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World Athletics Championships
Sports Name: Athletics
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Updated On : 09 Oct, 2020
Full Name
World Athletics Championships
World Athletics Championships
Type
international
international
Location
Worldwide
Worldwide
Disabled
No
No
Conducted
Once in 2 years
Once in 2 years
Gender
Both
Both
Trivia
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While an estimated 1,300 athletes from 154 countries participated in 1983, it reached 1,907 athletes from 203 countries in the 2003 event, with coverage in 179 different countries. The competition has grown in size over the years.
The World Athletics Championships is governed by World Athletics (formerly IAAF) and is a biennial athletics tournament. The World Championships began in 1976 after the men's 50-kilometre walk was dropped from the 1976 Montreal Olympics, despite the continued presence at the Olympics since 1932. The IAAF decided to host its World Championship competition a month and a half after the Olympics. It was the first World Championship that the IAAF had organized separately from the Olympic Games. At the beginning of the tournament, these championships were held every four years until 1991, when it changed from four years to a two-year cycle.
Significance / Memorable Moments
- In 1913, the IAAF decided that the Olympic Games would serve as the World Championships for Athletics, but by the late 1960s (50 years later), many IAAF members had a desire to make their own World Championships, separately from the Olympic Games. In 1976, the idea was approved at the IAAF Council's meeting which took place in Puerto Rico.
- A lot of different sports events have been added since the championship's start. Women's 10 km walk, women's triple jump and women's 5,000 m were added between 1987 and 1999. While women's 3000 m steeplechase, women's 50 km walk, mixed 4 × 400 m relay and men's 3.000 metres were added between 2005 and 2020.
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