2023 World Athletics Championships

World Athletics Championships
Budapest 2023
Host city	Budapest
Country	Hungary
Motto	Witness The Wonder (Hungarian: Láss csodát!)
Organisers	World Athletics, Hungarian Athletics Association
Edition	19th
Events	49
Dates	19–27 August 2023
Opened by	President Katalin Novák
Closed by	World Athletics President Sebastian Coe
Main venue	National Athletics Centre
Website	Budapest23
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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] The tournament returned to its usual two-year cycle after the previous event in Eugene, Oregon, United States was postponed to 2022, held a little 13 months earlier due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

These are the first World Athletics Championships in Hungary. The city of Budapest had previously stated an interest in hosting the 2007 World Championships, but withdrew and it was eventually held in Osaka.^[3] The official mascot of the event is a Racka, called Youhuu.^[4]^[5]

Schedule

Event schedule^[6]^[7]
Saturday, August 19, 2023
Local Time (CEST)	Gender	Event	Division Round
CEST Time	Track Events
8:50	M	20 km Race Walk	Final
10:35	W	100 m hurdles	Heptathlon
11:05	Mixed	4x400 m relay	Prelim
11:35	M	3000 m steeplechase	Prelim
12:35	M	100 m	Prelim
13:15	W	1500 m	Prelim
19:02	M	1500 m	Prelim
19:43	M	100 m	Prelim
20:30	W	200 m	Heptathlon
20:55	W	10,000 m	Final
21:47	Mixed	4x400 m relay	Final
CEST Time	Field Events
10:30	M	Shot Put	Prelim
11:45	W	High Jump	Heptathlon
12:00	M	Hammer Throw	Prelim (A)
12:25	W	Long Jump	Prelim
13:40	M	Hammer Throw	Prelim (B)
19:05	W	Shot Put	Heptathlon
19:10	M	Discus Throw	Prelim (A)
19:35	M	Triple Jump	Prelim
20:35	M	Shot Put	Final
20:40	M	Discus Throw	Prelim (B)
Sunday, August 20, 2023
CEST Time	Track Events
7:15	W	20 km Race Walk	Final
9:35	W	400 m	Prelim
10:25	M	400 m	Prelim
11:25	M	400 m hurdles	Prelim
12:10	W	100 m	Prelim
13:05	M	110 m hurdles	Prelim
16:35	M	100 m	Semi-Final
17:05	W	1500 m	Semi-Final
17:35	M	1500 m	Semi-Final
18:00	W	800 m	Heptathlon
18:25	M	10,000 m	Final
19:10	M	100 m	Final
CEST Time	Field Events
9:00	W	Discus Throw	Prelim (A)
9:50	W	Long Jump	Heptathlon
10:30	W	Discus Throw	Prelim (B)
10:35	M	High Jump	Prelim
12:00	W	Javelin Throw	Heptathlon (A)
13:05	W	Javelin Throw	Heptathlon (B)
16:55	W	Long Jump	Final
17:50	M	Hammer Throw	Final
Monday, August 21, 2023
CEST Time	Track Events
18:50	W	400 m hurdles	Prelim
19:35	M	400 m hurdles	Semi-Final
20:05	M	110 m hurdles	Semi-Final
20:35	W	100 m	Semi-Final
21:10	W	400 m	Semi-Final
21:40	M	110 m hurdles	Final
