Thousands of the world’s best athletes will head to Japan in September for the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25.
The 20th edition of this prestigious competition will star more than 2000 athletes from some 200 countries as they compete for medals across 49 events during nine days of action from 13-21 September.
Which events are contested at the World Athletics Championships?
There are 49 events on the programme for the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25, meaning 147 medals will be awarded across the nine action-packed days of competition.
There are an equal number of disciplines for women and men – 24 each and one mixed event.
The disciplines are:
• 100m – women and men
• 200m – women and men
• 400m – women and men
• 800m – women and men
• 1500m – women and men
• 5000m – women and men
• 10,000m – women and men
• Marathon – women and men
• 3000m steeplechase – women and men
• 100m hurdles – women
• 110m hurdles – men
• 400m hurdles – women and men
• heptathlon – women
• decathlon – men
• high jump – women and men
• pole vault – women and men
• long jump – women and men
• triple jump – women and men
• shot put – women and men
• discus – women and men
• hammer – women and men
• javelin – women and men
• 20km race walk – women and men
• 35km race walk – women and men
• 4x100m relay – women and men
• 4x400m relay – women, men and mixed
Learn more about the various events on our dedicated disciplines page.
How do athletes qualify and gain selection for the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25?
The qualification system is based on a combination of entry standards and world rankings. The qualifying window for the marathon and 35km race walk was 5 November 2023 until 4 May 2025. For the 10,000m, 20km race walk, combined events and relays, the window runs from 25 February 2024 to 24 August 2025. For all other events, entry standards can be achieved from 1 August 2024 to 24 August 2025.
The World Athletics Relays Guangzhou 25 was a qualifying event for the relays, with the top 14 teams in each discipline securing their place at the World Championships.
The Road to Tokyo online tool is designed to help athletes, fans and media track the qualification process. Searchable by event, country and qualification status, the tool provides a real-time view of each event over the course of the qualification period.
The tool does not, and will not, indicate which athletes have been selected for entry by their member federation. Final entries will be published nearer to the time of the World Championships.
Will athletes win prize money?
Individual athletes and relay teams will win prize money at the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25. There is a total prize money pot of US$8,498,000.
Individuals
1st US$70,000
2nd US$35,000
3rd US$22,000
4th US$16,000
5th US$11,000
6th US$7000
7th US$6000
8th US$5000
Teams
1st US$80,000
2nd US$40,000
3rd US$20,000
4th US$16,000
5th US$12,000
6th US$8000
7th US$6000
8th US$4000
There is also a world record bonus of US$100,000.
Which athletes will be competing?
The world’s best athletes – including global champions and world record-holders – will be competing at the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25.
The names of the athletes who will be there will not be certain until the qualifying window closes and nations select their teams.
Champions from the last edition of the World Championships in Budapest in 2023 include:
• Sweden’s world pole vault record-holder Mondo Duplantis
• Kenya’s world 1500m record-holder Faith Kipyegon
• USA’s double sprint champion Noah Lyles
• Ukraine’s world high jump record-holder Yaroslava Mahuchikh
• USA’s world shot put record-holder Ryan Crouser
• Dutch Olympic and world 400m hurdles medallist Femke Bol
• India’s Tokyo Olympic javelin champion Neeraj Chopra
• Venezuela’s world triple jump record-holder Yulimar Rojas
• Norwegian multiple world record-holder Jakob Ingebrigtsen
• Japan’s Olympic javelin champion Haruka Kitaguchi
How can I watch the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25?
The World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 will be streamed live in a number of territories on the World Athletics website, as well as via broadcasters around the world.
Keep an eye on the dedicated World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 website where TV information will be available ahead of the championships.
There will be coverage of each of the 14 sessions, starting with the morning session on day one (Saturday 13 September) through to the evening session on day nine (Sunday 21 September).
Fans will also be able to follow the action via the World Athletics live results platform, which will offer an enhanced experience. Sign up for free and log in to access even more data including live leaderboards, detailed results, race splits, live attempts and other real-time updates.
Register now so you are ready to follow as soon as the competition starts.
How do I buy tickets?
Tickets for the World Athletics Championships are now on sale.
What time will the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 take place each day?
The time zone in Japan is Japan Standard Time (JST), which is 9 hours ahead of UTC.
When fans view the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 timetable via the World Athletics website, the times will be displayed in local Tokyo time as well as the time in the fan’s current location.