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.
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.Tomaz Majewski is Training at Chula Vista, Haile Gebrselassie racing Bupa Manchester Great Run, by Alfons Juck, Note by Larry Eder. RunBlogRun (2009-03-12). Retrieved on 2015-03-04.
Editions From 2011 the track and field world championships are the track and field competitions of the Military World Games. Edition Venue Country Date Notes 1st Berlin Allied-occupied Germany 7–8 September 1946 2nd Berlin Allied-occupied Germany 13–14 September 1947 3rd Brussels Belgium 4 September 1948 4th Bordeaux France 22 August-9 September 1949 5th Pau France 5–10 September 1950 6th Rome Italy 23 September-5 October 1951 7th Copenhagen Denmark 13–14 September 1952 8th Brussels Belgium 24–25 July 1953 9th Tilburg Netherlands 30–31 July 1954 10th Athens Greece 29 July-6 August 1955 11th West Berlin West Berlin 3–5 August 1956 12th Athens Greece 14–17 July 1957 13th Brussels Belgium 29–31 August 1958 14th Rome Italy 29–31 October 1959 15th Athens Greece 2–4 July 1960 16th Brussels Belgium 18–20 August 1961 17th 's-Hertogenbosch Netherlands 3–5 August 1962 18th Brussels Belgium 23–25 August 1963 19th La Coruña Spain 6–9 August 1964 20th Thessaloniki Greece 31 July - 1 August 1965 21st La Coruña Spain 2–3 July 1966 22nd Athens Greece 5–7 July 1968 23rd Poitiers France 12–14 July 1969 24th Viareggio Italy 12–14 June 1970 25th Turku Finland 19–21 August 1971 26th Florence Italy 6–8 June 1973 27th Rio de Janeiro Brazil 24–26 August 1976 L ATHLETISME DANS LES FORCES ARMEES DE COTE D IVOIRE. Confejes. Retrieved on 2013-01-13. 28th Mikkeli Finland 15–17 August 1978 29th Algiers Algeria 1–8 July 1979 30th São Paulo Brazil 7–9 November 1980 31st Alexandria Egypt 14–16 October 1984 32nd Rome Italy 11–13 September 1986 33rd Warendorf Germany 24–26 June 1987 34th Rome Italy 20–22 September 1989 35th Kajaani Finland 27–29 July 1990 36th Tours France 28–30 August 1993 37th Rome Italy 13–15 September 1995 Inside the Military World Games 38th Zagreb Croatia 8–17 August 1999 39th Beirut Lebanon 1–4 July 2001 40th Tivoli Italy 4–7 September 2002 41st Catania Italy 4–11 December 2003 42nd Hyderabad India 14–21 October 2007 43rd Sofia Bulgaria 6–13 June 2009 44th Rio de Janeiro Brazil 15–24 July 2011 45th Mungyeong South Korea 4–8 October 2015
See also Inter-Allied Games World Military Championships Military World Games World Military Cross Country Championships
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