This article contains an overview of the year 1979 in
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 ...
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Major Events
World
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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 ...
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World Cup
Regional
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African Championships An African Championship is a top level international sports competition between African athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs.
List of Championships
;Athletics
*African Championships in Ath ...
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Asian Championships
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CARIFTA Games
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Central American and Caribbean Championships
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European Indoor Championships
The European Indoor Championships was a men's tennis tournament played in Berlin, Germany. The event was played as part of the ATP Tour in 1990 and 1991. It was played on indoor carpet courts.
Finals
Singles
Doubles
See also
* Berlin Open
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Pan American 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 ...
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South American Championships
South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west.
Etymology
The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz' ...
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South American Youth Championships
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Summer Universiade
World records
Men
Women
Season's bests
Notes
References
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{{Years in Athletics
1979 in athletics (track and field)
Athletics (track and field) by year