2020 in the sport of athletics
Major world events2020 Olympic Games
2019
2021


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

Annual competitions

Season's bests

Best marks of the year
Event Men Women
Athlete Mark Notes Athlete Mark Notes
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10,000 metres   ()   ()
60 metres hurdles   ()   ()
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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
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Discus throw   ()m   ()m
Javelin throw   ()m   ()m
Hammer throw   ()m   ()m
Pentathlon   ()pts
Heptathlon   ()pts   ()pts
Decathlon   ()pts
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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]

100 metres

200 metres

400 metres

800 metres

1500 metres

5000 metres

10,000 metres

110/100 metres hurdles

400 metres hurdles

3000 metres steeplechase

Half marathon

Marathon

Pole vault

High jump

Long jump

Triple jump

Shot put

Discus throw

Javelin throw

Hammer throw

Decathlon/Heptathlon

Competitions winners

2019–2020 EA Cross Country Permit Meetings

References

  1. World Athletics Half Marathon Championships Page
  2. World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships Page
  3. World Athletics U20 Championships Page
  4. EA's European Athletics U18 Championships Page
  5. 2020 European Athletics Championships Website
  6. "Tokyo Marathon Website".
  7. "Boston Marathon Website".
  8. "London Marathon Website". Archived from the original on 25 July 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  9. "Berlin Marathon Website".
  10. "Chicago Marathon Website".
  11. "New York City Marathon Website".
  12. Toplists 2020. World Athletics. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
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