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.
| 2020 in the sport of athletics | |
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| Major world events | 2020 Olympic Games |
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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:
Slovenia (m) / Turkey (f)
- 60 m winners:
- 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
| Event | Men | Women | ||||
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| Athlete | Mark | Notes | Athlete | Mark | Notes | |
| 60 metres |  (25x17px) | (25x17px) | ||||
| 100 metres | (25x17px) | (25x17px) | ||||
| 200 metres | (25x17px) | (25x17px) | ||||
| 400 metres | (25x17px) | (25x17px) | ||||
| 800 metres | (25x17px) | (25x17px) | ||||
| 1500 metres | (25x17px) | (25x17px) | ||||
| 3000 metres | (25x17px) | (25x17px) | ||||
| 5000 metres | (25x17px) | (25x17px) | ||||
| 10,000 metres | (25x17px) | (25x17px) | ||||
| 60 metres hurdles | (25x17px) | (25x17px) | ||||
| 100/110 metres hurdles | (25x17px) | (25x17px) | ||||
| 400 metres hurdles | (25x17px) | (25x17px) | ||||
| 3000 metres steeplechase | (25x17px) | (25x17px) | ||||
| 10 kilometres | (25x17px) | (25x17px) | ||||
| 15 kilometres | (25x17px) | (25x17px) | ||||
| 20 kilometres | (25x17px) | (25x17px) | ||||
| Half marathon | (25x17px) | (25x17px) | ||||
| 25 kilometres | (25x17px) | (25x17px) | ||||
| 30 kilometres | (25x17px) | (25x17px) | ||||
| Marathon | (25x17px) | (25x17px) | ||||
| 20 kilometres race walk | (25x17px) | (25x17px) | ||||
| 50 kilometres race walk | (25x17px) | (25x17px) | ||||
| Pole vault | (25x17px) | m | (25x17px) | m | ||
| High jump | (25x17px) | m | (25x17px) | m | ||
| Long jump | (25x17px) | m | (25x17px) | m | ||
| Triple jump | (25x17px) | m | (25x17px) | m | ||
| Shot put | (25x17px) | m | (25x17px) | m | ||
| Discus throw | (25x17px) | m | (25x17px) | m | ||
| Javelin throw | (25x17px) | m | (25x17px) | m | ||
| Hammer throw | (25x17px) | m | (25x17px) | m | ||
| Pentathlon | — | (25x17px) | pts | |||
| Heptathlon | (25x17px) | pts | (25x17px) | pts | ||
| Decathlon | (25x17px) | pts | — | |||
| 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]
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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)
- Winners:
- November 24, 2019: Cross de l'Acier in Leffrinckoucke (CC #2)
- Winners:
Berihu Aregawi (m) / Aberash Belay (f)
- Winners:
- November 24, 2019: International Warandecross Tilburg in
Netherlands (CC #3)
- Winners: Mike Foppen (m) /
Anna Emilie Møller (f)
- Winners:
- December 1, 2019: Cross Internacional de la Constitución in
Aranda de Duero (CC #4)
- Winners:
Thierry Ndikumwenayo (m) / Marta Pérez (f)
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