World Military Track and Field Championships

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The World Military Track & Field Championships are the world championships of athletics organized by the International Military Sports Council (CISM). Initially an annual competition, the championships have been held on an irregular schedule since 1971. The 2011 Championships was the 44th edition. [1]

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The 37th (1995), 38th (1999), 41st (2003), 42nd (2007) and 44th (2011) editions coincided with the first five editions of the Summer Military World Games.

In addition to this outdoor competition, a World Military Indoor Athletics Cup was staged in 2009 in Athens. [2]

Editions

From 2011 the track and field world championships are the track and field competitions of the Military World Games.

EditionVenueCountryDateNotes
1st Berlin Allied-occupied Germany7–8 September 1946 [3] [4] [5]
2nd Berlin Allied-occupied Germany13–14 September 1947 [4] [6]
3rd Brussels Belgium4 September 1948 [7] [8]
4th Bordeaux France22 August-9 September 1949 [9]
5th Pau France5–10 September 1950 [9]
6th Rome Italy23 September-5 October 1951 [10]
7th Copenhagen Denmark13–14 September 1952 [9]
8th Brussels Belgium24–25 July 1953 [7] [8]
9th Tilburg Netherlands30–31 July 1954 [9]
10th Athens Greece29 July-6 August 1955 [9]
11th West Berlin West Berlin 3–5 August 1956 [3] [4] [11]
12th Athens Greece14–17 July 1957 [11] [9]
13th Brussels Belgium29–31 August 1958 [7] [9]
14th Rome Italy29–31 October 1959 [10]
15th Athens Greece2–4 July 1960
16th Brussels Belgium18–20 August 1961
17th 's-Hertogenbosch Netherlands3–5 August 1962
18th Brussels Belgium23–25 August 1963 [7]
19th La Coruña Spain6–9 August 1964
20th Thessaloniki Greece31 July - 1 August 1965 [12]
21st La Coruña Spain2–3 July 1966
22nd Athens Greece5–7 July 1968
23rd Poitiers France12–14 July 1969
24th Viareggio Italy12–14 June 1970
25th Turku Finland19–21 August 1971
26th Florence Italy6–8 June 1973
27th Rio de Janeiro Brazil24–26 August 1976 [13]
28th Mikkeli Finland15–17 August 1978
29th Algiers Algeria1–8 July 1979 [9]
30th São Paulo Brazil7–9 November 1980
31st Alexandria Egypt14–16 October 1984
32nd Rome Italy11–13 September 1986
33rd Warendorf Germany24–26 June 1987
34th Rome Italy20–22 September 1989
35th Kajaani Finland27–29 July 1990
36th Tours France28–30 August 1993
37th Rome Italy13–15 September 1995 [14]
38th Zagreb Croatia8–17 August 1999 [14] [9]
39th Beirut Lebanon1–4 July 2001
40th Tivoli Italy4–7 September 2002
41st Catania Italy4–11 December 2003 [14]
42nd Hyderabad India14–21 October 2007 [14]
43rd Sofia Bulgaria6–13 June 2009
44th Rio de Janeiro Brazil15–24 July 2011 [14]
45th Mungyeong South Korea4–8 October 2015

See also

References

  1. ↑ "44th World Military Track & Field Championships". cism-milsport.org. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
  2. ↑ Tomaz Majewski is Training at Chula Vista, Haile Gebrselassie racing Bupa Manchester Great Run, by Alfons Juck, Note by Larry Eder. RunBlogRun (2009-03-12). Retrieved on 2015-03-04.
  3. 1 2 CISM Sports Regulation - Track and Field, Cross Country, Marathon - SHORT HISTORY (PDF), CISM, May 2009, p. 6, retrieved April 15, 2014
  4. 1 2 3 United States of America (USA) - CISM Member since: 1951, CISM , retrieved April 14, 2014
  5. ↑ Dixon, Ian, Berlin Medallion 1946, British Army of the Rhine , retrieved April 15, 2014
  6. ↑ "FRENCH TEAM WINS IN ARMY 'OLYMPICS'; United States Squad Is Next in Berlin Events as Ten Meet Records Fall", The New York Times , September 14, 1947, retrieved April 15, 2014
  7. 1 2 3 4 Belgium (BEL) - CISM Member since: 1948, CISM , retrieved April 14, 2014
  8. 1 2 Vanmeerbeek, Roger; Delheye, Pascal (December 20, 2013), Military Sport in the Belgian Congo: From Physical Training and Leisure to Belgian-Congolese Records in Track and Field, 1945–1960 (PDF), The International Journal of the History of Sport, 30:16, pp. 1929–1946, retrieved April 14, 2014
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "CISM - International Military Sport Council Track and Field".
  10. 1 2 Italy (ITA) - CISM Member since: 1949, CISM , retrieved April 14, 2014
  11. 1 2 Marine Corps Sports Hall of Fame - Joshua Culbreath - Class of 2008 - Track and Field, United States Marine Corps , retrieved April 15, 2014
  12. ↑ Après la défaite américaine à Kiev (PDF) (in French), Feuille d'avis du Valais, August 3, 1965, p. 3, retrieved April 14, 2014
  13. ↑ L ATHLETISME DANS LES FORCES ARMEES DE COTE D IVOIRE. Confejes. Retrieved on 2013-01-13.
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 Inside the Military World Games
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