2023 in athletics is a year of track and field, highlighted by the main event of 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, 40 years after the very first edition in 1983.

World records

Indoor EventAthlete(s)DateMeetingLocationMen's Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-CalaisLiévinWomen's 400 mDutch Indoor ChampionshipsApeldoornMen's All Star PercheClermont-FerrandWomen's European Athletics Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbulFLASH: Thiam and Sulek both surpass previous world indoor pentathlon record in Istanbul World AthleticsEuropean Athletics Indoor Championships Results 3 March 2023 - Ataköy Arena, Istanbul (TUR) 02–05 MAR 2023 World Athletics

Outdoor EventAthlete(s)DateMeetingLocationMen's World's Fastest RunVilniusWomen'sMaría PérezEuropean Race Walking Team ChampionshipsPoděbradyMen's USATF LA Grand PrixLos AngelesWomen's Faith KipyegonGolden GalaFlorenceWomen's Faith KipyegonMeeting de ParisParisMen's Meeting de ParisParisWomen's Faith KipyegonHerculisMonacoMixed Justin Robinson 44.47 Rosey Effiong 50.38 Matthew Boling 45.13 Alexis Holmes 48.82World ChampionshipsBudapestMen's Memorial van DammeBrusselsMen's Prefontaine ClassicEugeneWanda Diamond League Final 2023 Hayward Field - Eugene, OR (USA) 17th September 2023 Results Pole Vault Men 2023 Diamond LeagueWomen's Prefontaine ClassicEugeneWomen'sBerlin MarathonBerlinAssefa smashes world marathon record in Berlin with 2:11:53, Kipchoge achieves record fifth win World AthleticsWomen's Diribe WeltejiWorld Road Running ChampionshipsRigaMen's World Road Running ChampionshipsRigaMen's Chicago MarathonChicagoKelvin Kiptum smashes men’s marathon world record in Chicago CNNWomen's Agnes NgetichUrban Trail de LilleLilleWomen's 5 km Beatrice ChebetCursa dels NassosBarcelona

Main events

World events

The nineteenth edition of the World Championships, from 19 August to 27 August at the National Athletics Centre, in Budapest, Hungary. World Cross Country Championships on 18 February 2023 in Bathurst, Australia. The first edition of the World Road Running Championships is scheduled to take place in Riga, Latvia, from to . World Mountain & Trail Running Championships This year, the World Indoor Championships have been cancelled and postponed to 2024.

Continental events

Americas: Pan Am Cross Country Pan Am Games South American Asia: Asian Outdoor Asian Indoor Southeast Asian Games Europe: European Indoor European Throwing European Race Walking Team European 10,000 m European Team Championships European Cross Country Oceania: Oceania Cup Pacific Games Africa: The 2023 African Games have been rescheduled in March 2024.

International meetings 2023 Diamond League (15 meetings from 5 May to 17 September). 2023 World Athletics Continental Tour 2023 World Athletics Indoor Tour 2023 World Athletics Combined Events Tour

Other events 2021 Summer World University Games postponed to July 2023. 2023 Jeux de la Francophonie. 2023 Arab Athletics Championships. 2023 Games of the Small States of Europe.

Age groups African U18 & U20 Championships 2023 Arab U23 in Radès, 1st edition Asian U20 Championships Asian U18 Championships Caribbean Games (U23) CARIFTA Games European U23 Championships European U20 Championships NACAC U23 & U18 Championships

