2020 in the sport of athletics Major world events 2020 Olympic Games
Overview of the events of 2020 in the sport of athletics
In 2020, the main athletic events were scheduled to be the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan, 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 pandemic with the 2020 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships being the only event still held in 2020.
Major championships [ ]
World [ ]
Olympic Games
Paralympic Games
World Half Marathon Championships
World U20 Championships
World Mountain Running Championships
Regional [ ]
World and continental athletics events [ ]
February 15: 2020 Balkan Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul
March 7: 2020 World University Cross Country Championships in Marrakesh
March 29: 2020 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in Gdynia [1]
May 2 & 3: 2020 World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships in Minsk [2]
July 7 – 12: 2020 World Athletics U20 Championships in Nairobi [3]
July 16 – 19: in Rieti [4]
August 26 – 30: 2020 European Athletics Championships in Paris [5]
December 13: 2020 European Cross Country Championships in Dublin
Annual competitions [ ]
Season's bests [ ]
Best marks of the year
Event
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60 metres hurdles
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100 /110 metres hurdles
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400 metres hurdles
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3000 metres steeplechase
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10 kilometres
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15 kilometres
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20 kilometres
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Half marathon
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25 kilometres
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Marathon
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20 kilometres race walk
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50 kilometres race walk
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Pole vault
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High jump
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Long jump
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Triple jump
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Shot put
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Discus throw
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Javelin throw
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Hammer throw
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Pentathlon
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Heptathlon
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Decathlon
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Outdoor season's top ten performers [ ]
All information on the season's top ten performers in outdoor events is published by World Athletics.[12]
100 metres [ ]
200 metres [ ]
400 metres [ ]
800 metres [ ]
1500 metres [ ]
5000 metres [ ]
10,000 metres [ ]
110/100 metres hurdles [ ]
400 metres hurdles [ ]
3000 metres steeplechase [ ]
Half marathon [ ]
Marathon [ ]
Pole vault [ ]
High jump [ ]
Long jump [ ]
Triple jump [ ]
Shot put [ ]
Discus throw [ ]
Javelin throw [ ]
Hammer throw [ ]
Decathlon/Heptathlon [ ]
Competitions winners [ ]
2019–2020 EA Cross Country Permit Meetings [ ]
September 28, 2019: TCS Lidingöloppet in Lidingö (CC #1)
Winners: Robel Fsiha (m) / (f)
November 24, 2019: Cross de l'Acier in Leffrinckoucke (CC #2)
Winners: Berihu Aregawi (m) / (f)
November 24, 2019: International Warandecross Tilburg in Netherlands (CC #3)
December 1, 2019: Cross Internacional de la Constitución in Aranda de Duero (CC #4)
References [ ]
External links [ ]
World
World U20 Championships
World Masters Championships
World Half Marathon Championships
World Mountain Running Championships
Tower Running World Championships
100 km World Championships
World Race Walking Team Championships
Regional
Championships Games
Asian Beach Games
South Asian Games
Cross country Other
Asian Race Walking
South American Half Marathon
South American Marathon
South American Mile
European Mountain Running
European Throwing Cup
Pan American Combined Events
Age group
Arab U20
Asian U20
European U18
Mediterranean U23
South American U23
South American U20
South American U18
Southeast Asian U18
Seasonal
National
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