2020 French Athletics Championships Explained

2020 French Athletics Championships
Edition:	132nd
Size:	100px
Events:	36
Dates:	12–13 September
Next:	2021

The 2020 French Athletics Championships was the 132nd edition of the national championship in outdoor track and field for France. It was held on 12–13 September at Stadium Municipal d'Albi in Albi. A total of 36 events (divided evenly between the sexes) were contested over the two-day competition.^[1] The combined track and field events were held separately on 19–20 September at the Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny in Aubagne.

On 3 April the French Athletics Federation declared that the competition would be postponed from its original setting in Angers from 19 to 21 June, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2]

The event was broadcast live on television via L'Équipe. Claire Bricogne, François-Xavier de Châteaufort, Bouabdellah Tahri and Jimmy Vicaut provided commentary and analysis.

Programme

Finals^[3]	12 September	13 September
Men	100 m, 5000 m, 3000 m s'chase high jump, pole vault, triple jump, shot put, hammer throw, javelin throw	200 m, 400 m, 800 m, 1500 m, 10,000 m walk, 110 m hurdles, 400 m hurdles long jump, discus throw
Women	100 m, 1500 m, 5000 m, 100 m hurdles long jump, shot put, javelin throw	200 m, 400 m, 800 m, 400 m hurdles, 3000 m s'chase, 10,000 m walk high jump, pole vault, triple jump, hammer throw, discus throw

Results

Men

100 metres	10.16	10.19	10.30
200 metres	20.67	20.68	20.99
400 metres	45.46	46.80	47.08
800 metres	1:48.68	1:48.89	1:49.23
1500 metres	3:40.92	3:40.97	3:41.17
5000 metres	13:33.08	13:35.61	13:40.11
110 m hurdles	13.20	13.52	13.61
400 m hurdles	49.97	51.46	51.67
3000 m s'chase	8:35.39	8:40.89	8:41.27
10,000 m walk	39:17	42:01	42:26
High jump^[4]	2.18 m	2.15 m	2.12 m
Pole vault	5.80 m	5.70 m	5.58 m
Long jump	7.91 m	7.83 m	7.80 m
Triple jump^[5]	16.85 m	16.72 m	16.38 m
Shot put	19.74 m	18.02 m	17.79 m
Discus throw	60.07 m	56.23 m	53.00 m
Hammer throw	76.42 m	73.61 m	69.83 m
Javelin throw	75.71 m	73.07 m	71.76 m
Decathlon^[6]	8260 pts	7738 pts	7313 pts

Women

100 metres	11.28		11.38	11.46
200 metres	22.98		23.12	23.50
400 metres	52.48		52.66	52.93
800 metres	2:04.76		2:05.28	2:05.30
1500 metres	4:23.66		4:24.02	4:24.97
5000 metres	15:56.46		15:58.58	16:02.54
100 m hurdles	12.73		13.20	13.36
400 m hurdles	57.91		58.00	58.32
3000 m s'chase	10:01.58		10:02.39	10:02.54
10,000 m walk	45:35		46:55	47:28
High jump	1.87 m		1.87 m	1.83 m
Pole vault	4.55 m		4.30 m	4.20 m
Long jump	6.44 m		6.35 m	6.28 m
Triple jump^[7]	13.59 m		13.55 m	13.34 m
Shot put^[8]	16.01 m		15.02 m	13.83 m
Discus throw	60.06 m		54.74 m	52.59 m
Hammer throw	72.76 m		64.32 m	63.98 m
Javelin throw^[9]	58.11 m	Jona Aigouy	56.09 m	54.10 m
Heptathlon	5542 pts		5421 pts	4912 pts

References

Results

Les Championnats de France 2020. French Athletics Federation. Retrieved 2021-03-19.

Notes and References

https://www.athle.fr/asp.net/main.news/news.aspx?newsid=17003 Championnats de France Elite à Albi:La billetterie est ouverte
Web site: French . Les Championnats de France d'athlétisme outdoor 2020 reportés . lequipe.fr . 3 April 2020.
https://www.athle.fr/asp.net/main.html/html.aspx?htmlid=6050 Programme et Horaires
Belgium's Thomas Carmoy won the men's high jump with a height of (2.20 m), competing as a guest.
Burkinabé Hugues Fabrice Zango won the men's triple jump with a mark of 17.33 m, competing as a guest.
Belgian Benjamin Hougardy placed third in the men's decathlon, competing as a guest.
Denmark's Janne Nielsen won the women's triple jump with a mark of 13.99 m, competing as a guest
Gabon's Carine Bacchetta-Mekam and Cameroonian Sandrine Ngounou finished third and fourth, respectively, in the women's shot put as guest athletes.
Luxembourg's Noemie Pleimling placed second in the women's javelin throw, competing as a guest.