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List of athletics events

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List of athletics events
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Athletics comprises a variety of running, jumping, throwing and walking events.

The sport of athletics is defined by the many events which make up its competition programmes. All events within the sport are forms of running, walking, jumping or throwing. These events are divided into the sub-sports of track and field, road running, racewalking and cross country running.

The Olympic athletics programme has played a significant role in shaping the most common events in the sport. The World Athletics Championships is the foremost World Championship event, holding the vast majority of World Championship-level events within the competition. A small number of events, such as the 60 metres, are exclusive to the World Athletics Indoor Championships.

Two further, separate World Championship events are held for their specific events: the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships and the World Athletics Cross Country Championships. Cross country is one of many events which have appeared at Olympics but no longer form part of the Olympic athletics schedule. Some events, such as the mile run, remain very popular at competitions, despite having neither Olympic nor World Championship status.

Olympic and World Championship events

Current events

EventOlympic GamesOutdoor ChampionshipsIndoor ChampionshipsOther World Athletics ChampionshipsNotesMenWomenMenWomenMenWomenMenWomen60 metres100 metres200 metres400 metres800 metres1500 metres3000 metres5000 metres10,000 metres4 × 100 metres relay4 × 400 metres relayMixed 4 × 400 metres relay60 metres hurdles100 metres hurdles110 metres hurdles400 metres hurdles3000 metres steeplechaseMile run
(road)5 kilometres
(road)Half-marathon (road)Marathon
(road)[20 kilometres
race walk](20-kilometres-race-walk)
(road)[35 kilometres
race walk](35-kilometres-race-walk)
(road)Marathon race walk mixed relay (road)Cross country runningCross country running mixed relayPole vaultHigh jumpLong jumpTriple jumpShot putDiscus throwHammer throwJavelin throwPentathlonHeptathlonDecathlon
1900 – 19041985 – Present1985 – Present
1896 – Present1928 – Present1983 – Present1983 – Present
1900 – Present1948 – Present1983 – Present1983 – Present1985 – 20041985 – 2004
1896 – Present1964 – Present1983 – Present1983 – Present1985 – Present1985 – Present
1896 – Present1928, 1960 – Present1983 – Present1983 – Present1985 – Present1985 – Present
1896 – Present1972 – Present1983 – Present1983 – Present1985 – Present1985 – Present
1984 – 19921983 – 19931985 – Present1985 – Present
1912 – Present1996 – Present1983 – Present1995 – Present
1912 – Present1988 – Present1983 – Present1987 – Present
1912 – Present1928 – Present1983 – Present1983 – Present
1912 – Present1972 – Present1983 – Present1983 – Present1991 – Present1991 – Present
2020 – Present2019 – Present
1985 – Present1985 – Present
1972 – Present1983 – Present
1896 – Present1983 – Present
1900 – Present
(except 1912)1984 – Present1983 – Present1983 – Present
1920 – Present2008 – Present1983 – Present2005 – Present
2023 – Present2023 – PresentWorld Road Running Championships
2023 – Present2023 – PresentWorld Road Running Championships
1992 – Present (except 2006)1992 – PresentHeld annually as the World Half-Marathon Championships until 2010 and held biennially from 2012 to 2020; part of World Road Running Championships starting in 2023; 2006 edition replaced by a 20k run
1896 – Present1984 – Present1983 – Present1983 – Present
1956 – Present2000 – Present1983 – Present1999 – Present
2022 – Present2022 – Present
2024 – Present**2024** – PresentWorld Race Walking Team Championships
1912 – 19241973 – Present1973 – PresentWorld Athletics Cross Country Championships
2017 – PresentWorld Athletics Cross Country Championships
1896 – Present2000 – Present1983 – Present1999 – Present1985 – Present1997 – Present
1896 – Present1928 – Present1983 – Present1983 – Present1985 – Present1985 – Present
1896 – Present1948 – Present1983 – Present1983 – Present1985 – Present1985 – Present
1896 – Present1996 – Present1983 – Present1993 – Present1985 – Present1993 – Present
1896 – Present1948 – Present1983 – Present1983 – Present1985 – Present1985 – Present
1896 – Present1928 – Present1983 – Present1983 – Present
1900 – Present2000 – Present1983 – Present1999 – Present
1908 – Present1932 – Present1983 – Present1983 – Present
1912 – 19241964 – 19801995 – Present
1984 – Present1983 – Present1995 – Present
1912 – Present1983 – Present

Former championship events

EventOlympic GamesOutdoor ChampionshipsIndoor ChampionshipsOther World Athletics ChampionshipsNotesMenWomenMenWomenMenWomenMenWomen4 × 200 metres relaySprint medley relayMixed 2 × 2 × 400 metres relay4 × 800 metres relayDistance medley relay4 × 1500 metres relay3000 metres
team race80 metres hurdles200 metres hurdlesShuttle hurdle relay[3000 metres
race walk](3000-metres-race-walk)
(track)[5000 metres
race walk](5000-metres-race-walk)
(track)10,000 metres race walk
(track)10 kilometres
(road)15 kilometres
(road)20 kilometres
(road)[50 kilometres
race walk](50-kilometres-race-walk)
(road)Marathon relay
(road)Cross country running short raceStanding
high jumpStanding
long jumpStanding
triple jump56 pound
weight throw
2014 – 20212014 – 2021
1908
2019 – 2021World Relay Championships
2014 – 20172014 – 2017World Relay Championships
20152015World Relay Championships
20142014World Relay Championships
1912 – 1924
1932 – 1968
1900 – 1904
2019 – 2021World Relay Championships
1985 – 1993
1985 – 1993
1912 – 1924,1992 – 19961987 – 1997
1983 – 1984World Women's Road Race Championships
1985 – 1991World Women's Road Race Championships
20062006Replaced the half-marathon in 2006 only at the World Road Running Championships
1932 – 2020
(except 1976)1983 – 20192017 – 2019
1992 – 19981992 – 1998World Road Relay Championships
1998 – 20061998 – 2006World Cross Country Championships
1900 – 1912
1900 – 1912
1900 – 1904
1904, 1920
  • NB: This list excludes Summer Olympic events which featured only once on the Olympic athletics programme during the first six editions

Other common events

Sprints

Middle-distance

Hurdles

Relays

  • 4 × 110 m Shuttle hurdles relay
  • Swedish relay
  • Ekiden

Road events

Timed events

Misc

  • Men's Indoor 35lb Weight Throw and Women's Indoor 20lb Weight Throw
  • Octathlon, combined track and field event featured at the IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics
  • Throws pentathlon, a championship combined track and field event at the World Masters Athletics Championships
  • Fierljeppen, Frisian sport of pole vaulting for distance
  • Softball throw, athletics event throwing for distance using a softball

References

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