The Russian Athletics Championships () is an annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the All-Russia Athletic Federation (ARAF), which serves as the Russian national championship for the sport. It is typically held as a four-day event in the Russian summer around late June to early August. The venue of the championships is decided on an annual basis.
The competition was first held in 1908, during the time of the Russian Empire.Russian Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-03-23. The competition had nine editions during this period, lasting up to 1916, at which point it was ceased as a result of the October Revolution and was effectively replaced in 1920 by the inauguration of the Soviet Athletics Championships. During this period, separate championships for the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic were occasionally held (with the first two editions occurring in 1922 and 1927 in Moscow), though mostly the Russian championships was merged into the larger Soviet one.Г. Хинчук-Михайлова, В. Селезнев. 1922: год перелома // Лёгкая атлетика : журнал. – М., 1992. – № 1. – С. 19–20. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russia was restored as an independent country and the Russian Athletics Championships was re-initiated, starting from 1992 after a shared CIS Athletics Championships in 1991.
The modern Russian Championships are using as a qualifying event for selection for the international team for major events including the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics.
Events On the current programme a total of 38 individual Russian Championship athletics events are contested, divided evenly between men and women. For each of the sexes, there are six track running events, three obstacle events, four jumps, four throws, and two relays.
Track running 100 metres, 200 metres, 400 metres, 800 metres, 1500 metres, 5000 metres Obstacle events 100 metres hurdles (women only), 110 metres hurdles (men only), 400 metres hurdles, 3000 metres steeplechase Jumping events Pole vault, high jump, long jump, triple jump Throwing events Shot put, discus throw, javelin throw, hammer throw Relays 4 × 100 metres relay, 4 × 400 metres relay
Separate championships are held for the 10,000 metres, combined track and field events, racewalking, road running, cross country running (spring and autumn), mountain running (uphill and downhill), 24-hour run, and relay races. A winter outdoor throwing championships is also held in discus, javelin and hammer throw, while the shot put is incorporated into the Russian Indoor Athletics Championships.Russian Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-03-23.
Editions Russian Empire Edition Year Venue Date Stadium1 1908 St. Petersburg 14–15 June Krestovsky Island2 1909 St. Petersburg 20–21 June 3 1910 Riga 26–27 June 4 1911 St. Petersburg 9–10 July 5 1912 Moscow 8 September 6 1913 St. Petersburg 20–22 July 7 1914 Riga 6–11 July Riga Hippodrome8 1915 Moscow 15–16 August OLLS Stadium9 1916 Petrograd 27–29 August
