Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the World Athletics Championships

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Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the
World Championships in Athletics
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WA codeGBR
National federation UK Athletics
Website www.britishathletics.org.uk
Medals
Ranked 7th
Gold
33
Silver
43
Bronze
50
Total
126
World Championships in Athletics appearances (overview)

Great Britain and Northern Ireland has participated in all the World Athletics Championships since the events beginning in 1983 as the IAAF World Championships in Athletics. The team also took part in the two minor championship events under the same name for non-Olympic disciplines in 1977 and 1980, without winning a medal. The team is 7th on the all time medal table

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Mo Farah is the most successful British Athlete in championships history, as well as the most successful distance runner in the history of the championships with six gold and two silver medals split evenly between 5000 metres and 10,000 metres; only Usain Bolt has won more individual gold medals than Farah. [1] Jessica Ennis-Hill is the most successful British female athlete with three gold medals in heptathlon. Farah and Christine Ohuruogu, with two gold, a silver and five bronze medals are the most decorated British athletes in championships history with eight medals apiece. Great Britain's most successful event has been Heptathlon with five gold medals, and nine medals. The individual event with most different British gold medalists is the men's 1500 metres, won by three men; Steve Cram in 1983, Jake Wightman in 2022 and Josh Kerr in 2023.

Medallists

MedalNameYearEvent
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Steve Cram 1983 Helsinki Men's 1500 metres
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Daley Thompson 1983 Helsinki Men's decathlon
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Joan Baptiste
Kathy Cook
Beverley Callender
Shirley Thomas
1983 Helsinki Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Fatima Whitbread 1983 Helsinki Women's javelin throw
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Colin Reitz 1983 Helsinki Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Ainsley Bennett
Garry Cook
Todd Bennett
Phil Brown
Kriss Akabusi*
1983 Helsinki Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Kathy Cook 1983 Helsinki Women's 200 metres
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Fatima Whitbread 1987 Rome Women's javelin throw
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Peter Elliott 1987 Rome Men's 800 metres
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Jonathan Ridgeon 1987 Rome Men's 110 metres hurdles
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Derek Redmond
Kriss Akabusi
Roger Black
Phil Brown
Todd Bennett*
Mark Thomas*
1987 Rome Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Linford Christie 1987 Rome Men's 100 metres
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze John Regis 1987 Rome Men's 200 metres
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Jack Buckner 1987 Rome Men's 5000 metres
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Colin Jackson 1987 Rome Men's 110 metres hurdles
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Roger Black
Derek Redmond
John Regis
Kriss Akabusi
Ade Mafe*
Mark Richardson*
1991 Tokyo Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Liz McColgan 1991 Tokyo Women's 10,000 metres
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Roger Black 1991 Tokyo Men's 400 metres
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Sally Gunnell 1991 Tokyo Women's 400 metres hurdles
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Tony Jarrett 1991 Tokyo Men's 110 metres hurdles
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Kriss Akabusi 1991 Tokyo Men's 400 metres hurdles
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Tony Jarrett
John Regis
Darren Braithwaite
Linford Christie
1991 Tokyo Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Linford Christie 1993 Stuttgart Men's 100 metres
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Colin Jackson 1993 Stuttgart Men's 110 metres hurdles
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Sally Gunnell 1993 Stuttgart Women's 400 metres hurdles
Silver medal icon.svg Silver John Regis 1993 Stuttgart Men's 200 metres
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Tony Jarrett 1993 Stuttgart Men's 110 metres hurdles
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Colin Jackson
Tony Jarrett
John Regis
Linford Christie
Jason John*
Darren Braithwaite*
1993 Stuttgart Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Jonathan Edwards 1993 Stuttgart Men's triple jump
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Steve Smith 1993 Stuttgart Men's high jump
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Mick Hill 1993 Stuttgart Men's javelin throw
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Linda Keough
Phylis Smith
Tracy Goddard
Sally Gunnell
1993 Stuttgart Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Jonathan Edwards 1995 Gothenburg Men's triple jump
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Tony Jarrett 1995 Gothenburg Men's 110 metres hurdles
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Steve Backley 1995 Gothenburg Men's javelin throw
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Kelly Holmes 1995 Gothenburg Women's 1500 metres
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Kelly Holmes 1995 Gothenburg Women's 800 metres
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Iwan Thomas
Roger Black
Jamie Baulch
Mark Richardson
Mark Hylton*
1997 Athens Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Colin Jackson 1997 Athens Men's 110 metres hurdles
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Jonathan Edwards 1997 Athens Men's triple jump
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Steve Backley 1997 Athens Men's javelin throw
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Denise Lewis 1997 Athens Women's heptathlon
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Darren Braithwaite
Darren Campbell
Douglas Walker
Julian Golding
Marlon Devonish*
Dwain Chambers*
1997 Athens Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Colin Jackson 1999 Seville Men's 110 metres hurdles
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Jason Gardener
Darren Campbell
Marlon Devonish
Dwain Chambers
1999 Seville Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Dean Macey 1999 Seville Men's decathlon
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Paula Radcliffe 1999 Seville Women's 10,000 metres
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Denise Lewis 1999 Seville Women's heptathlon
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Dwain Chambers 1999 Seville Men's 100 metres
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Jonathan Edwards 1999 Seville Men's triple jump
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Jonathan Edwards 2001 Edmonton Men's triple jump
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Dean Macey 2001 Edmonton Men's decathlon
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Kelly Holmes 2003 Paris Women's 800 metres
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Darren Campbell 2003 Paris Men's 100 metres
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Hayley Tullett 2003 Paris Women's 1500 metres
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Paula Radcliffe 2005 Helsinki Women's marathon
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Jason Gardener
Marlon Devonish
Christian Malcolm
