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|Athletes participating = 1,781
|Events = 47
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|previous = [[2013 World Championships in Athletics|Moscow 2013]]
|next = [[2017 World Championships in Athletics|London 2017]]
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The fifteenth edition of the '''[[IAAF]] [[World Athletics Championships
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>
[[Eritrea at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics|Eritrea]] won their first world title at these championships, with [[Ghirmay Ghebreslassie]] winning the [[2015 World Championships in Athletics
The event was the largest sporting event to take place at the [[Beijing National Stadium]] ("Bird's Nest") since the [[2008 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://file.ws.126.net/sports/mediaguide0816_en.pdf|title=Media Guide|date=12 July 2015|work=Official Site|accessdate=19 August 2015}}</ref>
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| class="event" | [[2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres|1500 m]] || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"| || colspan="3"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || class="heats" | H || || || class="semifinals" | ½ || colspan="2"| || || class="final" | F
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| class="event" | [[2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres|5000 m]] || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"| || colspan="3"| || colspan="2"| || class="heats" | H
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| class="event" | [[2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres|10,000 m]] || || class="final" | F || colspan="3"| || colspan="3"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"|
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| class="event" | [[2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres|200 m]] || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"| || colspan="2"| || || class="heats" | H || || class="semifinals" | ½ || || class="final" colspan="2" | F || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"|
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| class="event" | [[2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres|400 m]] || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || class="heats" | H || colspan="2"| ||
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| class="event" | [[2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres|800 m]] || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"| || colspan="2"| || class="heats" | H || || || class="semifinals" | ½ || colspan="3"| || || class="final" | F || colspan="2"|
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| class="event" | [[2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres|1500 m]] || class="heats" | H||
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| class="event" | [[2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres|5000 m]] || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || class="heats" | H || || colspan="3"| || colspan="2"| || || class="final" | F
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| class="event" | [[2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles|400 m hurdles]] || colspan="2"| || class="heats" | H || || || class="semifinals" colspan="2" | ½ || colspan="2"| || || class="final" | F || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"|
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| class="event" | [[2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase|3000 m steeplechase]] || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || class="heats" | H || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"|
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| class="event" | [[2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]] || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"| || class="heats" | H || class="final" | F || colspan="2"|
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| class="event" | [[2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 20 kilometres walk|20 km walk]] || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || class="final" | F || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"|
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| class="event" | [[2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump|Long jump]] || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"|
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| class="event" | [[2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's triple jump|Triple jump]] || class="qualifiers" | Q || || colspan="2"| || || class="final" colspan="2" | F || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"|
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| class="event" | [[2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put|Shot put]] || class="qualifiers" | Q || class="final" | F || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"|
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| class="event" | [[2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw|Discus throw]] || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"|
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| class="event" | [[2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw|Hammer throw]] || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"| || colspan="2"| || class="qualifiers" | Q || || || class="final" | F || colspan="3"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"|
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|{{AthleticsLink|4 × 400 metres relay|Men}}<ref>[http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/4875/AT-4X4-M-f----.RS6.pdf Men's 4 × 400 metres relay results]</ref>
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|{{AthleticsLink|4 × 100 metres relay|Women}}<ref>[http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/4875/AT-4X1-W-f----.RS6.pdf Women's 4 × 100 metres relay results]</ref>
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|{{AthleticsLink|4 × 400 metres relay|Women}}<ref>[http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/4875/AT-4X4-W-f----.RS6.pdf Women's 4 × 400 metres relay results]</ref>
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==Participating nations==
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==Anti-doping==
As part of the event, the IAAF conducted a wide-reaching anti-doping programme. This included information-led targeted tests in the months previous to the championships and testing of athletes in and outside of competition during the championships. In total, the IAAF undertook
As was the case since the 2005 World Championships,
Initial analysis identified two failed tests, both Kenyan women: hurdler [[Koki Manunga]] and sprinter [[Joy Nakhumicha Sakari]]. Both were disqualified immediately from the competition.<ref name=Doping/>
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