section_path: Qualification/Entry standards
section_name: Entry standards
paragraph_text: Entry standards
  
  The qualification system for the championships will be based on a combination of entry standards and world rankings. The entry standards have been set with the aim of qualifying about 50% of the athletes.
  
  The top five finishers at Platinum Label marathons and winners of individual events at area championships (except for the marathon), regardless of marks, will be considered as having achieved the entry standard.
  
  The top three athletes in the 2024–25 World Athletics Cross Country Tour – not qualified through entry standards or other ways – are deemed to be qualified for the 10,000 m.
  
  The 2025 World Athletics Relays scheduled for Guangzhou, China will be used as a qualifying event for the relays with the top 14 teams in each event securing their place at the World Championships.