2026 World Athletics Ultimate Championship
The 2026 World Athletics Ultimate Championship will be held at the National Athletics Centre (Budapest) in Budapest, Hungary from September 11–13, 2026. Organized by World Athletics, it served as the outdoor world championships in track and field.
Standings
The top 16 athletes in the world at shown here using the tracking module. These athletes will be qualified via the World ranking with the .There's no limit on how many athletes from a country can compete in each individual event. The way individual athletes can earn invites includes:
- Being an Olympic champion from the Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Being a world champion from the 2025 World Athletics Championships
- Winning the 2026 Diamond League Final in Brussels
- Their position on the world rankings during the ranking period from September 2nd, 2025 to September 1st, 2026.
- In the mixed and relays, the top six teams from the 2026 World Athletics Relays will earn automatic qualification.
- *The 2026 World Athletics Relays will be held in Gaborone, Botswana from May 2nd to May 3rd, 2026.
- The final two spots will go to teams with the best performances recorded between August 22, 2025 and September 1, 2026.
| Qualifying List | 100m women |
| Julien Alfred | 100m Olympic Champion |
| Melissa Jefferson-Wooden | 100m World Champion |
| 14 women | |
| Qualifying List | 200m women |
| Gabby Thomas | 200m Olympic Champion |
| Melissa Jefferson-Wooden | 200m World Champion |
| 14 women | |
| Qualifying List | 400m women |
| Marileidy Paulino | 400m Olympic Champion |
| Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone | 400m World Champion |
| 14 women | |
| Qualifying List | 800m women |
| Keely Hodgkinson | 800m Olympic Champion |
| Lilian Odira | 800m World Champion |
| 14 women | |
| Qualifying List | 1500m women |
| Faith Kipyegon | 1500m Olympic Champion |
| Faith Kipyegon | 1500m World Champion |
| 11 women | |
| Qualifying List | 5000m women |
| Beatrice Chebet | 5000m Olympic Champion |
| Beatrice Chebet | 5000m World Champion |
| 11 women | |
| Qualifying List | 100m hurdles women |
| Masai Russell | 100m hurdles Olympic Champion |
| Ditaji Kambundji | 100m hurdles World Champion |
| 14 women | |
| Qualifying List | 400m hurdles women |
| Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone | 400m hurdles Olympic Champion |
| Femke Bol | 400m hurdles World Champion |
| 14 women | |
| Qualifying List | High Jump women |
| Yaroslava Mahuchikh | High Jump Olympic Champion |
| Nicola Olyslagers | High Jump World Champion |
| 6 women | |
| Qualifying List | Pole Vault women |
| Nina Kennedy | Pole Vault Olympic Champion |
| Katie Moon | Pole Vault World Champion |
| 6 women | |
| Qualifying List | Long Jump women |
| Tara Davis-Woodhall | Long Jump Olympic Champion |
| Tara Davis-Woodhall | Long Jump World Champion |
| 7 women | |
| Qualifying List | Triple Jump women |
| Thea LaFond | Triple Jump Olympic Champion |
| Leyanis Pérez | Triple Jump World Champion |
| 6 women | |
| Qualifying List | Javelin women |
| Haruka Kitaguchi | Javelin Olympic Champion |
| Juleisy Angulo | Javelin World Champion |
| 6 women |
| Qualifying List | 100m men |
| Noah Lyles | 100m Olympic Champion |
| Oblique Seville | 100m World Champion |
| 14 men | |
| Qualifying List | 200m men |
| Letsile Tebogo | 200m Olympic Champion |
| Noah Lyles | 200m World Champion |
| 14 men | |
| Qualifying List | 400m men |
| Quincy Hall | 400m Olympic Champion |
| Collen Kebinatshipi | 400m World Champion |
| 14 men | |
| Qualifying List | 800m men |
| Emmanuel Wanyonyi | 800m Olympic Champion |
| Emmanuel Wanyonyi | 800m World Champion |
| 15 men | |
| Qualifying List | 1500m men |
| Cole Hocker | 1500m Olympic Champion |
| Isaac Nader | 1500m World Champion |
| 10 men | |
| Qualifying List | 5000m men |
| Jakob Ingebrigtsen | 5000m Olympic Champion |
| Cole Hocker | 5000m World Champion |
| 10 men | |
| Qualifying List | 110m hurdles men |
| Grant Holloway | 110m hurdles Olympic Champion |
| Cordell Tinch | 110m hurdles World Champion |
| 14 men | |
| Qualifying List | 400m hurdles men |
| Rai Benjamin | 400m hurdles Olympic Champion |
| Rai Benjamin | 400m hurdles World Champion |
| 15 men | |
| Qualifying List | High Jump men |
| Hamish Kerr | High Jump Olympic Champion |
| Hamish Kerr | High Jump World Champion |
| 7 men | |
| Qualifying List | Pole Vault men |
| Armand Duplantis | Pole Vault Olympic Champion |
| Armand Duplantis | Pole Vault World Champion |
| 7 men | |
| Qualifying List | Long Jump men |
| Miltiadis Tentoglou | Long Jump Olympic Champion |
| Mattia Furlani | Long Jump World Champion |
| 6 men | |
| Qualifying List | Javelin Throw men |
| Keshorn Walcott | Javelin Throw Olympic Champion |
| Arshad Nadeem | Javelin Throw World Champion |
| 6 men | |
| Qualifying List | Hammer Throw men |
| Ethan Katzberg | Hammer Throw Olympic Champion |
| Ethan Katzberg | Hammer Throw World Champion |
| 7 men |