2023 World Athletics Road Running Championships

The 2023 World Athletics Road Running Championships took place in Riga, Latvia, on 2023.10.01. As the inaugural World Athletics Road Running Championships, they included the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships, which were last held in 2020. A flat, single-lap marathon course in the Baltics' largest city. All courses were traffic-free.

The championships held races for the half marathon, 5K, and mile distances, and also included mass-participation events for the same.

This was the first time when any recreational runner who was ready for a challenge could register for any of the official mass races of the World Championships in Riga and earn a unique medal from the World Athletics Road Running Championships.

Men's Half-Marathon team standings
The Men's Half-Marathon team event was decided on the aggregate of the first three runners across the line for each nation.

Women's Half-Marathon team standings
The Women's Half-Marathon team event was decided on the aggregate of the first three runners across the line for each nation.

Women's 5 km results
The Women's road 5 km race was held on Sunday 1 October 2023 in Riga, Latvia.

Prior to the event:

Men's 5 km results
The Men's road 5 km race was held on Sunday 1 October 2023 in Riga, Latvia.

Prior to the event:

Participation
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• 🇦🇹 austria (5)

• 🇦🇿 azerbaijan (1)

• 🇧🇪 belgium (1)

• 🇧🇴 bolivia (1)

• 🇧🇷 brazil (11)

• 🇧🇬 bulgaria (2)

• 🇧🇮 burundi (7)

• 🇨🇦 canada (12)

• 🇨🇻 cape verde (1)

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• 🇩🇯 djibouti (3)

• 🇪🇨 ecuador (6)

• 🇪🇷 eritrea (12)

• 🇪🇪 estonia (8)

• 🇪🇹 ethiopia (19)

• 🇫🇮 finland (1)

• 🇫🇷 france (13)

• 🇩🇪 germany (5)

• 🇬🇧 united kingdom (12)

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• 🇭🇰 hong kong (1)

• 🇭🇺 hungary (1)

• 🇮🇪 ireland (5)

• 🇮🇱 israel (7)

• 🇮🇹 italy (8)

• 🇯🇵 japan (8)

• 🇰🇪 kenya (21)

• 🇰🇬 kyrgyzstan (1)

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• 🇱🇹 lithuania (3)

• 🇲🇴 macao (3)

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• 🇲🇹 malta (6)

• 🇲🇽 mexico (3)

• 🇲🇦 morocco (8)

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• 🇳🇿 new zealand (7)

• 🇳🇴 norway (4)

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• 🇵🇱 poland (7)

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• 🇷🇼 rwanda (2)

• 🇸🇬 singapore (9)

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• 🇪🇸 spain (5)

• 🇸🇪 sweden (4)

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• 🇹🇳 tunisia (1)

• 🇺🇬 uganda (15)

• 🇺🇦 ukraine (3)

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• 🇺🇸 united states (18)

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