European records in the sport of
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), competi ...
are ratified by the
European Athletic Association
The European Athletic Association (more commonly known as European Athletics) is the governing body for athletics in Europe. It is one of the six Area Associations of the world's athletics governing body World Athletics. European Athletics has 51 ...
. Records are kept for all events contested at the
Olympic Games
The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a vari ...
and some others. Unofficial records for some other events are kept by track and field statisticians. Records are kept for events in
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 eve ...
,
road running
Road running is the sport of running on a measured course over an established road. This differs from track and field on a regular track and cross country running over natural terrain.
These events are usually classified as long-distance ...
, and
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. Race judges carefully asse ...
.
Key to tables
Key:
+ = en route
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* En-route chart, in aeronautics
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to longer distance
h = hand timing
A = affected by altitude
Wo = women only race
# = not recognised by European Athletics or/and World Athletics
X = unratified due to no doping control
OT = oversized track (> 200m in circumference)
a = aided road course according to World Athletics rule 31.21.3 (separation between start and finish
points more than 50% of race distance or the decrease in elevation greater than one in a thousand)
est = estimate
WB = world best
Outdoor
Men
Women
Mixed
Indoor
Men
Women
European best (outdoor) for non-standard events
Men
Women
European best (indoor) for non-standard events
Men
Women
See also
*
Notes
References
;General
European Records''27 August 2022 updated''
;Specific
External links
EAA web site*World Athletics
European Records
{{National records in athletics
European
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), competi ...
Records
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An item or collection of data Computing
* Record (computer science), a data structure
** Record, or row (database), a set of fields in a database related to one entity
** Boot sector or boot record, r ...