2015 World Championships in Athletics: Difference between revisions

The fifteenth edition of the '''[[IAAF]] [[World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]''' ({{IPA-cmn|第十五届世界田径锦标赛|lang}}) was held 22–30 August 2015 in [[Beijing]], [[People's Republic of China|China]].<ref>{{cite news | title=Beijing to host 2015 World Athletics Championships | publisher=BBC Sport | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/9212714.stm |date=20 November 2010| accessdate=20 November 2010 | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20101125052231/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/9212714.stm| archivedate= 25 November 2010 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurlurl-status= nolive}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iaaf.org/aboutiaaf/news/newsid=58752.html |title=Beijing selected to host 2015 World Championships |publisher=iaaf.org |date=2010-11-20 |accessdate=2011-09-03}}</ref> 43 nations won medals, 144 of which were awarded. [[Kenya at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics|Kenya]] topped the medal table for the first time, with 7 gold, 6 silver and 3 bronze medals. The [[United States at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics|United States]] won 18 medals, six gold, six silver and six bronze, which was the highest tally. Host nation [[China at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics|China]], finished 11th on the medals table, while [[Russia at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics|Russia]] finished ninth.

The event was primarily held at the [[Beijing National Stadium]], which served as the athletics venue during the [[2008 Summer Olympics]]. Weather concerns prompted a reduction in capacity for the World Championships in Athletics; only the lower and middle tiers of the stadium were open, capping the venue at around 54,000 spectators rather than its capacity of 80,000.<ref name=itg-beijingstadium>{{cite web|title=Beijing 2015 World Championships organisers confident of capacity 50,000 plus crowds|url=http://www.insidethegames.biz/sports/summer/athletics/1015588-beijing-2015-world-championships-organisers-confident-of-capacity-50-000-plus-crowds|website=InsideTheGames.biz|accessdate=6 July 2015}}</ref> Tickets for the championships were available in three price categories, ranging from 50 RMB to 500 RMB.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tickets IAAF WOrld CHampionships Beijing 2015 |url=http://ticketing.iaafbeijing2015.com/en/ |website=ticketing.iaafbeijing2015.com/ |accessdate=25 August 2015 |deadurlurl-status=yesdead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927035826/http://ticketing.iaafbeijing2015.com/en/ |archivedate=27 September 2015 }}</ref>