The Czechoslovak Athletics Championships () was an annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Czechoslovakia Athletics Association, which served as the national championship for the sport in Czechoslovakia.
Typically organised in July or August, the event was first held in 1919 (the first summer after the country's formation) until 1992. The competition was not held in the years from 1938 to 1944 due to World War II and ran for 66 editions in total. It was superseded by the Czech Athletics Championships and Slovak Athletics Championships following the country's dissolution in 1993. Czechoslovakia had sometimes hosted separate Czech and Slovak sub-national championships before then.National 5000m Outdoor Champions for Czechoslovakia. Association of Road Racing Statisticians (2009-04-23). Retrieved on 2016-08-28.Czechoslovakian Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-08-28.
The Czechoslovak Indoor Athletics Championships was later introduced in 1969 to complement the summer outdoor event with a spring one.Czechoslovakian Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-08-28.
Events By its final year, the competition programme featured a total of 35 individual Czechoslovak Championship athletics events, 19 for men and 16 for women. For men, there were seven track running events, three obstacle events, four jumps, four throws, and the decathlon. Women did not have pole vault, hammer throw or 3000 metres steeplechase championship contests.
Track running 100 metres, 200 metres, 400 metres, 800 metres, 1500 metres, 3000 metres (women only), 5000 metres (men only), 10,000 metres Obstacle events 100 metres hurdles (women only), 110 metres hurdles (men only), 400 metres hurdles, 3000 metres steeplechase (men only) Jumping events Pole vault (men only), high jump, long jump, triple jump Throwing events Shot put, discus throw, javelin throw, hammer throw (men only) Combined events Decathlon (men only), heptathlon (women only)
Men competed in a 200 metres hurdles until 1967, by which point the event had fallen out of favour in international competitions. The women's programme was gradually expanded from the 1960s onwards, with the 1500 m appearing in 1969, the 3000 m in 1972, the 10,000 m in 1984, and the triple jump in 1990. The women's hurdles events gradually changed too: the 80 metres hurdles became the 100 m version in 1968, a 200 m version was held from 1970 to 1972, then the women's 400 m hurdles began in 1975. The women's combined event was the athletics pentathlon up to 1980.
Separate championship events were held for road running and walks, and cross country running.
Editions # Year Date Venue 1st 1919 June Prague 2nd 1920 July Prague 3rd 1921 July Prague 4th 1922 July Prague 5th 1923 June Prague 6th 1924 June Prague 7th 1925 July Prague 8th 1926 June Brno 9th 1927 June Brno 10th 1928 July Prague 11th 1929 June Prague 12th 1930 June Brno 13th 1931 June Prague 14th 1932 June Brno 15th 1933 July Pardubice 16th 1934 June Prague 17th 1935 June Prague 18th 1936 July Prague 19th 1937 July Prague 20th 1945 August Prague 21st 1946 August Prague 22nd 1947 August Prague 23rd 1948 June Prague 24th 1949 July Prague 25th 1950 August Bratislava 26th 1951 July Brno 27th 1952 June Prague 28th 1953 July Prague 29th 1954 August Ostrava 30th 1955 September Brno 31st 1956 September Bratislava 32nd 1957 August Prague 33rd 1958 July Ostrava 34th 1959 July Prague 35th 1960 July Brno 36th 1961 September Prague 36th 1962 July Ostrava 37th 1963 July Hradec Králové 38th 1964 July Prague 39th 1965 July Zábřeh 40th 1966 August Třinec 41st 1967 July Sokolov 42nd 1968 July Jablonec nad Nisou 43rd 1969 July Považská Bystrica 44th 1970 September Ostrava 45th 1971 September Prague 46th 1972 July Prague 47th 1973 September Banská Bystrica 48th 1974 July Prague 49th 1975 August Bratislava 50th 1976 August Třinec 51st 1977 August Ostrava 52nd 1978 August Prague 53rd 1979 July Prague 54th 1980 July Prague 55th 1981 August Ostrava 56th 1982 July Prague 57th 1983 July Prague 58th 1984 July Prague 59th 1985 August Prague 60th 1986 July Bratislava 61st 1987 August Třinec 62nd 1988 July Prague 63rd 1989 July Banská Bystrica 64th 1990 July Prague 65th 1991 July Ostrava 66th 1992 July Nitra See also Czechoslovak Indoor Athletics Championships List of Czechoslovak Athletics Championships winners
References
External links Czechoslovak Athletics Championships historical results