Talk:World Athletics Championships

message: As it is Armistice Day (11/11/2011), and UK Taxpayers learned earlier  that they have 'won' the the burden of paying for the 2017 World Championships, are there any links to the cost estimates   made BEFORE the bid was forwarded?  There is criticism that this was this just a 'legacy' bid to save  Sebastian Coe's face, as he was responsible for the massive overspend on the 2012 Olympics - do the figures back this up, given the prevailing long term economic climate.  It appears to many , particularly on Armistice Day, that taxpayer's money could be better spent assisting those who have actually served this country in a uniform (unlike Coe and Boris Johnson) - particularly people like former soldier Mark Mullins and his disabled wife, who the Daily Mail reported commited suicide today [<http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2059238/Army-veteran-Mark-Mullins-wife-Helen-driven-suicide-poverty.html>]  after 18 months of struggling to survive on the £57.50 Jobseeker's Allowance payments. Mr Mullins, a 48-year-old former Army physical training instructor, was unable to cope on this paltry sum, had not served sufficient length of time to claim his pension, and was forced to walk 12 miles each day to eat free soup at a Salvation Army soup kitchen. How many ex-forces personnel could the cost of the 2017 Championships keep from this level of destitution? 79.70.224.251 (talk) 17:49, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I came across this link when I was looking for something else.  I agree there seems to be a lot of interesting history short history of world championships. David D. 18:56, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  London WC 2017 - How Much This Time? 

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message: Is it disciplines? Then e.g. the number for Veronica Campbell-Brown should be 3 instead of 2, since she won medals over 100m, 200m and 4x100m. 
Or should it rather be the number of appearances in World Championships?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:2028:84F:6501:C2D:DC52:F38A:FFB1 (talk) 20:54, 12 August 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  What is Events count in Multiple Medallist table? 

message: Were there athletes who at senior level medaled in field (including multi events) and track/road/cross at WCh (indoor and outdoor combined)?
Were there athletes who at senior level medaled in multiple throwing disciplines (indoor and outdoor combined)? 213.149.62.160 (talk) 15:32, 30 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Multiple medalists 

message: S. Ladany won World 100 km walking title at the 1972 World Championships in Switzerland according to http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/Shaul-Ladany.htm  https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/shaul-ladany-1.html ; so it seems there was a WCh in 100km race walking. it should be added 213.149.51.188 (talk) 22:46, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Shaul Ladany won a 100 km race in Lugano in 1972 but I doubt it was recognized as a World Championship by IAAF. It appears there was only a 100 km race. A contemporary source https://racewalk.com/ORW/ORW%201972-11.pdf just calls it "the Lugano 100 km". Some later sources about Shaul Ladany call it a World Championship but don't say whether it was recognized as such by any organization. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:49, 14 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  1000km  race walk 

message: With the IAAF set to change their name soon, should the title of the article simply become "World Championships in Athletics" or perhaps "World Athletics Championships"? Infinite mission (talk) 07:40, 20 June 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: It certainly shouldn't be moved now. IAAF is still in the official name of the September 2019 edition , also in news from yesterday. "The new name and logo will be introduced in October after one last edition of the world championships under the IAAF banner". We can discuss when the name actually changes. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:27, 20 June 2019 (UTC)
replies: text:  I wasn't pushing to change the name now, just looking to start the discussion. Infinite mission (talk) 14:16, 20 June 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: It's months away and we don't even know what the official name will be so I see no reason to spend time on it now. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:23, 20 June 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Upcoming name change, page title change? 

message: Team GB is the name used by British Olympic Committee.--Arorae (talk) 19:52, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: True, but (a) the full name is actually "Great Britain and Northern Ireland" and (b) for the cities and countries table, it's the nation state which important and the 2017 host city of London is located in the United Kingdom, not in "Great Britain", which isn't really a jurisdiction at all.  — Amakuru (talk) 22:05, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  I know that. London is of course in the UK.-Arorae (talk) 22:35, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  GB not UK 

message: 100m world record? 105.165.153.185 (talk) 06:31, 17 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  100m world record 

message: What countries have had a sweep in the hundred meters 2600:1700:E260:6A10:A87E:5F18:72F3:D807 (talk) 19:09, 17 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  sweeps 

message: Would it make sense if current world records would be highlighted in the table, for example by green background? Those are Kostadinova, Powell, Edwards, Bolt x2, McLaughlin, Amusan and USA mixed team 2023. BleuDXXXIV (talk) 19:39, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  List of World records