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Contested by 1761 athletes from 205 countries

Number of countries providing:

Champions: 19; Medallists: 43; Finalists/top 8: 76

LOC President: Wang Anshun

Mascot: Yan’er (swallow)

The 2015 IAAF World Championships (Mandarin: [第十五届世界田径锦标赛]), the fifteenth edition of the IAAF World Championships, were held from 22 to 30 August at the National Stadium in Beijing, China. 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.

205 IAAF member countries and territories participated, two more than in 2013, with new IAAF member, Kosovo, making its debut. South Sudan was also set to participate for the first time, but its sole athlete did not show up in Beijing.

Eritrea won their first world title at these championships, with Ghirmay Ghebreslassie winning the men's marathon.

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Men

Track

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Usain Bolt  Jamaica (JAM)	9.79 SB	Justin Gatlin  United States (USA)	9.80	Trayvon Bromell  United States (USA) Andre De Grasse  Canada (CAN) PB	9.92
200 metres	Usain Bolt  Jamaica (JAM)	19.55 WL	Justin Gatlin  United States (USA)	19.74	Anaso Jobodwana  South Africa (RSA)	19.87 NR
400 metres	Wayde van Niekerk  South Africa (RSA)	43.48 WL AR	LaShawn Merritt  United States (USA)	43.65 PB	Kirani James  Grenada (GRN)	43.78
800 metres	David Rudisha  Kenya (KEN)	1:45.84	Adam Kszczot  Poland (POL)	1:46.08	Amel Tuka  Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)	1:46.30
1500 metres	Asbel Kiprop  Kenya (KEN)	3:34.40	Elijah Manangoi  Kenya (KEN)	3:34.63	Abdalaati Iguider  Morocco (MAR)	3:34.67
5000 metres	Mo Farah  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	13:50.38	Caleb Ndiku  Kenya (KEN)	13:51.75	Hagos Gebrhiwet  Ethiopia (ETH)	13:51.86
10,000 metres	Mo Farah  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	27:01.13	Geoffrey Kamworor  Kenya (KEN)	27:01.76	Paul Tanui  Kenya (KEN)	27:02.83
Marathon	Ghirmay Ghebreslassie  Eritrea (ERI)	2:12:27	Yemane Tsegay  Ethiopia (ETH)	2:13:07	Solomon Mutai  Uganda (UGA)	2:13:29
110 metres hurdles	Sergey Shubenkov  Russia (RUS)	12.98 NR	Hansle Parchment  Jamaica (JAM)	13.03	Aries Merritt  United States (USA)	13.04
400 metres hurdles	Nicholas Bett  Kenya (KEN)	47.79 WL NR	Denis Kudryavtsev  Russia (RUS)	48.05 NR	Jeffery Gibson  Bahamas (BAH)	48.17 NR
3000 metres steeplechase	Ezekiel Kemboi  Kenya (KEN)	8:11.28	Conseslus Kipruto  Kenya (KEN)	8:12.38	Brimin Kipruto  Kenya (KEN)	8:12.54
20 kilometres walk	Miguel Ángel López  Spain (ESP)	1:19:14 PB	Wang Zhen  China (CHN)	1:19:29	Benjamin Thorne  Canada (CAN)	1:19:57 NR
50 kilometres walk	Matej Tóth  Slovakia (SVK)	3:40:32	Jared Tallent  Australia (AUS)	3:42:17	Takayuki Tanii  Japan (JPN)	3:42:55
4 × 100 metres relay	Jamaica (JAM) Nesta Carter Asafa Powell Nickel Ashmeade Usain Bolt Rasheed Dwyer*	37.36 WL	China (CHN) Mo Youxue Xie Zhenye Su Bingtian Zhang Peimeng	38.01	Canada (CAN) Aaron Brown Andre De Grasse Brendon Rodney Justyn Warner	38.13
4 × 400 metres relay	United States (USA) David Verburg Tony McQuay Bryshon Nellum LaShawn Merritt Kyle Clemons* Vernon Norwood*	2:57.82 WL	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) Renny Quow Lalonde Gordon Deon Lendore Machel Cedenio Jarrin Solomon*	2:58.20 NR	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) Rabah Yousif Delanno Williams Jarryd Dunn Martyn Rooney	2:58.51
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) * Runners who participated in the heats only and received medals

