Great_Britain_and_Northern_Ireland_at_the_World_Athletics_Championships
Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the World Athletics Championships
Sporting event delegation
Great Britain and Northern Ireland has participated in all the World Athletics Championships since the events beginning in 1983 as the IAAF World Championships in Athletics. The team also took part in the two minor championship events under the same name for non-Olympic disciplines in 1977 and 1980, without winning a medal. The team is 7th on the all time medal table
| Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the World Championships in Athletics | |
|---|---|
| WA code | GBR |
| National federation | UK Athletics |
| Website | www |
| Medals Ranked 7th |
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| World Championships in Athletics appearances (overview) | |
Mo Farah is the most successful British Athlete in championships history, as well as the most successful distance runner in the history of the championships with six gold and two silver medals split evenly between 5000 metres and 10,000 metres; only Usain Bolt has won more individual gold medals than Farah[1] Jessica Ennis-Hill is the most successful British female athlete with three gold medals in heptathlon. Farah and Christine Ohuruogu, with two gold, a silver and five bronze medals are the most decorated British athletes in championships history with eight medals apiece. Great Britain's most successful event has been Heptathlon with five gold medals, and nine medals. The individual event with most different British gold medalists is the men's 1500 metres, won by three men; Steve Cram in 1983, Jake Wightman in 2022 and Josh Kerr in 2023.
By championships
| Games | Athletes | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 Helsinki | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
| 1987 Rome | - | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 |
| 1991 Tokyo | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 |
| 1993 Stuttgart | - | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 4 |
| 1995 Gothenburg | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 1997 Athens | - | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 1999 Seville | - | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 2001 Edmonton | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 19 |
| 2003 Paris | - | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 29 |
| 2005 Helsinki | - | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 16 |
| 2007 Osaka | 60 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 |
| 2009 Berlin | 60 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 |
| 2011 Daegu | 59 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 |
| 2013 Moscow | 60 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 |
| 2015 Beijing | 59 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 |
| 2017 London | 92 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| 2019 Doha | 77 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 2022 Eugene | 81 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11[2] |
| 2023 Budapest | 51 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 7 |
| Total | 33 | 40 | 48 | 121 | 7 | |
* : ongoing
| Athlete | Sex | Event | Year(s) | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dwain Chambers | Men | 100 m 4 × 100 m relay | 2003 | 4th | Silver medal-winning British relay team disqualified |
- Prior to 1983, the Athletics at the Summer Olympics was acknowledged as the world championships of the sport, but pre-1983 Olympic medals are not included in the medal records of the World Athletics Championships as an event; if they were, Paavo Nurmi's nine Olympic gold medals would include eight world titles, six of them individual, in what would be considered distance events.
- Matt Majendie (16 July 2022). "2022 World Athletics Championships: Three medal hopefuls for Britain in Eugene". Evening Standard. Retrieved 18 July 2022.