The 1915 Far Eastern Championship Games was the second edition of the regional multi-sport event, contested between China, Japan and the Philippines, and was held from 15–22 May 1915 in Shanghai, Republic of China. A total of nine sports were contested – the inclusion of cycling increased the total from the eight held at the first edition. This marked the first time that the event was held under its Far Eastern Championship Games moniker, followed a change from the naming as the Oriental Olympic Games in 1913.
The AAA Championships was an annual track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association of England. It was the foremost domestic athletics event in the United Kingdom during its lifetime. It was succeeded by the British Athletics Championships.
The Balkan Cross Country Championships is an annual international competition in cross country running between athletes from the Balkans. Organised by the Association of the Balkan Athletics Federations, it traces its history back to 1940 and has been held every year since 1958.
Athletics was one of the sports at the biennial Far Eastern Championship Games. Athletics competitions were held at every one of the ten editions of the games, which existed between 1913 and 1934. This represented the first time that a regular major international athletics competition occurred between Asian nations. It was later succeeded by athletics at the Asian Games, which began in 1951.
At the 1913 Far Eastern Championship Games, the athletics events were held in Manila, Philippines in February. A total of seventeen events were contested in the men-only competition.
At the 1915 Far Eastern Championship Games, the athletics events were held in Shanghai, China in May. A total of seventeen events were contested in the men-only competition.
At the 1919 Far Eastern Championship Games, the athletics events were held in Manila, Philippines in May. A total of 18 athletics events were contested at the competition. The five-mile road race was held for the last time, being replaced by a five-mile track race at the following edition.
At the 1921 Far Eastern Championship Games, the athletics events were held in Shanghai, China in May and June. A total of 18 athletics events were contested at the competition. The five-mile track race was held for the first time, replacing the road race over the same distance that featured at the previous edition. Lighter implements were adopted for the shot put in comparison to the international standard.
At the 1923 Far Eastern Championship Games, the athletics events were held in Osaka, Japan in May. A total of 19 men's athletics events were contested at the competition. It was the last time that track events were conducted over imperial distances, as the competition aligned with international standards in 1925 and began using metric distances. The triple jump event was contested for the first time.
The athletics events at the May 1925 Far Eastern Championship Games were held in Manila, Philippines. A total of 19 men's athletics events were contested at the competition. It was the first time that track events at this competition were conducted over the international standard metric distances, changing from the imperial distances that previously featured at the competition.
At the 1927 Far Eastern Championship Games, the athletics events were held in Shanghai, China in August. A total of 19 men's athletics events were contested at the competition.
At the 1930 Far Eastern Championship Games, the athletics events were held in Tokyo, Japan in May. A total of 19 men's athletics events were contested at the competition.
At the 1934 Far Eastern Championship Games, the athletics events were held in Manila, the Philippines in May. A total of 19 men's athletics events were contested at the competition. The 400 metres hurdles and 4×100 metres relay were contested for the first and only time, replacing the 200 m variants and conforming to the standard Olympic standard. This was the last edition of the games.
Fortunato Catalon was a Filipino track and field sprinter.
Genaro Saavedra was a Filipino track and field athlete and four-time Far Eastern Championship Games champion.
Juan K. Taduran was a Filipino track and field athlete who competed in the decathlon and in middle-distance running events. In the 1920s he won three consecutive gold medals in the decathlon at the Far Eastern Championship Games – a forerunner of the Asian Games.
The AAA Indoor Championships was an annual indoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association of England. It was the foremost indoor domestic athletics event during its lifetime.
The WAAA Championships was an annual track and field competition organised by the Women's Amateur Athletic Association (WAAA) in England. It was the foremost domestic athletics event for women during its lifetime.
The New Zealand Athletics Championships is an annual outdoor track and field competition organised by Athletics New Zealand, which serves as the national championship for the sport in New Zealand. It usually takes place over a three-day period from Friday to Sunday. Typically organised in the Southern Hemisphere summer months of February or March, the competition was inaugurated in 1887 as a men-only event, with women's events being added to the programme from 1926 onwards. National championship events were held twice in 1973 and 1989, with the 1974 and 1990 championships brought forward and not being held that year.
The South Pacific Athletics Championships were an international athletics competition between island nations of the South Pacific Ocean. The championships was contested on three occasions: it was first held in 1976, had its second edition in 1978, then its final edition in 1984. Ten nations won medals at the competition during its lifetime. The competition emerged as a single-sport championship following in the footsteps of the region's multi-sport event established in 1963: the South Pacific Games. The athletics competition declined with the emergence of the South Pacific Mini Games in 1981, which was a smaller-scale event with athletics as its core sport.
