Polish Indoor Athletics Championships

The Polish Indoor Athletics Championships (Polish: Halowe mistrzostwa Polski seniorów w lekkoatletyce) is an annual indoor track and field competition organised by the Polish Athletic Association, which serves as the national championship for the sport in Poland.[1] Typically held over two to three days in February during the Dutch winter, it was first added to the national calendar in 1933, supplementing the main outdoor Polish Athletics Championships held in the summer since 1920.[2] The national indoor competition was held from 1933–56 (with a break during World War II from 1939 to 1945). After a near twenty-year gap, the championships was restored to its annual fixture in 1973.[1]

Polish Indoor Athletics Championships

Sport	Indoor track and field
Founded	1933 (1973)
Country	Poland

Events

The following athletics events feature as standard on the Polish Indoor Championships programme:

• Sprint: 60 m, 200 m, 400 m
• Distance track events: 800 m, 1500 m, 3000 m
• Hurdles: 60 m hurdles
• Jumps: long jump, triple jump, high jump, pole vault
• Throws: shot put
• Combined events: heptathlon (men), pentathlon (women)
• Racewalking: 5000 m walk (men), 3000 m walk (women)

The 200 metres was introduced in 1982. Combined events were added in 1974 – for men this was first held as a sextathlon, then as a heptathlon thereafter. The heptathlon was replaced by an octathlon between 1987–89. A men's race walk over 10,000 m was held from 1981–86, before being reduced to the standard 5000 m distance. Similarly, women competed in the 5000 m walk from 1983–86 until being replaced by the standard 3000 m distance. The women's 3000 metres run became an annual fixture in 2000. The addition of women's triple jump (1991) and pole vault (1998) brought parity in the number of events for the sexes.[1]

Editions

Year	Dates	City	Venue	Notes
1933	5 February	Przemyśl	Okręgowy Ośrodek WF
1934	2 February	Przemyśl	Okręgowy Ośrodek WF
1935	2–3 February	Przemyśl	Okręgowy Ośrodek WF
1936	22–23 February	Przemyśl	Okręgowy Ośrodek WF
1937	1–2 February	Przemyśl	Okręgowy Ośrodek WF
1938	5–6 February	Poznań	Towarzystwo Gimnastyczne „Sokół”
1939	11–12 February	Przemyśl	Okręgowy Ośrodek WF
Not held due to World War II
1946	2–3 March	Olsztyn	Wojewódzki Urząd WF i PW
1947	8–9 February	Olsztyn	Wojewódzki Urząd WF i PW
1948	28–29 February	Olsztyn	Wojewódzki Urząd WF i PW
1949	19–20 February	Poznań	Wojewódzki Ośrodek Szkolenia Sportowego
1950	18–19 February	Przemyśl	WKKF
1951	17–18 February	Poznań	Wojewódzki Ośrodek Szkolenia Sportowego
Not held in 1952 or 1953
1954	6–7 February	Poznań	Wojewódzki Ośrodek Szkolenia Sportowego	Men's competition
	6–7 February	Przemyśl	WKKF	Women's competition
1955	26–27 February	Warsaw	hala AWF
1956	21–22 January	Warsaw	hala AWF
1973	24–25 February	Warsaw	hala AWF
	24–25 February	Zabrze	hala Górnik Zabrze	60 metres and 60 metres hurdles
1974	23–24 February	Katowice	Spodek
1975	22–23 February	Katowice	hala Spodek
	1–2 March	Warsaw	hala AWF	Combined events
1976	7–8 February	Warsaw	hala AWF
	21–22 February	Warsaw	hala AWF	Combined events
1977	26–27 February	Zabrze	hala Górnika Zabrze
1978	25–26 February	Zabrze	hala Górnika Zabrze
1979	7–8 February	Zabrze	hala Górnika Zabrze
1980	16–17 February	Zabrze	hala Górnika Zabrze
	23–24 February	Zabrze	hala Górnika Zabrze	Combined events
1981	7–8 February	Zabrze	hala Górnika Zabrze
1982	20–21 February	Zabrze	hala Górnika Zabrze
	18 February	Warsaw	hala AWF	Pole vault
	27–28 February	Warsaw	hala AWF	Combined events
1983	19–20 February	Zabrze	hala Górnika Zabrze
	19–20 February	Warsaw	hala AWF	Pole vault, Combined events
1984	18–19 February	Zabrze	hala Górnika Zabrze
	25–26 February	Warsaw	hala AWF	Combined events
1985	16–17 February	Zabrze	hala Górnika Zabrze
	10–11 February	Zabrze	hala Górnika Zabrze	Combined events
1986	8–9 February	Zabrze	hala Górnika Zabrze
	8–9 February 1986	Warsaw	hala AWF	Combined events
1987	7–8 February	Zabrze	hala Górnika Zabrze
	31 January – 1 February	Warsaw	hala AWF	Combined events
1988	20–21 February 1988	Zabrze	hala Górnika Zabrze
1989	4–5 February	Zabrze	hala Górnika Zabrze
1990	17–18 February	Spała	Hala OPO w Spale
1991	23–24 February	Spała	Hala OPO w Spale
1992	15–16 February	Spała	Hala OPO w Spale
1993	20–21 February	Spała	Hala OPO w Spale
1994	26–27 February	Spała	Hala OPO w Spale
1995	25–26 February	Spała	Hala OPO w Spale
	19–20 February	Spała	Hala OPO w Spale	Combined events
1996	24–25 February	Spała	Hala OPO w Spale
1997	22–23 February	Spała	Hala OPO w Spale
1998	14–15 February	Spała	Hala OPO w Spale
	7–8 February	Spała	Hala OPO w Spale	Combined events
1999	21–22 February	Spała	Hala OPO w Spale
	6–7 February	Spała	Hala OPO w Spale	Combined events
2000	12–13 February	Spała	Hala OPO w Spale
	5–6 February	Spała	Hala OPO w Spale	Combined events
2001	24–25 February	Spała	Hala OPO w Spale
2002	16–17 February	Spała	Hala OPO w Spale
2003	1–2 March	Spała	Hala OPO w Spale
2004	21–22 February	Spała	Hala OPO w Spale
2005	19–20 February	Spała	Hala OPO w Spale
2006	25–26 February	Spała	Hala OPO w Spale
2007	17–18 February	Spała	Hala OPO w Spale
	3–4 February	Spała	Hala OPO w Spale	Combined events
2008	23–24 February	Spała	Hala OPO w Spale
	16–17 February	Spała	Hala OPO w Spale	Combined events
2009	21–22 February	Spała	Hala OPO w Spale
	7–8 February	Spała	Hala OPO w Spale	Combined events
2010	27–28 February	Spała	Hala OPO w Spale
2011	19–20 February	Spała	Hala OPO w Spale
2012	25–26 February	Spała	Hala OPO w Spale
2013	16–17 February	Spała	Hala OPO w Spale
2014	22–23 February	Sopot	Ergo Arena
2015	21–22 February	Toruń	Arena Toruń
	31 January – 1 February	Spała	Hala OPO w Spale	Combined events
2016	5–6 March	Toruń	Arena Toruń
2017	18–19 February	Toruń	Arena Toruń
2018	17–18 February	Toruń	Arena Toruń
2019	16–17 February	Toruń	Arena Toruń

References

1. Polish Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2019-07-14.
2. Polish Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2019-07-14.

Editions

• Lekkoatleta nr 2 (69), March 2004, p. 25

External links

• Polish Athletics Federation official website