Field

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump	Derek Drouin  Canada (CAN)	2.34 m	Bohdan Bondarenko  Ukraine (UKR) Zhang Guowei  China (CHN)	2.33 m	Not awarded
Pole vault	Shawnacy Barber  Canada (CAN)	5.90 m	Raphael Holzdeppe  Germany (GER)	5.90 m	Renaud Lavillenie  France (FRA) Piotr Lisek  Poland (POL) Paweł Wojciechowski  Poland (POL)	5.80 m
Long jump	Greg Rutherford  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	8.41 m	Fabrice Lapierre  Australia (AUS)	8.24 m	Wang Jianan  China (CHN)	8.18 m
Triple jump	Christian Taylor  United States (USA)	18.21 m WL AR	Pedro Pablo Pichardo  Cuba (CUB)	17.73 m	Nelson Évora  Portugal (POR)	17.52 m
Shot put	Joe Kovacs  United States (USA)	21.93 m	David Storl  Germany (GER)	21.74 m	O'Dayne Richards  Jamaica (JAM)	21.69 m NR
Discus throw	Piotr Małachowski  Poland (POL)	67.40 m	Philip Milanov  Belgium (BEL)	66.90 m NR	Robert Urbanek  Poland (POL)	65.18 m
Hammer throw	Paweł Fajdek  Poland (POL)	80.88 m	Dilshod Nazarov  Tajikistan (TJK)	78.55 m	Wojciech Nowicki  Poland (POL)	78.55 m
Javelin throw	Julius Yego  Kenya (KEN)	92.72 m WL AR	Ihab El-Sayed  Egypt (EGY)	88.99 m	Tero Pitkämäki  Finland (FIN)	87.64 m
Decathlon	Ashton Eaton  United States (USA)	9045 pts WR	Damian Warner  Canada (CAN)	8695 pts NR	Rico Freimuth  Germany (GER)	8561 pts PB
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)

