IAAF World Championships in Athletics: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)
The World Championships in Athletics is an event organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations. It is the largest event in the world after the Olympic Games, and the Football World Cup finals. Originally, it was organised every four years, but this changed in 1993, and it has since been organised biannually.
Events
| Year | City | Country | Date | Venue | No. of Events |
No. of Athletes |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1983 | Helsinki | Finland | August 7 - August 14 1983 | Olympic Stadium | ||
| 2 | 1987 | Rome | Italy | August 28 - September 6 1987 | Olympic Stadium | ||
| 3 | 1991 | Tokyo | Japan | August 23 - September 1 1991 | Olympic Stadium | ||
| 4 | 1993 | Stuttgart | Germany | August 13 - August 22 1993 | Gottlieb Daimler Stadium | ||
| 5 | 1995 | Gothenburg | Sweden | August 5 - August 13 1995 | Ullevi | ||
| 6 | 1997 | Athens | Greece | August 1 - August 10 1997 | Olympic Stadium | ||
| 7 | 1999 | Seville | Spain | August 20 - August 29 1999 | Olympic Stadium | ||
| 8 | 2001 | Edmonton | Canada | August 3 - August 12 2001 | Commonwealth Stadium | ||
| 9 | 2003 | Paris | France | August 23 - August 31 2003 | Stade de France | ||
| 10 | 2005 | Helsinki | Finland | Olympic Stadium | |||
| 11 | 2007 | Osaka | Japan | Nagai Stadium |
IAAF World Indoor Championships
1985 | 1987 | 1989 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2004 | 2006 |
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