World Athletics Indoor Championships

The World Athletics Indoor Championships are a biennial indoor track and field competition served as the global championship for that version of the sport. Organised by the World Athletics, the competition was inaugurated as the World Indoor Games in 1985 in Paris, France and were subsequently renamed to IAAF World Indoor Championships in 1987. The current name was adapted with the name change of the sports governing body in 2019.

World Athletics Indoor Championships
Statusactive
GenreAthletics World championship
Date(s)varying
Frequencybiennial
Countryvarying
Inaugurated1985 (1985)
Most recent2024
Next event2025
Organised byWorld Athletics
Websiteworldathletics.org

They have been held every two years except for when they were held in consecutive years 2003 and 2004 to facilitate the need for them to be held in alternate years to the main World Athletics Championships (outdoors) in the future. The Championships due to be held in China in 2020 were postponed because of the COVID pandemic, as were the attempted running of the meetings in both 2021 and 2023. In the meantime, two standard editions of the Championships were held at other sites in 2022 and 2024.[1][2]

Therefore, an 'extra' edition, between the normal even-year cycle, will be held in Nanjing, China in early 2025, before reverting to the normal cycle in 2026.

Events

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The events held have been composed of a regular disciplines, with the main alterations coming in the earlier years. The 4 x 400 m relay race for both men and women was added to the full schedule in 1991 with the women's triple jump, the latter as an exhibition event, and gaining full status at the following championships.

Racewalking events were dropped after 1993, and a 1600 m medley relay was tried but was discontinued were due to alleged poor interest. This same year, a men's heptathlon and women's pentathlon were successfully introduced as non-championship events, and have remained on the program since.

In 1997 the women's pole vault entered the fray, two years before it made an appearance at the event's outdoor counterpart.

Despite the event's popularity, the 200 m was removed from the program after the 2004 championships, as the event was deemed unfair to all participants and too predictable, with the tighter bends of an indoor track causing any athletes not drawn in either of the outside lanes having minimal or no chance of winning.

Championships

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Year City Country Date Venue Events Nations Athletes Top of the medal table
1985 Paris   France 18–19 January 1985 Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy 24 69 319   East Germany
1987 Indianapolis   United States 6–8 March 1987 Hoosier Dome 24 85 419   Soviet Union
1989 Budapest   Hungary 3–5 March 1989 Budapest Sportcsarnok 24 62 373   Soviet Union
1991 Seville   Spain 8–10 March 1991 Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo 26[a] 80 518   Soviet Union
1993 Toronto   Canada 12–14 March 1993 SkyDome 27[b] 93 537   Russia
1995 Barcelona   Spain 10–12 March 1995 Palau Sant Jordi 27 131 594   Russia
1997 Paris   France 7–9 March 1997 Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy 28 118 712   United States
1999 Maebashi   Japan 5–7 March 1999 Green Dome Maebashi 28 115 451   United States
2001 Lisbon   Portugal 9–11 March 2001 Pavilhão Atlântico 28 136 510   United States
2003 Birmingham   United Kingdom 14–16 March 2003 National Indoor Arena 28 131 583   United States
2004 Budapest   Hungary 5–7 March 2004 Budapest Sports Arena 28 139 677   Russia
2006 Moscow   Russia 10–12 March 2006 Olimpiysky Stadium 26 129 562   United States
2008 Valencia   Spain 7–9 March 2008 Luis Puig Palace 26 147 574   United States
2010 Doha   Qatar 12–14 March 2010 Aspire Dome 26 146 585   United States
2012 Istanbul   Turkey 9–11 March 2012 Ataköy Athletics Arena 26 171 629   United States
2014 Sopot   Poland 7–9 March 2014 Ergo Arena 26 134 538   United States
2016 Portland   United States 17–20 March 2016 Oregon Convention Center 26 137 487   United States
2018 Birmingham   United Kingdom 1–4 March 2018 National Indoor Arena 26 134 554   United States
2022 Belgrade   Serbia 18–20 March 2022 Belgrade Arena 26 128 611   Ethiopia
2024 Glasgow   United Kingdom 1–3 March 2024 Emirates Arena 26 128 587   United States
2025 Nanjing   China 21–23 March 2025 Nanjing's Cube
2026 Toruń   Poland 20–22 March 2026 Arena Toruń

