20100 m hurdlesWomenHeats
11:35400 mMenHeats
11:40High jumpMenQualification
12:10Discus throwWomenFinal
12:25400 mWomenHeats
13:20100 mWomenSemi-finals
13:40Long jumpWomenFinal
13:43100 mMenSemi-finals
14:051500 mWomenSemi-finals
14:3010000 mMenFinal
15:13100 mWomenFinal
15:20100 mMenFinal


Monday 15.9.

TimeDisciplineM/WInfo
01:00MarathonMenFinal
02:00Hammer throwMenQualification – Group A
02:05Pole vaultWomenQualification
02:153000 m steeplechaseWomenHeats
03:45Hammer throwMenQualification – Group B
04:20400 m hurdlesWomenHeats
12:35400 m hurdlesMenHeats
12:40Long jumpMenQualification
13:10Pole vaultMenFinal
13:20110 m hurdlesMenHeats
14:00Hammer throwWomenFinal
14:05100 m hurdlesWomenSemi-finals
14:301500 mMenSemi-finals
14:553000 m steeplechaseMenFinal
15:20100 m hurdlesWomenFinal


Tuesday 16.9.

TimeDisciplineM/WInfo
12:35800 mMenHeats
12:40Triple jumpWomenQualification
13:35High jumpMenFinal
13:40110 m hurdlesMenSemi-finals
14:00Hammer throwMenFinal
14:05400 mWomenSemi-finals
14:35400 mMenSemi-finals
15:051500 mWomenFinal
15:20110 m hurdlesMenFinal


Wednesday 17.9.

TimeDisciplineM/WInfo
12:05Triple jumpMenQualification
12:10Javelin throwMenQualification – Group A
12:30200 mWomenHeats
13:10Pole vaultWomenFinal
13:15200 mMenHeats
13:45Javelin throwMenQualification – Group B
13:50Long jumpMenFinal
14:00400 m hurdlesWomenSemi-finals
14:30400 m hurdlesMenSemi-finals
14:573000 m steeplechaseWomenFinal
15:201500 mMenFinal


Thursday 18.9.

TimeDisciplineM/WInfo
12:055000 mWomenHeats
12:15High jumpWomenQualification
12:23Javelin throwMenFinal
12:55800 mWomenHeats
13:55Triple jumpWomenFinal
14:02200 mMenSemi-finals
14:24200 mWomenSemi-finals
14:45800 mMenSemi-finals
15:10400 mMenFinal
15:24400 mWomenFinal


Friday 19.9.

TimeDisciplineM/WInfo
10:33100 m hurdlesWomenHeptathlon
11:20High jumpWomenHeptathlon
12:30Javelin throwWomenQualification – Group A
13:055000 mMenHeats
13:30Shot putWomenHeptathlon
13:45800 mWomenSemi-finals
13:50Triple jumpMenFinal
14:00Javelin throwWomenQualification – Group B
14:15400 m hurdlesMenFinal
14:27400 m hurdlesWomenFinal
14:38200 mWomenHeptathlon
15:06200 mMenFinal
15:22200 mWomenFinal


Saturday 20.9.

TimeDisciplineM/WInfo
01:3020 km Race walkWomenFinal
02:20100 mMenDecathlon
02:25Discus throwMenQualification – Group A
02:4520 km Race walkMenFinal
03:05Long jumpMenDecathlon
03:10Shot putWomenQualification
03:55Discus throwMenQualification – Group B
04:30Long jumpWomenHeptathlon
04:45Shot putMenDecathlon
12:00Javelin throwWomenHeptathlon
12:05High jumpMenDecathlon
12:354x400 m relayMenHeats
12:56Shot putWomenFinal
13:004x400 m relayWomenHeats
13:254x100 m relayMenHeats
13:454x100 m relayWomenHeats
14:06800 mWomenHeptathlon
14:10Javelin throwWomenFinal
14:26400 mMenDecathlon
14:50800 mMenFinal
15:055000 mWomenFinal


Sunday 21.9.

TimeDisciplineM/WInfo
02:05110 m hurdlesMenDecathlon
02:55Discus throwMenDecathlon – Group A
04:05Discus throwMenDecathlon – Group B
04:35Pole vaultMenDecathlon – Group A
05:20Pole vaultMenDecathlon – Group B
10:40Javelin throwMenDecathlon – Group A
11:45Javelin throwMenDecathlon – Group B
12:30High jumpWomenFinal
12:35800 mWomenFinal
12:505000 mMenFinal
13:00Discus throwMenFinal
13:254x400 m relayMenFinal
13:404x400 m relayWomenFinal
13:551500 mMenDecathlon
14:104x100 m relayWomenFinal
14:204x100 m relayMenFinal


Tokyo 2025 Entry Standards


Entry Standards 2025

EventMenWomen
100m10.0011.07
200m20.1622.57
400m44.8550.75
800m1:44.501:59.00
1500m/mile3:33.00 (3:50.00)4:01.50 (4:19.90)
5000m/5km13:01.0014:50.00
10 000m/10km27:00.0030:20.00
Marathon2:06:302:23:30
3000m sc8:15.009:18.00
110mh13.27-
100mh-12.73
400mh48.5054.65
High jump2.331.97
Polve vault5.824.73
Long jump8.276.86
Triple jump17.2214.55
Shot put21.5018.80
Discus throw67.5064.50
Hammer throw78.2074.00
Javelin throw85.5064.00
Heptathlon-6500
Decathlon8550-
20 km race walk1:18:201:29:20
35 km race walk2:28:002:48.00

Read also: Ranking System and current situation

World Athletics Championships 2025 Tokyo - Results & live results


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World Athletics Championships 2025 Tokyo – Entries


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Most successful athletes in World Athletics Championships history


Allyson Felix is the leader of gold medals of World Championships. American has won 14 gold medals (including a medal in the relay event in which she participated in the heats only) and 20 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

AthleteCountryDisciplinesGoldSilverBronzeTot.
Allyson FelixUSA4143320
Usain BoltJamaica3112114
Shelly-Ann Fraser-PryceJamaica3104014
Merlene OtteyJamaica334714
LaShawn MerrittUSA283011
Veronica Campbell-BrownJamaica237111
Carl LewisUSA481110
Justin GatlinUSA346010
Jearl Miles ClarkUSA24329
Michael JohnsonUSA38008
Mo FarahGreat Britain26208
Gail DeversUSA35308
Gwen TorrenceUSA33418
Christine OhuruoguGreat Britain22158


World Athletics Championships – Hosting Cities & Countries


YearCityCountry
1983Helsinki Finland
1987Rome Italy
1991Tokyo Japan
1993Stuttgart Germany
1995Gothenburg Sweden
1997Athens Greece
1999Seville Spain
2001Edmonton Canada
2003Paris France
2005Helsinki Finland
2007Osaka Japan
2009Berlin Germany
2011Daegu South Korea
2013Moscow Russia
2015Beijing China
2017London Great Britain
2019Doha Qatar
2022Eugene United States
2023Budapest Hungary
2025TokyoJapan
2027BeijingChina