# Brazil at the World Athletics Championships

Brazil has participated in all the World Championships in Athletics since the beginning in 1983. Brazil is 53rd on the all time medal table. Brazil's first World Championships medal was a bronze medal won by Joaquim Cruz in the Men's 800 metres in 1983. Fabiana Murer won Brazil's first gold medal and the first woman's medal in the pole vault in 2011. Alison dos Santos was the first man to win a gold medal in the 400 metres hurdles in 2022. Claudinei Quirino has the most medals with three (one silver and two bronze).

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Year | Event |
| Bronze | Joaquim Cruz | 1983 Helsinki | Men's 800 metres |
| Bronze | Zequinha Barbosa | 1987 Rome | Men's 800 metres |
| Silver | Zequinha Barbosa | 1991 Tokyo | Men's 800 metres |
| Bronze | Luíz Antônio dos Santos | 1995 Gothenburg | Men's marathon |
| Bronze | Claudinei Quirino | 1997 Athens | Men's 200 metres |
| Silver | Claudinei Quirino | 1999 Seville | Men's 200 metres |
| Silver | Sanderlei Parrela | 1999 Seville | Men's 400 metres |
| Bronze | André Domingos, Claudinei Quirino, Édson Luciano Ribeiro, Raphael de Oliveira | 1999 Seville | Men's 4 × 100 metres relay |
| Silver | André Domingos, Cláudio Roberto Souza, Édson Luciano Ribeiro, Vicente Lenílson | 2003 Saint-Denis | Men's 4 × 100 metres relay |
| Silver | Jadel Gregório | 2007 Osaka | Men's triple jump |
| Gold | Fabiana Murer | 2011 Daegu | Women's pole vault |
| Silver | Fabiana Murer | 2015 Beijing | Women's pole vault |
| Bronze | Caio Bonfim | 2017 London | Men's 20 km walk |
| Gold | Alison dos Santos | 2022 Eugene | Men's 400 metres hurdles |
| Bronze | Leticia Oro Melo | 2022 Eugene | Women's long jump |
| Bronze | Caio Bonfim | 2023 Budapest | Men's 20 km walk |
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## Best Finishes
### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Best finish |
| Men's 100 metres | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7th (1991) |
| Men's 200 metres | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | (1999) |
| Men's 400 metres | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | (1999) |
| Men's 800 metres | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | (1991) |
| Men's 1500 metres | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14th (2001) |
| Men's 5000 metres | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24th (1991, 1993) |
| Men's 10000 metres | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22nd (1991) |
| Men's 110 m hurdles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5th (2003) |
| Men's 400 m hurdles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (2022) |
| Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17th (1997) |
| Men's 4 × 100 metres relay | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | (2003) |
| Men's 4 × 400 metres relay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4th (2001) |
| Men's Marathon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | (1995) |
| Men's 20 km walk | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | (2017, 2023) |
| Men's 35 km walk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7th (2022) |
| Men's 50 km walk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29th (1993) |
| Men's High jump | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13th (2007) |
| Men's Pole vault | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4th (2022) |
| Men's Long jump | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5th (1997, 2013) |
| Men's Triple jump | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | (2007) |
| Men's Shot put | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4th (2019) |
| Men's Discus throw | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21st (2015) |
| Men's Javelin throw | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15th (2015) |
| Men's Hammer throw | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19th (2017) |
| Men's Decathlon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6th (2013) |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Best finish |
| Women's 100 metres | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7th (2017) |
| Women's 200 metres | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11th (2005, 2011) |
| Women's 400 metres | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14th (2011) |
| Women's 800 metres | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9th (1997) |
| Women's 1500 metres | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28th (1993) |
| Women's 5000 metres | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x |
| Women's 10000 metres | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11th (1993) |
| Women's 100 m hurdles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15th (2003) |
| Women's 400 m hurdles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28th (2011) |
| Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23rd (2022) |
| Women's 4 × 100 metres relay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5th (2009) |
| Women's 4 × 400 metres relay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Finalist (2005) |
| Women's Marathon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30th (2019) |
| Women's 20 km walk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4th (2017, 2019) |
| Women's 35 km walk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4th (2023) |
| Women's High jump | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14th (1991) |
| Women's Pole vault | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | (2011) |
| Women's Long jump | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | (2022) |
| Women's Triple jump | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7th (2007) |
| Women's Shot put | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9th (2003, 2017) |
| Women's Discus throw | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6th (2019) |
| Women's Javelin throw | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8th (2023) |
| Women's Hammer throw | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29th (2022) |
| Women's Heptathlon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24th (2017) |