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.
| Time | Discipline | M/W | Info |
| 01:00 | 35 km Race walk | Men | Final |
| 01:00 | 35 km Race walk | Women | Final |
| 02:00 | Discus throw | Women | Qualification – Group A |
| 03:55 | Shot put | Men | Qualification |
| 03:55 | Discus throw | Women | Qualification – Group B |
| 04:08 | 100 m | Men | Prelimiary round |
| 04:40 | 4x400 m relay | Mixed | Heats |
| 11:05 | 3000 m steeplechase | Men | Heats |
| 11:15 | Long jump | Women | Qualification |
| 11:50 | Pole vault | Men | Qualification |
| 11:55 | 100 m | Women | Heats |
| 12:50 | 1500 m | Women | Heats |
| 13:35 | 100 m | Men | Heats |
| 14:10 | Shot put | Men | Final |
| 14:30 | 10000 m | Women | Final |
| 15:20 | 4x400 m relay | Mixed | Final |
Sunday 14.9.
| Time | Discipline | M/W | Info |
| 01:00 | Marathon | Women | Final |
| 02:00 | Hammer throw | Women | Qualification – Group A |
| 02:35 | 1500 m | Men | Heats |
| 03:45 | Hammer throw | Women | Qualification – Group B |
| 04:20 | 100 m hurdles | Women | Heats |
| 11:35 | 400 m | Men | Heats |
| 11:40 | High jump | Men | Qualification |
| 12:10 | Discus throw | Women | Final |
| 12:25 | 400 m | Women | Heats |
| 13:20 | 100 m | Women | Semi-finals |
| 13:40 | Long jump | Women | Final |
| 13:43 | 100 m | Men | Semi-finals |
| 14:05 | 1500 m | Women | Semi-finals |
| 14:30 | 10000 m | Men | Final |
| 15:13 | 100 m | Women | Final |
| 15:20 | 100 m | Men | Final |
Monday 15.9.
| Time | Discipline | M/W | Info |
| 01:00 | Marathon | Men | Final |
| 02:00 | Hammer throw | Men | Qualification – Group A |
| 02:05 | Pole vault | Women | Qualification |
| 02:15 | 3000 m steeplechase | Women | Heats |
| 03:45 | Hammer throw | Men | Qualification – Group B |
| 04:20 | 400 m hurdles | Women | Heats |
| 12:35 | 400 m hurdles | Men | Heats |
| 12:40 | Long jump | Men | Qualification |
| 13:10 | Pole vault | Men | Final |
| 13:20 | 110 m hurdles | Men | Heats |
| 14:00 | Hammer throw | Women | Final |
| 14:05 | 100 m hurdles | Women | Semi-finals |
| 14:30 | 1500 m | Men | Semi-finals |
| 14:55 | 3000 m steeplechase | Men | Final |
| 15:20 | 100 m hurdles | Women | Final |
Tuesday 16.9.
| Time | Discipline | M/W | Info |
| 12:35 | 800 m | Men | Heats |
| 12:40 | Triple jump | Women | Qualification |
| 13:35 | High jump | Men | Final |
| 13:40 | 110 m hurdles | Men | Semi-finals |
| 14:00 | Hammer throw | Men | Final |
| 14:05 | 400 m | Women | Semi-finals |
| 14:35 | 400 m | Men | Semi-finals |
| 15:05 | 1500 m | Women | Final |
| 15:20 | 110 m hurdles | Men | Final |
Wednesday 17.9.
| Time | Discipline | M/W | Info |
| 12:05 | Triple jump | Men | Qualification |
| 12:10 | Javelin throw | Men | Qualification – Group A |
| 12:30 | 200 m | Women | Heats |
| 13:10 | Pole vault | Women | Final |
| 13:15 | 200 m | Men | Heats |
| 13:45 | Javelin throw | Men | Qualification – Group B |
| 13:50 | Long jump | Men | Final |
| 14:00 | 400 m hurdles | Women | Semi-finals |
| 14:30 | 400 m hurdles | Men | Semi-finals |
| 14:57 | 3000 m steeplechase | Women | Final |
| 15:20 | 1500 m | Men | Final |
Thursday 18.9.
| Time | Discipline | M/W | Info |
| 12:05 | 5000 m | Women | Heats |
| 12:15 | High jump | Women | Qualification |
| 12:23 | Javelin throw | Men | Final |
| 12:55 | 800 m | Women | Heats |
| 13:55 | Triple jump | Women | Final |
| 14:02 | 200 m | Men | Semi-finals |
| 14:24 | 200 m | Women | Semi-finals |
| 14:45 | 800 m | Men | Semi-finals |
| 15:10 | 400 m | Men | Final |
| 15:24 | 400 m | Women | Final |
Friday 19.9.
