North Korea at the World Athletics Championships

North Korea at the World Athletics Championships
Flag of North Korea
WA code	PRK
Medals	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 1
World Athletics Championships appearances (overview)
1983 1987–1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2022–2025
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North Korea has taken part regularly in the World Athletics Championships ^[1] . Their sole medal was won by Jong Song-ok in the women's marathon at the 1999 edition ^[2] . Besides that, they have only had 3 other top-8 finishes ^[1] .

Medalists

Medal	Name	Year	Event
Gold	Jong Song-ok	1999 Seville	Women's marathon

By event

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Marathon	1	0	0	1
Totals (1 entries)	1	0	0	1

By gender

Gender	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Women	1	0	0	1
Men	0	0	0	0

See also

• North Korea at the Olympics
• North Korea at the Paralympics

References

1. World Athletics Championships Budapest 23 – Statistical Booklet (PDF). World Athletics. p. 88.
2. "Wayback Machine". www2.iaaf.org. Archived from the original on 2008-09-14. Retrieved 2025-09-28.