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| The African Championships in Athletics is a continental athletics event organized by the Confederation of African Athletics. It is generally organised biennially, meaning every four years it is held in the same year as the Summer Olympics. The 2014 edition was held in Marrakech, Morocco. |
| The event featured a men's marathon from 1979 to 1990. Following it being dropped from the programme an African Marathon Championships was briefly contested. The event programme has roughly matched that of the IAAF World Championships in Athletics, with the exception of the 50 kilometres race walk. |
The African Race Walking Championships was a quadrennial race walking competition for athletes representing countries from Africa, organized by the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA). It was established in 1999 and has featured races for senior men (20 km) and women (10 km in 1999, 20 km from 2005 on). The 2005 edition was held jointly with the African Combined Events Championships. The 2009 edition also featured junior events (10 km men and women). The 2013 men's event was part of the IAAF World Race Walking Challenge.
The African Junior Athletics Championships is a biennial continental athletics event for junior athletes from African nations. Organized by the Confederation of African Athletics and first held in 1994, only athletes aged 19 or under are allowed to compete.
Athletics was an African Games event at its inaugural edition in 1965 and has continued to feature prominently at the competition in each of its subsequent editions.
The competition had a one off edition in 1985 in Nairobi, Kenya, and the medallists were mostly from the host nation. Following an announcement by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) that the IAAF World Cross Country Championships would change to a biennial format, the Confederation of African Athletics stated that the 2011 African Cross Country Championships would be held in Cape Town, South Africa, marking a relaunch of the competition.
The African Youth Athletics Championships is a biennial continental athletics competition for African athletes, organised by the Confederation of African Athletics. First held in 2013, it is a youth category event open to athletes aged fifteen to seventeen in the year of competition.
The Maghreb Athletics Championships was an international athletics competition between athletes from countries of the Maghreb. The event was hosted eleven times during its existence from the late 1960s to 1990.
Organised by the Union des Fédérations d'Athlétisme du Maghreb Uni (UFAMU), the competition was first held in 1967. It was an annual competition until 1971, at which point it changed to a biennial format. The event schedule was disrupted after 1975, with the final four editions being held in 1981, 1983, 1986 and 1990. The competing nations were principally Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia, although Libya was present for a handful of editions (1969, 1981, and 1983).
Athletics was one of the sports at the Central African Games, and featured on the programme at all three editions of the competition, in 1976, 1981 and 1987.
The West African Athletics Championships is an international athletics competition between West African nations, organised by the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA)
| The European Cup is a now-defunct athletics competition that was replaced by the European Team Championships starting in 2009. The Europa Cup saw most of the major nations of Europe compete. Originally known as the Bruno Zauli Cup, it first took place in 1965 in Stuttgart (men) and Kassel (women), Germany. Initially, the competition was a bi-annual event (tri-annual once); however, from 1993, it took place once every year. |
| The European Team Championships is an athletics competition, between different countries of Europe, over 4 leagues. It is the successor of the former Europa Cup. |
The European Athletics Championships is a biennial (from 2010) athletics event organised by the European Athletics Association.
The European Cup 10,000m is an annual 10,000 metres race for European athletes which was first held in 1997. The competition is organised by the European Athletics Association and first began as the European 10000 Metres Challenge after the event was removed from the European Cup programme.
The European Athletics Youth Championships are a biennial athletics competition for European athletes under the age of eighteen (youth category).