| Time | Discipline | M/W | Info |
| 10:33 | 100 m hurdles | Women | Heptathlon |
| 11:20 | High jump | Women | Heptathlon |
| 12:30 | Javelin throw | Women | Qualification – Group A |
| 13:05 | 5000 m | Men | Heats |
| 13:30 | Shot put | Women | Heptathlon |
| 13:45 | 800 m | Women | Semi-finals |
| 13:50 | Triple jump | Men | Final |
| 14:00 | Javelin throw | Women | Qualification – Group B |
| 14:15 | 400 m hurdles | Men | Final |
| 14:27 | 400 m hurdles | Women | Final |
| 14:38 | 200 m | Women | Heptathlon |
| 15:06 | 200 m | Men | Final |
| 15:22 | 200 m | Women | Final |
Saturday 20.9.
| Time | Discipline | M/W | Info |
| 01:30 | 20 km Race walk | Women | Final |
| 02:20 | 100 m | Men | Decathlon |
| 02:25 | Discus throw | Men | Qualification – Group A |
| 02:45 | 20 km Race walk | Men | Final |
| 03:05 | Long jump | Men | Decathlon |
| 03:10 | Shot put | Women | Qualification |
| 03:55 | Discus throw | Men | Qualification – Group B |
| 04:30 | Long jump | Women | Heptathlon |
| 04:45 | Shot put | Men | Decathlon |
| 12:00 | Javelin throw | Women | Heptathlon |
| 12:05 | High jump | Men | Decathlon |
| 12:35 | 4x400 m relay | Men | Heats |
| 12:56 | Shot put | Women | Final |
| 13:00 | 4x400 m relay | Women | Heats |
| 13:25 | 4x100 m relay | Men | Heats |
| 13:45 | 4x100 m relay | Women | Heats |
| 14:06 | 800 m | Women | Heptathlon |
| 14:10 | Javelin throw | Women | Final |
| 14:26 | 400 m | Men | Decathlon |
| 14:50 | 800 m | Men | Final |
| 15:05 | 5000 m | Women | Final |
Sunday 21.9.
| Time | Discipline | M/W | Info |
| 02:05 | 110 m hurdles | Men | Decathlon |
| 02:55 | Discus throw | Men | Decathlon – Group A |
| 04:05 | Discus throw | Men | Decathlon – Group B |
| 04:35 | Pole vault | Men | Decathlon – Group A |
| 05:20 | Pole vault | Men | Decathlon – Group B |
| 10:40 | Javelin throw | Men | Decathlon – Group A |
| 11:45 | Javelin throw | Men | Decathlon – Group B |
| 12:30 | High jump | Women | Final |
| 12:35 | 800 m | Women | Final |
| 12:50 | 5000 m | Men | Final |
| 13:00 | Discus throw | Men | Final |
| 13:25 | 4x400 m relay | Men | Final |
| 13:40 | 4x400 m relay | Women | Final |
| 13:55 | 1500 m | Men | Decathlon |
| 14:10 | 4x100 m relay | Women | Final |
| 14:20 | 4x100 m relay | Men | Final |
Tokyo 2025 Entry Standards
Entry Standards 2025
| Event | Men | Women |
| 100m | 10.00 | 11.07 |
| 200m | 20.16 | 22.57 |
| 400m | 44.85 | 50.75 |
| 800m | 1:44.50 | 1:59.00 |
| 1500m/mile | 3:33.00 (3:50.00) | 4:01.50 (4:19.90) |
| 5000m/5km | 13:01.00 | 14:50.00 |
| 10 000m/10km | 27:00.00 | 30:20.00 |
| Marathon | 2:06:30 | 2:23:30 |
| 3000m sc | 8:15.00 | 9:18.00 |
| 110mh | 13.27 | - |
| 100mh | - | 12.73 |
| 400mh | 48.50 | 54.65 |
| High jump | 2.33 | 1.97 |
| Polve vault | 5.82 | 4.73 |
| Long jump | 8.27 | 6.86 |
| Triple jump | 17.22 | 14.55 |
| Shot put | 21.50 | 18.80 |
| Discus throw | 67.50 | 64.50 |
| Hammer throw | 78.20 | 74.00 |
| Javelin throw | 85.50 | 64.00 |
| Heptathlon | - | 6500 |
| Decathlon | 8550 | - |
| 20 km race walk | 1:18:20 | 1:29:20 |
| 35 km race walk | 2:28:00 | 2:48.00 |
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
| Athlete | Country | Disciplines | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Tot. |
| Allyson Felix | USA | 4 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 20 |
| Usain Bolt | Jamaica | 3 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
| Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | Jamaica | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 14 |
| Merlene Ottey | Jamaica | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 |
| 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 |
| 2025 | Tokyo | Japan |
| 2027 | Beijing | China |
