2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships

2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships
2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships
Organisers	World Athletics
Edition	21st
Dates	20–22 March 2026
Host city	Toruń, BiT, Kuyavian–Pomeranian, Poland
Venue	Kujawsko-Pomorska Arena Toruń
Level	Senior
Type	Indoor
Events	27
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The 21st World Athletics Indoor Championships were held from 20 to 22 March 2026 at the Kujawsko-Pomorska Arena Toruń in Toruń, BiT City, Kuyavian–Pomeranian, Poland. It was the second time the country has held the event after the 2014 edition in Sopot. The venue previously hosted the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships.^[1]^[2]

On 22 March 2023, the World Athletics Council awarded the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships to Toruń, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian region of Poland.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Schedule

All times are local (UTC+1).

R1	Round 1	S	Semi-finals	F	Final
M = morning session, E = evening session

Men
Date →	20 March			21 March			22 March
Event ↓	M	E		M	E		M	E
60 m	R1	S	F
400 m	R1	S			F
800 m	R1			S				F
1500 m		R1						F
3000 m					F
60 m hurdles				R1	S	F
4 × 400 m							R1	F
High jump				F
Pole vault					F
Long jump								F
Triple jump		F
Shot put							F
Heptathlon	F

Women
Date →	20 March		21 March			22 March
Event ↓	M	E	M	E		M	E
60 m			R1	S	F
400 m	R1	S		F
800 m	R1		S				F
1500 m		R1					F
3000 m				F
60 m hurdles						R1	S	F
4 × 400 m						R1	F
High jump	F
Pole vault							F
Long jump						F
Triple jump				F
Shot put		F
Pentathlon						F

Mixed
Date →	20 March			21 March		22 March
Event ↓	M	E		M	E	M		E
4 × 400 m				F

Event detailed schedule
Day 1 — Friday, 20 March 2026
Time	Event	Gender	Round
10:05	60 metres	M	Heptathlon
10:20	60 metres	M	Round 1
10:50	Long Jump	M	Heptathlon
11:15	400 metres	W	Round 1
11:30	High Jump	W	Final
11:55	400 metres	M	Round 1
12:35	800 metres	W	Round 1
13:00	Shot Put	M	Heptathlon
13:20	800 metres	M	Round 1
Friday Evening
18:35	1500 metres	W	Round 1
18:35	High Jump	M	Heptathlon
18:45	Shot Put	W	Final
19:18	1500 metres	M	Round 1
19:35	Triple Jump	M	Final
20:05	400 metres	W	Semi-final
20:25	60 metres	M	Semi-final
20:50	400 metres	M	Semi-final
21:22	60 metres	M	Final
Day 2 — Saturday, 21 March 2026
Time	Event	Gender	Round
10:05	60 metres Hurdles	M	Heptathlon
10:20	60 metres Hurdles	M	Round 1
11:05	60 metres	W	Round 1
11:10	Pole Vault	M	Heptathlon
11:55	4x400 metres Relay	Mixed	Final
12:08	800 metres	W	Semi-final
12:15	High Jump	M	Final
12:37	800 metres	M	Semi-final
Saturday Evening
18:35	Pole Vault	M	Final
18:40	400 metres	M	Final
18:50	1000 metres	M	Heptathlon
19:05	3000 metres	W	Final
19:20	Triple Jump	W	Final
19:25	3000 metres	M	Final
19:50	60 metres Hurdles	M	Semi-final
20:15	60 metres	W	Semi-Final
20:44	400 metres	W	Final
21:05	60 metres Hurdles	M	Final
21:20	60 metres	W	Final
Day 3 — Sunday, 22 March 2026
Time	Event	Gender	Round
10:05	60 metres Hurdles	W	Pentathlon
10:20	Long Jump	W	Final
10:25	4x400 metres Relay	M	Round 1
10:45	High Jump	W	Pentathlon
11:00	4x400 metres Relay	W	Round 1
11:20	Shot Put	M	Final
12:55	60 metres hurdles	W	Round 1
13:15	Shot Put (Pentathlon)	W	Pentathlon
Sunday Evening
17:40	Long Jump (Pentathlon)	W	Pentathlon
18:05	Pole Vault	W	Final
19:02	Long jump	M	Final
19:09	1500 metres	M	Final
19:20	60 metres hurdles	W	Semi-final
19:42	1500 metres	W	Final
19:55	800 metres	M	Final
20:05	800 metres	W	Final
20:15	800 metres (Pentathlon)	W	Pentathlon
20:25	60 metres hurdles	W	Final
20:38	4 x 400 metres relay	M	Final
20:50	4 x 400 metres relay	W	Final

