2020 in the sport of athletics explained

2020 in the sport of athletics
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In 2020, the foremost competitions in the sport of athletics were the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, 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 pandemicm with the 2020 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships being the only event still held in 2020.

Major championships

World

Regional

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: (m) / (f)
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

60 metres
100 metres
200 metres
400 metres
800 metres
1500 metres
3000 metres
5000 metres
10,000 metres
60 metres hurdles
100/110 metres hurdles
400 metres hurdles
3000 metres steeplechase
10 kilometres
15 kilometres
20 kilometres
Half marathon
25 kilometres
30 kilometres
Marathon
20 kilometres race walk
50 kilometres race walk
Pole vault		m		m
High jump		m		m
Long jump		m		m
Triple jump		m		m
Shot put		m		m
Discus throw		m		m
Javelin throw		m		m
Hammer throw		m		m
Pentathlon	align=center colspan=3	—	pts
Heptathlon		pts		pts
Decathlon		pts	align=center colspan=3	—
4 × 100 metres relay
4 × 400 metres relay

Outdoor season's top ten performers

All information on the season's top ten performers in outdoor events is published by World Athletics.^[12]

100 metres

Men!Rank!Result!Athlete!Nation
1	9.86
2	9.90
3	9.91
4	9.97
5	10.00
6	10.03
6	10.03
6	10.03
9	10.04
9	10.04
9	10.04
9	10.04
9	10.04

Women!Rank!Result!Athlete!Nation
1	10.85
2	10.86
3	10.95
4	10.98
5	11.08
6	11.11
7	11.12
8	11.14
8	11.14
10	11.15

200 metres

Men!Rank!Result!Athlete!Nation
1	19.76
2	19.80
3	19.96
4	20.22
5	20.23
5	20.23
7	20.24
7	20.24
7	20.24
7	20.24

Women!Rank!Result!Athlete!Nation
1	21.98
2	22.00
3	22.19
4	22.45
5	22.47
6	22.57
7	22.63
8	22.66
9	22.67
10	22.69

400 metres

Men!Rank!Result!Athlete!Nation
1	44.91
2	44.98
3	45.05
4	45.07
5	45.21
6	45.25
7	45.31
8	45.37
9	45.40
10	45.46

Women!Rank!Result!Athlete!Nation
1	50.42
2	50.50
3	50.52
4	50.98
5	51.13
6	51.22
7	51.23
8	51.33
9	51.35
10	51.51

800 metres

Men!Rank!Result!Athlete!Nation
1	1:43.15
2	1:43.23
3	1:44.09
4	1:44.14
5	1:44.16
6	1:44.18
7	1:44.47
8	1:44.51
9	1:44.56
9	1:44.56

Women!Rank!Result!Athlete!Nation
1	1:57.68
2	1:58.10
3	1:58.37
4	1:58.50
5	1:58.63
6	1:58.84
7	1:58.92
8	1:59.22
9	1:59.69
10	1:59.87

1500 metres

Men!Rank!Result!Athlete!Nation
1	3:28.45
2	3:28.68
3	3:29.47
4	3:30.35
5	3:30.51
6	3:32.69
7	3:32.97
8	3:33.07
9	3:33.45
10	3:33.72

Women!Rank!Result!Athlete!Nation
1	3:57.40
2	3:59.05
3	3:59.70
4	4:00.02
5	4:00.09
6	4:00.42
7	4:00.77
8	4:01.31
9	4:01.81
10	4:02.20

5000 metres

Men!Rank!Result!Athlete!Nation
1	12:35.36
2	12:47.20
3	12:48.63
4	12:49.08
5	12:51.78
6	12:58.78
7	13:02.26
8	13:08.91
9	13:09.83
10	13:10.64

Women!Rank!Result!Athlete!Nation
1	14:06.62
2	14:22.12
3	14:23.92
4	14:26.34
5	14:35.44
6	14:37.85
7	14:40.51
8	14:40.70
9	14:43.80
10	14:45.11

