International Association of Athletics Federations
Formation | 17 July 1912 |
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Type | Sports federation |
Headquarters | Monaco |
Membership | 212 member federations |
President | Lamine Diack |
Website | www.IAAF.org |
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) is the international governing body for the sport of athletics. It was founded on 17 July 1912 at its first congress in Stockholm, Sweden by representatives from 17 national athletics federations as the International Amateur Athletics Federation. Since October 1993, it has been headquartered in Monaco.
Beginning in 1982, the IAAF passed several amendments to its rules allowing athletes to receive compensation for participation in international athletics competitions. However, the IAAF retained the word "amateur" in its name until its 2001 Congress at which the IAAF's name was changed to its current form.
The IAAF's current president is Lamine Diack of Senegal. He became Acting President shortly after the death of the previous president, Primo Nebiolo of Italy in November 1999, and was elected President at the 2001 Congress.
Presidents
Since the establishment of the IAAF, it has had five presidents:
Name | Country | Presidency |
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Sigfrid Edström | Sweden | 1912–1946 |
Lord Burghley | United Kingdom | 1946–1976 |
Adriaan Paulen | Netherlands | 1976–1981 |
Primo Nebiolo | Italy | 1981–1999 |
Lamine Diack | Senegal | 1999– |
Area associations
The IAAF has a total of 212 member federations (it had been 213 but at the November 2010 meeting of the IAAF Council it was announced that the Netherlands Antilles would cease to exist independently) divided into 6 area associations.[1][2]
- AAA – Asian Athletics Association in Asia
- CAA – Confederation of African Athletics in Africa
- CONSUDATLE – Confederación Sudamericana de Atletismo in South America
- EAA – European Athletic Association in Europe
- NACACAA – North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association in North America
- OAA – Oceania Athletics Association in Oceania
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Age categories
- Senior (all the athletes over 20 years old) (age-group competition over age 35 has become the domain of World Masters Athletics)
- Junior (athletes aged 18 or 19 years on 31 December of the year of the competition)[3]
- Youth (athletes aged 16 or 17 years on 31 December of the year of the competition)[3]
Competitions
Included in its charge are the standardization of timekeeping methods and world records. The IAAF also organizes many major athletics competitions worldwide, including:
World Athletics Series
Competition | Frequency | Established |
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IAAF World Championships in Athletics | Every two years | 1983 |
IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics | Every two years | 1985 |
IAAF World Cross Country Championships | Every two years | 1973 |
IAAF World Half Marathon Championships | Every two years | 1992 |
IAAF World Junior Championships in Athletics | Every two years | 1986 |
IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics | Every two years | 1999 |
IAAF World Race Walking Cup | Every two years | 1961 |
IAAF World Marathon Cup | Every two years | 1985 |
IAAF Continental Cup† | Every four years | 1977 |
IAAF World Relays | Every year | 2014 |
- † = Formerly IAAF World Cup
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One-day events
Competition | Established |
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IAAF Diamond League | 2010 |
IAAF World Challenge Meetings | 2010 |
IAAF Indoor Permit Meetings | 2010 |
IAAF Label Road Races | |
IAAF Cross Country Permit Meetings | |
IAAF World Combined Events Challenge | 1998 |
IAAF World Race Walking Challenge | 2003 |
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IAAF Road Race Label Events
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Defunct
Competition | Frequency |
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IAAF World Road Running Championships | Defunct |
IAAF World Road Relay Championships | Defunct |
IAAF World Athletics Tour | Defunct |
IAAF Golden League | Defunct |
IAAF Super Grand Prix | Defunct |
IAAF Grand Prix | Defunct |
IAAF Grand Prix Final | Defunct |
IAAF World Athletics Final | Defunct |
IAAF World Cross Challenge | Defunct |
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See also
References
- ↑ "IAAF National Member Federations". IAAF.org. Retrieved 2011-07-14.
- ↑ http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Document/imported/9589.pdf
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "BASIC INFORMATION GUIDE – 2011". iaaf.org. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
External links
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