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Ukrainian Athletics Championships

Sport	Track and field
Founded	1992
Country	Ukraine

The Ukrainian Athletics Championships (Ukrainian: Чемпіонат України з легкої атлетики) is an annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Ukrainian Athletic Federation, which serves as the national championship for the sport in Ukraine.

The event was first held in 1992, following the dissolution of the Soviet Union. It replaced the Soviet Athletics Championships as the national event for athletes from Ukraine. Separate annual championships are held for certain track (relays, 10,000 metres) and field (throwing) disciplines, cross country running, road running and racewalking events. There is also a Ukrainian Indoor Athletics Championships.

Events

The competition programme features a total of 38 individual Ukrainian Championship athletics events, 19 for men and 19 for women. For each of the sexes, there are seven track running events, three obstacle events, four jumps, four throws, and one combined track and field event.

Track running

• 100 metres, 200 metres, 400 metres, 800 metres, 1500 metres, 5000 metres, 10,000 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

Combined events

• Decathlon (men only), Heptathlon (women only)

The women's programme expanded to match the men's within its first decade. The women's field events reached parity with the men's after the addition of the pole vault in 1996. The women's steeplechase appeared in 2000 metres steeplechase format in 1992 before taking the standard 3000 m distance in 2000. The 3000 metres was replaced by the 5000 m in 1995. A women's 10,000 metres race walk was held in the 1990s, but was later dropped.

Editions

References

1. ^ Ukrainian Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2019-07-14.
2. Levchenko and Shukh among the standout names on Ukrainian team for Glasgow. European Athletics (2019-02-12). Retrieved 2019-07-18.

External sources

• Баранов Сергій, Качківський Іван. Чемпіонати та Кубки України з легкої атлетики. — 2018. — 46 p.

• Ukrainian Athletics Championships
• Athletics competitions in Ukraine
• National athletics competitions
• Recurring sporting events established in 1992
• 1992 establishments in Ukraine
• National championships in Ukraine