10,000 metres

Men!Rank!Result!Athlete!Nation
1	26:11.00
2	26:58.97
3	27:01.42
4	27:01.95
5	27:02.39
6	27:02.80
7	27:18.75
8	27:20.34
9	27:22.06
10	27:22.55

Women!Rank!Result!Athlete!Nation
1	29:36.67
2	30:20.44
3	30:38.18
4	30:57.73
5	31:06.46
6	31:08.09
7	31:09.79
8	31:10.08
9	31:10.84
10	31:11.07

110/100 metres hurdles

Men!Rank!Result!Athlete!Nation
1	13.11
2	13.14
3	13.15
4	13.18
5	13.19
6	13.24
7	13.27
8	13.29
9	13.30
10	13.31

Women!Rank!Result!Athlete!Nation
1	12.68
2	12.71
3	12.73
3	12.73
5	12.76
6	12.78
7	12.79
8	12.82
9	12.84
10	12.86

400 metres hurdles

Men!Rank!Result!Athlete!Nation
1	46.87
2	48.69
3	48.72
4	49.04
5	49.11
6	49.12
7	49.19
8	49.31
9	49.33
10	49.35

Women!Rank!Result!Athlete!Nation
1	53.79
2	54.54
3	54.93
4	54.98
5	55.09
6	55.19
7	55.20
8	55.27
8	55.27
10	55.40
10	55.40
10	55.40

3000 metres steeplechase

Men!Rank!Result!Athlete!Nation
1	8:08.04
2	8:08.78
3	8:13.43
4	8:13.45
5	8:16.25
6	8:16.57
7	8:17.60
8	8:19.37
9	8:19.40
10	8:19.60

Women!Rank!Result!Athlete!Nation
1	9:06.14
2	9:10.07
3	9:16.84
4	9:20.68
5	9:23.86
6	9:27.35
7	9:28.12
8	9:30.73
9	9:32.90
10	9:32.95

Half marathon

Men!Rank!Result!Athlete!Nation
1	57:32
2	57:37
3	57:49
4	57:59
5	58:11
6	58:42
7	58:53
8	58:54
9	58:56
10	59:04

Women!Rank!Result!Athlete!Nation
1	1:04:31
2	1:04:46
3	1:04:49
4	1:05:06
5	1:05:16
6	1:05:18
6	1:05:18
8	1:05:34
9	1:05:39
9	1:05:39

Marathon

Men!Rank!Result!Athlete!Nation
1	2:03:00
2	2:03:04
3	2:03:16
4	2:03:30
5	2:04:12
6	2:04:46
7	2:04:49
8	2:04:51
9	2:04:53
10	2:05:05
10	2:05:05

Women!Rank!Result!Athlete!Nation
1	2:17:16
2	2:17:45
3	2:18:35
4	2:18:40
5	2:18:58
6	2:19:38
7	2:19:52
8	2:19:54
9	2:19:56
9	2:19:56

Pole vault

Men!Rank!Result!Athlete!Nation
1	6.15
2	6.02
3	5.90
3	5.90
3	5.90
6	5.85
7	5.82
7	5.82
7	5.82
7	5.82
7	5.82

Women!Rank!Result!Athlete!Nation
1	4.92
2	4.83
3	4.80
4	4.75
5	4.73
5	4.73
7	4.72
7	4.72
9	4.70
9	4.70

High jump

Men!Rank!Result!Athlete!Nation
1	2.33
2	2.31
3	2.30
3	2.30
3	2.30
3	2.30
3	2.30
3	2.30
3	2.30
10	2.28
10	2.28
10	2.28
10	2.28

Women!Rank!Result!Athlete!Nation
1	2.00
1	2.00
3	1.99
4	1.98
5	1.97
6	1.95
7	1.94
8	1.92
8	1.92
10	1.91
10	1.91
10	1.91

Long jump

Men!Rank!Result!Athlete!Nation
1	8.36
2	8.33
3	8.29
4	8.28
5	8.27
6	8.26
7	8.25
8	8.23
9	8.20
9	8.20

Women!Rank!Result!Athlete!Nation
1	7.03
2	6.94
3	6.92
4	6.91
5	6.80
5	6.80
7	6.71
7	6.71
7	6.71
10	6.69
10	6.69

