The Swedish Athletics Championships ( Swedish : Svenska mästerskapen i friidrott ) is an annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Swedish Athletics Association , which serves as the national championship for the sport in Sweden .
8-1074: Swedish Championship may refer to: Swedish Championships in Alpine skiing Athletics Swedish Athletics Championships Swedish Indoor Athletics Championships Swedish National Badminton Championships List of Swedish bandy champions Swedish Chess Championship Swedish Championships in Cross-country skiing Swedish Figure Skating Championships List of Swedish football champions List of Swedish ice hockey champions Motor sport Swedish Speedway Championship Swedish Touring Car Championship Swimming Swedish Swimming Championships Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships Swedish Junior's Swimming Championships Swedish Youth Swimming Championships Swedish Youth Short Course Swimming Championships Table tennis Swedish Table Tennis Championships Swedish Open Championships Topics referred to by
16-430: A total of 40 individual Swedish Championship athletics events , 20 for men and 20 for women. For each of the sexes, there are seven track running events, three obstacle events, four jumps, four throws, one walking event, and one combined track and field event. A men's pentathlon featured on the programme from 1971 to 1987. The men's 10,000 metres race walk was held in 1960, but went through periods of being dropped from
24-443: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Swedish Athletics Championships The event was first held in 1896 and events for women were added to the schedule in 1927. Separate annual championship events are held for cross country running , road running and racewalking events. There is also a Swedish Indoor Athletics Championships . The competition programme features
32-473: Is not commonly raced at senior competitions but part of junior and youth championships. Top level senior athletics racewalking events typically feature 10 km road distance. On November 14, 2020, Eiki Takahashi of Japan set a new 10,000 m race walk world best in Inzai in a time of 37:25.21. The all-time women's 10,000 m race-walk record is held by Nadezhda Ryashkina of Soviet Union, at 41:56.23. Below
40-412: The programme. A 5000 m walk for men was held from 1970–76. The women's programme gradually expanded to match the men's. On the track, the 1500 m was added in 1969, the 3000 metres in 1972 and the 10,000 metres in 1985. The 3000 m was replaced with the international standard 5000 m in 1995. Similarly, the women's pentathlon was replaced by the heptathlon in 1980. The 80 metres hurdles
48-540: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Swedish Championship . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Swedish_Championship&oldid=1103359341 " Categories : Disambiguation pages National championships in Sweden Hidden categories: Short description
56-458: Was contested until 1969, after which the international standard distance of 100 m hurdles was used. A 400 m hurdles event was introduced in 1970. The women's field events reached parity with the men's after the addition of triple jump in 1990, and hammer throw and pole vault in 1996. From the period 1969–86 women had two track walking events over 3000 m and 5000 m, with the shorter event being dropped later. The women's steeplechase
64-425: Was the last event to be added to the schedule, with women first competing in a national championship event in 2001. 10,000 metres race walk The 10,000 metres race walk is a racewalking event. The event is competed as a track race. Athletes must always keep in contact with the ground and the supporting leg must remain straight until the raised leg passes it. 10,000 meters is 6.21 miles. This distance
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