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2021 in the sport of athletics

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In 2021, like the previous year, the sport of athletics was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, at both the elite and local level. The main competition was the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, which had been rescheduled. The rescheduling meant that the World Athletics Championships, originally set for 2021, was postponed given the presence of the Olympics in a World Championships year.

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Several other competitions were held in 2021 after being delayed from their usual schedule in 2020, including 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships. However, the severity of the impacts of the pandemic remained high and other major competitions were pushed to a later date (such as the 2021 World Athletics Indoor Championships and 2021 World Mountain and Trail Running Championships), while others were cancelled completely, including the African Championships in Athletics and Asian Athletics Championships.[1][2][3]

Smaller-scale meetings generally proceeded where pandemic restrictions allowed, although continued restrictions resulted in the cancellation of the British Indoor Athletics Championships,[4] USA Indoor Track and Field Championships,[5] Tokyo Marathon,[6] and both Chinese legs of the 2021 Diamond League.[7]

International competitions

Global championships

Regional championships

Postponed

  • World Athletics Championships
  • World Indoor Championships
  • World Para Athletics Championships
  • World Cross Country Championships
  • World Mountain Running Championships
  • World Long Distance Mountain Running Championships
  • Universiade
  • Southeast Asian Games
  • South Asian Games
  • Asian U18 Athletics Championships
  • East Asian Youth Games
  • European Youth Olympic Festival
  • Pan American U20

Cancelled

  • African Championships in Athletics
  • Asian Athletics Championships
  • CARIFTA Games[8]
  • Oceanian Athletics Championships
  • Games of the Small States of Europe
  • Island Games
  • African U18 and U20 Championships in Athletics
  • CARIFTA Games
  • Oceania U20 Athletics Championships

Annual competitions

National indoor championships

National outdoor championships

By event

World records

Indoor

More information Event, Perf. ...
Event Perf. N Athlete(s) Nat. Date Meeting Location Ctry. R
Men's triple jump 18.07 m i Hugues Fabrice Zango  Burkina Faso 16 January 2021 Aubière FRA .[9]
Men's shot put 22.82 m i Ryan Crouser  United States 25 January 2021 American Track League Fayetteville USA [10]
Women's 1500 metres 3:53.09 i Gudaf Tsegay  Ethiopia 9 February 2021 Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais Liévin FRA [11]
Men's 60 m hurdles 7.29 Grant Holloway  United States 24 February 2021 Meeting de Madrid Madrid ESP [12]
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Outdoor

More information Event, Perf. ...
Event Perf. N Athlete(s) Nat. Date Meeting Location Ctry. R
Women's 5 km (road) 14:43 Mx Beatrice Chepkoech  Kenya 14 February 2021 5 km Herculis Fontvieille MON [13]
Women's 20 km racewalk 1:23:49 Jiayu Yang  China 20 March 2021 Chinese Winter Race Walking Championships Huangshan CHN [14]
Women's half marathon 1:04.02 Mx Ruth Chepngetich  Kenya 4 April 2024 Istanbul Half Marathon Istanbul TUR [15]
Women's 50 km (road) 2:59:54 Mx Desiree Linden  United States 13 April 2021 Brooks Running 50K and Marathon Dorena Lake USA [16]
Women's 10,000 m 29:06.82 Sifan Hassan  Netherlands 6 June 2021 FBK Games Hengelo NED [17]
Women's 10,000 m 29:01.03 Letesenbet Gidey  Ethiopia 8 June 2021 Ethiopian Trials Hengelo NED [18]
Men's shot put 23.37 m Ryan Crouser  United States 18 June 2021 US Olympic Trials Eugene USA [19]
Women's 400 m hurdles 51.90 Sydney McLaughlin  United States 27 June 2021 US Olympic Trials Eugene USA [20]
Men's 400 m hurdles 46.70 Karsten Warholm  Norway 1 July 2021 Bislett Games Oslo NOR [21]
Women's triple jump 15.67 m +0.7 m/s Yulimar Rojas  Venezuela 1 August 2021 Olympic Games Tokyo JPN [22]
Men's 400 m hurdles 45.94 Karsten Warholm  Norway 3 August 2021 Olympic Games Tokyo JPN [22]
Women's 400 m hurdles 51.46 Sydney McLaughlin  United States 4 August 2021 Olympic Games Tokyo JPN [23]
Women's half marathon 1:03:44 Mx Yalemzerf Yehualaw  Ethiopia 29 August 2021 Antrim Coast Half Marathon Larne GBR [24]
Women's 5 km (road) 14:29 Wo Senbere Teferi  Ethiopia 12 September 2021 Adizero: Road to Records Herzogenaurach GER [25]
Women's 10 km (road) 30:01 Wo Agnes Tirop  Kenya 12 September 2021 Adizero: Road to Records Herzogenaurach GER [26]
Women's 10 km (road) 29:38 Mx Kalkidan Gezahegne  Bahrain 3 October 2021 The Giants Geneva Geneva  SUI [27]
Women's half marathon 1:02:52 Mx Letesenbet Gidey  Ethiopia 24 October 2021 Valencia Half Marathon Valencia ESP [28]
Men's half marathon 57:31 Jacob Kiplimo  Uganda 21 November 2021 EDP Meia Maratona de Lisboa Lisbon POR [29]
Men's 5 km (road) 12:49 Berihu Aregawi  Ethiopia 31 December 2021 Cursa dels Nassos Barcelona ESP [30]
Women's 5 km (road) 14:19 Mx Ejgayehu Taye  Ethiopia 31 December 2021 Cursa dels Nassos Barcelona ESP [30]
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