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2019 in the sport of athletics
...| 2019 in athletics | |
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| Major world events | 2019 World Athletics Championships |
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In 2019, the main athletic events were the 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, the 2019 IAAF World Relays, and the 2019 World Athletics Championships.
Major championships
World
- World Championships
- World Cross Country Championships
- World Relays
- World Mountain Running Championships
- World Long Distance Mountain Running Championships
- World Masters Indoor Championships
- World Para Championships
- IAU 50 km World Championships
- IAU 24 Hour World Championships
- IAU Trail World Championships
- Universiade
- World Police and Fire Games
Regional
- African Games
- African U20 Championships
- Arab Championships
- Asian Championships
- Asian Marathon Championships
- Asian Race Walking Championships
- Asian Youth Championships
- Southeast Asian Games
- South Asian Games
- East Asian Youth Games (cancelled)
- European Games
- European Athletics U23 Championships
- European Athletics U20 Championships
- European Cross Country Championships
- European Combined Events Team Championships
- European Throwing Cup
- European Cup 10,000m
- European Indoor Championships
- European Mountain Running Championships
- European Race Walking Cup
- European Team Championships
- Balkan Championships
- Games of the Small States of Europe
- European Youth Olympic Festival
- Island Games
- CARIFTA Games
- NACAC Combined Events Championships
- NACAC Cross Country Championships
- NACAC Race Walking Championships
- NACAC U18 & U23 Championships
- NACAC U20 Championships
- Pacific Games
- Pan American Games
- Pan American U20 Championships
- Pan American Race Walking Cup
- South American Championships
- South American Cross Country Championships
- South American Half Marathon Championships
- South American U20 Championships
- South American Marathon Championships
- South American Mountain Running Championships
- South American Road Mile Championships
- South American Trail Championships
World and continental athletics events
- March 30: 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in
Aarhus[1]
Ethiopia won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
- April 21 – 24: 2019 Asian Athletics Championships in
Doha[2]
Bahrain won the gold medal tally. 
China won the overall medal tally.
- May 11 & 12: 2019 IAAF World Relays in
Yokohama[3]
- Final Rankings: 1. The
United States, 2. 
Jamaica, 3. Japan, 4. 
Germany, 5. 
Poland
- Final Rankings: 1. The
- May 24 – 26: 2019 South American Championships in Athletics in
Lima
Brazil won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
- June 25–28: 2019 Oceania Athletics Championships in
Townsville
- Australia won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
- September 27 – October 6: 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha
- The
United States (USA) won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
- The
World records
Indoor
| Event | Athlete | Nation | Result | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 1500 metres | Samuel Tefera |  Ethiopia
|
3:31.04 | Birmingham | 16 February 2019 |
| Men's Mile | Yomif Kejelcha | Ethiopia
|
3:47.01 | Boston | 3 March 2019 |
Outdoor
| Event | Athlete | Nation | Result | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's Mile | Sifan Hassan |  Netherlands
|
4:12.33 | Monaco | 12 July 2019 |
| Men's 5 km (road) | Julien Wanders |  Switzerland
|
13:29 | Monaco | 17 February 2019 |
| Women's 5 km (road) | Sifan Hassan | Netherlands
|
14:44 | Monaco | 17 February 2019 |
| Women's 50 km walk (road) | Liu Hong |  China
|
3:59:15 | Huangshan | 9 March 2019 |
| Women's 400 meters hurdles | Dalilah Muhammad |  United States
|
52.20 | Des Moines | 28 July 2019 |
| Women's 400 meters hurdles | Dalilah Muhammad | United States
|
52.16 | Doha | 4 October 2019 |
| Women's 2000 metres steeplechase | Gesa-Felicitas Krause |  Germany
|
5:52.80[Note 1] | Berlin | 1 September 2019 |
| Men's half marathon (road) | Geoffrey Kamworor |  Kenya
|
58:01 | Copenhagen | 15 September 2019 |
| Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay | Tyrell Richard Jessica Beard Jasmine Blocker Obi Igbokwe |
United States
|
3:12.42 | Doha | 28 September 2019 |
| Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay | Wil London Allyson Felix Courtney Okolo Michael Cherry |
United States
|
3:09.34 | Doha | 29 September 2019 |
Competition winners
2019 World Marathon Majors
- March 3: 2019 Tokyo Marathon[4][5]
- Winners: Birhanu Legese (m) / Ruti Aga (f)
- Winners:
- April 15: 2019 Boston Marathon[6][7]
- Winners:
Lawrence Cherono (m) / Worknesh Degefa (f)
- Winners:
- April 28:
2019 London Marathon[8][9]
- Winners: Eliud Kipchoge (m) / Brigid Kosgei (f)
- Winners:
- September 29: 2019 Berlin Marathon[10][11]
- Winners: Kenenisa Bekele (m) / Ashete Bekere (f)
- Winners:
- October 13: 2019 Chicago Marathon[12][13]
- Winners: Lawrence Cherono (m) / Brigid Kosgei (f) (World Record)
- Winners:
- November 3: 2019 New York City Marathon[14][15]
- Winners: Geoffrey Kamworor (m) / Joyciline Jepkosgei (f)
- Winners:
2019 IAAF Diamond League
- May 3: Doha Diamond League in Qatar[16][17]
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- May 18: IAAF Diamond League Shanghai in China[18][19] (Note: The men's 200 m event does not count for points & prize money here.)
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- May 30: Bauhaus-Galan in
Stockholm[20][21] (Note: Six events does not count for points & prize money here.)