^[6]

Medal table

* Host nation (Poland)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	5	7	6	18
2	Great Britain	4	0	0	4
3	Italy	3	2	0	5
4	Portugal	2	1	0	3
4	Ukraine	2	1	0	3
6	Spain	1	2	2	5
7	Netherlands	1	2	1	4
8	Belgium	1	2	0	3
9	Poland*	1	1	2	4
10	Switzerland	1	1	1	3
11	Canada	1	1	0	2
12	Czech Republic	1	0	1	2
	New Zealand	1	0	1	2
	Sweden	1	0	1	2
15	Bahamas	1	0	0	1
15	Cuba	1	0	0	1
17	Australia	0	2	3	5
18	Jamaica	0	2	2	4
19	Greece	0	1	0	1
	Mexico	0	1	0	1
	Serbia	0	1	0	1
	Slovenia	0	1	0	1
	Venezuela	0	1	0	1
24	Algeria	0	0	1	1
	Bulgaria	0	0	1	1
	Colombia	0	0	1	1
	France	0	0	1	1
	Ireland	0	0	1	1
	Saint Lucia	0	0	1	1
	Senegal	0	0	1	1
	South Korea	0	0	1	1
	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	1	1
Totals (32 entries)		27	29	29	85

Placing table

United States won the placing table.^[7]

Rank	Country				4	5	6	7	8	Medals	Points
1	United States	5	7	6	1	4	3	4	1	18	164
2	Poland	1	1	2	2	1	3	3	2	4	58
3	Netherlands	1	2	1	3	1	1	2	0	4	54
4	Jamaica	0	2	2	2	3	0	2	0	4	52
5	Great Britain	4	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	4	49
5	Italy	3	2	0	0	0	0	5	1	5	49
7	Australia	0	2	3	1	1	0	1	0	5	43
8	Spain	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	2	5	39
9	Sweden	1	0	1	2	1	2	1	0	2	36
10	France	0	0	1	1	2	3	1	1	1	31

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
60 metres details	Jordan Anthony United States	6.41 WL	Kishane Thompson Jamaica	6.45 [.447] PB	Trayvon Bromell United States	6.45 [.448]
400 metres details	Christopher Morales Williams Canada	44.76 CR	Khaleb McRae United States	45.03	Jereem Richards Trinidad and Tobago	45.39 SB
800 metres details	Cooper Lutkenhaus United States	1:44.24	Eliott Crestan Belgium	1:44.38	Mohamed Attaoui Spain	1:44.66
1500 metres details	Mariano García Spain	3:39.63	Isaac Nader Portugal	3:40.06	Adam Spencer Australia	3:40.26
3000 metres details	Josh Kerr Great Britain	7:35.56 SB	Cole Hocker United States	7:35.70 SB	Yann Schrub France	7:35.71
60 metres hurdles details	Jakub Szymański Poland	7.40	Enrique Llopis Spain	7.42 NR	Trey Cunningham United States	7.43
4 × 400 metres relay details	United States Justin Robinson Chris Robinson Demarius Smith Khaleb McRae Elija Godwin* TJ Tomlyanovich*	3:01.52 CR	Belgium Jonathan Sacoor Christian Iguacel Julien Watrin Alexander Doom Robin Vanderbemden* Dylan Borlee*	3:03.29 SB	Jamaica Reheem Hayles Delano Kennedy Tyrice Taylor Kimar Farquharson Demar Francis*	3:05.99
High jump details	Oleh Doroshchuk Ukraine	2.30 m SB	Erick Portillo Mexico	2.30 m PB	Raymond Richards Jamaica Woo Sang-hyeok South Korea	2.26 m =SB 2.26 m
Pole vault details	Armand Duplantis Sweden	6.25 m CR	Emmanouil Karalis Greece	6.05 m	Kurtis Marschall Australia	6.00 m =PB
Long jump details	Gerson Baldé Portugal	8.46 m WL	Mattia Furlani Italy	8.39 m =PB	Bozhidar Sarâboyukov Bulgaria	8.31 m
Triple jump details	Andy Díaz Italy	17.47 m WL	Jordan Scott Jamaica	17.33 m	Yasser Triki Algeria	17.30 m
Shot put details	Tom Walsh New Zealand	21.82 m SB	Jordan Geist United States	21.64 m	Roger Steen United States	21.49 m
Heptathlon details	Simon Ehammer Switzerland	6670 WR	Heath Baldwin United States	6337 PB	Kyle Garland United States	6245 SB

