2017 in athletics (track and field)

2017 in athletics
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2017 in sports

In 2017, the foremost athletics event will be the World Championships in London. The other major global level competition in 2017 is the World Cross Country Championships.

Major championships

World
  • World Masters Indoor Championships
  • IAU 50 km World Championships
  • IAU 24 Hour World Championships
  • IAU Trail World Championships

Regional

  • NACAC U20 Championships
  • Pan American Junior Athletics Championships
  • Pan American Race Walking Cup
  • South American Championships in Athletics
  • South American Cross Country Championships
  • South American Half Marathon Championships
  • South American Junior Championships in Athletics
  • South American Marathon Championships
  • South American Mountain Running Championships
  • South American Road Mile Championships
  • South American Trail Championships

Seasonal events

World records

Indoor

Event Athlete Nation Result Location Date
Men's 300 metres Noah Lyles  United States 31.87[Note 1] Albuquerque, NM, United States 4 March
Men's 600 metres Casimir Loxsom  United States 1:14.91[Note 2] University Park, PA, United States 27 January
Men's marathon Christopher Zablocki  United States 2:21:48[Note 3] New York City, NY, United States 25 March
Men's 300 metres hurdles Karsten Warholm  Norway 34.92[Note 4] Tampere, Finland 11 February
Men's 4×1 mile relay Donn Cabral, Ford Palmer, Graham Crawford, Kyle Merber  United States 16:12.81[Note 5] New York City, NY, United States 18 February
Women's 2000 metres Genzebe Dibaba  Ethiopia 5:23.75 Sabadell, Spain 7 February
Women's marathon Laura Manninen  Finland 2:42:30[Note 6] New York City, NY, United States 25 March
Women's weight throw Gwen Berry  United States 25.60A[Note 7] Albuquerque, NM, United States 4 March
Women's distance medley relay Emma Coburn, Sydney McLaughlin, Brenda Martinez, Jenny Simpson  United States 10:40.31[Note 8] Boston, MA, United States 28 January

Outdoor

Event Athlete Nation Result Location Date
Men's marathon Eliud Kipchoge  Kenya 2:00:25[Note 9] Monza, Italy 6 May
Women's 200 metres hurdles (bend) Lauren Wells  Australia 25.79[Note 10] Canberra, Australia 21 January
Women's 2000 metres Genzebe Dibaba  Ethiopia 5:23.75i[Note 11] Sabadell, Spain 7 February
Women's 10 km (road) Joyciline Jepkosgei  Kenya 30:04+ Prague, Czech Republic 1 April
Women's 15 km (road) Joyciline Jepkosgei  Kenya 45:37+ Prague, Czech Republic 1 April
Women's 20 km (road) Peres Jepchirchir  Kenya 1:01:40+ Ras Al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates 10 February
Joyciline Jepkosgei  Kenya 1:01:25+ Prague, Czech Republic 1 April
Women's half marathon Peres Jepchirchir  Kenya 1:05:06 Ras Al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates 10 February
Joyciline Jepkosgei  Kenya 1:04:52 Prague, Czech Republic 1 April
Women's 25 km (road) Mary Jepkosgei Keitany  Kenya 1:19:43+ London, United Kingdom 23 April
Women's 30 km (road) Mary Jepkosgei Keitany  Kenya 1:36:05+ London, United Kingdom 23 April
Women's marathon Mary Jepkosgei Keitany  Kenya 2:17:01+ London, United Kingdom 23 April
Women's 50 km race walk Inês Henriques  Portugal 4:08:26 Porto de Mós, Portugal 15 January
Women's sprint medley relay Morolake Akinosun, English Gardner, Dezerea Bryant, Miki Barber  United States 1:35.59 Philadelphia, PA, United States 29 April

Results

2017 World Marathon Majors

Deaths

Athlete Nation Occupation Age Date Ref
Joyce Murland  Canada Wheelchair athlete 79 19 January [4]
Anne-Marie Colchen  France High jumper 91 26 January [5]
Nadezhda Olizarenko  Ukraine Middle distace runner 63 18 February [6]
Johannes Lahti  Finland Decathlete 64 1 March [7]
Charles Eugster  United Kingdom Masters sprinter 97 27 April [8]

References

  1. ↑ "IAAF: Kipsang and Chepchirchir clock world leads and Japanese all-comers' records at Tokyo Marathon| News | iaaf.org". iaaf.org. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
  2. ↑ "2017 Boston Marathon". FloTrack. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
  3. ↑ "Virgin Money London Marathon 2017". results-2017.virginmoneylondonmarathon.com. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
  4. ↑ "Joyce Murland". Lynden Tribune. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
  5. ↑ "Une pionnière nous a quittés". FFBB (in French). Retrieved 2017-05-07.
  6. ↑ "Olympic 800-meter gold medalist Olizarenko dies at 63 - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
  7. ↑ STT. "Suomen mestari Johannes Lahti on kuollut". savonsanomat.fi – Savon Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 2017-05-07.
  8. ↑ "Charles Eugster, elderly bodybuilder and athlete – obituary". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2017-05-07.

Notes

  1. ↑ Not a world record as the indoor 300 metres is not an IAAF event; it is however a world best
  2. ↑ Not a world record as the indoor 600 metres is not an IAAF event; it is however a world best
  3. ↑ Not a world record as the indoor marathon is not an IAAF event; it is however a world best
  4. ↑ Not a world record as the indoor 300 metres hurdles is not an IAAF event; it is however a world best
  5. ↑ Not a world record as the indoor 4×1 mile relay is not an IAAF event; it is however a world best
  6. ↑ Not a world record as the indoor marathon is not an IAAF event; it is however a world best
  7. ↑ Not a world record as the indoor weight throw is not an IAAF event; it is however a world best
  8. ↑ Not a world record as the indoor distance medley relay is not an IAAF event; it is however a world best
  9. ↑ This performance is the fastest marathon ever, though not eligible for official ratification due to the use of in-out pacemakers
  10. ↑ Not a world record as the 200 metres hurdles is not an IAAF event; it is however a world best
  11. ↑ This performance was indoors, but superseded the outdoor mark and so is the overall world record
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