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2023 in athletics is a year of track and field, highlighted by the main event of 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, 40 years after the very first edition in 1983.
World records
Indoor
- Armand Duplantis jumped at 6.22 m, on 25 February at the All Star Perche in Clermont-Ferrand, his 6th pole vault world record in a row.[1]
- Ryan Crouser threw the shot put at a distance of 23.38 m during the Simplot Games in Pocatello, Idaho, on 18 February, but it was later considered as "IRM".[2]
- Femke Bol had a world best performance in the 500 metres in 1:05.63 minutes on 4 February,[3] beating Olesya Krasnomovets's indoor time from 2006 and also Taťána Kocembová's outdoor time from 1984. She then broke the world record for the 400 metres in 49.26 seconds on 19 February, beating Jarmila Kratochvílová's record from 1982.[4]
- Lamecha Girma (ETH), 7:23.81 on 3,000 m, 15 Feb 2023 at Liévin.[5]
Outdoor
- Ryan Crouser, 23.56 m in Los Angeles, at USATF Grand Prix, (shot put world record).[6]
- Kimberly García (PER) on 35 kilometres race walk, at the Dudinska 50 in Dudince, Slovakia, on 25 March 2023.
- María Pérez (ESP), walked 2:37:15 on the same 35 km, set on 21 May 2023 at the European Race Walking Team Championships in Poděbrady, Czech Republic.[7]
- Faith Kipyegon, 3:49.11 in the 1500 m, set on 2 June 2023 at Golden Gala in Florence, Italy and 14:05.20 in the 5000 m, set on 9 June 2023 at the Meeting de Paris in Paris, France.[8][9] Kipyegon ran 4:07.64 for the mile, set on 21 July 2023 at Monaco, breaking the old world record by over 4 seconds.
- The United States set a world record in the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay of 3:08.80 during the 2023 World Championships final.[10]
Main events
World events
- The nineteenth edition of the World Championships, from 19 August to 27 August at the National Athletics Centre, in Budapest, Hungary.
- World Cross Country Championships on 18 February 2023 in Bathurst, Australia.
- The first edition of the World Road Running Championships is scheduled to take place in Riga, Latvia, from 30 September to 1 October 2023.
- World Mountain & Trail Running Championships
- This year, the World Indoor Championships have been cancelled and postponed to 2024.
Continental events
- Americas:
- Pan Am Cross Country
- Pan Am Games
- South American
- Asia:
- Europe:
- Oceania:
- Africa:
- The 2023 African Games have been rescheduled in March 2024.
International meetings
- 2023 Diamond League (15 meetings from 5 May to 17 September).
- 2023 World Athletics Continental Tour
- 2023 World Athletics Indoor Tour
- 2023 World Athletics Combined Events Tour
Other events
Age groups
Rankings
References
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- ↑ "Bol breaks world indoor 400m record with 49.26 in Apeldoorn", World Athletics, 19 February 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
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- ↑ Warburton, Paul (21 May 2023). "World record! 2:37:15 for Perez in the 35km race walk in Podebrady". European Athletics. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ↑ "FLASH: Kipyegon breaks world 1500m record with 3:49.11 in Florence | REPORT | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
- ↑ "Faith Kipyegon Runs 14:05.20 to Break 5,000m World Record in Paris". letsrun.com. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
- ↑ "Most engaging World Athletics Championships in history finishes on a high in Budapest" (press release), World Athletics, 28 August 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
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