List of athletics events

Current events Former championship events • NB: This list excludes Summer Olympic events which featured only once on the Olympic athletics programme during the first six editions ==Other common events==

Sprints • 50 metres • 55 metres • 100-yard dash • 150 metres • 200 metres straight • 300 metres • 440-yard dash Middle-distance • 1000 metres • 1600 meters • Mile run • 2000 metres • 3200 metres • Two miles Hurdles • 50 metres hurdles • 55 metres hurdles • 300 metres hurdles • 2000 metres steeplechase Relays • 4 × 110 m Shuttle hurdles relay • Swedish relay • Ekiden Road events • 5-mile run • 10-mile run • Quarter marathon • 25K run • 30K run • 100K run • Ultramarathon Timed events • One hour run • 12-hour run • 24-hour run • Multi-day race Misc • Men's Indoor 35lb Weight Throw and Women's Indoor 20lb Weight Throw • Octathlon, combined track and field event featured at the IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics • Throws pentathlon, a championship combined track and field event at the World Masters Athletics Championships • Fierljeppen, Frisian sport of pole vaulting for distance • Softball throw, athletics event throwing for distance using a softball ==See also==