World Military Track and Field Championships

The World Military Track & Field Championships are the world championships of athletics organized by the International Military Sports Council (CISM). Initially an annual competition, the championships have been held on an irregular schedule since 1971. The 2011 Championships was the 44th edition.[1]

The 37th (1995), 38th (1999), 41st (2003), 42nd (2007) and 44th (2011) editions coincided with the first five editions of the Summer Military World Games.

In addition to this outdoor competition, a World Military Indoor Athletics Cup was staged in 2009 in Athens.[2]

Editions

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From 2011 the track and field world championships are the track and field competitions of the Military World Games.

Edition Venue Country Date Notes
1st Berlin Allied-occupied Germany 7–8 September 1946 [3][4][5]
2nd Berlin Allied-occupied Germany 13–14 September 1947 [4][6]
3rd Brussels Belgium 4 September 1948 [7][8]
4th Bordeaux France 22 August-9 September 1949 [9]
5th Pau France 5–10 September 1950 [9]
6th Rome Italy 23 September-5 October 1951 [10]
7th Copenhagen Denmark 13–14 September 1952 [9]
8th Brussels Belgium 24–25 July 1953 [7][8]
9th Tilburg Netherlands 30–31 July 1954 [9]
10th Athens Greece 29 July-6 August 1955 [9]
11th West Berlin West Berlin 3–5 August 1956 [3][4][11]
12th Athens Greece 14–17 July 1957 [11][9]
13th Brussels Belgium 29–31 August 1958 [7][9]
14th Rome Italy 29–31 October 1959 [10]
15th Athens Greece 2–4 July 1960
16th Brussels Belgium 18–20 August 1961
17th 's-Hertogenbosch Netherlands 3–5 August 1962
18th Brussels Belgium 23–25 August 1963 [7]
19th La Coruña Spain 6–9 August 1964
20th Thessaloniki Greece 31 July - 1 August 1965 [12]
21st La Coruña Spain 2–3 July 1966
22nd Athens Greece 5–7 July 1968
23rd Poitiers France 12–14 July 1969
24th Viareggio Italy 12–14 June 1970
25th Turku Finland 19–21 August 1971
26th Florence Italy 6–8 June 1973
27th Rio de Janeiro Brazil 24–26 August 1976 [13]
28th Mikkeli Finland 15–17 August 1978
29th Algiers Algeria 1–8 July 1979 [9]
30th São Paulo Brazil 7–9 November 1980
31st Alexandria Egypt 14–16 October 1984
32nd Rome Italy 11–13 September 1986
33rd Warendorf Germany 24–26 June 1987
34th Rome Italy 20–22 September 1989
35th Kajaani Finland 27–29 July 1990
36th Tours France 28–30 August 1993
37th Rome Italy 13–15 September 1995 [14]
38th Zagreb Croatia 8–17 August 1999 [14][9]
39th Beirut Lebanon 1–4 July 2001
40th Tivoli Italy 4–7 September 2002
41st Catania Italy 4–11 December 2003 [14]
42nd Hyderabad India 14–21 October 2007 [14]
43rd Sofia Bulgaria 6–13 June 2009
44th Rio de Janeiro Brazil 15–24 July 2011 [14]
45th Mungyeong South Korea 4–8 October 2015

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "44th World Military Track & Field Championships". cism-milsport.org. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
  2. ^ Tomaz Majewski is Training at Chula Vista, Haile Gebrselassie racing Bupa Manchester Great Run, by Alfons Juck, Note by Larry Eder. RunBlogRun (2009-03-12). Retrieved on 2015-03-04.
  3. ^ a b CISM Sports Regulation - Track and Field, Cross Country, Marathon - SHORT HISTORY (PDF), CISM, May 2009, p. 6, retrieved April 15, 2014
  4. ^ a b c United States of America (USA) - CISM Member since: 1951, CISM, retrieved April 14, 2014
  5. ^ Dixon, Ian, Berlin Medallion 1946, British Army of the Rhine, retrieved April 15, 2014
  6. ^ "FRENCH TEAM WINS IN ARMY 'OLYMPICS'; United States Squad Is Next in Berlin Events as Ten Meet Records Fall", The New York Times, September 14, 1947, retrieved April 15, 2014
  7. ^ a b c d Belgium (BEL) - CISM Member since: 1948, CISM, retrieved April 14, 2014
  8. ^ a b Vanmeerbeek, Roger; Delheye, Pascal (December 20, 2013), Military Sport in the Belgian Congo: From Physical Training and Leisure to Belgian-Congolese Records in Track and Field, 1945–1960 (PDF), The International Journal of the History of Sport, 30:16, pp. 1929–1946, retrieved April 14, 2014
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i "CISM - International Military Sport Council Track and Field".
  10. ^ a b Italy (ITA) - CISM Member since: 1949, CISM, retrieved April 14, 2014
  11. ^ a b Marine Corps Sports Hall of Fame - Joshua Culbreath - Class of 2008 - Track and Field, United States Marine Corps, retrieved April 15, 2014
  12. ^ Après la défaite américaine à Kiev (PDF) (in French), Feuille d'avis du Valais, August 3, 1965, p. 3, retrieved April 14, 2014
  13. ^ L ATHLETISME DANS LES FORCES ARMEES DE COTE D IVOIRE. Confejes. Retrieved on 2013-01-13.
  14. ^ a b c d e Inside the Military World Games
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