World Athletics Championships 2017: the complete guide | Sport
Day one: Friday 4 August
Usain Bolt starts the countdown to his retirement in the men’s 100m heats while Laura Muir runs in the 1500m heats. The showpiece of the opening day is Sir Mo Farah’s 10,000m final as he bids to sign off from the track in style.
One to watch
USAIN BOLT men’s 100m
How can the Jamaican be ignored? It will be his swan song after a glittering career, and Bolt is expected to bow out in style. The eight-times Olympic champion is at home in the capital having defended his 100m and 200m Olympic titles in London in this stadium five years ago. This time he will look to retain the 100m and 4x100m golds he won in Beijing two years ago. He will not defend his 200m crown. Athletics will not be the same without Bolt, so dominant since his first Olympic triumphs in Beijing nine years ago, and he will want to go out with a bang.
Evening session
7pm Men’s 100m preliminary
7.20 Men’s discus qualifying
7.30 Men’s long jump qualifying
7.35 Women’s 1500m qualifying
7.45 Women’s pole vault qualifying
8.20 Men’s 100m first round
8.45 Men’s discus qualifying
9.20 Men’s 10,000m final •
Day two: Saturday 5 August
Bolt looks to complete the first of his goals in the 100m final while Katarina Johnson-Thompson begins her heptathlon challenge and Muir is due to run in the 1500m semi-final.
One to watch
KATARINA JOHNSON-THOMPSON
With the retirement of Jessica Ennis-Hill and Canada’s Brianne Theisen-Eaton, Johnson-Thompson is hoping to win her first world medal in the heptathlon. She set a new British record of 1.98m in the high jump at the Olympics last year before tailing off and finishing sixth. But she moved to France earlier this year to work under new coach Jean-Yves Cochand in Montpellier.
Morning session
10am Men’s shot put qualifying
10.05 - Heptathlon 100m
10.35 - Women’s hammer qualifying
10.45 - Men’s 400m first round
11.00 - Women’s triple jump qualifying
11.45 - Women’s 100m first round
12.05 - Women’s hammer qualifying
12.45 - Men’s 800m first round
Evening session
7pm - Men’s 100m semi-finals
7.25 - Men’s discus final •
7.35 - Women’s 1500m semi-finals
8.05 - Men’s long jump final •
8.10 - Women’s 10,000m final •
9.00 - Heptathlon 200m
9.45 - Men’s 100m final •
Day three: Sunday 6 August
Johnson-Thompson returns for the culmination of the heptathlon, European indoor champion Andrew Pozzi begins his 110m hurdles bid and Asha Philip will aim to reach the women’s 100m final which rounds off the evening on the track.
One to watch
ELAINE THOMPSON Women’s 100m
The Jamaican sprint queen is the reigning Olympic champion in the 100m and 200m and is favourite to claim the 100m. She has run the two fastest times of 2017 â€" clocking 10.71 and 10.78. She finished second in the 200m in Beijing two years ago, but is focusing on the 100m this year.
Morning session
10am Heptathlon long jump
10.05 Men’s 3,000m st’chase first round
10.40 Men’s pole vault qualifying
10.55 Men’s marathon •
11.05 Men’s 400m hurdles first round
11.55 Women’s 400m first round
12.55 Men’s 110m hurdles first round
2.00 Women’s marathon •
Evening session
7pm Women’s pole vault final •
7.05 Women’s javelin qualifying
7.10 Women’s 100m semi-finals
7.40 Men’s 400m semi-finals
8.10 Men’s 100m hurdles semi-finals
8.30 Women’s javelin qualifying
8.35 Men’s shot put final •
8.40 Heptathlon 800m (final event) •
9.15 Men’s 800m semi-finals
9.50 Women’s 100m final •
Day four: Monday 7th August
Muir is likely to battle Faith Kipyegon and Genzebe Dibaba for a 1500m medal in the final at 9.50pm after her seventh place at the Olympics last year.
