2020 in the sport of athletics | |
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Major world events | 2020 Olympic Games |
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In 2020, the foremost competitions in the sport of athletics were the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, the 2020 World Athletics Indoor Championships held in Nanjing, China and the 2020 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships held in Gdynia, Poland. All three were rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemicm with the 2020 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships being the only event still held in 2020.
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Athlete | Mark | Notes | Athlete | Mark | Notes | |
60 metres | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
100 metres | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
200 metres | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
400 metres | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
800 metres | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
1500 metres | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
3000 metres | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
5000 metres | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
10,000 metres | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
60 metres hurdles | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
100/110 metres hurdles | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
400 metres hurdles | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
3000 metres steeplechase | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
10 kilometres | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
15 kilometres | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
20 kilometres | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
Half marathon | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
25 kilometres | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
30 kilometres | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
Marathon | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
20 kilometres race walk | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
50 kilometres race walk | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
Pole vault | ![]() | m | ![]() | m | ||
High jump | ![]() | m | ![]() | m | ||
Long jump | ![]() | m | ![]() | m | ||
Triple jump | ![]() | m | ![]() | m | ||
Shot put | ![]() | m | ![]() | m | ||
Discus throw | ![]() | m | ![]() | m | ||
Javelin throw | ![]() | m | ![]() | m | ||
Hammer throw | ![]() | m | ![]() | m | ||
Pentathlon | — | ![]() | pts | |||
Heptathlon | ![]() | pts | ![]() | pts | ||
Decathlon | ![]() | pts | — | |||
4 × 100 metres relay | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
4 × 400 metres relay | ![]() | ![]() |
All information on the season's top ten performers in outdoor events is published by World Athletics. [12]
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