Djibouti at the World Athletics Championships

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Djibouti at the
World Athletics Championships
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WA codeDJI
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
2
Bronze
1
Total
3
World Athletics Championships appearances (overview)
2023
2027

Djibouti has taken part in every edition of the World Athletics Championships , except for 2001 [1] . Ahmed Salah was their first medalist, after placing second in the men's marathon at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics [1] [2] . He repeated this classification four years later, in the same event [1] [3] . Their third medal came in 2013 by Ayanleh Souleiman [1] [4] .

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Medalists

MedalNameYearEvent
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Ahmed Salah 1987 Rome Men's marathon
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Ahmed Salah 1993 Stuttgart Men's marathon
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Ayanleh Souleiman 2013 Moscow Men's 800 metres

By event

EventGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Marathon 0202
800 metres 0011
Totals (2 entries)0213

By gender

GenderGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Men0213
Women0000

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 World Athletics Championships Budapest 23 – Statistical Booklet (PDF). World Athletics. p. 59.
  2. Krastev, Todor. "Men Marathon World Championship Rome (ITA) 1987 - Sunday 06.09". www.todor66.com. Archived from the original on 2009-01-08. Retrieved 2025-09-29.
  3. "Men Marathon Athletics III World Championship 1991 Tokyo (JPN) - Sunday 01.09". todor66.com. Retrieved 2025-09-29.
  4. "800 metres Final - 2013 Moscow World Championships in Athletics" (PDF).