France at the World Athletics Championships

France is the 15th most medal-winning country in the history of the World Athletics Championships with 56 medals, including 14 gold, 19 silver and 23 bronze collected from the 1987 World Athletics Championships in Rome to the last 2022 world athletics championships in Eugene.

The best rank on the medal table was third and was achieved during the 2003 World Athletics Championships held on home soil, in Paris.

Marie-José Pérec became the first French athlete world champion in the 1991 world athletics championships on the 400 m.

Marie-José Pérec, Eunice Barber, Stéphane Diagana, Ladji Doucouré and Kevin Mayer are the only French athletes who have been two times world champion.

The French athletes with the most medals since the creation of the competition in 1983 are Eunice Barber (3 medals including a title in heptathlon, 2 in long jump including a title), Christine Arron (5 medals in sprint including a title) and Renaud Lavillenie (5 medals in pole vaulting).

Medal table
Red border indicates tournament was held on home soil.