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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
205 IAAF member countries and territories participated, two more than in [[2013 World Championships in Athletics|2013]], with new IAAF member, [[Kosovo at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics|Kosovo]], making its debut. [[South Sudan at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics|South Sudan]] was also set to participate for the first time, but its sole athlete did not show up in Beijing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dothaneagle.com/news/ap/sports/the-latest-italy-s-meucci-leads-halfway-through-marathon/article_03d856a7-c1ae-5382-9223-ca74486b6144.html |title=The Latest: Schwanitz wins shot put gold at worlds |date=22 August 2015 |work=www.dothaneagle.com }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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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 |
==Qualifying standards==
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