Colombia has won a total of 10 medals at the World Athletics Championships. Race walker Luis Fernando López won the country's first medal at the championships, a bronze that eventually turned into gold due to the disqualification for doping of the athletes who ranked first and second at the men's 20 kilometres race walk event at the 2011 Championships in Daegu, South Korea. Caterine Ibargüen is the most successful Colombian athlete at the championships, with 5 medals in total.
History Before the medals won in 2011, sprinter Ximena Restrepo had the most outstanding presentation made by a Colombian athlete at the World Championships. She ranked sixth at the women's 400m event at the 1991 edition in Tokio. Also, Luis Fernando López ranked fourth at the men's 20 km walk event during the Berlin 2009 Championships.
Medal Count
By championships ChampionshipsAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank 1983 Helsinki – 0 0 0 0 – 1987 Rome – 0 0 0 0 – 1991 Tokyo – 0 0 0 0 – 1993 Stuttgart – 0 0 0 0 – 1995 Gothenburg – 0 0 0 0 – 1997 Athens – 0 0 0 0 – 1999 Seville – 0 0 0 0 – 2001 Edmonton – 0 0 0 0 – 2003 Paris – 0 0 0 0 – 2005 Helsinki – 0 0 0 0 – 2007 Osaka 7 0 0 0 0 – 2009 Berlin 11 0 0 0 0 – 2011 Daegu 20 1 0 1 2 11 2013 Moscow 20 1 0 0 1 13 2015 Beijing 12 1 0 0 1 15 2017 London 20 1 1 0 2 11 2019 Doha 15 0 1 1 2 24 2022 Oregon 7 0 0 0 0 – 2023 Budapest 15 0 1 0 1 27 2025 Tokyo 18 0 0 1 1 41 2027 Beijing To be determined 2029 Nairobi 2031 Munich Total 4 3 3 10 42
By event
By gender
List of Medalists Medal Name Championships Event 2011 Daegu Men's 20 kilometres walk Women's triple jump 2013 Moscow Women's triple jump 2015 Beijing Women's triple jump 2017 London Men's 20 kilometres walk Women's triple jump 2019 Doha Men's 400 metres Women's triple jump 2023 Budapest Women's javelin throw 2025 Tokyo Women's long jump
Multiple medalists Athlete Gold Silver Bronze Total YearsCaterine Ibargüen 2 1 2 5 2011–2019
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