2015 in the sport of athletics

In 2015, the foremost athletics event was the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing. The two other major global level competitions in 2015 are the World Cross Country Championships and the IAAF World Relays.

2015 in athletics
Major world events2015 World Championships
New competitionsEuropean Games
2014
2016


The 2015 season marked the introduction of athletics at the European Games. However, this will not be a major continental event for athletics in the style of the Asian Games, as only the lower tier of the European Team Championships will be contested at the games. Major outdoor continental events will be held for the Americas (Pan American Games), Africa (All-Africa Games), Asia (2015 Asian Athletics Championships) and Oceania (Oceania Athletics Championships).[1]

The Asian Youth Athletics Championships will be inaugurated this year.

World records

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Indoor

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EventAthleteNationResultLocationDate
Men's Two mile runMohamed Farah  Great Britain8:03.40[Note 1]Birmingham, United Kingdom21 February
Women's 5000 metresGenzebe Dibaba  Ethiopia14:18.86Stockholm, Sweden19 February
Women's discus throwShanice Craft  Germany62.07 m[Note 2]Berlin, Germany14 February

Outdoor

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EventAthleteNationResultLocationDate
Men's decathlonAshton Eaton  United States9045 ptsBeijing, China29 August
Men's 20 km walkYusuke Suzuki  Japan1:16:36Nomi, Japan15 March
Men's 4 × 110 m hurdles relayJason Richardson
Aleec Harris
Aries Merritt
David Oliver
 United States52.94[Note 3]Des Moines, United States25 April
Men's Distance medley relayKyle Merber
Brycen Spratling
Brandon Johnson
Ben Blankenship
 United States9:15.50Nassau, Bahamas3 May
Women's 1500 metresGenzebe Dibaba  Ethiopia3:50.07Fontvieille, Monaco17 July
Women's 15K runFlorence Jebet Kiplagat  Kenya46:14+Barcelona, Spain15 February
Women's 20K runFlorence Jebet Kiplagat  Kenya1:01:54+Barcelona, Spain15 February
Women's half marathonFlorence Jebet Kiplagat  Kenya1:05:09Barcelona, Spain15 February
Women's 2000 m steeplechaseVirginia Nyambura  Kenya6:02.16[Note 4]Berlin, Germany6 September
Women's Distance medley relayTreniere Moser
Sanya Richards-Ross
Ajeé Wilson
Shannon Rowbury
 United States10:36.50Nassau, Bahamas2 May
Women's hammer throwAnita Włodarczyk  Poland81.08 mWładysławowo, Poland1 August
Women's 20 km walkLiu Hong  China1:24:38A Coruña, Spain6 June

