2027 World Athletics Championships

World Athletics Championships
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
	← Tokyo 2025 TBD 2029 →

The 2027 World Athletics Championships (Chinese: 2027年世界田径锦标赛) will be the twenty-first edition of the World Athletics Championships and are scheduled to be held from 11 to 19 September 2027 in the National Stadium in Beijing, China.^[1] ^[2] It will be the second time Beijing has hosted the event following the 2015 edition.

Host selection

Cities that expressed interest in hosting the 2027 World Championships were Beijing, Istanbul, Turkey; Rome, Italy; London, United Kingdom; and Nairobi, Kenya, the latter two both eventually declining to bid. After the Italian Athletics Federation withdrew its candidacy after the government declined to fund the event on February 28 2024, World Athletics president Sebastian Coe announced the decision to award the championships to Beijing.^[3]

Results

Men

Track

Chronology: 2023 \| 2025 \| 2027 \| 2029 \| 2031

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details
200 metres details
400 metres details
800 metres details
1500 metres details
5000 metres details
10,000 metres details
Marathon details
110 metres hurdles details
400 metres hurdles details
3000 metres steeplechase details
20 kilometres walk details
35 kilometres walk details
4 × 100 metres relay details
4 × 400 metres relay details
WR world record \| AR area record \| CR championship record \| GR games record \| NR national record \| OR Olympic record \| PB personal best \| SB season best \| WL world leading (in a given season)

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

Field

Chronology: 2023 \| 2025 \| 2027 \| 2029 \| 2031

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump details
Pole vault details
Long jump details
Triple jump details
Shot put details
Discus throw details
Javelin throw details
Hammer throw details
WR world record \| AR area record \| CR championship record \| GR games record \| NR national record \| OR Olympic record \| PB personal best \| SB season best \| WL world leading (in a given season)

Combined

Chronology: 2023 \| 2025 \| 2027 \| 2029 \| 2031

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Decathlon details
WR world record \| AR area record \| CR championship record \| GR games record \| NR national record \| OR Olympic record \| PB personal best \| SB season best \| WL world leading (in a given season)

Women

Track

Chronology: 2023 \| 2025 \| 2027 \| 2029 \| 2031

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details
200 metres details
400 metres details
800 metres details
1500 metres details
5000 metres details
10,000 metres details
Marathon details
100 metres hurdles details
400 metres hurdles details
3000 metres steeplechase details
20 kilometres walk details
35 kilometres walk details
4 × 100 metres relay details
4 × 400 metres relay details
WR world record \| AR area record \| CR championship record \| GR games record \| NR national record \| OR Olympic record \| PB personal best \| SB season best \| WL world leading (in a given season)

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

Field

Chronology: 2023 \| 2025 \| 2027 \| 2029 \| 2031

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump details
Pole vault details
Long jump details
Triple jump details
Shot put details
Discus throw details
Hammer throw details
Javelin throw details
WR world record \| AR area record \| CR championship record \| GR games record \| NR national record \| OR Olympic record \| PB personal best \| SB season best \| WL world leading (in a given season)

Combined

Chronology: 2023 \| 2025 \| 2027 \| 2029 \| 2031

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Heptathlon details
WR world record \| AR area record \| CR championship record \| GR games record \| NR national record \| OR Olympic record \| PB personal best \| SB season best \| WL world leading (in a given season)

Mixed

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
4 × 400 metres relay details

Venue

The track and field events are scheduled to be in the Beijing National Stadium in China.^[4]

Media coverage

In the United States, television rights to the championships belong to NBC 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.^[5]

Eurovision Sport and ESPN jointly hold and distribute World Athletics media rights in Europe and Africa. Warner Bros. Discovery has agreed a deal with World Athletics rights-holders Eurovision Sport and ESPN 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 on discovery+ in Austria, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, UK and Ireland.^[6]