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IAAF World Championships in Athletics
Published or Updated July 31, 2017
Location: China
Sport: Track & Field
Level: Professional
Sport: Track & Field
Level: Professional
Event Type: Individual/Team Championship
First Held: 1983
Next Up: 8/5/2017-8/13/2017
First Held: 1983
Next Up: 8/5/2017-8/13/2017
When and Where: biennially in August at rotating sites around the world
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), the World Championships in Athletics has had an unorthodox history.
In 1913, the IAAF deemed the Olympics suitable of carrying the Athletics torch, and the status quo remained for some fifty years until the ground swelled with support for the diversity of sport found only in the World Championships in Athletics.
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The 2009 Championships in Berlin drew over 500,000 spectators, not inlcuding those who watched the Marathons and walking events on the streets.