Outstanding achievements

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Seven gold medals

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Five gold medals

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Four gold medals

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Championship records

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Key to tables:   Disqualified
X = annulled due to doping violation

Event Record Athlete Nation Date Championships Place Ref Video
60 m 6.37 Christian Coleman   United States 3 March 2018 2018 Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom [3]
400 m 45.00 Jereem Richards   Trinidad and Tobago 19 March 2022 2022 Championships Belgrade, Serbia [4]
800 m 1:42.67 Wilson Kipketer   Denmark 9 March 1997 1997 Championships Paris, France [1]
1500 m 3:32.77 Samuel Tefera   Ethiopia 20 March 2022 2022 Championships Belgrade, Serbia [5]
3000 m 7:34.71 Haile Gebrselassie   Ethiopia 9 March 1997 1997 Championships Paris, France
60 m hurdles 7.29 Grant Holloway   United States 20 March 2022 2022 Championships Belgrade, Serbia [6]
2 March 2024 2024 Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom [7]
High jump 2.43 m Javier Sotomayor   Cuba 4 March 1989 1989 Championships Budapest, Hungary
Pole vault 6.20 m Armand Duplantis   Sweden 20 March 2022 2022 Championships Belgrade, Serbia [8]
Long jump 8.62 m Iván Pedroso   Cuba 7 March 1999 1999 Championships Maebashi, Japan
Triple jump 17.90 m Teddy Tamgho   France 14 March 2010 2010 Championships Doha, Qatar [9] [2]
Shot put 22.77 m Ryan Crouser   United States 1 March 2024 2024 Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom [10]
Heptathlon 6645 pts Ashton Eaton   United States 9–10 March 2012 2012 Championships Istanbul, Turkey [11]
6.79 (60 m), 8.16 m (long jump), 14.56 m (shot put), 2.03 m (high jump) / 7.68 (60 m hurdles), 5.20 m (pole vault), 2:32.77 (1000 m)
4 × 400 m relay 3:01.77 Karol Zalewski
Rafał Omelko
Łukasz Krawczuk
Jakub Krzewina
  Poland 4 March 2018 2018 Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom [12]

Women

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Event Record Athlete Nation Date Championships Place Ref Video
60 m 6.95 Gail Devers   United States 12 March 1993 1993 Championships Toronto, Canada
400 m 49.17 Femke Bol   Netherlands 2 March 2024 2024 Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom [13] [3]
800 m 1:56.90 Ludmila Formanová   Czech Republic 7 March 1999 1999 Championships Maebashi, Japan
1500 m 3:57.19 Gudaf Tsegay   Ethiopia 19 March 2022 2022 Championships Belgrade, Serbia [14]
3000 m 8:20.87 Elle St. Pierre   United States 2 March 2024 2024 Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom [15]
60 m hurdles 7.65 Devynne Charlton   Bahamas 3 March 2024 World Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom [16]
High jump 2.05 m Stefka Kostadinova   Bulgaria 8 March 1987 1987 Championships Indianapolis, United States
Pole vault 4.95 m Sandi Morris   United States 3 March 2018 2018 Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom [17]
Long jump 7.23 m Brittney Reese   United States 11 March 2012 2012 Championships Istanbul, Turkey [18] [4]
Triple jump 15.74 m Yulimar Rojas   Venezuela 20 March 2022 2022 Championships Belgrade, Serbia [19]
Shot put 20.67 m Valerie Adams   New Zealand 8 March 2014 2014 Championships Sopot, Poland
20.85 m X Nadzeya Ostapchuk   Belarus 14 March 2010 2010 Championships Doha, Qatar [20]
Pentathlon 5013 pts Nataliya Dobrynska   Ukraine 9 March 2012 2012 Championships Istanbul, Turkey [21]
8.38 (60 m hurdles), 1.84 m (high jump), 16.51 m (shot put), 6.57 m (long jump), 2:11.15 (800 m)
4 × 400 m relay 3:23.85 Quanera Hayes
Georganne Moline
Shakima Wimbley
Courtney Okolo
  United States 4 March 2018 2018 Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom [22]

