The Czechoslovak Indoor Athletics Championships ( cz, Halové mistrovství Československa v atletice) was an annual

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competition organised by the Czechoslovak Athletics Federation, which served as the

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for the sport in

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. Held over two days in February during the Czechoslovak winter, it was added to the national calendar in 1969 following the creation of a suitable indoor athletics venue in Jablonec nad Nisou. A Czech-only championship was held at the venue a year earlier. The competition served as the winter, indoor counterpart to the main Czechoslovak Athletics Championships, held outdoors in the summer since 1919. The last edition was held in 1992 and after the

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it was succeeded by the separate Czech Indoor and Slovak Indoor Athletics Championships.Czechoslovak Indoor Championships
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Events

The following

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events feature as standard on the Czechoslovak Indoor Championships programme: *

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: 60 m, 200 m, 400 m * Distance track events: 800 m, 1500 m, 3000 m * Hurdles: 60 m hurdles *

Jumps Jumping or leaping is a form of locomotion or movement in which an organism or non-living (e.g., robotic) mechanical system propels itself through the air along a ballistic trajectory. Jumping can be distinguished from running, galloping and o ...

: long jump, triple jump, high jump, pole vault (men only) *

Throws Throwing is an action which consists in accelerating a projectile and then releasing it so that it follows a ballistic trajectory, usually with the aim of impacting a remote target. This action is best characterized for animals with prehensile l ...

: shot put *

Racewalking Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Referee, Race judges careful ...

: 5000 m (men), 3000 m (women) *

Combined events Combined track and field events are competitions in which athletes participate in a number of track and field events, earning points for their performance in each event, which adds to a total points score. Outdoors, the most common combined events ...

: heptathlon (men), pentathlon (women) The 60 metres sprint and

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events were replaced by a

50 metres 50 metres, or 50-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field. It is a relatively uncommon non-championship event for indoor track and field, normally dominated by the best outdoor 100 metres runners. At outdoor athletics competitions it is ...

and a

50 metres hurdles 50 metres hurdles is a distance in hurdling, usually only run in indoor competitions. Because very few contests are held over the distance, most of the fastest times recorded for the event were set during specially measured and timed races over lon ...

in 1969, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1990, 1991, and 1992. A women's

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was held at the first edition, but dropped thereafter. Other non-standard indoor events included a

100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, the dash is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been conteste ...

in 1969, 1970, and 1989, and a

300 metres The 300 metres is an uncommon sprinting event in track and field competitions. All-time top 25 *+ = en route to 400 m performance *i = indoor performance *A = affected by altitude *OT = oversized track (> 200 m in circumference) *h = hand timi ...

from 1971 to 1975. The event programme gradually expanded over the years, with the

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor runn ...

first appearing in 1976 and the

200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slightl ...

in 1982. The combined events first appeared in 1983 as unofficial championships before taking on national title status in 1987. The men's event was held as an

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for the first three years and no men's combined event appeared at the 1991 edition. The racewalking events were first contested in 1987. Women were initially limited in events early in the competition's history. The first distance event for women, the

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ...

was held in 1973 and the

3000 metres The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000m shoul ...

followed in 1982 (having had a one-off appearance in 1974). Women did not contest the 3000 m at the 1989 edition. The addition of a women's triple jump in 1991 brought the women to parity in the horizontal jumps. A Czechoslovak champion in women's pole vault was never elected, as the event was held only once as an exhibition in 1992.

Editions

References

External links

Czech Athletics official website
{{defunct athletics competitions Athletics competitions in Czechoslovakia

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National indoor athletics competitions Recurring sporting events established in 1969 Recurring sporting events disestablished in 1992 1969 establishments in Czechoslovakia Winter events in Czechoslovakia February sporting events Defunct athletics competitions