One to watch
ARIES MERRITT Men’s 110m hurdles
The American has made a comeback from a kidney transplant in 2015 and returns to the London Stadium for a major championships for the first time since winning Olympic gold in 2012. The 32-year-old remains the world record holder for the 110m hurdles â€" clocking 12.80sec in 2012 â€" and won his Anniversary Games race in July. It followed his Diamond League victory in Rome and he will be aiming to top the bronze medal he secured in Beijing two years ago â€" just four days before his kidney surgery. Merritt has gradually got quicker since his comeback and his season’s best of 13.09 is the joint fourth fastest in the world this year.
Evening session
6.35pm Men’s triple jump qualifying
7.00 Women’s hammer final •
7.15 Women’s 400m hurdles first round
8.20 Men’s 400m hurdles semi-finals
8.25 Women’s triple jump final •
8.55 Women’s 400m semi-finals
9.30 Men’s 110m hurdles, final •
9.50 Women’s 1500m final •
Day five: Tuesday 8 August
Wayde van Niekerk will look to successfully defend the 400m title while there will be British interest in the opening rounds of the 200m featuring Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake, Danny Talbot and Zharnel Hughes.
One to watch
WAYDE VAN NIEKERK Men’s 400m
The defending champion after his breakthrough gold in Beijing two years ago, Van Niekerk’s performance in Rio last summer demanded even more attention when he broke Michael Johnson’s 400m world record which had stood for 17 years with a time of 43.03sec to take his first Olympic gold. Few would bet against him winning another world title, while Britain’s Martyn Rooney will be hoping to make the final after his disastrous Olympics when he bowed out in the heats, as will Matt Hudson-Smith.
Evening session
6.30pm Women’s 3,000m steeplechase first round
7.20 Women’s javelin final •
7.30 Men’s 200m first round
7.35 Men’s pole vault final •
7.35 Women’s 400m hurdles semi-finals
8:40 Women’s shot put qualifying
9.10 Men’s 3,000m steeplechase final •
9.35 Men’s 800m final •
9.50 Men’s 400m final •
Day six: Wednesday 9 August
The men’s 200m semi-finals take place â€" although Bolt will not be involved â€" while the women’s 400m final rounds off the evening, and Mo Farah will be on the track in the opening round of the 5,000m he is looking to win for the fourth time.
One to watch
ALLYSON FELIX Women’s 400m
The defending 400m champion is the fastest woman in the world over the distance this year. Felix, a six-times Olympic champion and the joint most decorated woman in Olympic track and field history, set a new world lead time for the year in London in July by clocking 49.65 at the Anniversary Games. She surpassed the previous best time this year of 49.72 set by fellow American Quanera Hayes. It could be 31-year-old Felix’s final world championships â€" she has already won nine golds, four of them individual and five in relays.
Evening session
7.05 Women’s 200m first round
7.10 Women’s long jump qualifying
7.20 Men’s hammer throw qualifying
8.05 Men’s 5,000m first round
8.25 Women’s shot put final •
8.50 Men’s hammer throw qualifying
8.55 Men’s 200m semi-finals
9.30 Men’s 400m hurdles final •
9.50 Women’s 400m final •
Day seven: Thursday 10 August
A new world champion will be crowned in the men’s 200m final in the absence of Bolt, while Muir returns for the 5,000m heats and the double Olympic and reigning world champion Christian Taylor goes in the men’s triple jump.
One to watch
LAURA MUIR Women’s 5,000m
The 24-year-old is set to be one of the leading lights of the summer after her double European indoor gold in March. Muir blitzed the field in Belgrade to take the 1500 metres and 3,000 metres crowns, her first senior titles. She is eyeing wins in the 1500m and 5,000m here after her victories earlier in the year convinced her to try for the double, having shaken off a disappointing seventh place in the 1500m final in Rio.