Triple jump

Men!Rank!Result!Athlete!Nation
1	17.57
2	17.43
3	17.30
4	17.28
5	17.18
6	17.17
7	17.09
8	17.08
9	17.05
10	17.04

Women!Rank!Result!Athlete!Nation
1	14.71
2	14.56
3	14.55
4	14.43
5	14.38
6	14.34
7	14.30
8	14.26
9	14.24
10	14.22

Shot put

Men!Rank!Result!Athlete!Nation
1	22.91
2	21.99
3	21.88
4	21.72
5	21.70
6	21.69
7	21.52
8	21.30
9	21.29
10	21.24

Women!Rank!Result!Athlete!Nation
1	19.53
1	19.53
3	19.41
4	19.27
5	19.18
6	18.88
7	18.84
8	18.81
9	18.77
10	18.64

Discus throw

Men!Rank!Result!Athlete!Nation
1	71.37
2	70.29
3	69.67
4	69.60
5	69.35
6	68.75
7	68.68
8	68.63
9	67.72
10	66.54

Women!Rank!Result!Athlete!Nation
1	70.15
2	65.93
3	65.58
4	65.26
5	64.76
6	64.14
7	64.09
8	64.03
9	63.90
10	63.71

Javelin throw

Men!Rank!Result!Athlete!Nation
1	97.76
2	87.86
3	87.07
4	86.49
5	86.05
6	85.80
7	85.54
8	85.47
9	85.24
10	84.56

Women!Rank!Result!Athlete!Nation
1	67.61
2	67.29
3	67.17
4	65.70
5	65.19
6	64.44
7	64.22
8	64.10
9	63.96
10	63.45

Hammer throw

Men!Rank!Result!Athlete!Nation
1	80.70
2	80.28
3	79.88
4	79.81
5	79.05
6	77.78
7	77.56
8	77.52
9	77.33
10	77.31

Women!Rank!Result!Athlete!Nation
1	75.45
2	75.23
3	74.18
4	73.61
5	73.55
6	73.47
7	73.01
8	72.90
9	72.61
10	72.35

Decathlon/Heptathlon

Men!Rank!Result!Athlete!Nation
1	8552
2	8492
3	8367
4	8364
5	8260
6	8231
7	8202
8	8133
9	8100
10	8086

Women!Rank!Result!Athlete!Nation
1	6419
2	6386
3	6319
4	6304
5	6263
6	6254
7	6192
8	6170
9	6167
10	6112

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)
November 24, 2019: Cross de l'Acier in Leffrinckoucke (CC #2)
- Winners: Berihu Aregawi (m) / Aberash Belay (f)
November 24, 2019: International Warandecross Tilburg in (CC #3)
- Winners: Mike Foppen (m) / Anna Emilie Møller (f)
December 1, 2019: Cross Internacional de la Constitución in Aranda de Duero (CC #4)
- Winners: Thierry Ndikumwenayo (m) / Marta Pérez (f)

External links

World Athletics official website

Notes and References

https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-half-marathon-championships World Athletics Half Marathon Championships Page
https://www.worldathletics.org/Competitions/world-athletics-race-walking-team-championshi World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships Page
https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-u20-championships World Athletics U20 Championships Page
https://www.european-athletics.org/competitions/european-athletics-u18-championships/ EA's European Athletics U18 Championships Page
https://www.athle2020.paris/en/ 2020 European Athletics Championships Website
Web site: Tokyo Marathon Website .
Web site: Boston Marathon Website .
Web site: London Marathon Website . 24 December 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160725225856/https://www.virginmoneylondonmarathon.com/en-gb/ . 25 July 2016 . dead .
Web site: Berlin Marathon Website .
Web site: Chicago Marathon Website .
Web site: New York City Marathon Website .
https://www.worldathletics.org/records/toplists/sprints/100-metres/outdoor/women/senior/2020?regionType=world&timing=electronic&windReading=regular&page=1&bestResultsOnly=true Toplists 2020