IAAF World Championships in Athletics
The World Athletics Championships ( official name IAAF World Championships in Athletics ) are competitions that are conducted by the World IAAF since 1983 to determine the world champion in the individual track and field disciplines. They are the fifth largest sporting event in the world after the Olympic Games, the football World Cup, Rugby Union World Cup and the European Football Championship.
Originally found the World Cup is held every four years since 1991 every two years. In the years in between, see either the Olympic Games and / or the European Championships instead.
In addition to taking place in the outdoor world championships since 1985, there are also World Indoor Championships. Since 2004 she has held in the even years between the outdoor world championships.
Precursor were two events in the Olympic years 1976 and 1980, where world champions were determined in non-Olympic athletics disciplines. 1976, the world champion in the 50 km walk of the men was determined in Malmo, 1980 in Sittard, however (3000 -meter run and 400 - meter hurdles ) were determined world champion in two women's competitions.
Survey
The table shows all the World Athletics Championships in 1983.