Athletics action at the Bird's Nest National Stadium in Beijing (© Getty Images)
- Compelling storytelling across 10 days set to provide rich viewer experience for fans in-stadium and watching at home
- Fans encouraged to register for interest ahead of ticket sales opening in the new year
The World Athletics Championships Beijing 27 timetable has been published, confirming that 13 action-packed stadium sessions of competition will be held in the Chinese capital across 10 days from 10-19 September 2027.
Ticket sales will open in early 2027. Fans can register now through the event website to gain access to the presale and be among the first to secure the best seats in the stadium.
The 10-day programme kicks off with the opening ceremony on the evening of Friday 10 September before the National Stadium, known as the Bird’s Nest, welcomes the world’s best athletes as they compete for global honours across 50 disciplines.
All track and field finals will be contested during evening sessions, while the six road events are spread across four separate weekend mornings – including the women’s marathon on Sunday 12 September and the men’s marathon on the final morning, Sunday 19 September. The heptathlon and decathlon will also take place across the weekends.
The women’s and men’s half marathon race walk titles will be the first up for grabs on the morning of day two, Saturday 11 September.
The world’s fastest sprinters will take centre stage when the men’s 100m final and women’s 100m final are contested on the evenings of day two and day three, respectively, for weekend prime-time viewing.
On day four, the women’s javelin will secure the spotlight and the mixed 4x100m will make its World Athletics Championships debut. The introduction of the mixed 4x100m means that several athletes could target a sprint quadruple when they take to the Bird’s Nest track.
Day five offers the women’s 800m and 100m hurdles finals, while the men’s 400m hurdles and 1500m finals will be contested on day six.
The men’s pole vault, a standout event at recent global championships, is on day seven, while both 200m finals take place on day eight. The men’s and women’s 4x400m finals are on day nine and the competition will reach its crescendo as 11 finals are contested on the final day, Sunday 19 September.
Popular doubles such as the 100m & 200m, 800m & 1500m, 1500m & 5000m, 5000m & 10,000m, half marathon & marathon race walk, long jump & triple jump, and combined events & long jump are all possible without athletes having to contest more than one individual discipline in any given session.
Minor adjustments in time may still occur leading up to the championships.
“We are delighted to be returning to Beijing for the 21st edition of our flagship World Championships and the publication of the timetable is a major milestone as excitement continues to build with less than one year to go,” said World Athletics President Sebastian Coe.
“There are many complexities when creating a timetable for an event of this scale and we thank all our stakeholders, including the local organising committee and our rights-holding broadcasters, for their contributions to this process. The first joint consultation between our Athletes’ Commission, Coaches’ Commission and Chair of the Competition Commission last month further demonstrated this spirit of collaboration.
“We have landed on a compelling timetable that will provide great storytelling opportunities and a rich viewer experience to both fans in the stadium and those watching at home. As our greatest athletes prepare to compete on the world stage, I encourage athletics fans to start planning ahead of ticket sales opening in the new year.”
The qualification system and entry standards for the World Athletics Championships Beijing 27 were announced earlier this year.
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