Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events. Track and field is categorized under the umbrella sport of athletics, which also includes road running, cross country running and racewalking. In British English the term "Athletics" is synonymous with American "Track and Field" and includes all jumping events.
This article contains an overview of the year 1984 in the sport of athletics.
This article contains an overview of the year 1985 in the sport of athletics.
This article contains an overview of the year 1986 in the sport of athletics.
The UK Athletics Championships was an annual national championship in track and field for the United Kingdom, organised by the British Athletics Federation. The event incorporated the 1980 Olympic trials for the British Olympic team. The venue for the event was rotational and designed to be inclusive – all four Home Nations hosted the event during its twenty-year existence, as well as several areas of England.
The athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade took place in the Stadio Cibali in Catania, Sicily (Italy) at the end of August 1997, shortly after the World Championships in Athens, Greece. New events were the women's hammer throw, pole vault and half marathon competition. The marathon was dropped from the programme in favour of the half distance. A total of 23 men's and 22 women's events were contested.
This article contains an overview of the year 1983 in athletics.
This article contains an overview of the year 1987 in athletics.
This article contains an overview of the year 1988 in athletics.
This article contains an overview of the year 1989 in athletics.
This article contains an overview of the year 1993 in athletics.
This article contains an overview of the year 1982 in athletics.
This article contains an overview of the year 1980 in athletics. The major athletics event of the year was the 1980 Moscow Olympics. A boycott of this competition meant many of world's leading athletes did not face each other, with many of the boycotting athletes taking part in the rival Liberty Bell Classic competition.
This article contains an overview of the year 2009 in athletics.
The 4th World Festival of Youth and Students featured an athletics competition among its programme of events. The events were contested in Bucharest, Romania in August 1953. Mainly contested among Eastern European athletes, it served as an alternative to the more Western European-oriented 1953 Summer International University Sports Week held in Dortmund the same year.
The 1982 UK Athletics Championships was the national championship in outdoor track and field for the United Kingdom held at Cwmbran Stadium, Cwmbran. It was the second time the event was held in the Welsh town, following on from the 1977 UK Athletics Championships. The women's 5000 metres race walk was dropped from the programme for this championship.
The 1983 UK Athletics Championships was the national championship in outdoor track and field for the United Kingdom held at Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh. It was the second time the event was held in the Scottish city, following on from the 1978 UK Athletics Championships. The women's 5000 metres race walk was restored to the programme after an absence at the 1982 event.
The 1993 UK Athletics Championships was the national championship in outdoor track and field for the United Kingdom held at Crystal Palace Athletics Stadium, London. It was the second time that the British capital hosted the event, having previously done so in 1980. It would be the last outing of the series in its annual format.
The Romanian Athletics Championships is an annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Romanian Athletics Federation, which serves as the national championship for the sport in Romania.
The Jamaican Athletics Championships is an annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association, which serves as the national championship for the sport in Jamaica.
Carl Lewis (USA)
Allan Wells (GBR)
Frank Emmelmann (GDR)
Bert Cameron (JAM)
Joaquim Cruz (BRA)
Mike Boit (KEN)
Thomas Wessinghage (FRG)
José Luis González (ESP)
Eamonn Coghlan (IRL)
Valeriy Abramov (URS)
Fernando Mamede (POR)
Mohamed Kedir (ETH)
Alejandro Casañas (CUB)
Mariano Scartezzini (ITA)
Bogusław Mamiński (POL)
Roland Dalhäuser (SUI)
Atanas Chochev (BUL)
Zou Zhenxian (CHN)
Thierry Vigneron (FRA)
Pentti Sinersaari (FIN)
