# Netherlands at the World Athletics Championships

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). 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.
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).

## Medal table

| Championships | Men | Men | Men | Women | Women | Women | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 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 female events | No female events | No mixed events | No mixed events | No mixed events | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Unranked | 1 |
| 1980 Sittard | No male events | No male events | No male events | 0 | 0 | 0 | No mixed events | No mixed events | No mixed events | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 |
| 1983 Helsinki | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | No mixed events | No mixed events | No mixed events | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 9 |
| 1987 Roma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | No mixed events | No mixed events | No mixed events | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 13 |
| 1991 Tokyo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | No mixed events | No mixed events | No mixed events | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 | |
| 1993 Stuttgart | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | No mixed events | No mixed events | No mixed events | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 29 | |
| 1995 Gothenburg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | No mixed events | No mixed events | No mixed events | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| 1997 Athens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | No mixed events | No mixed events | No mixed events | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| 1999 Seville | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | No mixed events | No mixed events | No mixed events | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| 2001 Edmonton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | No mixed events | No mixed events | No mixed events | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| 2003 Paris | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | No mixed events | No mixed events | No mixed events | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 40 | |
| 2005 Helsinki | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | No mixed events | No mixed events | No mixed events | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 | |
| 2007 Osaka | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | No mixed events | No mixed events | No mixed events | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 35 | |
| 2009 Berlin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | No mixed events | No mixed events | No mixed events | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 15 |
| 2011 Daegu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | No mixed events | No mixed events | No mixed events | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 17 |
| 2013 Moscow | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | No mixed events | No mixed events | No mixed events | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 23 |
| 2015 Beijing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | No mixed events | No mixed events | No mixed events | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 21 |
| 2017 London | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | No mixed events | No mixed events | No mixed events | 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 |
| Total | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 28 | 28 | |

## Multiple medalists

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