Soviet Athletics Championships
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Sport | Track and field |
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Founded | 1920 |
Ceased | 1991 |
Country | Soviet Union |
The Soviet Athletics Championships (Russian: Чемпионат СССР по лёгкой атлетике) was an annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the , which served as the Soviet national championship for the sport.
The early history of event traces back to two events organised by a Moscow-based skiing club: this was first held in 1920 for men only. Following the Declaration of the Creation of the USSR, the next two editions in 1923 and 1924 increased in size and were held as an All-Union sports festival. A marked increase came in 1928 when 1281 athletes competed, drawing from five Union Republics, 12 regions of the Russian SDSSR and 11 foreign delegations. The event was held consistently every year from 1943 onwards. The athletics competition was incorporated into the quadrennial Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR during the latter event's lifespan from 1956 to 1991 (with the exception of 1986).[1]
The event programme typically was close to that featured in the Olympic Games athletics competition, though the marathon, road racewalking, and combined track and field events were usually held at separate championships. It was common for there to be both an individual Soviet Championships and a national athletics championship for clubs.[2][3]
The last Soviet Athletics Championships was hosted in Kiev in 1991 and it ceased thereafter due to the dissolution of the Soviet Union. A final shared championships was held in 1992 between the Commonwealth of Independent States, after which point the newly independent nations hosted their own national championship events.[1]
Editions[]
# | Year | Venue | Date | Stadium | Notes |
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1 | 1920 | Moscow | 20–24 June | Skiing Sports Society Stadium | |
2 | 1922 | Moscow | 3–10 September | Skiing Sports Society Stadium | |
3 | 1923 | Moscow | 1–8 September | ||
4 | 1924 | Moscow | 31 August – 1 September | ||
5 | 1927 | Moscow | 20–28 August | ||
6 | 1928 | Moscow | 11–21 August | Food Union Stadium | |
7 | 1931 | Moscow | 15–19 June | Central Dynamo Stadium | |
8 | 1934 | Moscow | 1–6 August | Central Dynamo Stadium | |
9 | 1935 | Moscow | 11–12 September | Central Dynamo Stadium | |
10 | 1936 | Moscow | 18–24 August | Central Dynamo Stadium | |
11 | 1937 | Moscow | 20–24 August | Central Dynamo Stadium | |
12 | 1938 | Kharkiv | 20–24 August | Dynamo Stadium | |
13 | 1939 | Kharkiv | 24–30 August | Dynamo Stadium | |
14 | 1940 | Moscow | 20–24 August | Central Dynamo Stadium | |
15 | 1943 | Gorky | 3–9 September | ||
16 | 1944 | Moscow | 13–18 August | Central Dynamo Stadium | |
17 | 1945 | Kiev | 9–16 September | Republican Stadium | |
18 | 1946 | Dnepropetrovsk | 8–15 September | Steel Stadium | |
19 | 1947 | Kharkiv | 20 August – 5 September | Dynamo Stadium | |
20 | 1948 | Kharkiv | 5–12 September | Dynamo Stadium | |
21 | 1949 | Moscow | 3–9 September | Central Dynamo Stadium | |
22 | 1950 | Kiev | 17–23 September | Republican Stadium | |
23 | 1951 | Minsk | 26 August – 1 September | Dinamo Stadium | |
24 | 1952 | Leningrad | 24–30 August | Kirov Stadium | |
25 | 1953 | Moscow | 23–25 August | Central Dynamo Stadium | |
26 | 1954 | Kiev | 12–16 September | Republican Stadium | |
27 | 1955 | Tbilisi | 13–17 November | Dinamo Stadium | |
28 | 1956 | Moscow | 5–16 August | Central Lenin Stadium | |
29 | 1957 | Moscow | 28 August – 2 September | Central Lenin Stadium | |
