2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships
| 20th World Athletics Indoor Championships | |
|---|---|
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| Edition | 20th |
| Dates | 21–23 March 2025 |
| Host city | Nanjing, China |
| Venue | Nanjing's Cube at Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park |
| Events | 26 |
| Participation | 517 athletes from 118 nations |
← Glasgow 2024 Toruń 2026 → | |
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| Track events | ||
| 60 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 3000 m | men | women |
| 60 m hurdles | men | women |
| 4 × 400 m relay | men | women |
| Field events | ||
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | women |
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | women |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Combined events | ||
| Pentathlon | women | |
| Heptathlon | men | |
The 20th World Athletics Indoor Championships were held from 21 to 23 March 2025 in Nanjing, People's Republic of China, at the newly built Nanjing's Cube gymnasium in the Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park.[1][2]
Nanjing was originally due to host the World Athletics Indoor Championships in 2020, then in 2021, and then again in 2023, but all these dates were cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic regulations in China.[3][4] The 2022 edition took place in Belgrade, Serbia, and the 2024 edition in Glasgow, United Kingdom.
Bidding process
On 26 November 2017, delegations from the three candidate cities made their presentations at the 212th IAAF Council Meeting: Nanjing, Serbia's capital Belgrade, and Toruń, Poland. Nanjing won the bid for the 2020 World Athletics Indoor Championships.[5]
Venue
The facility, a brand new purpose-built gymnasium at the Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park, known as Nanjing's Cube, was the centrepiece of the event. Construction started in September 2017 and was completed in time for the event. The venue for track and field, along with swimming, were located in Block A of the park, and to the east was the Yangtze River complex. It provided catering and hotels, as well as security work for the event.[6]
Schedule
All times were local (UTC+8).[7]
| R1 | Round 1 | SF | Semi-finals | F | Final |
| M = morning session, E = evening session | |||||
| Date → | 21 March | 22 March | 23 March | |||||||||
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| Event ↓ | M | E | M | E | M | E | ||||||
| 60 m | R1 | S | F | |||||||||
| 400 m | R1 | S | F | |||||||||
| 800 m | R1 | S | F | |||||||||
| 1500 m | R1 | F | ||||||||||
| 3000 m | F | |||||||||||
| 60 m hurdles | R1 | S | F | |||||||||
| 4 × 400 m | F | |||||||||||
| High jump | F | |||||||||||
| Pole vault | F | |||||||||||
| Long jump | F | |||||||||||
| Triple jump | F | |||||||||||
| Shot put | F | |||||||||||
| Heptathlon | F | |||||||||||
| Date → | 21 March | 22 March | 23 March | |||||||||
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| Event ↓ | M | E | M | E | M | E | ||||||
| 60 m | R1 | S | F | |||||||||
| 400 m | S | F | ||||||||||
| 800 m | R1 | S | F | |||||||||
| 1500 m | R1 | F | ||||||||||
| 3000 m | F | |||||||||||
| 60 m hurdles | R1 | S | F | |||||||||
| 4 × 400 m | F | |||||||||||
| High jump | F | |||||||||||
| Pole vault | F | |||||||||||
| Long jump | F | |||||||||||
| Triple jump | F | |||||||||||
| Shot put | F | |||||||||||
| Pentathlon | F | |||||||||||
| Day 1 — Friday, 21 March 2025 | |||
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| Time | Event | Gender | Round |
| 10:05 | 60 metres hurdles | W | Pentathlon |
| 10:23 | 400 metres | M | Round 1 |
| 10:45 | High jump | W | Pentathlon |
| 11:05 | Triple jump | M | Final |
| 11:15 | 800 metres | W | Round 1 |
| 11:55 | 800 metres | M | Round 1 |
| 12:55 | 60 metres | M | Round 1 |
| 13:15 | Shot put | W | Pentathlon |
| 18:30 | High jump | M | Final |
| 18:33 | 1500 metres | W | Round 1 |
| 18:42 | Long jump | W | Pentathlon |
| 19:18 | 1500 metres | M | Round 1 |
| 19:50 | Shot put | W | Final |
| 20:03 | 60 metres | M | Semi-final |
| 20:26 | 400 metres | W | Round 1 |
| 20:47 | 400 metres | M | Semi-final |
| 21:15 | 800 metres | W | Final pentathlon |
| 21:24 | 60 metres | M | Final |
| Day 2 — Saturday, 22 March 2025 | |||
| Time | Event | Gender | Round |
| 10:05 | 60 metres | M | Heptathlon |
| 10:10 | Pole vault | W | Final |
| 10:25 | 60 metres hurdles | M | Round 1 |
| 10:45 | Long jump | M | Heptathlon |
| 11:15 | 60 metres | W | Round 1 |
| 12:05 | 800 metres | W | Semi-final |
| 12:10 | Shot put | M | Heptathlon |
| 12:31 | 800 metres | M | Semi-final |
| 18:34 | Pole vault | M | Final |
| 18:37 | High jump | M | Heptathlon |
| 19:10 | 3000 metres | W | Final |
| 19:15 | Triple jump | W | Final |
| 19:33 | 3000 metres | M | Final |
