Vanuatu has competed at every edition of the World Athletics Championships since its inception in 1983. Its competing country code is VAN. The country has not won any medals at the competition and as of 2017 no Vanuatuan athlete has progressed beyond the first round of an event.IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019 - Statistics Handbook. IAAF (2019). Retrieved 2019-09-26.
2009 Vanuatu competed at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics from 15–23 August. A team of 2 athletes was announced in preparation for the competition.Entry list. IAAF (2009-07-30). Retrieved on 2009-08-16.
EventAthletesWomen's 100 metresElis LapenmalMen's 800 metresArnold Sorina
2011 Vanuatu competed at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics from August 27 to September 4 in Daegu, South Korea. A team of 2 athletes was announced to represent the country in the event.
AthleteEventPreliminariesHeatsSemifinalsFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankArnold Sorina400 metres48.76 SB32Did not advanceSusan Tama100 metres13.29 (PB) 26Did not advance
2013 Vanuatu competed at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow, Russia, from 10–18 August 2013. A team of one athlete was announced to represent the country in the event.
AthleteEventPreliminariesHeatsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankDaniel Philimon100 metres11.5323did not advance
2015 Vanuatu competed at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China, from 22–30 August 2015.
AthleteEventPreliminary RoundHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank Womel Brandy Mento 100 metres11.17 PB18did not advance
2017 Vanuatu will compete at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics in London, Great Britain, from 4–13 August 2017.
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankPaul Nalau200 metres–colspan=4
2019
Vanuatu will compete at the 2019 World Championships in Athletics in Doha, Qatar, from 27 September 2019.
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankTikie Terry Mael400 metres–colspan=4
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