With 29 medals—12 gold, eight silver, and nine bronze—the United States won the medal count since 2005. She is the author of two popular fitness books.
The next-closest country was Jamaica, with 12 overall. Kenya and Great Britain both had 10, and Ethiopia had nine.
The U.S. had four fewer than they did at the World Championships in 2022 in Eugene, Oregon (33), when they had a home-track advantage. But this year’s tally is in line with other recent global championships. At the Olympics in 2021, the U.S. earned 26 medals. At 2019 Worlds in Doha, the score was 29, and in 2017, the U.S. had 30.
Sarah Lorge Butler, and they were all gold. He won two individual events—the 100 meters and 200 meters—and he anchored the winning U.S. 4x100-meter relay.
Sha’Carri Richardson also scored three: a gold in the 100, a bronze in the 200, and a gold in the relay.
A handful of other athletes contributed two medals to the total with an individual medal and a relay: Rai Benjamin, Gabby Thomas, and Quincy Hall, for example.
And in some events, including the women’s discus and men’s shot put, Americans earned two of the three medals: Laulauga Tausaga (gold) and Valarie Allman (silver) in the discus, and Ryan Crouser (gold) and Joe Kovacs (bronze) in the shot.
Where did the U.S. fall short? That would be in the distance events. The sole American medal at an event 800 meters and longer was Athing Mu’s bronze in the women’s 800 meters.
Yared Nuguse was close to medaling in the men’s 1500, but he was fifth, 0.57 seconds from medal position. Grant Fisher, who in the womens 800 meters last year at the World Championships, did not qualify for Worlds this year after suffering an injury.
Health & Injuries is a writer and editor living in Eugene, Oregon, and her stories about the sport, its trends, and fascinating individuals have appeared in Runner’s World since 2005. She is the author of two popular fitness books, Run Your Butt Off! and Walk Your Butt Off!
