Swiss Athletics Championships

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Swiss Athletics Championships
Athletics pictogram.svg
SportAthletics
Founded1910
CountrySwitzerland
Official websitewww.swiss-athletics.ch

The Swiss Athletics Championships (German: Leichtathletik Schweizermeisterschaften, French: Championnats Suisses Elites d’Athlétisme) is an annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Swiss Athletics Federation, which serves as the national championships for the sport in Switzerland. The two-day event is typically held in mid-summer and the venue varies on an annual basis. It is open to adults of all ages and is thus referred to as the senior or élite championships.

The competition was initiated as a men-only event in 1906, with women's events being given national championship status in 1936.[1]

Events[]

On the current programme a total of 38 individual Swiss Championship athletics events are contested, divided evenly between men and women. For each of the sexes, there are six track running events, three obstacle events, four jumps, four throws, a racewalk and a combined track and field event.[1]

Track running
Obstacle events
Jumping events
Throwing events
Walking events
Combined events

In addition to the main track and field championships, several other national championship events are held for road running (10K run, half marathon, marathon), racewalking (20 km walk, 50 km walk), cross country running (short and long course) and mountain running.[1]

The women's programme was restricted in earlier years, compared to the men's. On the track, the 400 m was added in 1965, 1500 m in 1968, the 3000 m in 1972, the 10,000 m in 1986 and finally the 5000 m in 1995 (replacing the 3000 m event). The 400 m hurdles was added for women in 1977 and the steeplechase in 2007. The women's field programme was expanded in the 1990s, starting with triple jump in 1991, then hammer throw in 1995 and pole vault in 1996.[1]

A men's 200 metres hurdles race was previously held, finishing in 1967. Women contested this event in 1970 and 1971.[1]

Editions[]

Ed. Year Location Venue Dates
Zürich Letzigrund 1–2 August
Lugano Cornaredo Stadium 16–17 July
Basel Stadion Schützenmatte 5–6 August
Bern Stade de Suisse 6–7 July
Lucerne Stadion Allmend 26–27 July
Frauenfeld 25–26 July
Zug Herti Allmend Stadion 7–8 August
Geneva 16–17 July
2017 Zürich Letzigrund 21–22 July
Zofingen Sportanlagen Trinermatten 13–14 July
Basel Stadion Schützenmatte 23–24 August

Championships records[]

Men[]

Event Record Athlete/Team Date Place Ref
200 m 20.24 (+0.2 m/s) William Reais 12 September 2020 Basel [2]
110 m hurdles 13.29 (+0.4 m/s) Jason Joseph 12 September 2020 Basel [3]

Women[]

Event Record Athlete/Team Date Place Ref
100 m 10.95 (+1.1 m/s) Mujinga Kambundji 13 July 2018 Zofingen [4]
200 m 22.26 (+1.2 m/s) Mujinga Kambundji 24 August 2019 Basel [5]
High jump 1.97 m NR Salome Lang 27 June 2021 Langenthal [6]
Pole vault
Long jump
Hammer throw

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Swiss Athletics Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2019-07-14.
  2. ^ Jon Mulkeen; Bob Ramsak (13 September 2020). "Samba-Mayela and Belocian impress at French Championships, Jaeger breaks world U18 heptathlon best". World Athletics. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  3. ^ Jon Mulkeen; Bob Ramsak (13 September 2020). "Samba-Mayela and Belocian impress at French Championships, Jaeger breaks world U18 heptathlon best". World Athletics. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  4. ^ Alfonz Juck (13 July 2018). "Mujinga Kambundji clocks 10.95 NR Swiss record for 100m !". runblogrun.com. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  5. ^ Jon Mulkeen (25 August 2019). "National championships round-up: records broken at British and Swiss Championships". IAAF. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  6. ^ "Lang and Vukovic both clear 1.97m for national high jump records". EAA. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

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