Algeria has competed at the IAAF World Athletics Championships on eighteen occasions, sending a delegation to every event since the 1983 edition. Its competing country code is ALG. The country has won six gold medals, two silver medals and three bronze medals at the competition. All eleven of its medals come from six athletes in distance track events. Noureddine Morceli won the men's 1500 metres titles in 1991, 1993 and 1995, while his female counterpart Hassiba Boulmerka won two golds and one bronze. Azzedine Brahmi won 1991 bronze in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase. Djabir Saïd-Guerni won the men's 800 metres bronze in 1999 before winning a gold medal in that event in 2003. In 2019, Taoufik Makhloufi won the silver in the men's 1500 metres, and in the subsequent edition, Djamel Sedjati won the silver in the men's 800 meters.

The best rank in the medals table achieved by Algeria in the history of its participation is seventh, achieved in 1991 with two golds and a bronze.

Medals by World Championships

Medalists

By athletes

By events

By gender

By edition

1983

Algeria competed at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki, Finland, from August 7 to 14, 1983.

Men
Track and road events

Field events

Combined events – Decathlon

Women
Combined events – Heptathlon

1987

Algeria competed at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics in Rome, Italy, from 28 August to 6 September 1987. Algeria participated with 4 athletes.

Men
Track and road events

Field events

1991

Algeria competed at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics in Tokyo, Japan, from 23 August to 1 September 1991. Algeria participated with 11 athletes.

Medalists

Men
Track and road events

Field events

Women
Track and road events

Combined events – Heptathlon

1993

Algeria competed at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics in Stuttgart, Germany, from 13 to 22 August 1993. Algeria participated with 17 athletes.

Medalists

Men
Track and road events

1995

Algeria competed at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics in Gothenburg, Sweden, from 5 to 13 August 1995. Algeria participated with 8 athletes.

Medalists

1997

Algeria competed at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens, Greece, from 1 to 10 August 1997. Algeria participated with 14 athletes.

Men

Women

1999

Algeria competed at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics in Seville, Spain, from 20 to 29 August 1999. Algeria participated with 12 athletes.

Men

Women

Medalists

2001

Algeria competed at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics in Edmonton, Canada, from 3 to 12 August 2001. Algeria participated with 12 athletes.

2003

Algeria competed at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics in Saint-Denis, France, from 23 to 31 August 2003. Algeria participated with 9 athletes.

Medalists

2005

Algeria competed at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki, Finland, from 6 to 14 August 2005. Algeria participated with 10 athletes.

2007

Algeria competed at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics in Osaka, Japan, from 24 August to 2 September 2007. Algeria participated with 11 athletes.

2009

Algeria fielded six competitors at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics in Berlin.

Men

2011

Algeria competed at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics from August 27 to September 4 in Daegu, South Korea.
The Fédération Algérienne d’Athlétisme
announced a team of 10 athletes to represent the country
in the event.

Men

Decathlon

Women

2013

Algeria competed at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow, Russia, from 10–18 August 2013. A team of 11 athletes was announced to represent the country in the event.

(q – qualified, NM – no mark, SB – season best)

Men
Track and road events

Women
Track and road events

Field events

Heptathlon

2015

Algeria competed at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China, from 22 to 30 August 2015.

(q – qualified, NM – no mark, SB – season best)

Men
Track and road events

Combined events – Decathlon

Women
Track and road events

2017

Algeria competed at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics in London, United Kingdom, from 4–13 August 2017.

(q – qualified, NM – no mark, SB – season best)

Men
Track and road events

Combined events – Decathlon

Women
Track and road events

2019
Algeria competed at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, from 27 September to 6 October 2019. Six athletes represented Algeria at the event.

Men
Track and road events

Field events

2022

Algeria competed at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, United States, from 15 to 24 July 2022. Algeria has entered 8 athletes (Yasser Triki did not participate due to injury).

 including alternates

Men

Track and road events

References 

Algeria at the World Athletics Championships
Algeria
World Championships in Athletics