World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025: Key Athletes to Watch and Event Schedule

The 2025 World Athletics Championships are set to take place in Tokyo, Japan, from September 13 to September 21, 2025.

The event will be hosted at the National Stadium, which also served as the venue for the 2021 Summer Olympics.

This edition, which will be the 20th World Athletics Championships since its inception, is expected to feature more than 2,000 athletes from around 200 countries.

The Championships bring together a wide variety of competitions that showcase the best of track and field.

On the track, athletes will compete in sprints such as the 100 metres, 200 metres, and 400 metres, as well as middle-distance races like the 800 metres and 1500 metres.

Long-distance runners will take part in the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres, while hurdle specialists will contest the 100 metres hurdles (women), 110 metres hurdles (men), and 400 metres hurdles.

World Athletics Championships to be Hosted by Japan

The programme also includes the 3000 metres steeplechase and exciting relay races, including the 4×100 metres, 4×400 metres, and mixed 4×400 metres.

Beyond the stadium, the Championships will feature road events such as the marathon and race-walking competitions over 20 kilometres and 35 kilometres.

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In the field events, athletes will compete in the jumps, which include high jump, long jump, triple jump, and pole vault—as well as the throws, which include shot put, discus, hammer, and javelin.

For Kenya, some of the top medal prospects include Faith Kipyegon, who is a dominant force in the women’s 1500m and 5000m.

Top Athletes to Participate in the Tournament

She will be aiming to secure her fourth world title in the 1500m alongside Beatrice Chebet, a double Olympic champion in both the 5000m and 10,000m from the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, making her one of the top contenders in the distance events.

Another Kenyan to watch is Emmanuel Wanyonyi, the reigning Olympic 800m champion and the second-fastest man in history over the distance, who enters the competition as a favourite for gold.

Besides Kenya, other top athletes who will be present in the tournament include:

• Grant Holloway (USA) – 110m hurdles
• Noah Lyles (USA) – Defending champion in 100m & 200m
• Sha’Carri Richardson (USA) – Women’s 100m champion
• Chase Jackson (USA) – Shot put

• Jakob Ingebrigtsen (Norway) – Competing in 1500m & 5000 m
• Karsten Warholm (Norway) – 400m hurdles
• Marileidy Paulino (Dominican Republic) – 400m
• Femke Bol (Netherlands) – 400m hurdles
• Mondo Duplantis (Sweden) – Pole vault

Here is the full day-by-day schedule for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in East African Time (EAT), which is +6 hours ahead of Tokyo time.

2025 World Athletics Championships Schedule

Day 1 – Saturday, 13 September

Morning Session (EAT)

• 01:30 – Men’s & Women’s 35km Race Walk Final
• 03:00 – Women’s Discus Qualification for Group(A)
• 04:55 – Men’s Shot Put Qualification
• 04:55 – Women’s Discus Qualification for Group (B)
• 05:10 – Men’s 100m Preliminary
• 05:40 – Mixed 4x400m Relay Heats

Evening Session (EAT)

• 00:05 – Men’s 3000m Steeplechase Heats
• 00:30 – Women’s Long Jump Qualification
• 00:55 – Women’s 100m Heats
• 01:05 – Men’s Pole Vault Qualification
• 01:50 – Women’s 1500m Heats
• 02:35 – Men’s 100m Heats
• 03:10 – Men’s Shot Put Final
• 03:30 – Women’s 10,000m Final
• 04:20 – Mixed 4x400m Relay Final

Day 2 – Sunday, 14 September

Morning Session (EAT)

• 01:30 – Women’s Marathon Final
• 03:00 – Women’s Hammer Qualification for Group (A)
• 03:00 – Men’s 1500m Heats
• 04:45 – Women’s Hammer Qualification for Group (B)
• 05:05 – Women’s 100m Hurdles Heats

Evening Session (EAT)

