World Athletics announced that athletes would qualify by their
World Athletics Rankings position,
wild card (reigning world champion or
2022 Diamond League winner) or by achieving the entry standard. •
Reigning World Outdoor Champion • Winner of the
2022 Diamond League • By finishing position at designated competitions (Area competitions) • Leader (as at closing date of the qualification period): • Hammer Throw 2022
World Athletics Continental Tour •
World Athletics Challenge - Race Walking aka World Race Walking Tour •
World Athletics Challenge - Combined Events aka World Combined Events Tour Countries who had no male and/or no female athletes who had achieved the Entry Standard or considered as having achieved the entry standard or a qualified relay team, could enter one unqualified male athlete OR one unqualified female athlete in one event of the championships (except the road events and field events, combined events, 10,000 m and 3000 m steeplechase). Since the postponement of the
2023 World Relays to
2024 Nassau, for Covid-pandemic reasons, a modified qualification system has been available for relay teams.
Target numbers At the end of the qualification period, the 2023 World Athletics Rankings were published. They were used to invite additional athletes to the World Championships where the target number of athletes had not been achieved for that event through other methods of qualification. The maximum of three athletes per country in individual events was not affected by this rule. Member federations retained the right to confirm or reject athlete selections through this method. Where the highest ranked athletes were from a country that already had three entrants for the event, or where member federations had rejected an entrant, the next highest ranked athlete became eligible for entry via the world rankings. ==Medal table==