World Military Track and Field Championships


The World Military Track & Field Championships are the world championships of athletics organized by the International Military Sports Council. Initially an annual competition, the championships have been held on an irregular schedule since 1971. The 2011 Championships was the 44th edition.
The 37th, 38th, 41st, 42nd and 44th editions coincided with the first five editions of the Summer Military World Games.
In addition to this outdoor competition, a World Military Indoor Athletics Cup was staged in 2009 in Athens.

Editions

From 2011 the track and field world championships are the track and field competitione of the Military World Games.
EditionVenueCountryDateNotes
1stBerlinAllied-occupied Germany7–8 September 1946
2ndBerlinAllied-occupied Germany13–14 September 1947
3rdBrusselsBelgium4 September 1948
4thBordeauxFrance22 August-9 September 1949
5thPauFrance5–10 September 1950
6thRomeItaly23 September-5 October 1951
7thCopenhagenDenmark13–14 September 1952
8thBrusselsBelgium24–25 July 1953
9thTilburgNetherlands30–31 July 1954
10thAthensGreece29 July-6 August 1955
11thWest BerlinWest Berlin3–5 August 1956
12thAthensGreece14–17 July 1957
13thBrusselsBelgium29–31 August 1958
14thRomeItaly29–31 October 1959
15thAthensGreece2–4 July 1960
16thBrusselsBelgium18–20 August 1961
17th's-HertogenboschNetherlands3–5 August 1962
18thBrusselsBelgium23–25 August 1963
19thLa CoruñaSpain6–9 August 1964
20thThessalonikiGreece31 July - 1 August 1965
21stLa CoruñaSpain2–3 July 1966
22ndAthensGreece5–7 July 1968
23rdPoitiersFrance12–14 July 1969
24thViareggioItaly12–14 June 1970
25thTurkuFinland19–21 August 1971
26thFlorenceItaly6–8 June 1973
27thRio de JaneiroBrazil24–26 August 1976
28thMikkeliFinland15–17 August 1978
29thAlgiersAlgeria1–8 July 1979
30thSão PauloBrazil7–9 November 1980
31stAlexandriaEgypt14–16 October 1984
32ndRomeItaly11–13 September 1986
33rdWarendorfGermany24–26 June 1987
34thRomeItaly20–22 September 1989
35thKajaaniFinland27–29 July 1990
36thToursFrance28–30 August 1993
37thRomeItaly13–15 September 1995
38thZagrebCroatia8–17 August 1999
39thBeirutLebanon1–4 July 2001
40thTivoliItaly4–7 September 2002
41stCataniaItaly4–11 December 2003
42ndHyderabadIndia14–21 October 2007
43rdSofiaBulgaria6–13 June 2009
44thRio de JaneiroBrazil15–24 July 2011
45thMungyeongSouth Korea4–8 October 2015