Three action-packed sessions stacked with finals – from start to finish. The schedule for the World Athletics Ultimate Championship has been published, to mark 300 days until the groundbreaking event takes place in Budapest.
The Ultimate Championship will assemble world champions, Olympic champions, Wanda Diamond League winners and the year’s best performing athletes for an epic clash of titans on 11-13 September 2026.
Every moment will count. Each session is packed with semifinals and finals, and the schedule published today confirms on which days and in which order specific events will take place, as well as the start and finish times for each session.
On the track, the two semifinals in the 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 100m hurdles/110m hurdles and 400m hurdles will star eight athletes, and the top four in each will make it through to the final. The 1500m, 5000m and relay races will be straight finals.
All field events will be straight finals. The horizontal jumps and throws will feature four rounds, with each of the eight athletes guaranteed two attempts.
After the second round, the top six will get another attempt, followed by the top four in the final round, who will have one final attempt – 8-8-6-4 format.
There’s no cap on how many athletes from each country can contest each event and they will all be competing for their share of a record-setting prize pot of US$10 million – the largest ever offered in a single track and field event.
Friday 11 September
7:00pm – 10:00pm local time
Order of events:
- Mixed 4x100m relay – final
- Men’s hammer – final
- Men’s 400m hurdles – semifinals
- Women’s high jump – final
- Women’s 400m hurdles – semifinals
- Women’s 100m hurdles – semifinals
- Men’s 110m hurdles – semifinals
- Men’s 5000m – final
- Men’s pole vault – final
- Women’s long jump – final
- Women’s 800m – semifinals
- Women’s 100m hurdles – final
- Men’s 110m hurdles – final
- Mixed 4x400m relay – final
Saturday 12 September
6:00pm – 9:00pm local time
Order of events:
- Women’s 400m hurdles – final
- Women’s javelin – final
- Men’s 400m hurdles – final
- Men’s 800m – semifinals
- Women’s pole vault – final
- Women’s 400m – semifinals
- Women’s 100m – semifinals
- Men’s 100m – semifinals
- Women’s 1500m – final
- Men’s long jump – final
- Men’s 400m – semifinals
- Women’s 800m – final
- Women’s 100m – final
- Men’s 100m – final
Sunday 13 September
6:00pm – 9:00pm local time
Order of events:
- Women’s 400m – final
- Men’s javelin – final
- Men’s 200m – semifinals
- Men’s 800m – final
- Women’s 200m – semifinals
- Men’s high jump – final
- Women’s triple jump – final
- Women’s 5000m – final
- Men’s 400m – final
- Men’s 1500m – final
- Men’s 200m – final
- Women’s 200m – final
Meet the Author (s)
World Athletics (formerly the International Association of Athletics Federations - IAAF) is the international governing body for the sport of athletics, such as running, jumping and throwing.
