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| Nations | 205 |
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| Athletes | 1,781 |
| Events | 47 |
| Dates | 22 – 30 August 2015 |
| Opened by | Xi Jinping,CCP General Secretary andPresident of China |
| Closed by | IAAF PresidentLamine Diack |
| Main venue | Beijing National Stadium |
The2015 IAAF World Championships (Chinese:第十五届世界田径锦标赛), the fifteenth edition of theIAAF World Championships, were held from 22 to 30 August at theNational Stadium inBeijing, China.[1][2] Forty-three nations won medals, 144 of which were awarded.Kenya topped the medal table for the first time, with 7 gold, 6 silver and 3 bronze medals. TheUnited States won 18 medals, six gold, six silver and six bronze, which was the highest tally. Host nationChina, finished 11th on the medals table, whileRussia finished ninth.
205 IAAF member countries and territories participated, two more than in2013, with new IAAF member,Kosovo, making its debut.South Sudan was also set to participate for the first time, but its sole athlete did not show up in Beijing.[3]
Eritrea won their first world title at these championships, withGhirmay Ghebreslassie winning themen's marathon.[4]
The event was the largest sporting event to take place at theBeijing National Stadium ("Bird's Nest") since the2008 Summer Olympics.[5]
When the seeking deadline passed on 15 March 2010, three candidate cities (Beijing, London andChorzów) had confirmed their candidatures.[6][7] London then withdrew citing that they didn't want to seem to be biased towards the bids for the Olympic Stadium by committing themselves to an athletics event, as the host for this event was to be announced before their 2011 stadium bid deadline. London then stated that they would bid for 2017 and had the blessing of the IAAF to do so.[8] The IAAF announced Beijing as the winning candidate at the IAAF Council Meeting inMonaco on 20 November 2010.[9]The Council of IAAF approved the dates of 22 August until 30 August 2015.
The event was primarily held at theBeijing National Stadium, which served as the athletics venue during the2008 Summer Olympics. Weather concerns prompted a reduction in capacity for the World Championships in Athletics; only the lower and middle tiers of the stadium were open, capping the venue at around 54,000 spectators rather than its capacity of 80,000.[10] Tickets for the championships were available in three price categories, ranging from 50 RMB to 500 RMB.[11]
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| Masters 800 metres details | David Heath Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 2:00.92 | Gunnar Rune Durén Sweden (SWE) | 2:03.41 | Michael Sherar Canada (CAN) | 2:03.61 |
| Masters 400 metres details | Sarah Louise Read Cayton Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 1:00.05 | Virginia Corinne Mitchell Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 1:00.81 | Elizabeth Gail Wilson New Zealand (NZL) | 1:02.54 |
* Host nation (China)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Kenya | 7 | 6 | 3 | 16 |
| 2 |  Jamaica | 7 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 3 |  United States | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
| 4 | Great Britain & N.I. | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 |  Ethiopia | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 |  Poland | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | Canada | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
 Germany | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| 9 |  Russia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 |  Cuba | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 |  China* | 1 | 7 | 1 | 9 |
| 12 |  Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 |  South Africa | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 |  Belarus | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 |  Colombia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Czech Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Eritrea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Slovakia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Spain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 20 |  Australia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 Croatia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 22 |  Bahamas | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
 Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 25 |  Belgium | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Brazil | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Egypt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Israel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Tajikistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Tunisia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 31 |  France | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 32 |  Bahrain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Finland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Greece | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Grenada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Latvia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Morocco | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Portugal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Serbia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Uganda | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (43 entries) | 47 | 48 | 49 | 144 | |
Two hundred and seven countries (or, more accurately, IAAF members) with a total of 1,933 athletes were entered.[60] Of those 1,771 athletes from 205 countries actually competed (thus excluding reserve athletes and non-starters). The biggest delegation was the one from the US with 130 athletes. Two countries,Ghana andSouth Sudan, were set to participate, but none of their athletes showed up. The number of athletes per nation is shown in parentheses.
