2024 in the sport of athletics explained

2024 in athletics is a year of track and field, highlighted by the main event of 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.

World records

Indoor

EventAthlete(s)DateMeetingLocation
Women's Millrose GamesNew York City[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAsTHD__mFE
USA ChampionshipsAlbuquerque[2]
Men's USA ChampionshipsAlbuquerque
Women's Dutch ChampionshipsApeldoorn[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMA35-u43F4
Men's 44.49Christopher Morales Williams24 Feb 2024SEC Indoor ChampionshipsFayetteville[4]
Women's World Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow[5] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWWXKhK7zfk
Women's Devynne CharltonWorld Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow[6] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGEmXPOi7v4

Outdoor

EventAthlete(s)DateMeetingLocation
Agnes Ngetich10K Valencia IbercajaValencia[7]
Agnes Ngetich10K Valencia IbercajaValencia
Men's discus throwOklahoma Throws SeriesRamona[8]
Men's distance medley relayOregon RelaysEugene[9]
Men's pole vaultXiamen Diamond LeagueXiamen[10] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbSBKwd0TN4
Women's marathonLondon MarathonLondon[11] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqyBFWDd58E&t=46s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7CIas2fdGQ&t=5487s
Herzogenaurach[12] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6qaeYOI77c&t=4h15m50s
Women's 10,000 mBeatrice ChebetPrefontaine ClassicEugene[13] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noUJbnWan3g
Women's US Olympic TrialsEugene[14] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSKCu_AUtKQ
Women's high jumpYaroslava MahuchikhMeeting de ParisParis[15] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4Gph2C2I94
Women's Meeting de ParisParishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5eqCP4ZWAQ
Mixed 4 x 400 metres relayVernon Norwood
Shamier Little
Bryce Deadmon
Kaylyn Brown
Olympic GamesSaint-Denis[16] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZvOmVobSVI
Men's pole vaultOlympic GamesSaint-Denis[17] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_f54eJOhd4
Women's Olympic GamesSaint-Denis[18] [19] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb15VN4QUD0

Summer Olympics

World Championships

Areas, Regional and Continental Championships

Indoor

Outdoor

Race walking
Road running
Cross country

2024 Diamond League

2024 World Athletics Indoor Tour

Gold
Silver
Bronze

2024 World Athletics Continental Tour

Gold

2024 World Athletics Label Road Races

Elite Platinum

Category A

2024 World Athletics Combined Events Tour

Gold

Silver

Bronze

2023–24 World Athletics Cross Country Tour

Gold

Silver

Bronze

2024 World Athletics Race Walking Tour

Gold

Silver

Bronze

2024 National Athletics Championships

Indoor[33]
Outdoor[34]
Indoor combined events[35]
  • Outdoor combined events[36]
  • Race walking[37]
  • Marathon[38]
  • Half marathon[39]
  • Road running[40]
  • 10,000 m[41]
  • Mountain running

