World Athletics Indoor Championships

Sport Athletics
Competition Category World Championships
Years 1985—2026
Editions 22
Competitors 1491
Countries 94

The 2020 edition scheduled for Nanjing (CHN) from 13 to 15 March was postponed to 2025 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Editions

Edition Host City Country Held Events Competitors Countries
1985 World Athletics Indoor Championships Paris FRA 18 – 19 January 1985 24 74 24
1987 World Athletics Indoor Championships Indianapolis USA 6 – 8 March 1987 24 72 23
1989 World Athletics Indoor Championships Budapest HUN 3 – 5 March 1989 24 70 24
1991 World Athletics Indoor Championships Sevilla ESP 8 – 10 March 1991 27 97 25
1993 World Athletics Indoor Championships Toronto CAN 12 – 14 March 1993 31 119 32
1995 World Athletics Indoor Championships Barcelona ESP 10 – 12 March 1995 27 103 34
1997 World Athletics Indoor Championships Paris FRA 7 – 9 March 1997 28 107 32
1999 World Athletics Indoor Championships Maebashi JPN 5 – 7 March 1999 28 103 30
2001 World Athletics Indoor Championships Lisboa POR 9 – 11 March 2001 28 103 29
2003 World Athletics Indoor Championships Birmingham GBR 14 – 16 March 2003 28 111 28
2004 World Athletics Indoor Championships Budapest HUN 5 – 7 March 2004 28 110 33
2006 World Athletics Indoor Championships Moskva RUS 10 – 12 March 2006 26 104 33
2008 World Athletics Indoor Championships Valencia ESP 7 – 9 March 2008 26 102 37
2010 World Athletics Indoor Championships Doha QAT 12 – 14 March 2010 26 113 31
2012 World Athletics Indoor Championships İstanbul TUR 9 – 11 March 2012 26 100 28
2014 World Athletics Indoor Championships Sopot POL 7 – 9 March 2014 26 107 31
2016 World Athletics Indoor Championships Portland USA 17 – 20 March 2016 26 99 29
2018 World Athletics Indoor Championships Birmingham GBR 2 – 4 March 2018 26 98 33
2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships Beograd SRB 18 – 20 March 2022 26 101 31
2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships Glasgow GBR 1 – 3 March 2024 26 101 32
2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships Nanjing CHN 21 – 23 March 2025 26 93 33
2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships Toruń POL 20 – 22 March 2026 27 116 32

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 United States USA 131 104 94 329
2 Russia RUS 50 42 38 130
3 Ethiopia ETH 34 14 13 61
4 Great Britain GBR 26 35 31 92
5 Cuba CUB 21 19 15 55
6 Soviet Union URS 20 17 16 53
7 Jamaica JAM 17 26 20 63
8 Germany GER 16 23 28 67
9 France FRA 16 14 22 52
10 Sweden SWE 15 9 10 34
11 Italy ITA 12 11 15 38
12 East Germany GDR 12 7 4 23
13 Canada CAN 12 5 15 32
14 Ukraine UKR 11 18 10 39
15 New Zealand NZL 10 3 7 20
16 Australia AUS 9 14 14 37
17 Romania ROU 9 10 10 29
18 Netherlands NED 9 9 10 28
19 Czech Republic CZE 9 8 12 29
20 Bulgaria BUL 9 6 7 22
21 Kenya KEN 8 14 16 38
22 Bahamas BAH 7 7 9 23
23 Belgium BEL 7 7 5 19
24 Portugal POR 7 6 7 20
25 Greece GRE 7 4 6 17
26 Mozambique MOZ 7 1 1 9
27 Poland POL 6 15 20 41
28 Switzerland SUI 6 6 6 18
29 Morocco MAR 6 5 8 19
30 Ireland IRL 6 3 3 12
31 Brazil BRA 5 6 6 17
32 Spain ESP 4 24 22 50
33 South Africa RSA 4 5 3 12
34 Norway NOR 4 3 3 10
35 China CHN 3 9 8 20
36 Belarus BLR 3 8 6 17
37 Kazakhstan KAZ 3 4 3 10
38 Venezuela VEN 3 1 0 4
39 Nigeria NGR 2 7 3 12
40 Czechoslovakia TCH 2 4 2 8
41 Hungary HUN 2 2 4 8
42 Serbia SRB 2 2 1 5
43 Burundi BDI 2 2 0 4
44 Croatia CRO 2 1 3 6
45 Sudan SUD 2 1 1 4
46 Finland FIN 2 1 0 3
= Neutral Participant NEU 2 1 0 3
48 South Korea KOR 2 0 2 4
49 Grenada GRN 2 0 0 2
50 Qatar QAT 1 3 2 6
51 Denmark DEN 1 3 1 5
52 Ivory Coast CIV 1 3 0 4
53 Trinidad and Tobago TTO 1 2 5 8
54 Bahrain BRN 1 2 3 6
55 Algeria ALG 1 1 2 4
56 Bermuda BER 1 1 1 3
57 Ghana GHA 1 1 0 2
= Namibia NAM 1 1 0 2
59 Burkina Faso BUR 1 0 1 2
= Saint Lucia LCA 1 0 1 2
61 Costa Rica CRC 1 0 0 1
= Djibouti DJI 1 0 0 1
= Dominica DMA 1 0 0 1
64 Slovenia SLO 0 5 4 9
65 Austria AUT 0 4 1 5
66 Estonia EST 0 3 2 5
67 Iceland ISL 0 2 1 3
68 Cameroon CMR 0 2 0 2
= Saint Kitts and Nevis SKN 0 2 0 2
70 Mexico MEX 0 1 2 3
71 Barbados BAR 0 1 1 2
= Botswana BOT 0 1 1 2
= Latvia LAT 0 1 1 2
74 Cayman Islands CAY 0 1 0 1
= Panama PAN 0 1 0 1
= Turkey TUR 0 1 0 1
77 Japan JPN 0 0 3 3
78 Lithuania LTU 0 0 2 2
= Senegal SEN 0 0 2 2
= Serbia and Montenegro SCG 0 0 2 2
81 Antigua and Barbuda ANT 0 0 1 1
= Benin BEN 0 0 1 1
= British Virgin Islands IVB 0 0 1 1
= Chile CHI 0 0 1 1
= Colombia COL 0 0 1 1
= Cyprus CYP 0 0 1 1
= Democratic Republic of the Congo COD 0 0 1 1
= Dominican Republic DOM 0 0 1 1
= Gabon GAB 0 0 1 1
= Luxembourg LUX 0 0 1 1
= Saudi Arabia KSA 0 0 1 1
= Suriname SUR 0 0 1 1
= Uganda UGA 0 0 1 1