21:50	W	100 m	Final
CEST Time	Field Events
18:40	W	Pole Vault	Prelim
19:40	M	Triple Jump	Final
20:30	M	Discus Throw	Final
Tuesday, August 22, 2023
CEST Time	Track Events
18:40	W	100 m hurdles	Prelim
19:20	M	800 m	Prelim
20:25	W	400 m hurdles	Semi-Final
21:00	M	400 m	Semi-Final
21:30	W	1500 m	Final
21:42	M	3000 m steeplechase	Final
CEST Time	Field Events
19:55	M	High Jump	Final
20:20	W	Discus Throw	Final
Wednesday, August 23, 2023
CEST Time	Track Events
10:05	W	800 m	Prelim
11:20	W	200 m	Prelim
12:15	M	200 m	Prelim
19:00	W	5000 m	Prelim
19:53	W	3000 m steeplechase	Prelim
20:40	W	100 m hurdles	Semi-Final
21:15	M	1500 m	Final
21:35	W	400 m	Final
21:50	M	400 m hurdles	Final
CEST Time	Field Events
10:15	M	Pole Vault	Prelim
10:20	W	Javelin Throw	Prelim (A)
11:15	M	Long Jump	Prelim
11:55	W	Javelin Throw	Prelim (B)
19:02	W	Hammer Throw	Prelim (A)
19:10	W	Triple Jump	Prelim
19:30	W	Pole Vault	Final
20:35	W	Hammer Throw	Prelim (B)
Thursday, August 24, 2023
CEST Time	Track Events
7:00	M	35,000 m race walk	Final
7:00	W	35,000 m race walk	Final
19:00	M	5000 m	Prelim
19:45	W	200 m	Semi-Final
20:20	M	200 m	Semi-Final
20:50	M	800 m	Semi-Final
21:25	W	100 m hurdles	Final
21:35	M	400 m	Final
21:50	W	400 m hurdles	Final
CEST Time	Field Events
19:30	M	Long Jump	Final
20:15	W	Hammer Throw	Final
Friday, August 25, 2023
CEST Time	Track Events
10:05	M	100 m	Decathlon
19:30	M	4x100 m relay	Prelim
20:00	W	4x100 m relay	Prelim
20:25	W	800 m	Semi-Final
21:05	M	400 m	Decathlon
21:40	W	200 m	Final
21:50	M	200 m	Final
CEST Time	Field Events
10:10	M	Javelin Throw	Prelim (A)
10:20	W	High Jump	Prelim
10:55	M	Long Jump	Decathlon
11:45	M	Javelin Throw	Prelim (B)
12:20	M	Shot Put	Decathlon
18:30	M	High Jump	Decathlon
19:35	W	Triple Jump	Final
20:20	W	Javelin Throw	Final
Saturday, August 26, 2023
CEST Time	Track Events
7:00	W	Marathon	Final
10:05	M	110 m hurdles	Decathlon
19:30	M	4x400 m relay	Prelim
19:55	W	4x400 m relay	Prelim
20:30	M	800 m	Final
20:50	W	5000 m	Final
21:25	M	1500 m	Decathlon
21:40	M	4x100 m relay	Final
21:50	W	4x100 m relay	Final
CEST Time	Field Events
10:25	W	Shot Put	Prelim
11:00	M	Discus Throw	Decathlon (A)
12:05	M	Discus Throw	Decathlon (B)
14:00	M	Pole Vault	Decathlon
19:05	M	Javelin Throw	Decathlon (A)
19:25	M	Pole Vault	Final
20:10	M	Javelin Throw	Decathlon (B)
20:15	W	Shot Put	Final
Sunday, August 27, 2023
CEST Time	Track Events
7:00	M	Marathon	Final
20:10	M	5000 m	Final
20:45	W	800 m	Final
21:10	W	3000 m steeplechase	Final
21:37	M	4x400 m relay	Final
21:47	W	4x400 m relay	Final
CEST Time	Field Events
20:05	W	High Jump	Final
20:20	M	Javelin Throw	Final

