2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships
Organisers World Athletics
Edition 21st
Dates 20–22 March 2026
Host city Toruń, BiT, Kuyavian–Pomeranian, Poland
Venue Kujawsko-Pomorska Arena Toruń
Level Senior
Type Indoor
Events 27
← Nanjing 2025

The 21st World Athletics Indoor Championships were held from 20 to 22 March 2026 at the Kujawsko-Pomorska Arena Toruń in Toruń, BiT City, Kuyavian–Pomeranian, Poland. It was the second time the country has held the event after the 2014 edition in Sopot. The venue previously hosted the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships.[1][2]

On 22 March 2023, the World Athletics Council awarded the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships to Toruń, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian region of Poland.[3][4][5]

Schedule

All times are local (UTC+1).

R1 Round 1 S Semi-finals F Final
M = morning session, E = evening session
Mixed
Date → 20 March 21 March 22 March
Event ↓ M E M E M E
4 × 400 m F

[6]

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Poland)

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  United States 5 7 6 18
2  Great Britain 4 0 0 4
3  Italy 3 2 0 5
4  Portugal 2 1 0 3
 Ukraine 2 1 0 3
6  Spain 1 2 2 5
7  Netherlands 1 2 1 4
8  Belgium 1 2 0 3
9  Poland* 1 1 2 4
10  Switzerland 1 1 1 3
11  Canada 1 1 0 2
12  Czech Republic 1 0 1 2
 New Zealand 1 0 1 2
 Sweden 1 0 1 2
15  Bahamas 1 0 0 1
 Cuba 1 0 0 1
17  Australia 0 2 3 5
18  Jamaica 0 2 2 4
19  Greece 0 1 0 1
 Mexico 0 1 0 1
 Serbia 0 1 0 1
 Slovenia 0 1 0 1
 Venezuela 0 1 0 1
24  Algeria 0 0 1 1
 Bulgaria 0 0 1 1
 Colombia 0 0 1 1
 France 0 0 1 1
 Ireland 0 0 1 1
 Saint Lucia 0 0 1 1
 Senegal 0 0 1 1
 South Korea 0 0 1 1
 Trinidad and Tobago 0 0 1 1
Totals (32 entries) 27 29 29 85

Placing table

United States won the placing table.[7]

Rank Country 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 5 6 7 8 Medals Points
1  United States 5 7 6 1 4 3 4 1 18 164
2  Poland 1 1 2 2 1 3 3 2 4 58
3  Netherlands 1 2 1 3 1 1 2 0 4 54
4  Jamaica 0 2 2 2 3 0 2 0 4 52
5  Great Britain 4 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 4 49
5  Italy 3 2 0 0 0 0 5 1 5 49
7  Australia 0 2 3 1 1 0 1 0 5 43
8  Spain 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 2 5 39
9  Sweden 1 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 2 36
10  France 0 0 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 31

Medal summary

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
60 metres
details		 Jordan Anthony
 United States		 6.41 WL Kishane Thompson
 Jamaica		 6.45 [.447] PB Trayvon Bromell
 United States		 6.45 [.448]
400 metres
details		 Christopher Morales Williams
 Canada		 44.76 CR Khaleb McRae
 United States		 45.03 Jereem Richards
 Trinidad and Tobago		 45.39 SB
800 metres
details		 Cooper Lutkenhaus
 United States		 1:44.24 Eliott Crestan
 Belgium		 1:44.38 Mohamed Attaoui
 Spain		 1:44.66
1500 metres
details		 Mariano García
 Spain		 3:39.63 Isaac Nader
 Portugal		 3:40.06 Adam Spencer
 Australia		 3:40.26
3000 metres
details		 Josh Kerr
 Great Britain		 7:35.56 SB Cole Hocker
 United States		 7:35.70 SB Yann Schrub
 France		 7:35.71
60 metres hurdles
details		 Jakub Szymański
 Poland		 7.40 Enrique Llopis
 Spain		 7.42 NR Trey Cunningham
 United States		 7.43
4 × 400 metres relay
details		  United States
Justin Robinson
Chris Robinson
Demarius Smith
Khaleb McRae
Elija Godwin*
TJ Tomlyanovich*		 3:01.52 CR  Belgium
Jonathan Sacoor
Christian Iguacel
Julien Watrin
Alexander Doom
Robin Vanderbemden*
Dylan Borlee*		 3:03.29 SB  Jamaica
Reheem Hayles
Delano Kennedy
Tyrice Taylor
Kimar Farquharson
Demar Francis*		 3:05.99
High jump
details		 Oleh Doroshchuk
 Ukraine		 2.30 m SB Erick Portillo
 Mexico		 2.30 m PB Raymond Richards
 Jamaica
Woo Sang-hyeok
 South Korea		 2.26 m =SB
2.26 m
Pole vault
details		 Armand Duplantis
 Sweden		 6.25 m CR Emmanouil Karalis
 Greece		 6.05 m Kurtis Marschall
 Australia		 6.00 m =PB
Long jump
details		 Gerson Baldé
 Portugal		 8.46 m WL Mattia Furlani
 Italy		 8.39 m =PB Bozhidar Sarâboyukov
 Bulgaria		 8.31 m
Triple jump
details		 Andy Díaz
 Italy		 17.47 m WL Jordan Scott
 Jamaica		 17.33 m Yasser Triki
 Algeria		 17.30 m
Shot put
details		 Tom Walsh
 New Zealand		 21.82 m SB Jordan Geist
 United States		 21.64 m Roger Steen
 United States		 21.49 m
Heptathlon
details		 Simon Ehammer
 Switzerland		 6670 WR Heath Baldwin
 United States		 6337 PB Kyle Garland
 United States		 6245

