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[1] [2] Forty-three nations won medals, 144 of which were awarded. Kenya topped the medal table for the first time, with 7 gold, 6 silver and 3 bronze medals. The United States won 18 medals, six gold, six silver and six bronze, which was the highest tally. Host nation China, finished 11th on the medals table, while Russia finished ninth.
28 August 2015 2015 World Championships: Beijing, China Long jump: 8.07 m Tomáš Dvořák Czech Republic 6 August 2001 2001 World Championships: Edmonton, Canada Shot put: 17.54 m Mike Smith Canada 5 August 1997 1997 World Championships: Athens, Greece High jump: 2.24 m Jagan Hames Australia 5 August 1997 1997 World Championships: Athens ...
The top three athletes in each event win gold, silver and bronze medals, respectively. A one-off edition of the championships was held in 1976 for the men's 50 kilometres race walk only, as the International Olympic Committee excluded that event for the Olympic athletics programme that year.
The United States won both the gold and overall medal tallies. August 6–18: 2015 World Masters Athletics Championships in Lyon; August 22–30: 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing Kenya and Jamaica won 7 gold medals each. The United States won the overall medal tally. October 22–31: 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in ...
Separate World Championships are held by World Athletics for certain other outdoor events, including cross-country running and half-marathon, as well as indoor and age-group championship. The World Championships were started in 1976 in response to the International Olympic Committee dropping the men's 50 km walk from the Olympic programme for ...
Note * Indicates athletes who ran only in the preliminary round and also received medals. dq1 The United States team of Kelli White, Chryste Gaines, Inger Miller, and Marion Jones originally won the 2001 World Championship in a time of 41.71 seconds, but were disqualified after Jones and White were found to have used performance-enhancing drugs.
Justin Gatlin has the most medals for a male with 5, 2 gold and 3 silver. Merlene Ottey and Carmelita Jeter are the only other athletes to have claimed four medals in the history of the World Championships event. The United States is the most successful nation in the discipline, having won fifteen gold medals.
Ethiopia competed at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China, ... Medal Athlete Event Date Gold: Genzebe Dibaba: Women's 1500 metres: 25 August