Venue

The championships were held in the National Athletics Centre in Budapest, which was specially built for this event, and has a provisional capacity of 36,000.^[8]

Entry standards

World Athletics announced that athletes would qualify by their World Athletics Rankings position, wild card (reigning world champion or 2022 Diamond League winner) or by achieving the entry standard.^[9]

To qualify as a Wild Card required fulfilling one of the following conditions:^[10]

Reigning World Outdoor Champion
Winner of the 2022 Diamond League
By finishing position at designated competitions (Area competitions)
Leader (as at closing date of the qualification period):
- Hammer Throw 2022 World Athletics Continental Tour
- World Athletics Challenge - Race Walking aka World Race Walking Tour
- World Athletics Challenge - Combined Events aka World Combined Events Tour

Countries who had no male and/or no female athletes who had achieved the Entry Standard or considered as having achieved the entry standard or a qualified relay team, could enter one unqualified male athlete OR one unqualified female athlete in one event of the championships (except the road events and field events, combined events, 10,000 m and 3000 m steeplechase).

Since the postponement of the 2023 World Relays to 2024 Nassau, for Covid-pandemic reasons, a modified qualification system has been available for relay teams.^[11]

Event	Men	Quota	Women	Quota
100 metres	10.00	48	11.08	48
200 metres	20.16	48	22.60	48
400 metres	45.00	48	51.00	48
800 metres	1:44.70	56	1:59.80	56
1500 metres / Mile	3:34.20 / 3:51.00	56	4:03.50 / 4:22.00	56
5000 metres	13:07.00	42	14:57.00	42
10,000 metres / 10 km road	27:10.00	27	30:40.00	27
Marathon	2:09:40	100	2:28:00	100
3000 metres steeplechase	8:15.00	36	9:23.00	36
110/100 metres hurdles	13.28	40	12.78	40
400 metres hurdles	48.70	40	54.90	40
High jump	2.32	36	1.97	36
Pole vault	5.81	36	4.71	36
Long jump	8.25	36	6.85	36
Triple jump	17.20	36	14.52	36
Shot put	21.40	36	18.80	36
Discus throw	67.00	36	64.20	36
Hammer throw	78.00	36	73.60	36
Javelin throw	85.20	36	63.80	36
Decathlon / Heptathlon	8460	24	6480	24
20 kilometres race walk	1:20:10	50	1:29:20	50
35 kilometres race walk	2:29:40	50	2:51:30	50
4 × 100 metres relay	Top 8 at the 2022 World Athletics Championships + 8 from Top Lists	16	Top 8 at the 2022 World Athletics Championships + 8 from Top Lists	16
4 × 400 metres relay	Top 8 at the 2022 World Athletics Championships + 8 from Top Lists	16	Top 8 at the 2022 World Athletics Championships + 8 from Top Lists ^[12]	16
4 × 400 metres relay mixed	Top 8 at the 2022 World Athletics Championships + 8 from Top Lists	16	Top 8 at the 2022 World Athletics Championships + 8 from Top Lists	16

Target numbers

At the end of the qualification period, the 2023 World Athletics Rankings were published. They were used to invite additional athletes to the World Championships where the target number of athletes had not been achieved for that event through other methods of qualification.

The maximum of three athletes per country in individual events was not affected by this rule. Member federations retained the right to confirm or reject athlete selections through this method.

Where the highest ranked athletes were from a country that already had three entrants for the event, or where member federations had rejected an entrant, the next highest ranked athlete became eligible for entry via the world rankings.

Medal table

* Host nation (Hungary)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	12	8	9	29
2	Canada	4	2	0	6
3	Spain	4	1	0	5
4	Jamaica	3	5	4	12
5	Kenya	3	3	4	10
6	Ethiopia	2	4	3	9
7	Great Britain and Northern Ireland	2	3	5	10
8	Netherlands	2	1	2	5
9	Norway	2	1	1	4
10	Sweden	2	1	0	3
11	Uganda	2	0	0	2
12	Australia	1	2	3	6
13	Italy	1	2	1	4
14	Ukraine	1	1	0	2
15	Greece	1	0	1	2
	Japan	1	0	1	2
	Morocco	1	0	1	2
18	Bahrain	1	0	0	1
	Burkina Faso	1	0	0	1
	Dominican Republic	1	0	0	1
	India	1	0	0	1
	Serbia	1	0	0	1
	Venezuela	1	0	0	1
24	Poland	0	2	0	2
25	Cuba	0	1	2	3
26	Botswana	0	1	1	2
27	British Virgin Islands	0	1	0	1
	Colombia	0	1	0	1
	Ecuador	0	1	0	1
	France	0	1	0	1
	Israel	0	1	0	1
	Pakistan	0	1	0	1
	Peru	0	1	0	1
	Philippines	0	1	0	1
	Puerto Rico	0	1	0	1
	Slovenia	0	1	0	1
37	China	0	0	2	2
37	Czech Republic	0	0	2	2
39	Barbados	0	0	1	1
	Brazil	0	0	1	1
	Finland	0	0	1	1
	Grenada	0	0	1	1
	Hungary*	0	0	1	1
	Lithuania	0	0	1	1
	Qatar	0	0	1	1
	Romania	0	0	1	1
Totals (46 entries)		50	48	50	148