Women

Track

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce  Jamaica (JAM)	10.76	Dafne Schippers  Netherlands (NED)	10.81 NR	Tori Bowie  United States (USA)	10.86
200 metres	Dafne Schippers  Netherlands (NED)	21.63 WL CR AR	Elaine Thompson  Jamaica (JAM)	21.66 PB	Veronica Campbell-Brown  Jamaica (JAM)	21.97
400 metres	Allyson Felix  United States (USA)	49.26 WL PB	Shaunae Miller  Bahamas (BAH)	49.67 PB	Shericka Jackson  Jamaica (JAM)	49.99 PB
800 metres	Maryna Arzamasava  Belarus (BLR)	1:58.03	Melissa Bishop  Canada (CAN)	1:58.12	Eunice Jepkoech Sum  Kenya (KEN)	1:58.18
1500 metres	Genzebe Dibaba  Ethiopia (ETH)	4:08.09	Faith Kipyegon  Kenya (KEN)	4:08.96	Sifan Hassan  Netherlands (NED)	4:09.34
5000 metres	Almaz Ayana  Ethiopia (ETH)	14:26.83 CR	Senbere Teferi  Ethiopia (ETH)	14:44.07	Genzebe Dibaba  Ethiopia (ETH)	14:44.14
10,000 metres	Vivian Cheruiyot  Kenya (KEN)	31:41.31	Gelete Burka  Ethiopia (ETH)	31:41.77	Emily Infeld  United States (USA)	31:43.49
Marathon	Mare Dibaba  Ethiopia (ETH)	2:27:35	Helah Kiprop  Kenya (KEN)	2:27:36	Eunice Kirwa  Bahrain (BHR)	2:27:39
100 metres hurdles	Danielle Williams  Jamaica (JAM)	12.57 PB	Cindy Roleder  Germany (GER)	12.59 PB	Alina Talay  Belarus (BLR)	12.66 NR
400 metres hurdles	Zuzana Hejnová  Czech Republic (CZE)	53.50 WL	Shamier Little  United States (USA)	53.94	Cassandra Tate  United States (USA)	54.02
3000 metres steeplechase	Hyvin Jepkemoi  Kenya (KEN)	9:19.11	Habiba Ghribi  Tunisia (TUN)	9:19.24	Gesa Felicitas Krause  Germany (GER)	9:19.25 PB
20 kilometres walk	Liu Hong  China (CHN)	1:27:45	Lü Xiuzhi  China (CHN)	1:27:45	Lyudmyla Olyanovska  Ukraine (UKR)	1:28:13
4 × 100 metres relay	Jamaica (JAM) Veronica Campbell-Brown Natasha Morrison Elaine Thompson Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Sherone Simpson* Kerron Stewart*	41.07 WL CR	United States (USA) English Gardner Allyson Felix Jenna Prandini Jasmine Todd	41.68	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) Kelly-Ann Baptiste Michelle-Lee Ahye Reyare Thomas Semoy Hackett Khalifa St. Fort*	42.03 NR
4 × 400 metres relay	Jamaica (JAM) Christine Day Shericka Jackson Stephenie Ann McPherson Novlene Williams-Mills Anastasia Le-Roy* Chrisann Gordon*	3:19.13 WL	United States (USA) Sanya Richards-Ross Natasha Hastings Allyson Felix Francena McCorory Phyllis Francis* Jessica Beard*	3:19.44	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) Christine Ohuruogu Anyika Onuora Eilidh Child Seren Bundy-Davies Kirsten McAslan*	3:23.62
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) * Runners who participated in the heats only and received medals

Field

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump	Maria Kuchina  Russia (RUS)	2.01 m PB	Blanka Vlašić  Croatia (CRO)	2.01 m	Anna Chicherova  Russia (RUS)	2.01 m
Pole vault	Yarisley Silva  Cuba (CUB)	4.90 m	Fabiana Murer  Brazil (BRA)	4.85 m =AR	Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou  Greece (GRE)	4.80 m
Long jump	Tianna Bartoletta  United States (USA)	7.14 m WL PB	Shara Proctor  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	7.07 m NR	Ivana Španović  Serbia (SRB)	7.01 m NR
Triple jump	Caterine Ibargüen  Colombia (COL)	14.90 m	Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko  Israel (ISR)	14.78 m NR	Olga Rypakova  Kazakhstan (KAZ)	14.77 m
Shot put	Christina Schwanitz  Germany (GER)	20.37 m	Gong Lijiao  China (CHN)	20.30 m	Michelle Carter  United States (USA)	19.76 m
Discus throw	Denia Caballero  Cuba (CUB)	69.28 m	Sandra Perković  Croatia (CRO)	67.39 m	Nadine Müller  Germany (GER)	65.53 m
Hammer throw	Anita Włodarczyk  Poland (POL)	80.85 m CR	Zhang Wenxiu  China (CHN)	76.33 m	Alexandra Tavernier  France (FRA)	74.02 m
Javelin throw	Katharina Molitor  Germany (GER)	67.69 m WL PB	Lü Huihui  China (CHN)	66.13 m AR	Sunette Viljoen  South Africa (RSA)	65.79 m
Heptathlon	Jessica Ennis-Hill  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	6669 pts	Brianne Theisen-Eaton  Canada (CAN)	6554 pts	Laura Ikauniece-Admidiņa  Latvia (LAT)	6516 pts 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)

