World athletics championships 2029

20th edition of the World Athletics Championships

The 2025 World Athletics Championships (Japanese: 2025年世界陸上競技選手権大会) will be the twentieth edition of the World Athletics Championships, and are scheduled to be held from 13 to 21 September 2025 in Tokyo,^[1] Japan.

The championships will use the National Stadium, rebuilt for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and 2020 Summer Paralympic Games.^[2]

This is the third time that the championships will be held in Japan, following the 2007 event in Osaka, and the 1991 event in Tokyo at the former National Stadium.^[2]

Host selection and venue

In October 2019, World Athletics president Sebastian Coe stated consideration of a direct choice for Kenya to host this championship.^[7][8] Kenya confirmed its bid for the championships in October 2021.^[3] In 2022, Japan and Singapore entered bids to host the championships.^[5][4][9] In July 2022, Tokyo was selected by World Athletics to host the 2025 event,^[2] after

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