The country has not won any medals at the competition and as of 2017 no Vanuatuan athlete has progressed beyond the first round of an event.

[2] Vanuatu competed at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics from August 27 to September 4 in Daegu, South Korea.

[3] Vanuatu competed at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow, Russia, from 10–18 August 2013.

Vanuatu will compete at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics in London, Great Britain, from 4–13 August 2017.

[6] Vanuatu will compete at the 2019 World Championships in Athletics in Doha, Qatar, from 27 September 2019.