    2024 Valsir Mountain Running World Cup

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: 19 February 2024 . Devynne Charlton sets 60m Hurdles World Record with 7.67 at Millorse Games . 19 February 2024 . Watch Athletics.
    2. Web site: Andrew Greif . 17 February 2024 . World 60m hurdles records for Holloway and Jones in Albuquerque . 17 February 2024 . World Athletics.
    3. Web site: 2 March 2024 . Bol breaks world indoor 400m record with 49.24 in Apeldoorn . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240804192726/https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-championships/world-athletics-indoor-championships-7180312/news/report/glasgow-24-women-400m-report . 4 August 2024 . 10 August 2024 . worldathletics.org.
    4. Web site: 25 February 2024 . Morales Williams clocks fastest ever indoor 400m with 44.49 in Arkansas . 25 February 2024 . World Athletics.
    5. "Results – 400 Metres Women - Final", World Athletics, 2 March 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
    6. Web site: 3 March 2024 . Women's 60m Hurdles Final Results . 4 March 2024 . World Athletics.
    7. News: 14 January 2024 . Ngetich smashes world 10km record with 28:46 in Valencia . 14 January 2024 . World Athletics.
    8. News: 2024-04-15 . Alekna breaks discus world record with 74.35m in Oklahoma . World Athletics.
    9. Web site: 20 April 2024 . US quartet breaks distance medley relay world record in Eugene . 21 April 2024 . World Athletics.
    10. News: 2024-04-20 . Duplantis breaks discus pole vault world record in Xiamen . Diamond League.
    11. News: 21 April 2024 . Jepchirchir breaks women-only world marathon record in London . 21 April 2024 . World Athletics.
    12. Web site: 27 April 2024 . Wanyonyi runs world road mile record in Herzogenaurach . 30 April 2024 . World Athletics.
    13. Web site: Andrew . Greif . 25 May 2024 . Chebet breaks world 10,000m record, Kerr pips Ingebrigtsen in mile in Eugene . 26 May 2024 . World Athletics.
    14. Web site: Nick McCarvel . Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone sets new world record in 400m hurdles, clocking 50.65 at U.S. Trials . https://web.archive.org/web/20240701023756/https://olympics.com/en/news/sydney-mclaughlin-levrone-sets-new-world-record-400m-hurdles-clocking-50-65-usa-trials . 1 July 2024 . 1 July 2024 . Olympics.
    15. Web site: Mulkeen . Jon . 7 July 2024 . Mahuchikh and Kipyegon break world records in Paris . 7 July 2024 . World Athletics.
    16. Web site: 2024-08-02 . U.S. Mixed 4x400-Meter Relay Team Sets World Record in Preliminaries on Opening Day of Track & Field in Paris . 2024-08-03 . www.teamusa.com . en.
    17. Web site: MEN'S POLE VAULT FINAL RESULTS .
    18. Web site: 400 Metres Hurdles - women - senior - all . 2024-07-09 . worldathletics.org.
    19. Web site: Nick McCarvel . 1 July 2024 . Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone sets new world record in 400m hurdles, clocking 50.65 at U.S. Trials . 1 July 2024 . Olympics.
    20. https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results?startDate=2024-01-01&endDate=2024-12-31&competitionGroupId=3775&rankingCategoryId=5 2024 World Athletics Label Road Races Elite Platinum
    21. https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results?startDate=2024-01-01&endDate=2024-12-31&competitionGroupId=3775&rankingCategoryId=1 2024 World Athletics Label Road Races Category A
    22. https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-combined-events-tour/news/multistars-brescia-2024-report Brooks and Hauttekeete victorious at Multistars
    23. https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-combined-events-tour/news/heptathlon-decathlon-arona-2024-pineau-diakite Pineau and Diakite take the spoils in Arona
    24. https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-combined-events-tour/news/gotzis-hypomeeting-2024-report Warner wins for eighth time in Götzis, Vetter scores world-leading 6642
    25. https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-combined-events-tour/news/mehrkampf-meeting-ratingen-2024-steinforth-sprengel Steinforth and Sprengel achieve German double in Ratingen
    26. https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results?startDate=2024-01-01&endDate=2024-12-31&competitionGroupId=3692 2024 World Athletics Race Walking Tour
    27. https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7206022 Chinese Race Walking Grand Prix
    28. https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7202733 Dudinska 50
    29. https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7202739 Poděbrady Walking
    30. https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7201882 Warsaw Race Walking Cup
    31. https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7202816 Grande Prémio Internacional de Rio Maior em Marcha Atlética
    32. https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7202817 Gran Premio Cantones de A Coruna de Marcha
    33. https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results?startDate=2024-01-01&endDate=2024-12-31&competitionGroupId=3730 2024 National Indoor Athletics Championships
    34. https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results?startDate=2024-01-01&endDate=2024-12-31&competitionGroupId=3731 2024 National Outdoor Athletics Championships
    35. https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results?startDate=2024-01-01&endDate=2024-12-31&competitionGroupId=3737 2024 National Indoor combined events Championships
    36. https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results?startDate=2024-01-01&endDate=2024-12-31&competitionGroupId=3732 2024 National Outdoor combined events Championships
    37. https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results?startDate=2024-01-01&endDate=2024-12-31&competitionGroupId=3735 2024 National Race walking Championships
    38. https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results?startDate=2024-01-01&endDate=2024-12-31&competitionGroupId=3733 2024 National Marathon Championships
    39. https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results?startDate=2024-01-01&endDate=2024-12-31&competitionGroupId=3734 2024 National Half marathon Championships
    40. https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results?startDate=2024-01-01&endDate=2024-12-31&competitionGroupId=3743 2024 National Road running Championships
    41. https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results?startDate=2024-01-01&endDate=2024-12-31&competitionGroupId=3736 2024 National 10,000 m Championships
    42. Web site: WMRA announces 2024 World Cup calendar . January 14, 2024 . January 14, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240114200351/https://worldathletics.org/news/news/wmra-2024-mountain-running-world-cup-calendar . live .