Pakistani Athletics Championships

Annual national sports competition

Pakistani Athletics Championships

Sport| Track and field
Founded| 1948
Country| Pakistan

The National Athletics Championships of Pakistan is an annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Athletics Federation of Pakistan. Serving as the country's premier athletic event, it typically takes place in April and crowns the national champions across various disciplines in sports.[1][2]

## Events

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22 events for men and 20 for women are held.

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)

Relay

* 4 × 100 metres relay, 4 × 400 metres relay

Long events

* Marathon (men only), 20 km race walk (men only), 50 km race walk

## Editions

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Year | City

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1948 | Karachi
1950 | Lahore
1952 | Lahore
1954 | Montgomery
1955 | Dacca
1956 | Lahore
1958 | Peshawar
1960 | Dacca
1962 | Lahore
1963 | Lahore
1964 | Dacca
1965 | Lahore
1966 | Lahore
1967 | Rawalpindi
1968 | Dacca
1969 | Peshawar
1970 | Karachi
1971 | Nawabshah
1972 | Lahore
1973 | Lahore
1974 | Peshawar
1975 | Lahore
1976 | Karachi
1977 | Peshawar
1978 | Lahore
1979 | Rawalpindi
1980 | Karachi
1981 | Peshawar
1982 | Rawalpindi
1983 | Hyderabad
1984 | Faisalabad
1985 | Islamabad
1986 | Quetta
1987 | Rawalpindi
1988 | Karachi
1990 | Peshawar
1991 | Islamabad
1992 | Lahore
1993 | Quetta
1994 | Islamabad
1995 | Quetta
2009 | Lahore
2010 | Islamabad
2011 | Lahore
2012 | Islamabad
2013 | Islamabad
2015 | Islamabad
2016 | Quetta
2017 | Karachi
2018 | Islamabad
2019–2021 not held
2022 | Lahore
2023  | Attock

50th edition will take place in 2021 with 14 teams Pakistan Army, Pakistan Air Force (PAF), Pakistan Navy, Pakistan WAPDA, Pakistan Railways, Higher Education Commission (HEC), Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan, Islamabad, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, FATA and Gilgit Baltistan.[3][4]

## Championships records

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### Men

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Event  | Record  | Athlete/Team  | Date  | Place  | Ref.

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400 m | 46.75[a] | Mehboob Ali | 10 May 2016  | Quetta | [5]
110 m hurdles | 13.85 NR | Mohsin Ali | 22 March 2012  | Islamabad |
High jump | 2.07 m NR | Shehroz Khan | 18 November 2018  | Islamabad | [6]
Pole vault | 4.94 m NR | Jaffar Ashraf | 6 Dezember 2023  | Attock | [7]
4 × 100 m relay | 40.24[b] | Team Army
Muhammad Shahbaz
Liaqat Ali
Ubaid Ali
Ahmad Uzair | 11 May 2016  | Quetta | [8]

### Women

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Event  | Record  | Athlete/Team  | Date  | Place  | Ref.

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5000 m | 19:04.0 h NR | Rabia Ashiq | 20 May 2012  | Islamabad |
10,000 m | 40:42.7 NR | Rabia Ashiq | 21 April 2011  | Lahore | [9]
Javelin throw | 44.78 m NR | Parveen Akhtar | 6 July 2010  | Karachi | [10]

### Mixed

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Event  | Record  | Team  | Date  | Place  | Ref.

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4 × 400 m relay | 3:39.2 h | HEC Team
Amed Saeed
Sunaina Musawar
Fahad Khan
Rida Tariq | 6 Dezember 2023  | Attock | [11]

## Notes

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1. ^ recognised by World Athletics but not ratified by AFP
2. ^ recognised by World Athletics but not ratified by AFP

## See also

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* Athletics in Pakistan
* List of Pakistani records in athletics

## References

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1. ^ "National athletics from today". 3 April 2015.
2. ^ "Athletics Federation of Pakistan".
3. ^ "Athletics Federation to Hold Two National Cships in Sept, Oct".
4. ^ "AFP to conduct two national c'ships in Sept, Oct: Sahi". 15 July 2021.
5. ^ "Mehboob equals 400m record, Gohar beats Olympian Liaquat". The News International. 11 May 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
6. ^ "Army, WAPDA clinch men's, women's National Athletics titles". The News International. 18 November 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
7. ^ "Results from ASIA 2024 – 1". AAA. 15 January 2024. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
8. ^ "2016 Pakistani Championships – Men's Results" (PDF). The News International. 11 May 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
9. ^ "WAPDA end Army's reign at National Athletics". Pakistan Today. 21 April 2011. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
10. ^ Natasha Raheel (7 July 2010). "Wapda dominate athletics championships' opening day". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
11. ^ "Results from ASIA 2024 – 1". AAA. 15 January 2024. Retrieved 30 January 2024.

Results

* "Results from 1958-1967". Athletics Federation of Pakistan.[permanent dead link]

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National championships in athletics

Outdoor|

* Algeria
* Andorran
* Argentina
* Australia
* Austria
* Bahamas
* Barbados
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Brazil
* Bulgaria
* Canada
* Chile
* China
* Colombia
* Croatia
* Cuba
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Czechoslovakia
* Denmark
* Egypt
* Estonia
* Ethiopia
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* East
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* Ghana
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland
* India
* Indonesia
* Ireland
* Israel
* Italy
* Ivory Coast
* Jamaica
* Japan
* Kazakhstan
* Kenya
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Madagascar
* Mauritius
* Mexico
* Morocco
* Netherlands
* New Zealand
* Nigeria
* Norway
* Pakistan
* Paraguay
* Philippines
* Poland
* Portugal
* men
* women
* Romania
* Russia
* Scotland
* Senegal
* Serbia
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* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* South Africa
* South Korea
* Soviet Union
* Spain
* Sri Lanka
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Trinidad and Tobago
* Tunisia
* Turkey
* Uganda
* Ukraine
* United Kingdom
* British
* AAA
* WAAA
* UK
* United States
* high school
* collegiate men
* collegiate women
* masters
* Venezuela
* Yugoslavia

Indoor|

* Andorran
* Austria
* Belgium
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Czech Republic
* Czechoslovakia
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* East
* West
* Greece
* Hungary
* Ireland
* Italy
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* men
* women
* Russia
* Scotland
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Soviet Union
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* United Kingdom
* British
* AAA
* United States
* high school
* collegiate men
* collegiate women
* masters
* Yugoslavia

Age category|

* Canada U20
* China National Youth Games
* United States U20
* United States U18

Cross Country|

* Algeria
* Belgium
* Canada
* England
* Ethiopia
* France
* Germany
* Italy
* Kenya
* Netherlands
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Scotland
* Soviet Union
* Spain
* United States
* high school individual
* high school team
* collegiate men
* collegiate women
* Yugoslavia

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