World Championships in Athletics in History

Events in Sport

1983-08-08 1st Athletics World Championships: Carl Lewis wins gold in 100m

1983-08-10 1st World Championships in Athletics: Carl Lewis wins gold in Men's Long Jump
1987-08-28 2nd Athletics World Championships open at Rome, Italy
1987-08-30 2nd World Championships in Athletics: Carl Lewis wins gold in 100m after Ben Johnson is disqualified
1987-09-05 2nd World Championships in Athletics: Carl Lewis wins gold in Men's Long Jump
1991-08-23 3rd Athletics World Championships open at Tokyo, Japan
1991-09-25 3rd World Championships in Athletics: Carl Lewis wins gold in 100m
1993-08-13 4th Athletics World Championships open at Stuttgart, Germany
1995-08-05 5th Athletics World Championships open at Gothenburg, Sweden
1997-08-01 6th Athletics World Championships open at Athens, Greece
1999-08-20 7th Athletics World Championships open at Seville, Spain
2001-08-03 8th Athletics World Championships open at Edmonton, Canada
2003-08-23 9th Athletics World Championships open at Saint-Denis, France
2005-08-06 10th Athletics World Championships open at Helsinki, Finland

2005-08-07 American sprinter Justin Gatlin blitzes field to win 100m in 9.88 at the World Athletics Championships in Helsinki, Finland

2005-08-11 American Justin Gatlin becomes only the 2nd athlete to take sprint double, winning 200m in 20.04 at the World Championships in Helsinki, Finland
2007-08-24 11th Athletics World Championships open at Osaka, Japan
2009-08-15 12th Athletics World Championships open at Berlin, Germany

2009-08-16 Usain Bolt of Jamaica edges American Tyson Gay to win 100m in world record 9.58s at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin

2009-08-20 12th Athletics World Championships: Usain Bolt wins 200m
2011-08-27 13th Athletics World Championships open at Daegu, South Korea
2011-09-03 Following his disqualification in the 100m, Jamaica's Usain Bolt runs a season best 19.40 to win the 200m at the World Athletics Championships in South Korea
2013-08-10 14th Athletics World Championships open at Moscow, Russia
2013-08-11 Usain Bolt of Jamaica records best time of the year (9.77s) to edge out American Justin Gatlin and win 100m at the World Athletics Championships in Moscow, Russia
2013-08-17 14th Athletics World Championships: Usain Bolt wins 200m
2015-08-22 15th Athletics World Championships open at Beijing, China
2015-08-27 15th Athletics World Championships: Usain Bolt of Jamaica adds the men's 200m gold to his 100m win