A record number of nations won medals at the just concluded World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. A total of 53 nations made it on to the medal table after nine action-packed days of competition at the 20th running of the World Championships. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This surpasses the previous record of 46 that was set at Osaka 2007 and equalled at Budapest 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One world record, nine championship records and nine area records were set or equalled, and there were a series of historic firsts, including the first ever World Championships medals for Samoa, Saint Lucia and Uruguay, and a first ever World Championships gold for Tanzania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The world record was set by Sweden\u2019s Mondo Duplantis, as he improved his pole vault mark to 6.30m. As well as the historic firsts by Alex Rose (SAM), Julien Alfred (LCA), Julia Paternain (URU) and Alphonce Felix Simbu (TAN), other highlights include: <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 US sprinter Melissa Jefferson-Wooden completing a sprint treble in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Two other athletes achieving double gold in individual events: Kenyan distance runner Beatrice Chebet and Spanish race walker Maria Perez <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone winning the 400m in a championship record of 47.78 \u2013 the second-fastest time in history \u2013 to become the only athlete in World Championships history to win gold medals in the 400m (2025) and 400m hurdles (2022) <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Ethan Katzberg winning the hammer with a championship record of 84.70m \u2013 the farthest throw in the world for 20 years <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A total of 1992 athletes took part from 193 different countries and the Athlete Refugee Team. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Away from the many magnificent performances on the track, field and road, the championships achieved record reach as the most widely covered and impactful World Championships in history. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat we have seen over the past nine days here in Tokyo is an indelible and compelling celebration of human sporting endeavour,\u201d said World Athletics President Sebastian Coe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTokyo has set the stage for some of our sport\u2019s most extraordinary performances.\u202fThis has been a championships for the ages and we are profoundly grateful to the people of Japan for hosting our showcase championships for the third time.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFollowing the Olympic Games in 2021, I made a promise to the people of Tokyo that we would bring our sport back to the National Stadium as soon as we could.\u202fI am delighted that we kept our promise and that Tokyo kept its promise to fill the stadium with noisy fans.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A total of 619,288 fans attended the World Championships in Tokyo \u2013 more than the 581,462 who were there for the Tokyo 1991 World Championships \u2013 with sell out evening sessions across the week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
TBS saw huge TV audiences as the championships captured the nation\u2019s attention. There was a peak of more than 12 million viewers in Japan on the opening day, and audiences were well over 10 million for each evening session. The vast majority of evening sessions surpassed both the Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 Olympic Games TV audiences for athletics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Audiences were also engaged around the world, and in Sweden SVT 1 saw 75% of the total Swedish TV audience tune in to their broadcast to watch Duplantis break the world pole vault record for the 14th time \u2013 the highest share ever reported for World Athletics Championships coverage in Sweden. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The popularity of the World Athletics website continues to grow, with around 13 million fans visiting the website across the nine days of competition. This translates into a traffic increase of 50% over the already very successful 2023 World Championships in Budapest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
World Athletics has continued to develop AI athlete tracking for field events covering horizontal jumps, long throws and pole vault events. More than 2000 attempts were tracked and over 14 million data points were collected. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The World Athletics social media channels have grown by 700,000 followers during the championships, with 700 million video views on these channels. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Over the last month, more than 125,000 news articles about the championships have been published in international media, with a potential reach of more than 180 billion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Never has a World Championships had so many commercial partners, with 17 sponsors for World Athletics and 14 for the Local Organising Committee in Tokyo completing a sold-out commercial programme. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As well as witnessing the sport\u2019s current stars making history, the championships welcomed a series of athletics legends, including Usain Bolt, the face of the inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest in 2026 \u2013 the next major global outdoor track and field championships after Tokyo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some 300 VIPs, athletes and media attended the Ultimate Media Party on 11 September to mark the one-year-to-go milestone to this new and unmissable championship in Budapest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Twenty-six athletes at the Tokyo World Championships won their place at next year\u2019s Ultimate Championship, joining the 26 athletes who automatically qualified after becoming Olympic champions at last year\u2019s Paris 2024 Olympic Games. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A record number of more than 1500 accredited broadcast personnel from 46 broadcasters, including more than 850 from media partner TBS, as well as 860 accredited media and photographers from 79 countries, covered the championships. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
