2017 IAAF World Championships

In Which Event Did The Most Athletes Achieve The IAAF World Standard?

In Which Event Did The Most Athletes Achieve The IAAF World Standard?

We break down the total number of athletes to achieve the 2017 IAAF World Championship standard.

Aug 2, 2017 by Gordon Mack
In Which Event Did The Most Athletes Achieve The IAAF World Standard?
Every year the IAAF sets world championship standards. As we reported earlier this summer, some were harder than others.

As we get ready for the 2017 IAAF World Championships -- which start Friday in London -- we decided to see how many athletes in the world achieved the standard this year in non-road events. It turns out both the women's 200m and 10k had the most athletes hit the standard at 115. The women's long jump had the fewest athletes hit the standard with only 16.

GENDER EVENT # OF ATHLETES
W 200 115
W 10000 115
W 400 97
M 3K SC 91
M 200 89
W 100 79
M 5K 78
M 400 75
W 5000 73
W 1500 70
M 100 69
M 800 68
M 10K 66
M 1500 54
W 800 54
W 100H 54
W 3K SC 53
M 110H 52
M 400H 51
W 400H 51
M TJ 48
W SP 44
M DEC 43
M SP 39
W PV 39
M PV 37
M LJ 33
W HEP 32
M HJ 30
W HT 28
W DT 27
W JT 27
M JT 26
M HT 24
W TJ 24
M DT 23
W HJ 20
W LJ 16