World Athletics releases the Tokyo World Championships timetable
By Joel Masibo, September 12, 2025World Athletics has released the 2025 World Championships track and field events to be held from Saturday, September 13 to Sunday, September 21, 2025, at Japan National Stadium in Tokyo.
Kenya is among the athletics powerhouses set to compete for top medals in Japan this month. East Africans keen on watching the events will have to subtract six hours to convert to EAT.
World Champions full timetable
Day 1 | 13 Sep
AM
07:30 – 35KM Race Walk (M)
07:30 – 35KM Race Walk (W)
09:00 – Discus Throw Qualification A (M)
09:10 – Shot Put Qualification A (W)
09:35 – 100M Preliminary Round (M)
10:05 – 4x400M Relay Heats (M)
PM
18:05 – 3000M Steeplechase Heats (M)
18:15 – Long Jump Qualification A (W)
18:20 – 100M Heats (M)
19:05 – 100M Heats (M)
19:35 – Long Jump Qualification B (W)
20:10 – Discus Throw Qualification B (M)
20:35 – 100M Heats (M)
21:10 – Shot Put Final (W)
21:50 – 100M Semi-Final (M)
22:20 – 100M Final (M)
Day 2 | 14 Sep
AM
07:30 – Marathon (M)
09:10 – Hammer Throw Qualification A (M)
09:30 – 1500M Heats (W)
09:55 – Hammer Throw Qualification B (M)
10:20 – 100M Hurdles Heats (W)
PM
18:40 – High Jump Qualification (W)
19:05 – Discus Throw Final (M)
19:25 – 400M Heats (M)
19:55 – 1500M Semi-Final (W)
20:30 – 400M Heats (M)
21:05 – Hammer Throw Final (M)
21:25 – 10,000M Final (M)
22:10 – 100M Final (W)
22:20 – 100M Final (M)
Day 3 | 15 Sep
AM
07:30 – Marathon (W)
09:00 – Hammer Throw Qualification A (W)
09:30 – 3000M Steeplechase Heats (W)
11:20 – 100M Hurdles Heats (W)
PM
19:05 – 400M Hurdles Heats (M)
19:15 – Long Jump Qualification (M)
19:20 – Pole Vault Qualification (W)
19:50 – 110M Hurdles Heats (M)
20:20 – Hammer Throw Final (W)
20:30 – 100M Hurdles Semi-Final (W)
21:10 – 3000M Steeplechase Final (M)
21:25 – 100M Hurdles Final (W)
Day 4 | 16 Sep
PM
19:05 – 800M Heats (M)
19:35 – Triple Jump Qualification (M)
20:15 – High Jump Final (W)
20:20 – Javelin Throw Final (M)
20:35 – 110M Hurdles Semi-Final (M)
21:05 – Hammer Throw Final (W)
21:15 – 1500M Final (W)
21:50 – 110M Hurdles Final (M)
Day 5 | 17 Sep
PM
19:05 – Triple Jump Qualification (W)
19:15 – Javelin Throw Qualification A (W)
19:35 – 200M Heats (M)
20:15 – Pole Vault Final (M)
20:45 – Javelin Throw Qualification B (W)
21:05 – 400M Hurdles Semi-Final (M)
21:30 – 100M Hurdles Semi-Final (W)
21:50 – 3000M Steeplechase Final (W)
22:20 – 1500M Final (M)
Day 6 | 18 Sep
PM
19:05 – 5000M Heats (W)
19:15 – Javelin Throw Qualification (M)
19:55 – Long Jump Final (W)
20:05 – 200M Heats (W)
20:35 – 800M Semi-Final (M)
21:05 – 200M Semi-Final (M)
21:35 – 200M Semi-Final (W)
22:00 – 400M Final (M)
Day 7 | 19 Sep
AM
07:35 – 100M Hurdles Heptathlon (W)
08:20 – High Jump Heptathlon (W)
09:10 – Javelin Throw Qualification A (M)
09:35 – Shot Put Heptathlon (W)
10:05 – Javelin Throw Qualification B (M)
10:45 – 200M Heptathlon (W)
PM
19:05 – Javelin Throw Final (W)
19:20 – 400M Hurdles Final (M)
19:40 – Triple Jump Final (M)
20:25 – 800M Heptathlon (W)
21:25 – 200M Final (M)
22:20 – 200M Final (W)
Day 8 | 20 Sep
AM
07:30 – 20KM Race Walk (M)
09:05 – Discus Throw Qualification A (W)
09:30 – 100M Decathlon (M)
10:00 – Shot Put Final (M)
10:35 – Long Jump Decathlon (M)
10:40 – Discus Throw Qualification B (W)
11:55 – Shot Put Decathlon (M)
PM
19:00 – Javelin Throw Heptathlon (W)
19:05 – Shot Put Final (M)
19:10 – 800M Decathlon (M)
19:25 – 4x100M Relay Heats (W)
19:55 – 4x100M Relay Heats (M)
20:25 – 800M Heats (W)
20:45 – 400M Semi-Final (M)
21:05 – Javelin Throw Final (M)
21:35 – 400M Final (W)
21:55 – 1500M Decathlon (M)
22:22 – 800M Final (M)
Day 9 | 21 Sep
AM
07:35 – 110M Hurdles Decathlon (M)
08:35 – Discus Throw Decathlon A (M)
10:05 – Discus Throw Decathlon B (M)
11:20 – Pole Vault Decathlon (M)
PM
19:35 – Javelin Throw Decathlon A (M)
19:55 – Javelin Throw Decathlon B (M)
20:05 – High Jump Final (M)
20:10 – 5000M Final (W)
20:35 – 4x100M Relay Final (W)
20:50 – 4x100M Relay Final (M)
21:20 – Javelin Throw Decathlon (M)
21:40 – 1500M Decathlon (M)
22:20 – 4x400M Relay Final (W)
22:25 – 4x400M Relay Final (M)