WCH Tokyo 25 facts and figures - day three

Evening session

Men’s pole vault final

His 14th world record! Armand Duplantis (SWE) wins his eighth successive global pole vault title since 2021: three world outdoor, three world indoor and two Olympic titles 

Duplantis extends his win streak to 37 competitions. His last defeat came just before the 2023 World Championships in Budapest when he finished fourth in the Monaco Diamond League

Duplantis becomes just the second athlete to win three world pole vault titles after Sergey Bubka (URS/UKR) who won an unprecedented six titles between 1983 and 1997

Duplantis’ winning margin of 30 centimetres was the biggest winning margin in World Championships, bettering his winning margin of 27 centimetres from 2022 

With seven vaulters clearing 5.90m or higher, this was the deepest men’s pole vault competition in history. This was also just the third time in history that four vaulters cleared 5.95m or higher in the same competition

This was only the second time after Budapest in 2023 that two vaulters cleared 6.00m or higher in the same competition at the World Championships with Emmanouil Karalis (GRE) winning silver at 6.20m. "Emmanouil was pushing me a lot. I have never jumped at 6.20m and had another guy with me...I am very proud of him for performing, not only today but throughout the season," he said. 

Armand Duplantis (SWE) follows Ryan Crouser (USA), Peres Jepchirchir (KEN) and Valarie Allman (USA) by winning gold medals in both the Tokyo Olympics in 2020 and 2025 World Championships

Seifeldin Heneida Abdesalam equalled the Qatari record of 5.75m which he set to qualify for the final. His sister Bassant Hemida (EGY) ran a national record of 50.36 in the 400m heats yesterday and their brother Bassem Hemeida (QAT) also qualified for the men’s 400m semifinals hurdles today

Women’s hammer final

Camryn Rogers’ (CAN) winning throw of 80.51m was the second longest throw in World Championships history and the seventh longest throw in history behind six throws from Anita Włodarczyk (POL)

Rogers becomes just the third repeat winner of the women’s hammer at the World Championships after Yipsi Moreno (CUB) and Włodarczyk who won three and four world titles respectively

At 18y/328d, Zhang Jiale (CHN) becomes the youngest medallist in the women's hammer at the World Championships with bronze. "I'm only 18, but I have a dream to grab the gold at next world championships in Beijing," she said.

At 40y/38d, Włodarczyk becomes the oldest top-eight finisher in the women's hammer in World Championships history. Her best throw of 74.64m for sixth was also a world V40 record

Men’s 3000m steeplechase final

What a comeback! After falling in the heats and getting a spike to his face, Geordie Beamish (NZL) storms to 3000m steeplechase gold. This was the first time New Zealand has won a gold medal, or a medal of any colour, on the track in World Championships history. “This was a turn-up, wasn''t it? That was pretty unreal. I am still taking it all in,” he said. 

Soufiane El Bakkali’s run of four successive global titles in the 3000m steeplechase comes to an end. This was his first defeat in a major championship since the 2019 World Championships in Doha where he won bronze

Beamish’s winning margin of 0.07 was the second smallest in World Championships history after Conseslus Kipruto (KEN) beat Lamecha Girma (ETH) by 0.01 in 2019

Beamish’s winning time of 8:33.88 was the slowest winning time in World Championships history, replacing El Bakkali’s 8:25.15 from 2023. After an opening kilometre of 3:05.43, Beamish closed with a final kilometre of 2:31.75!

At 17y/262d, Edmund Serem (KEN) becomes the youngest male athlete to win an individual medal in World Championships history. “It is my first world championship and to run the final with all these legends is something amazing. That is a great experience for me as a 17-year old guy…I'm training with Eliud Kipchoge. He is my mentor. I learned a lot from him,” he said.

Serem continues Kenya’s streak of winning at least one medal in the 3000m steeplechase at every edition of the World Championships since Rome in 1987 

Women’s 100m hurdles final

Ditaji Kambundji (SUI) wins Switzerland's first gold medal at the World Championships in any event since Andre Bucher won the 800m title in Edmonton in 2001

Kambundji’s winning time of 12.24 was the second fastest in World Championships history, bettered only by Tobi Amusan’s wind-assisted 12.06 from Oregon in 2022. “Getting a personal best is nice but all that mattered today was the title,” she said.

Kambundji becomes the first European winner of the title at the World Championships since Ludmila Engquist (SWE) in 1997 and she moves to second on the European all-time list behind former world record-holder Yordanka Donkova (BUL) who clocked 12.21 in 1988

The last eight global 100m hurdles finals stretching back to the 2016 Olympic Games have been won by eight different athletes 

Men’s 400m hurdles heats

Alison dos Santos’ (BRA) time of 48.03 was the fastest time ever recorded in a heat of a World Championships

Despite setting a Kenyan record of 48.27 in the same heat, Wiseman Were only made it through as a non-automatic qualifier

Men's 1500m heats

Robert Farken (GER) and Federico Riva (ITA) have both been advanced through to the final, meaning there will be 14 athletes in the final. Olympic champion Cole Hocker (USA) was disqualified for jostling

Morning session

Marathon

For the first time in World Championships history, the marathon was decided by less than one second. Alphonce Simbu (TAN) and Amanal Petros (GER) shared an identical winning time of 2:09:47

The winning gap between Simbu and Petros was officially 0.03s…closer than both of last night’s 100m finals! 

Simbu won Tanzania’s first ever gold medal in World Championships history. All three of Tanzania’s medals at the World Championships have been won in the men’s marathon (Simbu won bronze in 2017 and Christopher Isegwe silver in 2005). 

Petros won Germany’s first medal in the men’s marathon at the World Championships since reunification. Their only medal in the event prior to today dates back to the inaugural championships in 1983 when Waldemar Cierpinski (GDR) won bronze

Iliass Aouani (ITA) became the first Italian medallist in the men’s marathon since Stefano Baldini in 2003

Despite the stifling heat and humidity, the winning time of 2:09:47 was the seventh fastest time in World Championships history

Competing in his 12th successive World Championships marathon, Ser-Od Bat-Ochir finished 65th in 2:30:09. “Today is my 94th marathon. I don't know if I will reach 100, but I will try for the next Olympics. Every marathon is a fight to fulfil my body's potential,” he said.

22 of the 88 starters for the men’s marathon were non-finishers, including all three Ethiopian entrants

Men’s hammer

Ethan Katzberg’s (CAN) qualifying throw of 81.85m equals the longest throw recorded in a qualifying round at the World Championships, matching Szymon Ziółkowski's (POL) mark from 2001

Five-time champion Paweł Fajdek (POL) qualified with the second longest throw of 78.78m. He is targeting a sixth medal which would be a record in the event

Women’s 3000m steeplechase heats

Contesting her seventh World Championships, a record in her event, Gesa Felicitas Krause (GER) qualified for her sixth 3000m steeplechase final. Her first final dates all the way back to 2011

Three national records were set across the three heats, including a Japanese record of 9:24.72 for Miu Saito in heat three 

Olivia Gürth’s (GER) 9:15.28 was the fastest non-qualifying time for a 3000m steeplechase final in World Championships history. She also missed out on a place in the Olympic final by 0.01 last year

Women’s 400m hurdles heats

Jasmine Jones (USA) ran the fastest heat time in World Championships history with 53.18, replacing Femke Bol’s (NED) 53.39 from 2023