The 20th World Athletics Indoor Championships were held from 21 to 23 March 2025 in Nanjing, People's Republic of China, at the newly built Nanjing's Cube gymnasium in the Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park.

Nanjing was originally due to host the World Athletics Indoor Championships in 2020, then in 2021, and then again in 2023, but all these dates were cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic regulations in China. The 2022 edition took place in Belgrade, Serbia, and the 2024 edition in Glasgow, United Kingdom.

Bidding process On 26 November 2017, delegations from the three candidate cities made their presentations at the 212th IAAF Council Meeting: Nanjing, Serbia's capital Belgrade, and Toruń, Poland. Nanjing won the bid for the 2020 World Athletics Indoor Championships.

Venue The facility, a brand new purpose-built gymnasium at the Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park, known as Nanjing's Cube, was the centrepiece of the event. Construction started in September 2017 and was completed in time for the event. The venue for track and field, along with swimming, were located in Block A of the park, and to the east was the Yangtze River complex. It provided catering and hotels, as well as security work for the event.

Schedule All times were local (UTC+8).

R1Round 1SFSemi-finalsFFinalM = morning session, E = evening session

+Men Date → 21 March 22 March 23 March Event ↓ M E M E M E 60 m R1 S F 400 m R1 S F 800 m R1 S F 1500 m R1 F 3000 m F 60 m hurdles R1 S F 4 × 400 m F High jump F Pole vault F Long jump F Triple jump F Shot put F Heptathlon F

+Women Date → 21 March 22 March 23 March Event ↓ M E M E M E 60 m R1 S F 400 m S F 800 m R1 S F 1500 m R1 F 3000 m F 60 m hurdles R1 S F 4 × 400 m F High jump F Pole vault F Long jump F Triple jump F Shot put F Pentathlon F

+Day 1 — Friday, 21 March 2025TimeEventGenderRound10:0560 metres hurdlesWPentathlon10:23400 metresMRound 110:45High jumpWPentathlon11:05Triple jumpMFinal11:15800 metresWRound 111:55800 metresMRound 112:5560 metresMRound 113:15Shot putWPentathlon18:30High jumpMFinal18:331500 metresWRound 118:42Long jumpWPentathlon19:181500 metresMRound 119:50Shot putWFinal20:0360 metresMSemi-final20:26400 metresWRound 120:47400 metresMSemi-final21:15800 metresWFinal pentathlon21:2460 metresMFinalDay 2 — Saturday, 22 March 2025TimeEventGenderRound10:0560 metresMHeptathlon10:10Pole vaultWFinal10:2560 metres hurdlesMRound 110:45Long jumpMHeptathlon11:1560 metresWRound 112:05800 metresWSemi-final12:10Shot putMHeptathlon12:31800 metresMSemi-final18:34Pole vaultMFinal18:37High jumpMHeptathlon19:103000 metresWFinal19:15Triple jumpWFinal19:333000 metresMFinal19:5060 metres hurdlesMSemi-final20:1560 metresWSemi-final20:44400 metresWFinal20:55400 metresMFinal21:0560 metres hurdlesMFinal21:1860 metresWFinalDay 3 — Sunday, 23 March 2025TimeEventGenderRound10:0560 metres hurdlesMHeptathlon10:19Long jumpWFinal10:2560 metres hurdlesWRound 111:10Pole vaultMHeptathlon11:35High jumpWFinal19:3560 metres hurdlesWSemi-final19:38Shot putMFinal19:40Long jumpMFinal20:021000 metresMFinal heptathlon20:151500 metresMFinal20:281500 metresWFinal20:40800 metresMFinal20:54800 metresWFinal21:0160 metres hurdlesWFinal21:114 x 400 metres relayMFinal21:214 x 400 metres relayWFinal

Medal table

Placing table United States won the placing table.

RankCountry45678MedalsPoints1 6 4 6 4 6 3 4 2 16 1752 1 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 7 553 2 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 443 0 1 1 3 2 1 1 3 2 445 2 1 0 2 0 1 2 2 3 426 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 4 417 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 4 388 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 339 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 3210 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 27

Medal summary Men 6.49 = 6.50 6.54 45.08 45.47 = 45.54 1:44.77 1:44.81 1:45.03 3:38.79 3:39.07 3:39.17 7:46.09 7:46.25 7:47.09 7.42 7.54 7.55 Elija GodwinBrian FaustJacory PattersonChristopher Bailey 3:03.13 Rusheen McDonaldJasauna DennisKimar FarquharsonDemar Francis 3:05.05 Patrik Simon EnyingiZoltán WahlÁrpád KovácsAttila Molnár 3:06.03 2.31 m = 2.28 m 2.28 m 6.15 m 6.05 m 5.90 m = 8.30 m 8.29 m 8.28 m 17.80 m 17.33 m 17.15 m 21.65 m 21.62 m 21.48 m 6475 pts 6437 pts 6275 pts Almir dos Santos of Brazil originally won the bronze medal, but was disqualified for wearing non-regulation shoes.

Women 7.04 7.06 7.07 50.60 50.63 50.92 1:58.40 1:59.63 1:59.80 3:54.86 CR Vacant 3:59.84 8:37.21 8:38.26 8:38.28 7.72 7.73 7.74 Quanera HayesBailey LearRosey EffiongAlexis Holmes 3:27.45 Justyna Święty-ErseticAleksandra FormellaAnastazja KuśAnna Gryc 3:32.05 Ellie BeerElla ConnollyBella PasqualiJemma Pollard 3:32.65 1.97 m 1.97 m 1.95 m 4.75 m = 4.70 m 4.70 m 6.96 m 6.83 m 6.72 m 14.93 m 14.57 m = 14.29 m 20.48 m 20.07 m 20.06 m 4821 pts 4742 pts 4669 pts

Diribe Welteji of Ethiopia originally won the silver medal, but was disqualified due to anti-doping violations.

Qualification The qualification period for all events ran from 1 September 2024 to 9 March 2025 (midnight Monaco time). Athletes could qualify by achieving the Entry Standard within the qualification period or by World Indoor Tour Wildcard, or by virtue of their position in the World Rankings as of 9 March 2025 to complete, where necessary, the target number of athletes in each event. In total no more than two male and two female athletes from any one Member were invited. The winners of the World Indoor tour received wildcards to the championships, allowing nations with wildcards to enter up to 3 athletes into individual events. +EventWomenMenQuota Indoor Outdoor Indoor Outdoor60 metres 7.15 10.90 for 100 m 6.55 9.92 for 100 m 56400 metres 51.00 51.00 45.20 45.20 30800 metres 2:00.00 2:00.00 1:45.00 1:45.00 301500 metres(Mile) 4:03.00(4:22.50) 4:03.00(4:22.50) 3:33.50(3:50.50) 3:33.50(3:50.50) 303000 metres(5000 metres) 8:33.00 8:33.00(14:25.00) 7:31.00 7:31.00(12:45.00) 1560 m hurdles 7.94 100 mH 7.57 110 mH 48High jump 12Pole vault 12Long jump 16Triple jump 16Shot put 16Combined events colspan=4 14Relays colspan=5

Participating nations 576 athletes from 127 countries were entered. Of that number 517 athletes from 118 countries actually got to compete.Official database of participating athletes

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References

External links World Athletics website