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Olympics History, Statistics and Results from 1896 to the present day. |
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All Olympic Records, Progression of Olympic records and lists with the 200 best perfomances in each event |
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| Host City: Athina, Greece |
Participants: 63 (63 men and 0 women) from 9 countries |
| Date Started: April 6, 1896 |
Youngest Participant: FRA Georges de la Nézière (17 years, 250 days) |
| Date Finished: April 10, 1896 |
Oldest Participant: DEN Eugen Schmidt (34 years, 49 days) |
| Events: 12 |
Most Medals (Athlete): USA Bob Garrett (4 medals) |
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Most Medals (Country): USA United States (17 medals) |
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| Host City: Paris, France |
Participants: 119 (119 men and 0 women) from 17 countries |
| Date Started: July 14, 1900 |
Youngest Participant: USA Arthur Newton (17 years, 165 days) |
| Date Finished: July 16, 1900 |
Oldest Participant: GBR Ion Pool (42 years, 239 days) |
| Events: 23 |
Most Medals (Athlete): USA Irv Baxter and USA Walter Tewksbury (5 medals) |
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Most Medals (Country): USA United States (39 medals) |
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| Host City: St. Louis, United States |
Participants: 116 (116 men and 0 women) from 11 countries |
| Date Started: July 4, 1904 |
Youngest Participant: USA Walter Dray (18 years, 166 days) |
| Date Finished: July 4, 1904 |
Oldest Participant: USA Jim Mitchel (40 years, 217 days) |
| Events: 24 |
Most Medals (Athlete): USA Jim Lightbody (4 medals) |
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Most Medals (Country): USA United States (64 medals) |
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| Host City: Athina, Greece |
Participants: 233 (233 men and 0 women) from 20 countries |
| Date Started: April 25, 1906 |
Youngest Participant: TUR Vahram Papazyan (13 years, 224 days) |
| Date Finished: May 1, 1906 |
Oldest Participant: USA James B. Connolly (37 years, 183 days) |
| Events: 21 |
Most Medals (Athlete): USA Martin Sheridan (5 medals) |
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Most Medals (Country): USA United States (23 medals) |
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| Host City: London, Great Britain |
Participants: 431 (431 men and 0 women) from 20 countries |
| Date Started: July 13, 1908 |
Youngest Participant: BEL Victor Jacquemin (16 years, 130 days) |
| Date Finished: July 25, 1908 |
Oldest Participant: USA John Flanagan (40 years, 170 days) |
| Events: 26 |
Most Medals (Athlete): USA Mel Sheppard and USA Martin Sheridan (3 medals) |
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Most Medals (Country): USA United States (34 medals) |
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| Host City: Stockholm, Sweden |
Participants: 534 (534 men and 0 women) from 27 countries |
| Date Started: July 6, 1912 |
Youngest Participant: SWE Douglas Melin (16 years, 278 days) |
| Date Finished: July 15, 1912 |
Oldest Participant: FIN Verner Järvinen (42 years, 131 days) |
| Events: 30 |
Most Medals (Athlete): FIN Hannes Kolehmainen (4 medals) |
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Most Medals (Country): USA United States (42 medals) |
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| Host City: Antwerpen, Belgium |
Participants: 509 (509 men and 0 women) from 25 countries |
| Date Started: August 15, 1920 |
Youngest Participant: ESP Diego Ordóñez (16 years, 283 days) |
| Date Finished: August 23, 1920 |
Oldest Participant: USA Matt McGrath (42 years, 243 days) |
| Events: 29 |
Most Medals (Athlete): FIN Paavo Nurmi and SWE Eric Backman (4 medals) |
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Most Medals (Country): USA United States (29 medals) |
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| Host City: Paris, France |
Participants: 659 (659 men and 0 women) from 40 countries |
| Date Started: July 6, 1924 |
Youngest Participant: FRA Francis Galtier (17 years, 63 days) |
| Date Finished: July 13, 1924 |
Oldest Participant: TCH Boris Honzátko (48 years, 196 days) |
| Events: 27 |
Most Medals (Athlete): FIN Ville Ritola (6 medals) |
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Most Medals (Country): USA United States (32 medals) |
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| Host City: Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Participants: 706 (611 men and 95 women) from 40 countries |
| Date Started: July 29, 1928 |
Youngest Participant: POL Gertruda Kilosówna (15 years, 174 days) |
| Date Finished: August 5, 1928 |
Oldest Participant: SWE Carl Johan Lind (45 years, 66 days) |
| Events: 27 |
Most Medals (Athlete): FIN Paavo Nurmi (3 medals) |
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Most Medals (Country): USA United States (25 medals) |
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| Host City: Los Angeles, United States |
Participants: 386 (332 men and 54 women) from 34 countries |
| Date Started: July 31, 1932 |
Youngest Participant: JPN Sumiko Watanabe (15 years, 247 days) |
| Date Finished: August 7, 1932 |
Oldest Participant: ITA Armando Poggioli (44 years, 46 days) |
| Events: 29 |
Most Medals (Athlete): 3 athletes with 3 medals |
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Most Medals (Country): USA United States (35 medals) |
