Swiss Athletics Championships

Swiss Athletics Championships
SportAthletics
Founded1910
CountrySwitzerland
Official websitewww.swiss-athletics.ch

The Swiss Athletics Championships (German: Leichtathletik Schweizermeisterschaften, French: Championnats Suisses Elites d’Athlétisme) is an annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Swiss Athletics Federation, which serves as the national championships for the sport in Switzerland. The two-day event is typically held in mid-summer and the venue varies on an annual basis. It is open to adults of all ages and is thus referred to as the senior or élite championships.

The competition was initiated as a men-only event in 1906, with women's events being given national championship status in 1936.[1]

Events

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On the current programme a total of 38 individual Swiss Championship athletics events are contested, divided evenly between men and women. For each of the sexes, there are six track running events, three obstacle events, four jumps, four throws, a racewalk and a combined track and field event.[1]

Track running
Obstacle events
Jumping events
Throwing events
Walking events
Combined events

In addition to the main track and field championships, several other national championship events are held for road running (10K run, half marathon, marathon), racewalking (20 km walk, 50 km walk), cross country running (short and long course) and mountain running.[1]

The women's programme was restricted in earlier years, compared to the men's. On the track, the 400 m was added in 1965, 1500 m in 1968, the 3000 m in 1972, the 10,000 m in 1986 and finally the 5000 m in 1995 (replacing the 3000 m event). The 400 m hurdles was added for women in 1977 and the steeplechase in 2007. The women's field programme was expanded in the 1990s, starting with triple jump in 1991, then hammer throw in 1995 and pole vault in 1996.[1]

A men's 200 metres hurdles race was previously held, finishing in 1967. Women contested this event in 1970 and 1971.[1]

Editions

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Ed. Year Location Venue Dates
2009 Zürich Letzigrund 1–2 August
2010 Lugano Cornaredo Stadium 16–17 July
2011 Basel Stadion Schützenmatte 5–6 August
2012 Bern Stade de Suisse 6–7 July
2013 Lucerne Stadion Allmend 26–27 July
2014 Frauenfeld Sportplatz Kleine Allmend 25–26 July
2015 Zug Herti Allmend Stadion 7–8 August
2016 Geneva Stade Genève Athlétisme 16–17 July
2017 Zürich Letzigrund 21–22 July
2018 Zofingen Sportanlagen Trinermatten 13–14 July
2019 Basel Stadion Schützenmatte 23–24 August
2024 Winterthur Stadion Deutweg 28–29 June

Championships records

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Men

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Event Record Athlete/Team Date Place Ref
200 m 20.24 (+0.2 m/s) William Reais 12 September 2020 Basel [2]
400 m 45.01 Lionel Spitz 29 June 2024 Winterthur [3]
110 m hurdles 13.25 (+0.3 m/s) Jason Joseph 29 June 2024 Winterthur [4]

Women

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Event Record Athlete/Team Date Place Ref
100 m 10.89 (+0.6 m/s) NR Mujinga Kambundji 24 June 2022 Zürich [5]
200 m 22.26 (+1.2 m/s) Mujinga Kambundji 24 August 2019 Basel [6]
High jump 1.97 m NR Salome Lang 27 June 2021 Langenthal [7]
Pole vault
Long jump 6.82 m (+0.6 m/s) Annik Kälin 28 June 2024 Winterthur [8]
Hammer throw

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Swiss Athletics Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2019-07-14.
  2. ^ Jon Mulkeen; Bob Ramsak (13 September 2020). "Samba-Mayela and Belocian impress at French Championships, Jaeger breaks world U18 heptathlon best". World Athletics. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  3. ^ "National championships round-up: Nugent and Thompson impress in Jamaica". World Athletics. 30 June 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  4. ^ "110m Hurdles Heat 2 Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Diaz, Mitton and Richards impress on busy national championships weekend". World Athletics. 26 June 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  6. ^ Jon Mulkeen (25 August 2019). "National championships round-up: records broken at British and Swiss Championships". IAAF. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  7. ^ "Lang and Vukovic both clear 1.97m for national high jump records". EAA. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  8. ^ "National championships round-up: Nugent and Thompson impress in Jamaica". World Athletics. 30 June 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
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