Swiss Indoor Athletics Championships Explained

Sport:Indoor track and field
Country:Switzerland
Founded:1982

The Swiss Indoor Athletics Championships (German: Schweizer Leichtathletik-Hallenmeisterschaften, French: Championnats suisses d´athlétisme en salle) is an annual indoor track and field competition organised by the Swiss Athletics Federation, which serves as the national championship for the sport in Switzerland.[1] Typically held over two to three days in February during the Swiss winter, it was first added to the national calendar in 1982, supplementing the main outdoor Swiss Athletics Championships held in the summer since 1906.[2]

Events

The following athletics events feature as standard on the Swiss Indoor Championships programme:

The men's 3000 metres was dropped from 1990–94. Women's distance events have gone through several changes: the 1500 metres was held from 1982–1989, but has not been held thereafter, being replaced by the 800 metres. The women's 3000 m was added in 2000. The women's field event programme was expanded to include triple jump (1991) and pole vault (1996), bringing the women's field schedule to parity with the men's. Combined events were a late addition to the programme, first appearing in 1996.[1]

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28 21–22 February
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33 15–16 February
34 14–15 February
35 27–28 February
36 18–19 February
37 17–18 February
38 16–17 February
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40 20–21 February
41 26–27 February
42 18–19 February
43 17–18 February

Championships records

Men

EventRecordAthlete/TeamDateChampionshipsPlaceRef
60 m6.58 Pascal Mancini18 February 20232023 ChampionshipsSt. Gallen[3]
200 m20.97 William Reais21 February 20212021 ChampionshipsMagglingen[4]
60 m hurdles7.43Jason Joseph18 February 20242024 ChampionshipsSt. Gallen[5]
Long jump8.22 mSimon Ehammer26 February 20222022 ChampionshipsMagglingen[6]

Women

EventRecordAthlete/TeamDateChampionshipsPlaceRef
400 m
3000 m9:10.33 Chiara Scherrer20 February 20212021 ChampionshipsMagglingen[7]
60 m hurdles7.81 Ditaji Kambundji19 February 20232023 ChampionshipsSt. Gallen[8]
Long jump6.76 m Annik Kälin17 February 20242024 ChampionshipsSt. Gallen[9]

References

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External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/suii.htm Swiss Indoor Championships
  2. http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/sui.htm Swiss Championships
  3. Web site: Super fast sprint times highlight Swiss Indoor Championships. European Athletics. Steven Mills. 19 February 2023. 1 March 2023.
  4. News: At the SM in Magglingen – new record: Reais runs the 200 m in 20.97 seconds – sport. de24.news. 21 February 2021. 8 March 2021.
  5. Web site: Fast 60m hurdles finals highlight Swiss and French Indoor Championships. European Athletics. 19 February 2024. 20 February 2024.
  6. News: Kambundji and Dongmo impress on busy national indoor championships weekend. World Athletics. Steve Smythe. 26 February 2022. 27 February 2022.
  7. News: NATIONAL INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS. runblogrun.com/. Alfonz Juck. 20 February 2021. 7 March 2021.
  8. Web site: Super fast sprint times highlight Swiss Indoor Championships. European Athletics. Steven Mills. 19 February 2023. 1 March 2023.
  9. Web site: Fast 60m hurdles finals highlight Swiss and French Indoor Championships. European Athletics. 19 February 2024. 20 February 2024.