| 19:50 | 60 metres hurdles | M | Semi-final |
| 20:15 | 60 metres | W | Semi-final |
| 20:44 | 400 metres | W | Final |
| 20:55 | 400 metres | M | Final |
| 21:05 | 60 metres hurdles | M | Final |
| 21:18 | 60 metres | W | Final |
| Day 3 — Sunday, 23 March 2025 | |||
| Time | Event | Gender | Round |
| 10:05 | 60 metres hurdles | M | Heptathlon |
| 10:19 | Long jump | W | Final |
| 10:25 | 60 metres hurdles | W | Round 1 |
| 11:10 | Pole vault | M | Heptathlon |
| 11:35 | High jump | W | Final |
| 19:35 | 60 metres hurdles | W | Semi-final |
| 19:38 | Shot put | M | Final |
| 19:40 | Long jump | M | Final |
| 20:02 | 1000 metres | M | Final heptathlon |
| 20:15 | 1500 metres | M | Final |
| 20:28 | 1500 metres | W | Final |
| 20:40 | 800 metres | M | Final |
| 20:54 | 800 metres | W | Final |
| 21:01 | 60 metres hurdles | W | Final |
| 21:11 | 4 x 400 metres relay | M | Final |
| 21:21 | 4 x 400 metres relay | W | Final |
Medal table
* Host nation (China)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | .png){kind=small} United States (USA) | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16 |
| 2 |  Norway (NOR) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 |  Ethiopia (ETH) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 |  Italy (ITA) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | .svg.png){kind=small} Australia (AUS) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | .svg.png){kind=small} Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 |  Cuba (CUB) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
 New Zealand (NZL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 11 |  South Africa (RSA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 |  Bahamas (BAH) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
.svg.png){kind=small} Canada (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Finland (FIN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 17 |  Jamaica (JAM) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 18 |  China (CHN)* | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 | .svg.png){kind=small} Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Estonia (EST) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Greece (GRE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Slovenia (SLO) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 26 |  Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 27 |  Burkina Faso (BUR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Luxembourg (LUX) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
.svg.png){kind=small} Portugal (POR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (32 entries) | 26 | 26 | 26 | 78 | |
Medal summary
Men
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 metres |
Jeremiah Azu Great Britain |
6.49 =PB | Lachlan Kennedy Australia |
6.50 | Akani Simbine South Africa |
6.54 |
| 400 metres |
Christopher Bailey United States |
45.08 | Brian Faust United States |
45.47 =PB | Jacory Patterson United States |
45.54 |
| 800 metres |
Josh Hoey United States |
1:44.77 | Eliott Crestan Belgium |
1:44.81 | Elvin Josué Canales Spain |
1:45.03 |
| 1500 metres |
Jakob Ingebrigtsen Norway |
3:38.79 | Neil Gourley Great Britain |
3:39.07 | Luke Houser United States |
3:39.17 |
| 3000 metres |
Jakob Ingebrigtsen Norway |
7:46.09 SB | Berihu Aregawi Ethiopia |
7:46.25 SB | Ky Robinson Australia |
7:47.09 |
| 60 metres hurdles |
Grant Holloway United States |
7.42 | Wilhem Belocian France |
7.54 | Liu Junxi China |
7.55 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay |
United States (USA) Elija Godwin Brian Faust Jacory Patterson Christopher Bailey |
3:03.13 SB | Jamaica (JAM) Rusheen McDonald Jasauna Dennis Kimar Farquharson Demar Francis |
3:05.05 SB | Hungary (HUN) Patrik Simon Enyingi Zoltán Wahl Árpád Kovács Attila Molnár |
3:06.03 NR |
| High jump |
Woo Sang-hyeok South Korea |
2.31 m =SB | Hamish Kerr New Zealand |
2.28 m | Raymond Richards Jamaica |
2.28 m |
| Pole vault |
Armand Duplantis Sweden |
6.15 m | Emmanouil Karalis Greece |
6.05 m NR | Sam Kendricks United States |
5.90 m =SB |
| Long jump |
Mattia Furlani Italy |
8.30 m | Wayne Pinnock Jamaica |
8.29 m SB | Liam Adcock Australia |
8.28 m |
| Triple jump [a] |
Andy Díaz Italy |
17.80 m WL | Zhu Yaming China |
17.33 m SB | Hugues Fabrice Zango Burkina Faso |
17.15 m SB |
| Shot put |
Tom Walsh New Zealand |
21.65 m SB | Roger Steen United States |
21.62 m SB | Adrian Piperi United States |
21.48 m |
| Heptathlon |
Sander Skotheim Norway |
6475 pts | Johannes Erm Estonia |
6437 pts NR | Till Steinforth Germany |
6275 pts |
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)
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- triple jump Bronze medalist Almir dos Santos of Brazil was disqualified for wearing non-regulation shoes.
