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. 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.
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. As a major nation in athletics, Russia's ban meant the absence of many world class athletes from competition. Kenya â another prominent country â was subject to a World Anti-Doping Agency plan to improve its own anti-doping infrastructure, on pain of exclusion from international events.
Major championships
World
Regional
Seasonal events
World records
Indoor
Outdoor
Awards
Men
Women
Doping
Among the first doping suspensions of the year was Kazakhstan hurdler Anastasiya Soprunova, who had won the Asian indoor title. 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.
Results
2016 Summer Olympics (IAAF)
World athletics championships
2016 IAAF Road Race Label Events (Silver)
2016 IAAF Road Race Label Events (Bronze)
2016 IAAF Cross Country Permit
- March 31 & April 1: Oceania Combined Events Championships in Sydney
- Decathlon winner: Cedric Dubler (8,114 points)
- Heptathlon winner: Sophie Stanwell (5,572 points)
- April 2 & 3: African Combined Events Championships in Moka (Réduit)
- Decathlon winner: Guillaume Thierry (7,481 points)
- Heptathlon winner: Marthe Koala (5,771 points)
- April 29 & 30: 29th Multistars â Trofeo Zerneri Acciai in Florence
- Decathlon winner: Lars Vikan Rise (7,868 points)
- Heptathlon winner: Vanessa SpÃÂnola (6,100 points)
- May 28 & 29: 42nd Hypo-Meeting in Götzis
- Decathlon winner: Damian Warner (8,523 points)
- Heptathlon winner: Brianne Theisen-Eaton (6,765 points)
- June 10 & 11: 10th TNT Express Meeting in Kladno
- Decathlon winner: Lars Vikan Rise (7,925 points)
- Heptathlon winner: KateÃ
Âina Cachová (6,328 points)
- June 17âÂÂ19: 2016 Pan American Combined Events Cup in Ottawa
- Decathlon winner: Filip Scott (7,726 points)
- Heptathlon winner: Quintunya Chapman (6,035 points)
- June 25 & 26: 20th Mehrkampf-Meeting Ratingen in
- Decathlon winner: Arthur Abele (8,605 points)
- Heptathlon winner: Jessica Ennis-Hill (6,733 points)
- July 1âÂÂ10: Part of the U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon
- Decathlon winner: Ashton Eaton (8,750 points)
- Heptathlon winner: Barbara Nwaba (6,494 points)
- July 6âÂÂ10: Part of the 2016 European Athletics Championships in Amsterdam
- Decathlon winner: Thomas Van der Plaetsen (8,218 points)
- Heptathlon winner: Anouk Vetter (6,626 points)
- September 17 & 18: Décastar (final) in Talence
- Decathlon winner: Oleksiy Kasyanov (8,077 points)
- Heptathlon winner: Nadine Broersen (6,377 points)
Deaths
References
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