Turkish Athletics Championships

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Turkish Athletics Championships
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Sport Track and field
Founded1922
Country Turkey

The Turkish Athletics Championships is an annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Turkish Athletic Federation, which serves as the national championship for the sport in Turkey. [1]

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The competition was first held in 1922, though events for women were added to the schedule much later in 1975, making it one of the last large European nations to include women in the athletics national championships. Separate annual championship events are held for cross country running, road running and racewalking events. [1] There is also a Turkish Indoor Athletics Championships. [2]

Events

The competition programme features a total of 40 individual Turkish Championship athletics events, 20 for men and 20 for women. For each of the sexes, there are eight track running events, three obstacle events, four jumps, four throws, and one combined track and field event. [1]

Track running
Obstacle events
Jumping events
Throwing events
Combined events

The men's decathlon first featured on the programme in 1990 and became a regular event from 2005 onwards. The men's 20,000 metres race walk was held until 2002 but, after a short period of a 10,000 metres race walk, walking was dropped from the programme altogether. A men's 3000 metres was added in 2001. [1]

The women's programme gradually expanded to match the men's. On the track, the 3000 metres in 1978, the 10,000 m in 1988, and the 5000 m in 2000. The heptathlon was first held in 1990 and became a regular fixture from 2005 onwards. A 400 m hurdles event was introduced in 1978. The women's field events reached parity with the men's after the addition of triple jump in 1990, the hammer throw in 1992 and the pole vault in 1998. From the period 1990–2004 women competed in racewalking, but this was dropped later. The women's steeplechase was the last event to be added to the schedule, with women first competing in a national championship event in 2003. [1]

Championships records

Men

EventRecordAthlete/TeamDatePlaceRef
110 m hurdles 13.42 (+1.8 m/s) NR Mikdat Sevler 5 June 2021Bursa [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Turkish Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2019-07-14.
  2. Istanbul races with time for major athletics event. Hurriyet Daily News (2012-01-02). Retrieved 2019-07-18.
  3. "eTrack Newsletter Volume 19" (PDF). trackandfieldnews.com. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.