Results

Men

Track

Chronology: 2019 \| 2021 \| 2023 \| 2025 \| 2027

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Noah Lyles United States	9.83 =WL	Letsile Tebogo Botswana	9.88NR	Zharnel Hughes Great Britain and Northern Ireland	9.88
200 metres details	Noah Lyles United States	19.52	Erriyon Knighton United States	19.75	Letsile Tebogo Botswana	19.81
400 metres details	Antonio Watson Jamaica	44.22	Matthew Hudson-Smith Great Britain and Northern Ireland	44.31	Quincy Hall United States	44.37 PB
800 metres details	Marco Arop Canada	1:44.24	Emmanuel Wanyonyi Kenya	1:44.53	Ben Pattison Great Britain and Northern Ireland	1:44.83
1500 metres details	Josh Kerr Great Britain and Northern Ireland	3:29.38 SB	Jakob Ingebrigtsen Norway	3:29.65	Narve Gilje Nordås Norway	3:29.68
5000 metres details	Jakob Ingebrigtsen Norway	13:11.30 SB	Mohamed Katir Spain	13:11.44	Jacob Krop Kenya	13:12.28
10,000 metres details	Joshua Cheptegei Uganda	27:51.42 SB	Daniel Ebenyo Kenya	27:52.60	Selemon Barega Ethiopia	27:52.72
Marathon details	Victor Kiplangat Uganda	2:08.53	Maru Teferi Israel	2:09.12 SB	Leul Gebresilase Ethiopia	2:09.19
110 metres hurdles details	Grant Holloway United States	12.96 SB	Hansle Parchment Jamaica	13.07 SB	Daniel Roberts United States	13.09
400 metres hurdles details	Karsten Warholm Norway	46.89	Kyron McMaster British Virgin Islands	47.34	Rai Benjamin United States	47.56
3000 metres steeplechase details	Soufiane El Bakkali Morocco	8:03.53	Lamecha Girma Ethiopia	8:05.44	Abraham Kibiwot Kenya	8:11.98
20 kilometres walk details	Álvaro Martín Spain	1:17:32 WL	Perseus Karlström Sweden	1:17:39 NR	Caio Bonfim Brazil	1:17:47 NR
35 kilometres walk details	Álvaro Martín Spain	2:24:30 NR	Brian Pintado Ecuador	2:24:34 AR	Masatora Kawano Japan	2:25:12 SB
4 × 100 metres relay details	United States (USA) Christian Coleman Fred Kerley Brandon Carnes Noah Lyles J.T. Smith*	37.38 WL	Italy (ITA) Roberto Rigali Marcell Jacobs Lorenzo Patta Filippo Tortu	37.62 SB	Jamaica (JAM) Ackeem Blake Oblique Seville Ryiem Forde Rohan Watson	37.76
4 × 400 metres relay details	United States (USA) Quincy Hall Vernon Norwood Justin Robinson Rai Benjamin Trevor Bassitt* Matthew Boling* Christopher Bailey*	2:57.31 WL	France (FRA) Ludvy Vaillant Gilles Biron David Sombé Téo Andant Loïc Prévot*	2:58.45 NR	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) Alex Haydock-Wilson Charlie Dobson Lewis Davey Rio Mitcham	2:58.71 SB
WR world record \| AR area record \| CR championship record \| GR games record \| NR national record \| OR Olympic record \| PB personal best \| SB season best \| WL world leading (in a given season)

* Indicates the athletes only competed in the preliminary heats and received medals.

Field

Chronology: 2019 \| 2021 \| 2023 \| 2025 \| 2027

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump details	Gianmarco Tamberi Italy	2.36 m =WL	JuVaughn Harrison United States	2.36 m =WL	Mutaz Essa Barshim Qatar	2.33 m
Pole vault details	Armand Duplantis Sweden	6.10 m	EJ Obiena Philippines	6.00 m =AR	Kurtis Marschall Australia Chris Nilsen United States	5.95 m =PB 5.95 m SB
Long jump details	Miltiadis Tentoglou Greece	8.52 m SB	Wayne Pinnock Jamaica	8.50 m	Tajay Gayle Jamaica	8.27 m =SB
Triple jump details	Hugues Fabrice Zango Burkina Faso	17.64 m	Lázaro Martínez Cuba	17.41 m	Cristian Nápoles Cuba	17.40 m PB
Shot put details	Ryan Crouser United States	23.51 m CR	Leonardo Fabbri Italy	22.34 m PB	Joe Kovacs United States	22.12 m
Discus throw details	Daniel Ståhl Sweden	71.46 m CR	Kristjan Čeh Slovenia	70.02 m	Mykolas Alekna Lithuania	68.85 m
Javelin throw details	Neeraj Chopra India	88.17 m	Arshad Nadeem Pakistan	87.82 m SB	Jakub Vadlejch Czech Republic	86.67 m
Hammer throw details	Ethan Katzberg Canada	81.25 NR	Wojciech Nowicki Poland	81.02	Bence Halász Hungary	80.82 SB
WR world record \| AR area record \| CR championship record \| GR games record \| NR national record \| OR Olympic record \| PB personal best \| SB season best \| WL world leading (in a given season)

Combined

Chronology: 2019 \| 2021 \| 2023 \| 2025 \| 2027

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Decathlon details	Pierce LePage Canada	8909 WL	Damian Warner Canada	8804 SB	Lindon Victor Grenada	8756 NR
WR world record \| AR area record \| CR championship record \| GR games record \| NR national record \| OR Olympic record \| PB personal best \| SB season best \| WL world leading (in a given season)