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Final World Athletics Championships Medal Ranking, USA Tops Table With Kenya 5th
Martin Moses
updated at August 28, 2023 at 1:28 PM
- The USA finished at the top of the 2023 World Athletics Championships with 12 gold medals
- Kenya was the highest-ranked African nation with Faith Kipyegon and Mary Moraa delivering
- Sports Brief takes a look at the 10 top countries on the medal table as the action wrapped up
The United States of America accumulated the greatest number of medals at the 19th edition of the World Athletics Championships in Budapest.
Noah Lyles, Ryan Crouser, and Sha'Carri Richardson were among the athletes who claimed gold medals for the USA, with Lyles recording a historic three-peat.
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Collated WAC medal winners
Kenya finished the championships as the highest-ranked African nation. Faith Kipyegon became the first woman to win gold medals in the 1,500 metres and 5,000m before Mary Moraa powered to victory in the 800m on the final day.
Femke Bol got the Netherlands' first gold medal on Thursday night by winning the 400m hurdles. She made amends after falling in the dying minutes of the 4x400m mixed relay from a potential gold-winning position. The second-fastest woman in hurdles history capped it off with another gold in the 4 by 400m women's relay.
Norway's Karsten Warholm reclaimed his world title in the men's category just as his compatriot, Jakob Ingebrigsten, did in the 5,000m after missing out on the men's 1,500m gold.
Yulimar Rojas defended her triple jump title after suffering a major scare in the first three jumps. The Venezuelan needed a huge leap of 15.08 in her fourth jump to win her fourth successive title.
Ethiopia led a 1-2 finish to win the women's marathon on the penultimate day.
More drama followed as Armando Duplantis retained his pole vault title before the USA grabbed a double gold in the men's and women's 4 by 100m relay.
Top 10 countries at World Athletics Championships
Rank | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
1 | United States | 12 | 8 | 9 | 29 |
2 | Canada | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
3 | Spain | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
4 | Jamaica | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
5 | Kenya | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
6 | Ethiopia | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
7 | Great Britain | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
8 | Netherlands | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
9 | Norway | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
10 | Sweden | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
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*Figures are as captured on the World Athletics website.
Kipyegon wins in 1,500m women's final
Sports Brief previously reported on Kipyegon winning her third 1,500m title at the 2023 World Athletics Championships, capping off a sensational season.
The Kenyan superstar clocked a time of 3:54.87, beating her long-time rival, Sifan Hassan, who finished third. Ethiopia's Diribe Welteji took silver in the event.
The double Olympic champion led the race from start to finish and the win was never in doubt. Kipyegon is now one of the most decorated Kenyan athletes in history.
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