Afghanistan (1)
Albania (1)
Algeria (14)
Andorra (1)
Angola (1)
Anguilla (1)
Antigua and Barbuda (5)
Argentina (6)
Armenia (1)
Aruba (1) Australia (43)
Austria (5)
Azerbaijan (2) Bahamas (23) Bahrain (17)
Bangladesh (1)
Barbados (6) Belarus (18) Belgium (18)
Belize (1)
Benin (1)
Bermuda (2)
Bhutan (1)
Bolivia (3) Bosnia and Herzegovina (2)
Botswana (5) Brazil (53)
British Virgin Islands (2)
Brunei (1)
Bulgaria (10)
Burkina Faso (2)
Burundi (2)
Cambodia (1)
Cameroon (2) Canada (44)
Cape Verde (1)
Cayman Islands (2)
Central African Republic (1)
Chad (1)
Chile (6) China (66) Colombia (12)
Comoros (1)
Congo (1)
Cook Islands (1)
Costa Rica (2) Croatia (6) Cuba (24)
Cyprus (3) Czech Republic (25)
Denmark (3)
Djibouti (3)
Dominica (1)
Dominican Republic (6)
DR Congo (1)
Ecuador (5) Egypt (3)
El Salvador (2)
Equatorial Guinea (1) Eritrea (9)
Estonia (15) Ethiopia (32)
Micronesia (1)
Fiji (2) Finland (17) France (36)
French Polynesia (1)
Georgia (1) Germany (62)
Gibraltar (1) Great Britain & N.I. (59) Greece (10) Grenada (3)
Guam (1)
Guatemala (7)
Guinea (1)
Guinea-Bissau (1)
Guyana (2)
Haiti (1)
Honduras (1)
Hong Kong (1)
Hungary (12)
Iceland (2)
India (16)
Indonesia (1)
Iran (5)
Iraq (1)
Ireland (14) Israel (4)
Italy (30)
Ivory Coast (4) Jamaica (50) Japan (51)
Jordan (1) Kazakhstan (10) Kenya (52)
Kiribati (1)
Kosovo (1)
Kuwait (1)
Kyrgyzstan (1)
Laos (1) Latvia (9)
Lebanon (1)
Lesotho (2)
Liberia (1)
Libya (1)
Lithuania (11)
Luxembourg (2)
Macau (1)
Macedonia (1)
Madagascar (1)
Malawi (1)
Malaysia (1)
Maldives (1)
Mali (1)
Malta (1)
Mauritania (1)
Mauritius (1)
Mexico (5)
Moldova (4)
Monaco (1)
Mongolia (3)
Montenegro (1)
Montserrat (1) Morocco (22)
Mozambique (1)
Myanmar (1)
Namibia (2)
Nauru (1)
Nepal (1) Netherlands (21) New Zealand (14)
Nicaragua (1)
Nigeria (16)
North Korea (3)
Northern Mariana Islands (1)
Norway (9)
Oman (1)
Pakistan (1)
Palau (1)
Palestine (2)
Panama (3)
Papua New Guinea (2)
Paraguay (1)
Peru (6)
Philippines (1) Poland (48) Portugal (16)
Puerto Rico (3)
Qatar (6)
Romania (16) Russia (62)
Rwanda (1)
Saint Kitts and Nevis (3)
Saint Lucia (2)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1)
Samoa (2)
San Marino (1)
São Tomé and Príncipe (1)
Saudi Arabia (3)
Senegal (1) Serbia (5)
Seychelles (1)
Sierra Leone (1)
Singapore (1) Slovakia (16)
Slovenia (8)
Solomon Islands (1)
Somalia (1) South Africa (33)
South Korea (12) Spain (40)
Sri Lanka (2)
Sudan (3)
Suriname (1)
Swaziland (1) Sweden (24)
Switzerland (15)
Syria (2)
Chinese Taipei (5) Tajikistan (2)
Tanzania (4)
Thailand (2)
Gambia (1)
Togo (1)
Tonga (1) Trinidad and Tobago (19) Tunisia (4)
Turkey (12)
Turkmenistan (1)
Turks and Caicos Islands (1)
Tuvalu (1) Uganda (11) Ukraine (51)
United Arab Emirates (3) United States (130)
Uruguay (3)
Uzbekistan (4)
Vanuatu (1)
Venezuela (11)
Vietnam (1)
U.S. Virgin Islands (2)
Yemen (1)
Zambia (2)
Zimbabwe (5)As part of the event, the IAAF conducted a wide-reaching anti-doping programme. This included information-led targeted tests in the months previous to the championships and testing of athletes in and outside of competition during the championships. In total, the IAAF undertook 1,405 instances of athlete doping controls in Beijing. This included 662 blood tests to inform the longitudinal athletebiological passport programme, 161 blood tests specifically directed at identifying usage of either humangrowth hormone and/orerythropoiesis-stimulating agents (EPO), 54 out-of-competition urine tests and 528 urine tests conducted on-site (which also incorporates 239 for EPO analysis).[61]
As was the case since the 2005 World Championships, athletes' doping samples were stored for future analysis, which could allow retrospective disqualifications via subsequent improvements to testing technology and methods. The number of tests was a new high for the event and the largest ever conducted by a sport-specific governing body at an event. The testing was undertaken in partnership with theChinese National Anti-Doping Agency (CHINADA). An anti-doping education programme was also conducted, which included presentations on the risks of doping and a questionnaire designed by theWorld Anti-Doping Agency.[61]
Initial analysis identified two failed tests, both Kenyan women: hurdlerKoki Manunga and sprinterJoy Nakhumicha Sakari. Both were disqualified immediately from the competition.[61]
