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The '''2015 IAAF World Championships''' ({{lang-zh|第十五届世界田径锦标赛}}), the fifteenth edition of the [[IAAF World Championships]], were held from 22 to 30 August at the [[Beijing National Stadium|National Stadium]] in [[Beijing]], 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| access-date=20 November 2010 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101125052231/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/9212714.stm| archive-date= 25 November 2010 | url-status= live}}</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 |access-date=2011-09-03}}</ref> Forty-three 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.