# 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships

The 20th World Athletics Indoor Championships is due to be held from 21 to 23 March 2025 in Nanjing, People's Republic of China, at the newly built Nanjing's Cube gymnasium in the Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park.
Nanjing was originally due to host World Athletics Indoor Championships in 2020, then in 2021, and then again in 2023, but all these dates were cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic regulations in China. The 2022 edition took place in Belgrade, Serbia, and the 2024 edition in Glasgow, United Kingdom.

## Bidding process

On 26 November 2017, delegations from the three candidate cities made their presentations at the 212th IAAF Council Meeting: Nanjing, Serbia's capital Belgrade, and Toruń, Poland. Nanjing won the bid for the 2020 World Athletics Indoor Championships.

## Venue

The facility, a brand new purpose-built gymnasium at the Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park known as Nanjing's Cube will be the centrepiece of the event. Construction started in September 2017 and is due to be completed in time for the event. The venue for track and field and swimming are located in Block A of the park and to the east is the Yangtze River complex. It will provide catering and hotels as well as security work for the event.

## Schedule

All times are local (UTC+8).
| R1 | Round 1 | SF | Semi-finals | F | Final |
| M = morning session, E = evening session ||||||
Men :
| Date → | 21 March | 21 March | 21 March | 21 March | 22 March | 22 March | 22 March | 22 March | 23 March | 23 March | 23 March | 23 March |
| Event ↓ | M | M | E | E | M | M | E | E | M | M | E | E |
| 60 m | R1 | R1 | S | F | | | | | | | | |
| 400 m | R1 | R1 | S | S | | | F | F | | | | |
| 800 m | R1 | R1 | | | S | S | | | | | F | F |
| 1500 m | | | R1 | R1 | | | | | | | F | F |
| 3000 m | | | | | | | F | F | | | | |
| 60 m hurdles | | | | | R1 | R1 | S | F | | | | |
| 4 × 400 m | | | | | | | | | R1 | R1 | F | F |
| High jump | | | F | F | | | | | | | | |
| Pole vault | | | | | | | F | F | | | | |
| Long jump | | | | | | | | | | | F | F |
| Triple jump | F | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| Shot put | | | | | | | | | | | F | F |
| Heptathlon | | | | | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F |
Women :
| Date → | 21 March | 21 March | 21 March | 21 March | 22 March | 22 March | 22 March | 22 March | 23 March | 23 March | 23 March | 23 March |
| Event ↓ | M | M | E | E | M | M | E | E | M | M | E | E |
| 60 m | | | | | R1 | R1 | S | F | | | | |
| 400 m | R1 | R1 | S | S | | | F | F | | | | |
| 800 m | R1 | R1 | | | S | S | | | | | F | F |
| 1500 m | | | R1 | R1 | | | | | | | F | F |
| 3000 m | | | | | | | F | F | | | | |
| 60 m hurdles | | | | | | | | | R1 | R1 | S | F |
| 4 × 400 m | | | | | | | | | R1 | R1 | F | F |
| High jump | | | | | | | | | F | F | | |
| Pole vault | | | | | F | F | | | | | | |
| Long jump | | | | | | | | | F | F | | |
| Triple jump | | | | | | | F | F | | | | |
| Shot put | | | F | F | | | | | | | | |
| Pentathlon | F | F | F | F | | | | | | | | |
Event detailed schedule :
| Day 1 — Friday, 21 March 2025 ||||
| Time | Event | Gender | Round |
| 10:05 | 60 metres hurdles | W | Pentathlon |
| 10:18 | 400 metres | W | Round 1 |
| 10:50 | High jump | W | Pentathlon |
| 11:00 | 400 metres | M | Round 1 |
| 11:25 | Triple jump | M | Final |
| 11:40 | 800 metres | W | Round 1 |
| 12:25 | 800 metres | M | Round 1 |
| 13:10 | 60 metres | M | Round 1 |
| 13:15 | Shot put | W | Pentathlon |
| 18:30 | High jump | M | Final |
| 18:35 | 1500 metres | W | Round 1 |
| 18:42 | Long jump | W | Pentathlon |
| 19:20 | 1500 metres | M | Round 1 |
| 19:48 | Shot put | W | Final |
| 20:10 | 60 metres | M | Semi-final |
| 20:33 | 400 metres | W | Semi-final |
| 20:50 | 400 metres | M | Semi-final |
| 21:08 | 800 metres | W | Final pentathlon |
| 21:20 | 60 metres | M | Final |
| Day 2 — Saturday, 22 March 2025 ||||
| Time | Event | Gender | Round |
| 10:05 | 60 metres | M | Heptathlon |
| 10:10 | Pole vault | W | Final |
| 10:25 | 60 metres hurdles | M | Round 1 |
| 10:45 | Long jump | M | Heptathlon |
| 11:15 | 60 metres | W | Round 1 |
| 12:05 | 800 metres | W | Semi-final |
| 12:10 | Shot put | M | Heptathlon |
| 12:25 | 800 metres | M | Semi-final |
| 18:34 | Pole vault | M | Final |
| 18:37 | High jump | M | Heptathlon |
| 19:05 | 3000 metres | W | Final |
| 19:10 | Triple jump | W | Final |
| 19:25 | 3000 metres | M | Final |
| 19:50 | 60 metres hurdles | M | Semi-final |
| 20:15 | 60 metres | W | Semi-final |
| 20:44 | 400 metres | W | Final |
| 20:55 | 400 metres | M | Final |
| 21:05 | 60 metres hurdles | M | Final |
| 21:18 | 60 metres | W | Final |
| Day 3 — Sunday, 23 March 2025 ||||
| Time | Event | Gender | Round |
| 10:05 | 60 metres hurdles | M | Heptathlon |
| 10:16 | Long jump | W | Final |
| 10:25 | 60 metres hurdles | W | Round 1 |
| 11:08 | 4 x 400 metres relay | M | Round 1 |
| 11:15 | Pole vault | M | Heptathlon |
| 11:30 | 4 x 400 metres relay | W | Round 1 |
| 11:55 | High jump | W | Final |
| 19:35 | 60 metres hurdles | W | Semi-final |
| 19:40 | Long jump | M | Final |
| 19:46 | Shot put | M | Final |
| 20:02 | 1000 metres | M | Final heptathlon |
| 20:15 | 1500 metres | M | Final |
| 20:28 | 1500 metres | W | Final |
| 20:40 | 800 metres | M | Final |
| 20:48 | 800 metres | W | Final |
| 20:57 | 60 metres hurdles | W | Final |
| 21:07 | 4 x 400 metres relay | M | Final |
| 21:18 | 4 x 400 metres relay | W | Final |