Russian Federation Edition Year Venue Date Stadium Notes1 1992 Moscow 18–21 July Lokomotiv Stadium2 1993 Moscow 18–20 June Lokomotiv Stadium3 1994 St. Petersburg 14–16 July Petrovsky Stadium4 1995 Moscow 16–18 June Lokomotiv Stadium5 1996 St. Petersburg 1–5 July Petrovsky Stadium6 1997 Tula 7–10 July Arsenal Stadium7 1998 Moscow 31 July–3 August Luzhniki Stadium8 1999 Tula 29 July–1 August Arsenal Stadium9 2000 Tula 22–26 July Arsenal Stadium10 2001 Tula 12–15 July Arsenal Stadium11 2002 Cheboksary 11–14 July Cheboksary Olympic Stadium12 2003 Tula 7–10 August Arsenal Stadium13 2004 Tula 24–25 July, 29 July–1 August Arsenal Stadium14 2005 Tula 10–13 July Arsenal Stadium15 2006 Tula 11–15 June Arsenal Stadium16 2007 Tula 31 July–3 August Arsenal Stadium17 2008 Kazan 17–20 July Central Stadium18 2009 Cheboksary 23–26 July Cheboksary Olympic Stadium Results19 2010 Saransk 12–15 July Start Stadium Results20 2011 Cheboksary 21–24 July Cheboksary Olympic Stadium Results21 2012 Cheboksary 3–6 July Cheboksary Olympic Stadium Results22 2013 Moscow 22–25 July Luzhniki Stadium Results23 2014 Kazan 23–26 July Central Stadium Results24 2015 Cheboksary 3–5 August Cheboksary Olympic Stadium25 2016 Cheboksary 20–23 June Cheboksary Olympic Stadium26 2017 Zhukovskiy 28–30 July Meteor Stadium27 2018 Kazan 19–22 July Central Stadium28 2019 Cheboksary 24–27 July Cheboksary Olympic Stadium 2022 Cheboksary 2–5 August Cheboksary Olympic Stadium 2023 Cheboksary 3–6 August Cheboksary Olympic Stadium 2024 Yekaterinburg 15–18 August Kalininets Stadium Results
Championships records Men EventRecordAthleteDatePlace100 m10.12 Alexander Porkhomovsky1994200 m20.51 Oleg Sergeyev31 July 2004Tula400 m44.83Anton Galkin2004800 m1:44.72Yuriy Borzakovskiy20041500 m3.36.14Valentin Smirnov20115000 m13:29.40Vladimir Nikitin201710,000 m27:48.30Vladimir Nikitin9 August 2025KazanMarathon2:11:26Fedor Shutov20163000 metres steeplechase8:19.19Maksim Yakushev2017110 metres hurdles13.19 Sergey Shubenkov2013400 metres hurdles48.54Boris Gorban2001High jump2.39 mIvan Ukhov2012Pole vault6.01 mIgor Trandenkov1996Long jump8.34 m Andrey Ignatov1995Triple jump17.68 m Danil Burkenya2004Shot put21.51 mMaksim Sidorov2012Discus throw65.93 mBogdan Pishchalnikov2010Hammer throw82.28 mIlya Konovalov2003Javelin throw90.33 mSergey Makarov2005Decathlon8601 pointsIlya Shkurenyov201710,000 m walk (track)38:14.24Vasiliy Mizinov2 August 2022Chelyabinsk20 km walk1:16:43Sergey Morozov200850 km walk3:35:29Denis Nizhegorodov20044 × 100 m relay39.55 Saint PetersburgVyacheslav ShevelyovKonstantin PetryashovAlexander KhutteArthur Reysbich20134 × 400 m relay3:04.72 Saint-PetersburgMaxim RafilovichAndrey RudenkoAndrey KukharenkoMikhail Filatov2017
Women EventRecordAthleteDatePlace100 metres10.89 Irina Privalova1992200 metres22.05 Irina Privalova1992400 metres49.16Antonina Krivoshapka2012800 metres1:56.00Tatyana Andrianova20081500 metres3:58.68Yuliya Fomenko20055000 metres14:23.75Liliya Shobukhova200810,000 metres30:29.36Liliya Shobukhova2009Marathon2:28:34Tatyana Petrova Arkhipova20163000 metres steeplechase9:08.21Gulnara Samitova-Galkina2008100 metres hurdles12.47 Marina Azyabina1993400 metres hurdles52.34 Yuliya Pechonkina2003High jump2.07 m Anna Chicherova2011Pole vault4.90 mYelena Isinbayeva2016Long jump7.33 m Tatyana Lebedeva2004Triple jump15.14 m Nadezhda Alekhina2009Shot put20.79 mLarisa Peleshenko2001Irina Korzhanenko2004Discus throw67.58 mNatalya Sadova2004Hammer throw78.51 mTatyana Lysenko2012Javelin throw66.00 mTatyana Shikolenko2003 Heptathlon6765 ptsYelena Prokhorova22–23 July 2000Tula10,000 m walk (track)40:59.93Elvira Chepareva15 August 2024Yekaterinburg20 km walk1:24:58Elena Lashmanova20164 × 100 m relay43.30MoscowMarina PanteleyevaNatalia RusakovaElizabeth SavlinisChristina Sivkova20144 × 400 m relay3:25.18Sverdlovsk RegionOlga KotlyarovaTatyana VeshkurovaYulia MulyukovaSvetlana Pospelova2006
See also List of Russian records in athletics
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