2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships

20th World Athletics Indoor Championships
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
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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.

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. 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.

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.

Schedule

All times were local (UTC+8).

R1	Round 1	SF	Semi-finals	F	Final
M = morning session, E = evening session

Men

Date →	21 March				22 March				23 March
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

Women

Date →	21 March				22 March				23 March
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

Event detailed schedule

Day 1 — Friday, 21 March 2025
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	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	Australia (AUS)	1	2	4	7
7	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
	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	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
	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)

• ^{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)

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.

Entry Standards and target numbers of athletes / teams per event

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. Of that number 517 athletes from 118 countries actually got to compete.

• 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)
• Guam (1)
• 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)
• 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)
• Uruguay (1)
• Uzbekistan (1)
• Vanuatu (1)
• Zimbabwe (1)

External links

• World Athletics website