In 2015, the foremost athletics event was the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing. The two other major global level competitions in 2015 are the World Cross Country Championships and the IAAF World Relays.
The 2015 season marked the introduction of athletics at the European Games. However, this will not be a major continental event for athletics in the style of the Asian Games, as only the lower tier of the European Team Championships will be contested at the games. Major outdoor continental events will be held for the Americas (Pan American Games), Africa (All-Africa Games), Asia (2015 Asian Athletics Championships) and Oceania (Oceania Athletics Championships).
The Asian Youth Athletics Championships will be inaugurated this year.
World records
Indoor
Outdoor
Season's bests
Awards
Men
Women
Major events
World athletics championships
- won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
- May 2 & 3: 2015 IAAF World Relays in Nassau
- Men's 4 ÃÂ 100 m Relay winners: (Mike Rodgers, Justin Gatlin, Tyson Gay, Ryan Bailey)
- Men's 4 ÃÂ 200 m Relay winners: (Nickel Ashmeade, Rasheed Dwyer, Jason Livermore, Warren Weir)
- Men's 4 ÃÂ 400 m Relay winners: (David Verburg, Tony McQuay, Jeremy Wariner, LaShawn Merritt)
- Men's 4 ÃÂ 800 m Relay winners: (Duane Solomon, Erik Sowinski, Casimir Loxsom, Robby Andrews)
- Men's Distance Medley Relay winners: (Kyle Merber, Brycen Spratling, Brandon Johnson, Ben Blankenship) (World Record)
- Women's 4 ÃÂ 100 m Relay winners: (Simone Facey, Kerron Stewart, Schillonie Calvert, Veronica Campbell-Brown)
- Women's 4 ÃÂ 200 m Relay winners: (Blessing Okagbare, Regina George, Dominique Duncan, Christy Udoh)
- Women's 4 ÃÂ 400 m Relay winners: (Phyllis Francis, Natasha Hastings, Sanya Richards-Ross, Francena McCorory)
- Women's 4 à800 m Relay winners: (Chanelle Price, Maggie Vessey, Molly Beckwith-Ludlow, Alysia Montaño)
- Women's Distance Medley Relay winners: (Treniere Moser, Sanya Richards-Ross, Ajee' Wilson, Shannon Rowbury) (World Record)
- July 15âÂÂ19: 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics in Cali
- won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
Regional athletics championships
Seasonal results
- January 3 â December 31: 2015 IAAF Label Road Races Calendar
Gold Label
Silver Label
Bronze Label
IAAF Diamond League
IAAF Cross Country Permit
IAAF Indoor Permit
- Host nation, , won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
IAAF Race Walking Challenge
- won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
- June 6: 29th Gran Premio Cantones de La Coruña in
- Winners: Wang Zhen (m) (Meet Record) / Liu Hong (f) (World Record)
- August 22âÂÂ30: Part of the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing (final)
- Men's 20 km winner: Miguel ÃÂngel López
- Women's 20 km winner: Liu Hong
- Men's 50 km winner: Matej Tóth
- May 8 â September 20: 2015 IAAF Combined Events Challenge Schedule
- May 8 â 10: Oceania Combined Events Championships in Cairns
- Men's Decathlon winner: Brent Newdick (7,140 points)
- Women's Heptathlon winner: Sarah Wood (5,052 points)
- May 15 & 16: Multistars â Trofeo Zerneri Acciai in Florence
- Men's Decathlon winner: Pawel Wiesiolek (7,863 points)
- Women's Heptathlon winner: Sofia Yfantidou (5,900 points)
- May 30 & 31: Hypo-Meeting in Götzis
- Men's Decathlon winner: Kai Kazmirek (8,462 points)
- Women's Heptathlon winner: Brianne Theisen-Eaton (6,808 points)
- June 12 & 13: TNT â Fortuna Meeting in Kladno
- Men's Decathlon winner: Marek Lukas (7,892 points)
- Women's Heptathlon winner: Hanna Kasyanova (6,277 points)
- June 19 & 20: Combined Events Capital Cup in Ottawa
- Men's Decathlon winner: Yordanis GarcÃÂa (7,977 points)
- Women's Heptathlon winner: Yorgelis RodrÃÂguez (6,068 points)
- June 25âÂÂ28: 2015 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon
- Men's Decathlon winner: Trey Hardee (8,725 points)
- Women's Heptathlon winner: Barbara Nwaba (6,500 points)
- June 27 & 28: Mehrkampf-Meeting Ratingen in
- Men's Decathlon winner: Michael Schrader (8,419 points)
- Women's Heptathlon winner: Anouk Vetter (6,387 points)
- July 4 & 5: European Combined Events Cup Super League in Aubagne
- Men's Decathlon winner: Ilya Shkurenyov (8,378 points)
- Women's Heptathlon winner: Alina Fyodorova (6,278 points)
- July 4 & 5: European Combined Events Cup First League and Second League in InowrocÃ
Âaw
- First League Men's Decathlon winner: Martin Roe (7,875 points)
- First League Women's Heptathlon winner: Karolina TymiÃ
Âska (6,174 points)
- Second League Men's Decathlon winner: Joli Koivu (7,462 points)
- Second League Women's Heptathlon winner: Laura Ikauniece-AdmidiÃ
Âa (6,470 points)
- July 8âÂÂ12: Part of the 2015 Summer Universiade in Gwangju
- Men's Decathlon winner: Thomas van der Plaetsen (7,952 points)
- Women's Heptathlon winner: Anna Maiwald (6,111 points)
- July 18âÂÂ26: Part of the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto
- Men's Decathlon winner: Damian Warner (8,659 points)
- Women's Heptathlon winner: Yorgelis RodrÃÂguez (6,332 points)
- August 22âÂÂ30: Part of the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing
- Men's Decathlon winner: Ashton Eaton (9,045 points) World Record
- Women's Heptathlon winner: Jessica Ennis-Hill (6,669 points)
- September 19 & 20: Décastar in Talence (final)
- Men's Decathlon winner: Willem Coertzen (8,187 points)
- Women's Heptathlon winner: Györgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas (6,306 points)
IAAF World Challenge
- March 21 â September 13: 2015 IAAF World Challenge Schedule
- March 21: Melbourne Track Classic in
- Host nation, , won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
- May 9: Jamaica International Invitational in Kingston
- The won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
- May 10: Golden Grand Prix in Kawasaki
- Host nation, , the , and won 2 gold medals each. The United States won the overall medal tally.
