Budapest's hosting of the World Athletics Championships is just 200 days away ©Budapest 2023

More than 100,000 tickets have been sold for the Budapest 2023 World Athletics Championships, with the event now just 200 days away, it was revealed today. 

Hungarian Government Commissioner for the World Championships Ádám Schmidt was encouraged by the interest for the competition, with the 50,000 ticket sale mark coming in early December.

"It is a great success and a good indication of the high expectations for the World Athletics Championships that in just over a month, many more people have registered to volunteer than will actually be able to participate," he said.

"Volunteers are key, they will have a huge responsibility and much of the honour will be theirs, because they will also be the ones to thank if our dreams come true and make this the best World Athletics Championships ever."

Some of the 3,500 volunteers already signed up for this year's World Athletics Championships in Budapest gathered in Heroes' Square to mark 200 days until the start of the event ©Budapest 2023
Some of the 3,500 volunteers already signed up for this year's World Athletics Championships in Budapest gathered in Heroes' Square to mark 200 days until the start of the event ©Budapest 2023

A total of 3,500 people have registered to be volunteers, surpassing the figure needed.

Over 2,000 athletes are expected to compete at the Championships, a year after Oregon held the event.

The Championships are scheduled to be held from August 19 to 27 at the new National Athletics Centre on the bank of the Danube.

Other important venues include the start and finish areas of the marathon and race walking competitions, Heroes' Square, and the entire route through the most beautiful and historic parts of the Hungarian capital.