Heptathlon disciplines

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Event Record Athlete Nation Date Championships Place Ref Video
60 m 6.61 Chris Huffins   United States 8 March 1997 1997 Championships Paris, France
Long jump 8.16 m Ashton Eaton   United States 9 March 2012 2012 Championships Istanbul, Turkey [23] [5]
Shot put 17.17 m Aleksey Drozdov   Russia 12 March 2010 2010 Championships Doha, Qatar [24]
High jump 2.21 m Andrei Krauchanka   Belarus 7 March 2014 2014 Championships Sopot, Poland [25]
60 m hurdles 7.61 Damian Warner   Canada 19 March 2022 2022 Championships Belgrade, Serbia [26]
Pole vault 5.50 m Erki Nool   Estonia 7 March 1999 1999 Championships Maebashi, Japan
1000 m 2:29.04 Curtis Beach   United States 19 March 2016 2016 Championships Portland, United States [27]

Pentathlon disciplines

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Event Record Athlete Nation Date Championships Place Ref
60 m hurdles 7.91 Jessica Ennis   Great Britain 9 March 2012 2012 Championships Istanbul, Turkey [28]
High jump 1.99 m Tia Hellebaut   Belgium 7 March 2008 2008 Championships Valencia, Spain
Shot put 17.18 m Nataliya Dobrynska   Ukraine 7 March 2008 2008 Championships Valencia, Spain
Long jump 6.69 m Natalya Sazanovich   Belarus 9 March 2001 2001 Championships Lisbon, Portugal
Kendell Williams   United States 18 March 2022 2022 Championships Belgrade, Serbia [29]
800 m 2:08.09 Jessica Ennis   Great Britain 9 March 2012 2012 Championships Istanbul, Turkey [30]

Records in defunct events

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Men's events

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Event Record Athlete Nation Date Championships Place Ref
200 m 20.10 Frank Fredericks   Namibia 6 March 1999 1999 Championships Maebashi, Japan
5000 m walk 18:23.55 Mikhail Shchennikov   Soviet Union 10 March 1991 1991 Championships Seville, Spain
1600m medley relay
(non-championship event)
3:15.10 Mark Everett
James Trapp
Kevin Little
Butch Reynolds
  United States 14 March 1993 1993 Championships Toronto, Canada

Women's events

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Event Record Athlete Nation Date Championships Place Ref
200 m 22.15 Irina Privalova   Russia 14 March 1993 1993 Championships Toronto, Canada
3000 m walk 11:49.73 Yelena Nikolayeva   Russia 13 March 1993 1993 Championships Toronto, Canada
1600m medley relay
(non-championship event)
3:45.90 Joetta Clark
Wendy Vereen
Kim Batten
Jearl Miles
  United States 14 March 1993 1993 Championships Toronto, Canada

All-time medal table

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Medal table includes 1985–2024 Championships.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States1199178288
2  Russia524845145
3  Ethiopia33141663
4  Great Britain22353491
5  Soviet Union19171753
6  Jamaica18231657
7  Cuba18171752
8  France16142252
9  Germany14232158
10  Sweden1310932
11  East Germany127524
12  Ukraine10161137
13  Kenya10151742
14  Canada1041529
15  Romania910928
16  Bulgaria95721
17  Australia810624
18  Czech Republic881127
19  Netherlands86923
20  Italy781530
21  Morocco76821
22  Greece73616
  New Zealand73616
24  Mozambique7119
25  Belgium64111
26  Ireland62210
27  Poland5131937
28  Bahamas581023
29  Brazil56617
30  Portugal55616
31  Switzerland43411
32  Spain3211741
33  Belarus312823
34  China37818
35  Kazakhstan35210
36  South Africa3429
37  Venezuela3003
38  Nigeria27312
39  Czechoslovakia2428
40  Hungary2237
  West Germany2237
42  Burundi2204
43  Croatia2136
44  Serbia2114
  Sudan2114
  Authorised Neutral Athletes[1]2103
46  Grenada2002
47  Norway1326
  Qatar1326
49  Denmark1315
50  Ivory Coast1304
51  Trinidad and Tobago1258
52  Bahrain1135
53  Algeria1113
  Bermuda1113
55  Finland1102
  Ghana1102
  Namibia1102
58  South Korea1012
59  Burkina Faso1001
  Costa Rica1001
  Djibouti1001
  Dominica1001
  Saint Lucia1001
64  Austria0404
65  Slovenia0246
66  Estonia0224
67  Iceland0213
68  Cameroon0202
  Saint Kitts and Nevis0202
70  Barbados0112
  Latvia0112
72  Botswana0101
  Cayman Islands0101
  Panama0101
  Turkey0101
  U.S. Virgin Islands0101
77  Japan0033
78  Lithuania0022
  Mexico0022
  Serbia and Montenegro0022
81  Antigua and Barbuda0011
  Benin0011
  British Virgin Islands0011
  Chile0011
  Cyprus0011
  DR Congo0011
  Dominican Republic0011
  Saudi Arabia0011
  Senegal0011
  Suriname0011
  Uganda0011
Totals (91 entries)5345465471,627
Source: [citation needed]
Notes