30 | 1958 | Tallinn
Tbilisi |
19–21 July 28 October – 2 November | Kalevi Keskstaadion
Dinamo Stadium |
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31 | 1959 | Moscow | 9–14 August | Central Lenin Stadium | |
32 | 1960 | Moscow
Kiev |
15–18 July
15–19 October |
Central Lenin Stadium | |
33 | 1961 | Tbilisi | 5–9 October | Dinamo Stadium | |
34 | 1962 | Moscow
Tashkent |
11–13 August
13–19 October |
Central Lenin Stadium
Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium |
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35 | 1963 | Moscow | 9–15 August | Central Lenin Stadium | |
36 | 1964 | Kiev | 27–30 August | Republican Stadium | |
37 | 1965 | Almaty | 9–17 October | Almaty Central Stadium | |
38 | 1966 | Dnepropetrovsk
Leninakan |
12–14 August
4–6 October |
Meteor Stadium | |
39 | 1967 | Moscow | 28 July – 1 August | Central Lenin Stadium | |
40 | 1968 | Sevan
Leninakan Tsaghkadzor Yalta |
12–13 August
15–18 August 21–22 August 15 October |
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41 | 1969 | Noginsk
Kiev Uzhhorod Sochi |
19 July 1969
17–20 August 15–16 October 1–2 November |
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42 | 1970 | Minsk
Fryazino |
12–14 September
12–13 September |
Dinamo Stadium | |
43 | 1971 | Moscow | 16–19 July | Central Lenin Stadium | |
44 | 1972 | Moscow | 14–20 July | Central Lenin Stadium | |
45 | 1973 | Moscow | 4–14 July | Central Lenin Stadium | |
46 | 1974 | Moscow | 6–7 July
23–26 July |
Central Lenin Stadium | |
47 | 1975 | Moscow | 27–30 July | Central Lenin Stadium | |
48 | 1976 | Kiev
Yerevan |
10–24 June 15 August
26–29 August |
Republican Stadium
City streets |
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49 | 1977 | Moscow
Riga |
26–29 July
2–3 July |
Central Lenin Stadium
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50 | 1978 | Moscow
Donetsk Tbilisi |
25 June
29–30 July 15–18 September |
City streets
Dinamo Stadium |
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51 | 1979 | Moscow | 21–29 July | Central Lenin Stadium | |
52 | 1980 | Moscow
Donetsk |
29–21 June
6–9 September |
Central Lenin Stadium | |
53 | 1981 | Leningrad
Leningrad Moscow |
24–26 July
1–2 August 16–19 September |
Lenin Stadium
Central Lenin Stadium |
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54 | 1982 | Moscow
Leningrad (Kiev) |
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55 | 1983 | Moscow | |||
56 | 1984 | Donetsk | 7–9 September | Lokomotiv Stadium | |
57 | 1985 | Leningrad | |||
58 | 1986 | Moscow
Kiev |
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59 | 1987 | Moscow
Mogilev Cheboksary Novopolotsk Bryansk Tallinn |
12 June 12 June
12 July 16–19 July 18–19 July |
Start & finish at Desna Stadium | |
60 | 1988 |
Kiev |
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61 | 1989 | Leningrad | |||
62 | 1990 |
Kiev |
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63 | 1991 | Kiev |
See also[]
- List of Soviet records in athletics
References[]
- ^ a b Soviet Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
- ^ Абдуллаев А.М., Орлов Р.В. и др. Книга легкоатлета М.: Физкультура и спорт, 1971 384 с.
- ^ Лёгкая атлетика. Справочник / Составитель Р. В. Орлов. – М.: "Физкультура и спорт", 1983. – 392 с.
- Soviet Athletics Championships
- Athletics competitions in the Soviet Union
- National athletics competitions
- Recurring sporting events established in 1920
- Recurring sporting events disestablished in 1991
- 1991 disestablishments in the Soviet Union
- 1920 establishments in Russia
- Defunct athletics competitions
- National championships in the Soviet Union