US EditionRecord Number of Countries Win Medals at World Championships
The championships featured historic first medals for Samoa, Saint Lucia, and Uruguay, with 1,992 athletes competing and multiple world and championship records set.
- The 20th World Athletics Championships concluded on September 21, 2025, in Tokyo, Japan, with a record 53 nations winning medals.
- This record followed previous highs of 46 nations winning medals at the 2007 Osaka and 2023 Budapest editions, showing a steady increase in global competition.
- Highlights included Tanzania's Alphonce Simbu winning the men's marathon by 0.03 seconds, the closest finish ever, Kenyan women sweeping middle- and long-distance golds, and Botswana's first men's 4x400m relay title.
- Several championship records fell, such as Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone’s 400m in 47.78 seconds breaking a 1983 mark, and Ethan Katzberg’s hammer throw of 84.70m, while world record holder Mondo Duplantis set a new pole vault record at 6.30 metres.
- The event, praised by World Athletics President Sebastian Coe and Local Organising Committee President Mitsugi Ogata as an extraordinary celebration, suggests growing global reach and competitive depth in athletics.
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(Reuters) -A record number of nations won medals at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, with a total of 53 countries making it on to the medal table at the 20th edition of the event which concluded on Sunday.
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A record number of nations won medals at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, with a total of 53 countries making it on to the medal table at the 20th edition of the event which concluded on Sunday.The previous record of 46 was set in Osaka in 2007 and equalled in Budapest two years ago, with Samoa, Sa
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