Exhibition events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Masters 800 metres	David Heath  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	2:00.92	Gunnar Rune Durén  Sweden (SWE)	2:03.41	Michael Sherar  Canada (CAN)	2:03.61
Masters 400 metres	Sarah Louise Read Cayton  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	1:00.05	Virginia Corinne Mitchell  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	1:00.81	Elizabeth Gail Wilson  New Zealand (NZL)	1:02.54

Participating nations

Medal table

  *   Host nation (China)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Kenya (KEN)	7	6	3	16
2	Jamaica (JAM)	7	2	3	12
3	United States (USA)	6	6	6	18
4	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	4	1	2	7
5	Ethiopia (ETH)	3	3	2	8
6	Poland (POL)	3	1	4	8
7	Canada (CAN)	2	3	3	8
	Germany (GER)	2	3	3	8
9	Russia (RUS)	2	1	1	4
10	Cuba (CUB)	2	1	0	3
11	China (CHN)*	1	7	1	9
12	Netherlands (NED)	1	1	1	3
13	South Africa (RSA)	1	0	2	3
14	Belarus (BLR)	1	0	1	2
15	Colombia (COL)	1	0	0	1
	Czech Republic (CZE)	1	0	0	1
	Eritrea (ERI)	1	0	0	1
	Slovakia (SVK)	1	0	0	1
	Spain (ESP)	1	0	0	1
20	Australia (AUS)	0	2	0	2
	Croatia (CRO)	0	2	0	2
22	Bahamas (BAH)	0	1	1	2
	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	0	1	1	2
	Ukraine (UKR)	0	1	1	2
25	Belgium (BEL)	0	1	0	1
	Brazil (BRA)	0	1	0	1
	Egypt (EGY)	0	1	0	1
	Israel (ISR)	0	1	0	1
	Tajikistan (TJK)	0	1	0	1
	Tunisia (TUN)	0	1	0	1
31	France (FRA)	0	0	2	2
32	Bahrain (BHR)	0	0	1	1
	Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)	0	0	1	1
	Finland (FIN)	0	0	1	1
	Greece (GRE)	0	0	1	1
	Grenada (GRN)	0	0	1	1
	Japan (JPN)	0	0	1	1
	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	0	0	1	1
	Latvia (LAT)	0	0	1	1
	Morocco (MAR)	0	0	1	1
	Portugal (POR)	0	0	1	1
	Serbia (SRB)	0	0	1	1
	Uganda (UGA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (43 nations)		47	48	49	144

Anti-doping

As part of the event, the IAAF conducted a wide-reaching anti-doping programme. This included information-led targeted tests in the months previous to the championships and testing of athletes in and outside of competition during the championships. In total, the IAAF undertook 1,405 instances of athlete doping controls in Beijing. This included 662 blood tests to inform the longitudinal athlete biological passport programme, 161 blood tests specifically directed at identifying usage of either human growth hormone and/or erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (EPO), 54 out-of-competition urine tests and 528 urine tests conducted on-site (which also incorporates 239 for EPO analysis).

2015 World Championships in Athletics qualification standards

The following marks are the qualification standards for the 2015 World Championships in Athletics. The standards have been changed again from the 2013 standards. Each country may send a maximum of four athletes who have attained the A qualification mark in each specific event. A maximum of three athletes can compete in that event, with the sole exception of the relays, in which four of a possible six athletes may compete.

The qualification period ends on August 10, 2015, the date final entries are due. The start date for the qualification period was October 1, 2014 for all events except for 10,000 metres, Marathon, Race Walks, Relays and Combined Events which began on January 1, 2014. The Janusz Kusociński Memorial meeting is scheduled for August 9.

Wild Card

Area Champions (i.e. athletes who have won an event at their continental level championships) are granted automatic entrance, irrespective of whether they have achieved the qualification marks. The reigning World Champion in each event is also granted a bye into the competition, and does not count as part of their country's quota of athletes in that event. Furthermore, host countries may enter one unqualified athlete if no one of the respective nationality has achieved the required mark.

Target

Qualification standards