Evening session
6.30pm Women’s 5,000m first round
7.05 Men’s javelin qualifying
7.10 Women’s high jump qualifying
7.25 Women’s 800m qualifying
8.20 Men’s triple jump final •
8.25 Men’s 1500m qualifying
8.35 Men’s javelin qualifying
9.05 Women’s 200m qualifying
9.35 Women’s 400m hurdles final •
9.50 Men’s 200m final •
Day eight: Friday 11 August
The women’s 200m final ends the day’s competition with Dafne Schippers one of the favourites, while the day also includes the final of the women’s long jump and 3,000m steeplechase.
One to watch
DAFNE SCHIPPERS Women’s 200m
Schippers will aim to defend the 200m title she won in Beijing two years ago in a personal-best time of 22.63. Schippers finished second behind Elaine Thompson at the Anniversary Games in July, as she did in the Olympic final in Rio last year. With the Jamaican not running the 200m, the Dutch sprinter will be aiming to strike gold again.
Morning session
10am Decathlon 100m
10.10 Women’s discus qualifying
10.45 Women’s 100m hurdles qualifying
11.05 Decathlon long jump
11.15 Men’s high jump qualifying
11.35 Women’s discus qualifying
12:55 Decathlon shot put
Evening session
5pm Decathlon high jump
7.05 Women’s 100m hurdles qualifying
19:10 Women’s long jump final •
19:35 Women’s 800m qualifying
8.10 Men’s 1500m qualifying
8.30 Men’s hammer throw qualifying
8.45 Decathlon 400m
9.25 Women’s 3,000m st’chase final •
9.50 Women’s 200m final •
Day nine: Saturday 12 August
Farah runs in the 5,000m final as his track career edges to a close and the men’s 4x100m relay also takes centre stage in what should be Bolt’s final race.
One to watch
MO FARAH Men’s 5,000m
All eyes will be on Farah as the five-times world champion retires from the track to focus on road racing after these championships. The scene is set for the 34-year-old to go out on a high at the scene of his first two Olympic gold medals in 2012. His double defence in Rio last year cemented Farah as one of the world’s best ever and having done the same in Beijing a year earlier he has now not been beaten in a global final since the world championship 10,000m in 2011.
Morning session
10am Decathlon 110m hurdles
10.35 Women’s 4x100m relay qualifying
10.55 Men’s 4x100m relay qualifying
11.00 Decathlon discus
11.20 Women’s 4x400m relay qualifying
11.50 Men’s 4x400m relay qualifying
2.15pm Decathlon pole vault
Evening session
5.30pm Decathlon javelin
7.05 Women’s high jump final •
8.05 Women’s 100m hurdles final •
8.15 Men’s javelin throw final •
8.20 Men’s 5,000m final •
8.45 Decathlon 1500m (final event) •
9.30 Women’s 4x100m relay final •
9.50 Men’s 4x100m relay final •
Day 10: Sunday 13 August
The final day and the final chance for Muir to add to her European Indoor medals from Belgrade, in the 5,000m. The women’s 800m final and 4x400m men and women’s relay finals end the championships.
One to watch
CASTER SEMENYA Women’s 800m
Although the South African has doubled up in the 1500m, it is the 800m where she is expected to excel having returned to form to take gold in Rio last summer. She already has two world golds in this event, won in Daegu in 2011 and in 2009 when the then 18-year-old stunned the athletics world with her victory in Berlin. However, she then spent almost a year off the track following the furore that surrounded the gender test she had been asked to undergo during the world championships, a controversy that has continued to dog the 26-year-old throughout her career.
Morning session
7.55am Men’s and women’s 50km race walks (at the Mall, St James’ Park) •
12.20 Women’s 20km race walk •
14.20 Men’s 20km race walk •
Evening session
19.00 Men’s high jump final •
19.10 Women’s discus final •
19.35 Women’s 5,000m final •
20.10 Women’s 800m final •
20.30 Men’s 1500m final •
20.55 Women’s 4x400m relay final •
21.15 Men’s 4x400m relay final •
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