Women
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 metres |
Mujinga Kambundji Switzerland |
7.04 | Zaynab Dosso Italy |
7.06 | Patrizia van der Weken Luxembourg |
7.07 |
| 400 metres |
Amber Anning Great Britain |
50.60 | Alexis Holmes United States |
50.63 | Henriette Jæger Norway |
50.92 |
| 800 metres |
Prudence Sekgodiso South Africa |
1:58.40 WL | Nigist Getachew Ethiopia |
1:59.63 PB | Patricia Silva Portugal |
1:59.80 NR |
| 1500 metres |
Gudaf Tsegay Ethiopia |
3:54.86 CR | Diribe Welteji Ethiopia |
3:59.30 | Georgia Hunter Bell Great Britain |
3:59.84 PB |
| 3000 metres |
Freweyni Hailu Ethiopia |
8:37.21 | Shelby Houlihan United States |
8:38.26 | Jessica Hull Australia |
8:38.28 |
| 60 metres hurdles |
Devynne Charlton Bahamas |
7.72 SB | Ditaji Kambundji Switzerland |
7.73 | Ackera Nugent Jamaica |
7.74 SB |
| 4 × 400 metres relay |
United States (USA) Quanera Hayes Bailey Lear Rosey Effiong Alexis Holmes |
3:27.45 | Poland (POL) Justyna Święty-Ersetic Aleksandra Formella Anastazja Kuś Anna Gryc |
3:32.05 SB | Australia (AUS) Ellie Beer Ella Connolly Bella Pasquali Jemma Pollard |
3:32.65 SB |
| High jump |
Nicola Olyslagers Australia |
1.97 m SB | Eleanor Patterson Australia |
1.97 m | Yaroslava Mahuchikh Ukraine |
1.95 m |
| Pole vault |
Marie-Julie Bonnin France |
4.75 m =NR | Tina Šutej Slovenia |
4.70 m | Angelica Moser Switzerland |
4.70 m |
| Long jump |
Claire Bryant United States |
6.96 m PB | Annik Kälin Switzerland |
6.83 m | Fátima Diame Spain |
6.72 m |
| Triple jump |
Leyanis Pérez Hernández Cuba |
14.93 m WL | Liadagmis Povea Cuba |
14.57 m =SB | Ana Peleteiro-Compaoré Spain |
14.29 m |
| Shot put |
Sarah Mitton Canada |
20.48 m | Jessica Schilder Netherlands |
20.07 m | Chase Jackson United States |
20.06 m |
| Pentathlon |
Saga Vanninen Finland |
4821 pts | Kate O'Connor Ireland |
4742 pts | Taliyah Brooks United States |
4669 pts PB |
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)
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Qualification
The qualification period for all events ran from 1 September 2024 to 9 March 2025 (midnight Monaco time). Athletes could qualify by achieving the Entry Standard within the qualification period or by World Indoor Tour Wildcard, or by virtue of their position in the World Rankings as of 9 March 2025 to complete, where necessary, the target number of athletes in each event. In total no more than two male and two female athletes from any one Member were invited. The winners of the World Indoor tour received wildcards to the championships, allowing nations with wildcards to enter up to 3 athletes into individual events.[8]
| Event | Women | Men | Quota | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indoor | Outdoor | Indoor | Outdoor | ||
| 60 metres | 7.15 | 10.90 for 100 m | 6.55 | 9.92 for 100 m | 56 |
| 400 metres | 51.00 | 51.00 | 45.20 | 45.20 | 30 |
| 800 metres | 2:00.00 | 2:00.00 | 1:45.00 | 1:45.00 | 30 |
| 1500 metres (Mile) |
4:03.00 (4:22.50) |
4:03.00 (4:22.50) |
3:33.50 (3:50.50) |
3:33.50 (3:50.50) |
30 |
| 3000 metres (5000 metres) |
8:33.00 | 8:33.00 (14:25.00) |
7:31.00 | 7:31.00 (12:45.00) |
15 |
| 60 m hurdles | 7.94 | 100 mH | 7.57 | 110 mH | 48 |
| High jump | 1.97 m (6 ft 5+1⁄2 in) | 2.34 m (7 ft 8 in) | 12 | ||
| Pole vault | 4.75 m (15 ft 7 in) | 5.85 m (19 ft 2+1⁄4 in) | 12 | ||
| Long jump | 6.90 m (22 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | 8.26 m (27 ft 1 in) | 16 | ||
| Triple jump | 14.60 m (47 ft 10+3⁄4 in) | 17.40 m (57 ft 1 in) | 16 | ||
| Shot put | 19.50 m (63 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | 22.00 m (72 ft 2 in) | 16 | ||
| Combined events | see above | 14 | |||
| Relays | see above | ||||
Participating nations
576 athletes from 127 countries were entered.[10] Of that number 517 athletes from 118 countries actually got to compete.[11]