Rankings 2023 World Athletics Rankings

Deaths Athlete Nation Discipline / Occupation Age Date Jim Hines 100m 76 Dick Fosbury High Jump 76 Bob Richards Pole Vault 97 Tom Courtney 800m 90 Greg Foster 55mH 64 Kéné Ndoye Triple Jump 44 Dean Smith Sprinter 91 Harvey Glance 100m 66 Ralph Boston Long Jump 83 Johnny Lujack High jump, javelin throw 98 Remigijus Valiulis 400m 64 Ellen Tittel Middle-distance runner 75 Ken Money High jumper 87 Simone Edwards Sprinter 49 Lázár Lovász Hammer thrower 80 Tim Lobinger Pole Vault 50 Șerban Ciochină Triple Jump 83-84 Klaus Beer Long Jump 80 Ruth Fuchs Javelin thrower 76 Sabir Ali Decathlete 67 Karoline Käfer 400m 68 Russ Francis Javelin thrower 70 Andrea Barberi 400m 44 Marianne Werner Shot putter 99 Argentina Menis Discus Throw 74 Renate Boy Shot putter 83 Vera Krepkina 100m 90 Annamária Tóth 200m 77-78 Mariya Pisareva High jumper 90 Graham Gipson 400m 90 Calvin Davis 400mH 51 Joseph Chebet Marathon 52 Gérard Fenouil 200m 78 David Jones Sprinter 83 Mike McFarlane 200m 62-63 Eddie Southern 400 metres hurdles 85 Charles White 300 metres hurdler 64 László Zarándi Sprinter 94 Veniamin Soldatenko 50km Walk 84 Helmar Müller 400m 83 Odd Bergh Triple jumper 85 Viktor Olsen Marathoner 99 Zenon Andrusyshyn Javelin thrower 76 Ron East Javelin thrower 79-80 Aurèle Vandendriessche Marathoner 91 Doug Kyle 5000m 91 Mike McRae Long Jump 68 Brad Crawford Long jumper 67-68 Dick Towers 400 metres hurdles 92-93 Bertil Norman Orienteer 93 Kjell Lauri Orienteer 66-67 Gregg Tafralis Shot Put 65 Vilém Mandlík Sprinter 87 Walter Adams 800m 78 Ken Stephens Hurdler 91-92 Pavel Kantorek Marathoner 93 Emanuil Dyulgerov Hammer throw 68 Eugeniusz Bedeniczuk Triple Jump 61-62 Irina Kostyuchenkova Javelin thrower 61 Gyula Németh High jumper 63 Robert Holmes Bell Track and field athlete 79 Jean Pellissier Sky runner 51 Niels Holst-Sørensen 800m 100 Erkki Hautamäki Decathlete 93 Samuel Kiplimo Kosgei Marathon 37 Heinrich Köberle Handcyclist 76-77 Olga Šikovec 200m 89-90 Francis Agbo High Jump 65 Kevin Coombs Para-athlete 82 Lyn Coleman Para-athlete 58 Zanele Situ Para-athlete 52 Terry Giddy Para-athlete 73 Benjamin Kiplagat 3000mSC 34 Jim Savage Para-athlete 86 Tracey Freeman Para-athlete 75-76 Sergio Ottolina 200m 80 Jean-Claude Nallet Sprinter 76 Georgi Stoykovski Triple Jump 81 Rupert Hoilette Sprinter 77 Gary Eddy Sprinter 78 Tomás Barris 1500m 93 Armando Sardi Sprinter 83 József Csík Javelin thrower 77 Evelyn Lawler Hurdler 93 Ernő Béres Long-distance runner 94 Herb Douglas Long jumper 101 James Parker Hammer throw 47 Borislav Dević 1500m 59 Svetlana Laukhova 100mH 50 Tori Bowie 200m 32 Beryl Randle Racewalker 94 Shaun Pickering Shot Put 61 Norm Green Long-distance runner 90 Birger Asplund Hammer thrower 93 Donal Smith Middle-distance runner 89 Morville Chote Javelin thrower 98-99 Ronald Mehlich 110mH 54-55 Lennart Jonsson Sprinter 89-90 Ulla-Britt Wieslander 50mH 81 Kevin Cunningham Para-athlete 83-84 Yvette Monginou Sprinter 95 Noel Clough 800m 86 Cyprian Tseriwa 10,000m 86 Ray Middleton 50km Walk 86 John Nuttall 3000m 56 David Carr Middle-distance runner 91 Bengt Nåjde 5000m 81 Ilse Steinegger Long Jump 98 Guy Lagorce Sprinter 86 Gerhart Hecker Marathoner 89 Mick Molloy Marathoner 85 Paul Angenvoorth Marathoner 75 Mabel Walker 100m 94 Vittoria Cesarini 100m 91 Lynn Eves 100m 81 Sitiveni Moceidreke 200m 86-87 Eddy Monsels 100m 75 Della Pascoe 100m 74 Benedict Majekodunmi Sprinter 82-83 Carolina Rieuwpassa Sprinter 74 Marvin Nash Sprinter 69 Valentyna Maslovska 200m 86 Hadley Hinds Sprinter 76-77 Jerzy Kowalski 400m 86 Tambusamy Krishnan Sprinter 79 Anne Michel 400m 64 Karl Volkmer Middle-distance runner 101 Ismael Delgado Sprinter 93 Enzo Cavalli Triple Jump 86 Alfredo Rizzo Steeplechase runner 89 Edmond Roudnitska Hurdler 91 Constance Darnowski Hurdler 88 Marcel Duriez 110mH 82 João Lima 110mH 62 Lee Yoder Hurdler 92 Julio Gómez 800m 91 Phyllis Perkins Middle-distance runner 88-89 András Zsinka 800m 75 Gudrun Pflüger Mountain runner 50 Fritz Prossinagg 1500m 92 Bill McKim Middle-distance runner 81-82 Ulf Högberg Middle-distance runner 77 José Molíns 5000m 90 Nikolay Sviridov 10,000m 85 Noël Tijou 10,000m 81 Gail North-Saunders Sprinter 78-79 John Bicourt 3000mSC 77 Adolf Weinacker Racewalker 94 Lorna Lee Long jumper 91 Marguerite Martel Athletics pentathlete 98 Dawn Josephs Long Jump 91 Kari Rahkamo Triple Jump 90 Yıldıray Pağda Triple jumper 85-86 Theo Püll High Jump 87-88 Edward Czernik High jumper 82-83 Milena Usenik Shot putter 88 Anne-Chatrine Lafrenz Shot putter 86 Seiko Obonai Shot putter 83 Irene Schuch Discus Throw 87 Erika Raue Javelin thrower 85 Sándor Eckschmiedt Hammer thrower 84 Oleg Ryakhovskiy Triple jumper 90 Bev Watson Long jumper 86-87 Major Hazelton Sprinter 79 Cliff Simpson Middle-distance runner 95 George Ellis 200m 90 Adrian Breacker Sprinter 88 Josephine Cook Shot putter 92 Mel Fitzgerald Wheelchair racer 70 Thomas J. Osler Long-distance runner 82 Neil Wilson Middle-distance runner 93 Summa Navaratnam Sprinter 98 Heino Sisask Racewalker 94 Edrissa Marong 800m 22 Ivan Kováč 1500m 74 Stanislav Štefkovič Decathlete 93 Doug Fisher Discus thrower 75 Juhani Orrenmaa Hurdler 84 Georges Salmon Long Jump 90 Charlie Allan Caber tosser 84-85 Raya Bronstein Sprinter, high jumper, shot putter, discus thrower, javelin thrower 93 Robert Hersh Athletics official 82 Ron Roddan Athletics coach 91 Billy Emory Maxwell Athletics coach 80

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