^[1]   ANA was the name, under which Russian athletes competed in the 2018 Championships. Their medals were not included in the official medal table.[31]

All-time placing table

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In the World Athletics placing table the total score is obtained from assigning eight points to the first place and so on to one point for the eight place. Points are shared in situations where a tie occurs.

Updated after 2022 Championships[32]

Rank Country       4 5 6 7 8 Medals Points
1   United States 113 81+1 73+2 69+1 51+4 40+3 34+2 32 270 2724
2   Russia[2] 51+1 40+3 36+1 25+1 34 29+1 20+1 9 132 1341
3   Germany[3] 24 27 29+2 28+1 31+2 20+2 18 21+3 82 964.5
4   Great Britain 18 27+1 27+1 21+1 23+1 26+3 14 11+1 74 836.5
5   Jamaica 17 22 12+1 16+1 20 14 5 5 52 589
6   Cuba 9 15 12+1 12 20+2 10 16+1 7 47 552
7   France 13 9 17+1 14 13+1 17+2 15 14 40 500
8   Ethiopia 30 11 12 12 6 5 3 2 53 496
9   Spain 2 19 15 16+1 17+2 17 15+1 13+1 36 494.5
10   Poland 4+1 12 15+1 25 8+2 18+3 5 8 33 462.5
Notes

^[2] Does not include results achieved by Authorized Neutral Athletes in 2018.
^[3] Includes results achieved by East Germany and West Germany between 1987 and 1989.

Multiple medallists

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A total of 8 men and 19 women have won five or more medals at the competition.[33]

Name Country Years Total Gold Silver Bronze
Javier Sotomayor   Cuba 1985-1999 6 4 1 1
Chris Brown   Bahamas 2006-2016 6 1 2 3
Iván Pedroso   Cuba 1993-2001 5 5 0 0
Bernard Lagat   Kenya /   United States 2003-2014 5 3 2 0
Tom Walsh   New Zealand 2014-2024 5 2 1 2
Roman Šebrle   Czech Republic 1999-2006 5 2 0 3
Yaroslav Rybakov   Russia 2003-2010 5 1 4 0
Jamie Baulch   United Kingdom 1997-2003 5 1 2 2

Women

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Name Country Years Total Gold Silver Bronze
Maria Mutola   Mozambique 1993-2008 9 7 1 1
Natalya Nazarova   Russia 1999-2008 8 7 1 0
Meseret Defar   Ethiopia 2003-2016 7 4 2 1
Sandie Richards   Jamaica 1993-2003 7 3 4 0
Merlene Ottey   Jamaica /   Slovenia 1987-2003 7 3 2 2
Olesya Zykina   Russia 2001-2008 6 5 0 1
Gail Devers   United States 1993-2004 6 4 2 0
Svetlana Goncharenko   Russia 1995-2004 6 3 2 1
Jearl Miles Clark   United States 1991-1999 6 2 1 3
Stefka Kostadinova   Bulgaria 1985-1997 5 5 0 0
Genzebe Dibaba   Ethiopia 2012-2018 5 5 0 0
Gabriela Szabo   Romania 1995-2001 5 4 1 0
Yelena Isinbayeva   Russia 2003-2012 5 4 1 0
Olga Kotlyarova   Russia 1997-2004 5 4 1 0
Valerie Adams   New Zealand 2008-2016 5 4 0 1
Irina Privalova   Russia 1991-1995 5 3 2 0
Natasha Hastings   United States 2010-2016 5 3 1 1
Grit Breuer   Germany 1991-2003 5 2 0 3
Svetlana Feofanova   Russia 2001-2010 5 1 2 2

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ +1 non-championship event
  2. ^ +4 non-championship events

References

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