Seven gold medals •
Mozambique's
Maria de Lurdes Mutola won seven
gold, one silver and one bronze medal in the women's 800 m from 1993 to 2008. •
Natalya Nazarova has won seven gold and one silver medal from 1999 to 2008 in the 400 m and 4 × 400 m relay.
Five gold medals •
Iván Pedroso of
Cuba won five straight golds in the men's
long jump from 1993 to 2001. •
Stefka Kostadinova of
Bulgaria won five gold medals in the women's
high jump. •
Genzebe Dibaba of
Ethiopia won 2 gold medals in the women's 1,500 m and 3 gold medals in the 3,000 m from 2012 to 2018.
Four gold medals •
Haile Gebrselassie of
Ethiopia won three golds in the 3,000 m and one in the 1,500 m. •
Sergey Bubka won four
pole vault gold medals (three while competing for the Soviet Union and one for
Ukraine). •
Javier Sotomayor of
Cuba won four gold and one bronze medal in the men's high jump. •
Stefan Holm of Sweden has won four gold medals in the men's high jump. •
Meseret Defar of Ethiopia has won four gold, one silver and one bronze medal in the women's 3,000 m. •
Mikhail Shchennikov of Russia has won four gold medals in the 5000 m walk. •
Gail Devers of the United States has won 3 golds in 60 m and 1 gold and 1 silver in 60 m hurdles. •
Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia has won 4 golds and 1 silver in pole vault. •
Valerie Adams of New Zealand has won 4 golds and 1 bronze in
shot put. •
Armand Duplantis of Sweden has won 4 golds in men's pole vault. •
Tom Walsh of New Zealand has won 4 golds, 1 silver and 2 bronze in shot put. ==Championship records==