The French Indoor Athletics Championships (french: Championnats de France d'athlétisme en salle) is an annual
indoor track and field
Track and field is a sport that includes Competition#Sports, 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 ...
competition organised by the
Fédération française d'athlétisme
The French Athletics Federation (french: Fédération française d'athlétisme - ''FFA''), is the governing body for the sport of athletics in France.
History
FFA is the heir to the Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques (USFSA), ...
(FFA), which serves as the French
national championship
A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or competition, contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the be ...
for the sport. Typically held over two to three days in February during the French winter, it was first added to the national calendar in 1972, supplementing the main outdoor
French Athletics Championships
The French Athletics Championships (french: Championnats de France d'athlétisme) is an annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Fédération française d'athlétisme (FFA; French Athletics Federation), which serves as the Frenc ...
held in the summer since 1888.
French Championships
GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
Events
The following 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 ...
events feature as standard on the French Indoor Championships programme:
* Sprint
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: 60 m, 200 m, 400 m
* Distance track events: 800 m, 1500 m, 3000 m
* Hurdles
Hurdling is the act of jumping over an obstacle at a high speed or in a sprint. In the early 19th century, hurdlers ran at and jumped over each hurdle (sometimes known as 'burgles'), landing on both feet and checking their forward motion. Today, ...
: 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
* 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)
Editions
Championship records
Men
Women
References
External links
FFA official website
*FFA
French Indoor Championships Records – Men
*FFA
Indoor Championships Records – Women
{{National championships in athletics
Athletics competitions in France
National indoor athletics competitions
Recurring sporting events established in 1972
1972 establishments in France
February sporting events