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
60 metres
details		 Zaynab Dosso
 Italy		 7.00 Jacious Sears
 United States		 7.03 [.022] Julien Alfred
 Saint Lucia		 7.03 [.025]
400 metres
details		 Lurdes Gloria Manuel
 Czech Republic		 50.76 PB Natalia Bukowiecka
 Poland		 50.83 NR Lieke Klaver
 Netherlands		 51.02
800 metres
details		 Keely Hodgkinson
 Great Britain		 1:55.30 CR Audrey Werro
 Switzerland		 1:56.64 NR Addison Wiley
 United States		 1:58.36 PB
1500 metres
details		 Georgia Hunter Bell
 Great Britain		 3:58.53 WL Jessica Hull
 Australia		 3:59.45 AR Nikki Hiltz
 United States		 3:59.68 PB
3000 metres
details		 Nadia Battocletti
 Italy		 8:57.64 Emily Mackay
 United States		 8:58.12 Jessica Hull
 Australia		 8:58.18
60 metres hurdles
details		 Devynne Charlton
 Bahamas		 7.65 =WR Nadine Visser
 Netherlands		 7.73 SB Pia Skrzyszowska
 Poland		 7.73 NR
4 × 400 metres relay
details		  United States
Bailey Lear
Rosey Effiong
Paris Peoples
Shamier Little
Abbey Glynn*
Brianna White*		 3:25.81 SB  Netherlands
Lieke Klaver
Myrte van der Schoot
Nina Franke
Eveline Saalberg
Madelief van Leur*
Elisabeth Paulina*		 3:26.00 SB  Spain
Paula Sevilla
Ana Prieto
Rocio Arroyo
Blanca Hervas
Carmen Avilés*
Daniela Fra*		 3:26.04 SB
High jump
details		 Yaroslava Mahuchikh
 Ukraine		 2.01 m Angelina Topić
 Serbia
Nicola Olyslagers
 Australia
Yuliya Levchenko
 Ukraine		 1.99 m Not awarded
Pole vault
details		 Molly Caudery
 Great Britain		 4.85 m SB Tina Šutej
 Slovenia		 4.80 m SB Amálie Švábíková
 Czech Republic
Imogen Ayris
 New Zealand
Angelica Moser
 Switzerland		 4.70 m
Long jump
details		 Agate de Sousa
 Portugal		 6.92 m Larissa Iapichino
 Italy		 6.87 m Natalia Linares
 Colombia		 6.80 m NR
Triple jump
details		 Leyanis Pérez
 Cuba		 14.95 m =WL Yulimar Rojas
 Venezuela		 14.86 m Saly Sarr
 Senegal		 14.70 m PB
Shot put
details		 Chase Jackson
 United States		 20.14 m Sarah Mitton
 Canada		 19.78 m Axelina Johansson
 Sweden		 19.75 m NR
Pentathlon
details		 Sofie Dokter
 Netherlands		 4888 WL Anna Hall
 United States		 4860 SB Kate O'Connor
 Ireland		 4839 NR

Mixed

Event Gold Silver Bronze
4 × 400 metres relay
details		  Belgium
Jonathan Sacoor
Julien Watrin
Helena Ponette
Ilana Hanssens		 3:15.60 CR  Spain
Markel Fernández
David García
Paula Sevilla
Blanca Hervás		 3:16.96  Poland
Marcin Karolewski
Kajetan Duszyński
Anna Gryc
Justyna Święty-Ersetic		 3:17.44

Qualification

The qualification period for all events ran from 1 November 2025 to 8 March 2026. Athletes could qualify by achieving the Entry Standard within the qualification period or by World Indoor Tour Wildcard, or by virtue of their position in the World Rankings as of 8 March 2026 to complete, where necessary, the target number of athletes in each event. In total no more than two male and two female athletes from any one Member were invited.[8]

