The 1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Glasgow, Scotland, at the Bellahouston Park on 25 March 1978. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.. Complete results for men, junior men, women, medallists, and …

The 14th IAAF World Championships in Athletics (Moscow 2013) (Russian: [Чемпионат мира по лёгкой атлетике 2013]) was an international athletics competition held in Moscow, Russia, from 10–18 August 2013.Initially, Russia won the most gold medals to top the table for the first time since 2001. It was also the first time ever the host nation took the top of the ...

The World Athletics U20 Championships is a biennial world championships for the sport of athletics organised by the World Athletics, contested by athletes in the under-20 athletics age category (19 years old or younger on 31 December in the year of the competition.. The competition was launched as the IAAF World Junior Championships in Athletics in 1986 and …

World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation (from 1912 to 2001) and International Association of Athletics Federations (from 2001 to 2019, both abbreviated as the IAAF) is the international governing body for the sport of athletics, covering track and field, cross country running, road running, race walking, mountain running, and ultra running.

World Athletics Cross Country Championships is the most important competition in international cross country running.Formerly held annually and organised by World Athletics (formerly the IAAF), it was inaugurated in 1973, when it replaced the International Cross Country Championships.It was an annual competition until 2011, when World Athletics changed it to a …

The 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics (German: [Leichtathletik-Weltmeisterschaften 2009]) were held in Berlin, Germany from 15–23 August 2009. The majority of events took place in the Olympiastadion , while the marathon and racewalking events started and finished at the Brandenburg Gate .

The 1995 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Durham, United Kingdom, at the University of Durham on 25 March 1995. A report on the event was given in The New York Times and in the Herald.. Complete results for senior men, junior men, senior women, junior women, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.

Bidding process. Having bid unsuccessfully to host the 2008 Summer Olympics, Osaka was one of three cities to express an interest in hosting the 2007 World Championships alongside Budapest, Hungary and Berlin, Germany.By the IAAF's October 1, 2002 deadline, Budapest and Berlin had both withdrawn their bids, and Osaka was announced as the host city on November …

The two wheelchair races were the first time disability events had appeared at the championships, and were the first exhibition event of any kind to feature at the World Championships in Athletics. This began a tradition of such events which continued until 2011. Wheelchair exhibition events were contested until that year, bar 1999 and 2009.

The World Athletics Indoor Championships are a biennial indoor track and field competition served as the global championship for that version of the sport. Organised by the World Athletics, the competition was inaugurated as the World Indoor Games in 1985 in Paris, France and were subsequently renamed to IAAF World Indoor Championships in 1987. The current name was …