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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 – Men's marathon|men's marathon]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Monti|first1=David|title=Eritrea’s Ghirmay Ghebreslassie Wins World Championships Men’s Marathon|url=http://running.competitor.com/2015/08/news/eritreas-ghirmay-ghebreslassie-wins-world-championships-mens-marathon_134038|website=competitor.com|publisher=Competitor Group|accessdate=1 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905153219/http://running.competitor.com/2015/08/news/eritreas-ghirmay-ghebreslassie-wins-world-championships-mens-marathon_134038|archive-date=5 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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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