• 00:35 – Men’s 400m Heats
• 00:40 – Men’s High Jump Qualification
• 01:10 – Women’s Discus Final
• 01:25 – Women’s 400m Heats
• 02:20 – Women’s 100m Semis
• 02:40 – Women’s Long Jump Final
• 02:43 – Men’s 100m Semis
• 03:05 – Women’s 1500m Semis
• 03:30 – Men’s 10,000m Final
• 04:13 – Women’s 100m Final
• 04:20 – Men’s 100m Final

Day 3– Monday, 15 September

Morning Session (EAT)

• 01:30 –  Men’s Marathon Final
• 03:00 – Men’s Hammer Qualification for Group (A)
• 03:05 – Women’s Pole Vault Qualification
• 04:30– Women’s 3000m Steeplechase Heats
• 04:45 – Men’s Hammer Throw Qualification for Group (B)
• 05: 20 – Women’s 400m Hurdles Heats

Evening Session (EAT)

• 01:35 – Men’s 400m Hurdles Heats
• 01:40 – Men’s Long Jump Qualification
• 01:49 – Men’s Pole Vault Final
• 02:23 – Men’s 110m Hurdles Heats
• 03:00 – Women’s Hammer Throw Final
• 03:06 – Women’s 100m Hurdles Semi- Final
• 03:30 – Men’s 1500m Semi-Final
• 03:55 – Men’s 3000m Steeplechase Final
• 04:20 – Women’s 100m Hurdles Final

Day 4– Tuesday, 16 September

Evening Session (EAT)

• 01:35 – Men’s 800m Heats
• 01:40 – Women’s Triple Jump Qualification
• 02:36 – Men’s High Jump Final
• 02:40 – Men’s 110m Hurdles Semi-Final
• 03:01 – Men’s Hammer Throw Final
• 03:07– Women’s 400m Semi-Final
• 03:35 – Men’s 400m Semi-Final
• 04:05 – Women’s 1500m Final
• 04:20 – Men’s 110m Hurdles Final

Day 5– Wednesday, 17 September

Evening Session (EAT)

• 01:05 – Men’s Triple Jump Qualification
• 01:10 – Men’s Javelin Throw Qualification Group (A)
• 01:30 – Women’s 200m Heats
• 02:10 – Women’s Pole Vault Final
• 02:15– Men’s 200m Heats
• 02:45– Men’s Javelin Throw Qualification Group (B)
• 02:49 – Men’s Long Jump Final
• 03:03 – Women’s 400m Hurdles Semi-Final
• 03:30 – Women’s 400m Hurdles Semi-Final
• 03:57 – Women’s 3000m Steeplechase Final
• 04:20- Men’s 1500m Final

Day 6– Thursday, 18 September

Evening Session (EAT)

• 01:05 – Women’s 5000m Heats
• 01:15 – Women’s High Jump Qualification
• 01:23 – Men’s Javelin Throw Final
• 01:58 – Women’s 800m Heats
• 02:55–  Women’s Triple Jump Final
• 03:02– Men’s 200m Semi-Final
• 03:24 – Women’s 200m Semi-Final
• 03:45 – Men’s 800m Semi-Final
• 04:10– Men’s 400 Metres Final
• 04:24 – Women’s 400 Metres Final

Day 7– Friday, 19 September

Evening Session (EAT)

• 11:33 – Women’s 100m Hurdles Heptathlon
• 12:20 – Women’s High Jump Heptathlon
• 01:30 – Women’s Javelin Throw Qualification Group (A)
• 02:00 – Men’s 5000m Heats
• 02:30– Women’s Shot Put Heptathlon
• 02:43– Women’s 800m Semi-Final
• 02:50- Men’s Triple Jump
• 03:00 – Women’s Javelin Throw Qualification Group (B)
• 03:15 – Men’s 400m Hurdles Final
• 03:27– Women’s 400m Hurdles final-
• 03:38 – Women’s 200m Heptathlon
• 04:06– Men’s 200 Metres Final
• 04:22– Women’s 200 Metres Final

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The World Athletics Championships is a global competition for track and field athletes, organized biennially by World Athletics (formerly IAAF). 

The Championships span 9 days, typically divided into morning and evening sessions.

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