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 has 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

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  Belgium 1948 [7][8]
4th 1949
5th 1950
6th  Italy 1951 [9]
7th 1952
8th Brussels  Belgium July 1953 [7][8]
9th  Canada 1954
10th Athens  Greece 1955
11th West Berlin Berlin West Berlin 3–5 August 1956 [3][4][10]
12th Athens  Greece 14-17 July 1957 [10]
13th Brussels  Belgium 29-31 August 1958 [7]
14th Rome  Italy 29-31 October 1959 [9]
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 [11]
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 [12]
28th Mikkeli  Finland 15-17 August 1978
29th Algiers  Algeria 1979
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 [13]
38th Zagreb  Croatia 1999 [13]
39th Beirut  Lebanon 1–4 July 2001
40th Tivoli  Italy 4–7 September 2002
41st Catania  Italy 4–11 December 2003 [13]
42nd Hyderabad  India 14–21 October 2007 [13]
43rd Sofia  Bulgaria 6–13 June 2009
44th Rio de Janeiro  Brazil 15–24 July 2011 [13]

See also

References

  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. 1 2 CISM Sports Regulation - Track and Field, Cross Country, Marathon - SHORT HISTORY (PDF), CISM, May 2009, p. 6, retrieved April 15, 2014
  4. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 3 4 Belgium (BEL) - CISM Member since: 1948, CISM, retrieved April 14, 2014
  8. 1 2 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. 1 2 Italy (ITA) - CISM Member since: 1949, CISM, retrieved April 14, 2014
  10. 1 2 Marine Corps Sports Hall of Fame - Joshua Culbreath - Class of 2008 - Track and Field, United States Marine Corps, retrieved April 15, 2014
  11. Après la défaite américaine à Kiev (PDF) (in French), Feuille d'avis du Valais, August 3, 1965, p. 3, retrieved April 14, 2014
  12. L ATHLETISME DANS LES FORCES ARMEES DE COTE D IVOIRE. Confejes. Retrieved on 2013-01-13.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 Inside the Military World Games

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