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| Host City: Berlin, Germany |
Participants: 776 (678 men and 98 women) from 43 countries |
| Date Started: August 2, 1936 |
Youngest Participant: JPN Ko Nakamura-Yoshino (16 years, 104 days) |
| Date Finished: August 9, 1936 |
Oldest Participant: CAN Percy Wyer (52 years, 199 days) |
| Events: 29 |
Most Medals (Athlete): USA Jesse Owens (4 medals) |
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Most Medals (Country): USA United States (25 medals) |
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| Host City: London, Great Britain |
Participants: 745 (601 men and 144 women) from 53 countries |
| Date Started: July 30, 1948 |
Youngest Participant: USA Mae Faggs (16 years, 118 days) |
| Date Finished: August 7, 1948 |
Oldest Participant: GBR Lloyd Johnson (48 years, 116 days) |
| Events: 33 |
Most Medals (Athlete): NED Fanny Blankers-Koen (4 medals) |
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Most Medals (Country): USA United States (27 medals) |
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| Host City: Helsinki, Finland |
Participants: 963 (776 men and 187 women) from 57 countries |
| Date Started: July 20, 1952 |
Youngest Participant: USA Barbara Jones (15 years, 124 days) |
| Date Finished: July 27, 1952 |
Oldest Participant: USA John Deni (49 years, 75 days) |
| Events: 33 |
Most Medals (Athlete): 3 athletes with 3 medals |
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Most Medals (Country): USA United States (31 medals) |
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| Host City: Melbourne, Australia |
Participants: 720 (573 men and 147 women) from 59 countries |
| Date Started: November 23, 1956 |
Youngest Participant: USA Meredith Ellis (15 years, 82 days) |
| Date Finished: December 1, 1956 |
Oldest Participant: USA Leo Sjogren (42 years, 236 days) |
| Events: 33 |
Most Medals (Athlete): 3 athletes with 3 medals |
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Most Medals (Country): USA United States (31 medals) |
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| Host City: Roma, Italy |
Participants: 1,016 (812 men and 204 women) from 72 countries |
| Date Started: August 31, 1960 |
Youngest Participant: CAN Valerie Jerome (16 years, 127 days) |
| Date Finished: September 8, 1960 |
Oldest Participant: ARG Guillermo Weller (47 years, 127 days) |
| Events: 34 |
Most Medals (Athlete): USA Wilma Rudolph (3 medals) |
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Most Medals (Country): USA United States (26 medals) |
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| Host City: Tokyo, Japan |
Participants: 1,018 (782 men and 236 women) from 80 countries |
| Date Started: October 14, 1964 |
Youngest Participant: GHA Alice Annum (15 years, 360 days) |
| Date Finished: October 21, 1964 |
Oldest Participant: SWE John Ljunggren (45 years, 40 days) |
| Events: 36 |
Most Medals (Athlete): 3 athletes with 3 medals |
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Most Medals (Country): USA United States (24 medals) |
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| Host City: Ciudad de México, Mexico |
Participants: 1,029 (786 men and 243 women) from 92 countries |
| Date Started: October 13, 1968 |
Youngest Participant: USA Esther Stroy (15 years, 64 days) |
| Date Finished: October 20, 1968 |
Oldest Participant: ISL Guðmundur Hermannsson (43 years, 78 days) |
| Events: 36 |
Most Medals (Athlete): 13 athletes with 2 medals |
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Most Medals (Country): USA United States (28 medals) |
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| Host City: München, West Germany |
Participants: 1,330 (961 men and 369 women) from 104 countries |
| Date Started: August 31, 1972 |
Youngest Participant: BAR Heather Gooding (14 years, 165 days) |
| Date Finished: September 10, 1972 |
Oldest Participant: CAN Alex Oakley (46 years, 131 days) |
| Events: 38 |
Most Medals (Athlete): 3 athletes with 3 medals |
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Most Medals (Country): USA United States (22 medals) |
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| Host City: Montréal, Canada |
Participants: 1,006 (703 men and 303 women) from 79 countries |
| Date Started: July 23, 1976 |
Youngest Participant: CIV Céléstine N'Drin (13 years, 4 days) |
| Date Finished: July 31, 1976 |
Oldest Participant: CAN Alex Oakley (50 years, 89 days) |
| Events: 37 |
Most Medals (Athlete): GDR Renate Stecher and FRG Annegret Richter (3 medals) |
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Most Medals (Country): GDR East Germany (27 medals) |
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| Host City: Moskva, Soviet Union |
Participants: 960 (694 men and 266 women) from 70 countries |
| Date Started: July 24, 1980 |
Youngest Participant: TAN Marcellina Emmanuel (15 years, 266 days) |
| Date Finished: August 1, 1980 |
Oldest Participant: URS Yevgeny Ivchenko (42 years, 34 days) |
| Events: 38 |
Most Medals (Athlete): 18 athletes with 2 medals |
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Most Medals (Country): URS Soviet Union (41 medals) |
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| Host City: Los Angeles, United States |
Participants: 1,280 (894 men and 384 women) from 124 countries |
| Date Started: August 3, 1984 |
Youngest Participant: THA Wassana Panyapuek (15 years, 241 days) |
| Date Finished: August 11, 1984 |
Oldest Participant: GBR Joyce Smith (46 years, 284 days) |