Algeria (1)
Angola (1)
Antigua and Barbuda (1)
Argentina (1)
Armenia (1)- Australia (20)
Austria (2)- Bahamas (5)
Bangladesh (1)
Barbados (4)- Belgium (4)
Benin (1)
Bolivia (1)
Brazil (17)
British Virgin Islands (2)
Bulgaria (2)- Burkina Faso (2)
- Canada (14)
Chile (2)- China (32)
Chinese Taipei (1)
Cook Islands (1)
Croatia (2)- Cuba (3)
Cyprus (1)
Czech Republic (10)
Denmark (2)
Dominica (1)
Egypt (3)
Eritrea (1)- Estonia (5)
Eswatini (1)- Ethiopia (12)
Federated States of Micronesia (1)
Fiji (1)- Finland (5)
- France (9)
French Polynesia (1)
Georgia (1)- Germany (8)
- Great Britain (11)
- Greece (5)
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Honduras (1)
Hong Kong (1)- Hungary (11)
Iran (1)- Ireland (6)
Israel (2)- Italy (21)
Ivory Coast (2)- Jamaica (20)
Japan (13)
Kenya (9)
Kiribati (1)
Kuwait (2)
Kyrgyzstan (1)
Laos (1)
Latvia (3)
Liberia (1)
Lithuania (2)- Luxembourg (2)
Macau (1)
Madagascar (1)
Maldives (1)
Mali (1)
Malta (1)
Mauritius (1)
Morocco (3)
Mozambique (1)
Nauru (1)
Nepal (1)- Netherlands (6)
- New Zealand (11)
Niger (1)
Nigeria (1)[12]- Norway (4)
Oman (1)
Papua New Guinea (1)
Paraguay (1)
Peru (1)
Philippines (1)- Poland (13)
- Portugal (7)
Puerto Rico (3)
Qatar (1)
Republic of the Congo (1)
Romania (5)
Rwanda (1)
Saint Lucia (1)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1)
El Salvador (1)
Samoa (1)
Senegal (1)
Serbia (6)
Seychelles (1)
Singapore (1)
Slovakia (5)- Slovenia (6)
Solomon Islands (1)- South Africa (4)
- South Korea (1)
- Spain (12)
Sri Lanka (10)- Sweden (11)
- Switzerland (11)
Tajikistan (1)
Tonga (1)
Trinidad and Tobago (2)
Turkey (4)
Turkmenistan (1)
Uganda (2)- Ukraine (7)
- United States (50)[13]
Uruguay (1)
Uzbekistan (1)
Vanuatu (1)
Zimbabwe (1)
References
- ^ "World Indoor Athletics Championships 2023 in China postponed to 2025 due to COVID-19". Firstpost. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
- ^ "World Athletics Council competition decisions announced". World Athletics. 22 May 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- ^ "World Athletics to postpone World Athletics Indoor Championships Nanjing 2020". World Athletics. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
- ^ "World Athletics Indoor Championships Nanjing 2023 to be postponed". World Athletics. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
- ^ "Nanjing is Awarded 2020 World Indoor Championships – IAAF Council, Day 2". IAAF. 26 November 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ^ "World Athletics Indoor Championships Nanjing 2020 Organising Committee". www.worldathleticsnanjing2020.com. Archived from the original on 6 December 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ^ a b "World Athletics Indoor Championships Nanjing 2025 Timetable". World Athletics. 5 December 2024. Archived from the original on 11 December 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
- ^ "Timetable and qualification system approved for WCH Tokyo 25 and WIC Nanjing 25".
- ^ "World Athletics Indoor Championships Nanjing 25 Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). World Athletics. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
- ^ "World Athletics Indoor Championships Nanjing 25 – Athletes by Country" (PDF). World Athletics. 15 March 2025. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
- ^ Official database of participating athletes
- ^ Adewale, Abiodun (24 March 2025). "Nigeria's sole rep Enekwechi fifth at World Indoor Champs". punchng.com. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
- ^ "Returning medalists lead Team USATF roster for World Athletics Indoor Championships". USATF. 14 March 2025. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
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