Entry Standards and target numbers of athletes / teams per event
Event Women Men Quota
Indoor Indoor
60 metres 7.20 6.59 56
400 metres 51.75 45.80 30
800 metres 2:00.90 1:45.90 30
1500 metres
(Mile)		 4:06.00 3:36.00 30
3000 metres
(5000 metres)		 8:35.00 7:33.00 15
60 m hurdles 8.02 7.65 48
High jump 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 2.30 m ( 7 ft 6+1⁄2 in) 12
Pole vault 4.73 m (15 ft 6 in) 5.85 m ( 19 ft 2+1⁄4 in) 12
Long jump 6.75 m ( 22 ft 1+1⁄2 in) 8.17 m ( 26 ft 9+1⁄2 in) 16
Triple jump 14.15 m (46 ft 5 in) 16.90 m ( 55 ft 5+1⁄4 in) 16
Shot put 18.90 m (62 ft 0 in) 21.20 m ( 69 ft 6+1⁄2 in) 16
Combined events see above 14
Relays see above

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Participating nations

674 athletes from 118 federations are entered in the event.[10]

  •  Albania (1)
  •  Algeria (4)
  •  Andorra (1)
  •  Angola (1)
  •  Antigua and Barbuda (1)
  •  Argentina (1)
  •  Armenia (1)
  •  Australia (11)
  •  Austria (4)
  •  Azerbaijan (1)
  •  Bahamas (5)
  •  Bangladesh (1)
  •  Belgium (18)
  •  Bermuda (1)
  •  Bolivia (1)
  •  Brazil (19)
  •  Bulgaria (5)
  •  Cameroon (2)
  •  Canada (18)
  •  Chile (3)
  •  China (4)
  •  Chinese Taipei (4)
  •  Colombia (3)
  •  Cook Islands (1)
  •  Croatia (3)
  •  Cuba (6)
  •  Cyprus (1)
  •  Czech Republic (21)
  •  Denmark (1)
  •  Dominica (1)
  •  Dominican Republic (1)
  •  Ecuador (1)
  •  Egypt (3)
  •  El Salvador (1)
  •  Eritrea (1)
  •  Estonia (4)
  •  Ethiopia (10)
  •  Finland (8)
  •  France (25)
  •  French Polynesia (1)
  •  Great Britain (29)
  •  Gibraltar (1)
  •  Georgia (1)
  •  Germany (13)
  •  Ghana (1)
  •  Greece (8)
  •  Guinea (1)
  •  Guinea-Bissau (1)
  •  Haiti (2)
  •  Hong Kong (1)
  •  Honduras (1)
  •  Hungary (11)
  •  Iceland (3)
  •  Ireland (13)
  •  Italy (26)
  •  Jamaica (31)
  •  Japan (10)
  •  Jordan (1)
  •  Kazakhstan (1)
  •  Kenya (8)
  •  Kosovo (1)
  •  Kuwait (1)
  •  Kyrgyzstan (1)
  •  Latvia (1)
  •  Lebanon (1)
  •  Liberia (1)
  •  Lithuania (2)
  •  Luxembourg (3)
  •  Macau (1)
  •  Madagascar (1)
  •  Mali (1)
  •  Malta (1)
  •  Mauritius (1)
  •  Mexico (3)
  •  Moldova (1)
  •  Monaco (1)
  •  Montenegro (1)
  •  Nauru (1)
  •  Netherlands (25)
  •  New Zealand (13)
  •  Niger (1)
  •  Nigeria (1)
  •  North Macedonia (1)
  •  Northern Mariana Islands (1)
  •  Norway (10)
  •  Oman (1)
  •  Papua New Guinea (1)
  •  Paraguay (1)
  •  Philippines (4)
  •  Poland (37) (host)
  •  Portugal (19)
  •  Puerto Rico (4)
  •  Republic of the Congo (1)
  •  Romania (5)
  •  Saint Lucia (1)
  •  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1)
  •  San Marino (1)
  •  Senegal (3)
  •  Serbia (9)
  •  Seychelles (1)
  •  Singapore (1)
  •  Slovakia (10)
  •  Slovenia (13)
  •  South Africa (8)
  •  South Korea (1)
  •  Spain (27)
  •  Sweden (10)
  •  Switzerland (13)
  •  Togo (1)
  •  Trinidad and Tobago (4)
  •  Turkey (2)
  •  Ukraine (5)
  •  Uruguay (1)
  •  Uzbekistan (1)
  •  United States (60)
  •  United States Virgin Islands (1)
  •  Venezuela (7)
  •  Zimbabwe (1)

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