This article contains an overview of the year 1985 in the sport of athletics.
This page shows the main events during the 2005 year in the sport of athletics throughout the world.
This article contains an overview of the sport of athletics, including track and field, cross country and road running, in the year 2004.
This article contains an overview of the sport of athletics, including track and field, cross country and road running, in the year 2003.
This article contains an overview of the sport of athletics, including track and field, cross country and road running, in the year 2002.
This article contains an overview of the sport of athletics, including track and field, cross country and road running, in the year 2001.
This article contains an overview of the sport of athletics, including track and field, cross country and road running, in the year 2000.
This page shows the main events during the 1998 year in the sport of athletics throughout the world.
This article contains an overview of the year 1987 in athletics.
This article contains an overview of the year 1990 in athletics.
This article contains an overview of the year 1992 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.
In 2010 there was no obvious, primary athletics championship, as neither the Summer Olympics nor the World Championships in Athletics occurred in the year. The foremost championships to be held in 2010 included: the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships, 2010 European Athletics Championships, 2010 African Championships in Athletics, and Athletics at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to running:
In 2011, the foremost athletics event was the 2011 World Championships in Athletics in Daegu. The other major global level competition held in 2011 was the World Cross Country Championships.
In 2012 the foremost competition in athletics was the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. The International Association of Athletics Federations held four other global level competitions in 2012: the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships, 2012 IAAF World Race Walking Cup, 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics and the 2012 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships.
Kareema Saleh Jasim is a Kenyan-born Bahraini professional long-distance runner who competes in distances ranging from 3000 metres to the half marathon, as well as the steeplechase. She is the Bahraini national record holder in the 10,000 m and steeplechase.
In 2013, the foremost competition in athletics was the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow. The International Association of Athletics Federations will hold two other global level competitions this year: the 2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics. The IAAF World Cross Country Championships will return after its move to a biennial format.
The sports under the umbrella of athletics, particularly track and field, use a variety of statistics. In order to report that information efficiently, numerous abbreviations have grown to be common in the sport. Starting in 1948 by Bert Nelson and Cordner Nelson, Track & Field News became the leader in creating and defining abbreviations in this field. These abbreviations have also been adopted by, among others, World Athletics; the world governing body, various domestic governing bodies, the Association of Track and Field Statisticians, the Association of Road Racing Statisticians, the Associated Press, and the individual media outlets who receive their reports. These abbreviations also appear in Wikipedia.
Samuel Kamau Wanjiru (KEN)
Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)
Asafa Powell (JAM)
Vladimir Kanaykin (RUS)
Lornah Kiplagat (NED)