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
60 metres details	Zaynab Dosso Italy	7.00	Jacious Sears United States	7.03 [.022]	Julien Alfred Saint Lucia	7.03 [.025]
400 metres details	Lurdes Gloria Manuel Czech Republic	50.76 PB	Natalia Bukowiecka Poland	50.83 NR	Lieke Klaver Netherlands	51.02
800 metres details	Keely Hodgkinson Great Britain	1:55.30 CR	Audrey Werro Switzerland	1:56.64 NR	Addison Wiley United States	1:58.36 PB
1500 metres details	Georgia Hunter Bell Great Britain	3:58.53 WL	Jessica Hull Australia	3:59.45 AR	Nikki Hiltz United States	3:59.68 PB
3000 metres details	Nadia Battocletti Italy	8:57.64	Emily Mackay United States	8:58.12	Jessica Hull Australia	8:58.18
60 metres hurdles details	Devynne Charlton Bahamas	7.65 =WR	Nadine Visser Netherlands	7.73 SB	Pia Skrzyszowska Poland	7.73 NR
4 × 400 metres relay details	United States Bailey Lear Rosey Effiong Paris Peoples Shamier Little Abbey Glynn* Brianna White*	3:25.81 SB	Netherlands Lieke Klaver Myrte van der Schoot Nina Franke Eveline Saalberg Madelief van Leur* Elisabeth Paulina*	3:26.00 SB	Spain Paula Sevilla Ana Prieto Rocio Arroyo Blanca Hervas Carmen Avilés* Daniela Fra*	3:26.04 SB
High jump details	Yaroslava Mahuchikh Ukraine	2.01 m	Angelina Topić Serbia Nicola Olyslagers Australia Yuliya Levchenko Ukraine	1.99 m	Not awarded
Pole vault details	Molly Caudery Great Britain	4.85 m SB	Tina Šutej Slovenia	4.80 m SB	Amálie Švábíková Czech Republic Imogen Ayris New Zealand Angelica Moser Switzerland	4.70 m
Long jump details	Agate de Sousa Portugal	6.92 m	Larissa Iapichino Italy	6.87 m	Natalia Linares Colombia	6.80 m NR
Triple jump details	Leyanis Pérez Cuba	14.95 m =WL	Yulimar Rojas Venezuela	14.86 m	Saly Sarr Senegal	14.70 m PB
Shot put details	Chase Jackson United States	20.14 m	Sarah Mitton Canada	19.78 m	Axelina Johansson Sweden	19.75 m NR
Pentathlon details	Sofie Dokter Netherlands	4888 WL	Anna Hall United States	4860 SB	Kate O'Connor Ireland	4839 NR

Mixed

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
4 × 400 metres relay details	Belgium Jonathan Sacoor Julien Watrin Helena Ponette Ilana Hanssens	3:15.60 CR	Spain Markel Fernández David García Paula Sevilla Blanca Hervás	3:16.96	Poland Marcin Karolewski Kajetan Duszyński Anna Gryc Justyna Święty-Ersetic	3:17.44

Qualification

The qualification period for all events ran from 1 November 2025 to 8 March 2026. Athletes could qualify by achieving the Entry Standard within the qualification period or by World Indoor Tour Wildcard, or by virtue of their position in the World Rankings as of 8 March 2026 to complete, where necessary, the target number of athletes in each event. In total no more than two male and two female athletes from any one Member were invited.^[8]

Entry Standards and target numbers of athletes / teams per event
Event	Women	Men	Quota
Event	Indoor	Indoor	Quota
60 metres	7.20	6.59	56
400 metres	51.75	45.80	30
800 metres	2:00.90	1:45.90	30
1500 metres (Mile)	4:06.00	3:36.00	30
3000 metres (5000 metres)	8:35.00	7:33.00	15
60 m hurdles	8.02	7.65	48
High jump	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	2.30 m (7 ft 6+1⁄2 in)	12
Pole vault	4.73 m (15 ft 6 in)	5.85 m (19 ft 2+1⁄4 in)	12
Long jump	6.75 m (22 ft 1+1⁄2 in)	8.17 m (26 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	16
Triple jump	14.15 m (46 ft 5 in)	16.90 m (55 ft 5+1⁄4 in)	16
Shot put	18.90 m (62 ft 0 in)	21.20 m (69 ft 6+1⁄2 in)	16
Combined events	see above		14
Relays	see above