2020 in the sport of athletics
Appearance
2020 in the sport of athletics | |
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Major world events | 2020 Olympic Games |
← 2019 2021 → |
In 2020, the foremost competitions in the
2020 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships held in Gdynia, Poland. All three were rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemicm
with the 2020 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships being the only event still held in 2020.
Major championships
World
- Olympic Games
- Paralympic Games
- World Half Marathon Championships
- World U20 Championships
- World Mountain Running Championships
Regional
- African Championships
- Asian Indoor Championships
- European Championships
- European Throwing Cup
- CARIFTA Games
- South American Indoor Championships
- Pan American Cross Country Cup
World and continental athletics events
- February 15: 2020 Balkan Athletics Indoor Championships in
Istanbul
- 60 m winners:
Konstantinos Zikos (m) /
Diana Vaisman (f)
- 400 m winners:
Ivan Budzynskyi (m) /
Andrea Miklós (f)
- 800 m winners:
Yevhen Hutsol (m) /
Cristina Daniela Bălan (f)
- 1500 m winners: Roxana Bârcă(f)
- 3000 m winners:
Andreas Vojta (m) /
Luiza Gega (f)
- 60 m Hurdles winners:
Mikdat Sevler (m) /
Ivana Lončarek (f)
- Long Jump winners: Florentina Iusco(f)
- Triple Jump winners: Elena Panțuroiu(f)
- High Jump winners:
Dmytro Nikitin (m) /
Yuliya Chumachenko (f)
- Pole Vault winners:
Ersu Şaşma (m) /
Iana Gladiichuk (f)
- Shot Put winners: Dimitriana Surdu(f)
- 4 × 400 m winners:
Slovenia (m) /
Turkey (f)
- 60 m winners:
- March 7: 2020 World University Cross Country Championships in
Marrakesh
- March 29:
- May 2 & 3:
- July 7–12:
- July 16–19: 2020 European Athletics U18 Championships in
Rieti[4]
- August 26–30: 2020 European Athletics Championships in
Paris[5]
- December 13: 2020 European Cross Country Championships in
Dublin
Annual competitions
- Diamond League
- Continental Tour
- IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge
- World Marathon Majors
- Tokyo Marathon[6]
- Boston Marathon (cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic)[7]
- London Marathon[8]
- Berlin Marathon (cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic)[9]
- Chicago Marathon (cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic)[10]
- New York City Marathon (cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic)[11]
- IAAF Road Race Label Events
Season's bests
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Outdoor season's top ten performers
All information on the season's top ten performers in outdoor events is published by World Athletics.[12]
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Competitions winners
2019–2020 EA Cross Country Permit Meetings
- September 28, 2019: TCS Lidingöloppet in
Lidingö (CC #1)
- Winners:
Robel Fsiha (m) /
Sylvia Medugu (f)
- Winners:
- November 24, 2019: Cross de l'Acier in
Leffrinckoucke (CC #2)
- Winners:
Berihu Aregawi (m) /
Aberash Belay (f)
- Winners:
- November 24, 2019: International Warandecross Tilburg in
Netherlands (CC #3)
- Winners:
Mike Foppen (m) /
Anna Emilie Møller (f)
- Winners:
- December 1, 2019: Cross Internacional de la Constitución in
Aranda de Duero (CC #4)
- Winners:
Thierry Ndikumwenayo (m) /
Marta Pérez (f)
- Winners:
References
- ^ World Athletics Half Marathon Championships Page
- ^ World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships Page
- ^ World Athletics U20 Championships Page
- ^ EA's European Athletics U18 Championships Page
- ^ 2020 European Athletics Championships Website
- ^ "Tokyo Marathon Website".
- ^ "Boston Marathon Website".
- ^ "London Marathon Website". Archived from the original on 25 July 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
- ^ "Berlin Marathon Website".
- ^ "Chicago Marathon Website".
- ^ "New York City Marathon Website".
- ^ Toplists 2020. World Athletics. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
External links
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