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). Cuban Javier Sotomayor 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 at 60m and 1 gold and 1 silver at 60m hurdles Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia has won 4 golds and 1 silver at pole vault Valerie Adams of New Zealand has won 4 golds and 1 bronze at shot put Championship records Key to tables: X = annulled due to doping violation Men Women Heptathlon disciplines Pentathlon disciplines Records in defunct events Men's events Women's events All-time medal table Medal table includes 1985–2022 Championships. Notes was the name, under which Russian athletes competed in the 2018 Championships. Their medals were not included in the official medal table. All-time placing table In the IAAF placing table the total score is obtained from assigning eight points to the first place and so on to one point for the eight place. Points are shared in situations where a tie occurs. Updated after 2016 Championships See also International Athletics Championships and Games Notes References External links World Athletics Indoor Championships Event History 1987–2003 from BBC World Indoor Championships in Athletics Indoor Recurring sporting events established in 1985 Indoor track and field competitions Biennial athletics competitions