Swiss Athletics Championships

The Swiss Athletics Championships (German: Leichtathletik Schweizermeisterschaften, French: Championnats Suisses Elites d’Athlétisme) is an annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Swiss Athletics Federation, which serves as the national championships for the sport in Switzerland. The two-day event is typically held in mid-summer and the venue varies on an annual basis. It is open to adults of all ages and is thus referred to as the senior or élite championships.

Swiss Athletics Championships
SportAthletics
Founded1910
CountrySwitzerland
Official websitewww.swiss-athletics.ch

The competition was initiated as a men-only event in 1906, with women's events being given national championship status in 1936.[1]

Events

On the current programme a total of 38 individual Swiss 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, a racewalk and a combined track and field event.[1]

Track running
Obstacle events
Jumping events
Throwing events
Walking events
Combined events

In addition to the main track and field championships, several other national championship events are held for road running (10K run, half marathon, marathon), racewalking (20 km walk, 50 km walk), cross country running (short and long course) and mountain running.[1]

The women's programme was restricted in earlier years, compared to the men's. On the track, the 400 m was added in 1965, 1500 m in 1968, the 3000 m in 1972, the 10,000 m in 1986 and finally the 5000 m in 1995 (replacing the 3000 m event). The 400 m hurdles was added for women in 1977 and the steeplechase in 2007. The women's field programme was expanded in the 1990s, starting with triple jump in 1991, then hammer throw in 1995 and pole vault in 1996.[1]

A men's 200 metres hurdles race was previously held, finishing in 1967. Women contested this event in 1970 and 1971.[1]

Editions
Ed. Year Location Venue Dates
2009ZürichLetzigrund1–2 August
2010LuganoCornaredo Stadium16–17 July
2011BaselStadion Schützenmatte5–6 August
2012BernStade de Suisse6–7 July
2013LucerneStadion Allmend26–27 July
2014FrauenfeldSportplatz Kleine Allmend25–26 July
2015ZugHerti Allmend Stadion7–8 August
2016GenevaStade Genève Athlétisme16–17 July
2017ZürichLetzigrund21–22 July
2018ZofingenSportanlagen Trinermatten13–14 July
2019BaselStadion Schützenmatte23–24 August

Championships records

Men
Event Record Athlete/Team Date Place Ref
200 m

Women
Event Record Athlete/Team Date Place Ref
100 m 10.95 (+1.1 m/s) Mujinga Kambundji 13 July 2018 Zofingen [2]
200 m 22.26 (+1.2 m/s) Mujinga Kambundji 24 August 2019 Basel [3]
High jump
Pole vault
Long jump
Hammer throw
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References
  1. Swiss Athletics Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2019-07-14.
  2. Alfonz Juck (13 July 2018). "Mujinga Kambundji clocks 10.95 NR Swiss record for 100m !". runblogrun.com. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  3. Jon Mulkeen (25 August 2019). "National championships round-up: records broken at British and Swiss Championships". IAAF. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
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