World Athletics Championships – 2015
Held at: Beijing’s National Stadium in
China
When: August 22, 2015 – August 30,
2015
Participated Countries: 206
Next to be held in: London (2017)
Kenya topped the
medal table with 16 medals, Jamaica stood second with 12 medals. India could
not win a single medal in the championships. 206 countries participated (Kosovo
made their debut) and only 43 nations entered medals table. Next event will be
held in London in 2017.
There were 18
athletes from India. The Indian athlete, O P Jaisha Orchatteri broke the
national record in Women's Marathon by finishing 18th in 2:37:29. Babar was the
best Indian athlete in the Championship as she became the first Indian athlete
to reach the final round in track events. India had many medal contenders,
though no medal came home, this year.
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Top 10 countries in
2015 World Championships (Athletics) - @ Beijing
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#
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Country
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Gold
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Silver
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Bronze
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Total
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1
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Kenya
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7
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6
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3
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16
|
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2
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Jamaica
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7
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2
|
3
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12
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3
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USA
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6
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6
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6
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18
|
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4
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Great
Britain
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4
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1
|
2
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7
|
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5
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Ethiopia
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3
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3
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2
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8
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6
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Poland
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3
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1
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4
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8
|
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7
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Canada
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2
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3
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3
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8
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8
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Germany
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2
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3
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3
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8
|
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9
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Russia
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2
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1
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1
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4
|
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10
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Cuba
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2
|
1
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0
|
3
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2015 World
Athletics Championships – Beijing (Important
Events)
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Men
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1
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Usain
Bolt
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100m
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9.79
seconds
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Jamaica
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2
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David
Rudisha
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800m
|
45.84
seconds
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Kenya
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3
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Nicolas
Bett
|
400m
Hurdles
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47.79
seconds
|
Kenya
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4
|
Greg
Rutherford
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Long
Jump
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8.41
m
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Britain
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5
|
Usain
Bolt
|
200m
|
19.55
seconds
|
Jamaica
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6
|
Chrisitan
Taylor
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Triple
Jump
|
18.12
m
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USA
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Women
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1
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Shelly-Ann
Fraser
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100m
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10.76
seconds
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Jamaica
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2
|
Genzebe
Dibaba
|
1500m
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4:08.09
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Ethiopia
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3
|
Denia
Caballero
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Discus
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69.28m
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Cuba
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4
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Allyson
Feliz
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400m
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49.26
seconds
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USA
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5
|
Anita
Wlodarczyk
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Hammer
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80.85
m
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Poland
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