The World Athletics Championships Budapest 23 timetable for the games set for August 19 - 27, 2023 in Hungary has been released.
The program changes from the initial ten-day event to a nine-day one. The championship will have a total of 49 disciplines.
The six road events are spread across five days and will be held in the morning. All track and field finals will be contested in the evening hours.
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At least four finals are scheduled every day, including the first day. On the final two days, there will be eight medal events each, and both will end with women’s relays.
“The release of the timetable is a significant milestone for the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23, now less than a year away. After seeing the extraordinary crowds that descended on Birmingham for the Commonwealth Games and Munich for the European Championships in the last month, we know the appetite for our sport across Europe is as strong as ever and we’re looking forward to taking our premier event to central Europe for the first time.
“Creating the timetable for an outdoor World Championships is a complex balancing act, taking into account the needs of athletes, broadcasters and the host city, as well as our other stakeholders. I’m confident that a return to a nine-day program and evening-only finals in the stadium will be embraced by our athletes and audience in Budapest, and by those watching around the world,” World Athletics President, Sebastian Coe, stated.
Peter Deutsch, CEO of the local organizing committee, added that the schedule was created to serve the interests of the athletes and the audience.
He explained that the reason for having many of the competitions late in the evening was to enable the athletes compete in the right weather.
“Every night there will be great excitement, there will be finals, and every night there will be Hungarians in the field for the home fans to cheer on. Our aim is for the World Championships to strengthen Hungarian athletics, to achieve the best results and to make this wonderful sport as popular as possible,” Deutsch noted.
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