Mark Lewis-Francis
2005 Helsinki Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Lee McConnell
Donna Fraser
Nicola Sanders
Christine Ohuruogu
2005 Helsinki Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Christine Ohuruogu 2007 Osaka Women's 400 metres
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Nicola Sanders 2007 Osaka Women's 400 metres
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Christian Malcolm
Craig Pickering
Marlon Devonish
Mark Lewis-Francis
2007 Osaka Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Jo Pavey 2007 Osaka Women's 10,000 metres
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Christine Ohuruogu
Marilyn Okoro
Lee McConnell
Nicola Sanders
Donna Fraser*
2007 Osaka Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Kelly Sotherton 2007 Osaka Women's heptathlon
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Phillips Idowu 2009 Berlin Men's triple jump
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Jessica Ennis 2009 Berlin Women's heptathlon
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Conrad Williams
Michael Bingham
Robert Tobin
Martyn Rooney
Dai Greene*
2009 Berlin Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Lisa Dobriskey 2009 Berlin Women's 1500 metres
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Simeon Williamson
Tyrone Edgar
Marlon Devonish
Harry Aikines-Aryeetey
2009 Berlin Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Jenny Meadows 2009 Berlin Women's 800 metres
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Lee McConnell
Christine Ohuruogu
Vicki Barr
Nicola Sanders
2009 Berlin Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Mo Farah 2011 Daegu Men's 5000 metres
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Dai Greene 2011 Daegu Men's 400 metres hurdles
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Jessica Ennis 2011 Daegu Women's heptathlon
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Mo Farah 2011 Daegu Men's 10,000 metres
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Phillips Idowu 2011 Daegu Men's triple jump
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Hannah England 2011 Daegu Women's 1500 metres
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Andy Turner 2011 Daegu Men's 110 metres hurdles
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Perri Shakes-Drayton
Nicola Sanders
Christine Ohuruogu
Lee McConnell
2011 Daegu Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Mo Farah 2013 Moscow Men's 5000 metres
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Mo Farah 2013 Moscow Men's 10,000 metres
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Christine Ohuruogu 2013 Moscow Women's 400 metres
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Eilidh Child
Shana Cox
Margaret Adeoye
Christine Ohuruogu
2013 Moscow Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Conrad Williams
Martyn Rooney
Michael Bingham
Nigel Levine
Jamie Bowie*
2013 Moscow Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Tiffany Porter 2013 Moscow Women's 100 metres hurdles
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Dina Asher-Smith
Ashleigh Nelson
Annabelle Lewis
Hayley Jones
2013 Moscow Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Mo Farah 2015 Beijing Men's 5000 metres
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Mo Farah 2015 Beijing Men's 10,000 metres
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Greg Rutherford 2015 Beijing Men's long jump
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Jessica Ennis-Hill 2015 Beijing Women's heptathlon
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Shara Proctor 2015 Beijing Women's long jump
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Rabah Yousif
Delano Williams
Jarryd Dunn
Martyn Rooney
2015 Beijing Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Christine Ohuruogu
Anyika Onuora
Eilidh Child
Seren Bundy-Davies
Kirsten McAslan*
2015 Beijing Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Mo Farah 2017 London Men's 10,000 metres
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Chijindu Ujah
Adam Gemili
Danny Talbot
Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake
2017 London Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Mo Farah 2017 London Men's 5000 metres
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Asha Philip
Desirèe Henry
Dina Asher-Smith
Daryll Neita
2017 London Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Zoey Clark
Laviai Nielsen
Eilidh Doyle
Emily Diamond
Perri Shakes-Drayton*
2017 London Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Matthew Hudson-Smith
Rabah Yousif
Dwayne Cowan
Martyn Rooney
Jack Green*
2017 London Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Dina Asher-Smith 2019 Doha Women's 200 metres
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Katarina Johnson-Thompson 2019 Doha Women's heptathlon
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Dina Asher-Smith 2019 Doha Women's 100 metres
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Adam Gemili
Zharnel Hughes
Richard Kilty
Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake
2019 Doha Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Asha Philip
Dina Asher-Smith
Ashleigh Nelson
Daryll Neita
Imani-Lara Lansiquot*
2019 Doha Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Jake Wightman 2022 Eugene Men's 1500 metres
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Keely Hodgkinson 2022 Eugene Women's 800 metres
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Laura Muir 2022 Eugene Women's 1500 metres
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Dina Asher-Smith 2022 Eugene Women's 200 metres
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Matthew Hudson-Smith 2022 Eugene Men's 400 metres
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Jona Efoloko
Zharnel Hughes
Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake
Reece Prescod
Adam Gemili*
2022 Eugene Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Victoria Ohuruogu
Nicole Yeargin
Jessie Knight
Laviai Nielsen
Ama Pipi*
2022 Eugene Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Katarina Johnson-Thompson 2023 Budapest Women's heptathlon
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Josh Kerr 2023 Budapest Men's 1500 metres
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Lewis Davey
Laviai Nielsen
Rio Mitcham
Yemi Mary John
Joe Brier
2023 Budapest Mixed 4 x 400 metres relay
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Matthew Hudson-Smith 2023 Budapest Men's 400 metres
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Keely Hodgkinson 2023 Budapest Women's 800 metres
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Zharnel Hughes 2023 Budapest Men's 100 metres
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Ben Pattison 2023 Budapest Men's 800 metres
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Asha Philip
Imani Lansiquot
Bianca Williams
Daryll Neita
Annie Tagoe
2023 Budapest Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Alex Haydock-Wilson
Charlie Dobson
Lewis Davey
Rio Mitcham
2023 Budapest Men's 4 x 400 metres relay
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Laviai Nielsen
Amber Anning
Ama Pipi
Nicole Yeargin
Yemi Mary John
2023 Budapest Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Jake Wightman 2025 Tokyo Men's 1500 metres
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Amy Hunt 2025 Tokyo Women's 200 metres
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Georgia Hunter Bell 2025 Tokyo Women's 800 metres
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Keely Hodgkinson 2025 Tokyo Women's 800 metres
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Katarina Johnson-Thompson 2025 Tokyo Women's heptathlon

