IAAF World Athletics Championships

Championships

Edition	Year	City	Country	Date	Venue	Capacity	Events	Nations	Athletes	Top of the medal table
–	1976	Malmö	Sweden	18 Sep	Malmö Stadion	30,000	1	20	42	Soviet Union
–	1980	Sittard	Netherlands	14 Aug – 16 Aug	De Baandert	22,000	2	21	42	East Germany
1st	1983	Helsinki	Finland	7 Aug – 14 Aug	Olympiastadion	50,000	41	153	1,333	East Germany
2nd	1987	Rome	Italy	28 Aug – 6 Sep	Stadio Olimpico	60,000	43	156	1,419	East Germany
3rd	1991	Tokyo	Japan	23 Aug – 1 Sep	Olympic Stadium	48,000	43	162	1,491	United States
4th	1993	Stuttgart	Germany	13 Aug – 22 Aug	Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion	70,000	44	187	1,630	United States
5th	1995	Gothenburg	Sweden	5 Aug – 13 Aug	Ullevi	42,000	44	190	1,755	United States
6th	1997	Athens	Greece	1 Aug – 10 Aug	Olympiako Stadio	75,000	44	197	1,785	United States
7th	1999	Seville	Spain	20 Aug – 29 Aug	Estadio Olímpico	70,000	46	200	1,750	United States
8th	2001	Edmonton	Canada	3 Aug – 12 Aug	Commonwealth Stadium	60,000	46	189	1,677	Russia
9th	2003	Saint-Denis	France	23 Aug – 31 Aug	Stade de France	78,000	46	198	1,679	United States
10th	2005	Helsinki	Finland	6 Aug – 14 Aug	Olympiastadion	45,000	47	191	1,688	United States
11th	2007	Osaka	Japan	24 Aug – 2 Sep	Nagai Stadium	45,000	47	197	1,800	United States
12th	2009	Berlin	Germany	15 Aug – 23 Aug	Olympiastadion	74,000	47	200	1,895	United States
13th	2011	Daegu	South Korea	27 Aug – 4 Sep	Daegu Stadium	65,000	47	199	1,742	United States
14th	2013	Moscow	Russia	10 Aug – 18 Aug	Luzhniki Stadium	78,000	47	203	1,784	United States
15th	2015	Beijing	China	22 Aug – 30 Aug	Beijing National Stadium	80,000	47	205	1,771	Kenya
16th	2017	London	Great Britain	4 Aug – 13 Aug	London Stadium	60,000	48	205	2,036	United States
17th	2019	Doha	Qatar	27 Sep – 6 Oct	Khalifa International Stadium	48,000	49	209
18th	2021	Eugene	United States	6 Aug – 15 Aug	Hayward Field	30,000	49
19th	2023	Budapest	Hungary	26 Aug – 3 Sept	National Athletics Centre	40,000