A History of the IAAF World Athletics Championships

A History of the IAAF World Athletics Championships - infographic Host cities/countries & number of participating countries/athletes I--- 1333 153 1419 156 1491 162 1630 187 1755 190 1785 197 1750 200 1983 (1st) Helsinki, Finland 1987 (2nd) Rome, Italy 1991 (3rd) Tokyo, Japan 1993 (4th) Stuttgart, Germany 1995 (5th) Gothenburg, Sweden 1997 (6th) Athens, Greece 1999 (7th) Seville, Spain Number of participating countries; each square represents 10 countries HOSTED TIMES BY CONTINENT Number of participating athletes; each symbol represents 100 athletes N. America (1) Asia (3) Europe (10) For the past championships the numbers of athletes are of those * who actually participated; 2013 figures are for athletes who have been declared to participate In parentheses, number of times each continent has hosted the IAAF World Champlonships 2001 (8th) Edmonton, Canada 2003 (9th) Paris, France 2005 (10th) Helsinki, Finland 2007 (11th) Osaka, Japan 2009 (12th) Berlin, Germany 2011 (13th) Daegu, Korea 2013 (14th) Moscow, Russia* 1677 189 1679 198 1688 191 1800 197 1895 200 1742 199 1967 206 Research & Design: George Primentas © 2013 - George Primentas / ANTIFORMA Design | http://themissinggraph.wordpress.com version 1.0 (9 August 2013) Source: IAAF