Medal tables

By championships

GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotal Rank
1983 Helsinki -2237 6
1987 Rome -1348 7
1991 Tokyo -2237 5
1993 Stuttgart -33410 4
1995 Gothenburg -1315 13
1997 Athens -1416 10
1999 Seville -1427 12
2001 Edmonton -1012 19
2003 Paris -0123 29
2005 Helsinki -1023 16
2007 Osaka 601146 11
2009 Berlin 602237 8
2011 Daegu 593328 6
2013 Moscow 603137 7
2015 Beijing 594127 4
2017 London 922316 6
2019 Doha 772305 6
2022 Eugene 811157 11 [2]
2023 Budapest 5123510 7
2025 Tokyo 640325 21
Total334350126 7

* : ongoing

Doping disqualification

AthleteSexEventYear(s)ResultNotes
Dwain Chambers Men 100 m
4 × 100 m relay
2003 4thSilver medal-winning British relay team disqualified

See also

References

  1. Prior to 1983, the Athletics at the Summer Olympics was acknowledged as the world championships of the sport, but pre-1983 Olympic medals are not included in the medal records of the World Athletics Championships as an event; if they were, Paavo Nurmi's nine Olympic gold medals would include eight world titles, six of them individual, in what would be considered distance events.
  2. Matt Majendie (16 July 2022). "2022 World Athletics Championships: Three medal hopefuls for Britain in Eugene". Evening Standard. Retrieved 18 July 2022.