2016 in the sport of athletics

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In 2016, the foremost athletics events will be staged at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. The two other major global level competitions in 2016 are the World Indoor Championships and World Half Marathon Championships.

A new addition to the continental tournament schedule came in the form of the 2016 European Athletics Youth Championships.[1] Two long-running competitions were renamed and held under new titles in 2016. The World Junior Championships in Athletics became the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships and the IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held as the 2016 IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships.[2]

The hosting of the two above events had to be reopened as they were affected by the suspension of the All-Russia Athletic Federation as a result of contraventions of the World Anti-Doping Code.[3][4] As a major nation in athletics, Russia's ban meant the absence of many world class athletes from competition. Kenya – another prominent country – was subject to a World Anti-Doping Agency plan to improve its own anti-doping infrastructure, on pain of exclusion from international events.[5]

Major championships[edit]

World[edit]

Regional[edit]

Seasonal events[edit]

World records[edit]

Indoor[edit]

Event Athlete Nation Result Location Date
Men's 500 metres Abdelalelah Haroun  Qatar 59.83 Stockholm, Sweden 17 February
Men's 1000 metres Ayanleh Souleiman  Djibouti 2:14.20 Stockholm, Sweden 17 February
Women's mile run Genzebe Dibaba  Ethiopia 4:13.31 Stockholm, Sweden 17 February
Women's pole vault Jennifer Suhr  United States 5.03 m Brockport, United States 23 February

Outdoor[edit]

Event Athlete Nation Result Location Date
Men's 400 metres Wayde van Niekerk  South Africa 43.03 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 14 August
Women's 10,000 metres Almaz Ayana  Ethiopia 29:17.45 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 12 August
Women's 100 m hurdles Kendra Harrison  United States 12.20 London, United Kingdom 22 July
Women's 3000 m steeplechase Ruth Jebet  Bahrain 8:52.78 Paris, France 27 August
Women's hammer throw Anita Włodarczyk  Poland 82.98 m Warsaw, Poland 28 August

Awards[edit]

Men[edit]

Award Winner
IAAF World Athlete of the Year  Usain Bolt (JAM)
Track & Field News Athlete of the Year  Wayde van Niekerk (RSA)
European Athlete of the Year  Mo Farah (GBR)
European Athletics Rising Star  Max Heß (GER)
The Bowerman  Jarrion Lawson (USA)

Women[edit]

Award Winner
IAAF World Athlete of the Year  Almaz Ayana (ETH)
Track & Field Athlete of the Year  Anita Włodarczyk (POL)
European Athlete of the Year  Ruth Beitia (ESP)
European Athletics Rising Star  Nafissatou Thiam (BEL)
The Bowerman  Courtney Okolo (USA)

Doping[edit]

Among the first doping suspensions of the year was Kazakhstan hurdler Anastasiya Soprunova, who had won the Asian indoor title.[7] Retests of samples taken at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics using new methods revealed several high-profile track athletes had given positive results, including major medallists for Russia.[8][9]

Results[edit]

2016 Summer Olympics (IAAF)[edit]

World athletics championships[edit]

2016 World Marathon Majors[edit]

2016 IAAF Road Race Label Events (Gold)[edit]

2016 IAAF Road Race Label Events (Silver)[edit]

2016 IAAF Road Race Label Events (Bronze)[edit]

European Athletics Association (EAA)[edit]

Confederation of African Athletics (CAA)[edit]

NACAC[edit]

CONSUDATLE[edit]

Asian Athletics Association (AAA)[edit]

Oceania Athletics Association (OAA)[edit]

2016 IAAF Diamond League[edit]

2016 IAAF World Indoor Tour[edit]

2016 IAAF Cross Country Permit[edit]

2016 IAAF Race Walking Challenge[edit]