2020 in the sport of athletics
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In 2020, the main athletic events were scheduled to be the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan, the 2020 World Athletics Indoor Championships held in Nanjing, China and the 2020 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships held in Gdynia, Poland. All three were rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic with the 2020 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships being the only event still held in 2020.
Contents
- 1 Major championships
- 2 Annual competitions
- 3 Season's bests
- 4 Outdoor season's top ten performers
- 4.1 100 metres
- 4.2 200 metres
- 4.3 400 metres
- 4.4 800 metres
- 4.5 1500 metres
- 4.6 5000 metres
- 4.7 10,000 metres
- 4.8 110/100 metres hurdles
- 4.9 400 metres hurdles
- 4.10 3000 metres steeplechase
- 4.11 Half marathon
- 4.12 Marathon
- 4.13 Pole vault
- 4.14 High jump
- 4.15 Long jump
- 4.16 Triple jump
- 4.17 Shot put
- 4.18 Discus throw
- 4.19 Javelin throw
- 4.20 Hammer throw
- 4.21 Decathlon/Heptathlon
- 5 Competitions winners
- 6 References
- 7 External links
Major championships
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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:
Elzan Bibić (m) / 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: Izmir Smajlaj (m) / Florentina Iusco (f)
- Triple Jump winners:
Nazim Babayev (m) / Elena Panțuroiu (f) - High Jump winners: Dmytro Nikitin (m) / Yuliya Chumachenko (f)
- Pole Vault winners: Ersu Şaşma (m) / Iana Gladiichuk (f)
- Shot Put winners:
Mesud Pezer (m) / 
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: 2020 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in
Gdynia[1] - May 2 & 3: 2020 World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships in
Minsk[2] - July 7 – 12: 2020 World Athletics U20 Championships in
Nairobi[3] - 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)
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- November 24, 2019: Cross de l'Acier in Leffrinckoucke (CC #2)
- Winners:
Berihu Aregawi (m) / Aberash Belay (f)
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- November 24, 2019: International Warandecross Tilburg in
Netherlands (CC #3)
- Winners: Mike Foppen (m) /
Anna Emilie Møller (f)
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- December 1, 2019: Cross Internacional de la Constitución in
Aranda de Duero (CC #4)
- Winners:
Thierry Ndikumwenayo (m) / Marta Pérez (f)
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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
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- ↑ Toplists 2020. World Athletics. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
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