## Medal table

* Host nation (China)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Totals (0 entries) | Totals (0 entries) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Medal summary
### Men

* Event
* 60 metres details
* 400 metres details
* 800 metres details
* 1500 metres details
* 3000 metres details
* 60 metres hurdles details
* 4 × 400 metres relay details
* High jump details
* Pole vault details
* Long jump details
* Triple jump details
* Shot put details
* Heptathlon details

### Women

* Event
* 60 metres details
* 400 metres details
* 800 metres details
* 1500 metres details
* 3000 metres details
* 60 metres hurdles details
* 4 × 400 metres relay details
* High jump details
* Pole vault details
* Long jump details
* Triple jump details
* Shot put details
* Pentathlon details

## Qualification

The qualification period for all events runs from 1 September 2024 to 9 March 2025 (midnight Monaco time). Athletes could qualify by achieving the Entry Standard within the qualification period or by World Indoor Tour Wildcard or by virtue of their position in the World Rankings as of 9 March 2025 to complete, where necessary, the target number of athletes in each event. In total no more than two male and two female athletes from any one Member will be invited. The winners of the World Indoor tour will receive wildcards to the championships, allowing nations with wildcards to enter up to 3 athletes into individual events.
Entry Standards and target numbers of athletes / teams per event :
| Event | Women | Women | Men | Men | Quota |
| Event | Indoor | Outdoor | Indoor | Outdoor | Quota |
| 60 metres | 7.15 | 10.90 for 100 m | 6.55 | 9.92 for 100 m | 56 |
| 400 metres | 51.00 | 51.00 | 45.20 | 45.20 | 30 |
| 800 metres | 2:00.00 | 2:00.00 | 1:45.00 | 1:45.00 | 30 |
| 1500 metres (Mile) | 4:03.00 (4:22.50) | 4:03.00 (4:22.50) | 3:33.50 (3:50.50) | 3:33.50 (3:50.50) | 30 |
| 3000 metres (5000 metres) | 8:33.00 | 8:33.00 (14:25.00) | 7:31.00 | 7:31.00 (12:45.00) | 15 |
| 60 m hurdles | 7.94 | 100 mH | 7.57 | 110 mH | 48 |
| High jump | 1.97 m (6 ft 5+1⁄2 in) | 1.97 m (6 ft 5+1⁄2 in) | 2.34 m (7 ft 8 in) | 2.34 m (7 ft 8 in) | 12 |
| Pole vault | 4.75 m (15 ft 7 in) | 4.75 m (15 ft 7 in) | 5.85 m (19 ft 2+1⁄4 in) | 5.85 m (19 ft 2+1⁄4 in) | 12 |
| Long jump | 6.90 m (22 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | 6.90 m (22 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | 8.26 m (27 ft 1 in) | 8.26 m (27 ft 1 in) | 16 |
| Triple jump | 14.60 m (47 ft 10+3⁄4 in) | 14.60 m (47 ft 10+3⁄4 in) | 17.40 m (57 ft 1 in) | 17.40 m (57 ft 1 in) | 16 |
| Shot put | 19.50 m (63 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | 19.50 m (63 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | 22.00 m (72 ft 2 in) | 22.00 m (72 ft 2 in) | 16 |
| Combined events | see above | see above | see above | see above | 14 |
| Relays | see above | see above | see above | see above | see above |

