World Athletics Championships
Beijing 2027

Host city	Beijing
Country	China
Organisers	World Athletics,Chinese Athletic Association
Edition	21st
Events	49
Dates	11–19 September 2027
Main venue	Beijing National Stadium
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The2027 World Athletics Championships (Chinese: 2027年世界田径锦标赛) will be the twenty-first edition of theWorld Athletics Championships and are scheduled to be held from 11 to 19 September 2027 in theNational Stadium inBeijing,China.^[1][2][3] It will be the second time Beijing has hosted the event following the2015 edition.

Cities that expressed interest in hosting the 2027 World Championships wereBeijing,Istanbul,Turkey;Rome,Italy;London,United Kingdom; andNairobi,Kenya, the latter two both eventually declining to bid. When the Italian Athletics Federation withdrew its candidacy after the government declined to fund the event on 28 February 2024, World Athletics presidentSebastian Coe announced the decision to award the championships to Beijing.^[4]

The track and field events are scheduled to be in theBeijing National Stadium in China.^[5]

M = morning session, E = evening session

  *   Host nation (China)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Algeria	0	0	0	0
	Australia	0	0	0	0
	Bahrain	0	0	0	0
	Belgium	0	0	0	0
	Botswana	0	0	0	0
	Brazil	0	0	0	0
	Canada	0	0	0	0
	China*	0	0	0	0
	Cuba	0	0	0	0
	Dominica	0	0	0	0
	Dominican Republic	0	0	0	0
	Ecuador	0	0	0	0
	Ethiopia	0	0	0	0
	France	0	0	0	0
	Germany	0	0	0	0
	Great Britain and Northern Ireland	0	0	0	0
	Greece	0	0	0	0
	Grenada	0	0	0	0
	Ireland	0	0	0	0
	Italy	0	0	0	0
	Jamaica	0	0	0	0
	Japan	0	0	0	0
	Kenya	0	0	0	0
	Latvia	0	0	0	0
	Lithuania	0	0	0	0
	Mexico	0	0	0	0
	Morocco	0	0	0	0
	Netherlands	0	0	0	0
	New Zealand	0	0	0	0
	Nigeria	0	0	0	0
	Poland	0	0	0	0
	Portugal	0	0	0	0
	Puerto Rico	0	0	0	0
	South Korea	0	0	0	0
	Spain	0	0	0	0
	Sweden	0	0	0	0
	Switzerland	0	0	0	0
	Tanzania	0	0	0	0
	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	0	0
	United States	0	0	0	0
Totals (40 entries)		0	0	0	0

* Indicates the athletes only competed in the preliminary heats and received medals

* Indicates the athletes only competed in the preliminary heats and received medals

In the United States, television rights to the championships belong toNBC Sports. China plans to rapidly expand its athletics scope in the coming years, with the country set to host the World Indoor Championships in 2025. With this, the hosting rights of the last four World Athletics Championships have been given to the four most powerful economies of the world, namely the US, the European Union, Japan, and now China.^[6]

Eurovision Sport andESPN jointly hold and distribute World Athletics media rights in Europe and Africa.Warner Bros.Discovery has agreed a deal withWorld Athletics rights-holdersEurovision Sport andESPN to broadcast the nine-day event on its channels – Eurosport 1, Eurosport 2 and Eurosport App – including its platform discovery+ on a non-exclusive basis in more than 45 countries across Europe (excluding the Nordics region – Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden). Streaming is available ondiscovery+ in Austria, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, UK and Ireland.^{[citation needed]}

• World Athletics Championships
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• Sports competitions in Beijing
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• Athletics in Beijing
• 2027 in Chinese sport
• 2027 in the sport of athletics
• 2020s in Beijing

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