Brazil at the World Championships in Athletics

Brazil has participated in all the World Championships in Athletics since the beginning in 1983. Brazil is 52th on the all time medal table. Brazil's first World Championships medal was won by Joaquim Cruz in the Men's 800 metres in 1983. He won bronze. Fabiana Murer won the first Brazil's gold medal and first woman's medal in the pole vault in 2011. Claudinei Quirino has the most medals with three (one silver and two bronzes).