Afghanistan has competed at the World Athletics Championships on eleven occasions, and did not send a delegation from 1987 to 2001. Its competing country code is AFG. The country has not won any medals at the competition and as of 2025 no Afghan athlete has progressed beyond the first round of an event.IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019 - Statistics Handbook. IAAF (2019). Retrieved 2019-09-26.
Results
1983 Afghanistan sent one athlete to compete at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki, Finland, from August 7 to 14, 1983.World Athletics Statistics HandBook Oregon 2022. World Athletics (2013). Edited by Mark Butler. Retrieved on 2022-07-09.
Men AthleteEventHeatResultRankMohamad Ismail Bakaki100 metres12.3365 (Did not advance)
2003
2007 Afghanistan sent two athletes to compete at the 2007 World Athletics Championships in Osaka, Japan, from 25 August to 2 September 2007. Men Track and road events AthleteEventHeatQuarter-finalSemifinalFinal Final RankResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankWaleed Anwari100 metres11.75 SB8colspan=6 62
Women
Track and road events AthleteEventHeatQuarter-finalSemifinalFinal Final RankResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankFatima Mohammadi100 metres16.17 PB8colspan=6 69
2009 Afghanistan fielded two competitors at the 2009 World Athletics Championships in Berlin.Entry list . European Athletic Association (2009-07-30). Retrieved on 2009-08-14. Men EventAthletesHeatsQuarterfinalsSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank100 mMassoud Azizi11.79 SB88did not advance
Women EventAthletesHeatsQuarterfinalsSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank100 mRobina Muqimyar14.24 SB60did not advance
2011 Afghanistan entered one athlete at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics from August 27 to September 4 in Daegu, South Korea.
Men AthleteEventPreliminariesHeatsSemifinalsFinalTimeWidthHeightRankTimeWidthHeightRankTimeWidthHeightRankTimeWidthHeightRankMasoud Azizi100 metres11.64 (SB)26Did not advance
2013 Afghanistan competed at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics from August 10 to August 18 in Moscow, Russia. A team of one athlete was announced to represent the country in the event.
Men
AthleteEventPreliminariesHeatsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMasoud Azizi100 metres11.7827 did not advance
2015 Afghanistan fielded one athlete in competition at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China, from 22 to 30 August 2015.
Men Track and road events AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRank Wais Ibrahim Khairandesh 800 metres 1:59.51 8 colspan=4
2017 Afghanistan competed at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics in London, United Kingdom, between 4 and 13 August 2017, with sole athlete Said Gilani competing in the men's track and road events.
Men Track and road events AthleteEventPreliminary RoundHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank Said Gilani 100 metres11.13 PB20colspan=6
2019 Afghanistan competed at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, from 27 September to 6 October 2019. Said Gilani was the only athlete representing Afghanistan for the second consecutive championships, in the men's 100 metres event.
Men Track and road events AthleteEventPreliminary RoundHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank Said Gilani 100 metres11.45 SB21colspan=6
2022 Afghanistan competed at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, United States, from 15 to 24 July 2022. Said Gilani was the only athlete representing Afghanistan for the third consecutive championships, in the men's 100 metres event.
Men Track and road events AthleteEventPreliminaryHeatSemi-finalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankSaid GilaniMen's 100 metres11.43 (+1.1) SB17colspan=6
2023 Afghanistan competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, from 19 to 27 August 2023, entering one athlete.
Men
Track and road events AthleteEventPreliminaryHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankSaid Gilani100 metrescolspan=6
2025 Afghanistan attended the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, from 13 to 21 September 2025, entering 1 male athlete who ultimately did not compete.
Men Track and road events AthleteEventHeatFinalResultRankResultRankIlhamudin Sarajzoy5000 metresDid not start
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