Season's bests

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Best marks of the year
EventMenWomen
AthleteMarkNotesAthleteMarkNotes
60 metres  Kim Collins (SKN)6.47  Murielle Ahouré (CIV)
 Dafne Schippers (NED)
7.05
100 metres  Justin Gatlin (USA)9.74  Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM)10.74
200 metres  Usain Bolt (JAM)19.55  Dafne Schippers (NED)21.63
400 metres  Wayde van Niekerk (RSA)43.48  Allyson Felix (USA)49.26
800 metres  Amel Tuka (BIH)1:42.51  Eunice Sum (KEN)1:56.99
1500 metres  Asbel Kiprop (KEN)3:26.69  Genzebe Dibaba (ETH)3:50.07WR
3000 metres  Mohamed Farah (GBR)7:34.66  Almaz Ayana (ETH)8:22.22
5000 metres  Yomif Kejelcha (ETH)12:53.98  Almaz Ayana (ETH)14:14.32
10,000 metres  Mohamed Farah (GBR)26:50.97  Gelete Burka (ETH)30:49.68
60 metres hurdles  Orlando Ortega (CUB)
 Omar McLeod (JAM)
7.45  Sharika Nelvis (USA)7.78
100/110 metres hurdles  Orlando Ortega (CUB)12.94  Sharika Nelvis (USA)12.34
400 metres hurdles  Nicholas Bett (KEN)47.79  Zuzana Hejnová (CZE)53.50
3000 metres steeplechase  Jairus Kipchoge (KEN)7:58.83  Habiba Ghribi (TUN)9:05.36
10K run  Stephen Sambu (KEN)27:30  Gladys Chesire (KEN)30:41
Half marathon  Abraham Cheroben (KEN)59:10  Florence Jebet Kiplagat (KEN)65:09WR
Marathon  Eliud Kipchoge (KEN)2:04:00  Gladys Cherono (KEN)2:19:25
20 kilometres race walk  Yusuke Suzuki (JPN)1:16:36WR  Liu Hong (CHN)1:24:38WR
50 kilometres race walk  Matej Tóth (SVK)3:34:38
Pole vault  Renaud LavillenieFRA (25x17px)6.05 m  Yarisley Silva (CUB)4.91 m
High jump  Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT)2.41 m  Anna Chicherova (RUS)2.03 m
Long jump  Jeff Henderson (USA)852 m  Tianna Bartoletta (USA)7.14 m
Triple jump  Christian Taylor (USA)18.21 m  Ekaterina Koneva (RUS)15.04 m
Shot put  Joe Kovacs (USA)22.56 m  Christina Schwanitz (GER)20.77 m
Discus throw  Piotr Małachowski (POL)68.29 m  Denia Caballero (CUB)70.65 m
Javelin throw  Julius Yego (KEN)92.72 m  Katharina Molitor (GER)67.69 m
Hammer throw  Paweł Fajdek (POL)83.93 m  Anita Włodarczyk (POL)81.08 mWR
Pentathlon  Katarina Johnson-Thompson (GBR)5000 pts
Heptathlon  Ilya Shkurenyov (RUS)6353 pts  Brianne Theisen-Eaton (CAN)6808 pts
Decathlon  Ashton Eaton (USA)9045 ptsWR
4 × 100 metres relay  Jamaica (JAM)
Nesta Carter
Asafa Powell
Nickel Ashmeade
Usain Bolt
37.36  Jamaica (JAM)
Veronica Campbell-Brown
Natasha Morrison
Elaine Thompson
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
3:19.13
4 × 400 metres relay  United States (USA)
David Verburg
Tony McQuay
Bryshon Nellum
LaShawn Merritt
2:57.82  Jamaica (JAM)
Christine Day
Shericka Jackson
Stephenie Ann McPherson
Novlene Williams-Mills
3:19.1341.07

Awards

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Men

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AwardWinner
IAAF World Athlete of the Year  Ashton Eaton (USA)[2]
Track & Field News Athlete of the Year  Ashton Eaton (USA)[3]
European Athlete of the Year  Greg Rutherford (GBR)[4]
European Athletics Rising Star  Konrad Bukowiecki (POL)[4]

Women

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AwardWinner
IAAF World Athlete of the Year  Genzebe Dibaba (ETH)[2]
Track & Field Athlete of the Year  Genzebe Dibaba (ETH)[3]
European Athlete of the Year  Dafne Schippers (NED)[4]
European Athletics Rising Star  Noemi Zbären (SUI)[4]

Major events

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World athletics championships

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Regional athletics championships

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Seasonal results

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  • January 3 – December 31: 2015 IAAF Label Road Races Calendar[21]

Gold Label

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Silver Label

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Bronze Label

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IAAF Diamond League

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IAAF Cross Country Permit

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IAAF Indoor Permit

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IAAF Race Walking Challenge

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IAAF World Challenge

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IPC Athletics Grand Prix

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  • February 22 – July 26: 2015 IPC Athletics Grand Prix[172]
    • February 22 – 25: 7th Fazaa International Athletics Competition in Dubai
      • For results, click here. After that, go to Meeting Dubai section and click the results day 1 to results day 4.
    • March 6–8: 2015 Queensland State Championships in Brisbane
    • March 23–25: 9th Tunis International Meeting in Tunis
      • For Day 1 results, click here.
      • For Day 2 results, click here.
      • For Day 3 results, click here.
      • Host nation,  Tunisia, and  Algeria won 28 gold medals each. Algeria won the overall medal tally.[173]
    • April 18 – 20: 3rd China Open Athletics Championships in Beijing
    • May 13 – 17: 2015 Desert Challenge Games in Mesa, Arizona[174]
    • May 29 – 31: 2015 ParAthletics in Nottwil
    • June 12–14: 2015 Italian Open Championships in Grosseto
    • June 19–21: 2015 Berlin Open in  Germany[175]
      • For complete results, click here.
      • For day to day results, click here.
    • July 26: 2015 IPC Athletics Grand Prix Final in London[176]

References

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Notes

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