## Participating nations

576 athletes from 127 countries are scheduled to participate.
* Algeria (1)
* Angola (1)
* Antigua and Barbuda (1)
* Argentina (1)
* Armenia (1)
* Australia (22)
* Austria (2)
* Bahamas (5)
* Bangladesh (1)
* Barbados (4)
* Belgium (4)
* Benin (1)
* Bolivia (1)
* Brazil (17)
* British Virgin Islands (2)
* Bulgaria (3)
* Burkina Faso (2)
* Canada (14)
* Chile (2)
* China (35)
* Chinese Taipei (1)
* Cook Islands (1)
* Croatia (2)
* Cuba (3)
* Cyprus (1)
* Czech Republic (10)
* Denmark (2)
* Dominica (1)
* Egypt (3)
* El Salvador (1)
* Eritrea (1)
* Estonia (6)
* Eswatini (1)
* Ethiopia (13)
* Federated States of Micronesia (1)
* Fiji (1)
* Finland (5)
* France (11)
* French Polynesia (1)
* Georgia (1)
* Germany (8)
* Ghana (2)
* Great Britain (13)
* Greece (5)
* Guam (1)
* Guyana (1)
* Honduras (1)
* Hong Kong (1)
* Hungary (13)
* India (1)
* Iran (1)
* Iraq (1)
* Ireland (7)
* Israel (2)
* Italy (23)
* Ivory Coast (2)
* Jamaica (23)
* Japan (13)
* Kenya (10)
* Kiribati (1)
* Kuwait (2)
* Kyrgyzstan (1)
* Laos (1)
* Latvia (3)
* Liberia (1)
* Lithuania (2)
* Luxembourg (2)
* Macau (1)
* Madagascar (1)
* Maldives (1)
* Mali (1)
* Malta (1)
* Mauritius (1)
* Mexico (1)
* Morocco (3)
* Mozambique (1)
* Namibia (1)
* Nauru (1)
* Nepal (1)
* Netherlands (6)
* New Zealand (11)
* Niger (1)
* Nigeria (10)
* Northern Mariana Islands (1)
* Norway (4)
* Oman (1)
* Papua New Guinea (1)
* Paraguay (1)
* Peru (1)
* Philippines (1)
* Poland (14)
* Portugal (7)
* Puerto Rico (3)
* Qatar (1)
* Republic of the Congo (1)
* Romania (5)
* Rwanda (1)
* Saint Lucia (1)
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1)
* Samoa (1)
* Senegal (1)
* Serbia (6)
* Seychelles (1)
* Singapore (1)
* Slovakia (5)
* Slovenia (1)
* Solomon Islands (1)
* South Africa (5)
* South Korea (1)
* Spain (13)
* Sri Lanka (3)
* Sweden (11)
* Switzerland (13)
* Tajikistan (1)
* Tanzania (1)
* Tonga (1)
* Trinidad and Tobago (2)
* Turkey (4)
* Turkmenistan (1)
* Uganda (2)
* Ukraine (7)
* United States (71)
* United States Virgin Islands (1)
* Uruguay (1)
* Uzbekistan (1)
* Vanuatu (1)
* Zimbabwe (1)