- May 20: IAAF World Challenge Beijing in
- Host nation, , and the won 3 gold medals each. The United States won the overall medal tally.
- May 23: Meeting Grand Prix IAAF de Dakar in
- , and the won 2 gold medals each. Nigeria, the United States, , and won 4 overall medals each.
- May 24: Fanny Blankers-Koen Games in Hengelo
- Host nation, the , and won 3 gold medals each. won the overall medal tally.
- May 26: Golden Spike Ostrava in the
- won the gold medal tally. Host nation, the , and Poland won 7 overall medals each.
- June 14: Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat in
- won the gold medal tally. won the overall medal tally.
- July 11: Meeting de Atletismo Madrid in
- and the won 2 gold medals each. The United States won the overall medal tally.
- September 6: ISTAF Berlin in
- , , , and the won 2 gold medals each. The United States won the overall medal tally.
- September 8: HanÃ
¾ekoviàMemorial in Zagreb
- The won the gold medal tally. The United States, , and won 5 overall medals each.
- September 13: Rieti Meeting in (final)
- won the gold medal tally. won the overall medal tally.
- March 21 â September 13: 2015 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge Calendar
- March 21: Part of the Melbourne Track Classic in
- Winner: Matthew Denny
- May 10: Part of the Golden Grand Prix in Kawasaki
- Winner: Martina HraÃ
¡nová
- May 20: Part of the IAAF World Challenge Beijing in
- Winner: Anita WÃ
Âodarczyk
- May 23: Part of the IAAF World Challenge Dakar in
- Winner: Gwen Berry
- May 26: Part of the Golden Spike Ostrava in the
- Men's winner: PaweÃ
 Fajdek
- Women's winner: Anita WÃ
Âodarczyk
- June 14: Part of the Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat in
- Winner: PaweÃ
 Fajdek
- June 25: Paavo Nurmi Games in Turku
- Winner: PaweÃ
 Fajdek
- July 7: István Gyulai Memorial in Székesfehérvár
- Winner: PaweÃ
 Fajdek
- July 18: Brothers Znamensky Memorial in Moscow
- Men's winner: Dilshod Nazarov
- Women's winner: Mariya Bespalova
- July 22: Karlstad Grand Prix in
- Winner: Dilshod Nazarov
- August 9: Janusz KusociÃ
Âski Memorial in Szczecin
- Men's winner: PaweÃ
 Fajdek
- Women's winner: Anita WÃ
Âodarczyk
- August 22âÂÂ30: Part of the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing
- Men's winner: PaweÃ
 Fajdek
- Women's winner: Anita WÃ
Âodarczyk
- September 6: Part of the ISTAF Berlin in
- Winner: Kathrin Klaas
- September 13: Part of the Rieti Meeting in (final)
- Winner: PaweÃ
 Fajdek
IPC Athletics Grand Prix
- February 22 â July 26: 2015 IPC Athletics Grand Prix
- February 22 â 25: 7th Fazaa International Athletics Competition in Dubai
- March 6âÂÂ8: 2015 Queensland State Championships in Brisbane
- March 23âÂÂ25: 9th Tunis International Meeting in Tunis
- Host nation, , and won 28 gold medals each. Algeria won the overall medal tally.
- April 18 â 20: 3rd China Open Athletics Championships in Beijing
- May 13 â 17: 2015 Desert Challenge Games in Mesa, Arizona
- May 29 â 31: 2015 ParAthletics in Nottwil
- June 12âÂÂ14: 2015 Italian Open Championships in Grosseto
- June 19âÂÂ21: 2015 Berlin Open in
- July 26: 2015 IPC Athletics Grand Prix Final in London
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