Netherlands at the World Athletics Championships

Netherlands at the
World Athletics Championships
Netherlands at the; World Athletics Championships
WA code	NED
National federation	Royal Dutch Athletics Federation
Website	www.atletiekunie.nl
Medals	Gold 9 Silver 11 Bronze 14 Total 34
World Athletics Championships appearances (overview)
	1976; 1980; 1983; 1987; 1991; 1993; 1995; 1997; 1999; 2001; 2003; 2005; 2007; 2009; 2011; 2013; 2015; 2017; 2019; 2022; 2023; 2025;

WA codeNED

National federationRoyal Dutch Athletics Federation

Websitewww.atletiekunie.nl

Medals

Gold: 9
Silver: 11
Bronze: 14
Total: 34

The Netherlands has competed in all World Athletics Championships since the first edition in 1976.

Athletes representing the Netherlands have won 28 medals of which 7 gold. The individual gold medalists are Rens Blom (pole vault in 2005), Dafne Schippers (200 metres in 2015 and 2017), Sifan Hassan (1500 metres and 10,000 metres in 2019), and Femke Bol (400 metres hurdles in 2023).^[1] The Dutch women's 4 × 400 metres relay team (Eveline Saalberg, Lieke Klaver, Cathelijn Peeters, Femke Bol, Lisanne de Witte) won a gold medal in 2023.^[2]

The Netherlands was most successful at the 2023 World Championships, where the Dutch athletes won the most medals (5) and where the country had the highest medal ranking (8th).^[2]

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Championships	Men			Women			Mixed			Total
Championships	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank	Athletes
1976 Malmö	0	0	0	No female events			No mixed events			0	0	0	0	Unranked	1
1980 Sittard	No male events			0	0	0				0	0	0	0	-	1
1983 Helsinki	0	1	0	0	0	0				0	1	0	1	15	9
1987 Roma	0	0	0	0	0	0				0	0	0	0	-	13
1991 Tokyo	0	1	0	0	0	0				0	1	0	1	21
1993 Stuttgart	0	0	1	0	0	0				0	0	1	1	29
1995 Gothenburg	0	0	0	0	0	0				0	0	0	0	-
1997 Athens	0	0	0	0	0	0				0	0	0	0	-
1999 Seville	0	0	0	0	0	0				0	0	0	0	-
2001 Edmonton	0	0	0	0	0	0				0	0	0	0	-
2003 Paris	0	0	1	0	0	0				0	0	1	1	40
2005 Helsinki	1	1	0	0	0	0				1	1	0	2	13
2007 Osaka	0	0	2	0	0	0				0	0	2	2	35
2009 Berlin	0	0	0	0	0	0				0	0	0	0	-	15
2011 Daegu	0	0	0	0	0	0				0	0	0	0	-	17
2013 Moscow	0	1	0	0	0	1				0	1	1	2	25	23
2015 Beijing	0	0	0	1	1	1				1	1	1	3	12	21
2017 London	0	0	0	1	0	3				1	0	3	4	15	30
2019 Doha	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	9	27
2022 Eugene	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	4	30	36
2023 Budapest	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	2	5	8	41
2025 Tokyo	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	1	0	2	2	2	6	4	53
Total	1	4	5	8	5	9	0	2	0	9	11	14	36	25

v t e Nations at the World Athletics Championships
Africa	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo Congo DR Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
Asia	Afghanistan Bahrain Bangladesh Brunei Cambodia China Chinese Taipei Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Iraq Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Macau Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal North Korea Oman Pakistan Palestine Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia South Korea Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen
Europe	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Great Britain and Northern Ireland Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Kosovo Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine
North America	Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Bahamas Barbados Belize Bermuda British Virgin Islands Canada Cayman Islands Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Montserrat Nicaragua Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands United States U.S. Virgin Islands
Oceania	Australia Cook Islands Federated States of Micronesia Fiji French Polynesia Guam Kiribati Marshall Islands Nauru New Zealand Northern Mariana Islands Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu
South America	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Guyana Panama Paraguay Peru Suriname Uruguay Venezuela
Other/Former	Athlete Refugee Team Authorised Neutral Athletes Czechoslovakia East Germany West Germany Netherlands Antilles Serbia and Montenegro Soviet Union Yugoslavia

Netherlands at the World Athletics Championships

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Athlete	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Years
Femke Bol	3	3	1	7	2022–2025
Sifan Hassan	2	1	3	6	2015–2023
Dafne Schippers	2	1	2	5	2013–2017
Lieke Klaver	1	2	1	4	2022–2025
Eveline Saalberg	1	2	1	4	2022–2025
Rutger Smith	0	1	2	3	2005–2007
Anouk Vetter	0	1	2	3	2017–2023