| Events: 41 |
Most Medals (Athlete): USA Carl Lewis (4 medals) |
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Most Medals (Country): USA United States (40 medals) |
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| Host City: Seoul, South Korea |
Participants: 1,617 (1,063 men and 554 women) from 148 countries |
| Date Started: September 23, 1988 |
Youngest Participant: YAR Anwar Al-Harazi (15 years, 293 days) |
| Date Finished: October 1, 1988 |
Oldest Participant: GUM Lourdes Klitzkie (48 years, 235 days) |
| Events: 42 |
Most Medals (Athlete): USA Florence Griffith Joyner (4 medals) |
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Most Medals (Country): GDR East Germany (27 medals) |
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| Host City: Barcelona, Spain |
Participants: 1,726 (1,104 men and 621 women) from 156 countries |
| Date Started: July 31, 1992 |
Youngest Participant: KEN Lydia Cheromei (15 years, 83 days) |
| Date Finished: August 8, 1992 |
Oldest Participant: CRC Luis López (43 years, 24 days) |
| Events: 43 |
Most Medals (Athlete): USA Gwen Torrence (3 medals) |
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Most Medals (Country): USA United States (30 medals) |
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| Host City: Atlanta, United States |
Participants: 2,057 (1,302 men and 755 women) from 190 countries |
| Date Started: July 26, 1996 |
Youngest Participant: NIG Rachida Mahamane (14 years, 336 days) |
| Date Finished: August 3, 1996 |
Oldest Participant: MYA Htay Myint (43 years, 22 days) |
| Events: 44 |
Most Medals (Athlete): JAM Merlene Ottey-Page (3 medals) |
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Most Medals (Country): USA United States (23 medals) |
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| Host City: Sydney, Australia |
Participants: 2,137 (1,257 men and 880 women) from 193 countries |
| Date Started: September 22, 2000 |
Youngest Participant: TOG Direma Banasso (14 years, 298 days) |
| Date Finished: September 30, 2000 |
Oldest Participant: GBR Chris Maddocks (43 years, 186 days) |
| Events: 46 |
Most Medals (Athlete): 13 athletes with 2 medals |
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Most Medals (Country): USA United States (16 medals) |
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| Host City: Athina, Greece |
Participants: 1,995 (1,079 men and 916 women) from 196 countries |
| Date Started: August 18, 2004 |
Youngest Participant: VAN Katura Marae (14 years, 261 days) |
| Date Finished: August 28, 2004 |
Oldest Participant: SLO Merlene Ottey-Page (44 years, 106 days) |
| Events: 46 |
Most Medals (Athlete): JAM Veronica Campbell-Brown and USA Justin Gatlin (3 medals) |
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Most Medals (Country): USA United States (25 medals) |
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| Host City: Beijing, China |
Participants: 2,056 (1,082 men and 974 women) from 200 countries |
| Date Started: August 15, 2008 |
Youngest Participant: UZB Anastasiya Svechnikova (15 years, 334 days) |
| Date Finished: August 23, 2008 |
Oldest Participant: BLR Ellina Zvereva (47 years, 273 days) |
| Events: 47 |
Most Medals (Athlete): JAM Usain Bolt (3 medals) |
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Most Medals (Country): USA United States (23 medals) |
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| Host City: London, Great Britain |
Participants: 2,079 (1,088 men and 991 women) from 201 countries |
| Date Started: August 3, 2012 |
Youngest Participant: AND Cristina Llovera (15 years, 307 days) |
| Date Finished: August 11, 2012 |
Oldest Participant: UKR Oleksandr Dryhol (46 years, 101 days) |
| Events: 47 |
Most Medals (Athlete): 5 athletes with 3 medals |
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Most Medals (Country): USA United States (28 medals) |
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| Host City: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
Participants: 2,268 (1,185 men and 1,083 women) from 200 countries |
| Date Started: August 12, 2016 |
Youngest Participant: UGA Jacob Kiplimo (15 years, 277 days) |
| Date Finished: August 20, 2016 |
Oldest Participant: ESP Jesus Angel Garcia (46 years, 307 days) |
| Events: 47 |
Most Medals (Athlete): 5 athletes with 3 medals |
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Most Medals (Country): USA United States (32 medals) |
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The World Athletics Championships is the jewel in the crown of World Athletics global competition programme. It is the third-largest sporting event in the world, involving approximately 2000 athletes from more than 200 nations competing for 49 gold medals. The first World Championships in athletics was held in Helsinki in 1983. Today, the competition is staged biennially, usually in the month of August. |
The Universiade is an international multi-sport event, organized for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). The name is a combination of the words "University" and "olympiad". The Universiade is often referred to in English as the World University Games or World Student Games
The Universiade is an international multi-sport event, organized for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). The name is a combination of the words "University" and "olympiad". The Universiade is often referred to in English as the World University Games or World Student Games
