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The idea of having an Athletics World Championships was around well before the competition's first event in 1983. In 1913, the IAAF decided that the Olympic Games would serve as the World Championships for athletics. This was considered suitable for over 50 years until in the late 1960s the desire of many IAAF members to have their own World ...
World, area, and national records have been set at the championships over the course of its history. Competitors at the World Championships come from around the globe and records have been broken by athletes from all six continents. The United States has been the most successful competitor at the World Championships in both medals and records.
Athletics: World Athletics Championships: Individuals: 1983: Winners in 24 events 2025: Biennial 1983–1991 quadrennially, biennially from 1993 World Athletics Indoor Championships: Individuals: 1985: Winners in 13 events 2025: Biennial World Athletics Cross Country Championships: Individuals 1973: Beatrice Chebet 2026: Biennial Nations
This is a list of the men's athletics champions at the Olympics and World Championships in the sprint events since the introduction of the World Championships in 1983. Combining the lists of global champions into a single timeline allows patterns of success and dominance to be demonstrated, as well as highlighting the occasional shock results.
World Para Athletics Championships: 1994: Ongoing: Biennial: Senior: Global championships: Athletes with a disability of all nations World Para Athletics European Championships: 2003: Ongoing: Biennial: Senior: Continental championships: Athletes with disabilities from European nations World Para Athletics Junior Championships: 2017: Ongoing ...
A small number of events, such as the 60 metres, are exclusive to the World Athletics Indoor Championships. Two further, separate World Championship events are held for their specific events: the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships and the World Athletics Cross Country Championships. Cross country is one of many events which have ...
4x100m dq2 The United States team of Mickey Grimes, Bernard Williams, Dennis Mitchell and Tim Montgomery originally won the 2001 World Championship in a time of 37.96 seconds, but were disqualified after Montgomery admitted to drug use as a result of the BALCO scandal in 2005.
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]