2017 IAAF World ChampionshipsAug 13, 2017 by Gordon Mack
By The Numbers: Team USA at Worlds
By The Numbers: Team USA at Worlds
Team USA's performances at the 2017 IAAF World Championships broken down.
Stats provided by USATF
- Team USATF set a team record for most medals at the world championships, with the 30 medals easily surpassing its total of 28 medals in 2011.
- After Team USATF's 32-medal performance at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, London marked the first time since the 1952 and 1956 Olympic Games that U.S. won 30+ medals at consecutive global championships.
- Allyson Felix became the most decorated athlete in IAAF World Championships history, winning her 14th, 15th, and 16th medals. She tied Usain Bolt for most golds with 11.
- Two American records were set: Emma Coburn in the women's steeplechase (9:02.58) and Katie Burnett in the women's 50K race walk (4:21:51).
- One championship record was set: Emma Coburn in women's steeplechase.
- Brittney Reese became the first woman to win four world LJ golds and is only the second woman to win four golds in a single WC event (Valerie Adams, women's shot put).
- Emma Coburn is the first U.S. woman ever to win the steeple at a global championships, and the first American of either gender since Horace Ashenfelter's 1952 Olympic gold.
- Team USATF set a world championships record for largest margin of victory in a 4x400 relay, at 5.98 seconds.
- First time that the U.S. has gone 1-2 in global steeplechase competition (world championships or Olympics, men or women).
- Evan Jager (bronze) is the first U.S. men's steeplechase medal winner at Worlds.
- Amy Cragg (bronze) is the first U.S. women's marathon medalist since 1983, and she ran the fastest time ever by an American woman at the World Championships.
- Mason Finley (bronze) is the first U.S. medalist in the discus since 1999.
- Ajee' Wilson's 1:56.65 is the fastest ever 800m by an American woman at worlds.
- First 1-2 finish in the women's 400mH since 1995.
- First 1-2 finish in the men's 100m since 2001.
- Christian Taylor and Will Claye joined Mike Conley as the only U.S. men with three medals in the triple jump.
- At 35 years old, Justin Gatlin became the oldest man ever to win the 100m, and also is the first to win two titles 12 years apart.
- Justin Gatlin and Tori Bowie gave Team USATF its first sweep of the men's and women's 100m golds since 2005 (Gatlin and Lauryn Williams).
- Sam Kendricks won the first men's pole vault gold for the U.S. since 2007 (Brad Walker).
- Maria Michta-Coffey walked the fastest U.S. women's 20K in WC history in 1:32:14.
- Shannon Rowbury's 14:57.55 in the heats is the fastest ever 5,000m by an American woman at worlds.
- Team USATF set a team record for most medals at the world championships, with the 30 medals easily surpassing its total of 28 medals in 2011.
- After Team USATF's 32-medal performance at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, London marked the first time since the 1952 and 1956 Olympic Games that U.S. won 30+ medals at consecutive global championships.
- Allyson Felix became the most decorated athlete in IAAF World Championships history, winning her 14th, 15th, and 16th medals. She tied Usain Bolt for most golds with 11.
- Two American records were set: Emma Coburn in the women's steeplechase (9:02.58) and Katie Burnett in the women's 50K race walk (4:21:51).
- One championship record was set: Emma Coburn in women's steeplechase.
- Brittney Reese became the first woman to win four world LJ golds and is only the second woman to win four golds in a single WC event (Valerie Adams, women's shot put).
- Emma Coburn is the first U.S. woman ever to win the steeple at a global championships, and the first American of either gender since Horace Ashenfelter's 1952 Olympic gold.
- Team USATF set a world championships record for largest margin of victory in a 4x400 relay, at 5.98 seconds.
- First time that the U.S. has gone 1-2 in global steeplechase competition (world championships or Olympics, men or women).
- Evan Jager (bronze) is the first U.S. men's steeplechase medal winner at Worlds.
- Amy Cragg (bronze) is the first U.S. women's marathon medalist since 1983, and she ran the fastest time ever by an American woman at the World Championships.
- Mason Finley (bronze) is the first U.S. medalist in the discus since 1999.
- Ajee' Wilson's 1:56.65 is the fastest ever 800m by an American woman at worlds.
- First 1-2 finish in the women's 400mH since 1995.
- First 1-2 finish in the men's 100m since 2001.
- Christian Taylor and Will Claye joined Mike Conley as the only U.S. men with three medals in the triple jump.
- At 35 years old, Justin Gatlin became the oldest man ever to win the 100m, and also is the first to win two titles 12 years apart.
- Justin Gatlin and Tori Bowie gave Team USATF its first sweep of the men's and women's 100m golds since 2005 (Gatlin and Lauryn Williams).
- Sam Kendricks won the first men's pole vault gold for the U.S. since 2007 (Brad Walker).
- Maria Michta-Coffey walked the fastest U.S. women's 20K in WC history in 1:32:14.
- Shannon Rowbury's 14:57.55 in the heats is the fastest ever 5,000m by an American woman at worlds.