World Athletics Championships
| World Athletics Championships | |
|---|---|
| Status | Active |
| Genre | Athletics World Championships |
| Date(s) | Varying |
| Frequency | Biennial |
| Country | Varying |
| Inaugurated | 1983 Helsinki |
| Previous event | 2023 Budapest |
| Next event | 2025 Tokyo |
| Organised by | World Athletics |
| Website | |
| worldathletics.org | |
The World Athletics Championships, known as the IAAF World Championships in Athletics until 2019, are a biennial athletics competition organized by World Athletics.
The World Championships were started in 1976 in response to the International Olympic Committee dropping the men's 50 km walk from the Olympic event for the 1976 Montreal Olympics, despite its constant presence at the games since 1932.[1][2]
At their debut, these championships were then held every four years, until 1991 when they switched to a two-year cycle.[3]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Matthews, Peter (2012). Historical Dictionary of Track and Field (pg. 217). Scarecrow Press (eBook). Retrieved on 8 September 2013.
- ↑ Butler, Mark (9 September 2013). "IAAF Statistics Book Moscow 2013" (PDF). IAAF/AFTS (2013). p. 179. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 September 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
- ↑ "Two years from now, in 2025, the next heated battle will take place in Tokyo | News | Tokyo 25 | World Athletics Championships". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