New for the World Championships this year was the introduction of the World Athletics Media Academy, which saw 26 participants from 17 countries covering journalism in cooperation with AIPS, photography in collaboration with Sony, and TV commentary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The LOC had Platinum-level achievement ambitions against the Athletics for a Better World Standard, the certification system implemented by World Athletics in 2024 that evaluates an event\u2019s achievement in sustainable delivery. While the audit is not yet complete, it is evident that WCH Tokyo 25 will set a high bar with numerous initiatives and awareness campaigns aimed at athletes and fans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Global Summit on Athletics Science & Medicine had 185 registered participants from all over the world, representing teams and local universities. The LOC medical team comprised 285 medical staff members, 221 medical volunteers and 11 LOC medical staff across all venues. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Seventy Member Federations committed to specific actions and targets to advance gender equity during the Gender Leadership Conference \u2018Lead the Track: Breaking Limits in Global Sport Leadership\u2019. A total of 172 participants attended. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Across three days, 123 Member Federations joined the series of Member Federation info sessions. The Coaches\u2019 Club offered a two-day on-site symposium, which was attended by 150 people, plus online panel analysis on each competition day, joined by 506. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A series of initiatives were organised, focusing on the legacy of WCH Tokyo 25 for children and future generations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some 40,000 children were invited to spectate, 14,000 batons were donated to local schools and 3500 kids joined mass participation activations, behind the scenes or operational opportunities, and school visits throughout the World Championships. This included a visit by Olympic 200m champion and Kids’ Athletics ambassador Letsile Tebogo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
By the close of the Museum of World Athletics Heritage Exhibition Tokyo 25, the exhibits and displays will have been viewed by a total of more than 206,000 visitors since 6 July. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The championships also hosted an Athlete Zone, visited by more than 1400 athletes. Early reaction data indicates an average rating of 5 out of 5, with 96% giving the zone five hearts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
RECORDS <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1 world record: <\/strong> 9 championship records: <\/strong> 9 area records: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Africa <\/strong> Europe <\/strong> North America, Central America and Caribbean <\/strong> Oceania<\/strong> South America <\/strong> 1 championship decathlon best: <\/strong> 62 national records <\/strong> 20 countries won gold medals Countries from 5 areas won gold medals: <\/strong> 1992 athletes took part from 193 different countries and the Athlete Refugee Team (1034 male and 958 female athletes) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Competition performance rankings: <\/strong> A record number of nations won medals at the just concluded World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. A total<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3314,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[50],"class_list":["post-3550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-release","tag-athletics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t
Mondo Duplantis (SWE) men’s pole vault, 6.30m <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Melissa Jefferson-Wooden (USA) women’s 100m, 10.61
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (USA) women’s 400m, 47.78
Lilian Odira (KEN) women\u2019s 800m, 1:54.62
Emmanuel Wanyonyi (KEN) men’s 800m, 1:41.86
Faith Cherotich (KEN) women’s 3000m steeplechase, 8:51.59
Mondo Duplantis (SWE) men’s pole vault, 6.30m
Ethan Katzberg (CAN) men’s hammer, 84.70m
United States (USA) women\u2019s 4x400m, 3:16.61
United States (USA) mixed 4x400m, 3:08.80<\/p>\n\n\n\n
South Africa (RSA) mixed 4x400m, 3:11.16 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mondo Duplantis (SWE) men’s pole vault, 6.30m <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (USA) women’s 400m, 47.78
Camryn Rogers (CAN) women\u2019s hammer, 80.51m
Ethan Katzberg (CAN) men’s hammer, 84.70m
Alegna Gonzalez (MEX) women\u2019s 20km race walk, 1:26:06 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jessica Hull (AUS) women\u2019s 800m, 1:57.15
Hamish Kerr (NZL) men\u2019s high jump, 2.36m= <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gianna Woodruff (PAN) women\u2019s 400m hurdles, 52.66 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Leo Neugebauer (GER) decathlon discus, 56.15m <\/p>\n\n\n\n
22 world-leading performances <\/strong>
210 personal bests <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
28 countries won silver medals
34 countries won bronze medals
53 countries won medals
74 countries finished in top 8 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Africa \u2013 10 golds from 3 countries
Europe \u2013 12 golds from 8 countries
NACAC \u2013 22 golds from 5 countries
Oceania \u2013 3 golds from 2 countries
South America \u2013 2 golds from 2 countries <\/p>\n\n\n\n
197279 Tokyo 2025
196796 Eugene 2022
196643 Budapest 2023
196457 Doha 2019
194547 Beijing 2015
193426 London 2017
192664 Moskva 2013
191168 Berlin 2009
190322 Paris-St-Denis 2003
190095 Osaka 2007 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"