2023 in athletics is a year of
track and field
Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...
, highlighted by the main event of
2023 World Athletics Championships
The 2023 World Athletics Championships ( hu, 2023-as atlétikai világbajnokság), the nineteenth edition of the World Athletics Championships, are scheduled to be held from 19 August to 27 August 2023 in Budapest, Hungary.
The city of Budapes ...
in
Budapest
Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...
, 40 years after the very
first edition in 1983.
World records
Indoor
Outdoor
Main events
World events
* The nineteenth edition of the
World Championships, from 19 August to 27 August at the
National Athletics Centre, in
Budapest
Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...
, Hungary.
*
World Cross Country Championships
World Athletics Cross Country Championships is the most important competition in international cross country running. Formerly held annually and organised by World Athletics (formerly the IAAF), it was inaugurated in 1973, when it replaced the Int ...
on 18 February 2023 in
Bathurst, Australia.
* The first edition of the
World Road Running Championships
The World Athletics Road Running Championships is a biennial international road running competition organised by World Athletics. The competition was launched as the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 1992 and held annually until 2010. It wa ...
is scheduled to take place in
Riga
Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a third of Latvia's population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the Ba ...
, Latvia, from to .
*
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
The Pan American Games (also known colloquially as the Pan Am Games) is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas featuring summer sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The competition is held ...
**
South American
* Asia:
**
Asian Outdoor
**
Asian Indoor
**
Southeast Asian Games
* Europe:
**
European Indoor
**
European Throwing
**
European Race Walking Team
**
European 10,000 m
**
European Team Championships European Team Championships is the name of the team sports competition between European countries organized by various European sports federations. May refer to:
* European Athletics Team Championships, former European Team Championships (ETC), ath ...
**
European Cross Country
* Oceania:
**
Oceania Cup
**
Pacific Games
* Africa:
** The
2023 African Games
The 13th African Games is expected to be held in three cities in Ghana in 2024 on dates yet to be confirmed. This will be the second time in history that the games will be decentralized in a process that started in the previous edition held in M ...
have been rescheduled in March 2024.
International meetings
*
2023 Diamond League
The 2023 Diamond League is the 14th season of the annual series of outdoor track and field meetings, organised by World Athletics. The competition is a revision to the top level athletics series since Diamond League foundation in 2010. The number ...
(15 meetings from 5 May to 17 September).
*
2023 World Athletics Continental Tour
*
2023 World Athletics Indoor Tour
The 2023 World Athletics Indoor Tour is the eighth edition of the World Athletics Indoor Tour, the highest series of international track and field indoor meetings.
The tour expanded in 2022 with the introduction of four tiers of competition lab ...
*
2023 World Athletics Combined Events Tour
Other events
*
2021 Summer World University Games
The 2021 Summer Universiade ( zh, 2021年夏季世界大学生运动会), the XXXI Summer World University Games, commonly known as the Chengdu 2021 FISU World University Games, is a multi-sport event sanctioned by the International University Spor ...
postponed to July 2023.
*
2023 Jeux de la Francophonie.
*
2023 Arab Athletics Championships
The 2023 Arab Athletics Championships was the twenty third edition of the international athletics competition between Arab countries that took place from 20 to 24 June 2023 at Marrakesh Stadium in Marrakesh. Around 250 athletes from 16 nations at ...
.
*
2023 Games of the Small States of Europe.
Age groups
*
African U18 & U20 Championships
*
2023 Arab U23 in
Radès
Radès ( ar, رادس) is a harbour city in Ben Arous Governorate, Tunisia. Situated south-east of the capital Tunis, some consider it a Tunis suburb, and parts of the harbor installations of Tunis are located in Radès.
Rades is divided int ...
, 1st edition
*
Asian U20 Championships
*
Asian U18 Championships
*
Caribbean Games
The Caribbean Games are a multi-sport regional championship event. The games are for countries in the Caribbean, Central American country Belize and South American Caribbean countries Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana.
The games are overs ...
(U23)
*
CARIFTA Games
*
European U23 Championships
*
European U20 Championships
*
NACAC U23 & U18 Championships
Rankings
*
2023 World Athletics Rankings
Deaths
Notes
References
{{Years in Athletics
Athletics
Athletics may refer to:
Sports
* Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking
** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport
* Athletics (physical culture), competiti ...
2023
Events
Predicted and scheduled events
* January 1
** In the United States, books, films, and other works published in 1927 will enter the public domain, assuming there are no changes made to copyright law.
** Croatia will adopt the eu ...