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World Military Track and Field Championships

World Military Track and Field Championships

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The World Military Track & Field Championships are the world championships of athletics organized by the International Military Sports Council (CISM). Initially an annual competition, the championships have been held on an irregular schedule since 1971. The 2011 Championships was the 44th edition.[1]

The 37th (1995), 38th (1999), 41st (2003), 42nd (2007) and 44th (2011) 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.[2]

Editions

From 2011 the track and field world championships are the track and field competitions of the Military World Games.

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References

  1. "44th World Military Track & Field Championships". cism-milsport.org. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
  2. Dixon, Ian, Berlin Medallion 1946, British Army of the Rhine, retrieved April 15, 2014
  3. Vanmeerbeek, Roger; Delheye, Pascal (December 20, 2013), Military Sport in the Belgian Congo: From Physical Training and Leisure to Belgian-Congolese Records in Track and Field, 1945–1960 (PDF), The International Journal of the History of Sport, 30:16, pp. 1929–1946, retrieved April 14, 2014
  4. Italy (ITA) - CISM Member since: 1949, CISM, retrieved April 14, 2014
  5. Après la défaite américaine à Kiev (PDF) (in French), Feuille d'avis du Valais, August 3, 1965, p. 3, retrieved April 14, 2014

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