overview of the year 1980 in athletics. The major athletics event of the year was the 1980 Moscow Olympics. A boycott of this competition meant many of world's...

The 1980 World Championships in Athletics (Dutch: 1980 Wereldkampioenschappen atletiek) was the second global, international athletics competition organised...

The sport of athletics is defined by the many events which make up its competition programmes. All events within the sport are forms of running, walking...

The following events in the sport of athletics took place in 2006: March: 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships (part of the IAAF World Athletics Series)...

The use of performance-enhancing drugs (doping in sport) is prohibited within the sport of athletics. Athletes who are found to have used such banned substances...

a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events. Track and field is categorized under the umbrella sport of athletics, which also includes...

two gold medals at the European Athletics Championships in 1946 and 1950. Iceland's greatest period of success in the sport was in the 1950s, when Torfi...

The World Athletics Championships, known as the IAAF World Championships in Athletics until 2019, are a biennial athletics competition organized by World...

This article contains an overview of the year 1979 in athletics. World Cross Country Championships World Cup African Championships Asian Championships...

In the course of its history, the sport of athletics (track and field) has undergone many changes. This article presents the changes to the rules of competition...

In 1978, the foremost international competitions in the sport of athletics were the 1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and the 1978 European...

The following is a list of films featuring the sport of athletics, including track and field. List of sports films List of highest grossing sports films...

Sport in Belgium plays a prominent role in the society. As of 2010, Belgium counted around 17,000 sport clubs with approximately 1.35 million members...

In India, the Athletics was introduced during the period of the British Raj. The sport is governed by the Athletics Federation of India, which was formed...

The 100 metres at the Summer Olympics has been contested since the first edition of the multi-sport event. The men's 100 metres has been present on the...

Sports in the United States are an important part of the nation's culture. Historically, the most popular sport has been baseball. However, in more recent...

Masters athletics is a class of the sport of athletics for athletes of over 35 years of age. The events include track and field, road running and cross...

Sport. 23 August 2008. Archived from the original on 24 August 2008. Retrieved 23 August 2008. Sam Peene (2 August 2024). "PARIS 2024 ATHLETICS: IN RECORD-BREAKING...

Athletics has been contested at every Summer Olympics since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at the 1896 Summer Olympics. The athletics program...

The 9th Central American Championships in Athletics were held in Guatemala City, Guatemala, between 5 and 8 November 1980. A total of 39 events were contested...

The Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) was a college athletics organization in the United States, founded in 1971 to govern women's...

was the first time that cerebral palsy athletes competed in the Paralympics. Volleyball was added to the program as a new sport. Archery Athletics Dartchery...

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) established in 1940, is a college athletics association for colleges and universities in...

Athletics at the 1980 Summer Paralympics consisted of 275 events. The Games saw 1,973 Para athletes from 43 countries compete in 13 sports. The full list...

(born 22 February 1980) is an Irish long-distance runner. In 2020, she competed in the women's half marathon at the 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships...

Athletic Federation, now World Athletics, was the first international governing body of sport to take the situation seriously. In 1928 they banned participants...

Sport in Europe tends to be highly organized with many sports having professional leagues. The origins of many of the world's most popular sports today...

This article contains an overview of the year 1983 in athletics. Asian Championships Balkan Games Central American and Caribbean Championships European...

Sport in Latvia includes basketball, football, ice hockey, athletics (track), rugby, tennis, cycling, and others. Ice hockey is the most popular of the...

records. Following retirement from competitive sport, he continued to be involved in strength athletics as a referee, event promoter, and coach. He also...