async def main(): coroutine1 = do_some_work(1) coroutine2 = do_some_work(2) coroutine3 = do_some_work(4) tasks = [ asyncio.ensure_future(coroutine1), asyncio.ensure_future(coroutine2), asyncio.ensure_future(coroutine3) ] for task in asyncio.as_completed(tasks): result = await task print('Task ret: {}'.format(result)) start = now() loop = asyncio.get_event_loop() done = loop.run_until_complete(main()) print('TIME: ', now() - start)