2009 World Championships in Athletics - Participating Nations

Participating Nations

The entry list released on the IAAF Website before the championships contained 2098 athletes from 202 countries and territories. Out of these athletes, a total of 1984 competed (1086 male, and 898 female) at the championships, with 201 of the 213 IAAF National Member Federations represented. The number of athletes competing at the event broke the previous championship record of 1,821 athletes set at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics in Seville. The 100 metres race attracted 100 entries, while the Marathon race listed 101 athletes for competition.

The event was expected to be the largest sports gathering in 2009, continuing in the vein of the World Championships in Athletics being the third largest sports event after the Olympic Games and the FIFA World Cup.

  • Afghanistan (2)
  • Albania (1)
  • Algeria (6)
  • American Samoa (2)
  • Andorra (2)
  • Anguilla (2)
  • Antigua and Barbuda (2)
  • Argentina (6)
  • Armenia (2)
  • Australia (38)
  • Austria (5)
  • Azerbaijan (1)
  • Bahamas (15)
  • Bahrain (10)
  • Bangladesh (1)
  • Barbados (4)
  • Belarus (26)
  • Belgium (23)
  • Belize (1)
  • Benin (2)
  • Bermuda (1)
  • Bhutan (1)
  • Bolivia (2)
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)
  • Botswana (5)
  • Brazil (30)
  • British Virgin Islands (1)
  • Brunei (1)
  • Bulgaria (11)
  • Burkina Faso (2)
  • Burundi (2)
  • Cambodia (1)
  • Cameroon (3)
  • Canada (31)
  • Cape Verde (2)
  • Cayman Islands (2)
  • Central African Republic (2)
  • Chile (4)
  • China (32)
  • Chinese Taipei (2)
  • Colombia (11)
  • Comoros (2)
  • Congo (2)
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo (2)
  • Cook Islands (2)
  • Costa Rica (3)
  • Croatia (5)
  • Cuba (34)
  • Cyprus (4)
  • Czech Republic (22)
  • Denmark (3)
  • Djibouti (1)
  • Dominica (1)
  • Dominican Republic (6)
  • Ecuador (10)
  • Egypt (4)
  • El Salvador (2)
  • Equatorial Guinea (2)
  • Eritrea (8)
  • Estonia (18)
  • Ethiopia (38)
  • Fiji (2)
  • Finland (20)
  • France (78)
  • French Polynesia (2)
  • Gabon (2)
  • Gambia (2)
  • Georgia (2)
  • Germany (85)
  • Ghana (3)
  • Gibraltar (1)
  • Great Britain (51)
  • Greece (21)
  • Grenada (6)
  • Guatemala (2)
  • Guinea (2)
  • Guyana (3)
  • Haiti (2)
  • Honduras (2)
  • Hong Kong (1)
  • Hungary (12)
  • Iceland (2)
  • India (6)
  • Indonesia (2)
  • Iran (2)
  • Iraq (2)
  • Ireland (17)
  • Israel (4)
  • Italy (37)
  • Côte d'Ivoire (2)
  • Jamaica (46)
  • Japan (57)
  • Jordan (2)
  • Kazakhstan (14)
  • Kenya (43)
  • Kiribati (2)
  • Kuwait (2)
  • Kyrgyzstan (2)
  • Laos (2)
  • Latvia (15)
  • Lebanon (2)
  • Lesotho (2)
  • Liberia (3)
  • Libya (2)
  • Lithuania (15)
  • Luxembourg (1)
  • Macau (1)
  • Macedonia (1)
  • Madagascar (2)
  • Malawi (2)
  • Malaysia (2)
  • Maldives (2)
  • Mali (2)
  • Malta (1)
  • Marshall Islands (1)
  • Mauritania (2)
  • Mauritius (3)
  • Mexico (18)
  • Federated States of Micronesia (1)
  • Moldova (6)
  • Monaco (1)
  • Mongolia (2)
  • Montenegro (2)
  • Morocco (22)
  • Mozambique (2)
  • Myanmar (2)
  • Namibia (4)
  • Nauru (2)
  • Netherlands (11)
  • Netherlands Antilles (2)
  • New Zealand (16)
  • Nicaragua (2)
  • Niger (1)
  • Nigeria (25)
  • Northern Mariana Islands (2)
  • North Korea (6)
  • Norway (17)
  • Oman (1)
  • Pakistan (2)
  • Palau (2)
  • Palestine (2)
  • Panama (3)
  • Papua New Guinea (2)
  • Paraguay (1)
  • Peru (4)
  • Philippines (2)
  • Poland (42)
  • Portugal (30)
  • Puerto Rico (5)
  • Qatar (9)
  • Romania (17)
  • Russia (106)
  • Rwanda (3)
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis (7)
  • Saint Lucia (1)
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (2)
  • Samoa (2)
  • San Marino (2)
  • São Tomé and Príncipe (2)
  • Saudi Arabia (12)
  • Senegal (4)
  • Serbia (9)
  • Seychelles (2)
  • Sierra Leone (2)
  • Singapore (2)
  • Slovakia (13)
  • Slovenia (13)
  • Solomon Islands (2)
  • Somalia (1)
  • South Africa (24)
  • South Korea (19)
  • Spain (51)
  • Sri Lanka (2)
  • Sudan (9)
  • Suriname (2)
  • Swaziland (2)
  • Sweden (23)
  • Switzerland (11)
  • Syria (2)
  • Tajikistan (2)
  • Tanzania (10)
  • Thailand (1)
  • Togo (2)
  • Tonga (2)
  • Trinidad and Tobago (20)
  • Tunisia (5)
  • Turkey (12)
  • Turkmenistan (2)
  • Turks and Caicos Islands (1)
  • Tuvalu (2)
  • Uganda (12)
  • Ukraine (54)
  • United Arab Emirates (2)
  • United States (160)
  • U.S. Virgin Islands (2)
  • Uruguay (3)
  • Uzbekistan (6)
  • Vanuatu (2)
  • Venezuela (2)
  • Vietnam (2)
  • Zambia (5)
  • Zimbabwe (6)


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